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Increasing income to manage future risk is a more stable strategy than increasing investment risk.

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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.

LinkedIn also followed a similar strategy, ramping up its IPO pricing to increase its claimed valuation from $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion in less than two weeks.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

For example, find out if your «Summer Sale» (where you implemented one of these strategies) increased your conversion as you expected, or if the new, trendy products in the store are generating more profit than older products.

«Sales volumes for new - energy vehicles exceeded 700,000 last year, and this number is further expected to increase to more than 2 million in 2020, and to more than 5 million in 2025,» Kevin Li, a senior analyst with Strategy Analytics, told CNBC early this week.

Incorporating location intelligence into digital strategies to engage consumers in real time, increase brand loyalty and provide actionable data will be more critical in 2018 than ever before.

Dividend Growth Investing is an income strategy of investing in companies that have a barrier to entry (large moat) and consistent history of increasing dividends by a rate higher than inflation.

These organizational strategies have helped Macy's woo and energize technology stars, increase its e-commerce revenue growth to more than 30 % a year over the past two years, and attain the top spot on the 2011 L2 Digital IQ Index for specialty retailers.

«Timing and strategy shifts for cell and module manufacturing were either as a result of wanting to increase the capacity of the facility or transition our focus to Solar Roof rather than traditional panels,» a Tesla spokesperson says via email.

In my experience, a dividend growth portfolio strategy seems to be performing better as an investment than owning a home, in my honest opinion, I would rather rent in a great area than own a home in that area, jeez if I were able to get a lease agreement for 10 years indexed at inflation or at 2.5 % increase annually I would take it and take my down payment and invest it in my portfolio, and continue to contribute the max in my 401K, HSA, and Roth IRA, while enjoying living in a low tax bracket because of my contributions.

However, this policy is more than just a strategy for China to leverage its economic might to increase its influence beyond Asia, this initiative is also part of China's domestic reforms and economic growth.

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For companies that have seen sales, general, administrative, or other costs expand faster than revenues, and been unable to tame increases using more mainstream techniques such as outsourcing, zero - based budgeting offers the prospect of identifying waste, focusing attention on business strategy, and targeting resources to key goals.

«After using HitTail to facilitate our long - tail SEO strategy, we found that we increased our organic search traffic by 20 % in less than 2 months.

At the same time, those marketers having a documented content marketing strategy increased from 37 % to 46 %, and more than half of Australian marketers surveyed (55 %) said their organizations have clarity on what an effective or successful content marketing program looks like.

Furthermore, I argued in Chapter 3 the necessity to develop strategies to reduce demand rather than strategies to increase consumption.

In fact, Sands argued that more affordable larger pack sizes from some craft brewers as well as increased competition from more than 6,300 beer companies, and the continued trend toward hyper localization, wouldn't affect Constellation's pricing strategy.

According to this vision, the Sustainable Agriculture Standard in its third draft 2016 version proposes a framework of requirements caring for a higher productivity with optimized farm inputs that will enable smallholders to increase their income, satisfy their essential needs and conserve natural resources on their farms rather than exploiting them as part of their income strategy.

Denny has more than 30 years of leadership experience in consumer - driven marketing and product innovation as well as building teams to develop and execute on strategies that increase brand awareness and drive sales.

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

The increased socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding observed in the intervention group supports the argument that population intervention strategies could inadvertently exacerbate, rather than mitigate, socioeconomic inequalities, particularly when the intervention aims to change individual behaviours rather than targeting «upstream» structural changes.25 Our results are also compatible with an observational study from Brazil reporting that breastfeeding rates increased first among the socioeconomically better - off, followed by increases among the poor, over a 20 - year period of active breastfeeding promotion campaigns in Brazil.26

Most munis can indeed fund at better rates than private entities, but PPP is a useful strategy when the muni either lacks the political willpower to increase the size of its balance sheet, or lacks willpower / expertise to get projects done on time and on budget.

Still, certain elements of that strategy, which is more focused on later - stage technology than early - stage research, would receive some plus - ups — including DOD's Strategic Capabilities Office, which would receive a more than 30.0 percent increase.

