Sentences with phrase «n't maintain an operation»

The standard of most operators appears to be reasonable because, in the words of one dive master, «the conditions here are sufficiently challenging that cowboys just can't maintain an operation here — they all stay in Bali!»

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Focus is a key concept in the business world — not only is it important to maintain focus during day - to - day operations, but entrepreneurs should also be able to focus on their long - term goals.

Some consumer advocates argue that the policy doesn't go far enough to limit the operations of the bureaus, which maintain vast stores of personal information without people's consent.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

This type of payment schedule might not be a good choice for a business that relies on a month - end influx of cash flow to maintain business operations or infrequent inward deposits.

A mutual fund custodian usually maintains and holds all records, sales redemptions and trades of the share holders... A mutual fund custodian may but not always, act as the mutual fund transaction agent... Since a mutual fund is basically a pool of several funds and not one common stock, it's essential that a 3rd party is involved to maintain, and oversee the funds operations...

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Banks don't want to do that, because they generally fund their operations with disproportionate amounts of debt, and they maintain that their profitability — as well as our economy's growth — depends on their continuing to do so.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

This is the only genuine barometer of the effectiveness of the Reserve Bank's market operations, since these operations are aimed at maintaining stability in the cash rate — not in achieving a particular level of ES funds.

A healthy personality utilizes these three modes of security operations, which might also be classified as learned modes of responding, not only to seek and maintain levels of emotional stability.

And since the news operations are themselves part of vast conglomerations of business power, the management of these corporations, through their selection of staff, their promulgation of policy «guidelines», and their intricate and subtle system of rewards and punishments, oversee and maintain a news environment that fosters not so much facts and understanding, as profit and the prevailing social order.

«Having our own roasting and packaging operation not only allows us to control our own products, but also to provide quality products to companies that can not justify the investment required,» Herr maintains.

Using the data that not only reveals how many people came into a store but also where they went, what they bought and how effective the store's operations were can give retailers the knowledge they need to have to provide and maintain superior operations.

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You didn't mention the most cogent thoughts expressed in this exchange, those from Kate Adamick, the only participant who makes a career of evaluating school food operations, who continues to maintain that there's already enough money in the system.

She discussed not just the nutritional importance of daily fruits and veggies and why the bar was being added, but also described the finances surrounding the operation and fiscal requirements to maintain the bar.

[111] Alex Salmond said it would be «perfectly feasible» to join NATO while maintaining an anti-nuclear stance and that Scotland would pursue NATO membership only «subject to an agreement that Scotland will not host nuclear weapons and NATO continues to respect the right of members to only take part in UN sanctioned operations».

«It is gratifying to note that 3 Battalion has maintained its status as one of the best fighting unit in the theatre as they did not sustain any casualty or injury during the operation.»

A'Plus said he has reported the issue severally to the Police because some of the pages could be traced through simple technology but for six months since he reported, nothing has come out of it, and to him, the reason why the Security apparatus are not taking action on it is that the Police, the National Security, and «Flagstaff House people» have «an interest» in maintaining operation of those accounts using their surrogates in the media to pick those facebook posts to make news out of them.

NSF's administration maintains that counting pennies isn't a good way to attract the best people, but the IG isn't convinced that running a leaner operation would alienate recruits; after all, the IG says, NSF doesn't seem to have tried it yet.

On the Interstate it's not difficult to maintain four - cylinder operation at 70 mph.

People often claim that PM is different because its mission is only to maintain the quality of the portfolio of schools, not interfere in their operations.

Our financial models are built to ensure we are not reliant on philanthropy to maintain the ongoing operations of a school.

On the Interstate it's not difficult to maintain four - cylinder operation at 70 mph.

These royalties, typically within the one dollar to nine dollar range, had not been paid (in some cases, for years) because they didn't meet the minimum threshold for payment; it's important to note that a lot of other retailers have to maintain a similar payment structure in order to keep their business operations sane.

Sometimes this is approximated by cash flow from operations less maintenance capital expenditures, but maintenance capex is not a disclosed item, and changes in working capital can reflect a need to invest in inventories in order to grow the business, not merely maintain it.)

