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The news made Pebble users a bit nervous, as they suddenly found themselves in a state of uncertainty as to the fate of their devices.

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Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, doubts about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, the need to obtain additional funding, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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 a statement, Representative Nydia Velazquez described it as a «meat cleaver» and said it would «create a permanent state of regulatory uncertainty, making it difficult for businesses to plan ahead.»
With mounting uncertainty over Qatar's near - to - midterm future as a growing LNG supplier amid fissures in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Europe should capitalize on the emergence of the United States as an energy exporter.
As the Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude of future climate change depends significantly on «remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity of Earth's climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a statement.
There are hotspots globally, and there is policy uncertainty in the United States, but again, we've been focused on the emerging market theme because we have found that economies that we used to think of as politically unstable have actually proved to be less so as they pursue more orthodox types of policies.
In the United States alone, just those companies in the S&P 500 have been hoarding more than $ 1.9 trillion in cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hiIn the United States alone, just those companies in the S&P 500 have been hoarding more than $ 1.9 trillion in cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hiin the S&P 500 have been hoarding more than $ 1.9 trillion in cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hiin cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hiin response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hiin lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hit.
Weighing in on oil price uncertainty, market watchers have been in a state of confusion over varying reports over the past three days as to the status of exports from Libya's biggest producing oilfield.
Major stock indexes in Wall Street closed in the red, as the decision of the President of Donald Trump to restrict entry and immigration to the United States from certain countries has caused uncertainty in the market.
Candler's speech program was organized around a «linear - transmissions» model which arises from information theory, which can be stated as follows: «The essential feature of all messages is information, and people use the information in messages to reduce uncertainty and thereby adapt to the environment».
This uncertainty (the nothingness of the antecedent non-being — the possible «how» corresponding to the actual «thus») will exist for him as well as for a contemporary; his mind will be in a state of suspense exactly as was the mind of a contemporary.
He said, «I am not willing to put the State Republican Primary Board, the Secretary of State's Office and Division of Elections, the County Election Commissions, the campaign staff, my volunteers, my family and the public through additional weeks of litigation, with uncertainty as to who the nominee will be... A contest would not be the right thing for the Republican Party and the conservative cause in Tennessee.»
There is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding that budget as Governor Andrew Cuomo continues to consider what exactly to propose in terms of overhauling the state tax system in response to the new federal tax code, which has especially significant ramifications for New York, and in terms of a congestion pricing plan for New York City.
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo raises the possibility of an «extender» budget blamed on federal government - level uncertainty over potential cuts in spending to the state, the Fiscal Policy Institute has released a report examining the impact of D.C. aid to New York state and local governments.
Among the important factors that could cause Rio Tinto's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, among others, levels of actual production during any period, levels of demand and market prices, the ability to produce and transport products profitably, the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on market prices and operating costs, operational problems, political uncertainty and economic conditions in relevant areas of the world, the actions of competitors, activities by governmental authorities such as changes in taxation or regulation and such other risk factors identified in Rio Tinto's most recent Annual Report on Form 20 - F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») or Form 6 - Ks furnished to the SEC.
As the major areas of contention become clear, some remain from recent years, while others are new, and questions loom over the city budget cycle due to uncertainty in Washington, D.C., state funding shifts being proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and a slowing city economy.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says state leaders could delay high - profile budget ideas such as free college tuition for middleclass students because of uncertainty in Washington.
Democrats in the state Senate gave Jennifer Shilling another two years as minority leader Tuesday, brushing aside a subpar performance at the ballot box that left Republicans with their largest majority in more than 40 years and uncertainty about whether Shilling will retain her own seat in the face of a recount.
As a result, some people lived in a state of uncertainty about whether the ownership of their land would be challenged, or if the government would try to claim it
That discomfort left some uncertainty as to how closely the new White House - aligned mobilization in the states would coordinate its grass - roots efforts with those of unions and other liberal groups that are planning to mobilize their forces ahead of the negotiations.
One of these is the uncertainty principle, which states that in the quantum world it is impossible to simultaneously know two quantities, such as a particle's location and its momentum, with complete accuracy.
Researchers say the changes could be as much as 5 percent of costs in some states, but caution there is considerable uncertainty surrounding such estimates.
It is important to realize that the results presented in the paper include both the uncertainty in the aerosol forcing and the uncertainty in the enhancement of the response to aerosol forcing, as explicitly stated.
I agree (as does IPCC) that there is uncertainty, as stated, in the climate sensitivity, but you are completely unjustified in your claim that the cosmic - ray correlation (for which there is still no sound physical basis or quantified mechanism) supports the lower end of the sensitivity range.
Prior to joining ECI, she completed her Ph.D. at Oregon State University, where she worked on the weather@home project over western US region, looking at drivers of extreme drought events in the US, future regional climate change projections over the western US, as well as investigating uncertainties due to internal variability and physical parameter perturbations.
