Sentences with phrase «factor in a few of»

When your audience is inclined to agree with you, speaking slowly gives them time to evaluate your arguments — and factor in a few of their own thoughts.

Not exact matches

In the last few years, ironically, credit bureaus that handle reports on people refinancing mortgages have become big customers of factors because the banks to which they sell the reports are experts at cash management.

SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters)- Oil prices dipped early on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in the country's output, underlining one of only a few factors holding back crude markets in an otherwise bullish environment.

The success of streaming services thus comes down to a few basic factors that were simply missing from the business in years past: convenience and value for money, which is evidently succeeding.

He noted few of the studies of retirement income factor in so - called fourth - pillar assets.

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.

SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters)- Oil prices dipped on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in the country's output, underlining one of only a few factors holding back crude markets in an otherwise bullish environment.

Still, even though more people in poor health reported high levels of stress than any other group, when all respondents in the «highly stressed in the last month» group listed what contributed to their stress, a few contributing factors beat out health issues: too many responsibilities overall, financial problems, and work problems.

«Pocketing raises through automatic contributions was one of the biggest factors allowing me to increase my savings rate from 35 % to 65 % in just a few short years.»

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

There are a few things you need to factor in when considering how to go about creating your product, such as where it is made, what will it be made from, and what is the life span of your product?

He said another positive factor for Alberta bitumen prices will be full operation of the new Sturgeon Refinery near Edmonton, expected to begin turning 80,000 barrels per day of bitumen into diesel and other products in the next few months.

Over the last few years, we have observed that when participants in The Regis Company simulations become aware of some the contributing factors to breaker moments, they do better at filtering incoming data, helping them when they need to make tough calls.

At best, a shift in «productivity» gap of a few months when the impact of the delay is factored into the overall Canadian economy.

With all that being said, there are still a few factors you should be mindful of that may end up making a bundle more expensive in the long run.

Over the past few years, the government has included a $ 1.5 billion «risk adjustment factor» in the first year of their budget plan, given that the fiscal year is already half over, and $ 3 billion in each thereafter.

We've also still got slack in the labor market — put all of these factors together and we're a few years behind the US on rates.»

Few investments grow by a factor of 19 in less than a year.

Although a number of factors led to this decision, a few worth noting are a modest level of debt (22 % of the capital structure, as shown in the Capital Structure box), ample cash (nearly $ 15 billion at yearend 2011, as noted in the Current Position box, which is directly below the Capital Structure box), and a lengthy history of solid earnings (which can be seen in the Statistical Array).

The heightened per diems in Japan reflect the confluence of a few factors.

If you factor in the effect of the discount points lowering the mortgage rates, then a few of SunTrust's mortgage products actually charge higher rates than usual.

Oil traders will also continue to weigh a steady increase in U.S. production levels in the week ahead as the rise in U.S. drilling marked one of the few factors tamping back crude in an otherwise bullish environment.

The decision to acquire the Massachusetts - based company was predicated on a few factors: WNWF currently owns an integrated medical cannabis license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

It came in 39th due to a high percentage of homes with decreasing values, the number of homes with negative equity and a few other factors.

«The effects of the terrain on dismounted and mounted movement, the difference in hours of darkness and daylight and the environmental effects on communication, just to name a few of the myriad factors unique to this area, all combine to pose a serious test that stresses all members of the unit from the commander down to the most junior rifleman, Daily said.»

With only a few days left before the FOMC meets, markets have already factored in a NO CHANGE stance by the Fed and are instead focusing on what the Fed meeting will dish out in terms of its asset - sale program.

Global markets have had a tumultuous start thus far in the first few trading days of 2016, with a number of factors affecting market sentiment, triggering global equity markets to sell off.

Factor in that a good bit of dividend income will be from «free and clear» accounts and side hustle income, and we will have more than enough coverage for the first few years.

