Sentences with phrase «not impact the benefits»

Since exercise does not impact the benefits provided by prescription medications for depression, many researchers are interested in determining how the two treatment options could partner together to produce even better overall results for patients.
For example, receiving severance pay does not impact your benefits in California, even if you receive it in a lump sum instead of in regular installments like a paycheck.

Not exact matches

«Overall, some folks will really benefit from AMT repeal, but we can't look at taxes in a vacuum,» said LaBrecque, also head of the Michigan Association of CPAs» special task force on tax changes, which ran simulations on more than 900 tax returns to see the impact of the proposed Trump tax changes.
In this edited excerpt, the authors discuss a few benefits that may not cost much but have a big impact on employee satisfaction.
TechnologyAdvice.com compiled research on how games impact the brain, and it looks like the easiest way to increase productivity is not providing more vacation, bigger paychecks, or improved benefits.
Please note that when you borrow money from a life insurance policy, it doesn't show up as income and has no impact on financial aid or the tax rate on Social Security benefits.
After his speech, Poloz said the recent weakness in the loonie hasn't had much of an impact on Canadian exports, which tend to benefit from a slide in the dollar.
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 Carlos Vargas - Silva, associate professor and senior researcher at the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory, the economic impact of migrants can be read in two ways: a fiscal impact — taxes and contributions that new arrivals will make, minus the benefits and services they receive — and the impact that they have on the labor market, which is essentially whether native workers will be displaced from their jobs or not.
Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump's actions as a politician directly impacted his business — and not in a way that benefitted the president - elect.
That's one recent insight from a study looking at the impact of so - called green roofs — such as the nine - acre one Facebook is installing at its headquarters — not on the environment (which they definitely benefit) but on workers in the vicinity.
Readers are cautioned that these forward - looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due a variety of factors, including, among other things, that conditions to the closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, the potential impact on the business of Accompany due to the uncertainty about the acquisition, the retention of employees of Accompany and the ability of Cisco to successfully integrate Accompany and to achieve expected benefits, business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry, customer markets and various geographic regions, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10 - K and Form 10 - Q.
And paying for time off isn't the only part of the process of course — there's also the impact of the policy on other benefits like health care as children are added.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Reports listing each pediatrician's results by name were shared among participants so that clinicians could benefit from not only reviewing their own performance but comparing it to top performers and any other clinician, a method that has previously been found to increase impact.22 — 24
Education does not benefit only its recipients; it has a profound impact on national economic outcomes.
While the Department can not readily quantify the impact of these considerations, there is substantial reason to believe that they could substantially offset the benefits portion of the investor gains originally posited by (but not quantified in) the 2016 RIA in the sixty days immediately following the original applicability date.
The best part about this particular example is that it helps people understand the benefits of using Dropbox, but doesn't continue to impact how they use the product once they find their way.
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.
Economists won't dispute it, because they'll see that the Canada Child Benefit is actually having an impact in terms of what we're seeing in discretionary consumer spending.
Why, in circumstances where Canada's security, policies and companies are already as fully protected as they can be, do we maintain a net - benefit test that does not show a bottom - line impact on Canada, imposes an unnecessary burden on investors and gives Canada a dubious (if generally undeserved) international reputation?
Although manufacturing overcapacity is certainly a problem, much of it is in areas in which global demand has simply collapsed, and isn't coming back, and so a cheaper currency would have little impact beyond temporarily reducing excess inventory, which is not enough of a benefit to justify the many costs of a weaker currency.
Additionally, the Tax Policy Center has argued that many businesses with too little income or are losing money don't benefit from bonus depreciation, especially in times of economic recovery, and that it may not have much of an impact on long - term investment.
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.
Outcomes and impact matter; benefits and features don't.
It does not take into account state or local taxes, fees, or expenses, or the net gain's potential impact on adjusted gross income, which could impact exemption and deduction phaseouts and eligibility for other tax benefits.
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.
Still, optimizing for higher CTRs is sure to be a benefit to you even if they didn't have an impact on domain authority, so do what you can to encourage more people to click through to your pages with compelling, unique language.
«The worst part [of the NDP plan],» Mintz added, «is that it doesn't have good economic impacts because small business deductions contribute to a wall of taxation, so if they grow, they lose some of their benefits and get hit with higher taxes....
Those declines, however, would have been even steeper if it wasn't for the positive impact of recent acquisitions, with revenue in the U.S. segment being boosted by $ 17 million last quarter thanks to the benefit of acquisitions.
Telecommuting's environmental impact is irrefutable and it benefits not just flexible workers, but the entire planet.
It also warned that Beat could «significantly reduce the benefit» of the reduction in tax rates, but it wasn't able to estimate the impact now.
Last year, when the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) traveled to the West Bank to explore the impact of a small - business - lending facility we support, we found that small businesses weren't the only ones to benefit.
That higher yield positively impacts not only current and long - term aggregate passive income, but it also positively benefits total return.
While general impact investing is becoming more mainstream for high net worth individuals and institutions, gender lens investing has not benefitted from the same level of traction in the private equity and venture capital space.
Your survivor benefits might be impacted or eliminated if you remarry, if you become eligible for Social Security benefits on your own income or if you receive a pension not based on work covered by Social Security.
To generate consensus in support of trade policies that will benefit Canada as a whole will require transparent, evidence - based analysis of how trade agreements will impact not just different sectors, but also different provinces.
It's trade finance that provides the economic rationale to do a lot of these things: it happens to be aligned with the health benefits and the social impact of keeping blood diamonds out of the supply chain, but if the money wasn't there, I don't think there'd be an ability to do it,» he says.
This does not include the impact of the introduction of the Child Care Benefit, which came into effect in July 2016.
The report, Taking Care of Business, does highlights how big business can have a positive impact on poverty reduction through job creation and the payment of taxes but says many poor people around the world are not feeling the benefits.
I can negatively impact another's life, I choose not to because ultimetly I, and my family benefit by not causing needless harm.
Testbiotech, a non-profit organization founded as an Institute for the Independent Impact Assessment of Biotechnology in 2008 in Munich, Germany concluded that the «application does not show substantial benefits.
This has had a dynamic impact on the grocery sector and brought about competitive responses from Coles and Woolworths on many products» and «Even if a customer does not shop at ALDI, they obtain significant benefits from having an ALDI in their local area or state, as the Coles or Woolworths store prices more keenly».
Biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and severe impacts on ecosystem services — which refer to nature's support of wildlife habitat, crop pollination, soil health and other benefits — have not only accompanied conventional farming systems, but have often extended well beyond the boundaries of their fields, such as fertilizer runoff into rivers.
Not to be taken when you want to sleep — this blend delivers the full impact of the seeds PLUS the whole energy giving benefits organic Goji Berries and Raw Coconut.
However, while most fans may realize that hitters benefit from the mile - high air, they may not realize the full impact that pitching at Coors Field has on pitchers.
He also could bring the added benefit of not having a major positive impact right away, positioning the Magic for next year's lottery, with Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Marcus Smart in the picture.
Against Hull City he'd looked like a blockage in the hole denying the Armenian space to come inside, whereas in the City match, Rooney seemed keener to vacate the space as he roamed deeper, even if the former Borussia Dortmund attacker was too out - of - sorts to see the benefit, clumsily losing possession and failing to make any real impact on the game — not something the United skipper struggled to do.
The attendances at Inter-Monaro, for example, shouldn't have an impact on South Melbourne, just as AFC Bournemouth doesn't benefit from the attendance figures at Old Trafford.
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