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One such company, Midea, closed a $ 4 billion deal earlier this year to acquire Germany - based Kuka AG, a leading, global robotics supplier for plant and automotive robots with a research and development center in Austin, Texas.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

While such a significant amount of electricity usage might go unnoticed in large metropolitan areas, the sheer amount of electricity being used is leading to higher costs for customers in small communities because of a limited supply of low - cost hydropower.

In its monthly oil market report, the IEA said global supply rose by 800,000 bpd in October to 97.8 million bpd, led by record OPEC output and rising production from non-OPEC members such as Russia, Brazil, Canada and Kazakhstan.

Eurostat stated that eurozone unemployment was 10.9 % in July, the first time it fell below 11 % since February 2012, while a range of leading indicators (such as the Markit composite purchasing managers» index, the European Commission's Economic Sentiment Index and money supply data) suggest growth has continued apace in the third quarter.

W. W. Grainger (GWW), with 2016 sales of $ 10.1 billion, is North America's leading broad line supplier to businesses of maintenance, repair, and operating products such as hand tools, electric motors, light bulbs, and janitorial items.

OSI Group also supplies items such as sandwiches and pizza, to leading foodservice and retail brands.

Where laws and / or regulations do not exist or are in conflict with generally accepted best practice, suppliers should adopt the highest standard applicable to their situation by reference to leading safety standards such as the Global Food Safety Initiative and Global G.A.P. McCormick expects that all agricultural suppliers will take steps to ensure that agricultural products can be traced back to their source of origin regardless of whether or not this is legally required.

«Our business has cemented its position as the leading supplier of New World wines in recent years, building on its Australian, Californian and South African portfolio through the acquisition of brands in key appellations such as Sonoma County, through Geyser Peak, and Napa Valley through Atlas Peak in 2012, and in 2014 included premium New Zealand regions through the acquisition of Mud House and Waipara Hills.»

Canterbury currently supply kit to numerous high - profile national rugby teams; British & Irish Lions, England Rugby and Ireland Rugby, as well as leading clubs such as Leinster, NZ Warriors and Bath Rugby.

As a result, some mothers bring down their milk production with block feeding when their supply is actually at a healthy level, leading to other problems, such as slow weight gain.

It can also lead to problems such as clogged milk ducts, mastitis, and low milk supply.

Latching problems can also lead to a low breast milk supply and some painful breast issues such as sore nipples, plugged milk ducts, and breast engorgement.

Overly full breasts can lead to your supply dropping and can cause other issues such as plugged ducts.

The conference will be held in co-operation with the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA), and will cover topics such as: Baby - led breastfeeding, benefits of human milk for pre-term infants, low milk supply, lactation hormones, allergies, the human milk microbiome, and human milk banking topics and many more!

Less frequent nursing sessions can lead to associated problems such as insufficient milk supply and early weaning.

This ultimately led to the Lords having their power to block supply removed, and there hasn't been such a crisis again since.

The Harrison Act did not recognize addiction as a treatable condition and therefore the therapeutic use of cocaine, heroin or morphine to such individuals was outlawed — leading the Journal of American Medicine to remark,» [the addict] is denied the medical care he urgently needs, open, above - board sources from which he formerly obtained his drug supply are closed to him, and he is driven to the underworld where he can get his drug, but of course, surreptitiously and in violation of the law.»

President Buhari is also scheduled to meet with leading UAE businessmen who are interested in Nigeria with a view to encouraging greater investment inflows to critical sectors such as power supply, oil, gas and agriculture.

However, with the outgoing Government being a coalition and with opinion polls not showing a large or consistent lead for any one party, there was much discussion about possible post-election coalitions or other arrangements, such as confidence and supply agreements.

Away from infrastructural development, the governor's giant strides in regular payment of workers» salaries and retirees» pensions, when many states are unable to pay not to talk of embarking on capital projects because of the nation's economic downturn; his remarkable achievements in other strata of the economy, such as in education, health, investment promotion, empowerment, water supply, agriculture, sports, etc, have also brought enormous goodwill to the PDP - led government in Enugu State.

The Army through a statement by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations said it had made appeals to those with information that could lead to the release of the girls to supply such information.

He said such pollution can lead to unclean drinking water, an unhealthy food supply through fish consumption and the flow of contaminated water into smaller waterways.

They regret «the absence of important elements» they had suggested, such as merging agency and university researcher status to replace the separate agency and university academic researcher categories, and turning the leading agencies into mere suppliers of cash.

To produce the supply, tropical countries have been converting their forests for crop and livestock production, leading to a loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, flood protection or pollination, while increasing carbon dioxide emissions.

Such a lid would have greatly reduced the supply of nutrients from the ocean's depths to the surface leading to low biological production.

