Sentences with phrase «says slower business»

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«A lot of new jobs are generated by small and midsize businesses, and if the interest rate increases dramatically, it could slow investment to this sector,» Cooley says, adding that the increase in interest rates is also likely to further strengthen the dollar.

«Eighty - five percent of salespeople don't slow down enough to really understand their customers» business,» he says.

«Even the best - managed small businesses have slow - paying accounts,» he said.

Whether or not their homes were among the 2,400 buildings that have burned, residents who had been laid off or whose business was slow prior to the fire are likely to use the evacuation as their cue to start fresh somewhere else, says Joseph Doucet, dean of the University of Alberta School of Bbusiness was slow prior to the fire are likely to use the evacuation as their cue to start fresh somewhere else, says Joseph Doucet, dean of the University of Alberta School of BusinessBusiness.

And while business travel in Western Europe has been on the slower side, as Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece have struggled with crippling debt, the GBTA says the worst is over and expects business travel in those regions to begin picking up.

«Equipment leasing works well for businesses that start off slow, and [it] protects owners from having to tie up all their capital,» says Bruce Gomberg, a partner at Politziner & Mattia, an accounting and consulting firm that advises small and midsize businesses.

«They're really enjoying generally macro growth right now, and if that slows down, that's the one threat to their business... something they can not control,» Schlossberg said.

Yet small businesses, which provide two out of ever three jobs in the U.S., are major users of our crumbling infrastructure, Mills said, adding that the disrepair is slowing down growth.

The Small Business Administration isn't expecting to slow down its pace of guaranteeing loans in the wake of the sequester, says outgoing SBA - chief Karen Mills.

With high - profile breaches rocking companies like Under Armour and Boeing, the cybersecurity business is not slowing down anytime soon, CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Friday.

Jamie DuBose of Zenplicity says she's better able to focus on client needs when she's going at a slower pace, and her business grew organically as a result.

As desktop use, traditional ads and virtual payments on apps and games like those published by Zynga slow down, many analysts say the company's mobile business, commerce features and new external ad network will more than make up for it.

Vodafone, the world's second - biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday that the rate of growth in its international business division had slowed, echoing a similar warning given by British rival BT last week.

It offered some suggestions, saying executives and business owners have said they are afraid to expand because electricity in Canada is too expensive, big energy projects are too slow to get off the ground, the future of present and future trade agreements is iffy, and the U.S. election is too frightening.

«With the Reserve Bank's efforts to slow down the economy, small business may soon be saying goodbye to the buoyant conditions they are currently experiencing.»

But here, too, Kass says Buffett is overpaying for slow growing businesses that generate a lot of cash flow and not much growth.

«The lackluster economy combined with significant long - term concerns have caused many owners of small - to medium - sized businesses to slow their growth activities,» Insperity chairman and chief executive officer Paul J. Sarvadi said in a statement.

That may help to explain why so many businesses were slow to optimize their content for mobile (mobile optimization is just a fancy way of saying content that looks OK and functions properly on smartphone and tablet displays).

Kasi Rao, chair of the Canada - India Business Council, which hosted the Trudeau armchair chat Tuesday, said the slow growth between Canada and India comes from a lethargy on Canada's part and a lack of knowledge of Canada within India.

Tsur Somerville, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, said he didn't think prices would decline but the rate of increases would slow down.

«The biggest change is the slowing of the international outbound business travel,» said Michael McCormick, the GBTA's executive director and COO.

One piece of good news: Business travel tends to slow down in the days before Christmas, and some travelers flying for work are likely to have called off trips booked for early in the week because of the chaos in Atlanta, said Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst and founder of consulting firm Atmosphere Research Group.

That being said, seasonal businesses that meet the criteria and maintain enough cash flow to make the regular periodic payments during the slow season, can successfully use the flexibility of a line of credit to prepare, or ramp up, for an upcoming busy season or take advantage of other profit - generating opportunities.

«The revenue continues to grow but in particular their costs are growing slower than revenue, which is exactly what you expect in a business like this,» said Jay Ritter, an expert in initial public offerings and professor at the University of Florida.

The South Korean company said that it sold 10m of the new phones after 28 days - and 20m after two months - but soon afterwards financial analysts marked down its stock because they felt the sales were slow, and indicated that the top end of the smartphone business, which the S4 targets, was tapped out.

