Sentences with phrase «business event of our time»

Far more than what's happened to banks and auto manufacturers, it's the most important business event of our time.

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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.

It's my time to listen to NPR and find out how world events might be affecting our travel business, to mediate on the beauty of my drive down the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut, to make a few personal calls, and to reflect on how grateful I am for what waits for me on the bookends of my drive.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

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.

The tacit endorsement of the event by top U.S. tech executives comes as China introduces strict new rules on censorship and data storage, causing headaches for foreign tech firms permitted to do business in China and signaling that restrictions banning others are unlikely to be lifted any time soon.

«What happens most of the time is that we show up at the event, deliver our speech, hand out a few business cards, and cross our fingers that it turns into something more,» says Dixson.

The cumulative cost of the small - business owner's investment includes time spent by staffers to prepare bids, travel cost to contracting conferences, shipping costs of documents and money spent at matchmaking events, says Weeks.

This concept, often known as time - blocking, can completely revolutionize a business because tasks are given a place of priority among all the calls, meetings, commuting, haircuts, kids» soccer games and other daily events.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

The partnership agreement is going to be the equivalent of your business pre-nup, and now is the time to think about what happens in the event of a separation or divorce.

As your business grows so does your address book, your LinkedIn profile, your networking event invitation list and your lack of free time!

Wood is not only one of the most senior employees at Bloomberg, but he also takes time to mentor LGBT staff and has spoken at a number of events, panels, and conferences about being an openly LGBT leader in business.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Attending networking events without a strategy takes time, money and doesn't guarantee you'll meet the kind of people you need to improve your business.

The two - day event in New York City, sponsored by Time Warner, highlighted the «State of the Network,» and offered insight on exciting new initiatives planned for 2015/2016, in addition to a focus on our certified women business owners.

Beyond the absurdity of basing investment decisions on a temporary weather event, these recommendations can be harmful to investors because they involve some stocks with very shaky fundamentals at a time when market volatility makes investing in strong businesses all the more important.

Newsletters can be sent to the email list you've built from the people who provided the necessary information on your website, for instance, providing these potential customers with news updates about your company, upcoming events and / or special offers — and, of course, reminding them that your business exists and that maybe it's time for another visit.

I have been critical of the Globe «s business reporting practices in the past (especially its tendency to quote Bank economists as «objective» observers of economic events) but on Saturday, it ran one of the best business pieces I've read in a long time.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

In November, Palihapitiya caused a stir when he told the audience at a Stanford Graduate School of Business event that he felt «tremendous guilt» about his time at Facebook.

Lead analytics expert technical consultant teams in delivering project implementations and configurations Strategist for Client Implementations of Adobe Marketing Cloud Products (AEM, Analytics, Target, Social, Campaign, etc.) Participate and lead internal brainstorming and creative thinking sessions that solve client / prospect digital marketing roadblocks, customer roadmap & journey strategies, technical integrations, and discover upsell opportunities Leverage digital marketing consulting skills to assess client's requirements in aligning proper resources and provide on - time delivery of the scope of work Key strategic member of sales and business development teams by providing expert solutions to prospects leading to purchasing content management systems such as Adobe AEM (CMS & Communities), Target, Campaign, Analytics and other digital marketing technologies and services Collaborate with all business units including: consulting, technical, sales, and marketing Developed acquisition & demand generation strategies via event, email and content marketing programs Establish excellent sales and client retention strategies and demand generation by providing guidance through evaluation of current technologies and sourcing of complementary products and services to recommend Created sales strategy to increase sales pipeline and focus on opportunities in both inbound and outbound marketing Co-Sell, Cross-Sell, Upsell & Strategize with Partners.

As a matter of fact, most people that runs event planning business choose to run the business alone or at most with a handful of full — time employees just for the sole aim of reducing overhead, and maximizing profits.

My reading of the episode is that the extraordinary financial events of September and October 2008 — several large financial failures, large - scale rescues of major institutions, enough incipient systemic concerns about banking systems to lead governments to issue guarantees, investor panic on share markets — were all observed in real time by households and businesses right around the world.

«Any failure in our ability to appropriately and timely process and address a large number of identity - related events taking place at the same time could result in a loss of members, harm to our reputation, and other damage to our business.»

