Sentences with phrase «up to competition level»

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According to the bank, that service «levels the playing field for U.S. goods and services going up against foreign competition» and supports American jobs.

Besides the obvious answer of hefty family responsibilities in this age bracket, other research suggests that as you rise in the career ladder, competition and support fade just as stress is dialed up, leading to a bump in unhappiness levels during midlife.

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.

The store's numbers haven't been pretty either: Same - store sales growth last quarter was at its lowest level since 2009, a fact blamed in part on the New York City investigation and on the longer - term concern that it is facing stiff competition in the healthy - eating ethos up and down the grocery food chain — from Kroger (KR) and Walmart (WMT) to Trader Joe's and Sprouts (SFM).

That level of unemployment and underemployment is still far too high to create the kind of competition for workers that would bid up wages.

Brands, where we force ourselves to sometimes think like start - ups because of the space and speed by which consumer tastes are changing as well as the increasing levels of competition.

This is literally the lowest level of competition & match up possible in the sport... a 0 - 1 guy vs a guy amateur included in 0 - 2 all losses by Flawless victory in the 1st round... Plus to Casuals if CM Punk beats this «Photojournalist» who is doing this fora quick cash grab which i think even he can do that it's gonna make the UFC look very weak to see him walk in & win in they're organisation at this stage.

Bale really stepped up his game to world class levels this season, scoring 26 times in all competitions in a new role under Villas - Boas, and the club will now face a big fight to keep the likes of Real Madrid away.

Ratcheting up his level of activity for a return to game competition.

The 21 - year - old has notched 14 goals in all competitions this term, and there's been loud suggestions that he'll get a call - up to the England squad if he keeps up his current levels.

With this level of competition, expect some of them to wake up from their graves, like Walcott (used to be deemed unworthy for playing with the first team squad) and Coquelin (used to be loaned out and was about to be released).

This competition drove player contract prices up to extremely high levels because NFL and AFL teams were competing for the player's services.

we need to buck up our ideas if we're to make a go of winning europa, its a competition that suits our level (lately) and there's nothing that guarantees we will win it.

Is he concerned with competition at Liverpool or is he wanting to step up a level and compete among the very best?

True, not a lot has happened among our immediate competition... ManU have made just one modest buy, but arguably don't need a lot having lost only one key player (Scholes), plus we know they can afford whoever they want and the talk is at the level of Ronaldo, Lemonsquashki, Fibreglass etc etc... Tottenham are hamstrung by the Bale leaving threat, but if he does eventually go I believe it will only make them stronger (Spuds a one - man team with Bale, but strengthened all over the park with 80 - 100mil to spend)... ManC have spent close to 60mil on two players, (thank Dennis they missed out on Falcao and others, but they're not finished yet and still looking at the very top level... Pool have snapped up Mignolet and some useful cheapies (Kolo for free, eg) and finally sold Carroll for a decent amount, so can do more business... and Chelsea can pick up pretty much who they want when they want, so will surely be in there soon.

We have lots of options now and plenty of competition for places, which should drive each player to step up their level for fear of being dropped.

Carson Wentz has some catching up to do when it comes to experience and level of competition, but beyond those two caveats, NFL Media draft expert Mike Mayock believes the former North Dakota State quarterback has Andrew Luck - like potential.

Don't forget this,» said Rummenigge, as Bayern were one of four parties that voted for the abolishment of the 50 +1 rule in order to open up the league to outside investors and with the hope that fresh money would raise the level of competition in the Bundesliga for Bayern.

Among the possible draft choices, Baker Mayfield led the way, with a 75 % chance of becoming a better player than Keenum, (he put up similar stats to Keenum in college, but played against higher level competition).

International football brings a temporary halt to domestic competition at many levels of the club, and this website will have a round - up later this week of who is on duty for their countries.

During blowouts, Chauvenet replaces his starters, which gives back - up players an opportunity to gain experience, and allows the losing team to face a lower level of competition.

Sounds good, but the Innovation Strategy doesn't really address the crucial steps in taking a product from lab bench to market, such as protecting the intellectual property from competition, jumping over regulatory hurdles, or scale - up to economically viable production levels.

Lena Lüke and her colleagues at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid, Spain, wanted to see if there was a connection between sexual competition at the behavioral level and the proteins that make up sperm.

Support at a similar level — but not in the form of a competition — comes from TechnoPartner, an organization that exists mainly to facilitate contact between investors and technology - based start - ups.

With these higher level memberships, comes more features, more content, and more advantageous bonuses that all give you a leg up on the competition around you that is too cheap to upgrade along your side.

It's chaotic nature and deceptively deep combat system will have players working hard to level up and destroy the competition online.

Shane Carruth's pleasantly incomprehensible Dramatic Competition entry Upstream Color — his highly - anticipated follow up to the 2004 Grand Jury Prize winner Primer — delivered yet again and on an even more enigmatic level on Monday.

You can no longer jump straight into a top tier motorsport, and even once you get to the highest level of competition there are now other disciplines to try out up there.

