Along with
other commissions by Margarita Cabrera and Pedro Reyes and extant works by Mario García Torres, Máximo González and Livia Corona, these projects collectively present the means for thinking about communities outside idealistic notions of cohesion and unified experience.
Last year, however, two studies — one by a Stanford University research group and
the other commissioned by the Gates Foundation — found that some low - income schools using personalized models had positive outcomes on test scores, college prep course completion, and other measures.
Not exact matches
Rather, you earn a
commission by promoting
other people's products.
Actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those implied
by the forward - looking statements as a result of the impact of a number of factors, many of which are discussed in more detail in our Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our
other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Delta's
other trade victory came on Friday, when, in a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade
Commission ruled against Boeing in a bitter trade battle in which the Chicago - based company said its business was harmed
by trade practices of its Canadian rival Bombardier.
The security breach comes two months after Bitfinex was ordered to pay a $ 75,000 fine
by the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading
Commission in part for offering illegal off - exchange financed commodity transactions in bitcoin and
other digital currencies.
The company also reported that in addition to ongoing investigations
by the Securities and Exchange
Commission and
others, Valeant's business is also being investigated
by the State of North Carolina Department of Justice.
These risks and uncertainties include, among
others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and
other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted
by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization
by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made
by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
But the current reality is this: While the number of U.S. companies owned
by women is increasing faster than those of
other groups, those companies are responsible for just 6 percent of the country's employees and 4 percent of revenue, according to a 2012 report
commissioned by American Express Open.
That's likely an extreme case, but
other investigations
by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade
Commission have routinely found debt - settlement companies with completion rates of 10 % or less.
Further, PDC urges you to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and disclosures, specifically those under the heading «Risk Factors,» made in its Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q, its Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (the «2016 Form 10 - K»), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission («SEC») on February 28, 2017 and amended on May 1, 2018, and
other filings with the SEC for further information on risks and uncertainties that could affect the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, which are incorporated
by this reference as though fully set forth herein.
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Apple, among
others, are stretching the boundaries of online video delivery and stepping into the roles of TV networks
by commissioning high - profile original series.
In July, the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission approved a bid
by a firm called LedgerX to open a clearinghouse for crypto - currency puts, calls, swaps and all sorts of
other exotic contracts.
One study
commissioned by the school showed that its alumni were more devoted to each
other and not the school.
One attempt to launch a Bitcoin ETF was rejected
by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission earlier this year, but plans for
others are in the works.
Direct or multilevel selling — both methods use customers to sell to
other customers; the latter term refers to a method in which sellers get
commissions not only from their own sales but also from sales made
by other sellers they recruit — has long been used successfully
by the likes of Avon, Tupperware, and the Pampered Chef.
A person, recruited
by the company to sell a product, earns
commissions; if that person recruits
others, this second layer is called the person's «downline.»
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.
The U.S. Federal Communications
Commission's auction, which kicks off on March 29, will sell low - frequency airwaves held
by TV broadcasters to wireless companies and
other bidders.
Kalanick went on to
commission an «urgent» investigation into the allegations, to be headed
by former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and including, among
others, Uber board member Arianna Huffington and the company's chief HR officer Liane Hornsey (who has only been on the job for a few months).
On the
other, it really would be much simpler to have a true one - stop - shop in that sense, as originally proposed
by the
Commission.
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).
Business Insider subsequently published the letter signed
by Spotify co-founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lortenzon, among
others, and sent to Jean - Claude Juncker, president of the European
Commission in Brussels.
In addition to factors previously disclosed in Tesla's and SolarCity's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the «SEC») and those identified elsewhere in this document, the following factors, among
others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward - looking statements and historical performance: the ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet
other closing conditions to the transaction, including requisite approval
by Tesla and SolarCity stockholders, on a timely basis or at all; delay in closing the transaction; the ultimate outcome and results of integrating the operations of Tesla and SolarCity and the ultimate ability to realize synergies and
other benefits; business disruption following the transaction; the availability and access, in general, of funds to meet debt obligations and to fund ongoing operations and necessary capital expenditures; and the ability to comply with all covenants in the indentures and credit facilities of Tesla and SolarCity, any violation of which, if not cured in a timely manner, could trigger a default of
other obligations under cross-default provisions.
Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied
by the forward - looking statements contained in this release because of a variety of factors, including conditions to, or changes in the timing of, proposed real estate and
other transactions, prevailing interest rates and non-recurring charges, store closings, competitive pressures from specialty stores, general merchandise stores, off - price and discount stores, manufacturers» outlets, the Internet, mail - order catalogs and television shopping and general consumer spending levels, including the impact of the availability and level of consumer debt, the effect of weather and
other factors identified in documents filed
by the company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
We don't get paid via
commission, referrals or
by any
other conflicted means.
