There is a concentration on macro factors, such as the DJIA, Gross Domestic Product, interest rates, employment numbers, with a consequent denigration of important micro factors, such
as appraisals of managements, appraisals of a company's ability to finance its activities and analysis of a company's competition, and appraisals of a company's ability to innovate.
Here, heavy weight is assigned to readily measurable asset values as well
as an appraisal of managements» abilities to increase these net asset values over the long term.
Not exact matches
Magnetar's tactic
of filing lawsuits challenging takeover valuations in order to make money, also known
as appraisal arbitrage, has become increasing popular with hedge funds in recent years, especially in the merger litigation hotbed
of Delaware.
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.
The Wall Street Journal estimates that Dell will only have to pay about $ 35 million to the remaining
appraisal plaintiffs
as a result
of Monday's ruling, with about $ 25 million
of that going to the hedge fund Magnetar Capital.
But the tone
of what Bloomberg released publicly — which it refers to
as a summary — differed conspicuously from Hoyt's detailed, warts - and - all
appraisals at the Times.
«The conclusion about a company's value will be based on an analysis
of all kinds
of information, such
as the historical profit - and - loss picture, other financial records, the customer base, internal controls, key employees, competitive details, and much more,» says Catherine Bienert, CEO
of Bottom Line Management, an Atlanta business - brokerage and business -
appraisal firm.
Low closing costs is based upon analysis
of application,
appraisal, and origination fees for competing U.S. lenders
as compiled by an independent third party research firm on a quarterly basis.
The decision has received a good deal
of attention from the press and commentators, largely because the Court rejected the use
of the transaction price
as compelling evidence
of fair value, despite several recent Delaware
appraisal decisions that have relied heavily or exclusively on the transaction price.
Books: Human Resources in the Family Business: Maximizing the Power
of Your People This book will help HR managers and founders / owners develop a formal process within the company and also provide insights from family firms on how to manage sensitive topics ranging from family member compensation; family member
appraisal, etc., and serves
as a guide to HR managers struggling to get a «seat at the table» in family firms.
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of real property are typically deductible at fair market value
as determined by a qualified
appraisal, obtained by the donor.
Pursuant to the DGCL, stockholders who properly request and perfect
appraisal rights in connection with such merger or consolidation will have the right to receive payment
of the fair value
of their shares
as determined by the Delaware Court
of Chancery.
All
of my education courses were created / administered locally via UBC / Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario) respectively whilst I studied / practiced
as a Real Estate Appraiser Candidate (over a five - plus - year period whilst completing thousands
of appraisals under the tutelage
of my boss).
Another portion
of closing costs is shelled out to third - party service fees, such
as credit reports, surveys,
appraisals, attorney costs and flood certification.
By ignoring the chief
of defence staff's «
appraisal of the insurgency
as a complex and challenging entity» and seizing on his «rosy assessment»
of the mission's progress, the Ottawa press gallery almost seemed to still be «mourning the departure
of the last chief
of defence staff and venting that emotion on poor old Natynczyk,» Taylor suggests.
End User acknowledges that the Consumer AVM reports provide estimates
of the value
of real property and other information related to value based upon the application
of valuation models to available data and do not constitute
appraisals or broker price opinions
of subject properties and may not be relied upon
as such.
Our
appraisal of what any company is worth is based on quantitative factors like its growth rate and returns on incremental capital
as well
as on qualitative factors like its management quality and stability
of cash flows.
The
appraisal for your refinance loan serves
as proof
of current value.
Your lender may also require a current
appraisal as part
of the line
of credit application.
The book's honest and blunt
appraisal of the human condition provides a healthy corrective to the occasionally excessive self -
as.
Surely much more thought and honest discussion between Christians is needed on this point,
as well
as a more realistic
appraisal of the actual demonstrated methods
of Jesus.
Even though our account has not yet set forth the image
of pastoral care, we can still make a preliminary
appraisal of the preaching image to see whether,
as is often charged, it is in opposition to the ministry
of pastoral care.
The purpose
of such an
appraisal may indeed be to make possible a decision,
as in connection with passing or failing a formal course.
I am attempting to furnish a very broad sketch
of the variety
of Indian Christian perception
of God - Christ relations
as a background for a more detailed
appraisal of insights on the same subject from a mystical tradition
of Islam.
If political life itself is a struggle with reality, interpretation,
appraisal, and appreciation
of values,
as I believe it is, and if truth is the connection between reality and interpretation, then the problematic nature
of truth lies at the center
of our time's travails with distributive justice, with the balance
of nature, and with peace.
A realistic
appraisal of human nature leads to a view
of democracy
as a dyke against the flood
of self - interest,
as a means
of approaching basic justice in relationships between people who are by nature inclined toward injustice because they look first to their own advantage.
An eloquent critique
of secular rationality
as the only basis for a discussion
of a republic's virtues is Kent Greenawalt's Religious Convictions and Political Choice (Oxford University Press, 1987), an
appraisal of Bruce Ackerman, John Rawls and other philosophers.
