Not exact matches
It's a goal that many
in the corporate America get behind, or at least pay lip
service to; but
in practice, progress towards more balanced workforces
in many sectors, and especially at senior management levels, has been
slow.
One possible reason is that Amazon, with the launch of its Prime
service, has solved two important obstacles of shopping online: eliminating the hidden cost of shipping and the perception that shopping online is
slower than shopping
in a brick - and - mortar retail store.
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.
But the ISM nonmanufacturing index showed growth
in the
services sector
slowed last month.
«While energy inflation should pick up again towards the middle of this year, it should start to
slow towards year - end... And with wage growth still muted, a marked pick - up
in service inflation is not on the cards,» said Marcel Thieliant, senior Japan economist at Capital Economics.
These fast companies will complete several cycles — learning and improving — while
slower firms gear up to complete one innovation cycle, which will result
in products and
services that solved problems that have already been solved, or have morphed and changed.
And
in May, Trump - appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, proposed canceling most of the agency's 2015 net neutrality rules that prohibit ISPs from blocking,
slowing, or otherwise discriminating against web sites and online
services.
Fast - food franchises often get a bad rap for being
slow to change, but this time they find themselves
in the unique position of being among the first
in the food -
service realm to make a major investme...
In a recent note to clients, RBC Capital Markets chief US economist Tom Porcelli examined the trends by using two components of GDP as proxies: net exports of goods and
services to reflect the effects of a
slowing global economy, and real personal consumption expenditures to reflect the US consumer.
«Products and
services that help people care for their four - legged family members are
in a growth pattern that I don't see
slowing down for the near future.»
There isn't much about the new text that's radically different than the initial proposal the FCC released
in late April — it still aims to reverse the Title II classification that gives the agency broad authority over internet
service providers, and still questions whether rules that ban those ISPs from
slowing down or speeding up certain sites for payment are even necessary
in the first place.
Questrade is
in a unique position, he argues: It's not a
slow - moving behemoth, like established financial
services companies, but it has been around longer than a startup.
The one big potential downside is that the online education market becomes so crowded that its growth
slows, but he's optimistic that this company and its «high - end, high quality»
services can be a leader
in this space.
China's
services PMI rose to 54.8
in April from 54.6
in March, but manufacturing PMI
slowed to 51.4 from 51.5
in the same period.
«The
services aggregate was the main driver to the
slower growth
in GDP, contributing 0.23 percentage points.
The problem
in this case has been that Comcast has been
slowing down Netflix for some time, to the point where the
service has been difficult if not impossible to use for some subscribers.
More worrisome: Edmunds has alerted Tesla's
service center about problems it's had getting an appointment, and said new parts have been
slow to come
in.
Euro zone inflation unexpectedly slipped
in April as prices of
services increased at a
slower pace, data showed on Thursday.
A recent study found that McDonald's was
slower than ever
in 2013, averaging 189.5 seconds, the
slowest average speed of
service for the burger chain
in the last fifteen years.
Instead, check out these airports with the fastest and
slowest Wi - Fi
service in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central America.
If business is
slow and you are just going to hang out
in front of your computer next week AND your
service leans toward the necessity side, then you may still want to meet with this person.
But explosive growth has also resulted
in a bumpy experience on the customer
service front, including complaints of outages and
slow response times.
At the same time, wireless
service revenue growth for the entire industry
slowed to 2 % last year from 6 %
in 2011 —
in part because most customers now buy their phone outright instead of getting subsidies.
Video streaming company Netflix Inc. on Wednesday launched its
services in 130 countries, covering almost the entire globe except China, as part of efforts to counter
slowing growth
in the United States.
There's nothing more frustrating than searching for an available Wi - Fi
service and logging
in, only to find the
slow network you're on takes minutes to send an important email or won't let you stream that video you need to see.
The Republican - led FCC
in December voted 3 - 2 to overturn rules barring
service providers from blocking,
slowing access to or charging...
«Any time you see softness
in the economy, you see some mode shift where customers reevaluate their supply chains and look to see if they could rely on a
slower mode of transportation
in some cases or the lack of a timedefinite
service.
But the online protests also highlighted how the biggest tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, have taken a back seat
in the debate about protecting net neutrality, rules that prohibit internet
service providers such as AT&T and Comcast from blocking or
slowing sites or for charging people or companies for faster speeds of particular sites.
