As long as small business owners can get more work out of existing employees without raising their pay, there will be little pressure for small businesses to hire.
That kind of offer can put pressure on small and medium-size business owners depending on their business model.
It's her younger sister, by the way -- not a small point when the pressure to pair becomes palpable.
As a result policy makers are placing extraordinary pressure on small business owners and consumers, two groups to which I belong.
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Then the pressure of small town life has found its way to Gotham, where apparently they still use Firefox (how retro).
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Quantitative Easing has as one of its goals, the creation of a small amount of inflationary pressure to overcome to natural deflationary pressure when the economy is depressed.
The contraction of the European manufacturing sector is sparking widespread worries that European economies have lost steam and it will put tough pressure on small and independent manufacturers.
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But as they become more aware of alternatives offering higher returns, small banks will come under pressure to give them a better deal.
VW, and Commerzbank came under pressure last year from small groups of activist foreign investors.
Juries also have returned some small verdicts for plaintiffs, increasing pressure to settle.
If anything, the pressure is to reverse small parts of the 1996 welfare overhaul law (PL 104-193) by, for example, restoring food stamp benefits to the most vulnerable legal immigrants.
But hope springs eternal, and the politicians and pressure groups and no small number of corporate participants have shown up to discuss how to get people out of poverty without fouling the environment.
Besides a brief meeting with Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande there was not a great deal - beyond I'm told a supply of espressos, haribos, and fruit - to fill the small hours as Brussels negotiators put pressure on other countries to accept a squeeze.
The pressure on firms big and small to report on their non-financial activities is significant.
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Out of that it can then give you a small flow of water at a high pressure.
For now, dragging much of the cabinet to Beijing seems a small price to pay for diffusing protectionist pressure at home.
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Experts say it is too early to suggest the cause of the crash but many believe it was in part due to the extra number of flights and pressure on resources at the small airport following several diversions from Las Palmas.
Like small biotech companies, there's real pressure to produce--or else.
He also announced a new "statement of principles" for high street banks to put pressure on them to lend to small businesses and action to encourage more responsible lending by credit card companies.
Telemarketing is single call, scripted, high pressure, lower ticket sales items, small business to consumer sales.
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R. 1965 would remove the pressure of the current shareholder cap for small banks and bank holding companies.
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Small economies need trade to specialise, but the pressure of selling into a big domestic market helps companies in large economies remain competitive even without a lot of competition from imports.
The government succumbed to the pressure and released the names of the mostly small mills over the weekend.
It puts tremendous pressure on other news organizations, large and small, to also come out quickly with their takes.
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So, how does a small business maintain a competitive advantage in the face of pressure from high tech innovation and the primordial human desire for high touch connection?
The process involves pumping water containing small percentages of other materials into the porous shale under pressure to hydraulically fracture it and release the trapped oil and gas.
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We are also positive on FB near-term as our checks suggest ad spend growth on social media is robust, albeit off of a small base, and though expense growth in 2013 may pressure margins, we believe FB remains largely a revenue story.
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MFIs lend to small groups directly, and use social reinforcement (ie peer pressure) to ensure that each member pays back the loan.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains under pressure and there still is no commitment to any of the small rallies we have seen since earnings.
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