Sentences with phrase «slow play]»

Once in office, Trump would act more like a conventional American president and his torrent of Twitter taunts would surely slow, according to many of the executives who gathered in the Swiss town for the World Economic Forum just as he was inaugurated in 2017.

The world's major producers have made a concerted effort to slow the advance of American oil production by increasing the supply and therefore reducing the price.

He's been strikingly slow in nominating people for jobs requiring Senate approval.

In fact, I should take a photo of the slow - moving people I see on the subway each morning, immediately and obliviously checking their devices as they get off the train.

The funnels are also connected to each other: it should naturally lead people from the Sidewalk to the Slow Lane, and from the Slow Lane to the Fast Lane.

Ford says an increase to $ 15 an hour would slow her hiring plans, so she thinks a smaller increase would be better.

The company has also been slow to adapt to changing retail trends, like sales primarily driven by e-commerce and in - store innovations.

But prepare for a slow climb

But all that legwork doesn't mean the regulatory process couldn't slow Theranos down — it could yield the validation it seeks or end up throwing a wrench into its plans.

Not only do the political «left» and «right» have almost contradictory prognoses for the problems of stagnation or slow growth, but they also have to appeal to the almost randomly varying desires and priorities of the voters they represent.

New car sales in Western Australia started the 2018 financial year in the slow lane, falling 8 per cent in July as national sales continued to rise.

Then, on March 21, three employees heckled and taunted Raitt with sarcastic, showy slow - clapping as she passed through Toronto's Pearson airport.

Could the fact that lending to small businesses still has not fully recovered be a driver for slow job growth?

Also, while consumer debt is falling and corporate debt is not yet at crisis levels, keep in mind that government debt has skyrocketed — ironically, as a response to slow growth in the global economic system.

Adler thinks managers will be slow to totally hand off their entire recruiting processes to machines.

But every five years, the governor and the government agree on how the monetary authority will approach its duty of keeping inflation advancing at a pace that is neither too fast nor too slow.

He's earning broad kudos by pushing creative ways to slow skyrocketing medical prices and speeding the development of digital technologies.

If it wants to slow a raging economy, it raises interest rates.

The company did everything it could to remove barriers that might slow progress and to ensure decisions could be made quickly.

One is that I think under the auspices of that company the rollout of wi - fi and cellular technology in the subway has been slow compared to many other cities in Canada and North America.

But your sales don't have to slow to a halt just because the festive time is done.

It's a slow build.

«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.

When that rally turned deadly, Trump was slow to condemn racist demonstrators.

In 2010, Shilling penned The Age of Deleveraging: Investment Strategies for a Decade of Slow Growth and Deflation, in which he predicted savings levels would increase and debt levels would fall in the lead - up to 2020.

It was slow and muddy to use.

«I was taking a slow boat down the Mekong Delta from Thailand to Laos, and we stopped for the night in a small village along the Mekong.

Global growth is still too slow — the planet's GDP is expected to grow by 2.4 % this year, according to the World Bank, which is actually below its 2.8 % growth in 2011.

«OK usually ends up in a slow death.

But over the next few years, growth will slow to less than 2 per cent, in part due to the cooling housing market.

How can you move the ones on the Sidewalk to the Slow Lane?

«Without a dedicated toy retailer — 365 days a year — you will see growth in the industry slow,» Johnson said.

Some warheads can deploy parachutes to slow down further and precisely release chemical or biological agents, Pike said.

Facebook, he says, was way too slow to accept its share of responsibility for propagating fake news; Amazon doesn't seem to consider that it's helping destroy jobs in the retail sector; Airbnb is oblivious to the fact that it could do the same to hotel staffing jobs.

These are the slow - burning fuels that keep you satisfied and sharp throughout the afternoon.

«If you wait for the business to slow down or get in trouble, it's too late.»

CRV and Caffeinated Capital co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Freestyle Capital and Slow Ventures.

Prices plummeted, but few producers were willing to slow their pumping; many needed to bring in as much cash as possible to service their debt.

At the same time, the city has a high rate of income inequality, slow employment growth, high levels of car crashes and crime, and low levels of Medicare enrollment.

Many businesses have seasonal peaks and slow periods.

(See Slow Down, It Might Save Your Business.)

Still, there are ways to slow entitlement growth.

More specifically, Downes says, classifying ISPs as public utilities could have consequences that are as disabling as creating fast and slow lanes.

The consolidation brings to its logical end the slow merger of the two chains; U.S. electronics chain Best Buy first bought Future Shop in 2001 for $ 580 milion, but continued to run both chains under their separate names, despite combining many back - office functions.

Thinking, Fast and Slow: «It's one of the best distillations of how people think and reason from a true leader in the field,» said Courtney Nash.

Canada's economy was due to slow from its torrid pace at the start of the year, and that's what is happening.

It's a slow, painstaking strategy, however, especially at major department stores, where sales staff are hawking so many different brands at various price points.

Because startup founders can be slow to install safeguards against cyber attacks, criminals often target new companies.

You won't have a trainer pushing you to eek out every last amount of your effort, but doing the slow - motion method on your own still can be effective.

«Hire slow, fire fast» might be good advice, but small businesses — lacking clout, benefits and, crucially, cash — often have to get creative to keep duds off the payroll.