This type of payment schedule might not be a good choice for a business that relies on a month - end influx of cash flow to maintain business operations or infrequent inward deposits.

Sometimes this is approximated by cash flow from operations less maintenance capital expenditures, but maintenance capex is not a disclosed item, and changes in working capital can reflect a need to invest in inventories in order to grow the business, not merely maintain it.

It generates its liquidity internally through profitable operations that don't require much in the way of reinvestment in order to maintain its productive capacity.

Although profitability is not absolutely essential to maintain liquidity in the short term, profitability of operations is crucial to enable an organization to meet its debt servicing obligations in the long run.

Debts which are not eligible for discharge are listed under the Bankruptcy Code 11 U.S.C. § 523 and include fraudulent Actions, student loans (unless payment will impose an «undue hardship» to such an extent that the debtor will not be able to maintain even a minimal living standard), child and spousal support, current tax obligations, and debts from willful and malicious injuries to persons or property or debts for personal injuries caused from the debtor's operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

As with visiting a breeder, if you visit a rescue facility and can not see how the animals are maintained, that is probably not a legitimate operation.

Operation Catnip maintains approximately 700 humane wire traps to loan to caregivers who don't have appropriate traps.

These microbes, if are maintained at normal levels are very useful, but may cause severe diarrhea if are not restricted by the natural operation of the stomach.

If you don't have your own trap (s), Operation Catnip maintains approximately 700 humane traps that we can lend you.

Payroll sends an email saying that there are not enough funds in the current budget to maintain business operations and pay the employees.

Drawing from his vast experience in leading customer service operations and maintaining an excited player base for over two years after game launch, Chris will discuss the dos and don'ts of navigating the gamer community world.

Without the input of fossil fuel the existing renewable energy projects could never have been built and could not be maintained in operation.

But vacant lots you don't own can't maintain a farming operation forever - at some point you need long - term stability to make investing in the land worthwhile.

One must also keep the car in good condition, not permit operation in adverse weather conditions, and maintain the vehicle according to manufacturer recommendations (i.e., it may be negligent to make after - market changes such as lowering a vehicle or installing a new exhaust or programming chip to increase the speed).

As we have defined them, psychotherapy notes are primarily of use to the mental health professional who wrote them, maintained separately from the medical record, and not involved in the documentation necessary to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations.

Response: We require covered entities to maintain safeguards adequate for their operations, but do not require that Start Printed Page 82746specific technologies be used to do so.

In the final rule, we do not change the general approach of defining health care operations: health care operations are the listed activities undertaken by the covered entity that maintains the protected health information (i.e., one covered entity may not disclose protected health information for the operations of a second covered entity); a covered entity may use any protected health information it maintains for its operations (e.g., a plan may use protected health information about former enrollees as well as current enrollees); we expand the proposed list to reflect many changes requested by commenters.

The operation of the final rule maintains the construction discussed in the preamble to the NPRM that a business associate (including a business associate that is a covered entity) that has business associate contracts with more than one covered entity generally may not use or disclose the protected health information that it creates or receives in its capacity as a business associate of one covered entity for the purposes of carrying out its responsibilities as a business associate of another covered entity, unless doing so would be a lawful use or disclosure for each of the covered entities and the business associate's contract with each of the covered entities permits the business associate to undertake the activity.

Response: In the final rule, where a clearinghouse creates or receives protected health information as a business associate of another covered entity, we maintain the exemption for health care clearinghouses from certain provisions of the regulation dealing with the notice of information practices and patient's direct access rights to inspect, copy and amend records (§ § 164.524 and 164.526), on the grounds that a health care clearinghouse is engaged in business - to - business operations, and is not dealing directly with individuals.

Often they can provide lower - cost policies — especially for high - risk drivers — because they're not dropping millions on running ad campaigns and maintaining massive operations.

Schultz made the comments on Feb. 27, and the stock didn't maintain the typical «blockchain bounce» that listed companies get for associating blockchain with their operations in some way.