Sentences with phrase «with economic difficulties»

Maglan concentrated on investing in companies with economic difficulties in the United States but the low values in Puerto Rico and «the steps taken by the Governor to close the gap in the budget» attracted Maglan to invest for the first time in municipal debt.

Not exact matches

... It's the costs associated with building and the difficulty in building anything in the Bay Area, particularly in San Francisco,» said Micah Weinberg, president of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, which counts Adobe, Airbnb, Google, Lyft, and many others in tech among its members.

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.

Their subjects cited five: insufficient access to capital; difficulty finding people with the right skills; immigration policies that keep talent out; onerous taxes and regulations; and economic uncertainty.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Their returns tend to be much more volatile, with firms more prone to difficulties during economic downturns.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

The difficulty with cobalt is that it occurs in really big economic quantities in two countries — Russia and the DRC.

The difficulty with caring for the poor of course is that if you take care of them too much they have little motivation to improve their economic situation.

It goes on to highlight «the difficulty of bringing together the perception of challenge with a new thinking (not just socio - economic) that could better describe, in a Christian fashion, the congruence of new facts with the language and syntheses already given by the tradition -LSB-...] Decisive is the recognition, whether positive or negative, of technology.

This brings me to my enduring difficulty with liberation theology and its attempt to ground its vision of social and economic reform in the Bible.

As pressures on resources and accompanying economic difficulties grow worse, the likelihood that all nations with nuclear potential will refrain from using their power grows less.

Despite the current economic difficulties, however, Hurtado says the strong relationships Amigo's Foods has with customers has meant it has not lost any business during the recession.

With Brazil experiencing economic and social difficulties, the summit wants to carry the «sustainability torch» during a difficult time.

«Three and a half years on Inter arrive in Turin a completely different team to the one that began the 2014 - 15 season [with an away match against Torino]; an unequivocal sign that the squad which was built back then amidst millions of difficulties and economic restrictions wasn't a successful one.

Therefore, implementation of the Cap - Score ™ SFT can potentially increase the clinical and economic value propositions for older couples with difficulty conceiving.

I suspect you'll have as many difficulties with such libertarian left as Mutualists on economic issues though...: --RRB-

And Nick Clegg could also crank out, without too much difficulty, an economic policy compromise with either of the big two.

Conference commits the National Executive to working with the TUC to challenge, using all appropriate means, including industrial action, any attempt by the Government, in response to and as a remedy for economic difficulties or recession, to worsen pension provisions for teachers or other public sector workers.

Guido Fawkes was amongst the first to suggest that this might be the most plausible outcome — the social and economic liberalism in both parties (the Cameroons and Orange Bookers) could be made to match (with some limits on Lib Dem tax policy recommendations), so the difficulties would be Europe (where they are utterly divergent), and Cameron's reluctance to negotiate on Trident renewal, criminal justice and sentencing, and electoral reform (the Tories are squarely in favour of First Past The Post).

In the message which he personally signed, the President said with collective dedication and hard work, Nigerians will in 2017 overcome the economic difficulties, and return the country to the path of prosperity.

«I also raised with Premier Wen the issue of human rights in China and greater participation in the political process, including at a time of economic difficulty, and our wish to see a continuing dialogue on these issues,» Mr Cameron said.

We have the chance to develop plans and implement real changes that can help us through the difficult days and weeks ahead, that can help our families and neighbors deal with the pain of economic difficulties and that can revive our region and position us at the head of the pack when new opportunities emerge.

The fact that they went overboard, made quite a number of promises and now they've come to office and realized that going through these promises it comes with a lot of economic difficulties.»

In a 2015 New York Times article about the continued economic difficulties in this part of the state, Cuomo shrugged that «the state can only do so much» and «it's up to the localities to also come up with a business plan.»

BUT: Even with the help of the marketplace, America's thirst for oil will continue to create economic and strategic difficulties.

Given the medical and socio - economic difficulties often faced by people with mental illness, and the lack of research into the other medical conditions they might suffer from, the authors set out to discover, using publicly available data, what proportion of US adults experience each combination of mental illness, substance abuse / dependence and chronic mental conditions.

