Sentences with phrase «as being an asset to»

As an employer, you have to recognize the qualities of your good employees as they are an asset to any organization.

Energetic with ability to work and function with all others as well as be an asset to my company and remain loyal to myself

Not exact matches

Among the wave of financial technology companies attempting to challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded funds, for fees in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per year.

* In the consolidated income statement, «Depreciation and amortization related to the revaluation of tangible and intangible assets as part of the purchase price allocation process» is now recognized in «Operating expenses».

At the very least, it might be prudent for the BoC to separately take into account asset prices when it sets monetary policies (as I've argued in past columns stretching back to 2007).

«We want to monitor to make sure there's not going to be a resurgence of anti-euro sentiment, which would be negative to European assets and the euro as a currency,» says de la Durantaye.

The regulatory morass leads to endless chatter when swift policy action is required (as in the 2007 asset - backed commercial paper crisis).

«If U.S. rates move too quickly, they will dislocate [high yielding] assets more broadly and the most liquid emerging markets will not be immune to a selloff,» he added, pointing to the 2013 taper tantrum as an illustration of this idea in action.

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.

Parental involvement is a major asset to us as educators — without it, many students fall behind and become apathetic about their education.

By incorporating the 14 Deming principles as a working philosophy, we have been able to strategically increase staff productivity and position the organization as an asset to the manufacturing industry.

And as U.S. economic growth becomes self - sustaining, interest rates can be allowed to rise, which would offer more competition to non-income paying assets such as gold.

In addition, MQ - 9 Reaper drones would be deployed as part of a major increase in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets closer to levels seen at the height of the U.S. engagement in Afghanistan.

Equities as an asset class are not hugely in favour right now, with Goldman Sachs downgrading them to Neutral in May and advising investors to overweight cash in their portfolios.

The area covered by traffickers around the Galapagos Islands is as big as the continental US, Ray said, leaving Coast Guard assets assigned to the area stretched thin.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

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With geopolitical tensions in places like Ukraine, emerging market selloffs in countries like Turkey and U.S. stocks» choppy start to 2014, more investors are seeking out hard assets as an opportunity to diversify a portfolio, hedge against inflation and pursue a solid return in something unrelated to the equity markets.

Perhaps as a result of high going - in costs, PE firms are having to hold on to assets longer to wring out improvements.

It was also helped by a rise in its asset and wealth management division, a business that Wall Street giants are looking to more and more as a more constant and reliable income stream than trading.

While storm clouds gather over office assets and land development comes off the boil, interest in retail property is building as investors look for somewhere secure to park their cash.

All hands on deck As content becomes increasingly important, there will continue to be a greater need for assets.

But having divested most of the family's fossil fuel assets in the late 1990s to set up private conglomerate Coril Holdings Ltd., Ron may not have been feeling the same pain as those in the audience.

It's why, for example, someone like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, as the head of the largest asset manager in the world, has felt compelled to take a stand against short - termism.

A growing number of prominent investors are concluding the yellow metal has lost its status as a go - to asset in times of trouble — perhaps for good.

Now factoring is considered just another kind of so - called «asset - based commercial lending,» a category that as a whole grew from $ 100 billion of credit extended at any one time in the early 1990s to more than $ 325 billion today.

Marks arrived at more or less the same definition of liquidity as Hooper, writing that the way to think about liquidity isn't to ask if there is a market for an asset, but whether you can quickly sell that an asset without taking a huge loss on it.

Or maybe you have been running one as a sole proprietor, even moonlighting on the side, and have decided you need to protect your personal assets from those involved with your growing business.

In April a 40 % stake in its parent, Glencore Agriculture Products, was quietly repatriated by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for US$ 2.5 billion as Glencore shed assets to pay down debt.

Thanks to that anchor tenant, which is locked into 10 - year - plus leases, Thomas Dicker, a portfolio manager with 1832 Asset Management, thinks of Crombie as more of a bond than a stock.

The company's assets include the rights to some of its award - winning films it produced and distributed as well as some of the rights deals to films that are still in production, according to CNNMoney.

As the always - incisive Bryan Roberts, framed it for me in a conversation around this time last year, hospitals «are essentially big capital assets trying to stuff people through them.»

Much as advisers cling to the long - term view of portfolio management, there's something to be said from jumping out and in of over - and underperforming asset classes, at least with money you can afford to put at greater risk.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Ron served as president and chief executive officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management in Boston, a position to which he was named in 2007.

Their research also found that industries such as financial services, healthcare and manufacturing experience the highest level of attacks given that they have massive financial assets, a rich vein of personal data to be tapped, and physical inventories that hold significant value.

Remember though, if you default on a secured loan then the assets or asset class you used as a security could be seized by the creditor in a Court procedure that could also put your company out of business, so there is some element of risk to consider with asset - based financing.

It's not unusual to see companies trading well above 20 times earnings these days, especially more bond - like businesses, such as dividend - paying consumer staples, utilities and other defensive equities, says Arthur Heinmaa, chief investment officer at Cidel Asset Management.

However, it is important to remember that the existing customers are the vital assets that are responsible for making your business run as well as expanding it through word of mouth.

«I'm not going to be dismissive of the risks, but I think markets have priced them in and if anything as we look at the fundamentals of stock markets around the world, the fundamentals of European equities right now are I think significantly better than they are for the United States,» said the managing partner of Triogem Asset Management and global investing expert on CNBC's «Fast Money.»

If you have any valuable assets (i.e. inventory, equipment, vehicles, electronics, property, contracts, pending invoice payments, etc.) you may be able to sell some of these at market value to generate quick cash, or use them as collateral in obtaining a secured loan.

Thiel was rumored to express interest in acquiring the company's remaining assets as a way to shut down Gawker's investigation into the tech billionaire's role in underwriting the lawsuit that led to the company's bankruptcy.

The company said that approximately $ 19 billion of the charge is related to recalculating the value of tax assets as a result of the new corporate tax cuts.

People are going to make mistakes and they will get things wrong, but as long as they are consistently putting in great effort and learning from their mistakes, they will be an asset.

«It poses security challenges that we've never seen before as the first digital asset that is scarce and very valuable, so how to safeguard it is anything but trivial and probably beyond what the average consumer should undertake or have to worry about.»

Mahaney said the move to «heavy» brick - and - mortar assets in the grocery market was a «big acceleration» for Amazon, which had dipped into ventures such as bookstores in recent years.

Japan suffered an asset price bubble at the end of the 1980s and experienced a period that is referred to as «the lost two decades».

Earlier in March, the agency expanded its scrutiny and said it is looking to apply securities laws to everything from cryptocurrency exchanges to digital asset storage companies known as wallets.

CPPIB says farmland is an «attractive asset class» for the board because it delivers historically «stable, risk - adjusted returns» as demand for agricultural products continue to grow.

There are rules already in place for investments in specific registered accounts — RRSPs, RRIFs and TFSAs — to prohibit certain advantages, such as the shifting of taxable income into a registered fund, swap transactions, non-arm's length portfolio investments, and the making of prohibited asset investments in a registered plan.

Generates cash flow, as compared to being asset intensive: Buy businesses for cash flow, and leave assets to property investing.