Sentences with phrase «costs from state to state»

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When that happens, the demographic pinch is likely to force China's economy to switch from low - cost exporter to advanced welfare state faster than any large nation has ever done before.

The pace of change driven by startups seems to be accelerating as companies devoted to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency, to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try to do something about the sorry state of health care.

For example, the cost of designing, building, launching and monitoring the government's Landsat satellite, which takes pictures of Earth from 480 miles up, is over $ 1 billion, according to the United States Geological Survey, which administers data from the satellite.

It has already secured up to several billion dollars of financing from Chinese state - controlled banks, including the China Development Bank, for the project, which Mexico estimates will cost $ 10 billion over 10 years, one of the people said.

Such an option would raise the costs of exporting to the EU for UK firms and it would decrease the access to EU markets for UK companies, a joint research paper from the London School of Economics and the think tank Centre for Economic Performance stated.

In some states, the cost of coverage is expected to rise by as much as 25 percent, according to a report from the health care researcher Kaiser Family Foundation.

Enrollees in the state exchanges had a choice of three policies ranging from basic to rich levels of coverage, all of which had premiums dependant on costs in different geographies.

CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters)- Kraft Heinz Co's quarterly profit beat expectations as the Tater Tots - maker benefited from tax reforms in the United States and raised prices to counter higher input costs.

The rules regarding whether or not given costs and expenses are the responsibility of an employer or employee are often complicated and vary from state to state.

CHICAGO, May 2 - Kraft Heinz Co's quarterly profit beat expectations as the Tater Tots - maker benefited from tax changes in the United States and raised prices to counter higher input costs, sending shares up 4 percent after the bell.

The cases of the Angola 5 — a group of men who failed to escape from the maximum - security prison and killed a guard in the process — have caught the attention of Louisiana lawmakers who are studying the costs of capital punishment in their state.

CHICAGO, May 2 - Kraft Heinz Co's quarterly profit beat expectations as the Tater Tots - maker benefited from tax reforms in the United States and raised prices to counter higher input costs.

Similarly, the National Federation of Independent Business, in a study released in December, claims a proposed wage increase in New York to $ 8.50 from $ 7.25 with an index to inflation would cost the state 22,000 jobs and $ 2.5 billion in revenue.

Given its cheap cost and high success rate, phishing has become a favorite scam of everyone from the lowliest crooks to the mightiest state - sponsored computer crackers.

Doing so costs anywhere from $ 2 to $ 10 a pop in the states where freeze fees are charged.

Aside from eliminating state income tax, many people look to relocate in order to lower their overall cost - of - living expenses.

Now, she figures she'll have to dip into that, or accept a $ 500 loan from the state health authority she is working with, to cover rent and other costs.

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.

Crescent Electric studied mining costs based on the wattage used by the three most popular mining rigs (the AntMiner S9, the AntMinerS7 and the Avalon 6) and the days each takes to mine a coin (which range from 452 to over 1,800 depending on the machine), then multiplied by the average electricity rate in each state.

Headquarters: Toledo, Ohio Year it began franchising: 1978 Number of franchises: 279 stores in 21 states Startup costs: $ 179,500 to $ 349,000 Overall 2012 Franchise 500 rank: 113 Marco's Pizza was founded in Toledo, Ohio, in 1978 by Pasquale «Pat» Giammarco, from Italy, who wanted to create an authentic Italian pizza chain.

He looked to spread the costs, seeking a mammoth package of incentives from states for the right to be the factory's home.

Trump is happy to have the state intervene in the most minute of economic affairs, saving a few hundred jobs from leaving Indiana, or complaining about the cost of two Boeing planes.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

Unless there's little competition, no increase in raw costs, no any China inputs and very little exposure to a tweet or a crack from the president of the United States.

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

Unlike other states, Kansas's cost of renters insurance does not deviate far from the average rate to insure the sample property in the state - the cheapest city is only 2.4 % cheaper.