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Michael Held, Executive Vice President of the Legal Group, and General Counsel (Speaker) Date: Wednesday, May 17 (EDT) / Thursday, May 18, 2017 (China Standard Time) Time: 10:30 PM EDT (10:30 AM China Standard Time) Subject: Lawyers and Risk Management Event: Speech at University of International Business and Economics Organizers: University of International Business and Economics Location: University of International Business and Economics Beijing, China

But any larger and more formal process could actually get way more complicated in part because, as best I understand it, most of that core list of people she's mentioned had at the time of the main events all kinds of «interlocking connections» via business companies, tax - exempt non-profit church (es), and a tax - exempt non-profit corporation.

«We had been building our catering business for years, but once we got the venues at the stadium — which are large event venues with great views — we've gone into a whole new realm,» LaPean says, noting the catering business has grown from one wedding a year at the time of his arrival to 20 weddings annually.

At the same time, 83 percent of visitors were pleased with the positive business prospects, with each exhibitor praising the quality of the trade visitors and recommending the event.

These include the two - day Good Food EXPO at Chicago's UIC Forum, held most recently on March 23 and 24, 2018; the Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference, a business - and - investment - focused gathering that will be held on June 19, 2018 as a stand - alone event for the first time, after formerly being part of the Good Food EXPO; the Good Food Accelerator, with its fourth cohort of competitively selected entrepreneur Fellows graduating on April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food Safety.

Students must be mindful that foodpro is a business event and as such need to be respectful of Exhibitors and their time.

Sharing knowledge and ideas and making new contacts is one of the key aims of the event, and the conference programme allows ample time for networking and doing business.

Founded in 1992, the Alliance keeps the neighborhood clean and safe, promotes local businesses, manages area improvements and produces major annual events including New Year's Eve, Solstice in Times Square and Taste of Times Square.

I also loved the emphasis on Australian businesses in this show — sure, we saw Costco, but the majority of businesses there with stalls had Australian roots There was a lot of eating and coffee facilities (despite not knowing about them earlier) and it was well organised, with majority of events running on time!

Imahira's place of business is the golf course and last week he was expected on the tee at Sheshan International GC for a 10:35 a.m. (local time) to continue toiling away at the WGC - HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.

A study by sports agency Prime Time Sport to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Soccerex, a football business event, has named the 20 most valuable Under 21s in Europe, reports Sky Sports.

All of the events will be conveniently located at the enormous Ernest N. Morial Convention Center including all education sessions for the NAYS Youth Sports Congress, the NAYS Academy for Youth Sports Administrators (for those earning their CYSA for the first time), and the Athletic Business Show as well as the keynote and trade show.

In addition, the local community greets the thousands of Tough Mudders with enthusiasm and support every time the event is in town, as evidenced by many local businesses donning the trademark orange and black pennant banners and huge welcome signs.

I was so blessed to learn so much at the Disney On - the - Road event for how to grow my business and manage being a mom at the same time, I wanted to share some of that information with other moms.

«I was shocked when I learnt about this event on social media, at a time when as a country we're cutting budgetary support to various institutions and as such we the citizens would want to see some seriousness in government business, the Akufo Addo administration is rather thinking of a celebration.

For the second time in about a month, area business officials have been energized by the prospect of a visit by Cuomo to Jamestown only to see the event quickly postponed.

«So that the next time we have a heavy downpour, the creek, rather than rising up, will actually collect the water and hold the water for the period of the weather event and stop it from flooding businesses and homes,» Cuomo said.

Last night, we talked with Robert LaValva, the founder of the market, about the tough times being experienced by local businesses, and about this weekend's event.

«I may not always agree with David on the issues, and we may see things differently from time to time, but I believe he is a better choice for Congress in the 9th Congressional District,» Koo said at an event Aug. 18 at the headquarters of the Flushing Chinese Business Association.

A month after the fundraiser, the Times Union profiled the close ties of Nicolla and Jennings and the many professionals who attended that event and, in some instances, were deeply involved in the city's political and business landscape.

The event in Sydney started at noon local time with a lineup of speakers who found themselves addressing a crowd that filled Martin Place, a pedestrian mall stretching for several blocks in the central business district.

From cellular telephony (HLRs, fraud detection, real time processing of CDRs), banking and finance (detecting fraudulent card payments and money laundering), business intelligence (real time data warehousing and scalable targeted advertising), safety (mitigation of denial - of - service attacks, processing systems security events), sensor networks (processing output of massive sensor networks) to domotics (smart buildings), to name but a few.

Event: BioJapan 2016 Speaker: Dr. Mark Zimmerman, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development Presentation: Front - line R&D of Regenerative Medicine Products Date / Time: October 14, 3:00 pm JST Location: Annex Hall F205 / F206, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan