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.
Foreign
Policy — Discover the actions of our government beyond our borders and the attitudes about foreign policy held by our political leaders, including the Trans - Pacific Partnership, foreign aid programs, military intervention and
Policy — Discover the
actions of our
government beyond our borders and the attitudes about foreign
policy held by our political leaders, including the Trans - Pacific Partnership, foreign aid programs, military intervention and
policy held
by our political leaders, including the Trans - Pacific Partnership, foreign aid programs, military intervention and more.
Although the Fraser Report is right to criticize the overall budget
policy of the Mulroney
government, it is wrong to ignore the fact that
actions taken
by the Mulroney
government did help the Liberal
government in 1990s.
For Canadians, it is important that our political parties start discussing and debating the
policy actions a «new»
government should take to respond to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) observation, that the global economy, and therefore the Canadian economy, could be entering a long period of economic stagnation, characterized
by slow growth, high unemployment and increasing income inequality.
Marc Lee, economist at the Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives, a progressive Vancouver think tank, says that
government action on the reforms suggested
by labour will be hampered
by ideological objections to running deficits in bad times.
This
policy action eliminated a $ 13 billion surplus left
by the previous
government, created a structural deficit at the federal level, and an unsustainable long - term fiscal situation for the federal
government.
A letter released today
by the president of the B.C. School Trustee's Association, Michael McEvoy, confirms that school districts want the Liberal
government to take immediate
action to end the
policy of funding private sector projects using money earmarked for classrooms.
Not only is it important to know about one's own faith but I feel you must also know about others as these influence the
actions of those around you and therefore many of the
policies made
by governments around the world - many of the
policies being unjust!
It is to be expected, therefore, that the history of land - reform efforts is one of political chicanery, violence, subversion and only halfhearted implementation of even those
policies that have been established
by government action.
Their argument is that, to put it in Lincoln's language, «if the
policy of the
government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed
by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal
actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their
government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.»
At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the
policy of the
government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed
by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal
actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their
government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed
by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic
Action, then later of Americans for Democratic
Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with
government officials and service with George Kennan's
policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed
by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.
According to President Akufo - Addo, the propaganda that made the rounds in the Zongos», in the run - up to the 2016 elections, to the effect that both the New Patriotic Party and he were «anti-Zongos»», has proven to be untrue, as the
actions and
policies undertaken
by his
government have been to the contrary.
The statement added that «based on the above efforts
by all concerned parties, all industrial
actions by members of the NLC and TUC shall be stayed in order to provide a conducive industrial relations atmosphere for the effective and efficient implementation of the Federal
Government's
policies to realise the targeted goals and objectives.
«The federal
government must take
action, but for too long forces in Washington backed
by the gun industry lobby have offered empty words instead of life - saving laws and
policy changes.
Ms Burrow also warned against the dangers of austerity: «Given a choice of economic
policies, two - thirds of people support
government action to invest in job creation to allow economies to grow and pay off debts compared with less than one in four who want debts paid off now
by cutting back on
government spending.»
«As Washington squabbles over rolling back sensible immigration
policy, we are taking
action to help protect all New Yorkers from unwarranted targeting
by government,» Cuomo said in a statement accompanying his order.
While it affirms the stands of the
government and people of the state of Libya against these inhuman
actions, he said the Ministry has for many years advocated for effective
policies in dealing with these phenomena
by supporting institutional capacity - building and enterprise development in the country to eliminate illegal migration, smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings as stated in the Tripoli joint Declaration -LCB- Africa and European Union -RCB- in 2006.
«As Washington squabbles over rolling back sensible immigration
policy, we are taking
action to help protect all New Yorkers from unwarranted targeting
by government,»
«As Washington squabbles over rolling back sensible immigration
policy, we are taking
action to help protect all New Yorkers from unwarranted targeting
by government,» Governor Cuomo said.
Taking time and allowing the Party to contribute to our opening stance would be good for
policy formation, good for negotiation tactics and good for the country at a time when
Government action in Year One, as directed
by Agreement 1, is so obviously failing to bring economic recovery.
«Don't forget that it was
by positioning ourselves as the driving force in the
government of Wales's first term that over 100 Liberal Democrat
policies were put into
action.
In 1976, the AAAS Board and Council jointly created a permanent Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to develop
policies and procedures to protect scientists, engineers and health care professionals against infringements of scientific freedom and responsibility, to monitor
policies and
actions taken
by governments that might affect their professional rights and duties, and to promote attention to scientific freedom and responsibility within AAAS, its affiliated societies, and the general public.
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would slash global carbon emission
by 20 percent and raise
government revenue
by 2.9 trillion, well over the funds needed for intelligent
policy and
action on climate adaptation.»
The track also expands on the
action on screen, including a discussion of «extreme rendition», a
government policy started during the Clinton administration and continued
by Bush that plucks suspects off streets anywhere in the world and turns them over to
governments not unopposed to interrogation that includes torture.
I'm consistently struck
by how much more comfortable we are talking about
policy and even about centralizing
government power when it comes to schooling than we are talking about the responsibilities of parents and students — or how private
action can encourage responsible behavior.
Local school board members can help local, state, and federal
governments make sound
policy decisions governing charter schools
by taking
action.
Congress, through the
Government Accountability Office, can and does audit all parts of our operations except for the monetary
policy deliberations and
actions covered
by the 1978 exemption.
