Sentences with phrase «us currency shifts»

Second - quarter core profit (EBITDA) was up 11.8 percent excluding currency shifts and on a like - for - like basis, at $ 5.35 billion, compared with the average forecast in a Reuters poll of $ 5.40 billion.

Earnings before interest, taxes and one - time items rose 20 % to 4.13 billion kroner ($ 652 million), beating estimates of 3.82 billion kroner Sales rose 2 % on a basis that excludes currency and acquisition effects, compared with analysts projections for growth of 3.2 % Debt reduced by 14 % to 21.9 billion kroner Carlsberg reduced its full - year forecast for gains from currency shifts to 50 million kroner from 300 million kroner.

IBM spokesman Ian Colley said that the company's results have been hurt by currency shifts and business divestitures.

Examines returns from and volatilities of equities, bonds and bills, also addressing inflation rates and currency shifts.

Revenue rose by 4 % to $ 16.3 billion, but that boost was almost entirely powered by foreign currency shifts.

It also gave an outline of its foreign exchange risk management approach around hedging for the next two years for both the US dollar and British pound, but in practical terms analysts believe the $ 2.3 million impact is still around the mark when it comes to the US currency shifts.

Mr McGuigan said Australian Vintage had put in place strategies to mitigate the impact of the big currency shifts.

Expressed in Canadian dollar terms (i.e., including all currency shift effects and using no currency hedging)

Not exact matches

Digital currency wallet Coinbase is among the companies that use Metropolitan for wire transfers, deposits, and its Shift bitcoin debit card.

Fluctuating currency exchange rates and shifting accounting rules helped make first quarter results at Alphabet, Google's parent, appear a little better than they really were on Monday.

I am on the lookout for the CBOE, CME and even NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange to shift from the current method of asset tracking to one based in blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

«There is an important shift in the industry that is driven by mobile technology at the point - of - sale, integrated with a finance marketplace that is finding innovative ways to help small business get funding for mission - critical equipment, said CEMC founder and currency CEO, Charles Anderson.

SINGAPORE, May 3 - The dollar traded below a four - month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, with the focus shifting to economic data after the Federal Reserve did little to alter market expectations for further interest rate rises this year.

«The most significant drag is primarily felt by emerging market economies, who tend to be more sensitive to shifts in global risk sentiment, which can also have large adverse effects on capital flows and currency valuations,» the note said.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The ability to start with something other than bitcoin is a significant shift for Uphold from the digital currency world into the mainstream financial world — now it is targeting customers beyond those familiar with bitcoin.

The race between automation and human work is won by automation, and as long as we need fiat currency to pay the rent / mortgage, humans will fall out of the system in droves as this shift takes place... The safe zones are services that require local human effort (gardening, painting, babysitting), distant human effort (editing, coaching, coordinating), and high - level thinking / relationship building.

«What sparked the rally is a perception of a shift in Canadian government policy toward the dollar,» said Michael Malpede, a currency analyst in Chicago with Refco Inc., adding that Mr. Dodge's comments put an end to the widely held perception in the market that Canada supported a weak currency to help its exporters.

Control of the short rate is possible because monetary policy shifts the expected rate of currency appreciation or depreciation.

A surprise shift Tuesday in how the People's Bank of China (PBOC) fixes the currency initially sparked fears that Chinese leaders were concerned about the country's growth prospects and dragged down global markets.

At dispute is an alleged deficit that amounts to less than two per cent of $ 630 billion (U.S.) in annual Canada-U.S. trade, and the final result can be made or broken by a small shift in energy prices and currency values.

Now, he writes about a profound technological shift that will change how the world does business — and everything else — using blockchain technology, which powers the digital currency Bitcoin.

This in turn reflected a compositional shift towards equity liabilities (which are denominated almost entirely in Australian dollars) and away from debt liabilities (some of which are denominated in foreign currencies).

She is excited to be shifting her focus to digital currencies.

In sum, the U.S. payments deficit and central bank movements out of the dollar, aggravated by U.S. military activity in Iraq and other countries, may indeed trigger a shift of international currency holdings into euros.

