Sentences with phrase «timing issues associated»

There is one major blockchain project that is hoping to develop a more innovative casino platform to address the transparency, fee and timing issues associated with other platforms.

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

TORONTO, May 9, 2013 / CNW / - For the first time, satisfaction is notably higher among wireless customers who use online self - service channels for both service and sales issues than among those who use the traditional call centres and in - store channels, according to the J.D Power & Associates 2013 Canadian Wireless Total Ownership Experience StudySM released today.

This type of payment makes sense for lenders because it reduces the costs associated with processing a loan payment, and more frequent direct debits (daily or weekly) make it possible for the lender to identify any potential repayment issues early — giving them time to try to help borrowers catch up on any loan payments they may have missed and mitigate larger credit issues down the road.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Blockbid Director, Gabriel Govinda said: «Blockbid has been designed to help traders overcome three main issues; the inconvenience of needing to sign up to multiple exchanges, the unease associated with having coins scattered across multiple, potentially untrustworthy, exchanges and missed investment opportunities caused by time lapses in transferring funds between different platforms.»

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.

The one that has received most attention in our time is that stemming from Soren Kierkegaard and issuing in modern existentialism.18 I shall not develop this point beyond suggesting that here, too, concern with the ultimate import of the immediate situation associates ultimacy with immediacy in its concreteness.

In contrast, I feel one of the most pressing issues, especially for women, is to remove the longstanding feeling of guilt associated with meal times and instead find a sustainable, enjoyable way to live.

• A brief, inexpensive US intervention (one prenatal session, in separate gender groups focusing on psychosocial issues related to becoming first - time parents) was associated with reduced distress in some mothers at six weeks postpartum.

At the same time, while not EVERY associated health issue may pan out to be correct, it seems very likely that if health benefits are associated with what is a natural process that, for at least some of them, there is a causation relationship.

• A brief, inexpensive US prenatal intervention (consisting of one prenatal session with parents in separate gender groups focusing on psychosocial issues of first - time parenthood) was associated with mothers» reporting greater satisfaction with the sharing of home and baby tasks post partum (Matthey et al, 2004).

There's a great deal of stigma associated with screen time, and to an extent, it's warranted: there is, after all, some research to suggest that too much screen time is associated with kids» social and behavioral issues.

Know that one lower readin is not an issue - it is a continued trend down over at least 3 months that you really need to worry about (unless there's a huge weight loss in a really short space of time - but there would have been illness associated with this)

Jacqui Smith has opted to tackle the issue of pornography head - on after it came to become strongly associated with her time in the Home Office.

After the Times reported that Cuomo's aides tried to meddle in on going ethics probes and get Moreland Act commissioners to rescind subpoenas that were issued to campaign donors and Cuomo associates, several commissioners simultaneously issued statements insisting that the commission was independent and that they were not coerced.

You're basically establishing a $ 100 million business in a very condensed time frame and not a lot of people have been through that process before and understand all the issues associated with it.»

But the governor's office had never been implicated, until the criminal compliant was issued against long time former Cuomo associates Joe Percoco, Todd Howe, and SUNY Polytechnic leader Alain Kaloyeros and six others, by Bharara.

But the Governor's office had never been implicated until the criminal complaint was issued against long - time former Cuomo associates Joe Percoco, Todd Howe, and SUNY Polytechnic leader Alain Kaloyeros and six others, by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

I moved eight times, helping firms manage health, safety, and environmental issues and the associated financial concerns.

A 4 - year study by professor Leslie Perlow and research associate Jessica Porter, both of the Harvard Business School, published in the October issue of Harvard Business Review, demonstrates that time off can have a larger, positive effect on individual and organizational productivity than more hours on the job.

These issues of astronaut health «must be dealt with now before fundamental decisions are reached concerning the appropriate time for humans to move away from Earth on voyages of exploration,» Ronald White, former associate director of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in Houston, wrote in a recent paper.

The finding, published in Nature Cell Biology, shows that once disrupted, it takes time for the inflammatory loop to reestablish, providing proof - of - principal that intermittent dosing could provide a way to reap the benefits of rapamycin, an FDA - approved drug that extends lifespan and healthspan in mice, while lessening safety issues associated with its use.

The prevalence of depressive symptoms in this population, described in the September issue of the journal Critical Care Medicine, is three to four times that of the general population, says study coauthor O. Joseph Bienvenu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The Second Century collaboration will initially focus on science issues associated with Acadia National Park, with the intention of scaling nationally over time, Shaw said.