In addition, the twelfth - century pope Innocent III's pessimistic
appraisal of humanity is quoted to exemplify medieval gloom, followed by» in the very same chapter» a defense
of the contorted portraits by Gorringe's contemporary Francis Bacon
as «help [ing] us see the truth about human beings.»
Let it be said at the start, therefore, that I have no desire to stigmatize or laud any type, but only to give
as fair an
appraisal as possible with the hope
of seeing what can be learned from types other than our own.
The notion
of the people, i.e.Minjung, and
of small - scale movements and initiatives which represent them, is from the Christian point
of view partly a socio - ecclesial vision in the sense
of a theological
appraisal of the church
as social reality in the larger body politic, and partly eschatology in the sense
of a vision
of the ends worked out within, and ends which extend beyond, human history.
The
appraisal that God makes is worked out in what He does — or, in words that describe the creative advance
as we know it, the
appraisal is worked out in terms
of what is taken into, and what is rejected from, the «consequent nature»
of God, God
as He is affected by what occurs in the world; and then, in what use is made
of what has been thus taken or received in the furthering
of the project or purpose
of God, the implementation
of good «in widest commonalty shared».
But second, the understanding
of love itself has been sentimentalized,
as I have said, and hence it has been thought that love has nothing to do with
appraisal, evaluation, and the honest recognition
of things
as they are and persons
as they are, however much we may love them.
History,
as well
as the society
of our contemporaries, is in the same case — not enough is known
of human «depths»,
as the psychoanalysts put it, for any
appraisal to be entirely accurate.
As mortal life in its finality, death introduces into our mortal existence the fact
of appraisal.
But God, who is love, who is «the fellow - sufferer who understands», and whose wisdom penetrates all that is actual and is aware
of the relevant possibilities (but
as possibilities, not in whatever may be made actual among them, for that is «open» until it happens and God's omniscience can not mean that He knows, hence must determine, what will occur before it occurs), can make an
appraisal that is both accurate and merciful — that is «just» and loving.
When death comes,
appraisal must also be made in the same way, for the total pattern
of a given human life, made up
as it is
of a particular «routing»
of occasions bound together in the fashion we indicated earlier, has also contributed, or failed to contribute, in its very totality, to the creative advance in good.
But because the society
of our fellowmen, intimate or remote, is marked by the same mortality which is ours
as persons, while the whole sweep
of history
as we experience and know it is also a mortal history — under the sign
of death — any
appraisal made in this way is also limited and partial.
In an essay which served
as a sort
of manifesto for the theological radicalism
of a few years ago, William Hamilton selected himself, Paul van Buren, and Thomas Altizer
as being most representative
of the «death
of God» movement.1 Hamilton's placement
of Altizer centered around an
appraisal of the latter's Mircea Eliade and the Dialectic
of the Sacred.2 His characterization is, in most respects, an accurate one.
The reality
of death
as a fact: the inescapable element
of decision and the consequences in searching
appraisal: the social or communal nature
of human existence, coupled with the honest recognition that no man is in and
of himself a perfect agent
of the purpose
of God and the love
of God: the joy
of fulfillment with one's brethren in the imperishable reality
of God: and the terrible character
of evil — these were values which the older scheme somehow affirmed and expressed.
Having made the decisions we have made and having become what we are in consequence
of those decisions (although obviously other factors have entered in
as well), we can not evade or avoid
appraisal in terms
of them.
Too often the essays treat the categories that define literature, and that enable us to talk about it critically,
as though they were given with creation itself, and that all the general reader requires to appreciate the Bible
as a literary document is a little (or a lot
of) «expert literary
appraisal.»
Judging the constitutionality
of laws by the Court's «
appraisal of the wisdom
of legislation,»
as he accused the Court
of doing in this case, «is an attribute
of the power to make laws, not
of the power to interpret them.»
This bears recalling not
as an indulgence in sentimentality but rather so that we might make an honest
appraisal of precisely whence we came to arrive at where we are now.
An
appraisal and comparison
of the 1958 World Series teams: how they throw, hit, field and run — and which
of the two should emerge
as World Champion
He was hailed
as the messiah who has come to don the number 10 jersey given bundle
of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, he's wasted it on dope and self
appraisal with the help
of the british hype, oh!
An interim city
appraisal of the parks - fair agreement says it is loaded with «profit centers for the park district, «that are «inadequate and improper
as public benefits after the fair.
According to a 2013
appraisal of the building, the club would need about $ 500,000 in maintenance improvements, projects that include replacement
of the heating and air conditioning system
as well
as some
of the pool's equipment.
EHE advisers are the subject
of line management review and
as such training and
appraisal is a part
of this process.
The report finds makes a list
of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades
as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility
as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort
of businesses · Promote and develop the UK
as an international hub
of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding
of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations
of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK
as an international hub
of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding
of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK
as an international hub
of construction excellence,
as a core part
of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs
of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project
appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House
of Commons later today.
On first
appraisal it's easy to dismiss this event
as something
of an amusing oddity (unless you work for the architect perhaps).