Sentences with phrase «substantial change in results»

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Our overall revenue opportunity pipeline remains strong at $ 25 billion, with our disciplined bidding activity during the quarter resulting in a substantial increase to bids and change orders outstanding.

«Very significant changes in policies and in the outlook since early this year have resulted in a substantial increase in financing needs.

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.

In a nutshell, Check Point has been making substantial changes to its sales organization and strategy in the U.S. «The changes we have implemented in the field didn't bear fruits yet and as noted before it will take a few quarters to ramp up the level of productivity and results as we expect,» Payne said in the conference call this weeIn a nutshell, Check Point has been making substantial changes to its sales organization and strategy in the U.S. «The changes we have implemented in the field didn't bear fruits yet and as noted before it will take a few quarters to ramp up the level of productivity and results as we expect,» Payne said in the conference call this weein the U.S. «The changes we have implemented in the field didn't bear fruits yet and as noted before it will take a few quarters to ramp up the level of productivity and results as we expect,» Payne said in the conference call this weein the field didn't bear fruits yet and as noted before it will take a few quarters to ramp up the level of productivity and results as we expect,» Payne said in the conference call this weein the conference call this week.

The result for the month of June, a fall of 0.8 per cent, incorporates a substantial decline in spending in department stores; this may partly reflect recent changes to the timing of mid-year sales, as there was a similar fall recorded the previous June, followed by a strong bounce - back the next month (Graph 13).

According to the Kohlberg web site, «Kohlberg & Company invests in companies where it can work in partnership with senior management to identify growth opportunities and implement fundamental operating and strategic changes, resulting in substantial increases in revenue and cash flow.»

The Cooney Committee recommendation resulted in legislative change in 1992, returning the test to one of «substantial lessening of competition» and introducing a non-exhaustive list of matters the Court must consider in making this assessment (s 50 (3)-RRB-

The monetary recovery itself is very substantial and the resulting conduct changes will significantly and positively impact competition in the southeastern dairy industry,» said lead attorney for the plaintiff farmers, Robert Abrams.

In fact, the constant admiration from other mothers that my kid's dad now experiences and that I now get to enjoy by association, is easily the most substantial life change we've appreciated as a result of the video.

Groovy Green Livin — «I have made some pretty substantial lifestyle changes in my own life over the past 12 years, [and] I have been inspired by the positive results that have come from those changes,» writes blogger Lori Alper.

Pfeiffer and Gratz identified a substantial decline in the propensity to take fishing trips in poor weather as a result of a management change in the West Coast Sablefish fixed gear fishery.

«Although running induces both substantial changes in number and morphology of young neurons as well as significant changes in learning behavior, this does not prove a causal relationship,» noted Professor Bischofberger, «Nevertheless, our results, together with previous findings, suggest that the enhanced pattern separation during memory testing is most likely mediated via running - induced increase in adult neurogenesis.»

«Future land transitions are uncertain but relatively small changes in afforestation from agriculture resulted in substantial decrease in accumulation rates,» said Coulston.

They define the condition as «a pattern of financial behavior that places an older adult at substantial risk for a considerable loss of resources such that dramatic changes in quality of life would result.»

Compared with a typical, 30 - mile - per - gallon automobile, the Volt will save these motorists about 500 gallons of fuel a year, which also will result in a substantial cut in annual carbon dioxide emissions which are associated with climate change.

Surprisingly a single dose of aGCP resulted in a substantial change in growth hormone release within one hour.

These changes resulted in a substantial increase in the graduation rate and a reduction in the dropout rate, particularly for economically disadvantaged students and students of color.

Substantial changes in grades on appeal were more likely to be the result of administrative errors, rather than «rogue markers», she told MPs.

Aston Martin is yet to divulge any performance stats for the DBS Superleggera, however expect a substantial power hike over the DB11 V12's 600bhp, with changes to the induction, exhaust, injection system and turbocharging and intercooling resulting in a near 700bhp peak power output.

What's more, a change of CPU has also resulted in the tablet being now compatible with Android 2.1 which is a substantial improvement from the Android 1.5 that the E7001 in its earlier avatar could support.

5.9 We may transfer, sell or assign personal information, to third parties, as a result of the sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization or liquidation of the World Photography Organisation.

Just as many of the home runs hit by a baseball player on steroids were almost certainly due to the taking of steroids — even if you can't prove that any one home run resulted from it — so too is it likely that the record - breaking heat we are seeing in the U.S. this summer of 2012 is very likely due, in substantial part, to the impact of human - caused climate change and global warming.

Empirical research shows that a substantial part of the deep cultural divide over human - driven climate change is not a result of a lack of information or overabundance of disinformation, but filters in the human mind that powerfully shape how different people absorb, and respond to, information of any kind.

However, simple statistical reasoning indicates that substantial changes in the frequency of extreme events (and in the maximum feasible extreme, e.g., the maximum possible 24 - hour rainfall at a specific location) can result from a relatively small shift of the distribution of a weather or climate variable.

