Sentences with phrase «years as a response»

Capital expenditure has dropped in recent years as a response to the lower oil price.

Not exact matches

The company, with annual sales of $ 95 billion, first identified hurricane response as a strategic need after Hurricane Andrew, 25 years ago.

The over-arching theme of this year's summit was the merging of direct response and branding using relatively new advertising media such as retargeting and social ads.

Other political money flows through trade associations in the U.S. such as the American Chamber of Commerce, which has already spent more than $ 21 million in campaign advertising this year, including $ 1.5 million on ads accusing Democratic Senator Mark Udall of driving up energy costs, largely in response to his refusal to support Republican demands for immediate approval of the Keystone pipeline.

My short response is that very little will change and everything will change,» said Wichmann, who succeeded Stephen Hemsley as chief executive in September, after serving as UnitedHealth's chief financial officer for five years.

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.

In response, Jay Dickey, an Arkansas Republican who described himself as the National Rifle Association's «point person in Congress,» submitted an amendment to strip the CDC budget of $ 2.6 million, the amount it spent on firearms research the previous year.

Earlier this week, Georgia Representative Hank Johnson introduced two bills that he believes will help improve voting security a few years down the road: the Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are allowed to buy.

The ranking, in which we evaluated roughly 600 companies that are certified as great workplaces by Great Place to Work, also considered survey responses to questions related to training, profit - sharing, meaningful work and how welcoming organizations are, as well as companies» rate of hiring over the past year.

The pressure to decentralize has increased in recent years as the shadow of military downsizing has forced the marines to further differentiate themselves from the army to stave off steep cuts — and that means gearing up for even faster, more - effective responses to an ever - wider range of scenarios.

In response to the deflationary pressures on the CPI, the Bank of Canada will be forced to engage in expansionary monetary policy to counteract the 5 % price drop (while also ensuring the 2 % year - over-year increase in prices continues as planned).

The report, which didn't identify SDM as the sponsor, pulled together survey responses given by 700 designers, engineers, and business executives, nearly half of whom work for manufacturing companies that pull in more than $ 50 million in revenue a year.

CALL centres have gained prominence within the last eight years with developments in technology such as PABX, IVR (interactive voice response) and CTI (computer telephony integration).

She has 6 + years of industry experience working on government and commercial incident response engagements and forensic investigations as a malware reverse engineer and computer forensic examiner.

Such single day losses are always tough to swallow, but these drops come after an almost continuous stream of losses since the start of the year, with barely a whiff of a positive market response to act as a buffer.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

I gave one of the cheekiest responses I have given in my 2.5 years as a VC, «You don't want to raise money from me.

The response of the Canadian economy to the Fed's easing of UMP over the past five years has been exactly as one would expect.

Below is a chart showing national debt as a percentage of GDP going back to the founding of the U.S.. Although we've seen periodic spikes in response to national crises, the debt could soar to unprecedented levels within the next 10 years.

Trends at this year's RSA Conference included technology to go beyond security incident and event management (SIEM) and detection and response capabilities offered as a managed service.

White's study, to be published later this year, was developed in part as a response to the British media's fascination with life satisfaction.

Quicksprout recently published an awesome new infographic on the state of SEO that illustrates how the field has evolved over the past few years in response to Google's game - changing algorithm updates and the steady rise of content as king.

But when we see someone make the right call on bigger and bigger trades for nearly 20 years running — and deliver 30 % returns even after charging an absurd 3 % of assets and 35 % of profits as Cohen does — it's not envy that is the instinctive response; it's disbelief.

Canadian 5 - year mortgage rates have already risen in response to higher bond yields, which will act as an additional drag on housing demand in Canada.

Daniel Fried, who retired in 2017 after a 40 - year State Department career that included serving as U.S. sanctions «coordinator» under President Obama, offered his sharp critique of the Obama administration's response to Russian actions during an interview on the Yahoo News podcast «Skullduggery.»

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia Airlines on Thursday reported a 75 percent wider loss in second - quarter earnings as passenger bookings continued to fall in response to the loss of two aircraft in separate disasters this year.