In a study that included more than 71,000 stroke patients, implementation of a quality initiative was associated with improvement in the time to treatment and a lower risk of in - hospital death, intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain), and an increase in the portion of patients discharged to their home, according to the study appearing in the April 23/30 issue of JAMA, a neurology theme issue.

Trevor Penning, associate dean for postdoctoral research training at the University of Pennsylvania, adds, «Whether a postdoctoral appointee is a full - time employee or a trainee is fundamental to the issue of compensation and benefits.

J. Thomas Ratchford served as the AAAS Associate Executive Officer from 1977 to 1989, during which time he was involved in governance and managerial issues over the shape of AAAS and broader policy issues that affected the association and science as a whole.

This not only costs time and money but also creates chemical waste and associated environmental issues.»

Digestive health: As reported in several issues of the Journal of the American Medical Association, digestion is the area where the most probiotics studies have been performed, with the strongest evidence to date occurring in the treatment of antibiotic - associated diarrhea.1 The use of antibiotics to clear an infection, especially over a long period of time, can destroy many of the natural bacteria in the gut, leading to an imbalance in the gut flora, favoring «bad» bacteria and allowing them to thrive.

I've been using charcoal in my healing process for a long time... though my toxicity level is finally at a point where it seems to be history... for me it's clear that it was removing toxins... so it's not clearly just a gut issue... it seems to be associated with heavy metals floating in the system...

Authors performed searches for key words associated with their portion (s) of the manuscript; calories and macronutrients, nutrient timing and meal frequency, dietary supplementation, psychosocial issues and «peak week» were the selected topics.

This time Bandai Namco, provided the new patch to fix issues associated with in - game problems like issues with challenge quest, player data, game errors, bugs and battle balance adjustments.

There are a whole host of issues associated with observations (e.g., the number of times a tenured or untenured teacher must be observed per year, who can do the observing, which rubrics are allowed).

By procuring a pre-designed Sunesis school through Scape, Warwickshire County Council reduced procurement time and fees associated with legal issues, feasibility studies, design and time spent at planning and procurement meetings.

At the same time, the cost - effectiveness of the board's approach, its focus on what teachers should know and be able to do rather than on the student outcomes or achievement associated with teaching, and its methods of assessing teacher quality, are features that have attracted strong criticism — issues we will return to later in this article.

School Business Manager at Hugh Sexey CofE Middle school, Jenny Farrell outlines their reason for going cashless: «With 590 pupils on roll, our aim was to reduce the amount of cash received in school, along with the time spent on associated tasks and processes such as counting cash, issuing receipts and reconciling.»

Today's Performance Support Platforms put aside the technical issues associated with performance support and recreate the need to consider basic instructional design methods when admitting real time learning.

Truancy is often times associated with behavioral issues on the student's part because these are absences that are not excused.

Key issues associated with how the federal government appropriately defines its role among the various actors (with an appropriate accountability focus that is neither too rigid or mechanical [ala NCLB] nor too amorphous to have real meaning) must be addressed over time.

The major issue that is associated with the report writing work to students is that it consumes a lot of time and students fail to give focus on other work given by the teachers.

Folks, kin or associates may fail to offer the time, information and competency to address the issue legitimately.

This type of payment makes sense for lenders because it reduces the costs associated with processing a loan payment, and more frequent direct debits (daily or weekly) make it possible for the lender to identify any potential repayment issues early — giving them time to try to help borrowers catch up on any loan payments they may have missed and mitigate larger credit issues down the road.

Unfortunately, only 50 percent of ex-servicemembers who need mental health services receive treatment because of barriers that include: embarrassment about service - related mental disabilities; long wait times to receive treatment; the perceived stigma associated with mental health issues; and a lack of understanding or awareness about mental health problems and treatment options.

Remember that (at the time of writing) health issues associated with conformation seem not be listed on KC breed health information pages.

So each time you are doing practice departures, you can use an associated cue or marker to signal this fact and then, once you have worked up practice departures to a time frame of around one to two hours (during which most dogs with separation anxiety typically have issues), you can use the cue during actual departures to function to «bridge» from practice to actual departures.

There are several health issues commonly associated with working or hunting dogs being extremely active over long periods of time on a full stomach.

In time for the Winter Olympics, pet health insurance provider Petplan dug into its 2017 claims history to document the sizable bills associated with a few canine health issues.

We had long recommended Animal Behavior Associates for our clients with behavior issues, and in 2007 when the opportunity to work with Dr. Hetts and Dr. Estep presented itself, I knew it was time for a new adventure.