Sentences with phrase «rated by third»

Most life insurance companies are rated by third party rating agencies such as A.M. Best.

Life insurance companies are rated by third party organizations.

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This risk can best be mitigated when you purchase bonds from high quality issuers that are rated by third party rating agencies like Moody's and S & P, and when you diversify your bond exposure among several issuers rather than just one.

My bosses told me I was welcome to come back when I was ready — but, due to budget constraints, they would have to cut my hourly rate by a third.

There is extensive academic research indicating that when government debt rises above 90 percent of GDP for more than five years, this trend will reduce the economy's growth rate by a third.

Under Garagiola the team drafted MVP candidate Justin Upton, who is taking the same leap in his age - 23 season that many star outfielders have at that same age, dramatically improving his pitch recognition and plate discipline — he has cut his strikeout rate by a third — while learning how to drive the ball.

Though the result varied by grade and year, the summer program succeeded in cutting the test failure rate by a third.

SBI is about to launch a term insurance that might give its competitors a run for their money: it is slashing its existing term insurance rates by a third.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

So from a content strategy perspective, it would be a very powerful takeaway to include a heavy emphasis on customer ratings, third - party reviews, and side by side comparisons to help the consumers make their dog food selections while shopping on our site.

In its latest forecast, it predicted the German economy will shrink at an annualized rate of 0.5 % in the third quarter, and by another 0.8 % in the fourth.

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.

«We expect the ECB to continue net asset purchases until around the third quarter of 2018, while the Fed will likely begin reducing its stock of quantitative easing assets early in 2018... These opposite moves mean that the ECB's balance sheet could be around 20 percent larger than the Fed's by around end - 2018, assuming constant FX rates,» he noted.

If the present birth rate of 1.37 births for women of childbearing age continues, Japan could lose one - third of its population by the middle of this century.

The 7 - 2 vote for the rate move, the Fed's third this year, raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

According to research analysts at investment bank Versant Partners Inc., U.S. software expenditures in the third quarter of 2011 grew by 6.6 % over the same quarter in the previous year, the highest growth rate in the last four - and - a-half-years.

Ratings agency Moody's reported Monday that the rolls of «potential fallen angels,» or issuers with investment - grade debt currently in danger of becoming junk, swelled by 17 in the third quarter, while no companies fell into the opposite category, called «potential rising stars.»

Yum Brands, in reporting third - quarter earnings, stated «foreign currency translation remains a strong headwind» and that it expected the exchange rate «to impact full - year earnings per share by about 5 percentage points.»

«When it comes to the success of female - led campaigns (success is measured by way of them meeting their funding target) we see Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand come out jointly on top with female success rates of 33 % Sweden and the UK come next with a success rate of 26 %, while for the US and France female - led campaigns rank joint third for success with 24 % of female - led campaigns achieving success compared with 20 % of male - led campaigns in the US.

Thus, at average wages and salaries, there is a significant gap to be filled by third pillar income to eliminate the difference between what is available from OAS, C / QPP and GIS, and a replacement rate target of 70 per cent.

Nearly two - thirds of borrowers believe that rates on federal student loans are set by the Department of Education (36 percent of borrowers surveyed) or the Federal Reserve (30 percent of respondents).

Net revenue from discounted «book direct» loyalty rates exceeded net revenue from third - party agencies by 8.6 percent on average from May through December of 2016, according to Kalibri Labs, which tracks hotel revenue.

By referencing offshore rates they have made three weaker fixes in the world before changing their minds on the third day,» he said.

Midland National is accredited by the Better Business Bureau, and has earned an A + (Superior) rating from A.M. Best, a large third - party independent reporting and rating company that rates an insurance company on the basis of the company's financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet its ongoing obligations to policyholders.

«We were particularly encouraged to see fiscal discipline in light of the continued economic uncertainty seen elsewhere in Canada and the world, the establishment of a commission on tax competitiveness to evaluate current taxation instruments like the provincial sales tax, and proposed changes to the property transfer tax to start addressing housing affordability by increasing the exemption threshold and introducing a third tax rate on higher - valued properties.»

It has done so by introducing three distinct interest rates on reserves: required reserves — which banks must hold — these are paid zero, and are relatively small in quantity; existing reserves — these are now paid 10bps; and a new third tier — a «policy balance» which will be paid minus 10bps.

Canada's third largest mobile phone company says it plans to cut by more than half the rates it charges customers who use wireless data while travelling outside the country.

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Online lenders aside, the best rates were found and Third Federal Savings & Loan, which beat the closest competing bank by 0.11 percentage points on a standard 30 - year mortgage.

By Aaradhana Ramesh and Krishna Eluri (Reuters)- U.S. fund managers kept their recommendations for equity holdings steady for a third month in November, and near their lowest since the financial crisis, pending a widely - expected Federal Reserve rate hike, a Reuters poll found.

Spain's household savings rate fell to its lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year as high unemployment and wage deflation in the latest recession obliged them to devote more of their disposable income to consumption, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

We expect to see GDP fall by 1 per cent at annual rates in the second quarter, and then grow by 3.5 per cent in the third quarter as oil production resumes, rebuilding around Fort McMurray begins and the new Canada Child Benefit lifts consumption.

To put that into perspective, consider that, if JPMorgan Chase were to acquire the Columbus, Georgia - based Synovus, JPMorgan would only grow by 1.1 %, or roughly the same rate of growth it saw from the second quarter to the third quarter of this year.

Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Foreign - Exchange Strategist Shaun Osborne says the Canadian dollar is poised to rally to C$ 1.20 versus its U.S. counterpart by year - end, from C$ 1.2683 at 12:35 p.m. Tokyo time Wednesday, as traders who've been reducing expectations for a third BOC interest - rate hike in 2017 begin to price one back in.

For holders in all income groups below $ 100,000, the maximization rates fell by two - thirds or more.

Hence the cash rate has risen by 125 basis points over seven months — which is still only about a third the pace of the earlier declines.

Market volatility increased dramatically during the third quarter, driven by global economic softness, interest rate uncertainty and commodity weakness.

In late October, South Korea announced that its economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6 % in the third quarter, the fastest pace in five years, aided by a stimulus - driven rebound in domestic demand that outweighed the negative effect of slowing Chinese and global demand.

In June, the US Federal Reserve raised overnight interest rates by 25 basis points, the third such increase in 6 months.

NOTES BB&T also raised minimum hourly pay rate from $ 12 to $ 15, effective Jan. 1, 2018; Fifth Third Bank also boosted minimum wage to $ 15 per hour for all employees; PNC Financial also will raise minimum pay rate to $ 15 an hour by the end of 2018.

In the fourth quarter as a whole, industrial production jumped 8.2 % at an annual rate «after being held down in the third quarter by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma,» the Fed said.

I won't have that so I see a third option as maintaining a permanent - ish portfolio, then diversifying into property at or near retirement by paying off a buy to let mortgage (unless rising interest rates — or poor returns — have already made this cost effective).

Yet even with the new construction, Baltimore's industrial vacancy rate is falling, dropping to about 9.6 percent in the third quarter from 13 percent three years earlier, according to a report issued Friday by Cassidy Turley.

Third, on - going (and possibly higher) structural deficits are acceptable provided they are the result of investments to strengthen economic growth, financed by long - term interest rates low enough to make them affordable.

The black market exchange rate already is reported to have plunged by one - third.

The yen / dollar exchange rate could also be further impacted by the announcement of third - quarter United States GDP growth.