«We're making progress, but the pace of change in the private sector is so great and the pace of change in government is so slow, even to get a budget passed, let alone get a turnaround in the fiscal situation,» said Joe Brennan, president of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, a lobbying group.

Hewlett - Packard has underinvested in its business and become «too complex and too slow,» President and CEO Meg Whitman said Wednesday, offering a three - part turnaround plan to get the ailing company back on track.

WSJ: «The U.S. threat of investment restrictions is already damping the enthusiasm of Chinese businesses, with some canceling or slowing plans to invest in the American market, China's Commerce Ministry said.

«His reaction invariably was that a few bad employees were causing issues... he was too late and too slow to call for inspection or critical challenge to (Wells») basic business model,» the board said.

On the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs just 30.8 % of surveyed South Dakota businesses said their profits were hurt by slow sales, the smallest share nationwide.

He said the U.S. business is strong, but it's in a «slow growth pace,» which is why Unlimited has to get the chain in the growth business again.

«While the pace of occupancy cost growth globally has slowed, limited supply of prime space in key core business centers has fueled continuous upward movement of occupancy costs,» said Dr. Raymond Torto, CBRE's Global Chief Economist.

«It doesn't appear worth holding onto names with elevated multiples when rising inflation may start slicing into margins, or the commensurate interest rate hikes may slow business,» he says.

The mobile telecom gear maker said the new structure would consist of business units focused on type of customer and type of business, adding it had started to take measures on top of an ongoing savings programme in the face of a slow mobile broadband market.

«The goal is to create that local pizzeria / Italian restaurant feel, wherever we do business,» Tenner says, «and we'll continue to have slow, steady growth.

«I see us growing in a slow but steady manner that allows us to continue to be particular in who we choose to do business with in order to accomplish the highest standards of food and service possible,» Wessel says.

General Mills has been working to turn around its yogurt business and is starting to see slow signs of improvement but «there is more work to do,» CEO Jeff Harmening said during the CAGNY (Consumer Analyst Group) conference in New York City.

«While consumer sentiment in our key geographies remains relatively subdued, we have seen good progress in our Australian Beer, Spirits and Wine business, as the beer market decline has started to slow and international brand owners have chosen to partner with Lion,» said Mr Irvine.

Speaking to the drinks business, beer expert and co-founder of the Beer Academy, Rupert Ponsonby, said that «the restaurant industry in the UK has been slow to latch on to the excitement of beer, and too few have educated and enthused their staff».

The trade body's business development director Clare McDermott said: «One of the biggest stories for organic over the past couple of years has been the rise of online shopping, and it's a trend that shows no sign of slowing down.»

«Progress of women in sports is slow for the same reason that it's so slow in the business world,» says a male sports executive who asked not to be identified.

«Once I had an opportunity to go into the big - time dairy business,» she says, «but I knew Don, even though he was very good at milking cows, didn't have the temperament for a slow - moving job.

«As our region's businesses, residents and school districts have struggled to cope with burdensome taxes, George Amedore have been slowing our economic recovery by raising them even higher,» Amedore opponent Sara Niccoli said.

State business leaders criticize the measure they say would force them to slow hiring and cut hours.

Still an engineer full - time, Wilhelm said his business has been slow to start because of the time it takes to make wine, so he has yet to hire an employee.

«The partially complete report released today is the first public disclosure of the excruciatingly slow process Long Islanders have endured to obtain help rebuilding their homes, businesses, and communities,» he said.

In addition to the snow, the cold lasted well into the spring, causing local business to slow down, Greenport Business Improvement District president Peter Clarbusiness to slow down, Greenport Business Improvement District president Peter ClarBusiness Improvement District president Peter Clarke said.

«So the slow - burning sun is critical for our existence,» says Close, «and the slow - burning sun is because the weak force is so feeble, and it's feeble because the W boson is very massive, and the W boson is very massive because of all this Higgs business we've been talking about.»

«In this paper, we show that exogenously increasing testosterone in men increases bid prices and asset price bubbles, and slows the incorporation of fundamental value,» says Ivey Business School's Amos Nadler, Assistant Professor of Finance.

«Even with a lot of great contacts from UC Irvine's business school, the going was very slow,» Mark said.