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Recognition of NACCHO as the leader on Aboriginal health and well -
being in government policy frameworks and key documents.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected
in such forward - looking statements and that should
be considered
in evaluating our outlook include, but
are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases
in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest
in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which we operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain
in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both
in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes
in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that
was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction
in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other
governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not
be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco
in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations
in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign
government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Trump's name shows up
in filings of less than 14 % of all companies, but the stakes
are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal
government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana
policy.
In spite of a hazy policy climate in Canada — the Conservative government seems committed to a more restrictive policy on marijuana, not less — there is an ever more visible grey market in Canada catering to cannabis user
In spite of a hazy
policy climate
in Canada — the Conservative government seems committed to a more restrictive policy on marijuana, not less — there is an ever more visible grey market in Canada catering to cannabis user
in Canada — the Conservative
government seems committed to a more restrictive
policy on marijuana, not less — there
is an ever more visible grey market
in Canada catering to cannabis user
in Canada catering to cannabis users.
A bachelor's degree
in law, business administration or the social sciences, followed by lengthy experience
in government policy development, program administration, law or business administration,
are necessary.
The Apple CEO
was criticized for appearing to endorse the Chinese
government's Internet
policy, which tightly controls the flow of information
in the communist nation.
The net effect of the Ontario
government's new
policy is to subsidize jobs
in an already strong labour market, increase the wages of already high - income workers and give hundreds of millions of dollars
in corporate welfare to one of the largest and most profitable companies
in the world.
Given what central banks have
been asked to do
in recent years, it could
be the most important economic
policy decision the new
government makes.
Several different CPP expansion plans
were developed by
policy experts, but
in December 2013 the Conservative
government shut down any further discussion of expansion.
Budget cuts not possible - Buswell The state
government's economic
policy was in tatters last night after Treasurer Troy Buswell conceded he would not achieve the controversial 3 per cent cuts expected to pay for election promises
in this year's budget.
Does shadow banking have a future
in China when
government policies towards the sector
are so opaque?
That
was in line with analysts» views that the economy, which has contracted for the past three quarters, will grow moderately this year on the back of a global economic recovery and the
government's expansionary
policies.
At the time, Kuroda
was urging the central bank to work with the
government to defeat inflation - foreshadowing a joint reflationary
policy that the Abe
government and the BOJ signed
in January.
«We believe
AI technology will become a priority on the
government's agenda, and we expect further national / regional
policy and funding support on
AI to follow,» the bank said
in a report titled «China's Rise
in Artificial Intelligence.»
But one thing
is certain: either Italy gets some form of
government and continues credible economic reforms and fiscal consolidation, or the markets - with active help from Germany et al. - will force Rome
in an IMF - EU - ECB ward where these
policies will
be imposed.
Home sales across the country have dropped
in the wake of several
government policy measures, including a stress test for home buyers with a down payment of more than 20 per cent, that
were implemented to cool the country's hot housing market.
«If the BOJ
were to ease
policy, it would therefore
be most natural for it to increase
government debt purchases and target longer - dated bonds,» Kuroda said
in a confirmation hearing
in the lower house of parliament.
Even though our activities
are likely to result
in a lower national debt over the long term, I sometimes hear the complaint that the Federal Reserve
is enabling bad fiscal
policy by keeping interest rates very low and thereby making it cheaper for the federal
government to borrow.
Despite expectations of higher growth
in 2017, the credit ratings agency
is concerned with an uptick
in government deficit as a result of President - elect Donald Trump's
policies.
These leaders
are critically important to the first U.S. president with no experience
in government or the military, nor with any history of involvement with, or even much interest
in,
government policy.
The motion, a broadly worded declaration of support for foreign
policy, received 158 votes
in favor, below the necessary majority of 160 votes and
was followed by a chorus of opposition calls for the
government to «quit, quit, quit».
Only now, thanks to changes
in government policy among other factors, the cast of contending princelings
is shifting, causing one big name VC to publicly bet on an less - often - mentioned possibility — Canada.
«Under - emphasis of these (structural)
policies relative to macroeconomic, trade and financial stability
policies is a key reason for many
governments» failure
in recent decades to mobilize a more effective response to widening inequality and stagnating median income as technological change and globalization have gathered force,» the report said.
The reasons
are four-fold: structural changes
in the American economy have triggered a long term downward trend
in entrepreneurial activity; changes
in the banking system have made small business credit more difficult to get; a post-recession shift
in attitudes has made Americans less interested
in striking out on their own; and a shift
in government policies has made entrepreneurship more challenging to undertake.
