Not exact matches
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.
While the city's request has been winding its way through the regulatory pipeline for a number of years, the governor's office has given no indication
regarding his intentions in terms of whether or not,
as one of eight Great Lake states governors with veto power over the proposal, he will vote to approve the unprecedented water
diversion.
BUT: Increased research is widely
regarded in the scientific community
as a
diversion from the serious steps needed to reduce CO2.
Denis's film may conceivable be dismissed
as a slender
diversion in some quarters — notably, that quadrant of society (and, still, the film industry) that
regards the inner lives of women of a certain age
as a subject of secondary concern.
Just
as we expect all teachers, including those focused on the arts, to teach honesty, self - discipline, and organization, we can also reasonably expect all teachers to
regard literacy not
as a
diversion from their primary subjects, but
as a useful way of helping students think about their subjects.
I think it was
regarded as potentially useful, but something of a
diversion from the main sequence of NASA Earth observing satellites (such
as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, which is mandated by congress, but (inconceivably) not yet funded).