Lead author, Dr Michael Singer from School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff University, said: «In drylands, convective (or short, intense) rainfall controls water supply, flood risk and soil moisture but we have had little information on how atmospheric warming will affect the characteristics of such rainstorms, given the limited moisture in these areas.»

But Jean - Arthur Olive, a geodynamicist at Columbia University and lead author of the new paper, doubted that seafloor topography would be sensitive enough to record such relatively rapid changes in magma supply.

«The introduction of legumes such as clovers, lupins, lucerne and faba beans can increase the sustainability of agriculture and the supply of protein in Europe,» stated Moritz Reckling of the Leibniz Centre for Agriculture Research (ZALF) in Germany and lead author of this study.

The company collaborates with market - leading technology suppliers such as the multinational Esri and works with free software.

It said that routine monitoring was not recommended or necessary, and, most of all, that concerns about these chemicals «should not divert the attention and valuable resources of water suppliers and regulators» from pathogenic microbes and chemicals such as lead and arsenic.

While studies have found that only 8 percent to 14.5 percent of such cases are due to inadequate blood supply to the brain during delivery, the syndrome remains a leading cause of allegations of mismanagement by obstetricians.

Heart disease such as weakened heart muscle, pericarditis, bradycardia, arrhythmias, heart block, and tachycardia can also lead to low blood pressure as the heart is unable to maintain the stroke volume to supply adequate blood flow to the body.

Hair is also a good screening tool for the presence of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic or cadmium, all which may bind with selenium, reducing the amount available to convert T4 (the inactive hormone) to T3 (the active form), remembering that selenium is already in short supply due to deficiencies in the average diet.

Another highlight of the evening was their live auction, lead by the legendary Hugh Hidesley of Sotheby's, featuring opportunities such as tickets to the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition launch party in Las Vegas, all inclusive trips to exotic destinations, and a year's (yes one year's) supply of vodka.

Specialists in quality wool fabrics from their traditional mill, Bronte by Moon supply many of the world's leading clothing brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Tommy Hilfiger and Paul Smith.

At the time Unapix was the leading independent supplier of feature films to such broadcasters as HBO, Cinemax, Starz / Encore, TBS, TNN, Showtime, iNDEMAND, etc..

Deb Group, a leading innovator and supplier of skin care products and hand sanitising solutions, is the lead sponsor for the Handz campaign, offering support through a number of initiatives such as «Make It Your Own».

The peer - led programme covering topics such as change management, effective leadership and futureproofing education will help leaders build vital collaborative links with peers, key education stakeholders and suppliers.

Such an approach will surely lead to student attrition and the woes that come with it, but these may prove more tractable than the problem of hyper - selectivity in situations where student demand greatly exceeds supply.

As such, MINI continues its success story as the leading supplier of premium vehicles in the small car and compact segment.

A combination of changes in taxation and lack of power for such a heavy vehicle led to the demise of this engine, despite its fitment to several Discoveries supplied to the British Royal family-most notably driven by Prince Philip around Windsor Great Park, in his position as Park Ranger.

OverDrive, the leading supplier of eBooks and audiobooks to libraries and schools, announced that it has expanded into 50 different countries and just added 300,000 digital titles from more than 100 top publishers such as Faber & Faber, Simon & Schuster UK, Penguin Random House Spain, Planeta, Random House... [Read more...]

Further, some experts believe the natural disasters in Japan will have an adverse impact on the supply of some key components such as the electronic compass, the battery and maybe even the touchscreen glass leading to a delay in shipment of the iPad 2.

Mr. LIU created the first computerized Chinese handwriting recognition product in 1984, and led Hanvon to become the no. 1 supplier of handwriting technology solutions to all IT industry giants such as Microsoft, Lenovo, Nokia, Samsung, Huawei and Haier.

W. W. Grainger (GWW), with 2016 sales of $ 10.1 billion, is North America's leading broad line supplier to businesses of maintenance, repair, and operating products such as hand tools, electric motors, light bulbs, and janitorial items.

«Leading» economic indicators such as those that track consumer confidence, factory orders, or money supply may signal short term economic strength or weakness.

During the last year, Allison Luxenberg, founder and president of the VCL SALDF, has led members in activities such as bake sales to help raise money for animals in need, and companion animal supply / food drives for underprivileged families.

After completion of the Operations Level training, you will understand and be able to work in a variety of positions, including being a team leader in jobs such as: Volunteer registration, Animal Intake, Lost and Found, Donations, Kennel Row Lead, Animal Export / Transport, Animal Decontamination, Supply section, and more.

Owners who wish to keep their pet can be provided with resources to help resolve whatever problem led them to consider giving up the animal, such as information on resolving common behavioral problems, referrals for low - cost spay / neuter services and affordable veterinary care, information on pet - friendly housing or food and supplies to get the pet and owner through a crisis.