Sentences with phrase «higher number of states»

Higher star ratings were awarded to insurers that had plans that were cheaper than the average plan cost in a higher number of states.

Higher star ratings were awarded to insurers that had plans that were cheaper than the average plan cost in a higher number of states.

Some areas across the country are more densely populated with veterinary assistants as California has the highest number of any state with roughly 10,000 workers.

The Supreme Court oral argument season that just ended saw an unusually high number of state criminal cases argued — 22.

And the effects of an even apparently and isolated judgment enforcing this clause could extend to a potentially high number of states, particularly those in Eastern Europe where the respect of the rule of law is continuously under threat.

Not exact matches

Flying bullets aside, the state has the second - highest number of yearly road deaths per 100,000 drivers (7.9).

It is worth noting, though, that continent - wide surveys conducted since Brexit show that support for the EU generally remains reasonably high across the 27 remaining member states despite the rise of populist movements, bar the obvious exception of Greece, which has been in an economic stand - off with the EU for a number of years.

Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high number of premium seats and charge more than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.

A 2012 study from the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College in the United States found that the greater number of older persons employed led to better outcomes for the young, including reduced unemployment and a higher wage.

We also considered the number of higher education institutions in each state.

The governor announced last week that 57.4 million visitors came to the state during the first six months of the year, the highest number ever, according to the report.

Until then, the five states below, which top the list for the highest number of exemptions offered, are already vying to become the drone capital of the country:

The state, which has the highest number of opioid - addicted individuals per capita, is years into a devastating and unabating opioid epidemic.

The number of such states would be even higher, according to the Constitutional Accountability Center, if not for important rulings by three federal appeals courts.

And we consider the number of higher - education institutions in each state, as well as long - term trends for funding higher education.

«We're planning to build and test ultra high - speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States,» says Google on its officail blog.

We evaluate the states on their support for innovation, the number of patents issued to their residents, and the record of high - tech business formation.

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.

For Theranos, these kinds of endorsements were made by a number of high - profile investors, such as software giant, Larry Ellison, and a prestigious board, which included high - profile lawyer, David Boies, and former secretary of state, Henry Kissinger.

The number of nonfarm payroll jobs in Utah went up 3.6 % between November 2014 and November 2015, the second - highest growth rate among the states and DC.

Stéfane Marion, chief economist at National Bank Financial, noted earlier this month Canadian factories currently are using 82 % of their production capacity, a historically strong number that is seven percentage points higher than the corresponding capacity - utilization rate in the United States.

The states in the bottom 10 tend to have a number of afflictions in common: complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates.

In its early years, a number of her students in the program were teenagers who had come to the country, unauthorized, at a young age and finished high school, but then could not obtain citizenship or receive any state or federal funds for college.

Yet a large number of criticisms in precisely this domain have already been leveled against Ukraine, not only from domestic political opposition groups but also from high - profile international actors and leaders of other OSCE participating states.

In recent months, Farmer has noticed an unusually high number of trucks in the area with out of state license plates.

The school district during the 2011 - 12 year reported the highest number of in - school arrests in the state.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Silver futures settled last Friday in New York at 16.26 an ounce while currently trading at 16.36 up about $ 0.10 for the trading week reacting neutral off of the monthly unemployment number which was released this morning stating that we added 103,000 jobs which were very disappointing sending gold prices higher, however having very little impact on silver.

However, hikes in minimum wages in a number of states and reports that prominent companies are having to offer higher pay to attract workers may start to show up in wage statistics in the months ahead.

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.

Short - term high grade corporates have become relatively more attractive lately due to a number of technical factors, chief among them a one - time shift out of short - maturity corporate bonds as companies bring home cash held outside of the United States as a result of the recent tax act.

Data from high tax states such as New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and California shows a huge increase in the number of LLCs, partnerships and C corps.

So - called 529 college - savings plans — those state - sponsored accounts for college savers in which earnings are tax - free as long as they are used to pay for qualified higher - education expenses — typically let account holders select once a year from a number of investment options.

The number of states that require high school students to complete a course in economics has dropped over the last two years, and mandates for personal finance education in the upper grades remain stagnant, a new survey shows.

The states with highest foreclosure levels — relative to the total number of homes with mortgages — were New Jersey (4.5 %), New York (3.6 %), Hawaii (2.5 %), and Florida (2.5 %).

The overall number of jobs offshored is presumably higher, since India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Mexico and other low - cost countries have all gained work that was once done in the United States.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

Given the numbers of Christians, Yazidis, Shia Muslims and others who have been displaced by Islamic State for fear of their lives, this would likely lead to Britain's highest court deeming the group's actions as genocide.

Duddington also provides discussion of the issue of conscience in contemporary society, citing a number of high - proile cases in which the state has intervened on issues of religious conscience and human rights.

Christians are «targeted by the highest number of governments in the Asia - Pacific region, where 33 countries harassed Christians in 2015,» Pew stated.

Despite previous plans to admit the highest number of refugees in decades, the United States will shut its doors to thousands displaced by conflict in the Middle East — at least temporarily — under an executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday.

However improbable in a mechanistic sense the elaborate organic structure created by life may appear, it seems increasingly evident that the cosmic substance is drawn toward these states of extreme arrangement by a particular kind of attraction which compels it, by the play of large numbers in which it is involved, to miss no opportunity of becoming more complex and thus achieving a higher degree of freedom.

It is not encouraging that, after the Washington meeting, a number of educational leaders, including some who still champion Land O» Lakes, declared themselves mightily pleased that Benedict is mightily pleased with the state of Catholic higher education.

Romneycare is already eating the Massachusetts state budget and MA had guaranteed issue, community rating, and relatively high premiums and relatively low numbers of uninsured prior to the adoption of Romneycare (not to mention being a high income state.)

Its universities in the United States have larger enrollments and more academic prestige than ever before, Jesuit high schools are attracting large numbers of excellent students, and some Jesuit publications and parishes are very successful.

The phenomenon is that the huge numbers of Protestants in the United States support almost no distinctively Christian program in higher education other....

The phenomenon is that the huge numbers of Protestants in the United States support almost no distinctively Christian program in higher education other than theological seminaries.

This is almost exactly equal to the number of Afrikaners spread all over the country but concentrated in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, the high veldt of the northeast, the center for mining, finance, and government administration.

There are indications that an increasing number of seminary students are coming from larger private and state institutions of higher learning and also that the ministry is attracting a growing number of high caliber students.

You know the other week one of the news agencies stated that the down turn in the economy and the high unemployment numbers in the mid west was leading persons to commit suicide.