Sentences with phrase «than competitive on»

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Canada's history of protectionism, on the other hand (in addition to restrictions on trade between provinces), has resulted in markets that are generally less competitive than those in the large U.S. market and real wages that do not track productivity growth as closely:

Riechers: On the terms issue, West Coast investors continue to generally have somewhat more favorable terms for founders than East Coast investors due to competitive forces.

According to Industry Canada, Big Pharma spends more than $ 1.3 billion a year on R&D — and many global drug makers are increasingly looking at Canada for top talent and a cost - competitive advantage over the United States.

Stephens faced challenges as well, including taking on a product - architecture design that was larger in scale and complexity than what was envisioned at the beginning, and growing a culture that fits today's needs in a highly competitive marketplace for talent.

The market was more competitive than they expected, and they lost bidding wars on six properties.

We'll always focus on making our racing safer and more competitive than ever before.

WorkWave prides itself on its employees, providing much more than competitive salaries, 401k matching and healthcare programs.

Other amenities in the suite include seats that are wider than the average of 21 inches on existing Delta One classes (for competitive reasons, the airline did not release the specific width); roomy stowage compartments for shoes, headphones, and laptops; two consoles so passengers can comfortably spread out their drinks, reading materials, and laptops; and an 18 - inch - high resolution entertainment monitor, the largest among United States - based carriers, according to the airline, and bigger than the 11 - to 15 - inch monitors in Delta One classes.

«At the same time, we see significant momentum for alternative energy vehicles, an inferior competitive landscape and continued progress on Model 3 production driving more than 70 % top - line growth this year, easily one of the fastest ever by a multibillion - dollar company.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

NASA on Wednesday named 12 Americans as its new class of astronaut candidates after a selection process that's way more competitive than admittance to Harvard.

To compete, retailers need either to offer competitive pricing or more value than consumers can get on Amazon, Google or other large retail outlets.

The trick to bidding on keywords (because some are competitive and expensive) is making sure that the money you are spending is not more than the price of the product or service you are selling.

Lawson insisted that «you can no more make a State industry imitate private enterprise by telling it to follow textbook rules or to stimulate competitive prices, than you can make a mule into a zebra by painting stripes on its back.

The main benefit of the Radius Hybrid Checking Account is its strong interest rate: its 0.85 % APY doesn't fall too far from the competitive interest rates you'll find on dedicated online savings accounts, and it's far higher than anything available at traditional brick - and - mortar banks.

The FF 91 is also capable of reaching an EPA - adjusted 378 miles on a single charge, which is farther than any distance offered by any other electric vehicle on a single charge and makes it competitive even against traditional gasoline - powered vehicles.

Add to that the fact that no fewer than four dealers bid on fulfilling every buy order placed by Hard Assets Alliance customers, and we're able to offer some of the most competitive pricing on the planet.

Broadband providers are traditionally more competitive on pricing than any other area of the home services market, and despite Sky's recent promotional activity its share in this market dropped two percentage points to 25 %.

With four years of experience as a competitive sprinter, I believes that our motivation to train should be positive rather than negative; instead of training because of a negative body image, we should focus our energy on training like athletes, aiming to be the fittest, fastest and strongest version of our selves.

In fact, I have achieved number one placement for very competitive keywords for a site built entirely in flash; so basically there was no content on the web page other than the meta tags.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Rather than Uber's approach of a lower distance - based fare with more emphasis on surge pricing, Grab said it «always maintained a competitive per KM fare with 2.0 surge max.»

In reality, heavily spending on digital content is likely no more of a competitive moat than that possessed by any linear business that's dependent on investing in fast - depreciating assets.

Medicine by Design brings together more than 100 high - calibre researchers in a globally competitive hub focused on regenerative medicine and cell therapy.

To earn more than 1 percent on your cash, the analysis found, you would probably have to tie your money up in a longer - term C.D.; five - year C.D.s now have average interest rates of more than 1.4 percent, and average rates at the most competitive national banks are approaching 2 percent.

Women entrepreneurship is a competitive market on its own, but successful women business owners advise that nurturing and mutually beneficial collaborations can be much more successful for business growth and revenue than acting as a lone wolf.

Rather than playing into an «us - versus - them» competitive dichotomy, this new space age hinges on exploring the possibility of economic expansion off - planet — a notion bolstered by the innate human urge to push the boundaries of what's possible.

(Reuters)-- Action - camera maker GoPro Inc's first - quarter revenue beat expectancies and it reported a smaller - than - expected loss on Thursday, profiting from competitive advertising of its cameras and controlling bills.