In short to blame Global Warming, (even it is caused
by man) for starvation and death is to ignore the deliberate state
policies that either destroyed their countries economies such as Zimbawe, North Korea, or the criminal
actions such as the Sudanese
government and its campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur.
Through supporting the Energy Transition Platform, Stiftung Mercator has helped to build a global network of
government peers, facilitate the adoption of emerging innovative
policy models
by states and regions and demonstrate the need for up - scaled
action at the national and international level.
The Climate Group works to accelerate climate
action by bringing together powerful networks of business and
governments that shift global markets and
policies.
Such
actions further motivate me to expose the scientific,
policy, and moral fallacies perpetrated
by such climate «alarmists»: 1) in corrupting the scientific method, 2) in imposing «mitigation» without fully evaluating and debating «adaptation», and 3) in coercively imposing tyrannical totalitarian
government to worship «Mother Nature».
I believe that the
Government has promised to limit its spending on climate change
action to $ 1.5 b, so it seems very likely that little will be achieved by the Direct Action Policy, but perhaps that is th
action to $ 1.5 b, so it seems very likely that little will be achieved
by the Direct
Action Policy, but perhaps that is th
Action Policy, but perhaps that is the aim?
The second most frequent argument made
by opponents of climate change
policies are assertions that
governments should not take
action on climate change because adverse impacts have not been sufficiently scientifically proven.
The Missouri River Basin is a threatened bioregion due to unmitigated abuse
by extractive fossil fuel industries, aided and abetted
by federal and local
government policies and
actions which deny sovereign and inherent Native rights to manage land and water resources.
Only seven
governments have implemented 2 °C or 1.5 °C compatible targets, and of these, four are not backed up
by sufficient
policy action.
RUAF contributes
by enhancing the capacities of local authorities and other stakeholders and facilitating the integration of (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture and city - region food measures in the
policies and
action programmes of local, regional and national
governments, civic society organisations and private enterprises, with active involvement of the urban producers and other relevant stakeholders.
The opponents of climate change
policies have largely succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and
policy by claiming that
government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant
government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate
policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions
policies.
Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science
policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful
action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research
by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for
action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some
actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy,
government support for clean energy research, or
actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.
The opponents of climate change
policies have succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and
policy by claiming that
government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant
government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate
policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions
policies.
This article, the first of three in a series, proposes what NGOs,
governments interested in stronger
action on climate change, and citizens should do to expose the obvious and deep moral problems with the most common arguments made
by opponents of climate change
policies.
Local
government as a way of getting climate emergency
action through Photos
by Julian Meehan, audio recordings
by The Sustainable Hour Philip Sutton Trent McCarthy Mik Aidt Bryony Edwards Adrian Whitehead How councils can reverse global warming With State and Federal
Governments failing to implement
policies to reestablish a safe climate, this workshop at Read more about Exploring the critical role local councils can play in reversing global warming -LSB-...]
To ensure that this issue continues to receive the highest level of attention, I direct: (1) relevant U.S. delegations attending meetings with Icelandic officials and senior Administration officials visiting Iceland to raise U.S. concerns regarding commercial whaling
by Icelandic companies and seek ways to halt such
action; (2) Cabinet secretaries to evaluate the appropriateness of visits to Iceland depending on continuation of the current suspension of fin whaling; (3) the Department of State to examine Arctic cooperation projects, and where appropriate, link U.S. cooperation to the Icelandic
government changing its whaling policy and abiding by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (4) the Departments of Commerce and State to consult with other international actors on efforts to end Icelandic commercial whaling and have Iceland abide by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (5) the Department of State to inform the Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling b
government changing its whaling
policy and abiding
by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (4) the Departments of Commerce and State to consult with other international actors on efforts to end Icelandic commercial whaling and have Iceland abide
by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (5) the Department of State to inform the
Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling b
Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling
by Iceland.
These problems have arisen because the environmental movement has been hijacked
by left - wing radicals who are advocating
policies that impair the Western world's economic future for no or even negative environmental gains and promoting legally questionable
government actions whose purpose
government can not achieve in the way proposed.
8 May 2012: Stanford Uni: Support for climate change
action drops, Stanford poll finds The drop was concentrated among Americans who distrust climate scientists The survey directed
by Jon Krosnick, a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, shows that support for a range of
policies intended to reduce future climate change dropped
by an average of 5 percentage points per year between 2010 and 2012... On average, 72 percent of respondents supported
government action on climate change in 2010.
Number of
policy instruments or
action plans adopted
by Governments pursuant to the post-2015 development framework that incorporate environmental objectives, as a result of UN Environment Programme efforts
We also explained that for over 30 years, proponents of
action on climate change mostly focused on responding to the arguments made
by opponents of climate change that
government action on climate change was unjustifiable due to scientific uncertainty and high costs of proposed climate
policies.
[2]
Policy can be defined as a «course of
action or principle adopted or proposed
by a
government, party, business or individual».
The poll
by the Catholic University of America and Institute for
Policy Research and Catholic Studies showed that Catholics who frequently attend Mass were more likely to support U.S.
government actions to combat climate change after reading about the pope's encyclical (59 percent) than after receiving the message from an alternative source (50 percent).
One of the studies found that 2025 emissions could be reduced
by as much as 4.5 GtCO2e through a variety of
actions available to local
governments and businesses, such as aggressive replacement of coal - fired energy production with clean energy sources and the implementation of
policies like the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard and tougher vehicular fuel standards regardless of whether the federal
government pursues them or not.