The moment of truth for the
slow - selling airliner looms after just 10 years
in service and leaves one of Europe's most visible international symbols hanging by a thread, despite a major airline investment
in new cabins unveiled this month.
For example, millions of jobs primarily held by women, mainly administrative and
service jobs, are threatened by the rise of automation, while the
slow progress toward pay equity
in many industries plays a major role.
U.S.
services firms grew at a
slower pace
in April; companies report cost pressures from possible tariffs and a shortage of available workers
It's a major shift for a company that's notoriously
slow to adopt prevailing trends
in the video game market; Nintendo's still years behind its competition when it comes to paid online
services, for instance.
Wealth giant AMP accepts it repeatedly lied to the corporate regulator and says it has been too
slow in refunding fees to clients who have been charged despite receiving no
service, but has defended a report produced by law firm Clayton Utz into the issue.
«They promised us it would lift the economy... but instead we are still stymied
in the weakest,
slowest recovery
in the postwar era,» said Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R - Texas, chairman of the House Financial
Services Committee, who introduced the bill.
The news
service cited an April IMF forecast that growth
in emerging economies will
slow to 5.7 %
in 2012 from 6.2 %
in 2011.
We have invested
in new products and
services, including Square Cash and Caviar, and will continue to invest
in new products and
services, but if those products and
services fail to be successful, our growth may
slow or decline.
«If daily enrollments don't
slow down, I think that's pretty well
in the cards shortly,» said Eckert, senior vice president for
services and digital acceleration.
It has been
slow to make a mark
in more profitable software and
services businesses.
HIGHLIGHT Annual inflation
in the Eurozone unexpectedly slipped to just 1.2 %
in April, as prices of
services increased at a
slower pace adding to doubts about the ECB's plan for a gradual withdrawal of monetary stimulus.
A T - Mobile spokesperson confirmed that policy, saying that although postpaid and prepaid T - Mobile
service had the same priority, MetroPCS and other resellers «may notice
slower speeds
in times of network congestion.»
According to a report released
in December by the Inspector General's office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, the FDA has at times been
slow to secure recalls, which may be voluntary or mandatory.
«Because our no - throttling rule addresses instances
in which a broadband provider targets particular content, applications,
services, or non-harmful devices, it does not address a practice of
slowing down an end user's connection to the Internet based on a choice made by the end user,» the FCC's Open Internet Order says.
The second cyclical factor that has had a major impact on our exports and business investment is the protracted recovery of the US economy — the
slowest in the postwar period.10 When oil and other commodity prices rose
in the years before the 2014 oil price shock, so did our dollar, making our non-commodity exports to the United States less competitive and reinforcing the ongoing shift from manufacturing to
services.
Growth
in the all - important US
services sector
slowed for a third straight month
in April, according to a closely watched survey, as optimism over the state of the American economy is tempered by concerns over labour shortage and rising input costs.
The bulk of the outperformance came from higher licensing revenue, while better - than - expected handheld devices revenue and a
slower drop
in service access fees also contributed to the results, the analyst said.
Portuguese 10 yr yield falls 100 bps and 2 yr down 188 bps on the week 2) June Euro region mfr» g and
services composite index unchanged at 46, well below 50 and points to clear
slowing but was a touch better than expected 3) Lack of a negative rather than a positive but Syriza loses
in Greece 4) NAHB home builder survey hangs at 5 yr high at 29 but remains still well below breakeven of 50 5 From construction standpoint, housing permits rise to most since Sept» 08.
Although job creation
in the
services sector expanded to its highest level
in 19 months, new orders registered the
slowest growth since August 2016.
It's fair to be skeptical and assume that big banks might generally be
slower or less helpful
in servicing a loan.
Data from the Institute for Supply Management, along with other statistics, suggest the US economy continues to be driven by the
services sector, whereas growth
in manufacturing (outside the buoyant auto sector) showed signs of
slowing in August, possibly due to dollar strength and weakening economic prospects outside the United States.
Texas
service sector activity «continued to increase in April, albeit at a slower pace than last month,» according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas» Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index decreased to 14.7 fro
service sector activity «continued to increase
in April, albeit at a
slower pace than last month,» according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas» Texas
Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index decreased to 14.7 fro
Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index decreased to 14.7 from 20.0.