Sentences with phrase «surprising number of businesses»

Market - based compliance mechanisms had the support of many economists, of course, and, looking back on it, from a surprising number of businesses and individual politicians (at both ends of the political spectrum).

«There is a surprising number of businesses in the north that have historically looked to the magic circle for their expertise because there is a false assumption that such expertise did not exist in the regions, but this work is now gradually coming back,» he says.

A surprising number of businesses are interested in your credit report and score and not just for financial purposes.

«Surprising number of businesses selling unapproved stem cell «treatments» in the US.»

The airline has opened up a surprising number of Business Class Miles SAAver award seats for travel between the US and Europe (both directions) in the first 5 months of 2017.

Not exact matches

You will be surprised by the number of businesses he founded in the past.

That is, if you're buying a pair of sneakers online, there is no reason that a business should be asking for your birth date, social security number, annual income, copies of your ID or credit card, and so on (you'd be surprised by how many online businesses ask for these things).

If it seems a stretch to apply the experiences of a radical second - wave feminist to the business world, consider that a surprising number of companies — big and small — are today opting to operate as ersatz capitalist communes.

Earlier this year, however, Medium announced that it was pivoting its business away from advertising revenue to a subscription - based model, which reportedly took a number of its publishing partners by surprise and made them rethink their desire to be hosted there.

With overall numbers like those, it's not surprising that four of the six major distributors were able to grow their domestic business in 2012 compared to the year before.

To my surprise (and relief) creativity is a well - researched topic in a number of fields; Engineering, Psychology, Business, and the Arts.

Ralph Smith, managing director of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, a collaborative effort of political, education, business and advocacy leaders to close the nation's literacy gap, said «We shouldn't be at all surprised by the NAEP scores... we can point to nothing substantial in terms of interventions or programs that would have made that number different.»

Was surprised to see some of these comments, since my family and a great number of my friends do business there and have for years, and it is the way they operate that keeps us coming back!

It should come as no surprise to people who are in the business of helping individuals achieve their goal of homeownership that rising home mortgage rates can have a dramatic effect on the number of houses that are sold.

You may be surprised at the number of ways credit impacts your business.

As more businesses are accepting digital payments each day, you will be surprised at the number of bonus opportunities there are.

It doesn't surprise me that they probably will want me to call up their reconsideration line since I have a new business (this blog) operating as a sole proprietorship under my Social Security number instead of an EIN.

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if those who have never had AMEX cards or have had just one AMEX card are given even more lucrative targeted offers by AMEX, such as the 150K AMEX Business Platinum offer, since presumably these anti-churning measures will reduce the number of new cards issued.

Kimishima: As we continue to provide consumers with new surprises through the integrated hardware / software dedicated video game business with Nintendo Switch and other initiatives, our thoughts regarding expanding the number of people who have access to Nintendo IP stem from our desire to provide opportunities for consumers to experience Nintendo IP (including in situations outside the dedicated video game business) and take an interest in our dedicated video game business.

Looking at the list, you may be surprised by the large number of smartphone games, but they are big business here in Japan.

Nintendo are still proving to be viable enough, and they're changing things around (I don't agree with HOW they're changing but... meh), Xbox is fighting harder than ever and early rumors of November numbers actually shows Xbox One ahead (although I wouldn't be surprised if Sony wins again), and Sony is now changing its business around a bit to focus much more on the gaming side of things.

However, a surprising number of solo and small law firm attorneys still fail to acknowledge this importance — at the risk of their own business.

As the number of firms announcing redundancy consultations this week continued to rise — with news of widespread cuts at Berwin Leighton Paisner — new research from Legal Week has found a surprising degree of business confidence among partners in UK law firms.

Since launch and to this date, our number one product in terms of new business has been term life insurance, which I think has surprised some folks who know the industry.

This is not surprising, because as the number of merchants accepting it grows, people have more opportunities to spend it, which then leads more businesses to accept it, and so on.

Plenty of gift card businesses accept bitcoins and these cards can be used at a surprising number of major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Target and Nike.

If one looks at the numbers provided by FNB Property Economist John Loos, «with widespread weakness in sentiment late in 2017, showing up in both Consumer and Business Confidence readings as well as the Rand, it came as no surprise to see households remain a relatively conservative bunch at the time of the fourth quarter 2017 FNB Estate Agent survey, which was done in October».

And when we look at the age group of existing licensees and the increase in the number of women in the business, we shouldn't be surprised by attrition due to retirement and parental leave — challenges faced by every segment of the labour market.