Sentences with phrase «recent years the business»

Ko Phayam does not have a central power source, but in recent years some businesses have installed large enough generators or solar panels to sell excess electricity.

Not exact matches

Joseph and Ted Burnett jointly head up Burnac Corp., a family - run firm that invests in real estate and grocery produce distribution, but in recent years they have been exiting these businesses and transitioning into bonds for their estate - planning purposes.

His market, the New York tri-state area, already has in place many of the provisions included in the health - care overhaul, including a provision that dependent under the age of 30 need be eligible for family coverage, and he's seen rates continue to rise over recent years, making him skeptical of the plan's ability to hold costs down for small businesses.

The push in recent years to patronize small businesses for holiday shopping resulted in the creation of Small Business Saturday, and this year's holiday shoppers spent an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses the day after Black Friday.

According to Arif Mulji, vice-president of business development, Amur's fortunes vividly reflect some of the forces that have dominated Canada's economy in recent years: Its customers tend to be people looking for short - term mortgages, home renovation loans or debt consolidation.

Recent economic data are, «encouraging,» including indicators of business investment, an important element of economic growth that has been depressed for years.

Cruz, along with Texas Representative Jeb Hensarling, was part a congressional push to end the 81 - year - old Export - Import Bank, which supports thousands of businesses in their exporting endeavors, and which has returned an estimated $ 7 billion to Treasury in recent years.

The health - care situation for small business employees has been bleak in recent years.

Square has added new services in an effort to diversify its business over recent years.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

About half of Splunk's data analytics software sales derive from its security business, which has seen a growth spurt in recent years.

Add to that other platform licensing deals Tehrani's business has lined up with Merck & Co., Eli Lilly and Co. and Celgene Corp. in recent years, and Zymeworks is set to receive a revenue stream of up to $ 4 billion, plus royalties.

Accounting technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, and using this sophisticated software business owners and managers can automate and balance their books without delving into the complicated world of accounting.

One recent study showed that immigrants in New York were less likely than nonimmigrants to own a business that has been running for more than three - and - a-half years, and more likely to have shut down a business within the past year.

Releasing their recent findings, LinkedIn found that only 12 % of professionals are willing to pay for digital content in the next year, despite the trend for publishers to use subscription business models and content paywalls.

Western Australian retailers have a positive view of business conditions in the year ahead, according to a recent survey by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with one third expecting an improved market in the 2018 financial year.

In recent years, alternative lending has become an important tool for small business owners to access credit.

Securing a small - business loan has become more difficult in recent years.

Through manufacturer and government incentives, the purchasing cost has plummeted in recent years meaning it's not the upfront costly burden it once was, even for small businesses.

Because disruptions are nothing new: We've seen dozens of them in recent years: A young entrepreneur has a big idea, shakes things up and emerges with a multi-billion dollar business that leaves people gaping, imitating, disbelieving and envying, all amid a dizzying swirl of emotions.

«Years ago when I was very young,» recalls Taffer, the host of TV show «Bar Rescue» and a former business owner, in a recent interview with Business Insider, «a VP of Hyatt looked at me and said, «You look, but you don't see.»business owner, in a recent interview with Business Insider, «a VP of Hyatt looked at me and said, «You look, but you don't see.»Business Insider, «a VP of Hyatt looked at me and said, «You look, but you don't see.»»

Despite progress forged in leaps and bounds in recent years, women - owned businesses are still likely to be smaller than those owned by males, and indeed, they are more likely to fail.

Thanks to his contacts in the business, the report costs him only $ 35,000 a year to produce, and Hoffman says that when he asks recent hires, as well as people who have declined recent offers, «What gave you a favorable impression about us?»

Rather than show her latest spring looks during the recent New York Fashion Week, the 41 - year - old entrepreneur was fending off a lawsuit from her ex-husband and business partner.

But the recent decline in cryptocurrency prices since their feverish peak last year — when Bitcoin, now hovering around $ 8,700, nearly touched $ 20,000 — has convinced the government that safely regulated markets could be viable, according to Business Korea.

Inequality in the business place has garnered high level of attention in recent years from Washington, D.C. to Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

A push by Washington for more business - friendly regulation and fiscal support for the economy could improve America's mix of policies which in recent years have relied too much on the Federal Reserve, Fed Governor Jerome Powell said.

In recent years, the broader business world has experienced a similar epiphany about the power of design to enrich products and experiences, connect with customers, and help companies accelerate growth.

Cineplex already boasts a thriving indoor digital signage business, which it started about five years ago and expanded this year with the recent acquisition of a London, Ont., firm called EK3.

A recent Kaplan survey found that 39 % of some 288 business schools it surveyed now allow applicants to submit a GRE score, compared to 24 % last year.

The network of board seats and purchasing contracts has unravelled in recent years, and each branch of the family now controls a distinct line of business.

The shift has squeezed margins in recent years because the cloud business model is based on subscriptions which take longer to pay off — in contrast to one - off, up - front software license payments that was the thrust of its business for decades.

Yahoo has been in the original content business for years, but recent acquisitions suggest the company would rather focus on cheap and easy - to - get user - generated content.

A recent Forrester study determined that 57 percent of businesses surveyed had no idea what this cost was, with over 30 percent saying they experienced a disaster in the past five years.

Iin recent years, various federal agencies have strengthened efforts to award more contracts to economically disadvantaged businesses, including veteran - owned companies.

Small business owners are more satisfied with the federal government than they have been in recent years, but a new survey has found there are still a lot of changes the sector would like to see implemented to help run their businesses efficiently.

Little do these skeptics, who rain on the home business owner's parade, know is that the number of people working from home, and making very good annual incomes, has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years.

Fuyao is not the first Chinese business making the move across the Pacific in recent years.

Hackers who target businesses and steal customers» credit card information have exacerbated the problem in recent years.

Undergraduate business programs have grown and strengthened in the past 25 years and many of my firm's best hires in recent years came from the leading undergraduate programs.

A recent Accenture Trend Report noted that 81 percent of executives say platform - based business models will be core to their growth strategy within three years.

Like many business technology companies to have gone public in recent years, including Dropbox and Box, Pivotal is unprofitable, but its sales are increasing.

Judging from recent layoffs hitting big business technology companies, it appears to be more than 60,000 jobs over the past year.

And clearly, Canadian entrepreneurs aren't optimistic for the future: a recent study from PROFIT magazine said that nearly 40 % of small business owners think another recession will hit by the end of next year.

In recent years, the menswear arm of e-commerce has become big business.

A recent Bank of Montreal note pointed out the percentage of businesses reporting difficulty hiring in the Bank of Canada's business outlook survey is 25 %, well below the 15 - year average of 35 %.

In recent years, however, these networking companies have begun to shift to a more software - oriented line of products and are restructuring their own businesses to accommodate the needs of business customers that want more flexibility.

Although the small businesses owned by women have traditionally been in the service sector, in recent years women entrepreneurs have been moving rapidly into manufacturing, construction, and other industrial fields.

In recent years, many startups have sprung up to provide marketing and lead - generation tools to small businesses, previously available only to large corporations that could afford it.

Its biggest business is diabetes treatment, including various types of insulin whose list prices have more than doubled in recent years.