Sentences with phrase «by substantial actions»

The Sloan Management Review at M.I.T. and the Boston Consulting Group have surveyed 1,500 corporate leaders and found that pledges of a shift toward sustainable business practices are often not backed up by substantial actions.

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Google is on the receiving end of a class - action lawsuit brought by parents whose kids unknowingly paid a substantial amount of money for in - app purchases.

This release contains forward - looking information about the Company's actions to enhance shareholder value, including their potential benefits, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.

In bonds, Friday's tepid unemployment report was accompanied by a substantial decline in both real and nominal yields - enough to move the Market Climate in bonds to a condition of both unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market action.

In addition, it is possible that future orders issued by, or enforcement actions initiated by, regulatory authorities could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a way that could seriously harm our business.

Still, I did increase the Fund's call option purchases near the end of the week, and expect to add to that position toward 2 % of assets if the market clears its overbought condition by a decline of a few percent further (provided that we don't also observe a substantial deterioration of internal market action).

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

This selling pressure formed by the overhead supply is what makes it difficult for a confirmed down trending market to fully reverse into a new uptrend, at least without a substantial period of correction by time («back and fill» price action).

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.

Thus he pictures a future in which the maintenance of distinctions between male and female has largely given way to the cultivation of androgynous personality aided by surgical and biochemical manipulation (UP 371 - 84); in which the notion of a substantial self enduring through time (and responsible for its actions) is superceded and «one is freed to be a career of selves strung out in time» (UP 390; cf. 384 - 97); in which the worship of a single all - powerful God has given way to the experiencing of a pantheon of «momentary deities» (UP 397 - 411) 4 Morality in our sense will no longer have a place in Hall's «anarchic» world.

In one such example Nestle continues to distribute an article that arose — but without the substantial right to reply given to Baby Milk Action by the publication due to the many factual errors in the article.

He was supported by the then Governor of the Punjab, Michael O'Dwyer, exonerated by his superiors and received wide public support in Britain where a substantial sum was raised as a reward for his actions.

Established by the party in 1998 - when talk of an arrangement between Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair was rife - it states that any «substantial proposal which could affect the party's independence of political action» will need the consent of a majority of Lib Dem MPs and of the party's federal executive.

But he has been outspent by the major party candidates in this campaign, who have received substantial support from their respective national parties and from political action committees.

The comptroller also alleged that, because a substantial portion of Health + Hospitals» revenue actions in its deficit reduction plan requires federal and state approvals, the city would probably have to increase its subsidy by $ 200 million in fiscal year 2017.

Noting that the United States is already on a path to cutting emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, the plan argues that additional action «represents a substantial acceleration of the current pace of greenhouse gas reductions.»

Even without formal policy and programs, the importance of reducing emissions can be widely accepted by individuals and organizations and result in actions that have substantial impact.»

You will likewise be inspired with the SugarShop, which permits clients to profit by their action on the site in extremely substantial ways.

by Bill Chambers Max Landis follows up his American Ultra script with another action comedy about slick killing machines but abandons the Manchurian Candidate backstory in a grotesquely cynical fashion: When Sam Rockwell throws knives at new girlfriend Anna Kendrick to prove she can catch them, his conviction is based on nothing more substantial than her being the star of this particular show.

The question of the needs of the few outweighing the needs of the many, a question that leads to situational ethics vs following regulations, good intentions subverted by both secrets and lies, plus a dash of Nietzsche, provides a sophisticated element that tantalizes the synapses as much as the action provides a substantial adrenalin jolt.

These sections also point to substantial differences in the extent to which these actions are enacted by formal leaders in elementary as compared to secondary schools.

Instructional strategies include problem - based learning; action research; field - based projects; journal writing; and portfolios that feature substantial use of feedback and assessment by peers, faculty, and the candidates themselves;

The decision on an appeal from an agency's final action is based on a de novo review (question of law), except that the review of the factual findings in a decision by an AJ is based on a substantial evidence standard of review (29 CFR 1614.405 a).

The recent volatile down - move was «signaled» by this setup and some of the savvy price action traders in my members» forum caught this move for a substantial gain.

In each instance, substantial upside can be realized by suitable management action, and / or (if necessary) by shareholder action...

§ 20.331 (6)(a)(FWCC «shall implement a system of adequate due process procedures to be accorded to any party, as defined in s. 120.52, whose substantial interests will be affected by any action of the FWCC in performance of its constitutional duties or responsibilities»).

My move was funded by a hit PC action RPG, and I made a substantial sum of money.

Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7 and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for actions with high mitigation potential, including those with adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices and technologies that are substantial, scalable and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete actions in relation to identified mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.

«The economic benefits opened up by transitioning to a low - carbon economy are real and substantial,» Campbell's «Climate Action Team» wrote of the Stern Review.

In the judgment of this report's authoring committee, the environmental, economic, and humanitarian risks posed by climate change indicate a pressing need for substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare for adapting to its impacts.

Our analysis includes any segment devoted to climate change, as well as any substantial mention (more than one paragraph of a news transcript or a definitive statement by a media figure) about climate change impacts or actions.

