Theft-related blackouts idle businesses, snarl traffic, delay trains and rob the power companies of revenue.
When resources are sitting idle, businesses should find a way to use them profitably.
Commodity prices had collapsed, factories were idle, businesses were closing their doors and the banking system teetered on the brink of collapse.
Roughly half the country's industrial capacity stands idle, so businesses do not want to borrow, even supposing the shaky banks felt like lending.
MGI insists that this is not just idle futurology: businesses are already adapting to big data.In this section The costly war on cancer Of goats and headaches No one listens to Jürgen Grossmann Stringer theory Carry on camping Runways required Give a little whistle Building with big data ReprintsCompanies are assembling more detailed pictures of their customers than ever before.
In the 1930s, joblessness reduced the demand for consumer goods, idling many businesses as well as workers, creating economic incentives to support public job-creation efforts.
"Even in areas unaffected, or quickly recovering, post-Irene reports have resulted in cancellations of tours and travel plans that have rendered tourist-dependent businesses idle and beds across the state's hotels and inns empty," according to a statement on VermontPartners.org, the Web site for the state's special, post-Irene tourism task force.
In some respects, Atlantic City was where America learned how to turn idle entertainment into big business.
Along with business conferencing, idle chit-chat and dating, peer-to-peer gaming might also become commonplace.
People hurry along the street and don't idle, going about their business under the gaze of authority.
