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Funding commitments from three major corporations totaling $ 225 million over the next 10 years were also announced, with several other corporations expected to make additional commitments in the near future.

New Paradigm: Under one scenario to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (Sustainable Development Goal target 15.3), additional commitments in the land use sector, namely to restore and rehabilitate 12 million hectares of degraded land per year could help close the emissions gap by up to 25 % in the year 2030.

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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.

«The Administration has taken several recent steps to demonstrate its commitment to a stable, effective transition that works for consumers, and we look forward to Congress taking additional, much - needed action soon,» said the health insurance trade group AHIP in a statement.

However, the lenders are under no obligation to provide any such additional commitments or loans, and any increase in commitments or incremental term loans will be subject to customary conditions precedent.

The Australian agencies currently anticipate that additional assessments will be undertaken over the next year or so, in order to monitor the Australian market's progress in making the transition to central clearing, along with the other G - 20 commitments around OTC derivatives reforms.

Unlike the Liberals, however, the profile of annual commitments and available funds would leave the NDP with substantial additional sources of funding in both 2016 - 17 and 2017 - 18.

In connection with this new revolving credit facility, we also received an additional commitment of up to $ 25.0 million from one of these lenders, subject to certain conditions.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

Apparently the Mr. Flaherty sees no additional scope for fiscal policy action in these circumstances of slowing economic growth, other than to maintain a commitment to eliminate the deficit over the medium term.

In addition to the big names that committed the most capital, R3 pulled in additional commitments from ING, Banco Bradesco, Itaü Unibanco, Natixis, Barclays, UBS and Wells FargIn addition to the big names that committed the most capital, R3 pulled in additional commitments from ING, Banco Bradesco, Itaü Unibanco, Natixis, Barclays, UBS and Wells Fargin additional commitments from ING, Banco Bradesco, Itaü Unibanco, Natixis, Barclays, UBS and Wells Fargo.

Much more likely is a scenario in which Lynas will have to make an additional commitment to safety, and will start its Malaysian refinery — which could eventually put out 22,000 metric tones a year — in one or two months (every month of delay costs Lynas $ 10 million) and make sure rare earth supply increases even further.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

On the heels of completing facility construction projects in California, New Jersey and Peru, we started additional ventures to further reinforce our commitment to servicing customers around the world.

The Australian Beverages Council resolved to voluntarily adopt additional labelling commitments to assist consumers in selecting the appropriate beverage to suit their specific dietary needs and to help them calculate the total amount of energy that they are consuming

Local Cheshire dairy farmers that supply milk to Joseph Heler for «Westminster Sharp» will receive an additional milk price premium linked to the amount of cheese sold in recognition of their commitment to producing non — GMO milk.

Our philosophy is based on giving children a safe place to learn without the additional stress and time commitment of competition allowing them to truly enjoy being an athlete in a healthy, balanced way.

With questionable commitment / intensity levels in general, any additional half - heartedness and uncertainty is going to become very tedious and maddening to match.

«Against the underlying balance of available funds we have, as mentioned above, invested strongly in player acquisitions during the summer at a total transfer in cost of more than # 90 million with additional significant commitments to player wages, agent's fees and performance related contingencies on top of that.»

Given has started most of pre-season games due to Guzan having additional time off following his international commitments at the World Cup in Brazil.

The fact that some participants in this study experienced a lack of commitment to breastfeeding by some hospital staff may indicate that additional training is required in hospitals.

The international summitry process, with pledges made in Chicago and probably additional ones to be announced in Tokyo, essentially guarantees such commitment.

He revealed that, Ghana shares in the commitment of bringing an additional 1.5 billion people online by the year 2020.

The United Nations, the European Union and all 193 UN members are called for in these final days before the elections to show visibility, affirm their commitment to the DR Congo and to sending additional resources and observers to avoid what is still avoidable.

We're going to increase our commitment by investing an additional $ 100 million in building affordable housing.

«By requiring these additional measures of accountability, the State has signaled a stronger commitment to protecting its own fiscal interest in a time of economic uncertainty.

A transformative programme of housing improvements is needed to get the job done far quicker and a commitment to additional and adequate resources to guarantee we do not leave the majority of the fuel poor households still living in expensive - to - heat homes, over the next five to ten years.