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

«Our modelling provides compelling evidence, for those charged with controlling Bovine TB, that investment in increasing the frequency of cattle testing is a far more effective strategy than badger culling.»

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

A study published in The American Journal of Medicine reveals that a whole diet approach, which focuses on increased intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish, has more evidence for reducing cardiovascular risk than strategies that focus exclusively on reduced dietary fat.

To increase their odds of detecting these weak genetic signals, the team of researchers from Harvard / Massachusetts General Hospital, Pfizer Inc. and 23andMe Inc. adopted a strategy of studying much larger samples than had been used in the earlier studies.

«Therefore an egg yolk - based dietary strategy to increase plasma zeaxanthin can not be recommended, and an alternative, cholesterol - free, food source is desirable» — like goji berries, for example, which have up to 60 times more zeaxanthin than eggs.

As the fest continues to carve its niche in the L.A. film world, it puts increasing emphasis on discovering new talents rather than the best - of-fest strategy that pulls from Sundance and SXSW.

Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

While self - care is more of a habit or practice for your own well - being than an actual classroom management strategy, the benefits include improved executive function, greater empathy, and increased resilience — all qualities that will empower you to make better decisions when confronted with challenging classroom situations.

Replacing low - VA teachers is therefore likely to be a more cost - effective strategy to increase teacher quality in the short run than paying to retain high - VA teachers.

Rather than spending most of his time in front of the class, Gould prefers that students use their knowledge of science to a build a finished product — a strategy that he believes increases student engagement.

More important than the changed status of NAS is the increasing prominence of NAS - style whole - school reform as one of the most popular strategies for education change.

Two California community organizations, Black Organizing Project from Oakland and the Labor / Community Strategy Center's Community Rights Campaign from Los Angeles, have released a new policy brief urging that school districts invest LCFF funds in supporting students rather than in increasing current levels of police and security presence on campuses.

Editors from eLearning Industry combed more than 300 companies, looking for top notch eLearning firms that design pioneer eLearning strategies, provide learners with memorable eLearning content, and significantly increase their customers» ROI.

It's that kind of fact — knowing that most of the things we're trying probably are not working — that gives you a sense of urgency around increasing the number of trials, rather than what the federal government strategy has been: to fund a few very expensive, very high - quality studies of a smaller number of interventions.

However, observations also indicated an increase in comprehension skill instruction rather than comprehension strategy instruction, although the latter has been found to be the most effective approach for increasing reading achievement (NRP, 2000).

Not only would this save money in the long term by focusing on prevention rather than more costly remediation, it would target Title I program evaluations on a single, research - proven strategy and thus bolster the case for increased future Title I funding.

The event is the largest of its kind in the country and brought more than 1,000 college access professionals together to discuss strategies to increase postsecondary attainment.

Featuring an integrated center bolt for easy assembly, BorgWarner's CTA phasers with mid-position lock respond faster than traditional VCT systems, enabling engine designers to employ new calibration strategies that contribute to the engine's 1.7 % increase in fuel economy.

Clearly, their strategy is to increase footfall at their stores and what better way of doing that than offering the bestselling tablet at a reduced price as a bait.

Andrew Weinstein, Scribd's VP of Content Acquisition and Strategy officer told Good e-Reader that «This year, we've increased our audiobook catalog by more than 17 %.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's decisions to increase interest rates and speeches from Mark Carney and Mario Draghi that suggested the possibility of sooner - than - expected rate increases at the Bank of England and the European Central Bank, respectively, appeared to weigh on the performance of dividend strategies.

While covered - call strategies appear to promise «a free lunch» of increased returns with less risk, investors who care about more than the volatility of returns will not find this an efficient strategy.

When researchers at UCLA decided to test a new 401 (k) strategy that automatically increased annual contributions, they found that 80 % of the participants stuck with the plan for more than 3 years because they didn't need to put in any additional effort to save the extra money.

To maximize the value of the strategy, Valouch suggests that you look for securities to contribute that have increased the most in value and that you have held for more than a year.

It probably won't do fantastically well while interest rates are rising but it will protect you more than traditional bond strategies if you're fearful about interest rate increases looking out over a multi-year horizon.