Actually, the Monck is an official IPCC reviewer and had pointed out factors which resulted in substantial changes in the AR4 supplement earlier this year (a large reduction in sea level predictions).

The present rate of increase of 0.7 ppm per year would therefore (if extrapolated to 2000 A.D.) result in a warming of about 0.6 °C — a very substantial change.

Our results show that this expected range resulting from internal variability of the NAO is substantial for both SAT and P trends over the next 30 years, and in the case of P can even change the sign of the trend.

Scientific integrity and government accountability in climate change policymaking will require policy decisions that result in substantial fossil fuel reserves being left in the ground.

As any sane person today knows, combating climate change and environmental degradation requires substantial challenges resulting in substantial sacrifices.

These events resulted in substantial ecological and economic impacts, including sustained loss of kelp forests, coral bleaching, reduced surface chlorophyll levels due to increased surface layer stratification, mass mortality of marine invertebrates due to heat stress, rapid long - distance species» range shifts and associated reshaping of community structure, fishery closures or quota changes, and even intensified economic tensions between nations.»

As such, the threat to regulate CO2 will likely prove empty — a gesture to environmental supporters and the international community that Obama is serious about climate change, but unlikely to result in substantial reductions in U.S. carbon emissions or break the current gridlock in Congress.

But of course Lewis wouldn't want to contact the authors if he thought they might say something like «Yeah, we discussed it, and we decided all the sensitivity studies should use similar statistical assumptions» or «On reflection, the choice we made in 2006 seems unwise to us now» or, worse of all, «We don't think they should have changed the analysis, but it doesn't effect our results in any substantial way.»

Have any substantial changes been made to the results plotted in Figure 3 since this paper was published?

The narrowness supports the suggestion in Sect. 3.1 that the right parameters were not varied in the SMEs (or perhaps, that more substantial structural changes are required to generate a greater range of results).

The results suggest substantial reductions in the country's greenhouse gas emissions when these two policy changes are jointly implemented (relative to business - as - usual baseline scenario).

In the Hansen et al. (1999) paper the GISS analysis was based on GHCN data alone; in the meantime, the group working at NOAA / NCEI had taken a closer look at the US data, an investigation that resulted in substantial modifications compensating for station moves, procedural changes, etcIn the Hansen et al. (1999) paper the GISS analysis was based on GHCN data alone; in the meantime, the group working at NOAA / NCEI had taken a closer look at the US data, an investigation that resulted in substantial modifications compensating for station moves, procedural changes, etcin the meantime, the group working at NOAA / NCEI had taken a closer look at the US data, an investigation that resulted in substantial modifications compensating for station moves, procedural changes, etcin substantial modifications compensating for station moves, procedural changes, etc..

The impact of this alternative scenario was illustrated in the Climate Audit post last year, showing that a revised transition schedule resulted in a substantial change to received temperature history, eliminating the puzzling postwar decline in temperature.

First, substantial global warming is already «baked in,» as a result of past emissions and because even with a strong climate - change policy the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is most likely to continue rising for many years.

This all seems to point to some major change in the ocean overturning circulation having occurred in this run, resulting in the cold ocean anomaly south of Greenland and substantial surface cooling in most areas.

«Recent climate changes in this region may have had substantial impact on the carbon balance of Canadian boreal forests as a result of increased fire frequency, an unprecedented expansion of insect outbreaks, and widespread drought - induced tree mortality,» the authors write, but focused their study on drought.

Under the Campbell River test, prima facie discrimination is made out «when a change in a term or condition of employment imposed by an employer results in a serious interference with a substantial parental or other family duty or obligation of the employee».

discrimination is made out «when a change in a term or condition of employment imposed by an employer results in a serious interference with a substantial parental or other family duty or obligation of the employee».

Motorcycle accidents are often fatal or result in injuries that change a victim's life forever and place substantial burdens on their family.

The tragic and unexpected loss of a loved one can change the course of a family's life and can result in severe emotional pain and suffering in addition to substantial financial losses.

Kyla has developed unique arguments in 90 - Day IRP hearings which have resulted in substantial changes to police procedure.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal in Health Sciences Association of British Columbia v Campbell River and North Island Transition Society, 2004 BCCA 260 at para 39, 240 DLR (4th) 479 (Campbell River) said that «a prima facie case of discrimination is made out when a change in a term or condition of employment imposed by an employer results in a serious interference with a substantial parental or family duty or obligation of the employee» (emphasis added).

Barring a successful appeal from the order of child custody and parenting arrangements a spouse seeking to vary an order must show a substantial change in the conditions means and circumstances of the parents or the child has occurred since the last Order which if known at the time of the last order would have led to a different result.

A new guideline amount resulting from new or revised support guidelines may constitute a material and substantial change in circumstances.

The upgrade implemented a change in the protocol of the blockchain, which was designed to result in a substantial increase in transactions per second.

The CID could lead to an enforcement action and / or one or more consent orders, which may result in substantial costs, including legal fees, fines, penalties, and remediation expenses and actions, and could require us to change aspects of the manner in which we operate Venmo.