Not exact matches
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.
Why you should care: Lynxsy, which presented
at TechStars Demo Day NYC, allows startups to recruit junior talent
on demand.
The associate professor of human resources and management
at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business studies the
demands that high - pressure workplaces make
on people's time, and how they respond.
Early
on, these scarce assets are typically available
at lower relative costs because the sellers / leasers don't initially appreciate future
demand or the scarcity of their offerings.
«OPEC's current strategy hinges heavily
on the prospects of future
demand growth,» Bassam Fattouh and Andreas Economou
at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies wrote in a new paper
on OPEC's policy and choices.
In our study, we found that the majority of
on -
demand workers (89 percent) had
at least a two - year college degree.
Google started out as a search engine, so it is absolutely no surprise that the Google Home is better
at answering questions and searching for random info
on demand.
The company's GeForce 1070 chip set, which retailed
at $ 349 a year ago, was going for up to $ 900 from electronics wholesalers
on Amazon.com Inc Friday, and the same
demand stood behind a stellar set of corporate results
on Thursday.
An analysis of data
on how plugged in, mobile workers are coping with work
demands by Dr. Carolyn Axtell of the Institute of Work Psychology
at the University of Sheffield offers advice for companies hoping to help workers avoid burnout.
On the
demand side, oil
at $ 80 could hurt global oil
demand growth, which was the tailwind last year to help OPEC significantly reduce the oversupply.
The Department of Commerce has hinted
at regulations for
on -
demand businesses.
Speaking
on a panel
at Russian Energy Week 2017, Alexey Likhachev said that by the 2040s the
demand for power will triple.
Business analysts (who were young and fresh out of school, remember) were judged based
on the percentage of their products that were in stock
at any given time, and a low percentage would result in a phone call from a vice-president
demanding an explanation.
In fact, a recent survey found that 86.5 million Americans — 42 percent of the adult population — had used
at least one
on -
demand service, and some 45 million Americans, roughly 22 percent of the adult population, had reported having worked in the growing
on -
demand economy.
Last week, Benjamin Tal, an oft - cited economist
at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, kept things going with a note
on what could be done to restrain international
demand.
It gives parents an idea of when they can expect their baby to be overly fussy,
demanding, or calm
at certain times based
on their age.
THIS JUST IN: DoorDash, a San Francisco - based
on -
demand restaurant food delivery company, is raising $ 535 million in funding
at a $ 1.4 billion valuation.
Depending
on which side of the supply - and -
demand charts you're looking
at, beefing up wages will spur economic growth.
Survivors of the Florida school shooting lashed out
at lawmakers, gun advocates, and even President Donald Trump
on Saturday
at a fiery rally
demanding immediate gun - control measures in the wake of Wednesday's massacre.
In a letter sent to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
on Tuesday, leaders
at 73 civic groups from cities across the U.S. made some
demands on the e-commerce giant.
It is a possible fuel for nuclear fusion that could solve energy
demand on Earth for 10,000 years,
at least.
«
At the same time, the inability for supply to catch up with this
demand drove prices higher and continued to put a tight affordability squeeze
on those trying to reach the market.»
A day after the shooting
at Stoneman Douglas, gun control advocacy groups occupied the Massachusetts State House,
demanding action
on a bill that would prevent individuals who pose extreme risks to themselves or others from possessing a firearm.
As MetaMorph develops its ideas, it can get prototypes made
on -
demand at MacroFab.
With the sharing economy expanding and
on -
demand services booming, there are more rating and review systems being established to help people decide whom to do business with, said Karissa Sparks, the vice president of marketing
at the reputation management firm Reputation.com.
In 2005, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, professors of strategy
at Insead, published the bestselling Blue Ocean Strategy, which posed a simple but breakthrough premise: Companies should stop trying to beat the competition and instead focus
on finding «blue oceans» — new markets or innovations devoid of competition that will create new
demand.
Could easily, affordably printing objects
on demand at home go mainstream?
Trump has reportedly privately urged
at least one person to go
on TV and publicly
demand Trump fire Mueller, CBS News» Jacqueline Alemany reported.
Parrot measures popularity by looking
at Demand Expressions, a measure which (lacking ratings from Netflix, which doesn't release them) combines data
on file sharing, social chatter, Wiki activity, fan ratings, and other factors.
We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based
on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered
at the high end of labour reform
demands.
The American Petroleum Institute puts out its monthly report
on U.S. oil inventories and
demand on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Energy Information Administration releases its own oil inventory report, while Friday brings Baker Hughes» weekly look
at the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the U.S..
With technology continuing to advance
at a rapid clip, the
demands on business to evolve are increasing just as fast.
Launched in 2008
at the Royal Philips Electronics lifestyle incubator in Eindhovern, the Netherlands, the company has two factories where it produces products
on demand, shipping them to customers worldwide.
The point is that
at near zero interest rates, the U.S. has a lot of buffer
on this front, so if there is a reduction in the economy, it will be because of a substantial disconnect between supply and
demand.
Higher
demand for food is also putting pressure
on water resources, says Angelo Katsoras, a geopolitical analyst
at National Bank and co-author of the report.
Bangladeshi family members hold up portraits of missing relatives as they march
demanding the wages of missing workers and the death sentence for the building owner,
at the nine - storey building collapse in Savar,
on the outskirts of Dhaka
on May 14, 2013 (Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty)
The reality, however, is that these
on -
demand platforms are doing a great job
at supplying needed work to the unskilled workforce (i.e., delivery, transportation, etc.), however for skilled small business owners («SMBs»)-- like in the home services sector — the jobs are low paying and the clients are «owned» by the platforms themselves.
Reuters is out with a big piece
on the big changes planned
at U.K. pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline under new CEO Emma Walmsley — including substantial budget
demands.
(Class actions in Massachusetts and California challenging contract worker status
at some of the
on -
demand companies may also alter the landscape.)
The wage
demand, pushed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last week
on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed
at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure
on Mexico's low auto wages.
Maha Ibrahim, general partner
at global VC firm Canaan Partners, which focuses
on technology and healthcare, expects
on -
demand startups to add more premium, white - glove services in the coming months.
But Andrei Sulzenko, a fellow
at University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who has worked
on and studied expert - advice panels like the Jenkins committee, says any proposal that
demands a «machinery of government» change is bound to meet stiff resistance.
Yet much of the fastest job creation in the gig economy is coming
at the highly skilled, highly paid end of the marketplace, where physicians, lawyers, programmers, and other professionals sell their services
on new marketplaces like UpCounsel, Doctor
on Demand, and Upwork.
To see just how you can piggyback onto the «
on -
demand» economy, check out the list of potential business opportunities
at Collaborative Consumer.
Students are generally short of money and have no lack of other
demands on their time (though, let's be honest, plenty of college kids aren't exactly getting up
at the crack of dawn to hit the books or spending every waking hour working).
Some 3.2 million Americans work
at least part time for an
on -
demand service; for about a fifth of them, it's the primary source of income.
LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Sports doctor Larry Nassar is
on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over
at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge
demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.
If you could keep that bundle priced
at $ 15 - $ 20, paired with a slick interface and
on -
demand options, Greenfield thinks 5 - 10 million homes could be interested.
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.
There's a high
demand for babysitting and childcare services, whether it's regularly picking up and dropping off children
at school for two - parent working families or accompanying a family
on a trip as a childcare provider.