The following categories of people then bear primary responsibility for the impending climate catastrophe, if they do not soon change their course by attempting to radically change the course of the institutions they are involved in (which is not always possible), agitate in the public sphere for immediate and thoroughgoing climate action and / or to publicly leave those institutions, transferring a substantial portion of their financial gains to investments in or contributions to effective climate action.

3) «Climate Destruction Sponsors» — There are some extremely wealthy people, most of which have or have had substantial investments in fossil fuel extraction and sales who have funded climate science denial efforts by institutions such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heartland Institute as a means of delaying action on climate change.

Tim Lambert links to this article by Eric Pooley in Slate's The Big Moneye which points out that, for all the disagreement among economists regarding the details of climate change policy, there is substantial consensus on the following main points (i) the cost of action to stabilise atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will be of the order of 1 per cent of GDP (ii) a strong mitigation policy is preferable to business as usual

We will engage with the government to set a target conditional on global agreement of reducing emissions by approximately 25 % by 2020 as a reasonable way to both fairly protect Australian industry but also promote substantial global action.

Any other course of action will either lead to substantial stranded assets or levels of climate change that exceed the targets agreed by governments in Paris.

The ABC petition was filed on February 12, 2015 and includes substantial revisions to an earlier petition filed by ABC in December 2011 that also called for wind industry regulatory action that would reduce the projected 1.4 - 2 million bird deaths expected to be caused by the industry when it reaches projected build out levels.

Exceptionally quick and vigorous policy action by all countries, and unprecedented technological advances, entailing substantial costs, would be needed to make this case a reality.

And before we know that, we will have to know whether or not our climate has changed primarily due to anthropogenic forcing (as assumed by the IPCC models) or by natural factors (as some others have concluded), whether or not the net impact of potential future human forcing of our climate (i.e. the 2xCO2 climate sensitivity) will be positive or negative and inconsequential or substantial and whether or not the specific mitigation actions we propose will have any perceptible impact on our climate.

The achievement of substantial CO2 emission reductions by locally - manufactured stoves demonstrates the potential for private - sector led climate mitigation action and local economic development.

His mission is to find simple, successful and elegant solutions to the problems posed by complex and substantial civil litigation, primarily in the mass tort and consumer class actions, and privacy and data breach arenas.

The usual response is for the defendant to challenge the plaintiff's choice of forum by bringing a motion to stay the action based upon lack of subject - matter jurisdiction and / or personal jurisdiction (the reformulated Van Breda test for assumed jurisdiction based upon a «real and substantial connection»).

The problem is that, although competition law actions may claim substantial sums of total damages, this sum is often to be shared by thousands of small companies or individual consumers who have all suffered loss at the hands of their suppliers» cartel activity, or of a larger firm's abuse of dominance.

«I am not prepared to adopt, as the defendant's argue, a blanket principle that an Ontario court lacks jurisdiction to entertain a common law action to recognize and enforce a foreign judgment against an out - of - jurisdiction judgment debtor in the absence of a showing that the defendant has some real and substantial connection to Ontario or currently possesses assets in Ontario... No jurisprudence binding on me has expressly placed a gloss on that ability to assume jurisdiction by requiring the plaintiff to demonstrate that the non-resident judgment debtor defendant otherwise has a real and substantial connection with Ontario.»

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

Each federal environmental law has enforcement provisions, backed by substantial penalties, which enable the government to bring administrative proceedings and civil and criminal enforcement actions.

Therefore, the High Court passed undertakings by which traders committed not to «create the false impression that the consumer has already won, will win or will on doing a particular act win, a prize or equivalent benefit, when in fact taking any action recommended by the [trader] in relation to claiming the prize or other equivalent benefit is subject to the consumer paying money or incurring a cost which is either: (a) a substantial proportion of the unit cost to the defendant of the provision to the consumer of the thing described as a prize or other equivalent benefit; or (b) in the case of a charge stated to be for delivery and insurance, used by the defendant to finance in whole or in part its acquisition, handling or other cost of the making available of that thing, other than the actual cost of its delivery to the consumer and insurance (if any) in transit» (account rendered by the CJEU in C - 428 / 11 at para 20, emphasis added).

We have substantial experience in representing employers in lawsuits filed by these agencies, and we have successfully defended clients in individual and class action lawsuits and class actions brought under federal and state discrimination laws.

Commencing July 1, 2017, persons affected by a CASL contravention will be able to invoke a private right of action to sue for compensation and potentially substantial statutory damages.

Amy's other recent and ongoing work includes Commercial Court proceedings and an LCIA action in a multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute, a substantial contractual claim in the TCC arising from a complex IT implementation, litigation between the former CEO of Group Lotus and his former employer and its Malaysian shareholders, unfair competition litigation brought by Swiss IDB ContiCap, an LCIA arbitration in the media sector, and conspiracy claims in team poaching litigation between insurance brokers Willis and JLT, and between IDBs Tullett Prebon and BGC Brokers.