Government policy is an investment risk, negative or positive,
in any country.
The U.S.
government has done a lot
policy and emergency services [work] on Mesh networking, of which I have
been a huge champion for years, and I have done a lot of work
in Washington pushing that forward.
«This
is not a «so what,» or «all presidents do this,»» says Jeremy Mayer, an associate professor of
policy and
government at George Mason University
in Arlington, Va. «All presidents don't do this.
Powell said individual Fed members will
be crafting new projections at the central bank's meeting
in March, which would
be influenced by federal
government's ambitious fiscal
policies including tax cuts.
«The coalition that allowed a majority to form
government in March 1933 might not have
been able to form had fiscal
policy been more expansionary,» the researchers wrote.
The Gallop
Government's decision
in June to provide a $ 3 million incentive package to US defence contractor Raytheon, which
is relocating its naval systems division headquarters from Sydney to Jervoise Bay, may also have run foul of the new
policy.
The Court
Government's 2000 decision to provide a $ 900,000 incentive package to Mediterranean Shipping Company, to relocate its Australasian shipping office from Sydney to Fremantle,
is a third
policy initiative
in WA that appears to run counter to the new agreement.
The causes of the crisis that nearly killed Bilinkis's company
were many: a patronage system, started by Juan and Eva Perón
in the 1950s, that grew into a bloated
government bureaucracy; a corrupt privatization of
government services that sold off some of the country's most valuable assets at fire - sale prices; and a reactionary monetary
policy that exacerbated both of these problems.
In a report earlier this year for the Institute for Research on Public
Policy, Trent University economist Harry Kitchen argues it
's time for
governments, particularly at the municipal level, to stop offering price breaks for seniors.
A report issued by Deloitte
in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says
government officials and
policy experts
are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings
in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.
«While the ultimate effects on income levels and distribution
are not inevitable, they depend substantially on
government policies, on the way companies choose to organize work, and on decisions by individuals to invest
in learning new skills and seeking new types of work and income opportunities,» the Stanford study noted.
Arguing against will
be Patrice Lee, and director of outreach at Generation Opportunity, a limited -
government activist and
policy network for millennials, and Matt Welch, editor -
in - chief of the libertarian magazine Reason.
«The
policy of America to deny visas to technically trained people
in the U.S. and shipped to other countries, where they create companies that compete with America, has to
be the stupidest
policy of all the U.S.
government policies,» Schmidt said.
A select few, those with the most to gain or lose by a shift
in provincial
policy,
are calling lobbyists like Munro to establish some lines of communication to the potential new
government.
The federal
government believes it
is putting
in place the right
policy environment to encourage businesses to act.
Even former Goldman Sachs (gs) CEO and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson believes regulatory action
is important: People have viewed banks unfairly and «flawed
government policy»
is to blame, he said
in October.
Instead, the company has already said that it
's willing to put $ 5.5 billion into India
in the coming years and has already started making modifications to its site
's policies and design to play within
government regulations and attract Indian shoppers.
Iceland's law stands out
in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain
government certification proving their pay
policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.
The
policy is not the only reason investment has fallen dramatically, but
is a contributing factor, Prentice said
in an interview as he urged the
government to assess the impact of the changes.
«It
's fair to say that the
policy and character of my
government would
be, or the
government which I lead, would
be very different to that of President Trump,» said Varadkar, 38, who
was elected prime minister by the ruling Fine Gael party
in June after former leader Enda Kenny stepped down.
Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade
policy, told a conference
in Ottawa earlier this month that it would
be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value of U.S.
government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American companies secure
in Canada and Mexico.
Way back
in the winter of 2014, when he
was sketching the broad strokes of his agenda as the new leader of the then third - place Liberals, Trudeau spoke
in Montréal about how pro-free market economic orthodoxy, put into
policy by successive
governments over the past few decades,
was favouring the rich too much.
There
's a healthcare boom occurring right now
in China, partly aided by a number of beneficial
government policies.
«This
is the day we step up, at long last, to one of the world's biggest problems — the pollution that
is causing climate change,» Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her
government's new
policy in Edmonton on Sunday.
But there no question of any EU «boots on the ground»
in Libya, which has become a main launching point for people traffickers since
being plunged into chaos with two rival
governments and a significant number of Islamic State militants, EU foreign
policy chief Federica Mogherini said last week.