Sentences with phrase «best estimate of the cost»

Debt settlement companies are required to deliver a written contract describing the services they will perform and a best estimate of costs.

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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.

However, the self - styled smartest guys in the room still only managed a return on equity of 8.7 percent, well below its estimated cost of capital at around 10 %.

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

A good estimate, according to Volodymyr Bilotkach, a senior lecturer in economics at Newcastle University, is that fuel has typically made up about a third of airlines» operating costs.

It is always best to err on the side of caution and over estimate what things cost as opposed to underestimate.

Because if the cost of capital is 3 %, that's the best estimate of what reinvested profits will earn.

Jack Raudenbush, vice president of the $ 4.6 million company, which is based in Middletown, Pennsylvania, estimates that the change costs a few thousand dollars per year but calls it money well spent: «This was the type of plan our competitors had, and we needed to offer competitive benefits.»

The case stems from an April 2016 sale of 75 CSeries jets to Delta Air Lines Inc. (dal) Boeing claims Delta paid $ 20 million per plane, well below an estimated cost of $ 33 million and what Bombardier charges in Canada.

If Humana does not design and price its products properly and competitively, if the premiums Humana receives are insufficient to cover the cost of healthcare services delivered to its members, if the company is unable to implement clinical initiatives to provide a better healthcare experience for its members, lower costs and appropriately document the risk profile of its members, or if its estimates of benefits expense are inadequate, Humana's profitability could be materially adversely affected.

The best estimates we have are that the compliance costs to importers and exporters of trading tariff - free under NAFTA are around (or above) 1 % of the value of the goods sold.

The company did quite a bit of research into prices at other services and did its best to estimate potential costs when creating its price structure, but in the end, some of those decisions were simply educated guesses, Nagele says.

Bruce Friedrich, the CEO and co-founder of a think tank accelerator called The Good Food Institute, estimates clean - meat products will be available at a high price within two to three years, and he believes they will be cost - competitive within 10 years.

In addition, the year - to - date results do not reflect the regular end - of - year adjustments, which include final tax accrual adjustments as well as estimates of the cost of liabilities incurred during the fiscal year but for which no payment has yet been made.

The PBO has provided credible estimates on the costs of the F - 35 fighter, the costs of the Afghan War as well as credible analysis on the fiscal affects of an aging population.

In the context of considering the NGP's economic burdens and benefits (NGP Report, Volume II, s. 2.4.4), the JRP noted that the concept of «ecological goods and services» was described during the hearing but that, based on the hearing record, the estimated costs for damages to ecosystem goods and services were not well quantified and based on a methodology that is not currently broadly accepted.

But making some assumptions based on prior proposals, our best rough estimate suggests the specified parts of the plan would cost $ 5.5 trillion.

I haven't seen any good estimates of this effect, but given the current «cost» of the federal dividend tax credit regime (roughly $ 3 billion a year), it's probably not unreasonable to think that a 50 + % increase in the federal corporate tax rate (from 15 % to 24 %) might cost the fisc.

The franchisor will go over everything required, as well as a very close estimate of the cost of each item on the list.

While our assessment of Allianz's fair value dropped right after Gross left, it now exceeds our previous value estimate due to better than expected fund flows, the company's cost saving measures and a weaker euro.

We can give you a rate quote based on your current financial situation, as well as an estimate of your closing costs.

From the Federal Aviation Administration, we looked at the number of public use airports in each state, as well as estimated costs to commercial trucking due to traffic congestion in 2016 from the American Transportation Research Institute.

That's because some producers use an accounting method that requires them to take charges when estimates of future cash flow fall below the cost to acquire land and drill wells.

L. Rev. 879, 926 n. 15 (1994)(citing Susan Leibler's well - known study «using reported costs of shareholder proposals in 1976 and 1981 to estimate that shareholder proposals, both included and excluded, during 1975 - 1976 proxy season cost U.S. companies a total of $ 7 million»).

Putting the Estimates on a gross basis provides a more comprehensive picture on the total costs of the program and allows for better oversight by Parliamentarians reviewing the Estimates.

