Sentences with phrase «cost sharing increased»

In the first 18 months after implementation, employers» spending dropped $ 1.34 million and employees» cost sharing increased $ 120,000.

Not exact matches

They could, for example, offer to share the costs of initiatives designed to increase their profitability.

Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets said increased costs from the delay means that Bombardier will need to sell more than 800 aircraft to break even, or 12 per cent market share over the next 20 years.

He isn't that concerned with capturing a lot of market share out of the gate, he says, but has loftier ambitions to reduce the cost of capital, foster new companies and ultimately increase the equities pool in Canada as a whole.

Unfortunately in current economic times these two factors may not correlate, i.e ABC Pty. Ltd., may have seen sudden increases in supplier costs or a competitor take market share, factors completely beyond Bob and his team's control.

Because bottom - line value can be defined in two ways — as an increase in market share or as a reduction in costs — different avenues exist for linking your environmental responsibility to such growth.

Looking ahead, Buffalo Wild Wings projected per - share earnings for 2016 of $ 5.65 to $ 5.85 given recent sales trends and an increasing outlook for the cost of traditional chicken wings.

Mirabela Nickel shares nearly doubled in value today after the miner announced improved December quarter results and released a strategic review, which forecast an increase in production and lower costs at its flagship Santa Rita mine in Brazil.

Shares in local gold miner Millennium Minerals closed 13.7 per cent higher today on news it had increased its projected gold production by 11 per cent while lowering costs.

You might request that your colleague shares a particular resource with you to reduce costs, or invites a representative from your department to participate in her team meetings to increase knowledge sharing, and that's it for now.

In the last quarter before completing the acquisition, Innergex had net earnings of $ 3.5 million or five cents per share, down from $ 8.8 million or eight cents per share last year after an increase in financing costs and other financial impairments.

President Trump has, likewise, repeatedly threatened to cut off the cost - sharing subsidies to insurance companies — which alone would send premiums up 20 %, according to an August CBO report, and increase the deficit by $ 194 billion over 10 years.

In addition, 15 percent say they have increased their plan's cost - sharing to avoid reaching the excise tax thresholds, and 9 percent say they switched to a lower - cost health plan.

Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

Growth hacking — particularly in the acquisition and activation category — can decrease your cost per lead in paid advertising, help generate leads, encourage users to share content with their friends and measure and increase the quality of leads you're receiving.

Kelter estimates if the company took on C$ 1 billion of debt and increased its leverage to three times EBITDA including restructuring or rent costs, it could fund a C$ 6.50 special dividend or buy back up to 12 percent of shares.

In an era when students and families take on an ever - increasing share of the cost of higher education, having a poor record of student success is fast becoming a brand killer.

First, the cost of capital has improved, so companies may be encouraged to borrow to increase shareholder - friendly policies for investors, such as dividends and share buybacks.

Here, see for yourself and share in my misery: Yes, this assumes that the cost of college will continue to increase by an average of 5 % per year.

These included extension of benefit weeks, increased costs for long - tenured workers and working - sharing programs, along with the introduction of Career Transitional Assistance program for long - tenured workers.

The telecom company continued to show solid share - net growth in the December quarter, supported by stock buybacks, good cost management, wireless margin improvement, and increased penetration of U-verse, its broadband, video, and IP telephone service.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

And if your focus is on mutual funds, you may become eligible for our lower - cost Admiral ™ Shares as your investment in a specific fund increases.

Blass noted in the letter that while ICI shares «the state's objective of increasing retirement plan coverage for private - sector workers,» the goal «must be achieved in a cost - effective way that reflects the realities of the work force and retirement savings.»

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

In addition, we are forecasting Stuart Weitzman brand sales to be in the area of $ 335 million on a dollar basis for fiscal 2016, an increase of about 10 % from FY 2015 driving Coach, Inc. consolidated revenue growth to high - single digits and adding about $ 0.09 to earnings per diluted share excluding charges associated with financing, short - term purchase accounting adjustments, contingent payments and integration costs.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

The share of cost - burdened renter households in the US declined significantly last year, as median incomes increased faster than rents.

The decrease primarily resulted from a $ 175.2 million decrease in share - based compensation expense, primarily related to $ 183.4 million recognized as a result of the Merger, an $ 11.1 million decrease in Merger - related costs and a $ 2.3 million decrease in travel and corporate functions costs, partially offset by a $ 3.5 million increase in executive severance costs, a $ 2.8 million increase in sponsor - related consulting fees for interim executive and international consulting services, a $ 2.6 million increase in legal and accounting fees, a $ 1.9 million increase in sponsor - related management fees and a $ 1.0 million increase in contract negotiation services.

Our portfolio of offerings deliver solutions to improve our customers» speed to market, manage technology costs, and facilitate the sharing of information to increase productivity.

Increases in interest rates mean costs rise, profits fall and share prices are reduced.

When it became apparent that the cost - sharing subsidies to the insurers would be cut off, state insurance regulators and insurance carriers concentrated the premium increases to their silver plans instead of spreading the premium increase across all their marketplace plans.

The company also faces increasing content costs, because the big Hollywood studios and content owners are not thrilled about an upstart rival gobbling market share on the back of their products and are raising their prices.

The declining organic reach and increasing cost of advertising on Facebook will only decrease facebook's share of site visits further.

With a DRIP, an investor can increase the number of shares owned at zero cost.

Facebook's costs and expenses increased by 67 % to $ 849 million, excluding share - based compensation.

If you had used your $ 1.50 per share in cash dividends to buy more stock, you could have theoretically increased your total share ownership position by around 2 percent if you did it through a low - cost dividend reinvestment program or a broker that didn't charge for the service.

This approach seeks to maximize long - term profits by increasing market share and lowering costs through economy of scale.

Analyst Jamie Baker also cited pending cost increases, estimating a 55 cent effect on earnings per share and 5 percentage - point boost in costs for each seat flown a mile next year from expected new employee contracts.

As mentioned, the obvious cost was that it increased the shares outstanding, thus lowering earnings per share.

Braun Stacey Associates Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Costco (NASDAQ: COST) by 188.3 % during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC.

Maximizing Gold Ownership per Share: One of the greatest risks to shareholders of junior gold companies is the indiscriminate issuance of shares to raise money, pay overhead costs and do work that does not generate an increase in gold resources or reserves.

Areas where corporations have put this cash to work include: continued dividend increases and share buybacks, which return capital back to shareholders; ongoing investment and capital expenditures as well as research and development; and increasing productivity and lowering cost structures.

On the bottom line, that translated to 274 % growth in net income attributable to the company, to $ 93.9 million, and 267 % growth in earnings per share to $ 0.22, with growth driven by ON's increased scale and cost synergies stemming from the acquisition.

CCA was unable to raise prices to cover a 1.7 per cent increase in cost of goods last year and is believed to have lost market share in the supermarket channel as Schweppes cut prices to boost sales of Pepsi Next.

This «step up» in cost basis can be a tremendous advantage if the shares were purchased at a low price and have increased significantly in value.

Sharing that digital wealth with the public will help spur the innovation economy, improve public services, and reduce the cost of government by increasing efficiency and reducing corruption.

Both contracts guard against increases in the percentage of premium cost - sharing for health insurance.

If private insurance then holds 60 %, it will result in the 40 % percentually holding more of the high cost individuals, thus increasing costs for all those paying their share.

If premiums for those commercial plans stay flat, the state would see little or no increase in tax - credit funding to offset the loss of cost - sharing subsidies.