Sentences with phrase «direct investment impact»

I. Direct Investment Impact According to RTI International, North Carolina experienced $ 7.8 billion in direct investments or spending on renewable energy facilities between 2007 and 2016.

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I've directed our teams to invest so much in security — on top of the other investments we're making — that it will significantly impact our profitability going forward.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Apple today announced a new set of investments to build on its commitment to support the American economy and its workforce, concentrated in three areas where Apple has had the greatest impact on job creation: direct employment by Apple, spending and investment with Apple's domestic suppliers and manufacturers, and fueling the fast - growing app economy which Apple created with iPhone (R) and the App Store (R).

«If you look at more current information, you will see that these data points are not demonstrative of our current network, community impact, and both the direct and indirect job creation near fulfillment centers,» a company representative said previously, adding that «Amazon's investments led to the creation of 200,000 additional non-Amazon jobs, ranging from construction jobs to healthcare industry positions.»

«We believe deeply in the power of American ingenuity, and we are focusing our investments in areas where we can have a direct impact on job creation and job preparedness.

One of the reasons to highlight these particular companies is that the founders still have a direct hand in operations, which many investment advisors and some stock analysts suggest can impact company culture, as well as performance.

As an investment management firm that has predominantly office based functions, we have limited direct impact on the environment.

«Our processes are changing, along with our investments in technology that may impact the number of people required to perform various tasks,» Goldberg said in the memo, which directed employees to a detailed letter about the company's strategy.

Therefore, they do not feel the direct impact of higher yields in the same manner as traditional fixed - income investments would.

Focused on directing private capital into projects and ventures whose aims are to deliver measurable social outcomes, impact investment (or social finance) has the potential to foster innovation in the social sector.

Another area where today's business investments have a direct relationship to tomorrow's climate impacts is in long - term capital expenditures, which will live well into the middle of the century and beyond.

«NHGSFP is one of the major pillars of the social investment effort of the present administration that seeks to impact on the lives of millions of Nigerian in the most direct way possible.

I am constrained to make this final intervention on the impact of multiple and hugely divergent foreign exchange rates as well as unclear, unarticulated and confusing economic policy on foreign direct investment in response to our «academic» economist's long treatise of May 18, 2017 in this newspaper.

«GNPC headquartered in the region will move a lot of investments here to change the status - quo of the down - stream direct economic impact of the industry, and a lot of our local people will directly and indirectly benefit from the relocation.

In Ghana, he said trade facilitation has been enhanced with a 57 % increase of volumes of goods processed at the Customs Technical Service Bureau which will have a very dramatic impact on Ghana's international investment competitiveness with direct impact «on our domestic economic situation, offering up much more job opportunity, and improve living standards for our people.»

He said Nigeria is not excepted from impacts of the current global economic downturn, adding his administration remained undeterred and has embarked on comprehensive diversification reforms by shifting emphasis to non-oil sectors of «mining, agriculture, industrialization, infrastructure development and the creation of the enabling environment for Foreign Direct Investment.»

«The problem with using grade school math to analyze an economic development project of this magnitude is that it doesn't take into account the multi-billion dollar investment from SolarCity, and impact of the thousands of direct and indirect jobs that will be created statewide,» said Jason Conwall from Empire State Development.

One of the handouts is a look at the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on host countries.

KSBA Director of Governmental Relations Eric Kennedy points out that while Kentucky schools may not see a direct funding impact from the federal tax bill, they will be impacted because the overall financial investment in schools more and more falls on local school districts and local taxes.

The Toolkit also notes that there is little evidence that investment in school buildings or environment has a direct impact on results with one strong exception: better air quality can help improve learning.

As an investment management firm that has predominantly office based functions, we have limited direct impact on the environment.

This program was initiated in 1994 in response to increasing interest of EBRI members in the impact of sponsor and / or provider educational efforts on the investment behavior of participants in participant - directed defined contribution plans.

Measures of bid / ask spread and price impact (the cost of trading) were positively correlated, reflecting the direct costs of trading both in investment - grade and high - yield bonds.

While this low cash interest isn't a direct trading or investment related cost, it can still have a negative impact on your returns.

The output is a risk assessment of the direct and indirect economic impacts of storm surge under climate change, including, for example, production and job losses and reconstruction duration, and the benefits of investment in upgraded sea defences.

This partnership is also very much in line with South Pole Group's constant expansion of climate impact assessments across all asset classes, already including corporate bonds, real estate, private equity, infrastructure as well as direct investments into forestry and agriculture assets.»

Other examples involving both risks and opportunities include changes of investment flows to regions where future climate change impacts may be beneficial for productivity Finally, some impacts that are entirely local and may have little or no direct effect outside the regions in which they occur still threaten values of global significance, and thus trigger international concern.

[16] Todd Allee & Clint Peinhardt, «Contingent Credibility: The Impact of Investment Treaty Violations on Foreign Direct Investment» (2011) 65:3 International Organization 401 at 402.

He didn't immediately respond to questions, sent by National Observer on Monday, about what Kinder Morgan lobbied him about in his new position and whether it had any impact on massive public investments that the government would later make on an Oceans Protection Plan, in direct relation to the Trans Mountain project.

We speak to Daniel Cheung, the Managing Partner at Maxwell Alves with expert knowledge on Brexit; he discusses the biggest legal impact of Brexit, M&A in the UK, property development, foreign direct investment (FDI) and immigration, post-Brexit.

«This way, not only do you feel good about what you're investing in, but you also make a direct impact with the gains from that very investment.»

«I've directed our teams to invest so much in security on top of the other investments we're making that it will significantly impact our profitability going forward.»

She previously directed the Supporting Healthy Marriage project, a federally funded evaluation of interventions aimed at improving child well - being by strengthening the relationships of married couples; the Next Generation project, a collaborative, multidisciplinary initiative to study welfare - reform programs» impacts on the well - being of children and families; and the evaluations of the Minnesota Family Investment Program and the Parents» Fair Share demonstration.

But foreign direct property investment has always been focussed on «trophy» assets, often in the R10m - plus range, so variation in investment intentions has a disproportionate impact on sentiment at the higher end of the market.

In addition to working through its own challenges, Africa is seriously impacted by China's fortunes, which has become the region's major trade partner and an increasingly important source of foreign direct investment and financing.

«It has a direct impact on how fast your property sells and how much of a return on investment (if any) you will see.»