Sentences with phrase «few key states»

In the long run, these investment categories might not matter if a few key states fail — namely California and Michigan.

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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.

In the United States, the 2016 RISE survey revealed that fewer pre-retirees are saving for retirement than in prior years, with 41 % of pre-retirees indicating that they are not yet saving.4 When examining key elements of retirement planning, the 2016 US RISE survey also revealed a significant disconnect between understanding and implementing various retirement strategies.

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Under Armour stated that the downfall was caused by the bankruptcies of a few key customers.

The Clippers made a few small charges over the course of the game, but they were never able to get enough key stops to seriously threaten Golden State.

Play at Key Arena for a few years, then move to a state - of - the - art Seattle arena south of Safeco Field?

Im not saying Wenger is an idiot but his stubborn refusal to move with the times has cost us dear over the last few years and as Ive already stated earlier in the conversation our resurgence has in part had a lot to do with the competition dropping off in performance rather than us leaping forward, that said we have made improvements and we are playing far better, but I will bet my house that no world class striker will be brought in in the summer and there wont be any really important key players brought in during the summer as Wenger has already laid out his stall in regards to this.

There were more than a few people who called Penn State's victory over Ohio State flukey, due to Penn State winning thanks to a blocked FG attempt and a few TD drives keyed by explosive passes.

On the contrary, a key role was played with by European Council and by a few member states in a fully intergovernmanental manner, by the Troika — composed by the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission -, and by the ECB which played a crucial role in avoiding the rise of crisis - hit countries borrowing cost, but without any democratic mandate.

Instead of mucking in with the multifarious resistance movement - which, as you rightly state here, does not require universal agreement in order to progress, that sort of Leninist thinking is weedkiller to the grassroots - Labour is already positioning itself for the next election, terrified of doing anything at all which might upset the few swing voters in key marginal seats that the party has repositioned itself towards over the past twenty years.

7 Excellent analysis, very few debates about the welfare state address the reasons why it was introduced, and IMO, it is key to the future of welfare, as you have identified.

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

But the state has a say in a few key steps in that process, and it's using it to pressure Entergy into closing Indian Point.

At that time, and for much of the succeeding decade, the state's top unions were often willing to aid legislators who might oppose the bulk of their agendas if they supported a few key items.

As with any change of voting system, it's hard to game the results without stating other parameters that have been assumed, but there are a few key cases that are fairly obvious.

November's election will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the New York state Senate in the next term, and it could come down to just a few hundred votes in a small number of key Senate contests.

In the end, the fight for control of the state Senate could come down to just a few hundred votes in a couple of key races.

Key to that effort is a newly announced plan to train 10,000 employees to fill the thousands of clean energy jobs the state expects to be created here over the next few years.

SUNY Polytechnic is headed by Alain Kaloyeros, a key supporter of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's high - tech economic development initiatives around the state over the last few years.

With just a few clicks, users can specify key variables such as the region of interest, from as small as a single city to the entire United States, and the type of disease, such as influenza, measles, Ebola, or something new.

At the edges of the perovskite layers, the new research discovered «layer - edge - states,» which are key to both high efficiency of solar cells (> 12 percent) and high fluorescence efficiency (a few tens of percent) for LEDs.

This is a key point because what this means is that even in a «fat - burning state of ketosis,» you will not lose weight unless you eat fewer calories than you burn.

Of course, moderation is key — anyone who has had a few too many will be able to relate to the truth of Shakespeare's words in Macbeth, when he states that booze «provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.»

Director Stephen Hopkins (best known for directing episodes of 24 and House of Lies) and married screenwriting team Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse chose to focus on a few key years in Olympic runner Jesse Owens» (Stephan James) life, starting with his first day of school at Ohio State University in late 1933, up to his astounding four - gold - medal triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

The good folks over at Entertainment Weekly sat down with actor Keegan - Michael Key, who stated a few facts regarding Shane Black's The Predator.

