Sentences with phrase «significant issues limiting»

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High Risk — Speculation (H / SPEC) High risk equities of companies with a short or unprofitable operating history, limited or less predictable revenues, very high risk associated with success, significant financial or legal issues, or a substantial risk / loss of principal.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Electronic gadgets: * If all you have is laptop running OpenBSD, the choice in software is limited to whichever front end from The Sword Project / CrossWire Bible Society you are willing to compile; * With a laptop, tablet, smartphone, and other digitical devices, data portablity is a significant issue.

Ongoing raw - material price pressures, mainly due to significant hikes for plastic resin, and limited year - over-year volume growth are the key issues facing the packaging industry, stated S&P credit analyst Liley Mehta.

The department has already issued several significant changes, including relaxing limits on servings of grains and proteins and, most recently, slightly more flexibility on a whole - grain pasta requirement set to kick in in July.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

During that time, JCOPE's significant enforcement actions against legislators have been limited to a fine against former assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak for sexual harassment that was issued two years after he resigned and a critical examination of former assemblyman Vito Lopez's own sexual harassment violations that was released nine months after he was censured by the Assembly.

This isn't a terribly big issue, but given that you will have to spend a significant amount driving around specific cars, even if you don't like the way they handle, simply because you are limited to the sponsors available.

The head's union maintains it «strongly opposes» the government's proposed limit as the move would «hamper recruitment» and worsen the present teacher shortage which is «one of the most significant issues affecting schools and their communities».

Senator Cotton hasn't devoted significant energy to college affordability or the student loan issue; however, he has displayed a keen interest in limiting extraneous expenditure on federal programs.

«It is not a significant issue for Huntington with relatively limited impact to our business,» said Tim Barber, executive vice president of credit risk management at the $ 100 billion - asset Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio.

Other than lower rates, a significant issue with brokered CDs is that they have the same interest - rate risk as a bond, whereas the interest - rate risk of a non-brokered CD is limited to the early withdrawal penalty (EWP), which for the MACU CD is 180 days of interest, or about 1 %.

«While the Paris Agreement does not address the issue of climate engineering expressly, the target of limiting global average temperature rise to no more than 2 °C (a goal that appears unlikely to be achieved in the absence of significant amounts of carbon removal) raises questions with respect to how the issue of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) technologies may be addressed under the Paris Agreement.

Reducing these significant multi-decadal cycles to smooth and stable cycles for mathematical handling is a mistake and yet another example of over reach and over confidence with limited data and understanding of long cycles and the issue of stability of those cycles.

Subtitle E: Additional Market Assurance -(Sec. 351) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to: (1) require energy derivatives to be traded on a CFTC - regulated exchange unless CFTC issues an exemption; (2) require CFTC to fix limits, with respect to energy transactions, on the aggregate number of positions which may be held by any person for each month across all markets subject to the CFTC's jurisdiction; (3) require CFTC to convene a Position Limit Energy Advisory Group to give CFTC recommendations on such position limits; (4) give CFTC exclusive authority to grant exemptions for bona fide hedging transactions and positions from position limits imposed on energy transactions; (5) revise provisions concerning bona fide hedging transactions; and (6) require CFTC to issue a rule defining and classifying index traders and swap dealers for the purposes of data reporting requirements and setting routine detailed reporting requirements for any position of such entities in contracts traded on designated contract markets, over-the-counter markets, derivatives transaction execution facilities, foreign boards of trade, and electronic trading facilities with respect to significant price discovery contracts.

Regarding the second scale limit issue, we actually do not believe there would be significant side effects from pushing plankton populations a few percent above their normal 1980s» levels.

Planning for the possibility may limit difficulties if the issue arises, especially if you have significant assets or own a business that could be affected by divorce action later on.

As the future of the proposed Canada — European Union Trade Agreement becomes increasingly uncertain — the EU has been unwilling to compromise on the remaining contentious issues leaving the Canadian government with a deal that offers limited benefits and significant costs — the Trans - Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is likely to emerge as the government's new top trade priority.

The issue regarding what type of language is required to limit an employee's entitlement upon termination is significant in Canada because many employers compensate their employees by providing the employees with stock options and bonuses that often form a significant part of the employee's total compensation.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

Another significant issue arises, relating to the time limits for bringing tribunal proceedings.

Their Limited Benefit Whole Life Plans are designed to cover clients with moderate or significant health issues.

After a long process, the court issued an order that represents a partial, but still significant, victory for Coinbase and its customers: the order requires Coinbase to produce only certain limited categories of information from the accounts of approximately 13,000 customers.

The Counseling Services Center at Kansas State University recommends that the time you spend with your significant other be filled with genuine listening, limited interruptions and plenty of questions back and forth as you learn about each other and work to understand what your partner feels and thinks on important issues.

The Commission is of the view that while the native title system is currently limited in its ability to deliver meaningful outcomes to a significant number of Indigenous peoples and their communities, many of the issues identified in the Discussion Paper, apart from the section on tax policy, can be improved by building capacity and providing skills to communities to negotiate fairly, and on an equal footing.

While there are significant concerns about the level of family violence in Indigenous communities, there is limited statistical information on the full extent of the issue.

The issue will be especially severe for those who carry a significant mortgage (as a percentage of the home value) in retirement, who will be subject to the new 2.5 % upfront MIP on the entire appraised value of the property (and even for those whose reverse mortgage financing would be less than 60 % of the Principal Limit Factor, the new upfront MIP will be 0.5 %).