But, Mr. Brandt added, the district has no choice — its costs are rising,
it lacks new sources of revenue, and it has been downsizing and cutting back for several years.
These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost
of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix
of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact
of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop
new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance
of our
new or existing products; losses
of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations
of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance
of various types
of broadband services, on the adoption
of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the
lack of timely availability
of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact
of increases in the prices
of raw materials and oil; the effect
of competition, on both
revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited
source suppliers; and the effect on our business
of natural disasters.
For the pessimists Durban was another in a long string
of disappointing international action on climate change: a
new agreement won't be signed until 2015 and not implemented until 2020; there will be no obligatory cuts by most nations for another 9 years, only pledges; the Green Fund
lacks a
revenue source, meaning it's an idea without funding; and the REDD program meant to save forests saw little progress.
Many mining pools, even those that routinely complain about the
lack of a hard - forking increase to the block size limit, are now pushing marketing campaigns built around this
new, growing
source of revenue for hashers.