Sentences with phrase «with low labor costs»

One district might be in an area with low labor costs, which would make scratch - cooking more feasible, while another might have to pay top dollar for labor.

«Firms with low labor costs should be most insulated.»

«Firms with low labor costs should be most insulated from accelerating wages, a trend that our economists expect will persist in 2018.»

To drive down labor costs, a company replaces a regulated, protected class of worker (members of a union) with a non-protected worker (by relocating to non-union states or countries with a lower labor cost).

As Japanese rivals grabbed business away from them, U.S. electronics companies moved production to countries with lower labor costs.

There are many challenges facing us, such as offshore manufacturing with lower labor costs and pricing.

It's also a very tough market, with strict regulations, loose enforcement (see German - brand diesels), and relatively strong unions that make it hard to move assembly plants to former Soviet satellite countries with lower labor costs.

Not exact matches

The majority of the best cities were located in the Midwest and east of the U.S. Carbondale, Illinois, came in second and also has the lowest labor costs with a median annual income of $ 17,764.

Cyclical names and companies with relatively low labor costs may be some of the best bets, according to Goldman's David Kostin.

While it has some of the lowest labor costs in the developing world, Bangladesh, with rampant corruption, congested roads and frequent unrest, is a tough place to do business.

Businesses benefit by lowering recruitment costs, improving attrition rates, optimizing labor in relation to demand signals, and improving the customer experience with happier, more engaged employees.

The Labor Department is examining whether Wells Fargo & Co pushed participants in low - cost corporate 401 (k) plans to roll their holdings into more expensive individual retirement accounts at the bank, according to a person familiar with the inquiry the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

April 26 The Labor Department is examining whether Wells Fargo & Co pushed participants in low - cost corporate 401 (k) plans to roll their holdings into more expensive individual retirement accounts at the bank, according to a person familiar with the inquiry the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Available housing inventory in the U.S. is at historical lows and homebuilders are faced with high costs and labor shortages.

While the deal allowed US manufacturers to lower costs and compete with Asian factories, it also led companies to move thousands of factory jobs to Mexico, where labor is cheaper.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

Problems with plant diseases, rising labor costs, and competition from lower - priced imported peppers have led to a 75 percent decline in the acreage devoted to growing chiles in the state in the last twenty years.

We've been able to upgrade manual tasks to a modern, fully automated line, more than doubled production and lowered our overall labor costs - and it was also well in line with our budget.»

These expenses, combined with lower yields and increased labor costs, are often not sufficiently offset by the price premiums paid for organic coffee, which are typically around 20 to 25 percent.

Schools» misguided reliance on processed foods for speedy, low - labor cost production, industry's $ 1.6 billion in child - targeted advertising and a lack of faith in our children's dietary curiosity has created a generation of «picky eaters» with dull palates.

It would be hard for the United States to «get away» with imposing tariffs if it wasn't an open secret that China engages in unfair trade practices / has unnaturally low costs due to nonexistent / unenforced labor / environmental regulations.

The rate increase, if approved, comes with several backup measures that would allow LIPA and PSEG to hike rates (or lower them) in the future if costs and projected savings related to storms, labor contracts and debt refinancing differ from current projections.

In essence, China has been loaning Chinese solar module manufacturers in that country money at low - interest rates for both production and installation, even when installation takes place in other countries such as Germany, which makes Chinese products unbeatably cheap when paired with Chinese advantages in labor and logistics costs.

«Schools» misguided reliance on processed foods for speedy, low - labor cost production, industry's $ 1.6 billion in child - targeted advertising and a lack of faith in our children's dietary curiosity [have] created a generation of «picky eaters» with dull palates,» reports the group.

Because nitrous oxide offers relief from pain and anxiety that is low cost with low risks to mama and baby, it appeals to women who desire a low intervention, natural birth but who need a little extra help coping with the pain and anxiety of labor.

It stands in contrast to the models of online education that preceded it, which involved either highly ranked institutions offering online degrees that cost as much as their in - person equivalents, lower - ranked institutions offering inexpensive online degrees with low labor - market returns, or a variety of institutions offering free massive open online courses (MOOCs), with unclear returns and very high attrition rates.

Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).

Documentary: U.S. Students No Match for Peers in India, China China and India may be associated with lower - cost products and labor, but these countries are mass - producing highly - educated, motivated students — who surpass their U.S. peers at every academic level.

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research reported that in 2011, when disposable personal income — personal income minus taxes — was adjusted for differences in living costs, the seven states with the lowest incomes per capita (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, Vermont, and West Virginia) lack Right to Work laws.

Webberville Community Schools labor costs will be calculated based on the hourly wage of the lowest paid employee capable of retrieving the information necessary to comply with the request.

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Second, the off - airport business has lower infrastructure and other costs with 8 % lower labor costs, 34 % lower DOE, and 48 % lower SG&A.

Growing our volunteer pool to assist us with a wide variety of functions to keep our labor costs as low as possible and to make our animals as adoptable as possible.

State made several flawed assumptions in its environmental review, including 1) an unrealistically low cost for transporting tar sands by rail from Alberta to Texas, 2) an inaccurate estimate of tar sands production costs and 3) an unrealistic assumption that tar sands production costs will not increase with rising labor, material and energy prices.

If the U. S. wishes to remain competitive with China and insists on using higher - cost energy, then the only way to do it is to lower labor costs dramatically.

Dairy farmers say the new regulations will drive up costs when they're already struggling with five years of drought, low milk prices and rising labor costs.

The absence of rebar along with the fact that all of the formwork was kept to simple rectangles meant labor costs became low enough to be affordable.

National residential «soft cost» averages drop as the solar market opens up in several states with lower labor and transaction costs compared to some of the incumbent big solar states like California (where costs have been closer to $ 3.70 Watt (dc)-RRB-.

Finally, with lower operating costs, Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn is able to charge less for identical services than large employment and labor law firms in major urban areas.

A low - cost plan with a large deductible does not save much money when mom checks into the hospital for labor and delivery.»

With the nation - wide average income for this position being $ 30,780 as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this will offer you quite the bit of expendable money because the cost of living in Arkansas is about 20 % lower than the rest of the United States.

Hence, to rank the cities with the lowest COL, we used Sperling's Best Places cost of living index (as of December 2016); Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); and the U.S. News» latest price indexes.

Many cities with the highest rates of recovery were smaller — Jackson, Miss., and Billings, Mont., for example — which may point to lower labor and materials costs that are easier to recoup.

However, secondary cities including Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Raleigh - Durham, N.C. are starting to show tremendous growth in office demand from tech tenants as well, as firms look for cheaper, but still urban - orientated, markets that will offer fresh labor pools, but with lower operating costs.

ATLANTA — Hotel construction is on the upswing, with rising demand and low supply, but developers are worried about construction costs and labor scarcities, according to panelists at a conference on hotel development at last week's Hunter Hotel Investment Conference in Atlanta.

is on the upswing, with rising demand and low supply, but developers are worried about construction costs and labor scarcities, according to panelists at a conference on hotel development at last week's Hunter Hotel Investment Conference in Atlanta.

Metro areas with a lower cost of living and sunnier weather are poised to see an increased number of baby boomers moving in and buying a home as some delay retirement and remain participants in the labor market, according to new research by the National Association of REALTORS ®.

With an excess cash flow of $ 5,000 / mo, free management, and low - cost labor how would you invest in my situation?