Sentences with phrase «general decline for»

The Conservative vote has been in general decline for 80 years since its peak in 1931 when it achieved its highest ever level of 60.7 %, whilst its post-World War Two peak was 49.6 % in 1955.

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It's expected to be a noisy quarter for bank earnings in general, thanks in part to the tax law, which has caused many banks to book losses on repatriated cash and deferred tax assets that declined in value.

Ted Olson, who served as President George W. Bush's solicitor general, explained his reasoning for declining Trump's offer during an interview Monday on MSNBC.

Citing intervention - based trials and epidemiological studies, the National Institute on Aging found that exercise can also play a key role in reducing your risk for Alzheimer's and general cognitive decline.

Comparable sales of general merchandise at Rite Aid has declined for five quarters.

In the Gallup survey, diverse - owned small businesses were more likely to respond that they have been declined for business credit — about one in five African American, Asian, and Hispanic business owners said they faced a credit decline in the past (14 % of general market respondents said they faced a decline).

Ms. Holmes declined interview requests from the Journal for more than five months, but the general counsel and outside counsel of Theranos provided significant input, which was fairly reflected in the articles.

When Auditor General Michael Ferguson prodded Finance Canada last fall to make such comprehensive forecasts available to the public, the department politely declined, noting that «the federal government is not accountable for the fiscal situation of the provinces and territories.»

The underlying determinants for these declines are related to the global supply and demand for funds, including shifting demographics, slower trend productivity and economic growth, emerging markets seeking large reserves of safe assets, and a more general global savings glut (Council of Economic Advisers 2015, International Monetary Fund 2014, Rachel and Smith 2015, Caballero, Farhi, and Gourinchas 2016).

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

While Mr. Trump declined to be interviewed for this article, his general counsel, Alan Garten, said in a statement that there was «no merit to the allegations.»

In addition, if the market for technology and source sector stocks or the stock market in general experiences a loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Think of people declining to get tested for the genetic markers of a hereditary disease, or a smoker whose cigarette packs might as well have that warning from the Surgeon General printed in invisible ink.

Consequently, in the unlikely event that the current bull market in US equities continues for one more year and gold - mining stocks trend upward during that year, the gold - mining sector will then be vulnerable to the downward pull of a general equity decline.

Rising prices, whether for homes in general or foreclosures alone, contributed to the declining in investor market share.

So companies such as Persimmon, Taylor Woodrow and Barrett Homes for example all saw significant declines in their share prices as a result of the general decline in the housing market as a whole.

In shorter - term market action, we see a general tendency toward distribution, for example, declines on expanding volume coupled with low - volume recoveries on mixed breadth and narrowing leadership (which was also the pattern last week).

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.

I recognize that the Fund may be strongly exposed to general market fluctuations for meaningful periods of time, and in some of these cases the general market will be declining.

Belief in the existence of a personal God has declined as men have found the influence of mutually relative natural agencies, — environment, natural selection, organic composition, conditioned functional reaction etc., able to account for natural phenomena that before were related to more general causes or even to the First Cause.

Certainly, mainline Christianity's preoccupation with social affairs as a substitute for religious experience has resulted in a general decline of «standard - brand» denominations.

A more general decline in church attendance again affects the funds available for training.

I. CHRIST AND THE LUKEWARMNESS OF OUR CHURCHES The general thesis of these lectures is that one major reason for the decline of our oldline churches is theological and that at least this cause of the decline could be reversed.

Thus, for example, the decline of the death rate in the eighteenth century progressively entailed a general transformation of individual behavior and the relations between generations.

The vaunted growth in the service sector consists, in large part, of jobs that are at or near minimum wage; and real wages in general have been declining for some time.

The general thesis of these lectures is that one major reason for the decline of our oldline churches is theological and that at least this cause of the decline could be reversed.

As the general quality of public education has declined, at least in public perception, and as the power of the youth culture in public schools has increased, many more parents seek private schools for their children, and many of these schools are connected with churches.

