Sentences with phrase «used by the rating»

For complete information on the methodology and definitions used by each rating agency, please visit the following websites.

For complete information on the methodology and definitions used by each rating agency, please visit the following websites; S&P - www.standardandpoors.com, Moody's - www.moodys.com, Fitch - www.fitchratings.com

Therefore, even when religious programs are on semiprime time, the number of viewers per set is probably no more than about 1.8 — the viewers - per - household figure widely used by the rating firms themselves.

The Conference believes that analytical techniques that are widely - accepted by the capital markets, such as those used by the rating agencies to evaluate the financial stability of municipal bond insurance companies, should be drawn upon to estimate the appropriate subsidy cost.

Not exact matches

Those that used power poses prior to the interview were consistently rated more favorably by recruiters asked to evaluate them.

In addition to providing tools that allow users to communicate with counterparties, TradeBlock also provides a US dollar denominated reference rate for digital currencies, which is used by a number of investment trusts and funds.

Williams said the Heritage estimate was correct based on the methodology the foundation used — the analysts estimated a carbon tax rate of $ 36, which would increase by 3 % each year from 2015 to 2035.

An equivalent rate would be collected on the syrups used to sweeten fountain drinks sold by restaurants, convenience stores and fast - food outlets in the city.

To tweak interest rates, the Fed adjusted the federal funds rate, also known as the interbank lending rate, which is used by financial institutions to set the prime rate, or the base rate upon which other interest rates are set.

Here are some examples of how this concept can be used by investment analysts to anticipate the likely movements in exchange rates and asset prices.

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.

The range of parameter values consistent with Canadian data are in red; they are all much smaller than the 73 per cent rate obtained by Diamond and Saez using U.S. data.

But, use caution when comparing your job with market rates, because salaries vary dramatically by location.

Corporate tax inversions have been in the spotlight as a controversial strategy used by U.S. companies to ease the burden of the country's 35 - percent corporate tax rate.

One of my favorite statistics is pointed out by Jason Benderly, who suggests that households headed by a male adult with spouse present is a sector whose unemployment rate can be most consistently used to determine when wage pressure is beginning to rise.

At the moment when a pledge is made, the Bitcoin is converted into the relevant currency using rates established by the Melbourne - based Bitcoin digital wallet CoinJar.

By using big data to identify performance trends by campaign and channel, marketers can evaluate KPIs, such as conversion rates, to help discover gaps and seize opportunities based on historical trendBy using big data to identify performance trends by campaign and channel, marketers can evaluate KPIs, such as conversion rates, to help discover gaps and seize opportunities based on historical trendby campaign and channel, marketers can evaluate KPIs, such as conversion rates, to help discover gaps and seize opportunities based on historical trends.

«Beginning in November 2014 and continuing until his arrest in March 2016, CASPERSEN engaged in a Ponzi - like scheme to defraud investors, including his close friends, family members, and college classmates, by falsely claiming that their funds would be used to make secured loans to private equity firms and would thereby earn an annual rate of return of 15 to 20 percent.

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.

The CRTC last year approved a request by Bell Canada to charge its wholesale ISPs based on how much their customers use the Internet, but the firestorm kicked off two weeks ago when the rates were finalized.

Adjusted EPS for 1Q18 was affected by the same factors impacting Adjusted pretax income, as well as a lower number of shares and lower tax rate used to compute EPS as discussed above.

Researchers found that companies using GitHub approved code written by women at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the gender was not disclosed.

In an effort to convert more sales and lower your cart - abandonment rate consider using a special offer triggered by exit - intent technology.

Gundlach has been critical of negative interest rate policies used by central banks outside of the US such as the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank.

C corporations — the type of structure used by many large businesses — were given a flat 21 percent tax rate.

The closure comes after months of scrutiny caused by the use of a bump stock — an accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire at the rate of an automatic — in the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history.

It also offers specific policy recommendations including providing tax credits to promote venture capital investments in minority businesses, as well as tax credits for new low - income entrepreneurs, and encouraging the use by credit rating agencies of alternative data such as rent and utility payments in establishing credit histories.

R - rated films limit their audiences based on excessive violence, sexual situations, drug use, and language, as determined by the MPAA.

Paine now uses the markup factor, derived by dividing the cost of direct labor into sales, to compute her billing rate.

