Sentences with phrase «which time consumers»

Card issuers generally are permitted to increase the interest rate prospectively on new purchases, but must give the consumer 45 days advance notice — during which time the consumer may cancel the account.

Not exact matches

More importantly for consumers, DBS revealed that the average amount sent in digital red packets in Singapore last year was S$ 26 (about $ 19.60)-- several times higher than the going rates of physical red packets, which is between S$ 6 ($ 4.50) and S$ 10 ($ 7.60).

This moment has been a long time coming for the company, which is now the first and only one in the U.S. that can provide such health reports to consumers without a prescription.

Our consumer offering is the Flipp app, which has been downloaded more than 13 million times.

But Apple has now become the focal point of that anger, which may be largely rooted in a lack of consumer awareness that phone batteries lose potency over time.

The company came into the travel market at a time when major airlines were dedicated to nothing more than staying in business, which resulted in cramped, no - frills travel for consumers.

Business Insider nailed it when it wrote, «The new on - demand models have opened the door to real - time fulfillment of goods and services, which consumers have embraced with a frequency that is unprecedented.»

«We excluded existing subscribers from the offer and asked folks to pay us upon receipt of their first issue, which included a bill basically saying, «Now is the time to pay as you wish,»» says Patrick Hainault, Inc.'s director of consumer marketing.

This marks the first time that Huawei, which makes well - specified mid-range phones such as the P10, has knocked Apple off the top spot in Chinese consumer buying intentions.

Or they tend to dance around, or omit entirely, information that consumers care deeply about when deciding which phone to buy, such as whether the battery life reflects hours of actual use, not just resting time.

If JAMS (or, if applicable, AAA) at the time the arbitration is filed has Minimum Standards of Procedural Fairness for Consumer Arbitrations in effect which would be applicable to the matter in dispute, NBCUniversal agrees to provide the benefit of such Minimum Standards to you to the extent they are more favorable than the comparable arbitration provisions set forth in this Section 26, provided, however, that in no event may such Minimum Standards contravene or restrict the application of subpart (e) or (i) below.

In June, Butterfield told Fortune's Michal Lev - Ram that the role of Slack — which began as a real - time chat service and now encompasses a range of features for business productivity, wrapped in a consumer - friendly interface — will continue to expand into what he calls a «virtual chief of staff» that could help with functions such as employee feedback.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) currently has two acting directions: Mick Mulvaney and Leandra English, both of which the New York Times notes are messily and publicly vying to be the permanent leader of the organization, a position which is appointed by the President.

Microsoft's overarching goal is to «democratize A.I.,» which Nadella explained has something to do with analyzing the mountains of data produced by consumers and businesses and then presenting the findings to people who have far less free time than they used to have.

«Thanks to the unique ecosystem we have in the city — which gives us access to talent, capital, forward - looking retailers and consumers — we've grown into a major brand in a very short period of time, becoming Europe's fastest growing loyalty and mobile payments provider.»

The Times cites Robyn Smith, a lawyer with the National Consumer Law Center, who «has seen shoddy and inaccurate paperwork in dozens of cases involving private student loans from a variety of lenders and debt buyers, which she detailed in a 2014 report.»

-- Coral Chung, co-founder and CEO of Senreve, a direct - to - consumer handbag company which has sold out of its bags five times since launching in 2016 with sales in the multi-millions

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First, stop to think about all the ways in which your current life as a consumer is difficult and frustrating — all the ways in which it eats up your own or somebody else's time and still produces unsatisfying results.

Meal kits, which provide recipes and the corresponding ingredients for consumers to prepare themselves, have picked up traction with time - starved eaters who are looking to eat more fresh foods.

It's a safe bet that most consumers don't think so, which is why Apple sold a ton of Minis in no time flat.

Details of how the loan product will be made available to consumers are a bit thin, although according to the New York Times, which first reported the story, the loans could be for between $ 15,000 and $ 20,000, and will be made available either through an app, online, or via a prepaid card, or a combination of all three.

«Consumers should be as concerned as the foremost infectious disease doctors are — which is very concerned,» David Wallinga, a senior health officer at the environmental nonprofit the National Resources Defense Council, who contributed to the report, told Time.

A witty promo video for Dollar Shave Club, which has been viewed more than seven million times, offers consumers a monthly supply of five razor cartridges for $ 1, including shipping.

