Sentences with phrase «with decreasing funds»

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«That's very notable in comparison with the rest of the country to have an actual decrease in general fund taxes and general fund spending.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Also, General Partners who have structured their fund with an SBIC license (typically a 2:1 debt to equity ratio), use the secondary market to decrease or remove leverage on the fund.

When business goals for a startup are clearly stated in «milestone» achievements that coincide with funding, VCs are more likely to take an interest, since the investment risk is decreased.

«Although extensive choice seems appealing, research shows that it may hinder motivation to buy and decrease subsequent satisfaction with purchased goods... Using data from nearly 800,000 employees, we tested the hypothesis that employee 401 (k) participation rates fall as the number of fund options increase.

Thanks to a decrease in federal funding, staff with the drug court program will be out of a job March 31 — meaning the future of the program they provide to recovering addicts is in jeopardy.

As of the recent quarter end, the Fund's Australian dollar and Norwegian krone hedges decreased to 23 % and 10 %, respectively, and with the currency movement due to the unpegging of the Swiss franc to the euro in January 2015, our Swiss franc exposure increased slightly to 29 %.

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.

That trend has only slightly decreased over time, with public funding making up 56 percent of the total costs of new NFL stadiums and renovations from 1997 to 2015, according to the Minnesota Convention, Leisure & Tourism Association.

For an example of the latter, the Finnish working group coordinated by Kela found that Finnish support for basic income decreased quite radically once questions about the amount of basic income are paired with corresponding questions about the taxes needed to fund it.

The governor and state Legislature laid out a plan as part of the budget package in April to cope with any potential shortfalls resulting from a dramatic decrease in federal funds.

With mounting delays, aging equipment, a troubling ridership decrease, and fare hikes on the horizon, it would seem an especially bad time for the state to pull back funding for the MTA.

Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems with corrections officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in police presence, delays in the implementation of the City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.

Thanks to the distribution of 400 million mosquito nets coated with insecticide, and hundreds of millions of testing kits and treatment courses, made possible by the committed efforts of the world's largest investors in the malaria effort, notably, the United States, the United Kingdom, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the World Bank, malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have decreased by one third over the past ten years.

In contrast, dedicating $ 125 million for health care capital grants may prove worthwhile if such funds are utilized to effectuate systematic reforms that lead to improved care with decreased State costs.

Along with the tax rate decrease, I believe that our key services remain well funded and able to serve residents, including the Sheriff's Office, Department of Public Works, Senior Services and Social Services.

If NY State became a real partner in funding education local property tax levels would decrease — especially with the local property tax cap in place.

Students, faculty and staffers from CUNY, with support from elected officials, have staged numerous rallies in recent weeks to criticize Cuomo's suggested decrease in state funding.

With residential energy prices projected to increase this coming winter, the governors stressed that a decrease in LIHEAP funding would be devastating to those who rely on this vital assistance.

The Assembly budget addresses those issues and others by doing away with Cuomo's proposed decrease in funding the city receives for its Emergency Assistance to Families program.

But the Parliament sided with universities and research organizations, which said that the flat rate could unfairly decrease their funding levels and asked for the possibility to claim the reimbursement of actual costs in full.

Besides the decrease in funding, the National Association of Science and Technology Researchers also slammed the fellowship selection process as plagued with «clear and serious flaws.»

Field notes that there will be «small decreases» in years to come for the publicly funded science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), which in recent years has been hit with massive cuts that resulted in extensive job losses.

A White House document leaked this week suggests that, along with seeking to slash the EPA's overall budget, the Trump administration will also propose a sharp decrease in research funding and a 20 % reduction in the agency's staff of 15,000.

Yoga: Another study funded by the NCCIH revealed that people with chronic lower back pain who took up Iyengar yoga, a practice that focuses on proper alignment, experienced decreased discomfort and less disability after six months.

With a small tweak (for example, an increase or decrease in funding of 10 percent), the feds would give states a $ 3 billion push in the right direction.

Despite the worry that enrollments would decrease once FLVS began receiving per - pupil funding because it would put the school in competition with some district funds, the opposite happened.

In a new analysis, Douglas Webber of Temple University finds that increased state for public - welfare programs — in particular, Medicaid — is the single biggest contributor to the decline in higher - education funding, with a $ 1 increase in per capita public - welfare spending associated with a $ 2.44 decrease in per - student higher - education funding.

The careful use of DfE capital grant combined with Section 106 Developer Contributions, and as many other funding sources as can be found, mean the budgets are often greater but the costs never seem to decrease.

I find that state and local public - welfare spending is easily the dominant factor driving budget decisions, with a $ 1 increase per capita associated with a $ 2.44 decrease in per - student higher - education funding — enough to explain the entire average national decline.

