Sentences with phrase «activities as this issue»

Personally, it was a rewarding day for me as I got to share my thoughts about the state of the business and association activities as this issue's guest editor.

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Shares in Geopacific were up 9.3 per cent today as the company announced a $ 3 million rights issue, with the company planning to step up exploration activity at its Cambodian Kou Sa project.
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.
Shares in Geopacific Resources were up 9.3 per cent today as the company announced a $ 3 million rights issue, with plans to use the funds to step up exploration activity at its Cambodian Kou Sa project.
Think through issues such as what you can offer, how to avoid effectively bribing customers, and the logistics of tracking customer activity and tallying what they receive as a result.
«Given the significant consequences of acting as an unregistered broker - dealer and the increased attention being given to this issue by the SEC staff, private - fund advisers should consider reviewing their practices to determine whether any activities that may be approaching or crossing the line would require broker - dealer registration,» David Blass, the chief counsel of the SEC's division of trading and markets, suggested in a speech last April.
Meanwhile, the FDIC on Nov. 19 issued a financial institution letter for banks it supervises saying that activities operated by a state - chartered bank's LLC subsidiary do not require formal FDIC approval as long as the activity is permissible for a national bank.
Second, the tax bill may do away with 2 specific types of municipal bond issues: tax - exempt advance refundings, which are tax - exempt bonds issued to refinance existing municipal debt, and private activity bonds, which are issued by non-government borrowers such as hospitals, airports, and private universities.
As a preliminary issue, The DFS argues that Chino does not have standing to pursue this claim because his alleged injuries are too speculative and there is no «allegation that [Chino] is actually engaged in activity that would be covered by the Regulation.»
Bank of England governor Mark Carney said this week that the G20 needed to consider how easily digital coins should be converted into other central - bank issued currencies, as well as the role of anonymity, as «a lot of the underlying use of these currencies has been illicit activity».
The IPI newsletter is a quarterly newsletter that is designed to keep you up to date on IPI activities, news on investor education and protection issues, and tips and ideas to help you as you save invest for your life long financial security.
Investors have filed a record number of shareholder proposals on ESG issues this year, with a focus on climate change and corporate political activity, according to the As You Sow shareholder advocacy group.
They often work closely with successful business leaders, helping them to manage both their professional and personal finances and advising on complex issues such as succession planning and philanthropic activities.
2016.12.21 No relief for home owners as Canadian housing affordability continues to slip: RBC Economics Despite cooling home resale activity overall, housing affordability deteriorated further across all markets in Canada in the third quarter of 2016, according to the Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued today by RBC Economics Research...
Specifically, the program will include: hosting of the entrepreneurial team in INTRASOFT premises, business and technology focused guidance and consulting compatible with the team's activities, offered by INTRASOFT staff, as well as business communication services and specialist consultancy services (on administration, legal and financial issues and human resources management).
According to recent reports, Intelligence Agencies in India have just issued an official report stating that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin can be used for the funding of illegal activities, by people who also move their funds through hawala transactions.
As You Sow reports that slightly more than half the resolutions filed thus far address environmental issues and corporate political activity.
The government cited issues of financial instability, tax evasion and black - market activity as their motivations.
Banks typically issue these debt obligations to companies that have relatively low credit ratings, and these companies use the loans to finance transactions such as leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, or similar activities.
The inclusion of these ideas in the CIC report underscores a key point about the importance of Asia for Canada — that Asia's rise matters for all of Canada, and that an Asia strategy should be central to Canadian public policy as a whole, rather than a niche activity for a few line departments that deal with «international» issues.
In its seventh edition, this state of the market report presents investors» perspectives on key issues important to the impact investing industry, as well as analysis of their investment activity, asset allocations by geography, sector, and investment instrument, impact measurement practice, and performance.
The March 12, 2015 issue of Nature magazine contains an essay — not an original thesis, rather a summation — by two English geographers entitled «Defining the Anthropocene,» the subject of which is whether (and starting when) human activity has so altered the global environment as to constitute a new geologic age: the Anthropocene Age, as successor to the 11,000 - year Holocene Epoch that is itself part of the larger 2.6 million year - old Quaternary Period (or Great Ice Age).
So far, it seams folks are still focused on belief / non-belief as the issue when I really think it should be on what is the negative activity that needs to be addressed, regardless of belief status.
«Every week is unique, and pastors are faced with the need to get insight from the Spirit of God to understand the mood and emotional state of the congregants,» said Ríos, citing a rise in depression and marital issues among hurricane victims, as well as concerns over suicide rates and violent criminal activity in the long recovery period.
Similarly, although many schools do excellent work promoting knowledge and understanding of racism and poverty, it is much rarer to find even Catholic schools having Pro-life Awareness Weeks as a standard annual whole - school activity in which pupils are encouraged to understand the justice and coherence of Church teaching on abortion and related issues.
