Sentences with phrase «agreement than a relationship»

Not exact matches

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Actually, my hope is far deeper than to find agreement on how to deal with gay relationships and to decide if gay sex is «sin» or not.

China's Champion Pizza, which sells more than 100,000 pizzas a day, has signed a customer new customer agreement with Fonterra after a 20 - year relationship.

Marriage without sex and physical affection is nothing more than a contractually - binding friendship that absent of an equal share of housework and income is a lopsided agreement, always favoring the party who has backed out of the sexual and physical affection aspect of the relationship (barring reasons such as a failure to maintain physical appearance, substance abuse, or unwarranted infidelity).

However, there have been reports of sugar daddy relationships in Australia becoming more serious and personal than just a professional agreement.

More often than not this agreement is one that is referred to as being a no strings attached relationship.

Yet whether you're a lurker, newbie sugar, or more familiar with sugar daddy dating, maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship often takes more than just a one - time agreement about each others benefits.

At the same time I see that relationship more as a partnership than a traditional agent / author agreement.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Oh, and trade agreements don't actually seem to do anything other than boost your relationship.

One reality is that the agreement was always going to reflect, more than determine, whether the world develops a sustainable relationship with the climate system.

The Company will leverage its procurement team, having supply agreements in place for more than 9 GW of onshore wind in North America throughout the past decade, precise skill and long - term relationships with suppliers to source cost of energy leading technologies.

More rock solid than a verbal agreement, this type of document establishes the working relationship between contractor and homeowner.

The content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, and is less of a restrictive arrangement than it is one that explains the necessities of an evolving relationship.

Prenuptial agreements have a place, especially in relationships where one person has more money or greater assets than the other.

Prenuptial agreements are important now more than ever: as more and more people wait longer to get married, or come into relationships from previous marriages, they bring their personal assets, property, and even children with them.

, the parties to an outsourcing relationship will establish specific metrics to be achieved by the supplier in performing services under the agreement, e.g. 99.99 % server uptime in an infrastructure outsourcing or a call abandonment rate of less than 6 % for help desk services.

On the positive side, this team approach still is likely to be less expensive than resort to litigation.21 Furthermore, the resulting agreement and more positive relationships may prevent many future problems with unknown but potentially substantial costs.

If your dispute can be reconciled, I will work to set up sustainable agreements and structures for your business, but if your situation is irreconcilable, the dissolution of your company may put more than just relationships with stakeholders, suppliers and customers at risk.

While prenuptial agreements can involve uncomfortable discussions, they can be incredibly useful, especially in those marriages in which one party has substantially more assets than the other or those involving children from prior relationships.

Couples in Brooklyn can enter into a separation agreement that details more than just when the couple decided to end the relationship.

This Agreement is intended to bind Recipient and prevent it from disclosing the Confidential Information as herein provided or from using the Confidential Information for purposes other than considering whether to enter into a contractual business relationship, including but not limited to a potential investment transaction (the «Permitted Purpose»).

What I've seen is there's a different approach in China than in Canada — less attention is paid to those kind of agreements in China in that they are more broad based and detail is meant to be dealt with through the evolution of the personal relationship,» he says.

(1) extending negligent misrepresentation beyond «business transactions» to product liability, unprecedented in Texas; (2) ignoring multiple US Supreme Court decisions that express and implied preemption operate independently (as discussed here) to dismiss implied preemption with nothing more than a cite to the Medtronic v. Lohr express preemption decision; (3) inventing some sort of state - law tort to second - guess the defendant following one FDA marketing approach (§ 510k clearance) over another (pre-market approval), unprecedented anywhere; (4) holding that the learned intermediary rule does not apply whenever a defendant «compensates» or «incentivizes» physicians to use its products, absent any Texas state or appellate authority; (5) imposing strict liability on an entity not in the product's chain of sale, contrary to Texas statute (§ 82.001 (2)-RRB-; (6) creating a claim for «tortious interference» with the physician - patient relationship, again utterly unprecedented; (7) creating «vicarious» breach of fiduciary duty for engaging doctors to serve as expert witnesses in mass tort litigation also involving their patients, ditto; and (8) construing a consulting agreement with a physician as «commercial bribery» to avoid the Texas cap on punitive damages, jaw - droppingly unprecedented.

Couples with high conflict in their relationship will probably need more sessions to complete an agreement than would low - conflict couples.

One aspect of relationship building that is sometimes overlooked in the native title context is the position of parties other than those directly negotiating a native title agreement or determination.

For these groups, native title agreements will be achieved through strong, cooperative relationships based on a partnership approach, rather than an emphasis on the legal processes of the NTA.

Underpinning the current family law system is the importance of promoting healthy family relationships, preventing conflict and separation, encouraging agreement rather than litigation, and promoting the right of children to have meaningful relationships with both parents.

Mediation provides a neutral problem solving approach where the problem of reaching a private child maintenance agreement becomes the focus (rather than the relationship between the parents).

A concept which appears to be given general support from government, industry and Indigenous parties alike, is the benefit of negotiating native title, its recognition and its relationship to other interests on the land, through agreement rather than litigation.

Agreements, framed by human rights principles rather than discriminatory principles contained in the Native Title Act, are an important tool for providing a stable and enduring basis for a dynamic and long term relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people over land.

Further, Michigan's real estate statute defines an «independent contractor relationship» as a relationship between a real estate broker and an associate broker or real estate salesperson where there is both a written agreement between the parties stating that the associate broker or real estate salesperson is not considered an employee for federal and state income tax purposes and not less than 75 % of the annual compensation paid by the broker to the associate broker or real estate salesperson is from commissions from the sale of real estate.

If an unanticipated conflict arises between two existing clients (regardless of whether one of those client relationships was created by implied agency rather than an express agency agreement) is in an «implied» agency relationship with you), you should not resolve the conflict by keeping one client and referring the other client to another licensee, because:

Affiliated Business Arrangment means an arrangement in which (A) a person who is in a position to refer business incident to or a part of a real estate settlement service involving a federally related mortgage loan, or an associate of such person, has either an affiliate relationship with or a direct or beneficial ownership interest of more than 1 percent in a provider of settlement services; and (B) either of such persons directly or indirectly refers such business to that provider or affirmatively influences the selection of that provider; and (8) the term «associate» means one who has one or more of the following relationships with a person in a position to refer settlement business: (A) a spouse, parent, or child of such person; (B) a corporation or business entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person; (C) an employer, officer, director, partner, franchisor, or franchisee of such person; or (D) anyone who has an agreement, arrangement, or understanding, with such person, the purpose or substantial effect of which is to enable the person in a position to refer settlement business to benefit financially from the referrals of such business.

No other agreement, expressed or implied, shall be held to impose any greater relationship than that set forth herein.

On unlisted property, REALTORS ® acting as buyer / tenant representatives or brokers shall disclose that relationship to the seller / landlord at first contact for that buyer / tenant and shall provide written confirmation of such disclosure to the seller / landlord not later than execution of any purchase or lease agreement.

REALTORS ® are free to enter into contractual relationships or to negotiate with sellers / landlords, buyers / tenants or others who are not subject to an exclusive agreement but shall not knowingly obligate them to pay more than one commission except with their informed consent.