Sentences with phrase «as at any time in»

Both the Tankan survey and the Shoko Chukin survey of small business suggest conditions in the manufacturing sector are as strong as at any time in the past 15 years or so.

It would appear that the collapse of Judah's capital could have been accomplished then as easily as at any time in the period of Assyrian ascendancy.

The Prime Minister finds himself as politically impotent as at any time in his troubled premiership, at once unable to dominate the economic argument and stripped of moral authority, even around his own cabinet table.

Not exact matches

As an introvert, at the time I was more focused on building my writing portfolio, and less interested in coaching executives on their communication strategies.

Howard Rowen, a financial adviser at Bank of America in Los Angeles, told the Times that Snap's employees should think of this moment as a «once - in - a-lifetime» opportunity.

As the train rumbled on, the man pulled out the gun at least three times, according to an account in the San Francisco Chronicle.

A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

Regardless of what area of your business you might be thinking about outsourcing, the bottom line here is that taking part in this extremely worthwhile activity will give you the opportunity to expand your business at the same time as saving costs.

During Sessions» confirmation hearings in 1986, Thomas Figures, who was an Assistant United States Attorney for seven years and an African - American working for Sessions in Alabama at the time, alleged that Sessions referred to the NAACP as «un-American» and repeatedly referred to Figures as «boy.»

At the same time, Foot Locker shares, already down sharply this year, tumbled 25 % in heavy trading as the retailer reported that comparable sales fell 6 % in the second quarter — a stunning result given the 1.7 % increase expected by Wall Street, according to Consensus Metrix.

CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

Spacey, who stars as President Frank Underwood in the acclaimed series, has been accused of making unwanted advances on Anthony Rapp, who at the time was 14 years old.

«She lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» she said, and her words sparked emotions of anger and, at the same time, the motivation to fight for change.

Design trends change quickly, and in the span of a decade or two, the fonts, colors and shapes that seemed cool at the time could be laughed at in the modern era as nostalgic leftovers.

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.

«Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development and no company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel,» said Georgiadis in a statement «As a parent, I have seen this first hand and am honored to be joining the Company at this exciting time of renewed focus.»

I think on a personal level, I don't think I was as emotionally prepared to leave the company and not meddle at that time in my life.

A Snap employee told the Times that the company was looking at ways to educate employees on financial management before the IPO, such as bringing in professors from Stanford to talk about how employees» lives can change after working for a company that goes public.

On April 26, 1986, a radioactive release many times as large as the that of the Hiroshima bomb occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union.

By avoiding the task of employing extra staff members or handling operations such as payroll and web development, employees at a company will also be able to free up more time to focus on delivering their goods to their customers and carrying out the tasks that they were employed for in the first place.

But Sandberg is also still adjusting to life as a single parent after the passing of her husband, Dave Goldberg, and, at 46, she has time to gain political experience in a more junior capacity before possibly building a political career.

Fill your cart by shopping the Express and Standard Boxed items (which are kept separate for your convenience, as you can see above), choose a delivery date and time slot when you'll be home to receive them at checkout (up to 5 days in advance), and one of Boxed's «Boxed Shoppers» will head to the store, shop for you, and deliver the fresh foods to your door at the chosen time.

Pinker took an in - depth look at the life - long habits of centenarians in Sardinia, an Italian island that boasts six times as many centenarians as the mainland, and ten times as many as North America.

When you climb into a Tesla (tsla) as a first - time passenger, drivers turn giddy at the chance for show - and - tell — especially in China, where Vanessa Zhu is playing host on this sunny spring day in Beijing.

It's also notable that the deal was made possible because Vice President Mike Pence was, at the time, still governor of Indiana, which granted Carrier $ 7 million in tax incentives as part of the negotiation.

Flipkart had vetoed an approach from Amazon for a 51 to 55 percent stake in the company two years ago, a source told Reuters, judging its offered price as far too low at the time.

In January, for example, President Obama mentioned the importance of small businesses as innovators and props to the economy in his State of the Union address at least half a dozen timeIn January, for example, President Obama mentioned the importance of small businesses as innovators and props to the economy in his State of the Union address at least half a dozen timein his State of the Union address at least half a dozen times.

