Sentences with phrase «on some constraints on»

The new targets for US mileage standards to increase to 54.5 miles per gallon are a good step toward focusing people on the constraints on the supply of oil and oil / transportation alternatives.

Not exact matches

One former private lending executive, who would only comment on condition of anonymity, argues the recent growth in the private lending space represents a market response to excessive constraints on mainstream financial institutions.

The character, Herbie, becomes a metaphor for how to identify constraints and define processes based on these constraints.»

Data on Tuesday showed that U.S. factory activity slowed for a second straight month in April, weighed down by shortages of skilled workers and rising capacity constraints.

That means superseding physical constraints like having an actual hospital by harnessing the power of mobile technology, making the act of taking your medicine less of a hassle, and peering into our very biological building blocks to wage war on the most intractable maladies.

What Great CEOs understand is that they need to spend most if not all of their time focused on the key constraint inside their business — not simply on keeping busy.

the Company's share repurchase plans depend on a variety of factors, including the Company's financial position, earnings, share price, catastrophe losses, maintaining capital levels commensurate with the Company's desired ratings from independent rating agencies, funding of the Company's qualified pension plan, capital requirements of the Company's operating subsidiaries, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, other investment opportunities (including mergers and acquisitions and related financings), market conditions and other factors.

Adding to it are ever tougher government constraints on greenhouse - gas emissions: Europe, China, and much of the rest of the developing world are moving to curb carbon even as President Trump pulls the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord.

The constraints placed on relaxation by a «time - poor» workforce and the search for a market niche drove massage therapist Meg Watson out of her clinic and on the road.

Intellectual property [IP] works on a principle of restricted rights or constraints — essentially, government - granted monopolies.

There is also a production constraint at Tesla's automated material conveyance system in the company's factory in Fremont, California, but CEO Elon Musk said improving that system «appears to be on track.»

The president also has cast aside the constraints the retired four - star Marine general tried to place on Trump about whom he could see and speak to.

«I don't think that if you do an IPO on Canada Post, you'd have huge interest» given its current operating constraints, he says, adding that the clock is ticking loudly.

Yield rates on the all - important dot projector — a crucial part of Apple's TrueDepth camera system — are improving, while constraints around LTE antenna modules are also easing.

If you don't set up a time constraint right in the beginning of the sales pitch, you could put your time - conscious listeners on edge.

To get around this constraint, McDonald's employs a barbell strategy for pricing — Dollar Menu items on one end of the spectrum and premium items (the McWrap, Mighty Wings) on the other.

It's also not always the case that renters have to take on roommates because of budgetary constraints.

«The other two benefits would first of all be to low - income people, whose mobility would be improved, giving them access to jobs, health facilities and so on by removing financial constraints,» he added.

It should be based on realistic expectations considering all the constraints that will undoubtedly surface.

Just before the selloff began on February 2, the Fed imposed severe constraints on Well's future growth, a penalty for its well - publicized sales abuses.

If anything, it shows that thanks to a boom in LNG production, natural gas is on the verge of becoming a truly global commodity unbound by the physical constraints of pipelines.

«Slower economic growth, pressure on employment and a squeeze on spending power, together with affordability constraints, are expected to reduce housing demand during 2017.

It's easy to want MVP to succeed, so even if you put constraints on your product, you may find yourself wanting to make it work perfectly in every situation.

Considering the effect it has had on the world, it is perhaps ironic that — up to now — the Internet has never really mastered the constraints of geography.

One of the most common mistakes that companies make is leaving their compliance programs on legacy technologies that were designed in - house, or contracted out but never updated due to cost and technical constraints.

But within Alphabet, they represent unfamiliar constraints, and for some, a signal that the culture Google was built on — focusing on innovation over profits — is dissipating.

No matter the impetus, higher rates will lead to constraints on credit for both consumers and businesses, which will crimp growth.

Place a lot of constraints on the problem.

«All companies, no matter their size, have serious constraints on internal resources, in particular when it comes to technology and development.

While it depends on your investment preferences and constraints, a «normally - weighted» balanced portfolio typically has a standard allocation of 10/40/50, which is 10 % cash, 40 % fixed income securities, and 50 % equities.

We've had hundreds of different suppliers on the physical side of the business... and the constraints get bigger as your company gets bigger.

But let's be honest: it's easier to fall victim to Apple's pre-order supply constraints if you're living on the East Coast.

«First - person shooters are very hard to play in VR with just a head - mounted display on while seated or standing due to safety issues, space constraints, and simulator sickness.»

For example, if a team is working on coming up with new product ideas, they could be given a variety of constraints to work with like «only items made from recycled materials» or «only things that weigh less than a pillow.»

Some of the biggest constraints on homebuilders come from local governments, rather than federal rules.

As a poet, Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self - expression, like the disciplines of meter and rhyme, spur creative thought.

It's much easier to work around the lines and create something based on those constraints rather than putting a brush to emptiness.»

While Rodgers acknowledged Penney has significant financial constraints (it has $ 5.3 billion in long term debt), he is still making modest investments on a few essential things.

His research interests include the areas of corporate governance and corruption as a constraint on business activity, international legal reform and business ethics in the developing world with a focus on the Middle East, and covenants not to compete as an obstacle to employee mobility and knowledge transfer.

How he's sticking to this goal: «In 2018, I'm focusing on a concept I read about, having a deep year — building in constraints that help me focus on the most impactful things I can be doing.

And normal constraints on a president's power might not apply to Trump.

Cenovus said sales volumes in the fourth quarter were about seven per cent lower than oilsands production due to the two - week shutdown and subsequent volume constraints on TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline following an oil spill in November in South Dakota.

«I found it to be a bigger challenge to deal with the constraints of a holding company than having some risk and knowing we can deliver on it,» he says.

«Paradoxically, creativity thrives on the tension between freedom and constraint,» says Brent Rosso, an organizational psychology professor at Montana State University who studies the balance between freedom and constraint in the product development process.

«The most successful product development teams impose constraints on themselves,» Rosso says.

However, the consensus among panelists speaking on the topic of growth and innovation at the Fortune Most Powerful Women summit was that constraints were the key to new and exciting solutions.

Canadian producers would need Line 3 and at least one of the other pipelines to go forward or face indefinite pipeline constraints that would have an impact on Canada's well - being with consequences that extend well beyond Alberta, said Perrault.

But space posed a unique design constraint on Stearns: solar radiation and extreme environmental temperature shifts would melt and degrade the paint and ink he worked with, making them hazards to the delicate optical hardware in the satellites.

As Schauble promised, the constraints on national sovereignty in Europe have been severely tightened since 2011.

Of course, there are potential constraints on the growth of these segments.