In spite of the objective factors above, there may still be feelings — deep inside — that make you either a high risk investor, or someone who takes few chances.

If anything, the first few weeks of the year have served as a valuable reminder that investing in public markets is inherently volatile and that our main defense against that volatility is to diversify our risk exposures by owning a variety of asset classes and risk factors.

With massive and increasing structural deficits; exploding debt in all sectors; hostile demographics; social and political fracturing and disintegration; grotesque wealth inequality; extraordinary global trade competition; a complete collapse of respect for vital government organizations such as the Justice Department and FBI, which the people now realize have gone rogue; an extremely complex and corrosive global geopolitical environment; the real prospect of war, potentially nuclear and worldwide; not to mention numerous additional factors, we can only point to few other times in history more dangerous to the people's financial welfare, and therefore more overall bullish for gold, one of the only financial sanctuaries proven to work in times of dislocation.

Greed, power, lack of faith in God's word are just a few of the responsible factors.

In a few areas, however, a number of factors combined to push raider values to the foreground.

Most of the war death in the 20th century was caused by nationalism, with a few other factors in the mix — greed, pride, alliances, border disputes, racial prejudice and so on.

Few factors were as influential in Jesus» teaching as the seriousness with which he appropriated from his Old Testament heritage these home relationships as symbolizing divine - human kinship, and the insight with which he enlarged and deepened this use of the family.

In terms of ultimate causes the factors which have brought on the intellectual and spiritual sickness of our civilisation are relatively few.

So all in all you're going to want to multiply the number of abuse cases by priests by a factor of at least a few hundred to represent the actual risk ratio for spending time with an individual priest vs. a teacher.

The pastor is less likely to be a critical factor in membership trends in churches of one hundred or fewer members because of the natural capacity of the small congregation to be like an extended family.

and I see it today in South Africa (and in the Soviet Union, Chile and El Salvador, to name only a few other countries) The common factor in the posture of these governments is that the state is placed above criticism: one is disloyal if one criticizes it.

However, very few policies in Christian institutions or in public life are actually decided on these bases, in part because class analysis simply does not and can not take account of the cultural factors that shape much of what is decided.

Another factor which both fragments the book and is frankly rather irritating is the almost verbatim repetition of passages from one chapter in others and the constant circling around a few central tropes without necessarily adding to their significance (or without having established them securely in the first place).

I think a lot of it is luck, being in the right place and the right time; a lot of it is a willingness to do whatever it takes and never take no as an answer and the rest is down to a few factors that I believe have played a big part in our growth and I want to talk about four of those factors today....

Here, I flavored the oats with a blend of chai concentrate and almond milk — two items that pair beautifully no matter how prepared — and then added in a few of my favorite embellishments to up the yum factor.

The rapid rise of veganism in the past decade has had a huge impact on the dairy market and there are a few factors to blame.

I made relatively few changes in the makeup of the pizza; Dijon laced béchamel is slathered onto pizza dough, topped with gruyere cheese, covered in salty prosciutto, dotted with fresh mozzarella cheese (for the stretchy cheese factor needed in 98 % of my pizzas) and topped with a freshly cracked egg.

After you use this no - longer - top - secret kale trick, whip up some baked buffalo tofu, add a few other mix - ins and drizzle the whole thing with creamy vegan ranch dressing, well... you've got yourself a kale salad full of irresistible flavors, but with the health factor to back it up.

What you can learn on this website is that animal foods come in packages which are disease promoting for a number of factors in addition to their protein: the fat, the lack of fiber, the dearth of antioxidants, the large number of contaminants, and hormones to name a few.

I thought in general they were factors that added complexity although a few were out of balance,» he said.

The Cajun Factor For those interested in the big flavors that lie at the intersection of urban New Orleans and rustic Cajun country, Cochon, a few blocks upriver from Emeril's, is a can't - miss stop.

I do think that stadium debt was a big factor in the lack of success and having to sell our best players, up untill a few years ago.