Rates from the top three lowest cost companies averaged $ 800, which came out to about 36 % cheaper than what the typical company charged for basic liability coverage in the state.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) requires utilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in several states.

CHICAGO, May 2 Kraft Heinz Co's quarterly profit beat expectations as the Tater Tots - maker benefited from tax changes in the United States and raised prices to counter higher input costs, sending shares up 4 percent after the bell.

In 1914 Congress enacted the Clayton Act55 to strengthen the Sherman Act and included a provision to curb price discrimination and predatory pricing.56 The House Report stated that section 2 of the Clayton Act was expressly designed to prohibit large corporations from slashing prices below the cost of production «with the intent to destroy and make unprofitable the business of their competitors» and with the aim of «acquiring a monopoly in the particular locality or section in which the discriminating price is made.»

By marrying innovative information technology, state - of - the - art measurement science, and insights from clinical experts, ArborMetrix helps clients make better decisions to optimize the quality and cost - efficiency of hospital and specialty care.

As the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives return to session, a new survey from The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated and Future Workplace reveals it can cost organizations as much as $ 100,000 each time a federal, state, or even...

United States Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 32.9 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 1.5 billion, driven by gains from cost savings initiatives and favorable pricing net of commodity costs that were partially offset by volume declines in ready - to - drink beverages and frozen nutritional meals.

Apart from costing five times the GDP of the United States, such a device would be almost impossible to manufacture in a sustainable manner.

Unless China is able, very improbably as I have argued, to reform the financial sector deeply enough and quickly enough, the cost of a more competitive (i.e. more highly subsidized) export sector is ultimately a rise in the debt burden, unless of course Beijing is willing to tolerate higher unemployment or to implement greater wealth transfers from the state to the household sector.

United States Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 3.2 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 1.6 billion, driven by gains from cost savings initiatives that were partially offset by unfavorable key commodity (3) costs, particularly in cheese and coffee, as well as lower net sales.

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.

The loudest rallying cries from Colorado teachers protesting for more education dollars were about dwindling paychecks that are steadily losing ground to the state's rising cost of living.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

As the state is struggling to pay pension costs and balance the budget, new statistics show that the top 10 retired state employees are all receiving more than $ 225,000 per year from the state.

Note that Mulvaney carefully said the «exact same value» house — even though such houses would vary greatly from state to state, as does the cost of mortgages.

Cities and villages across the state are raising taxes or implementing new ones for a variety of functions, from attracting a fast - food restaurant to catching up on rising pension costs.

Some economists say the effects of lowering the federal government's credit rating to AA from AAA can be measured in the billions of dollars in increased borrowing costs for the government, and in the billions more that consumers, corporations, states and municipalities will have to pay for their credit.

But data from the nonprofit Center for Automotive Research suggests a 35 percent tariff on imported vehicles would lead to the loss of 6,700 auto industry jobs in the United States due to higher costs.

Also, being part of the regulated oligopoly of consumer utilities delivering a core need for people in the United States, they aren't likely to be disrupted by a technology change (in fact, they may benefit from it if it costs them less).

This will include an investment of approximately $ 120 million in wage increases that will be allocated on regional cost of living and entry wage laws that vary from state to state.

Najib is grappling with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and popular anger over rising living costs, which have given momentum to the challenge from his 92 - year - old mentor - turned - foe, Mahathir.

From the Federal Aviation Administration, we looked at the number of public use airports in each state, as well as estimated costs to commercial trucking due to traffic congestion in 2016 from the American Transportation Research InstitFrom the Federal Aviation Administration, we looked at the number of public use airports in each state, as well as estimated costs to commercial trucking due to traffic congestion in 2016 from the American Transportation Research Institfrom the American Transportation Research Institute.

They may only have been taking active steps to stem the exodus from the Garden State's sky - high taxes and housing costs.

Nevertheless, that did not stop Jia from stating that the FF 91 will cost less than 2 million yuan in China, which is equivalent to about $ 290,000.