For example, looking at spending per capita within each category rather than total spending reveals that a $ 1 increase in per - capita public welfare spending is associated with as much as a $ 2.44 decrease in per - student higher - education funding.

Staffing cost decreases helped some cities cope with the loss of state funding, but many districts used the collective bargaining freedom afforded by Act 10 to reap even greater savings.

With declining tax revenue, the Legislature decided to implement a «negative factor» that decreased factor funding while increasing base funding to satisfy Amendment 23.

Meanwhile, state officials reported dropout decreases in large school systems such as Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools and Wake County Schools, although some public school advocates point out that may only indicate state funding shortfalls will have the least impact on school systems with the resources to blunt the damage.

DfE figures show that the percentage of qualified teachers (those with Qualified Teacher Status) in all state funded schools was 95.1 per cent in 2015; a decrease from 95.5 per cent in 2014 while the total number of teachers without QTS increased over the same period from 20.3 thousand full time equivalent staff (FTE) or 4.5 per cent in 2014 to 22.5 thousand FTEs or 4.9 per cent in 2015.

An evaluation study of the district's equity fund highlighted several implementation challenges.65 Some PTAs simply did not comply with the district's policy to give back some dollars, and the district had difficulty figuring out how to exempt some PTA expenses fairly from redistribution.66 The evaluators did not examine how this policy affected PTA revenues, but there was significant pushback from members of the community, with some parents threatening to reduce donations during initial policy negotiations.67 A group of parents voiced that the approach was punitive, and that instead, parents should be encouraged to donate to a separate equity fund or to other, less affluent schools.68 Other districts that have considered establishing an equity fund have feared similar pushback, worrying that rich parents will threaten to leave the district, disinvest in their schools, or decrease their overall contributions.69

A decreased Title I allocation is challenging for a district because it can result in fewer district schools receiving funds under Title I. Under Title I school allocation rules, many schools with high numbers of low - income children do not receive support from Title I because they are surrounded by other schools that are even poorer, so the Title I money «runs out» before those schools have the opportunity to receive funds.

While this didn't mean that schools received no funding, the extreme decrease in state and federal funding, (as well as later freezes and sequestrations as the legislature attempted to deal with the state budget), meant that Kentucky's school districts were forced to rely on their other source of income: property taxes.

Under the budget passed by the General Assembly this week, state funding for postsecondary education will be cut over the next two years, with total biennial decreases of 2.5 % for financial aid resources and for institutional funding.

This increase has its toll on resources and staff as we are expected to become experts in providing support and learning for children with often complex needs, and decreasing funding.

In that plan, Evers sought hundreds of millions more in state spending and changes that would help school districts with high numbers of children living in poverty and mitigate school funding losses for districts experiencing enrollment decreases, among other measures.

Previously, public school funding for local school districts was decreased by $ 11 million in the 2014 budget to account for funding the school voucher program, which will provide approximately 2,400 current public school students with $ 4,200 vouchers to attend private schools beginning this fall.

With cutbacks in state aid and the withdrawal of the stimulus funding, local funding played a larger role, despite the fact that local funding was also decreasing relative to trend.

«For children in urban communities with increased class sizes and decreased funding, the tests are a way to prove that the schools are failing so they can be closed and re-opened as charter schools,» said Morna McDermott, a founding organizer of United Opt Out, which issues state - by - state guidance on the topic.

2009 Session Chalkboard helped secure $ 5.07 million in renewed funding for the Oregon Mentoring Program, to continue pairing experienced educators with beginning ones in an effort to raise student achievement and decrease teacher turnover.

Roughly ten percent of the special needs student population statewide isn't covered by state funds, says DPI's Hussey, placing a heavy burden on local districts to come up with the extra resources necessary to serve them at a time when locals also face increased costs in other areas of educational need that they are trying to cover thanks to decreased state investments.

Offsetting that with state and local tax decreases could impact $ 125 million in school funding.

Another respondent from Hertfordshire said: «We have seen a significant increase in mental health issues with a decrease in support and funding.

Funding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), the state virtual school of Idaho, was significantly impacted in 2011 - 12 by changes brought about by SB1184, with significant funding decreases and the elimination of IDLA's state appropriation based on a student enrollment formula and some coursFunding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), the state virtual school of Idaho, was significantly impacted in 2011 - 12 by changes brought about by SB1184, with significant funding decreases and the elimination of IDLA's state appropriation based on a student enrollment formula and some coursfunding decreases and the elimination of IDLA's state appropriation based on a student enrollment formula and some course fees.

(2) REESTIMATES. - If the subsidy cost of a Federal credit instrument is reestimated, the cost increase or decrease of the reestimate shall be borne by, or benefit, the general fund of the Treasury, consistent with section 504 (f) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661c (f)-RRB-.»