And as Nathan correctly states, and as we have already pointed out in our paper, we do not take into account the uncertainty of clouds on shortwave fluxes (atmospheric albedo was not varied).
In recognition of the uncertainty of the health aspects of using cell phones, the maker of my iPhone (and yours) includes a legal statement under the tab «Legal» information which states «carry iPhone at least 10 mm away from your body to ensure exposure levels remain at or below the as - tested levels.»
After several months of protests and concomitant uncertainty for the 160,000 home - schooled children in the state, the court reversed the ruling to permit home schooling as a «species of private school education» and came surprisingly close to finding in the federal Constitution a right to home school.
As one of us (Roza has) observed, the best state policies would prevent districts both from «deficit spending» (which occurs due to pensions and retirement health care) and from obligating out - year expenditures — such as when they sign a five - year labor contract although there's ample uncertainty as to what revenues will look like in five yearAs one of us (Roza has) observed, the best state policies would prevent districts both from «deficit spending» (which occurs due to pensions and retirement health care) and from obligating out - year expenditures — such as when they sign a five - year labor contract although there's ample uncertainty as to what revenues will look like in five yearas when they sign a five - year labor contract although there's ample uncertainty as to what revenues will look like in five yearas to what revenues will look like in five years.
As the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's Terry Ryan described the reality in one state, «Charter schools, many working in Ohio's toughest neighborhoods to educate the state's neediest children, are also forced to live under a cloud of uncertainty, harassment and intimidation.»
«As parents, we need not breed fear in our children by being fearful ourselves in the face of uncertainty,» New Jersey PTA president Debbie Tyrrell said at January's state Board of Education meeting.
While transition is nothing new in this space, this particular transition is causing uncertainty as educational professionals face complete redefinition of their standards and outcomes, and redefined roles of federal, state and local education agencies.
As Lisa Servon, author of The Unbanking of America, notes in her new book, there's a new middle class emerging — one that lives «in a state of perpetual financial uncertainty,» with «chronic financial instability».
«After extensive consideration and in light of the uncertainty associated with the causes and potential liabilities associated with these wildfires as well as state policy uncertainties, the PG&E boards determined that suspending the common and preferred stock dividends is prudent with respect to cash conservation and is in the best long - term interests of the companies, our customers and our shareholders... We fully recognize the importance of dividends and intend to revisit the issue as we get more clarity.»
I refer to these as «housekeeping» because I wasn't really sure whether to class them as 1985 games or 1986; they exist in a state of quantum uncertainty.
Recommended reading The uncertainty ushered in by the choices of the electorate in Britain, the United States, and Italy have prompted much speculation as to the immediate future of the art market.
will immerse us in radical uncertainty while Michael Landy will propose self - destruction as a way to achieve a state of holiness.
The figures are found to be in a state of constant uncertainty and ambiguity, as if the painting was showing us the exact moment in which the delicate and atrocious coexist.»
As our eye drifts across the composition, we are greeted by an uncanny yet romantic scene, which is suspended in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
Chaos is defined with respect to infinitesimal perturbations and infinite integration times, but our uncertainties in the current atmospheric state are far too large to be treated as infinitesimal, and furthermore, all of our models have errors which mean that they will inevitably fail to track reality within a few days irrespective of how well they are initialised.
Patrick Frank article in Energy and Environment stating that as a result of a + - 0.46 C instrumental uncertainty, the 20th century temperature rise is statistically indistinguishable from 0.
Inevitably, focus in the discussions is on problems with MW, but it is worth stating upfront here (as is also stated in a number of the papers) that MW made positive contributions to the discussion as well — they introduced a number of new methods (and provided code that allows everyone to try them out), and their use of the Monte Carlo / Markov Chain (MCMC) Bayesian approach to assess uncertainties in the reconstructions is certainly interesting.
The IPCC process is a major effort to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of climate science, though as is evident even from the Summary — which, due to the necessity for brevity, tends to downplay uncertainties — there are still many difficult obstacles and uncertainties to overcome in determining the influence of human activities on the climate.»
(Weld, Maine) One of Maine's largest private land owners has cited the «uncertainty» of wind power development in Maine as one of the primary reasons it has withdrawn its request to challenge Molunkus Township's petition to remove itself from the state's «expedited permitting area.»
We must also communicate the growth in model uncertainty as model predictions of the future advance farther and farther from the present climate state.
Presenting confidence in the attribution as a function of different possible states would eliminate the ambiguity associated with the word «most» and would give a more realistic view of the confidence and uncertainties associated with the detection and attribution argument.
Initial condition uncertainty arises due to errors in the estimate of the starting conditions for the forecast, both due to limited observations of the atmosphere, and uncertainties involved in using indirect measurements, such as satellite data, to measure the state of atmospheric variables.
My textbook Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet has a chapter on the scientific method in which I state that «a measurement without a statement about its degree of uncertainty is meaningless.»
The opponents of climate change policies have largely succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.
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