Finally, visitors to Digital London will vote on the winner who will receive a collection of business - boosting goodies including, of course, exposure, as well as an exhibition stand at next year's Digital London event, access to Wazoku's idea - management software, production time in a video suite to record a promotional video and # 200 to spend at Moo.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell about 69 cents at the time of the tweet, before trading down 0.8 percent at $ 73.17 a barrel as of 2:31 p.m. in London.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

As you've no doubt guessed, it's a digital revolution that calls into question the very principles of education, prompting Peter J. Wells, chief of higher education at UNESCO, to remark that: «Industry employers contend that half of what students learn in the first two years of a four - year technology degree will be out of date by the time they graduate.»

That includes his Avant co-founders Paul Zhang, 28, and John Sun, 30, both of whom started out as college interns at Enova, then transitioned into full - time employees, before striking out on their own to start Debteye, a personal financial management software company in 2011.

And Belt and Road (as China's government has rebranded it) helps China earn diplomatic goodwill at a time when the U.S. and Europe appear less willing to invest in economy - building abroad.

(See Why You Never Saw it Coming) At the same time, in the good news category, once we're free of the drudgery of dragging all the usual stuff home, our actual shopping at the market may once again be an awesome experience rather than an unavoidable chore as well as an opportunity to discover and try new thingAt the same time, in the good news category, once we're free of the drudgery of dragging all the usual stuff home, our actual shopping at the market may once again be an awesome experience rather than an unavoidable chore as well as an opportunity to discover and try new thingat the market may once again be an awesome experience rather than an unavoidable chore as well as an opportunity to discover and try new things.

Hart was on the investigative Senate committee that looked into CIA abuses in the 1970s, and became an outspoken critic of the excesses of the spy establishment — just as Richard Nixon was secretly battling the CIA, the Pentagon, and corporate interests at the time that the Watergate scandal began to undo his presidency.

At the same time, part of the quarterly sales short fall was the lock of new innovative products as well as a decline in shoes that only recently had been best sellers.

I'd also recommend that you plan your venue and time of day strategically in advance as coffee shops can get pretty busy and quite noisy at certain times of the day.

And if you couldn't be there in person, I hope you got to follow the live - stream as well as the terrific session reports my colleagues at Fortune and Time wrote up lickety split.

Most contracts don't explicitly discourage talking politics, but there are often clauses that state that, as company ambassadors, employees must behave in accordance with the principles, the values and the mission of the organization at all times.

You want to get to a there, a point in the future (usually three to five years out) at which time your business will have a different set of resources and abilities as well as greater profitability and increased assets.

However, the new report comes at a particularly inopportune time for Cuban, as it follows a high - profile Sports Illustrated report, published two weeks ago, detailing «a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior» in the Dallas Mavericks organization.

Ian MacGregor entered the oil and gas industry in 1969, splitting his time between studying mechanical engineering at the University of Calgary and doing shifts as a night watchman at the machine shop where his father worked.

I'm not just talking about Square's losses ($ 154 million in 2014, which the company's on track to match this year), its disastrously expensive deal with Starbucks (which cost it $ 28 million in 2014), or Dorsey's other CEO job at Twitter (which, as the Square prospectus drily notes, «may at times adversely affect his ability to devote time, attention, and effort to Square.»

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Five minutes spent fully engaging with one person as if he or she is the only thing in the room at the moment is worth 10 times more than 15 minutes half - heartedly tittering on about the dullest subjects.

Instead, you need to do as Gary Vaynerchuk prescribes in his Investing in the Long Game vlog and build your fan base one block at a time.

«I religiously read at least five newspapers — The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, and San Jose Mercury News — as well as a wide range of industry blogs, from TechCrunch to Marc Andreesen to Fred Wilson to HubSpot to several in the data storage industry.

At the same time, Canada's American export market, worth $ 31 billion in 2005, is dwindling to almost nothing as a result of growing shale gas production stateside.

Just six weeks elapsed from the time Cornell first showed up at Story in September, introducing himself as «Brian from Target,» to the opening.

Though Knight announced plans in June to step down as Nike chairman, he's leaving the $ 30.6 billion — in sales — company in better shape than ever, with the stock and revenues at all - time highs.