Our examination of these notable subjects has proven to us, rather predictably, that say on pay's sophomore year came with converging compensation practices as well as meaningful reform in response to the shareholder voice.

Equifax recently introduced a new credit lock as part of its response to its massive data hack last year.

The leading non-US benchmark for oil prices reached its highest level for more than two years, as Turkey threatened to disrupt supplies from Kurdish oilfields in northern Iraq in response to the autonomous Kurdish region's referendum on independence.

The yield curve flattened as 2 - year note yields rose in response to the Federal Reserve raising short - term interest rates while 10 - year note yields were unchanged.

As a direct - response consultant and copywriter, Dan has been at the very pinnacle of the small fraternity of 7 - figure income freelance copywriters, and one of very few who double as marketing strategy consultants, for over 20 yearAs a direct - response consultant and copywriter, Dan has been at the very pinnacle of the small fraternity of 7 - figure income freelance copywriters, and one of very few who double as marketing strategy consultants, for over 20 yearas marketing strategy consultants, for over 20 years.

«We want to see that kind of growth this year, but we'll certainly see growth and as that middle management grows, then it helps us to recruit and train new agents,» Coleman said in response to analysts.

I am definitely late as I am writing a response to something you wrote in 2016 as the year 2017 is coming to a close.

This has been the most helpful response I've encountered since being attacked by the ugly side of Calvinism a few years ago (and being kicked out of church for refusing to repent of «my pride in believing that I accepted Jesus as my Savior»).

More than 8,500 terrorist attacks killed nearly 15,500 people last year as violence tore through Africa, Asia and the Middle East, according to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing some of my favorite pictures, tweets, reviews, and responses to A Year of Biblical Womanhood, as we finally WRAP UP the launch!

If I were to describe, so far as this is possible, the company I have enjoyed with my • most intimate companion of fifty - five years, whose name when I met her was Dorothy Eleanore Cooper, the reader in response could not do better than to quote one of Jane Austen's characters: «That is not good company, that is the best company.»

I have worked with survivors for more than 30 years, and I can assure you that as well - meaning as you must want to be, your responses (including this one) does nothing to help the situation.

Just 20 years ago, as a Harvard scientist named Herbert Benson tells the story, he asked about inviting the Dalai Lama to the U.S. and the response was «Dolly who?»

The Crusades were first fought 1000 years ago as a response to violent Islamic expansion that had been occuring since the 700's.

The following was originally written as a personal response to a confused fifteen year old who asked for clarity in the face of the growing controversy.

But as the years went on, what was originally a securely non-confrontational Drew morphed into a withdrawn and depressed Drew in response to his conflict with Nicole.

He is the only minister to date that has walked away from the advisory board — citing disapproval of the President's response to the Charlottesville riots earlier this year as the breaking point.

And the response by complementarians to these questions as posed in A Year of Biblical Womanhood, with a few exceptions (Mary Kassian has been very kind to engage), has essentially been: «Look at this silly woman who thinks you have to make a sign and literally praise your husband at the city gate!

This formidable move in response to requests over the course of twenty years from Anglican bishops, priests, and laity offers a way for Anglicans and other Protestants as well as unconfirmed Catholics to be received into the full communion of the unified Catholic Church while retaining and developing the Anglican patrimony of liturgy, music, patristic theology, and pastoral care.

The crusades (still being used almost 1000 years later as an point of argument), were the response of Christian Europe to the Islamic conquest of the Middle East, and the forced conversions that took place.

But rarely if ever does he seem to have advocated a violent response to what he saw as the Islamization of Europe, even as he planned a massacre for years.

Almost thirty years had passed since the last major, comprehensive, and theologically self - conscious study of Protestant theological education.1 It is also remarkable, indeed unprecedented, that such a sustained debate emerged, not in response to one large study of theological education, but as a conversation among several quite different theological points of view.

As compared with twenty years ago when religious interest was more largely funneled through nondenominational agencies, the churches are more active in making contacts with students and among a virile minority are securing a better response.

Scroll through these comments and you'll see many responses and lump all Christians as «delusional,» «believing in 6k year old earth,» etc..