City Councilman Stephen Levin and advocates hold a news conference to publicly support De Blasio's commitment to create 15,000 in New York City and call on Cuomo to match and fund an additional 15,000 supportive housing units city and statewide, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, has pledged to introduce an additional mandated health visit at 3 - 4 months, as part of Labour's commitment to making Britain's children the healthiest in the world.

It also says this: «We have already identified over # 15 billion of savings in government spending per year, vastly in excess of the # 5 billion per year that we have set aside for additional spending commitments...» Given the above why are they so keen on implementing the «damaging tax on jobs»?

«With these commitments, the additional effort will result in the creation and sustenance of educational opportunities for an estimated 1.5 million girls in junior and senior high schools,» Mr Terpker said.

The policy has three additional benefits - it rewards the marriage commitment; it honours a manifesto promise; it brings us into line with nearly every other developed country in the world, where family breakdown rates are less serious.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted the minimum wage increase triggered somewhat of an arms race since the first staggered hike went into effect in 2016, and pledged an additional commitment of $ 10 million.

It is worth noting that this reckless commitment above the budgeted amount was questioned by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) in December 2016 when COCOBOD needed to seek approval to award additional contracts and the Authority inquired about the availability of budgetary provision to enable it to approve the requested contract awards.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

To put into perspective the commitment by the Thruway Authority to the residents of Grand Island, these modest toll amounts have translated into nearly $ 120 million in capital improvements on the Grand Island bridges over the last five years, and an additional $ 47 million will be spent during 2016 - 17.

Its focus on 39 key universities, with $ 15 billion in additional funding, is paying off, but it needs to instill consistent standards, a commitment to basic research, academic freedom, reasonable salaries and transparency.

More in line with what young researchers really want is the government's commitment to create, in 2006, 3000 additional posts for researchers.

Although the neonatal - perinatal medicine community can be proud of the progress made, an additional commitment must be made to further improvements in the decades to come.»

In addition to the Sloan Foundation grant, SDSS - V currently has commitments of support from 18 institutions around the world, including the Carnegie Institution for Science, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max - Planck - Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Utah, the Israeli Centers of Research Excellence, the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, Harvard University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, Georgia State University, University of Wisconsin, Caltech, New Mexico State University, the Space Telescope Science Institute, University of Washington, Vanderbilt University, University of Warwick, Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Monash University and Yale University, with additional partnership agreements underway.

Christophe Quéva, chief scientific officer, commented «The building of a custom designed R&D facility demonstrates our commitment to our cancer immunology research programs and will enable us to recruit additional qualified scientists needed in both our drug discovery and development.»

When they walked away from TFA — some having only completed the two - year commitment and others having taught additional years in their placement school or another location — they faced lingering questions about education in the United States.

Public officials are permitted to earn outside income in California, but the extent of Mr. Riles's additional earnings, the time commitments involved, and — in one instance — the source of the income, have provoked discussion here among educators and public officials.

«This is why we put in place new measures to improve the SEND training available to school staff, including tools developed through our work with organisations like nasen, to boost the profile of early years professionals working with children who have additional learning needs — building on a commitment set out in our Early Years Workforce Strategy.»

Serving An Additional 80,000 Students Through the National College Advising Corps: The National College Advising Corps is announcing new commitments from partner universities that will provide more than 80,000 students over three years with college counseling that has shown effectiveness in increasing college enrollment.

She has designed and implemented a program that 1) attracts additional talented young adults to serve some of our lowest - performing schoolchildren, 2) places them in hard - to - staff schools with two - year commitments, 3) prepares them for this daunting task with a five - week summer institute, and 4) plays some role in their induction.

Because Washington first made that commitment in its waiver application of February 27, 2012, and Washington was unable to take the steps necessary to fulfill that commitment even after having been given an additional school year (2012 — 2013) to do so, it was placed on high - risk status on August 14, 2013.

As we expand to serve more traditionally underserved students in Santa Clara County and surrounding counties, Voices seeks additional team members who share a commitment to its mission and believe joyful learning and world - class academic preparation are not mutually exclusive.

LocatED was established last year with a # 2 billion warchest to help see through the government's commitment to new school places by securing sites to deliver the additional 110 free schools that were announced in the March budget.

This gives students the opportunity to experience learning without additional commitment, and can ease a student into a new experience of meaningfulness in their educational experience.