It was a classic battle between telecom carriers and the upstarts of the Internet service provider industry.
China pushed hard to make sure the government took into consideration the needs of the food service industry as well as packaged goods manufacturers.
The creation of the 300 new customer service jobs showed the industry was moving away from sales of boxed games and "evolving quickly to digital", he said.
The financial industry boom allowed the city and the state to spend without consequence, fattened the pockets of service industry workers and led to an unfettered local real estate development boom.
The figures also showed that while the service sector of the economy expanded, industry and construction contracted.
The project got the attention of the food-service industry, which is looking for testing methods that are less expensive and time-consuming than taste-testing or laboratory work.
For the world as a whole, the percentage of employment in the service industry has risen from 33.6 per cent in 1991 to 43.8 per cent in 2008.
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We pride ourselves on delivering the highest level of service with some of the most competitive rates in the industry.
Thanks to a concerted effort by our industry association--the National Association of Software and Service Companies--by individual companies in our industry and by the government of India, we mounted a campaign to enhance awareness among prospective clients in Western countries of our sector's value proposition.
Now that restaurants are a far more significant part of the service industry than ever before, the repercussions from any slowdown will be more widespread.
The financial service industry history of mergers and acquisitions makes compliance particularly challenging because it has led to a mix of technology platforms at many firms.
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And, notes Bob Mayer, an American who runs the ingredients division, it is in almost the only bit of the food industry that, thanks to its high level of service, enjoys high margins.
Near Birmingham in Britain, for instance, the cluster of car-industry service firms that grew up when that city was a force in the industry has become an important element in the development of Formula One and other specialist vehicle businesses.
Recent major issues resolved by the Special Committee on Governance of the NYSE concern disclosure of executive and director compensation, NYSE officer service on listed company boards and the influence of securities industry directors who serve on the 27-person NYSE board.
Over the long-term, Larkin sees sales and earnings continuing to increase from market share gains, acquisitions, and an expected consolidation of the metals service center industry.
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"On average Telecom Italia is a year ahead of the industry in terms of network investment and service offerings, " says Robert Grindle, analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
Mr. Gaffney's leadership has been recognized by numerous organizations including: the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award (1987), the U.S. Business and Industry Council's Defender of the National Interest Award (1994), the Navy League of the United States' "Alfred Thayer Mahan Literary Achievement Award" (1999), and the Zionist Organization of America's "Louis Brandeis Award" (2003).
Facing the threat of yet more regulations by Congress last year, the industry adopted its own "Airline Customer Service Commitment" as a way of fending off the politicians.
Then the trains brought in labourers, shopkeepers and artisans, many of them Portuguese, to service the new railroad industry.
The UK government intends to withdraw the service, claiming that salvage operations are the responsibility of the commercial shipping industry.
Manufacturing and the service industry have shown signs of improvement.
If the commission mandates 911 on the VoIP industry, it could increase the cost of service and pose significant technical hurdles, they say.
The work of the ombudsman service is funded by a levy on the financial services industry.
The Peruvian economy is diversified with, the service sector accounting for 53% of its GDP, followed by the manufacturing industry (34.8%), the extractive industries (15%) and agriculture (7%).
The number of customers who stopped service, measured as a churn rate by the industry, rose to 1.9% percent from 1.7% a year earlier.
Employees in the food service industry dominate the other end of the wage spectrum.
In QSR Magazine's annual Drive-Thru Study, the only comprehensive industry comparison of customer service at fast-food chains, other restaurants have consistently outperformed McDonald's in those areas.
June Lindsey, a Detroit woman with more than 30 years of experience in the food service industry, knows a lot about going in to work sick.
Adam Twidell, the founder of PrivateFly, an online booking service that has done for the private jet industry what Expedia and Priceline did for commercial flights, has seen a yearly threefold growth since he launched his company in 2007.
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