In the future, we hope to have better ways of evaluating medium - term and long - term impacts, which could lead to publishing a cost - effectiveness estimate for GFI.

Whereas estimates from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Living Costs and Food Survey are broadly comparable (123 mL / adult / day versus 168 mL / person / day), the British Soft Drinks Association's figures are threefold to fourfold higher.48 61 The level and pattern of consumption will determine the magnitude of the public health effects of a sugar sweetened drinks tax, as well as its effect on health inequalities.

When FAME bids on an account, Atherton accurately estimates how much FAME can increase sales and predicts expense costs for the benefit of the client, as well as FAME.

Best estimates were that up to 10,000 Wanderers supporters made the interstate journey via all manner of creative, cost saving and practical means by air, road and even rail.

Any cost to employers or government would likely be offset by reduced costs through better retention of working mothers and the greater likelihood of their working to their education / skills levels: Goldman Sachs have estimated an economic boost of 13 % in Europe were gender equity achieved within the workplace.

Similarly, the GOP's own estimates of the costs of requiring more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low - fat dairy in school meals is $ 7 billion over five years, but the direct cost of obesity - related diseases in this country is pegged at $ 147 million (putting aside the other benefits of feeding children well, apart from curbing obesity.)

But while experts agree that breast milk is the best nutrition for infants, estimating the actual financial costs of suboptimal breastfeeding rates is not straightforward.

And the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) estimates it will cost well in excess of # 422 million to get them airborne.

* Develop annual capital plans that detail project needs and justifications, time frames for completion, and estimates of costs, as well as an explanation of how each project relates to NYRA's long - term capital plans and operational goals;

Recommendation: The Acting Commissioner of Social Security should direct the Chief Actuary to better document the methods including data sources, assumptions, and limitations that factor into its estimates of CDR cost savings.

Kellerman said that other economic development credits and spending measure should be vetoed as well, given the lack of transparency and estimated cost, which her group pegs at $ 5 billion per year.

During his initial proposal in 2014, Cuomo said the college programs for 10 state prisons would be publicly funded, with an estimated cost of $ 1 million a year, drawing the ire of Republicans who argued that the funds could be better spent on education for children.

The maximum estimated cost of the aforesaid increase and improvement of the facilities of the District is $ 6,000,000, to be assessed against a benefited area which consists of the entire area of the District, as well as the contracting communities including Erie County Sewer District No. 1, West Seneca District No. 6, Cheektowaga Sewer District No. 3, and Lancaster town sewer districts, all in accordance with their respective proportionate shares of equalized assessed value in the District.

The estimated cost of $ 25 - $ 42 million is well worth it.

Since discovery of the contamination, Saint - Gobain has been paying for bottled water for the town — stacked high in the aisles of a local supermarket — as well as a new carbon - filtration system for the village, at an estimated cost of more than $ 3 million.

He estimates that re-creating the polio virus cost about $ 300,000 and required his expertise as well as a team of graduate students.

For newborns, whose life expectancy increased by seven years between 1960 and 2000, each additional year of life cost $ 19,900 (in constant 2002 dollars) well below various estimates of the monetary value of a year of adult life.

A study in the Journal of Marketing shows that shoppers are not good at estimating the total cost of what they have in their shopping carts.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

The University of California, Davis, estimates that the cost per gram of hydrogen produced from the electrolysis of water will remain more expensive than hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture and sequestration well through the end of the decade.

It estimates the societal burden of 1,400 medical conditions in the U.S. over a 12 - year timespan, based on frequency of diagnosis and health care insurance costs, as well as research publications, awarded grants and clinical trials for each condition.

The study, which analyzed an estimated 144 million patient visits, found a persistent overuse of low - value, high - cost services such as advanced imaging, as well as prescriptions of opioids and barbiturates.

The townships must be relocated (at an estimated cost of more than $ 100 million), so they should stand a good chance of a court upholding a claim that they suffered damages because of global warming.

The NIST estimates that the cost of adding ISAAC to an SEM will be between $ 12 000 and $ 30 000, well below the cost of a new model.

They collated data obtained from international health organisations (WHO and EUROSTAT), as well as national ministries of health and statistical institutes to estimate the total costs of blood disorders.