Sentences with phrase «worse than any other business»

Business leaders treat it no better or worse than any other business activity.

Not exact matches

It gives Canadian businesses that are already there — or investments, minority stakes and so on — comfort that they're not going to be treated worse than investors from any other country.»

As the year progressed, CEO Travis Kalanick resigned amid an investor revolt, many of Uber's other top executives resigned or were forced out, shady business practices were revealed, and more than 20 employees were fired as a result of an investigation into bad behavior in the workplace that includes sexual harassment.

Uber remains the dominant player in the U.S. market, with more than 80 % of share, according to Bloomberg and other reports, but it threatens to undercut its lead with bad corporate behavior, say business and branding experts.

Others, like Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, say that the overall failure rate of Kickstarters is pretty low, that scam rates are even lower, and that crowdfunding does far more good for innovation than bad.

That does not mean that persuadables inevitably see business executives as worse than other kinds of candidates.

I don't actually think the UFC are particularly worse than any other company with shareholders (although most businesses don't have a president going on the news publicly shaming employees / contractors into keeping their mouths shut).

That hug never came, thus shaping the driven personality of an inimitable figure who, more than any other — through his embrace of free agency, through his creation of the fabulously profitable YES network, through his maniacal quest for victory — shaped the business of baseball into what it now is, for better or worse.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Let's see... We're No. 1 in property taxes nationwide; No. 1 in overall taxes; we're ranked as the state with the worst economic outlook in America by the American Legislative Exchange Council; we have the most corrupt state government in America, according to the University of Illinois; we're losing more citizens to other states than any other state; we're 48th in business climate, according to the Tax Foundation; we have the second - highest electric rates in the country; we rank as the worst state in America in which to retire, and the list goes on.

The chat section amounts to little more than just your local prostitutes hanging out at the street corner in a bad part of town with the sole purpose of luring you to Google hangouts and other «off site» dark nooks of the web so they can conduct their business of getting your email and other info and I'm sure eventually your credit card.

And the margins are worse than for any other part of the domestic business.

Business books sold worse than other categories in Italy, Romania and Netherlands.

Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services, other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.

There are no excuses in this business, it really only comes down to how badly you want to succeed, because there are no office politics or other issues to keep you from advancing, other than your own merit.

If you file for bankruptcy you will have much worse scars than with debt settlement and long - term consequences that are very difficult to overcome if you need to rent a new house, or buy a car, get a loan for your business idea, etc... Scars are not the end of the world, but bankruptcy, on the other hand, may be the end to your financial health for many years to come!

With the resurgence of many of those franchises (as well as Tim Schaefer trying to relive the days when he did something other than design failed business plans and games that sound better on paper,) Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick reunited again to bring us a perfectly encapsulated blast of old - school gaming, a pixelated wedge of surreality that brings back the days when puzzles were kind of obtuse and games were dialogue - heavy, and none of that was in any way a bad thing.

-1... here's what oil is doing to kill people... http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oil-politics-and-human-rights-a-look-back-at-talisman-1.2964715 «Oil companies will operate in other countries that have even worse human rights records than Sudan did, but if it is not on the radar screen of the activists, then you can go along and mind your own business.»

Arguably worse than contradicting the existing master services agreement are statements of work that actually reference the «wrong» underlying legal contract and incorporate capitalized terms or business concepts from other legal contracts.

This means you actually have the capability to «own» a specific subject matter, rather than competing with dozens of other law firms, or worse, major legal and business publications that are already writing about certain topics in - depth.

I'd like to think that by and large, the industry has far more good than bad, just like any other business.

Other business models are weak and rather than dish out the cash and effort to improve their models, they are trying to hop onto our backs for free or little compensation and the «competition board» is cupping their little asses to make sure they don't slip off and hurt themselves too badly.

My ex-mag mate Kelly shared a story on her Facebook feed the other day from Business Insider with the title: «Journalists drink too much, are bad at managing emotions, and operate at a lower level than average, according to a new study.»