Sentences with phrase «as this disaster of»

As long as this disaster of a so called manager is gone, I don't care HOW.

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DHAMRAI, Bangladesh — A few hundred workers, activists and relatives of victims of a 2013 garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,134 people and left thousands injured held a rally Tuesday as the country marked the fifth anniversary of the disaster.

Just like the rest of us, Knight had moments of self - doubt and constant flirtations with disaster as he launched and grew his company.

Secondly, if your small businesses or nonprofit is located in a declared disaster area and you have lost money as a result of a disaster — even if you did not sustain physical damage — you could be eligible for an Economic Injury Disastdisaster area and you have lost money as a result of a disaster — even if you did not sustain physical damage — you could be eligible for an Economic Injury Disastdisaster — even if you did not sustain physical damage — you could be eligible for an Economic Injury DisasterDisaster Loan.

«As each natural disaster goes by, we hone our processes already in place so we can react quicker and faster the next time this happens,» said Pete Capel, a 26 - year Home Depot veteran and merchandising executive in charge of the hurricane command center.

Stratollite can fly commercial payloads the size of a small bus to 150,000 feet of altitude, making it possible to quickly and steadily provide services such as weather forecasting, military surveillance or disaster recovery.

Rival Lowe's, which has its own disaster - response strategy, had closed 27 stores as of Monday, but by Wednesday had opened all but four.

But also, take the Frankenstorm's path of destruction as a good reminder to prepare a disaster plan.

The public outcry from an environmental disaster such as an oil spill or violating the pay laws of your employees will cost your business much more than the expenses of being socially responsible.

Yet Saudi Arabia is not without its critics, who lament its poor record on human rights, draconian executions of political prisoners and military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, a conflict that has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country and one which is seen as a proxy war between the kingdom and its regional rival, Iran.

As wildfire continues to rage in Fort McMurray Alberta, energy industry analysts and insurance companies are waiting for the smoke to clear to assess the extent of the economic damage the disaster has wrought.

The San Francisco Chronicle has an account of the event, during which students pitched their projects, such as a new disaster communication system, to faculty and venture capitalists.

«The president just stripped the Department of Homeland Security of its leader, was blasted by the outgoing head of hurricane forecasting for how his budget cuts could set back this work, and lacks any experience (as a senator or governor) with navigating a difficult disaster response.

Melissa Surette, who has studied prisons and emergency preparedness as a researcher at Northeastern University, has documented a history of correctional facilities being hit hard by disasters.

If a leader can not listen to contrary opinions and make informed decisions based on a full range of views, then he / she courts disaster — as Rumsfeld did in Iraq.

And if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.

President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to survey damage from the first major natural disaster to test his leadership in a crisis, as record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston and tens of thousands of people fled deluged homes.

Ask the local chamber of commerce to invite a disaster preparedness expert to speak to employees as one large group, she said.

Cross-train staff in different locations so that if one location has to close as a result of disaster, staff at another location can take over operations.

No one is so naive as to think Basel III or any other set of regulations will prevent financial disasters.

What do the $ 350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common?

As you can see below, often those caps are so low compared to the actual cost of cleanup, some wonder if there's enough incentive to prevent disasters from happening in the first place.

Startups are finding innovative ways to bring food, shelter, and transportation to victims of the hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados that ravaged parts of the U.S. last year, as well as improve safety for those caught in other types of disasters and emergency situations.

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

Disaster films nearly always contain some not - so - subtle commentary on our mistreatment of the environment, but this one was so topical upon its release that it could have been shown as a double - feature with An Inconvenient Truth.

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.

Giving a presentation entitled «Navigating Ambiguity» on Wednesday at the Fortune, Time and Wallpaper * Brainstorm Design conference held in Singapore, the executive director of Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also known as the d.school, observed that people seem to feel a heightened sense of uncertainty across the board — in politics, retirement, medical, disaster relief, even the weather.

The oddity is compounded by the fact that, in recent years, the trappings of the disaster film have overtaken other genres as well.

It is worth noting that businesses can apply for either type of disaster loan assistance, but they can be awarded no more than a total of $ 1.5 million from the two programs unless they qualify as a major source of employment for the region in which they operate.

In the wake of this spring's revelation, the Kraft Dinner story was widely reported as a New Coke disaster cleverly averted.

As an added layer of technology, everyone carries handhelds in the field to stay in touch and their locations are tracked via GPS to aid in fast response to new disasters.

The ripple effect of a disaster on a business can be easily overlooked, as owners focus entirely on rebuilding or reopening.

Bank of America, whose CEO infamously referred to its SBA portfolio as a «damn disaster,» lent $ 136.1 million in 2008; in the first quarter of 2009, the company only doled out $ 3.3 million.

The true nature of this PR disaster is complicated, but when we look at it as entrepreneurs, CEOs and marketers, what's really important here is how Facebook decided to respond.

«As our business is involved with sending people overseas we needed to ensure that we are diversified across many countries and regions to avoid the risks of things like flu outbreak, terrorist attacks, war in the region, government unrest, natural disasters, etc.,» says David.

And if you back up information but store the duplicated materials onsite or in an adjacent building, as some downtown Manhattan businesses did before the terrorist attacks of September 2001, you won't be any better off in a disaster that affects an entire region.

And the penalties for being unprepared can be mighty steep: The American Red Cross, among others, estimates that as many as 40 % of SMBs simply never reopen after a disaster such as a flood, tornado, or earthquake.

Instead of turning setbacks into disasters, they view hurdles as challenges to be overcome and, thus try harder.

He has his critics, to be sure, but the man has spent his entire career studying the depression, and it seems to have paid off, as Bernanke helped bring us back from the brink of disaster — at least for now.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

Owned by Sina Corp., a Yahoo - like web portal that came to prominence in the early day, it's become prominent in Chinese politics, especially around environmental issues, corruption over food safety, disaster response and in Chinese celebrity culture, where a number of actors and singers have gained millions of followers (or «fans» as their called in Weibo lingo).

What disaster will result from the normalization of stupid lies and nonsense as a benchmark for debate over how society should function?

Companies might also benefit, since such a meter could warn them of impending disaster for their business, as was the case last week with United Airlines and its forced removal of a passenger.

Written by insurance - claims specialists at Coopers & Lybrand, the brochure is chock - full of useful information, such as what your company should do during the first 30 days after a disaster, how you should quantify your losses on work in process and finished goods, how to calculate business - interruption costs, and most important of all, how to wrap up all the paperwork quickly.

Across the 55 - county disaster area in Texas and Louisiana, nearly one in 20 sites were out as of Tuesday, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

If you start the clock in 2007, we are nearing a decade of talking about the U.S. economy as either being on the verge of disaster, in the throes of the worst recession since the Great Depression, or stuck in an endless and disappointing recovery.

Lagarde emerged as the new leader of the International Monetary Fund in the wake of Dominique Strauss - Kahn's sex scandal, selected not only for her expertise but also her ability to steer the organization amid a massive PR disaster.

As Hurricane Sandy bears down on Atlantic City, New York, and (eventually) parts of eastern Canada, thousands of businesses large and small are faced with dilemmas related to doing business before, during, and after a potential state of disaster.

However, as The Great Recession taught us (or should have taught us), there is also a place for nonprime / subprime mortgages at the center of an economic disaster.

It's crucial to know how consultants would react to a social media disaster, as well as how they would avoid one in the first place, says David Gerzof Richard, a social media and marketing professor at Emerson College in Boston and president of public relations and social media firm BIGfish.