Sentences with phrase «by keeping our operating»

We've dealt with profitability by making sure we deliver very efficient services and by keeping our operating costs relatively low.

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According to town officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity and documents obtained by Business Insider, AMC has kept the Celebration theater empty for close to a decade because it's cheaper to take the loss on the theater than to pay staff and operate it.

They are being blocked by encryption software in Google's Android Wear operating system that keeps the apps from being pirated, as first reported by Android Police.

Doing the minimum required by a franchise system is not the way to make big numbers — he recommends doing as much as possible in the beginning, theorizing that if franchisees are scrimping on advertising or labor in the first year just to keep the doors open, they didn't have enough operating capital to begin with.

That helped keep subsidies down and boosted operating income by 34 per cent to $ 6.4 billion.

Orbita Healthcare, a home health solutions firm, has unveiled a new technology called the Voice Experience Designer which it hopes will assist patients adhere to their medications and keep in touch with care providers by using Amazon's Echo voice - operated digital assistant device.

Another way a company can earn and keep its social license to operate is by a commitment to looking for «win - wins.»

To that end, the company is aiming to acquire troubled e-commerce companies and keep operating costs low by sharing resources.

Bilton says the lab will be ready by the time the first three dispensaries open in August, and that he should have no problem keeping up with supply even when all five are operating.

Blockchain technologies are capable of reducing the amount of human workers needed, reducing salary costs, eliminating the need for a business to own / rent and operate infrastructure, and making the record of data kept by the business less susceptible to fraud & and manipulation.

The Chinese home appliances maker has sought to reassure Kuka staff about the takeover with a long - term agreement to keep its existing headquarters and management, and by saying it will allow Kuka to operate independently and help it expand in China.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Christian play, operating within and on behalf of the revolution of God's future, can keep us aware of our frailty by thrusting before us the humorous incongruities of life.63 Thirdly, play functions as experimentation for and anticipation of a better future.

«One theme that I keep encountering in SR sessions,» he says, «is the idea that there's something called modern discourse, which operates according to rigid rules dictated by secular liberalism.

Most of the major denominations have councils for health and welfare, designed not only to work with the health and welfare institutions operated by or related to the denomination, but also to relate the denomination to the varied secular institutional responses and thus to keep open the lines of communication between religious motivation and secular response to need.

Some committed people will not be able to keep their jobs, maintain their practices, continue to operate their facilities unless they betray their commitment by doing wicked things.»

They have kept God spotless by surmising that Jesus only appeared to be a human being, or that the divine nature and the human nature operated in parallel, even in synchronization, but independently and without ever touching.

A furnace that is operated automatically by a thermostat to keep a room at 68 degrees is nearly everybody's favorite instance of a cybernetic machine.

One of the ways the company operates so efficiently and keeps its costs down is by its supplier relationships.

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As the extent of the Tasmanian fruit fly crisis is assessed by biosecurity experts, the wine producing community in the state's north is now working out ways to keep operating under control zone restrictions.

The vineyards that keep the bar well - stocked operate on a similar ethos by working with the season, weather, and local materials to produce wines that are representative and delicious.

part of that is an owner and board who put their profits way above the performance of the team but it is also a manager who conforms to the wishes of the board (and for all I know may have an ownership stake as well) by putting their short term interests above the long term performance of the team as a result the team itself has become corrupted by the regime through insufficient investment in upgrading the team (all the more damaging as the environment in which the team operates has become increasingly competitive) with ocassional panic acquisitions to meet minimal (but ever diminishing) performance targets to keep fans on board the result is a massively unbalanced team of overpaid compliant players who have been around for too long, inexperienced (and also overpaid) young players who have not cost the club much (or anything) and small islands of quality players..

«Marbles has kept our admission fee and basic membership fees the same for 10 years, while at the same time adding an ever - expanding line - up of exhibits and programs,» Edwards says, adding that the museum has added 14 new exhibits and upgrades to many of the existing exhibits, plus increased operating hours by 30 percent.

Rainforest swing by Fisher - Price is a bright and colorful baby swing that is easy to operate and comes with lots of features to keep the baby entertained when awake and relaxed while napping.

