Sentences with phrase «overall economic result»

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Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Overall, we remain confident that this year, we'll deliver strong results in what's likely to be a sluggish growth economic environment.

While our operations in Brazil continue to struggle as a result of the country's economic collapse, the currency devaluation, banking collapse and supply chain difficulties, we have taken steps to limit further investment, streamline operations and continue to reduce costs to mitigate its effect on our overall business.

While an $ 18.1 billion cost of smoking is still quite an economic burden for California to bear, the results of this study show that, overall, the state's tobacco control efforts have yielded positive results.

The result is an overall emissions decline with the lowest overall economic impact, at least in theory, though some economists and other experts argue that such trade in greenhouse gases amounts to «voodoo economics» — the benefits of the trading never trickle down to the actual pollution control.

Those that reduce emissions below the cap can sell their excess permits to those sources that fail to meet the targets — the trade part of the market — resulting in an overall reduction of pollution at the lowest economic cost, in theory.

As a result, poverty is a multifactorial and multidimensional concept that not only affects the unique situation of the individual, nor the socio - economic organization of a nation, but the overall status of the development of humanity.

The Education Trust - Midwest, a non-partisan education policy and research organization, notes that although there was some improvement overall, the M - STEP results still show evidence of economic and racial achievement gaps.

In a recent study, we calculated the consequences for economic growth, lifetime earnings, and tax revenue of improving educational outcomes and narrowing educational achievement gaps in the United States.1 Among other results, we found that if the United States were able to raise the math and science PISA test scores of the bottom three quarters of U.S. students so that they matched the test scores of the top quarter of U.S. kids (and thereby raised the overall U.S. academic ranking to third best among the OECD countries), U.S. GDP would be 10 percent larger in 35 years.

The long - term rise shows that even with steady reduction in emissions compared to economic growth (that old «intensity» measure preferred by the Bush administration), emissions still rise overall along with the American population and resulting resource consumption.

Not only that, every economic analysis of CF&D has concluded that, because it puts money directly into the hands of millions of households, the overall economy and employment would grow as a result.

He said of the results overall: «These are strong results, achieved against a challenging backdrop of political and economic uncertainty, and they underline once again the strength of our client proposition — including our international platform — and the calibre of our people.

It added that «introducing a central bank digital currency could result in a wider presence of central banks in financial systems», which could result in a «greater role for central banks in allocating economic resources, which could entail overall economic losses should such entities be less efficient than the private sector in allocating resources».

Although one program in Oklahoma City slightly increased relationship stability, the most rigorous evaluation of the programs in eight cities found that, overall, they created no long - term improvements in new unwed parents» relationship quality, marriage rates, or children's economic wellbeing, and they actually resulted in modest decreases in fathers» financial support and parental involvement.

Although price growth has slowed over the last year as a result of the overall economic slow - down, the Cape remains an excellent proposition for buyers and investors.

The fact that people always need a place to live results in consistent demand for rental units regardless of the overall economic environment.

The resulting pressure on established retail districts and historic downtowns can adversely affect overall economic sustainability in a community, and can also lead local jurisdictions to attempt to make up the lost revenue by increasing property taxes.

According to results from Fannie Mae's November 2012 National Housing Survey, such improvement bodes especially well for continued strengthening in the housing sector, which in turn is likely to support overall economic growth.

Overall, Jacksonville «is going through an economic renaissance,» says Joyce, adding that various areas of the city are showing growth and improvement as a result.