The Company's actual results could also be impacted
by the
other risks detailed from time to time in its publicly filed documents, including in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of its most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K, in its Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q and in
other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Seasons 52, a fine - dining chain owned
by Darden Restaurants Inc, will pay $ 2.85 million to settle the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission's lawsuit accusing the company of refusing to hire «old white guys» and
other applicants over 40 in order to maintain a youthful image.
FPL took part in a two - day workshop in Tallahassee, presented
by the Florida Public Service
Commission, which was designed to review the preparedness and restoration actions of FPL and
other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane Matthew.
A move
by British regulators to ban financial advisers from accepting
commissions for selling mutual funds and
other products after 2012 is likely to cause lot of soul searching elsewhere, including in Canada.
The documents were presumably provided
by Wylie (pictured below), who has also handed email and
other documentary evidence to the DCMS committee investigating online disinformation in political campaigning, as well as to the UK's data watchdog and Electoral
Commission — both of which are also probing digital political campaigning issues (including around the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum vote, which Wylie alleges CA also worked on).
The
other distinguished panelists that I spoke alongside of were James Turner, vice chair of the Ontario Securities
Commission, who gave an overview of the Ontario Securities
Commission regulatory framework; John Wires of Wires Law who gave the legal overview; Jos Schmitt of Aequitas who spoke of structuring a portal and building an exchange for private securities and how that may be affected
by crowdfunding; and yours truly, sharing my views as an investor.
The NASAA statement highlights several of the conundrums that regulators like the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) must confront when seeking to exercise their legal mandates for cryptocurrency, such as associated tangible assets, controls
by regulators or governmental authorities, and reliable methods of exchange for
other commodities.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements Information included or incorporated
by reference in this communication, and information which may be contained in
other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the «SEC») and press releases or
other public statements, contains or may contain «forward - looking» statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or
by the SEC in its rules, regulations and releases.
JPMorgan, along with all of the
other major Wall Street firms, is still allowed to issue research ratings on stocks despite the firms being charged
by the Securities and Exchange
Commission in 2003 in the epic research scandal on Wall Street.
The report was
commissioned by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce in early 2013, in partnership with 12
other chambers and boards — including The Vancouver Board of Trade — and the provincial government.
The
other benefit of Loyal3 afforded
by commission free investing is that you can invest small amounts regularly, thereby dollar cost averaging into a holding.
ARI is a national, not - for - profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to advance education
by commissioning, conducting and disseminating to the public accessible and impartial statistical data, research and policy analysis on economics, political science, philanthropy, public administration, domestic and international affairs and
other socio - economic issues of importance to Canada and its world.
Any recommendations are solely determined
by the result of this research and model, and is never influenced
by any fees,
commissions, or
other forms of compensation that SmartAsset may receive from credit card issuers for leads generated on our website.
Jason served two terms on the Ontario Securities
Commission's Small and Medium Enterprises Committee and has been very active in building an alternative finance practice
by focusing on fin - tech, crowdfinance and
other disruptive models such as online investment platforms, peer - to - peer lending and robo - advising.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties discussed in the company's most recent annual or quarterly report and detailed from time to time in Valeant's
other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators, which factors are incorporated herein
by reference.
A copy of our press release announcing our earnings, the Form 8 - K used to furnish the release to the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any
other financial and statistical information about the period covered in the conference call, including any information required
by Regulation G, is available under the heading Investor Relations on our website at darden.com.
January 22, 2018: The campaign finance and anti-corruption watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election
Commission and Department of Justice asking them to «determine whether the payment was made
by the Trump Organization or some
other corporation or individual, which would additionally make it an illegal in - kind contribution to the campaign.»
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and
other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or
other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or
other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and
other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed
by Darden with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
A company marketing guitar and
other instructional DVDs will pay US$ 250,000 for allegedly fake reviews posted
by the company's affiliate marketers, the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission said Friday.
The following table indicates the expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this registration statement,
other than underwriting discounts and
commissions, all of which will be paid
by us.
The first was a
commissioned report completed
by the Conference Board of Canada comparing the performance and cost of health care systems between Canada and five
other countries.
Although some participants in respondents» multilevel merchandising program may realize a profit, all participants do not have the income potentiality represented
by respondents, such as described in Paragraph Seven through recruiting
other participants and the resultant finder's fees,
commissions, overrides, rebates and
other compensation arising out of the sale of respondents» products.
These risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations in U.S. and international economies and currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material breaches of our information technology systems if any were to occur, costs associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products
by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and
other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and
other risks detailed in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014.
Mr Scowsill asked Mr Khosrowshahi about the level of
commission currently charged
by Expedia and the
other OTAs.