Justice as an issue and a theme is an essential part of mission and the most crucial norm to judge mission activities, but mission is not limited to justice.
As it continues to advance in its reflection and activity with regard to environmental issues, its results will not confront the poor as something purely external, for its policies are shaped with the involvement of their spokespersonAs it continues to advance in its reflection and activity with regard to environmental issues, its results will not confront the poor as something purely external, for its policies are shaped with the involvement of their spokespersonas something purely external, for its policies are shaped with the involvement of their spokespersons.
It seems as though «sexile rights» has become a hot issues on college campuses since Tufts University has banned sexual activity in dorm rooms when a roommate is present.
From this, appropriate activity should issue as a means to attain the valued end - in - view.
I see God as the Patron, and the issue of talents as an allegorical way of expressing activity for the Kingdom of God using familiar social realities (but in keeping with Mark 4:10 - 12, 24 and Matthew 13:11 - 16, the peasants may have taken it too literally and thus missed the whole point — thinking that the unprofitable servant is the hero when he's really not).
But there are several points that deserve special emphasis here: (1) «The radical new view of alcoholism, not as a disease but as a «central activity in heavy drinkers» way of life,» as described by Herbert Fingarette... clearly has transforming implications for conceptualizing and dealing with the ethical issues in alcohol addiction....
Because it defines missionary activities as religious practices to spread a faith beyond its members, «if that is interpreted as the Moscow Patriarchate is likely to, it will mean the Orthodox Church can go after ethnic Russians but that no other church will be allowed to,» according to Frank Goble, an expert on religious and ethnic issues in the region.
A week of worship, music, discussions about faith issues and mission activities, such as «Open the Book» presentations, will take place in a tent run by people from most Christian denominations.
But sure, the relevant issues are more in regard to effectivity, such as that two machines with drivers can harvest a field quicker than a dozen or so men, and while a life without any work can be boring and / or decadent very quickly (and similarly such with no physical activity whatsoever), an overall system e.g. where productivity and numbers are «alpha and omega» seems to be very out of touch not only with nature.
Insofar as the anointing of individuals is central to Pentecostal missionary and evangelistic activities, what about the church's corporate witness on issues related to peace and social justice?
In the last installment of the «fraternal war between my brother and me,» titled «The Only Way Into the Kingdom of God,» H. Richard says that the most significant issue between himself and his brother is not inactivity versus activity, as the essays» titles misleadingly imply.
He added: «The most effective way to deal with it is to accept that it is there, to educate ourselves as best we can about both the benefits and the risks of online activity and to seek to engage our children and young people in meaningful regular dialogue about those issues
The controversy over the injunction issued in October 1997 by Alabama Federal District Judge Ira M. DeMent restricting religious activity in public schools, as well as the continuing controversy in the state concerning Judge Roy Moore's courtroom display of the Ten Commandments, can be....
The timeliness of this encyclical is apparent when I recall the issues I have been asked to address recently as a staff member at the U.S. Bishops» Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.
Food and drinks products marketed on an eye health platform are still relatively few and far between, although activity has increased markedly in recent years, as an aging population is increasingly concerned over issues such as age - related macular degeneration.
Food and drinks products marketed on an eye health platform are still relatively few and far between, although activity has increased markedly in recent years, as an ageing population starts to be increasingly concerned over issues such as age - related macular degeneration.
Primary Opinion intends to raise up to $ 25 million at an issue price of «no more» than 5 cents per share as part of the overall transaction and will need shareholder approval because of the sharp u-turn in the nature of its activities.
The Foundation Council of the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) determines the focus of FiBL activities and acts as a public representative for the institute in strategic, issue - related and financial matters.
Sims» speech also sets out the ACCC's activities in relation to a number of areas of competition law (cartels, anti-competitive agreements and practices, MMP (noting the ACCC has «about» 10 in depth investigations underway)-RRB- and touches on the Harper Review and Murray Report as well as key issues surrounding privatisation, communications and water.
This is where I take issue with our lack of transfer activity as well as Wegner's man management.
If the daytime high temperature in Hampton, Georgia on Saturday or Sunday of race weekend fails to reach at least 50 degrees as observed by the National Weather Service, or if weather issues postpone the day's activities to a different day and fans are unable to attend on the rescheduled date, fans who do not enter the admission gates on the day the event is held will receive an account credit for the full price of their tickets.
And as they age and there's school and activities and birthday parties and childcare issues, it just amps up.
They participated in a variety of activities, including a keynote speaker, discussions with representatives from other schools and workshops on issues such as school engagement and homework.
In addition to the serious psychological and behavioral issues just mentioned, young people are also at risk for reproductive challenges such as prepubescent menstrual cycles, premature sexual activity, unwanted teen pregnancy, single or repeated abortions, single parenthood, and / or giving birth to an unwanted child.
In terms, of long - term effects, a child with a tongue tie may experience mild to severe speech issues, gap formation in teeth, and the inability to do certain oral activities such as play a woodwind instrument.
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