What initially started as the return of Kobe Bryant and a possible playoff berth for the 2013 - 14 Los Angeles Lakers went to hell in a handbasket, served up with another Kobe injury, another Steve Nash injury, the continued slow decline of the once - great Pau Gasol and the general quirkiness of The Pringles Man Mike D'Antoni.

Its been obvious to most that this squad of players has not been right since the end of that 1st great season under Bilic orchestrated on the pitch by Payet.This was followed by a disastrous Summer window when we bought bulk instead of quality, top that off with the Payet wanting to leave fiasco and we have never been the same since.Odd good displays which flattered to deceive but in general a gradual and consistent decline to the bottom.Moyes has inherited this group and i can honestly not see how it will change until January in the transfer market.He will not get a bumper warchest to improve thats for sure and who would want to buy some of these under achievers to create money for new buys.Its a mess and has been since that awful Summer transfer window plus on top of which far too many of this lot have under achieved drastically be it new players we have bought or the OLD boys.Its an ageing side especially at the back and needs a serious overhaul.

The decline reflects that the Palatine - based district has paid off bonds that were issued for general improvements, district director Allen Baker said.

They account for 10 % of all Scottish marriages — all in the context of a general decline in the popularity of marriage.

George Pataki, telling me during last night's «Insiders» segment on CapTon that Rick Lazio should do the right thing — for himself and the GOP — and decline to remain in the general election on the Conservative Party line.

YNN Syracuse's Bill Carey caught up with Sen. Dave Valesky and Sen. John DeFrancisco to discuss a Syracuse Post-Standard report that the Republicans have — for the first time since he was elected in 2004 — decided to give Valesky a pass this year, declining to back anyone against him in the November general election.

In the television interview, Cuomo declined to directly address a question about the prospect of former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara running for attorney general.

Should Rice or Maloney win the attorney general nomination at the state party's convention on May 23rd and 24th, a «declination period» would start for the congressional district during which the lawmaker would decline the party's nomination for his or her House seat.

However, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka rejected the suggestion that unions were declining or stuck in the past, saying that his own organisation and the RMT were both renowned for their campaigning, and were Britain's two fastest growing unions.

Gov. David Paterson today declined to pick a favorite from among the five Democrats vying to replace Andrew Cuomo as attorney general, saying it would be inappropriate for him to do so «as the leader of the party.»

A spokesman for attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, who brought the charges against the Newfane Republican in March, declined comment.

But there are signs of a decline: in the 2003 polls, when Malta's EU membership was confirmed by referendum, the turnout was 95.7 % for the general election and 91 % for the referendum.

Plans to merge the Transport and General Workers union (T&G), Amicus and the GMB have been in the pipeline for months, following concerns of declining influence both with the Labour leadership and in the global economy.

Hogan, who declined comment when contacted by the Times Union for this story, mentioned in the December letter that the Associated General Contractors had previously been upset by the bidding process that SUNY Poly had used when it wanted to build a student dorm on its campus.

The attorney general declined to comment for this article, or to discuss specific incidents from his past, but allowed a few advisers and friends to speak about him.

These figures would also offer grim tidings for Fine Gael, a party that would be at a similar level of decline, as Labour, relative to the 2011 General Election figures based on this opinion poll.

Organizers said Gov. David A. Paterson, Senate leader John Sampson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the party's presumptive nominee for governor, declined invitations to participate.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — who has snatched headlines with legal actions against President Donald Trump «s real estate seminar program and personal foundation — today declared he could and would pursue the commander - in - chief for offenses, though he declined to elaborate on his ongoing investigations.

A spokeswoman for the inspector general for the NYPD said they are «aware of the matter» and declined to comment further.

Francisco Moya — Assemblyman Francisco Moya, a Queens Democrat, ran unopposed in the general election, winning a New York City Council seat held by Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who declined to run for reelection.

A spokesman for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy declined comment Tuesday on a report that his fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, made a recruiting trip last month to General Electric Co. headquarters in Fairfield.