-- simple design that rocks baby without the need for batteries or an electric outlet — quiet, since it operates without power and motors — allows baby to self soothe, by jiggling when baby moves — mesh fabric lets you easily keep an eye on baby — small footprint and neutral design allows it to fit in anywhere in your home — quick and easy to assemble — folds flat for storage or travel — lightweight (13 lbs)-- fabrics meet Oeko - Tex Standards and are machine washable

Keep in mind, being identified as a «good» co-op by a website does not necessarily mean that the co-op is operating legally.

Now add state rules that kept these charities operating games stuck in a kind of time warp — with «paper slots» called bell jars and often retrieved by gamblers from a fancy or otherwise container.

Chief Operating Officer Mike Nolan noted proposals allowing Batavia Downs to keep a higher percentage of net winnings were in the budgets proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the State Senate and Assembly, but did not make it into the final budget passed March 31.

By increasing sales outlets for wine, we will help keep many of our farms operating successfully.

«Communities across the state will see their electric bills go up by billions of dollars to keep a dying, and unsafe, industry operating.

Following Monday's passage of a two - month «extender» designed to keep government operating following the failure to craft a 12 - month budget deal by the March 31 deadline, Tuesday had seen a sudden late - night rush of action on budget bills in the Republican - controlled state Senate.

ALBANY — The stopgap budget approved Monday by legislators not only keeps the state government operating, it also includes nearly $ 1.8 billion in appropriations for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects — and no additional controls on such spending, despite months of legislative belly - aching.

«Employee ownership not only benefits worker owners through profit sharing and democratic governance, it also benefits whole communities by keeping profits circulating within the communities in which they operate, thereby creating community wealth,» said Sen. Jamaal Bailey (D - Bronx), sponsor of the bill.

Appellate Court Judge Patrick H. NeMoyer on Thursday stayed a temporary restraining order issued earlier in the week by a lower court that barred Gov. Andrew Cuomo from vetoing a bill that would keep Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center operating in West Seneca.

Lawmakers earlier in the summer averted a potential government shutdown by passing the appropriations part of the budget needed to keep the state's myriad programs and agencies operating.

Tolls have been kept artificially low on the Tappan Zee — $ 5 compared with $ 13 for the George Washington Bridge, which is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — because Rockland County commuters are not well served by trains or buses and so are compelled to drive.

If there is no deal by then state government does not shut down, but keeps operating under terms of the current budget.

Van Blarcom earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2008 and took a position at Rinat, which develops protein - based therapeutics; Rinat was acquired by Pfizer in 2006 but was allowed to keep operating as an independent biotechnology unit.

But the absorption of ANSTO into the CSIRO could be used by the government to justify a compromise of refurbishing the old Lucas Heights reactor to keep it operating for another five or 10 years.

Spitzer was sent so far out because its delicate infrared - sensitive instruments must be kept at a frigid temperature just above absolute zero, and it is easier to maintain that temperature by operating far from the heat that radiates from the surface of our planet.

If the process is not completed by September, lawmakers can pass continuing resolutions to keep the government operating into the next fiscal year, which begins in October.

Previously, Walter's team discovered that ISRIB (short for «integrated stress response inhibitor») blocks this aspect of the cellular stress response by enhancing the activity of a protein called eIF2B, which helps keep a key protein production line operating in stressed cells.

This non-toxic, oxygenated system is a tiny, small battery - operated machine keeps your produce longer (by at least 1 - 2 weeks for me) and simply goes in the back of your fridge.

It is operated by Brett Reistroffer as his loud little playground to keep him busy when he's not doing actual work.

In a practically neverending series of exposition dumps over the first act of the film, Thomas is educated by various members of the community on the rules that they have learned to operate with in order to keep the peace between this group of hormonal, angry young men who are desperate for a way out (though oddly they don't seem to be too upset about their predicament).

The gist is you keep getting your ass whooped by a monster until you learn its mannerisms and moves, and you also learn how your character operates.

In England, the programme is operated by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

By keeping things simple and operating each branch just a few hours a week, just eight full - time financial - education employees are needed to lead nearly four dozen programs in central Michigan elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools at no cost to the schools involved.

Even if fraud or corruption is not obvious, school, staff, parents and the community should always stay alert for warning signs such as poor record - keeping and a lack of documents supporting financial transactions, different procurement duties being carried out by the same person rather than different people, or a school operating outside its approved budget.