Sentences with phrase «year supplies as»

All of the uranium consumed in one year supplies as much energy as about 2.78 hours of all the sunlight incident on Earth.

Not exact matches

Aluminum products maker Arconic slashed its 2018 forecasts for profit and free cash flow as it expects prices of the metal to remain high this year due to sanctions on Russian supplies and a 10 percent duty on aluminum imports.

And while our study found that the work will cost around $ 42 billion, it will save as much as $ 2 billion a year in electricity bills the military now pays to civilian suppliers.

Investigators believed the company's reviews over whether to supply customers more controlled substances were not meaningful and were used as a sales tool; customers were granted threshold increases for reasons, like the 4th of July, or the closure of an area pharmacy years earlier, that the government considered less than compelling.

In fact, last year the government added one such credit — for teachers» classroom supplies — while dropping four as of Jan. 1 2017, including the children's fitness and arts credits, as well as the education and textbook credits for students.

«I'm not exaggerating when I say AVs will have as big an impact on our cities and society as the arrival of the first cars over 100 years ago,» says Barrie Kirk, head of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE), which is striving to build an ecosystem of organizations to supply the market's needs.

This energy consulting company, which works with businesses to manage energy use and supply tailored renewable solutions, had just six employees as of last year — but made a whopping $ 5.1 million in revenue.

While Flaugh said that «it's hard to totally discredit them as a supplier after all these years,» if it turns out that the video actually is representative of the farm workers» conduct, «they would be discontinued as a supplier.

Belarusian Potash Co. supplied about 42 per cent of the world's potash exports before it broke up and sent prices to a four - year low as major buyers like China and India waited to see how far prices would fall.

Russ Corsi, who worked nearly 32 years for Pittsburgh - based PPG, a global supplier of auto glass, says larger sunroofs are also more prone to weakening over time as the pane absorbs impacts from bumps in the road, twists and turns of the car's frame, and «thermal shock» — the expanding and contracting from sudden temperature changes.

While industry analysts aren't calling for sharply higher prices, they say the market is vulnerable to more erratic pricing because global supply has drained dramatically over the last year as demand has grown.

In a few short years, it has already eclipsed the U.S. as the world's leading wind generator, and it also happens to be the world's largest wind - equipment supplier.

Many of these suppliers also sell to the defence sector, where spending is likely to decline in coming years as countries, especially the U.S., try to reduce their deficits.

A number of funds bet heavily on an oil rally early in the year, boosting long futures positions to a record in late February, before oil went into a prolonged slump as global supply remained elevated despite cuts from OPEC.

Food and supplies, such as cages and perches, she explained, account for most of her year - to - date $ 1,700 in expenses.

McKesson was founded 184 years ago in New York as a small Manhattan shop supplying drugs to ships docked in the harbor.

After a solid start to the financial year, mining equipment supplier Emeco Holdings has posted a $ 107.2 million half - year loss as a result of impairments to its Canadian business.

Some meat suppliers are concerned that Chinese buyers could suddenly balk at the record - high prices for secondary lamb cuts, as British importers did a few years ago after prime lamb prices soared.

Wichita, Kansas - based Spirit makes some 70 percent of the structure of the 737, the world's most - sold commercial plane, but has faced disruptions this year in its own supply chain as parts makers scrambled to meet soaring demand.

Apple added Intel as a modem supplier for some iPhones last year.

But vacation home sales tanked last year as demand outstripped the supply of available homes, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the NAR.

Larger rival Home Depot Inc raised its full - year forecasts last week after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma spurred demand for emergency supplies and rebuilding materials even as the retailer benefits from a multi-year recovery in the housing market.

Executives at Thermo Fisher Scientific, whose business includes supplying equipment to research laboratories, have fielded questions about an Amazon impact as far back as five years.

Seventy - nine years later, REI is still going strong, selling supplies for all sorts of athletic and outdoorsy pursuits such as biking, yoga, kayaking and snowboarding.