Both the New York Times and the Financial Times, citing confidential sources, reported today that the Chinese government may announce a significant shift in its currency policy in the coming days, a move that could cause the Chinese yuan to rise in value against the dollar.

This situation leaves many currency traders wondering how the Forex markets will react to such an unexpected paradigm shift and how they can capitalize upon any sudden movements.

When this happens, it shifts money into the currency of the more attractive yield.

However, the Fed's shift to a more dovish outlook toward the start of this year reduced the support for the U.S. dollar and increased the volatility among major currencies, while pushing the U.S. dollar approximately 4.5 % lower through mid-May.

COGS per hectoliter decreased 5.9 percent in local currency due to cost savings and lower pension and distribution costs, partially offset by the impact of volume deleverage, inflation, mix shift to higher - cost brands, and foreign currency movements.

Greece delivered a landslide no vote to the eurozone's terms for the country remaining in the single currency on Sunday night, unleashing a seismic political shift that could derail the European project.

Despite the shift away from bitcoin, Barhydt remains extremely bullish over the digital currency's long - term prospects.

The last 12 months or so have seen blockchain finally emerge from the shadows of bitcoin — with much of the attention having definitively shifted away from the digital currency and onto the technology of the ledger underpinning it.

A currency that now trades at $ 350 with transaction volumes lower than they were a year ago and a conversation that has shifted from «how bitcoin is going to be the currency of the world» to «how the blockchain is going to revolutionize computing.»

Rapid shifts in China's currency, the yuan, have added to these concerns.

The data released so far confirms relatively limited investor participation this year — perhaps as a result of a broad shift toward cryptocurrencies as the new «safe» currency, at least among some age groups.

Colu was a pioneering developer of Colored Coins until a shifting of focus saw it dedicate its activities to the local currency arena.

We also expect the increasing adoption of digital currency to put downward pressure on remittance payments shifting 20 % of revenue to Blockchain companies.

If they're making the shift to a much more domestically oriented economy to soak up all that excess capacity, they should promote a stronger currency as that would be better for their consumers.

However, a shift by financial intermediaries towards borrowing in euros and UK pounds, as they seek to diversify their funding sources, saw those currencies» share of offshore foreign currency issuance increase sharply to almost 30 per cent.

EM currencies, meanwhile, have particularly suffered lately as U.S. monetary policy shifts toward a less accommodative phase.

The arrival of bitcoin futures later this year could signal a profound shift in the alternative currency market as institutional cash has a greater say in price action.

The season's shifting slightly; we admire new currencies of color, which provide exchange for wit and kindling for love's fire» artillery of age, old passion's pride.

After factoring in the shift in foreign currency movements, Treasury said it didn't expect any material change to its 2016 - 17 profit expectations.

We believe these measures would (i) produce a major shift in the perception of unemployment as a problem of the single market rather than as a strictly national problem, (ii) improve labour markets within the Eurozone, (iii) improve labour mobility in the currency area, particularly from «labour deficit countries» to «labour surplus countries».

Amongst others, a monetary policy that will stabilise the currency and reduce significantly the cost of borrowing, in addition to a raft of tax cuts, he said, have been put in place to bring relief to businesses, with the aim of lowering the cost of doing business and shifting the focus of our economy from taxation to production.

That governor could enact a more progressive income tax and shift funds from prisons to education; expand solar tax credits and attempt to enact local, community currencies.

According to Vice president Dr. Bawumia, government has chosen a strategic shift and «we want to build a Ghana which looks to the use of its own resources and their proper management as the way to engineer social and economic growth in our country...» For him, a Ghana beyond aid means mobilizing and leveraging domestic savings and revenues transparently; expand financial inclusion with credit services and saving systems for all, especially women; and financing through local capital markets in local currencies.

I'm well aware that there are all sorts of worthy arguments for a tectonic shift (no pun intended) from printed paper to words on a portable screen — economics, up - to - date currency, and, for schools, a medium that most young people are entirely comfortable with.

Amazon's shift to In - App Purchases in its Android Store and its own Amazon currency in the Kindle Fire App Store.