A few weeks ago, I asked some very smart people who help states draft charter laws for a list of the key policy design questions that their policymakers tend to ask.

With just a few weeks before the state budget is due, and key proposals in Governor Cuomo's education Opportunity Agenda being considered, these parents made it clear that action is desperately needed to turnaround New York's failing schools and ensure every classroom is led by an effective teacher.

Most states do not require charter teachers to be in unions — indeed being union - free is seen by many charter advocates as a key characteristic of the model — but a few states, including Maryland and Hawaii, require it.

«Many states that appear to have all of the critical components of a strong law struggle with the implementation of key provisions, which is why the rankings over the past few years have shown little variance and have remained relatively stagnant.»

In the past few years in particular, CCSA Advocates has garnered several key victories across the state in recent elections, thanks in large part to charter families and leaders such as yourselves.

By Marisol Bello and Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Fewer than half the states routinely analyze suspicious numbers of erasures on standardized school tests, a key method of detecting cheating...

The change prompted the support of key Republicans on the Senate Education Committee — including Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), a former secretary of education who introduced his own series of ESEA bills a few weeks ago — who believe evaluation decisions should be left up to state and local districts.

The tests that have come into use in the past few years, which are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, are aiming to test skills like «finding the main idea and key details,» and «making logical inferences from text.»

And, Fletcher said, the program's key measure of student achievement — known as Academic Growth Over Time — is based on state standardized tests that will be phased out in the next few years as California moves toward a new national curriculum and assessments.

The difference in achievement by gender is startling, with roughly a fifth fewer boys than girls reaching the end of Key Stage 4 with a good set of GCSEs in state schools.

States can't apply for the money yet, and relatively few may end up getting grants, but it's a key incentive for Obama to push forward his education plan.

In order to support such high - quality programs, states should follow a few key recommendations: First, they should do no harm, which in this case means that schools should not lose substantial state ADA for students who take college courses.

After a few computer key strokes, the i3 now has another menu item in the iDrive system that allows activation of the «hold state of charge» mode.

Even if you've been all over the state, there are still a few road trips you need to take before hanging up the keys.

The program includes, to name a few, fact - finding trips and meetings with pre-vetted buyers in key emerging markets; importation of vehicles popular globally but not sold in the United States, make / model data for key worldwide markets; international roundtables with international buyers at the SEMA Show.

Also, while mamaich has stated he intends to open up all x86 app for the Windows RT platform, there will be a few apps that will never be made compatible with Windows RT given its lack of a few key features, such as D3D9 extensions or OpenGL.

Our first post on Crichton's new novel «State of Fear» hits most of the key points, though there are a few more errors in the book that we hope to expand upon in future posts.

For the past few days, key oil interests and players with, evidently, insider knowledge — such as the American Petroleum Institute's Jack Gerard — created a buzz, telling reporters and who knows who else, that the State Department review of Keystone XL would come out Friday and that it would be favorable to the project.

On March 29 (page 5 of the exchange), Ms. Barry Hollowell stated: «The Internal Auditor met Tuesday with key stakeholders and will be determining the scope of the audit and appropriate time frames for delivery of his report over the next few days.

His portfolio of alternative strategies take the form of «planet levers,» relatively «focused efforts, targeted the right way» that «can translate into big outcomes» and that rely on a «handful of nimble actors — including a few key nations, states, cities and companies — to get started.»

We need practical solutions to substantially cut emissions that work with a handful of nimble actors — including a few key nations, states, cities and companies — to get started.

It provides what few others do: a very detailed critique with crucial data in a limited space... a key text summarising the current state of generally accepted knowledge.

Comment: A few commenters stated the rules should include provisions for electronic verification of identity (such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-RRB- as established in the regulations on Security and Electronic Signatures.

While Canada and the United States are alike in many respects, there are a few key differences in employment law that U.S. employers should be aware of if you are considering buying, selling or operating a business in Canada.