Sentences with phrase «than the industry accepted»

The accord presses for far greater responsibility for managing supply chains than the industry accepted previously.

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.

Rather than accepting the science and adapting to other sources of energy, the oil industry has developed an aggressive campaign to obscure the science and advance its own interests.

Every B2B lead generation effort that produces great business leads is also going to produce a certain percentage of «unqualified» sales leads, and as long as your «unqualified» sales leads are less than 10 % of total sales leads (this percentage may be higher, depending on your industry), you should accept this as a cost of doing business and move on to the next thing on your schedule.

You guys have reminded me that we have more power than we think, that writers in this industry need not accept the status quo, especially when their readers really care about their work.

So, as Silicon Valley increasingly invests heavily in its advances on the food and drink industry, tech - to - table may become the accepted food norm sooner than we think.

«I love this industry and tonight, this industry showed that they loved me back,» Mr. Taherian said, while accepting his award during the IFMA Gold & Silver Plate Celebration that took place in front of more than 600 foodservice professionals.

CSPI is one of more than 1,000 groups, including unions, anti-hunger organizations, and the food industry, that will be sending a letter in the next few days urging the House to accept the Senate bill when Congress comes back next week.

According to the GOP, Gillibrand accepted more than $ 610,000 in campaign contributions from the Hollywood / entertainment industry last year.

Just to be clear when I said «financial» - if the answer is «entertainment industry profits are less than the budget items listed combined», I would accept that as a valid «no, for financial reasons» answer.

Chartock had asked Cuomo to respond to a recent Times story that more than half of the estimated $ 7.1 million his campaign has accepted from PACs, LLCs, associations and other entities has come from big - moneyed special interests in Albany, including the health care industry, labor and real estate developers.

According to the Daily News, Amedore accepted more contributions from the gun lobby, including the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a leading firearms industry trade association, than any other state lawmaker.

The researchers» review of workers» compensation disabling claims accepted for compensation between 2007 and 2013 showed the rate of injuries among workers in the industry was more than twice that of Oregon industries overall.

He has accepted more than $ 1.2 million in money from the fossil - fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers.

This is an industry in which too many people cheerfully accept pay rates and working conditions far lower than they deserve, solely because they're doing what they love.

It's become widely accepted in the movie industry that the weakest weekend of the year is always that of Labor Day and one needs to look no further for evidence of that than the fact that this year's one new wide release on Friday was the dismal found - footage horror flick As Above, So Below (the almost equally subpar November Man got a jump on proceedings by releasing two days prior though that didn't help it any).

The evening hit a crescendo when, accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award, Oprah Winfrey brought the house down with a speech calling for the day when no woman would have to say «Me too»; Barbra Streisand expressed shock that she was the only woman to receive a Globe for best director, and even Thelma and Louise (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) were resurrected to announce one of the evening's top awards, perhaps to show how far the industry has, and has not, come since they drove off that cliff 27 years ago rather than return to their limited lives.

Sometimes, as when the United Steel Workers chose to watch the American steel industry sink rather than accept concessions, this moment never comes — or comes far too late.

If you are forced by an outdated seniority system to pay some teachers more than they are worth or could get in private industry, or accept less effort, resources are being expended based on what is good for the union and teachers and not what is best for kids.

There was an emphasis placed on green cars, and you can look back on the 2009 show as turning point in the industry accepting that it had to pay more than lip service to fuel economy.

Since one of these options is National Geographic, it again proves its worth to students across the country — easy access to academically accepted content just for buying a device that works just as well and costs less than half the price of the industry standard iPad?

I think the problem that makes many authors frustrated is that the publishers don't nurture all creative types, and they have been so selective that they've put themselves in the position of people now having options rather than just accepting the status quo of an industry that failed to nurture their talent and passion.

The New York Times Book Review does not accept self - published titles for reasons that reveal the rag to be little more than a hometown front for the New York - based industry:

Are there other companies / industries where you think BPS is a better proxy for intrinsic value than the more widely accepted indicators of intrinsic value like owner earnings or FCF?

I wouldn't call this fear, I would call it getting educated and thinking for oneself (i.e., savvy) rather than blindly accepting the advice of an industry that lives off investing fees.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

GPR cards, more commonly referred to as pre-paid credit cards, are safer than carrying cash and accepted almost everywhere because most are sponsored by the major players in the industry: Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

This Act is not intended to establish standards which are stricter than those practices generally accepted in the horse industry.

This industry is so hit - driven, and competition is rising so quickly, that it's hard to accept a less than 5 % earnings yield from a business like this.

After the elapsed time, the «Only You» multimedia series went on display this month at The Untitled Space, a contemporary art gallery founded by Cesarine in TriBeCa in 2014, and as stories of rampant abuse in the entertainment industry are divulged more frequently than ever, Cesarine hoped the project will make people «step back and take a deep, dark look who you are... and at what our society accepts as «normal.»»

«It's a new industry that is evolving for communities to accept rather than deter this mode of affordable housing,» said Coates, owner of Tiny Diamond Homes in Littleton.

The New York Times writes «He has accepted more than $ 1.2 million in money from the fossil - fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers.»

All told, the growth of zero - emission energy technologies means the industry will tackle pollution faster than generally accepted.

«Details of the sham agreement are spreading far and wide and I am now being contacted by boat builders who fear Tasmania's wooden boat building industry will be ruined... Despite the fact that 90 per cent of two key iconic species, Celery Top Pine and King Bill Pine, are already in reserves the Greens are still not satisfied... More than 70 per cent of remaining sources of these timbers are in the 430,000 hectares rubber stamped by former Wilderness Society director Jonathan West in his flimsy advice accepted by the Prime Minister and the Premier last week... The wooden boat industry has an estimated annual value of $ 50 million but without a timber supply it has no future.»

The company's move to sell the luxury SUV for Bitcoin and Ethereum seems to be a first for cryptocurrency, which has previously been accepted in the luxury market more in regards to property than the automotive industry.

This approach is something that new associates find easier to accept than industry veterans, so Sittig concentrates on affiliating people new to real estate but with backgrounds in other entrepreneurial careers, some from tech start - ups.

REach accepts fewer than a dozen companies each year to access one of the world's largest industries.

We need to (as an industry) revisit the core structure of the compensation model and find an accepted way in which the core operating expenses of services provided to buyers and sellers are paid by all that seek those services, and in addition have some form of success fee compensation (which would be much lower than the current norm).

Anne Ireland, broker at Century 21 Market Realty in Truro, N.S., says, «I believe the changes reflected with competition law and the access of MLS (means) that Realtors will need to embrace the evolution of our industry and accept private sellers as an opportunity rather than a threat.

As to your question @Will Barnard, just about anyone who can testify with more knowledge than the general public as to industry standards and what is generally accepted practice that the court accepts may be viewed by the court as having expert testimony in a specific area.