The qualifying heats for the SkillFRIDGE 2017 competition are well underway, with apprentices and students studying up to Level...

State - level standards, assessments, and accountability schemes are not up to the challenges facing a modern post-industrial nation in an age of globalized competition, yet we have no sure mechanism for pushing this responsibility to the national level.

Gamification is the practice of applying elements of game playing such as points score, competition, team cooperation, badges, level ups etc. to the field of online learning.

After all, we will never catch back up with the rest of the world if we don't challenge the status quo and allow competition to constantly force us all to take our game to the next level!

Ministers had argued that the new landscape would provide a high level of autonomy to schools and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.

Ministers argue this will provide a high level of autonomy to schools, and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.

People spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars — sometimes millions — to bring a car up to the level of AMBR competition.

Saturday's six - hour ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey, the penultimate round of the ALMS championship, will be contested on a track reflects this harsh reality of top - level motorsports competition, a circuit with enough ups and downs to qualify as America's fastest amusement park ride.

As competition gets fiercer and develops a new level of refinement and fuel - efficiency, Nissan stays determined to keep up with the fast pace.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

«This year's edition being a stepping stone in building up the GT - only endurance race America deserves, it was important to start it on the right foot, with a solid grid and a high level of competition.

Apple had long believed it would be able to «trounce Amazon by opening up [its] own ebook store,» but the intense price competition that prevailed among e-book retailers in late 2009 had driven the retail price of popular e-books to $ 9.99 and had reduced retailer margins on e-books to levels that Apple found unattractive.

On a hardware level, Sony needs to catch up to the competition and issue an e-Ink Pearl HD display with frontlight.

Read on to find out how the Venue 7 stacks up to its entry - level competition.

For some dogs, the academy will be practice for the surf dog competition on June 22, in which judges score up to 40 pups on confidence level, length of ride and overall ability to «grip it and rip it.»

From there I stepped up to the Level 2 instructor certification and started coaching high performance surfing which another great challenge and it's great to see your hard work pay off when they win competitions!

At Pacific Surf School there are Instructors who are members of the Coast Rican National competition circuit who offer you multilingual instructors, beginner, intermediate and advanced level class, 2 hours in gentle waves, warm up / stretching techniques, surfing safety plus etiquette, standing up, board positioning, small waves riding, ocean knowledge, duck dives / angle drop - ins, front side turns, back side turns, 2 hours in the line - up, for surfers who desire to increase their skill level they teach some of the wave difficult techniques, group discount and excursions and surf tours in local beaches.

In all seriousness though, it's great to see this level of competition from companies, because at the end of the day, it's the consumer who will end up with a lot of good products to choose from.

The point I am trying to make is that if people agree with your sentiment; that Sony needs some healthy competition to keep up the level of quality that they have been supplying this generation.

Throughout the game, fans will pass — and potentially purchase — iconic Mario Kart - themed properties such as Rainbow Road and Bower's Castle while facing familiar challenges like dodging banana peels, tossing shells, etc. along the way Fans can choose from Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, or Toad Mario Kart character tokens To introduce a Mario Kart themed layer of competition, landing on or passing «Go» triggers a race where players compete for the coveted «Grand Prix» card As seen in the Monopoly Gamer Edition game, each Mario Kart game token has special powers and abilities to use during the gameplay (e.g. when the player with the Toad token rolls a «Power - Up Boost,» all players must pay him or her 1 coin) and Players can purchase additional «Power Pack» tokens later this fall to take their game play to the next level and collect additional characters, including Bowser, Rosalina, Shy Guy, Metal Mario, Donkey Kong, and YoshTo introduce a Mario Kart themed layer of competition, landing on or passing «Go» triggers a race where players compete for the coveted «Grand Prix» card As seen in the Monopoly Gamer Edition game, each Mario Kart game token has special powers and abilities to use during the gameplay (e.g. when the player with the Toad token rolls a «Power - Up Boost,» all players must pay him or her 1 coin) and Players can purchase additional «Power Pack» tokens later this fall to take their game play to the next level and collect additional characters, including Bowser, Rosalina, Shy Guy, Metal Mario, Donkey Kong, and Yoshto use during the gameplay (e.g. when the player with the Toad token rolls a «Power - Up Boost,» all players must pay him or her 1 coin) and Players can purchase additional «Power Pack» tokens later this fall to take their game play to the next level and collect additional characters, including Bowser, Rosalina, Shy Guy, Metal Mario, Donkey Kong, and Yoshto take their game play to the next level and collect additional characters, including Bowser, Rosalina, Shy Guy, Metal Mario, Donkey Kong, and Yoshto the next level and collect additional characters, including Bowser, Rosalina, Shy Guy, Metal Mario, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi.

You can no longer jump straight into a top tier motorsport, and even once you get to the highest level of competition there are now other disciplines to try out up there.

Owning an Amiibo (they cost $ 13 a pop) is far from essential to enjoying the game, but I became pretty addicted to leveling up my Link so that I could toss him in my bag, go to a friend's place, and have him help me beat on the competition.