Many stores already use location or GPS data to determine rates of attribution and broadcast ads to people close by, but using this type of data on its own is ill - suited to their needs.

Crescent Electric studied mining costs based on the wattage used by the three most popular mining rigs (the AntMiner S9, the AntMinerS7 and the Avalon 6) and the days each takes to mine a coin (which range from 452 to over 1,800 depending on the machine), then multiplied by the average electricity rate in each state.

In the base year used in the five - year growth calculation (e.g., 2012), any companies with revenue of less than $ 200,000 will have their revenue for that period lifted to $ 200,000 for the purpose of calculating five - year growth that is not grossly exaggerated by immaterial differences in the base - year revenues of otherwise equal candidates (for instance, a company that grows from $ 1 to $ 2 million would have a higher growth rate than a company that grows from $ 2 to $ 3 million).

China already has one of the highest fintech adoption rates, with 69 percent of its digitally active consumers using fintech services, compared to 33 percent in the U.S., according to a 2017 report by consultancy EY.

In the base year used in the two - year growth calculation (e.g., 2015), any companies with revenue of less than $ 200,000 will have their revenue for that period lifted to $ 200,000 for the purpose of calculating two - year growth that is not grossly exaggerated by immaterial differences in the base - year revenues of otherwise equal candidates (for instance, a company that grows from $ 1 to $ 2 million would have a higher growth rate than a company that grows from $ 2 to $ 3 million).

For example, treasuries often use the BAX contract to hedge their short term borrowings by selling the contract to effectively lock - in a favourable rate in case rates should increase in the future.

That is, when debt service ratios are calculated using the discounted mortgage rates actually charged by banks (about 125 percentage points below posted rates), the average Canadian homeowner is paying just 25 % or so of income on mortgage payments, far below the 32 % benchmark used for mortgage - insurance qualification.

Update: Symphony, as of Wednesday, is under investigation by the New York State Department of Financial Services for offering services similar to those that were used in previous schemes involving interest rate and foreign exchange interest rate manipulation.

DeepHeart is an artificial neural network — a form of AI — that uses heart rate and step count data collected by wearables to detect medical conditions.

In 2017, NHTSA closed a probe into a May 2016 fatal crash involving a driver using the system and cited data from the automaker that crash rates fell by 40 percent after installation of Autopilot's Autosteer function.

First, as happened in Australia and New Zealand, if ISPs and content providers believe they can reduce costs by peering (i.e. not have to pay transit to exchange traffic) they can use this as a competitive tool to pass on zero - rated content to their customers, as opposed to those ISPs demanding transit payments to deliver traffic, which was particularly common when the countries could be reached only via one company, the incumbent operator.

In 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a probe into a May 2016 fatal crash involving a driver using the system and cited data from the automaker that crash rates fell by 40 percent after installation of Autopilot's Autosteer function.

«The blistering 40 % compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2016 was driven primarily by Colorado and Washington initiating adult - use sales,» the report noted.

Using proprietary data collected by Restaurant Business and its sister research firm Technomic from 2016, we looked at nearly 100 of the largest US chains and rated them on three criteria we considered the most telling for all - around fast - food excellence: financial performance, customer satisfaction, and overall value.

Conversion rates can be calculated using the following formula: Divide the total number of conversions (leads or sales, whichever you're tracking) by the number of ad clicks you're generating.

She argued that CNN was writ - large opposed to Trump, and accused Stelter of being jealous of Fox News» ratings, a common tactic used by the president's backers to deflect from tough questions on CNN.

And they realized that the use of the Tidepool software could reduce the device companies» customer churn rate by at least 1 %.

Conventional direct mail response rates will vary from 1 percent — generated by using lists from a list broker — to up to 5 percent — generated by using what I call a «warm» list of current or past customers.

By comparison, in states where the drug did become legal for medical use, the rate of illicit use went from 5.55 percent to 9.15 percent.

«This is a concerning rate,» Dedrone CEO Jorg Lamprecht told CNBC, «especially in light of international incidents where drones have crashed into other aircraft, and been used by terrorists, and used in other illicit activities.»

It's also a profit center, given the current rates charged by providers like Gogo (gogo), which is used by Alaska Airlines (alk) and United Airlines (ual), Gogo charges $ 7 an hour or $ 19 per day for access.