Sentences with phrase «well as a force for good»

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«Using business as a force for good is not only a passion of mine but, really, it's the only way that we're going to change the world.»

Ricky's NYC founder and chairman Todd Kenig says Halloween sales account for about 20 percent of the firm's annual $ 50 million revenue, but Sandy forced to shutter all of its stores, as well as its corporate office, in the two days leading up to the holiday.

Some observers predict that such borrowers will be forced to tap networks of small investors who lend through mortgage brokers, as well as mortgage investment corporations — in other words, the most remote corners of Canada's shadow banking sector, which accounts for 40 % of Canada's banking space.

«It's our job to be harnessing this technology as a force for good,» he says.

Through cells for volunteer foot patrols, the Gang Violence Task Force and the Portland Police Bureau, many citizens and city workers are using Celly as well.

With a budget of $ 40 billion per year, the Defense Logistics Agency has 25,000 employees and is responsible for overseeing 100,000 orders daily from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, as well as other agencies.

He noticed there was an opportunity to develop such modules, as well as virtual reality simulators, for so - called «ground school» training for helicopter pilots or the maintenance crews working on military airplanes such as the Royal Canadian Air Force's Hercules transport.

The Canadian government was forced to set aside C$ 173 million in its latest budget to pay for extra patrols at border crossings to cope with the influx, as well as security screening and processing of refugee applications.

So it is constantly looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the company is struggling — right along with every other tech firm — with how it can make the work force more diverse even though, in terms of gender at least, it's already as diverse as any firm in the city.

«China has engaged for a very long time in the theft of our intellectual property as well as practices like forced technology transfer,» said Navarro, author of several books anti-China books including «Death by China.»

So there's a big cultural component of that and as well we have some forcing functions in the business that look for every year where can we drive efficiencies, where can we drive more effectiveness, where can we invest ahead of the curve?

European calls for exemptions from Trump's plan for 25 percent tariffs on steel imports are also on their agenda, as well as the U.S. president's desire to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.

As a way to shed some light on what I see coming down the pike in 2016, here are my six predictions on the kinds of macro forces that could disrupt your business if you're not doing your best to prepare for them.

«I have not felt an environment of positive optimism, where forces are converging to provide for better environment in quite a while,» Longhi was quoted as saying in the interview.

European calls for exemptions from Trump's plan for 25 percent tariffs on steel imports are also on their agenda, as well as the U.S. president's desire to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria as soon as practicable.

Because technology itself is a force for good, the best thing you can do is get your tools into as many hands as possible.

Yet as harmful as this principle proved to be for Wells Fargo, it can also be a force for good.

It also shows how G Adventures strives to redirect that influence as a force for social good.

One of us would say, «well, I have to check this recipe» or «I have to check something for work,» and the other would jump on their phones, forcing us to write the day off as a failure.

But the number of entrepreneurs who want to use commerce in ways great or small as a force not just for profit but also for good is growing.

The Goldman analysis accounts for the potential «impact of a decline in users or total time spent on Facebook in Europe, as well as the potential for declines in ad pricing based on lower effectiveness should the company be forced to leverage contextual vs. targeted advertising.»

As well, if the U.S. government takes on the responsibility for buying drugs, it may force better pricing terms on producers, which could hurt revenues.

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Disney ran through a list of Iger's accomplishments as CEO in 2015, including «record - breaking enthusiasm» for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as other box office hits such as Pixar's Inside Out and Marvel's Avengers sequel.

WASHINGTON / BEIJING, March 13 - U.S. Trump is targeting Chinese high technology companies to punish China for its investment policies that effectively force U.S. companies to give up their technology secrets in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country, as well as for other IP practices Washington considers unfair.

You're already on Instagram anyway — may as well use it as a force for good!

As a policy matter moreover, we reject the use of military force where well - established law enforcement authorities in this country provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat.»

3G Capital has not always been seen as a force for good.

A passion to improve productivity, as well as keep people safe, has proved to be a formidable force for a local manufacturer.

Hogan brought about 25 AmerCable employees to his session — more than 10 % of his work force — as well as a handful of his investors, all of whom worked together to generate goals that employees could commit to because they had created them for themselves.

The limitation on the length of tweets forces users to focus on what they want to say, which should be easier to mine for useful data as well.

The environmental and labor side agreements negotiated by our administration will make this agreement a force for social progress as well as economic growth.»

Then... this is the best part... he made it clear that a 6.5 percent unemployment rate would not necessarily be the threshold for raising rates, then went on a long discussion of the conditions under which he would NOT raise rates, including if the unemployment rate dropped mostly due to cyclical declines in the labor force participation rate rather than gains in unemployment, as well as persistently low inflation.

Unsurprisingly, Dr. Krueger's report — which he said he was allowed to produce without interference from Uber — paints Uber as a force for good in the labor market.

«Market forces will dictate higher wages as businesses seek to recruit the best available talent for available jobs,» said a franchise association spokeswoman by email.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

Inspire and encourage entrepreneurs to use business as a force for good, through contributing to the stronger, smarter, greener, and better rebuild of the BVI

In his address, Mr. Barton will share McKinsey's perspectives on the forces changing the business landscape and their implications, as well as the opportunities they will create for British Columbia.

«China has engaged for a very long time in the theft of our intellectual property as well as practices like forced technology transfer,» Peter Navarro, President Trump's trade adviser, said on CNBC on Monday.

The term Great Firewall, then, should be seen as encompassing policy areas well beyond the extensive censorship system, to include forced technology transfer, forced partnership with Chinese partners, ever more sophisticated theft of intellectual property, demands that internet data be «secure and controllable,» legislation allowing government officials to demand access to software source code, and denial of access for major internet platform companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

The airline's dedication to providing extensive hurricane relief on the Caribbean island — and in the continental U.S. — underscores its commitment to leveraging its strengths as a business to rise up as a force for good in the community.

As Nobel economist (and one of my dissertation advisors at Stanford) Joe Stiglitz noted on Friday, a good part of the reason for rising oil prices is because the producers are already awash in U.S. assets, and to supply significantly more oil will just force them to accumulate more low - return assets.

We invest in entrepreneurship that encompasses all walks of life, and believe in the democratization of innovation as a powerful force for global good.

The shift reflects cyclical (eg changes in risk appetite) as well as structural (eg tighter risk management or regulation) forces affecting both the supply of and demand for market - making services.

American actor Mark Hamill became famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the epic film «Star Wars,» as well as its sequels «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Return of the Jedi» and «The Force Awakens.»

Online political advertising was seen «initially as a force for good,» because it offered a lower cost way for candidates to advertise and could serve as a counterweight to the influence of big political donors, said Ellen Weintraub, a veteran Democratic commission member who now serves as its vice chairwoman

The forces at play today include technology and cost breakthroughs that make clean energy increasingly competitive, as well as a rapidly growing domestic and global market for clean energy solutions fuelled by the desire of governments and citizens to reduce carbon pollution.»

Powell, known as a collegial consensus - builder, could help serve as a steadying force for the U.S. economy as well as a unifying figure among the central bank's policymakers.

They function as the sales force for wholesale lenders, matching borrowers to the best loan product and lender for their situation.

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

The second was that of launching in 2002 (as well as joining forces with the brillant thinker Angela Quail) the transformation of the user persona concept into the buyer persona concept we use today for gaining insight into primarily B2B buyers.