It is possible, Lewis notes, that conduct problems in childhood may reflect difficulty with self - control and long - term planning or early rejection of authority, either of which could lead to economic / political discontent.

Other measures such as cognitive (i.e. IQ) ability, early linguistic skills, measures of the environment such as socio - economic status, and whether there is a family member with reading problems or dyslexia are all common early factors used to assess risk of developing reading difficulties.

You know, even though we can emphasize with these companies and their economic difficulties in today's industry, it still holds true this means little to the Wii U owner that receives a late to market product, no doubt at full price and what is only at this point in time a «promise» of game enhancing gamepad integration's.

On the difficulty of measuring the degree of compliance of ESCR, see Robertson, R.: «Measuring State Compliance with the Obligation to Devote the «Maximum Available Resources» to Realizing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights», Human Rights Quarterly, Vol.

refugees are normatively faced with difficulties to be employed in various economic activities; hence discrimination on the basis of their refugee status has become the norm.

Wholly, bona fide refugees are normatively faced with difficulties to be employed in various economic activities; hence discrimination on the basis of their refugee status has become the norm.

Structured Literacy is an approach to reading instruction that is beneficial for both general education students at risk for reading difficulties due to a variety of factors (e.g. low socio - economic status, status as an English learner) and for students with disabilities.

Not being able to navigate more intricate relationships with superiors returns to the difficulty of students that have undergone education designed to keep them in the lower class and it hinders a student's ability to develop the skills necessary for economic advancement.

Unfortunately, the gull - wing doors were expensive to produce and required a higher price tag, and with Japan undergoing an economic recession, Mazda had difficulty moving the AZ - 1.

The housing market may fluctuate with the economic trends of the day, but one thing that often remains the same no matter what the current conditions bear is the difficulty many consumers will face when applying for a home mortgage.

During times of economic difficulty, there is a greater demand for services to help debt - burdened consumers and small business avoid bankruptcy through negotiating debt reductions or settlements with their creditors.

A good example of the difficulty in prescribing GAAP rules that reflect economic reality revolves around accounting for financial instruments, whether those instruments should be carried at amortized cost less impairments, or at lower of cost or fair value (with fair value usually equaling market price).

Millions of Americans are currently living with damaged credit scores due to the large - scale economic events of the past decade, and have difficulty being approved for most types of credit and loans.

If you're having difficulty paying back student loans, the counselor will review your entire economic situation and may speak with your loan issuers.

however those trades were with the underlying trend on all higher TF (which is down), and consistent with fundamentals (euro zone difficulty, US economic data still poor) and shorting after a large increase in downtrend is higher % probability, also they were close to their daily trend line a good place to go short

Current difficulties with «making a living» from one's art is purely due to the downturn in global economic downturn and I, as a single example, am struggling to keep my head above water until the art market picks up again — to drop my prices by up to 99 % just to get more sales, would be total artistic suicide!

examines the current situation in Brazil which is at the height of an economic crisis and is dealing with political difficulties.

With the halting return of some governance and economic activity, pressures for development are likely to rise, adding to the difficulty of balancing development and conservation.

I agree with Michael Tobis that the policy and economic aspects of the problem are considerably less well - understood than the physics and chemistry, and dominate the difficulties ahead.

Emmission trajectories are frought with the difficulties especialy as to economic and technological futures.

As the interpretation of infinity in economic climate models is essentially a debate about how to deal with the threat of extinction, Mr Weitzman's argument depends heavily on a judgement about the value of life... A lack of reliable data exacerbates the profound methodological and philosophical difficulties faced by climate change economists... The United Nations conference in Paris this December offers a chance to take appropriate steps to protect future generations from this risk... http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/07/climate-change (MOST COMMENTING ARE NOT AT ALL IMPRESSED)

Aggregate economic mitigation cost metrics are an important criterion for evaluating transformation pathways and can indicate the level of difficulty associated with particular pathways.