According to Scotiabank's Derek Holt, who predicts household grocery bills could balloon by as much as 15 % in the next few years, the failure of the international community to settle on a rational policy for handling shortages has led to stockpiling and export bans, which «further impairs supply sides of markets and causes prices to go up even more.»

Panera (PNRA), meanwhile, generated headlines last year as it took a big step toward reducing the use of antibiotics and confinement of animals in its supply chain.

As the crisis in available office space in the CBD continues, building owners are bringing refurbished space back into supply this year to take advantage of soaring rents.

But after the bust comes the boom: Expect soaring crude prices later this decade as demand from fast - growing Asia collides with greatly diminished supply — a classic bust - boom cycle with which the oil industry was all too familiar 100 years ago but may have forgotten since.

The 100 % Northern Minerals owned project will operate as a large - scale pilot plant for three years, with the goal of expanding into one of the world's only significant suppliers for critical heavy rare earths outside of China.

The simple dynamics of supply and demand manifested themselves, and over time lending standards have loosened, and some of the troublesome practices of years ago, such as PIK toggles, have made a comeback.

Marijuana could get more expensive after a series of massive fires in Northern California wiped out as much as a year's supply for some industry growers.

Foley said that coal will still likely be the majority power source in 25 years in developing economies like China and India, as they have large domestic coal supplies and less domestic competition from natural gas.

Oil dipped on Monday as soaring North American production was seen undermining efforts led by OPEC and Russia to tighten supplies, but prices were still on track for their strongest start to the year in five years.

When Tim Hortons announced your appointment last year, the media described you as a seasoned executive from the supply side of the food business.

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 2012 Kantar retail PoweRanking survey, in which retailers rate their suppliers, ranked P&G as No. 1 for the 10th year in a row.

J. C. Penney, based in Plano, Tex., selected Business Interiors as its 1991 supplier of the year.

The coal miner has been hurt as the world has turned to more environmentally - friendly energy sources such as natural gas — a trend that has accelerated in the last few years as gas prices have come down substantially due to surging supply from the U.S. fracking boom.

India - based drug manufacturing facilities have been criticized by the FDA in recent years for violating quality standards, as the agency increases oversight of key suppliers to the United States.

Her 83 - year - old husband retired from his career as a graphic designer but still works part - time delivering office supplies.

Just after the year 2000, Grantham maintains, the cost of oil inflected as finding new supplies became more challenging and expensive.

The graph above, supplied by Bloomberg's Tom Orlik on Twitter, reveals the education levels of new investors in China's stock market as of April this year.

Bruno Pavlovsky, chairman of Chanel's fashion business, said the brand had been working with the tannery for 30 years and would continue to supply rivals as other Chanel suppliers already do.

«In the near term, the Proton - Geely partnership will first improve sentiment of the local supply chain in Malaysia, as this deal alleviates lingering concerns of Proton's sharp slowdown in recent years,» Maybank Kim - Eng said in a note on Thursday.

The payoff: For 76 - year - old Pacific Seafood, which also supplies large grocery chains such as Kroger, Sweetgreen is a smaller but important customer.

Eggert will stay on as a supplier through his farms — an operation the family started 17 years ago.

Public health and consumer groups applauded the move, which does not go as far as the company's policy for the United States, where already for a year suppliers have provided the chain with chickens raised without antibiotics deemed important to human health.

Raitt's three - year timeline to fully dispose of older DOT - 111A tankers (and immediate phase - out of 5,000 of the most vulnerable cars) is going to be a difficult one to meet given the existing capacity for suppliers to build new tankers, as well as the desire of oil and gas companies to continue the exponential increases in oil - by - rail shipments into the future.

Loblaw warned that full - year earnings will be lower than in 2011, as its operations aren't growing at a rate fast enough to cover the IT and supply chain investment.

Trying to clean up a supply chain is nothing new — big corporations have been at it for years, mainly as a way to mitigate risks and dodge the next big scandal.