The demutualisation was opposed by a group of members, some involved in the founding of the society in the early 1960s to offer an alternative to banks, which at the time were regarded as unfriendly to consumers.

At the same time, consumers collectively expect the deep discounts of previous holiday seasons — which are simply not viable this year — and will be disappointed when they don't find them.

«General Mills has been a valued partner since CircleUp's inception, and we're excited to deepen our relationship through this investment fund — which marks the first time a major consumer packaged goods company has used an online marketplace to find consumer brands,» said Ryan Caldbeck, CircleUp's CEO and co-founder.

Most consumer goods companies understand the importance of an effective sales territory management plan - it can prevent territory overlap between field reps, which causes confusion and wastes time.

As set forth above, as opposed to the stringent regulations in other states such as New York, and the bill proposed in the Assembly last year, which appear to deter companies from spending the time and money to pursue cutting - edge ideas, the Act appropriately balances the need for consumer protection with the desire to allow businesses to innovate.

From my pre-budget piece last September: If British Columbians respond to the HST by reducing their consumer spending, the timing of the HST introduction may actually slow down the economic recovery, which should be -LSB-...]

The second time we looked at this, we saw the Findus twist bring new energy to the story and as the chart shows, Tesco's Buzz score — which tracks whether consumers have heard something positive or negative about a brand — went further down and is only showing the very first signs of recovery in the last week.

Interestingly, the amount of consumers that never use their smart speakers is 12.7 %, which exactly matches the number of heavy users that interact six or more times per day.

It concerns the fact that she sees up to 50 % of all consumer credit lines being yanked at exactly the worst time for any prospects of a recovery... which would mean now.

So for the first time, perhaps, and I state broadly, that person's heading out into the market as a consumer, which is not something they've done before.

The nation's largest telecom company, which counts one - third of Americans among its wireless customers, wants to convince the court that its $ 85 billion deal for buying media powerhouse Time Warner will help consumers.

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In addition, it can encourage consumers to add to their debt load, which could put stress on Canadian households, at a time when they are carrying record amounts of debt.

Consumers can obtain music for a certain amount of time easily and the consumer decides which artists receive the $ 100.

Wilson averred that it can take upwards of a few days to see bitcoins in one's account, which isn't a practical amount of time for those who want to witness digital currency become a day - to - day business and consumer function.

At a time in which the cryptocurrency ecosystem endures a significant correction as bitcoin dips below the $ 10,000 mark, Portuguese consumer protection association DECO wants the government to tax cryptocurrency investors.

«It means reversing this long time economic model, where the state will profit through the economic system at the expense of the consumers and household, and one of the things that the new leadership is intent on doing in order to create consumption is to empower consumers, so they spend more and stop empowering state organizations which are fuelling the overcapacity and the massive debt bubble».

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The professional cleaning industry can market to consumer and commercial groups, which can allow you to build a profitable business that you can operate either part - time or full - time.

The Commerce Department has imposed tariffs averaging 20 % on Canadian lumber shipments into the U.S. NAHB believes the tariffs are harming housing affordability, home builders and consumers by artificially inflating lumber prices, which are running at an all - time high.

«The associations urge President Trump to avoid any decision which would do harm to so many downstream steel manufacturing companies and other steel consumers, our employees, and our customers, with little or no additional protection to the basic steel industry, while at the same time causing great economic harm to numerous other sectors of the US economy.»

Ma said at the time that many of Italy's vintner's would have the chance to reach Chinese consumers through Tmall's 9.9 Global Wine & Spirits Festival, which will be held next Friday.

Because car value declines over time, repossession alone is often not enough to fulfill the outstanding debt, which leaves some consumers paying down a car they no longer own.

According to historic data, which accounts for total search volumes, «buy bitcoin» is now three times more popular than «buy gold» was even during the 2008 - 09 market crash - when consumers feared for the safety of their cash.

This is the year privacy safeguards finally kick in for consumers after outraged lawmakers wasted no time passing legislation in the wake of the Equifax data breach, which exposed the personal information of more than 145 million Americans.

Over time, General Assembly became less of a consumer facing business and transitioned into one that was serving primarily business clients — which means access to Adecco Group's over 100,000 businesses is a big boon to the company's continued expansion plans.