It also possesses a durable competitive advantage: Going to any other flight - training provider than the best is like taking the low bid on a surgical procedure.

But even if there is no discount, on any given day the listed price of Venezuelan heavy oil is even lower than Canadian heavy oil, so Canadian heavy oil would not currently be competitive in Shanghai.

Research firm, Hearts & Wallets, conducted its Wants & Pricing: What Investors Buy & Competitive Ratings study, which ranked 24 financial firms based on more than 10 different attributes that investors deemed most important, found that Edward Jones outperformed across nearly all attributes, including the top three: «fees clear and understandable»; «unbiased, puts my interests first»; and, «explains things in understandable terms.»

The combination of this competitive job market with a lower cost of living than many Western countries means many Chinese workers are willing to work for less, which presents an opportunity for global companies to save on labour costs.

Yet, Avant's personal loan rates are competitive with other lenders and often lower than those offered on credit cards.

According to Leonardo Maugeri, in his December 2014 paper Falling Short: A Reality Check for Global LNG Exports, Australian LNG producers, to drive volume, may price on their operating costs to make their delivered prices competitive, rather than include in their price recovery of their capital costs.

Perhaps we need to explore reforming all our communications to make them (1) competitive to all other communications in terms of their usefulness to members» lives; (2) made easily accessible for when members want to use them, rather than thrust on them involuntarily; and (3) the accessibility advertised rather than the information given.

When this idea was attacked, on the grounds that the new Medicare subsidy might not be adequate to purchase sufficient health care benefits, Ryan changed his proposal so that Medicare would have a «defined benefit,» but the size of the government subsidy would be determined by competitive bidding (determining who could provide the benefits at the lowest price), rather than by government bureaucrats.

The satisfactions of the professor will depend more on the general quality of life in the institution than on a competitive superiority in income.

Woolworths was now competitive on price, he said, but had more work to do to improve value perceptions and build trust in its prices by offering more everyday low prices rather than promotions.

Don't get me wrong; I'm more than happy for the terrific coverage they provide, but the (friendly) competitive nature in me wants to keep up, and it's killing me to keep my spicy food projects on the back burner!

My emphasis added to this statement: «On average, when compared with competitive batch brewers, customers waste less brewed coffee when they use a single serve Keurig brewer than when they brew a full pot of coffee».

This was because, on the primary judge's findings, the major supermarket chains imposed a closer (in the sense of greater) competitive constraint than Franklins on Metcash.

On this basis the trial judge concluded that (para 298) «if Franklins was in the relevant market with Metcash (as the Commission clearly contended), it must be the case that the major supermarket chains, which his Honour found to be a closer competitive constraint than Franklins, must be included in that market.»

On average 10 of American women are iron deficient with one recent study suggested that more than half (56 %) of recreational joggers and competitive runners suffer from an iron deficiency that may negatively affect performance.

If Arsene Wenger is to stay on for another year or more as the manager of Arsenal Football Club, a lot of fans will not be happy but there will be little we can do about it other than hope that the Frenchman will realise that he needs to have Arsenal much more competitive and fighting for a major trophy like the Premier League title or the Champions League.

In public Arsene Wenger is not putting any pressure on his players to win the games or lift the trophy, insisting that although he does like the competitive nature of the games, it is much more about preparation for the season ahead than anything else.

Although Toral is often a part of the Arsenal pre-season tours and has made appearances, he is still yet to feature for the first team on a competitive basis and he'll be hoping to be a part of the Arsenal squad, alongside his close friend Hector Bellerin, rather than be shipped out on loan again.

I would rather spend some money on BT and watch games at home.Lucas will eave, Alexis is almost done and we get the Wonder from a league less competitive than the championship teams and all of you are looking forward for success.

The Southampton match gave us one of those opportunities to fully assess the Arsenal players on the fringes and take proper evaluation of their development in a proper competitive environment rather than just in an Under - 21 game which can not be used as real measure or test for a team of Arsenal's pedigree.

When people debate Rodgers» legacy at Anfield, his fans will point the 2013/14 season as an incredible achievement — one that, in many ways, would ultimately cost him his job as it was a title challenge that came much earlier than expected; the club were ahead of schedule in terms of building a competitive side, and the emotional turmoil of ultimately losing out on the final day of the season meant there was simply no recovery.

More and more appear to be turning on the board from what I have seen, demanding the board to make us competitive and show ambition, the board appear to be listening to this more than Wenger out morons as the infrastructure is what is rumored to change.