Sentences with phrase «years of changing business»

The city has survived 150 years of changing business climates and will continue to do so well into the future.

Not exact matches

And I think as I said two years ago, I strongly believe that businesses and business leaders in America need to recognize that the rules of engagement have changed.

As part of the 25 - year Business News anniversary, we take a look at how the retail trade debate has changed.

«In our 14 years in business we have never launched a program that changed the face and direction of the company more significantly than our free POS initiative.»

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

«Whereas IQ is very hard to change, EQ can increase with deliberate practice and training,» Dr Tomas Chamorro - Premuzic, a professor of Business Psychology at University College London explained earlier this year on the HBR Blogs.

Queen's was one of the last schools in Canada without a major donor's name on its business department, but that changed last year with a record - breaking $ 50 - million gift from Stephen J.R. Smith, founder of First National Financial Corp. and a Queen's alumnus.

«The news business has changed drastically over the years, and not in a good way,» former broadcaster Ann Baldwin, president of Baldwin Media PR told CareerCast.

We're not going to change years and years of legacy behavior around female - owned businesses versus male - owned businesses, but I think there's a huge opportunity for us to have a multiplier effect.

Ten years ago, when Sidhwa's grandson Firdaus Variava took the reins of the business he knew what needed to be changed to jumpstart the business.

The Dragons» Den argument speaks to something of a mission Kopke has embarked on in the past few years to affect change in Canada's business culture.

The beginning of a new year for many means a new opportunity to review some things your business is currently doing and decide where you can make adjustments or changes.

It's better for your business's continual health — and your sanity — to work with a professional who can provide meaningful counsel on a variety of choices you make throughout the year that can drastically change your tax situation.

Tod Wilson is the owner of Mr. Tod's Pie Factory, a wholesale and retail bakery with locations in Somerset and Englewood, N.J.. He's also the first person ever to win «Shark Tank,» and his life and business have both changed considerably in the more than four years since.

«To be able to effect change that quickly, you have to have a lot of self - confidence, but you also have to know what you're doing,» says Chris Rudge, executive chairman and CEO of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club, who was part of the Canadian Business judging panel that selected this year's top CEOs.

Make changes early so that you're way ahead of the game next year with these five easy steps to prepare for dominating in business:

Small business owners are more satisfied with the federal government than they have been in recent years, but a new survey has found there are still a lot of changes the sector would like to see implemented to help run their businesses efficiently.

Even many years later, the basic idea of using Internet technologies and network protocols inside the walls of business is still changing.

As a person who has dedicated over 20 years of my professional life in the pursuit of assisting clients in setting direction and driving change, I think that I've seen just about all there is to see when it comes to business and cultural transformation.

She has over 10 years of experience working in business and change management with Fortune 500 companies.

The family business is seeing a changing of the guard this year.

Lots of businesses have changed hands in the past several years, but plenty of money is still sitting on the sidelines.

Waiting until the end of the year, quarter or even month is too long to find out that the business needs to make changes.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

A new report on small business banking in Australia has found that about 11 per cent of businesses changed their bank over the past two years.

The business of getting people to give to charity has changed remarkably little over the 125 years since Andrew Carnegie first ushered in modern philanthropy with his book «The Gospel of Wealth.»

On Nov. 15 — the release date of its latest hit — Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot spoke to Canadian Business staff writer Jeff Beer about how the industry has changed in the past 25 years, where games and movies will meet and Canada's potential as a video - game powerhouse.

If you realize within the first few years of your business that there's a more optimal name based on how consumers view you, then there's nothing wrong with making a change.

Over the past few years, businesses have added 14 million jobs as regional economies have rebounded; their workers have gained access to health insurance, and a new flock of startups has brought economy - altering innovations, some of which have changed the nature of work itself.

However, the landscape has changed as sections of The JOBS ACT — legislation intended to free up small business capital — rolled out to the public over the past year.

Businesses with products that don't change much over time can more easily recover the cost of making an infomercial because they can produce just one and use it for years.

In the past few years, a new technological ecosystem built around Google's dominance in Web search and its decision to offer powerful software tools at no charge, has changed the economics of doing business on the internet.

With one eye on my life outside the business and the other on my changing role in it, I came up with the long - term goal of eventually being able to take off four months every year.

But I wish I knew about the changing face of of business six years ago.

If you change your business entity in the middle of the year, you will have to file two tax returns, says Gail Rosen, a CPA in Martinsville, New Jersey.

At least one pair of thinkers has recently offered a 25 - to 50 - year, future - shock outlook that could get anybody's juices flowing, provided only that the would - be company builders can figure out how to translate a grand vision of economic change into down - to - earth business opportunities.

(A Fortune magazine piece last year covered how GoDaddy worked to change the tone of its racy, sometimes sexist, ads in order to better appeal to women, who represent a large swath of the country's small business owners.)

This year's conference, the fifth annual, explored how the omnipresence of technology continues to change the way families, businesses, and institutions work.

As a small business owner, you may think that hiring someone fresh out of college — maybe even fresh out of high school — could be a good change of pace for a position that normally requires a few years of experience.

«It doesn't change their business,» Hoey said of major service providers, noting that the changes for three - year contracts won't take effect until December 2013.

The company has made smaller tweaks over the last year to combat clickbait, but Facebook's VP of product management Adam Mosseri tells Business Insider that this is the most dramatic change that it has launched since its initial efforts in 2014.

As part of a series of tactical life changes, I eliminated business travel the rest of the year to see how it worked out.

I am looking forward to seeing how this inclusive mindset continues to grow and play out across leadership and business strategy — especially as we look into the new year toward Davos, which will focus on strengthening global cooperation and inclusivity across regions and industries, as well as how organizations communicate differently with customers to empower those around them to be agents of the change, not merely products of it.

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»).

The minister faced a backlash over his initial plans to change small business taxes last year before backing down on some of the proposed changes and reviving a promise to reduce the small business tax rate.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

When you do that, your business will be able to ride the waves of change to become a more profitable startup this year.

With the passage of a tax cut bill by Congress late last year, small businesses need to be aware of the changes in tax rates and deductions that will take effect this year.

His girlfriend of two years was there when he launched his business, she was there that life - changing night in Vegas, and she's there today.

Technology is changing businesses everywhere, but special attention now centers on service - oriented industries, which already account for more than 50 percent of global GDP and are likely to see enormous opportunities for innovation in coming years.