Sentences with phrase «by policy matters»

A new study by Policy Matters Ohio found that more than 700 Amazon employees receive food stamps, or more than 10 percent of the tech giant's 6,000 - strong workforce in the state.

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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.

«What's at risk is our foreign policy, that it will be influenced not by what matters — human rights, civil rights or legitimate economic interests — but by the Philippines» ability to get in the good graces of our president.»

«It's rare to have employers be caught no matter what,» says David Bier, an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

«It's just a matter of time before you're going to see policies implemented by major consuming countries to deal with the oil situation.

But on Tuesday, Sessions and Trump told America that they were so disturbed by Comey's violations of DOJ policies and norms concerning the Clinton matter that they concluded he must be fired.

Of course, just which matters ought to be left to judgment on a case - by - case basis, and which ought to be categorically determined as a matter of policy, is a hard problem for those who design institutions of all kinds.

Whenever I analyze a policy proposal, I start by using the Public Policy Keltner List, a series of six questions that helps clarify my thinking on the mpolicy proposal, I start by using the Public Policy Keltner List, a series of six questions that helps clarify my thinking on the mPolicy Keltner List, a series of six questions that helps clarify my thinking on the matter.

Because the CNGC already regularly analyzes whether our incentive compensation programs provide proper incentives to our NEOs to achieve our Company's strategic priorities (including ROI) and because our shareholders already receive annual reports on those matters in the CD&A s in our annual proxy statements, we believe the adoption of the policy requested by the proposal is unnecessary, duplicative of practices already followed by the CNGC and our Company, and would result in an expenditure of Walmart's resources and our management's and directors» time that ultimately would not be in our shareholders» best interests.

Our Migration Matters series led by Dr. Eva Busza, APF Canada's Vice-President Research and Programs, along with researchers Valentine Ostaszewski and Amar Nijhawan, will provide a brief demographic profile of each country, describe immigration policies, analyze challenges, and highlight successes.

The goals asserted by the Intel complaint are debatable as a matter of policy.

The liberal media monitoring group Media Matters said Mr. Lehrer had «lost the debate» by missing «repeated opportunities to press Mitt Romney into offering specifics on his policy proposals.»

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Among other matters, the audit committee evaluates the independent auditors» qualifications, independence and performance; determines the engagement of the independent auditors; reviews and approves the scope of the annual audit and the audit fee; discusses with management and the independent auditors the results of the annual audit and the review of our quarterly financial statements; approves the retention of the independent auditors to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services; monitors the rotation of partners of the independent auditors on the company's engagement team as required by law; reviews our critical accounting policies and estimates; oversees our internal audit function and annually reviews the audit committee charter and the committee's performance.

The Government recognises the independence of the Reserve Bank and its responsibility for monetary policy matters and will continue to respect the Reserve Bank's independence as provided by statute.

But investment intentions are helped by government policies that recognize business bottom lines matter and thus can not have costs imposed on them absent real - world conditions.

Family Matters: New Policies for Divorce, Lone Mothers, and Child Poverty, The Social Policy Challenge 8, by Martin D. Dooley et al..

«While there may be differences in the perceptions of both parties by Albertans, and on policy matters which have not yet come up, since the 2015 election, the legislative record of both parties has been nearly identical,» he said in his report.

It was a transparent and disingenuous misreading of political blockages created almost entirely by Republicans as a matter of policy.

Investment professionals who have long relied on Bloomberg for its suite of financial data and analytics now have access to research from Glass Lewis on matters not well covered by traditional investment research: accounting policies, financial statement transparency, corporate governance, litigation and regulatory developments, related - party transactions, executive compensation and board of director independence and quality, among others.

That trend, rather than the published (or «headline») rate which can be affected by «special» factors, is what matters for monetary policy purposes.

No matter who wins, it's another sure sign of shifting political lines, in which political parties are shaped less by policy than identity.

A barrage of such stuff, pouncing on any scandal that could be dug up and chipping away at the pontificate of Pope Benedict, not to mention the usual stuff about the need to elect a pope who would change the «policy» of the Church over such matters as abortion, gay marriage and women priests, had been unleashed almost immediately, once Benedict had been congratulated for bringing the papacy into the 21st century by resigning.

Only when the decision is made as a matter of deliberate policy can the school's ways of relating to its immediate situation truly be governed by its overarching end, be open to self - criticism, and become an integral part of the effort to understand God truly.

It doesn't matter whether the White House is occupied by John Jackson or Jack Johnson — policies that matter don't change.

A complex modern democracy is at a serious disadvantage in dealing with autocratic states as well as in expeditiously conducting its own internal affairs, unless it possesses strong executive powers which are not hedged about in matters of detailed policy and administration by legislative and judicial agencies.

In regard to the decision - making process in matters of energy policy, the document calls for «a national commitment to anticipate serious threats posed by certain technologies to the quality of the community of life and to design appropriate energy policy.

Naturally some of Novak's book has been superseded by events, such as Communism's defeat in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, liberation theology's virtual collapse throughout the Catholic world, and the rise of new generations of bishops and priests who know that economic policy is largely a matter of prudential judgment for the laity.

Cut off for several months from his lecture course, which was now being given by someone else, he was already in less of a central position, an ex-member of a deputation that had failed in its object, and now in a small minority on a matter of policy.

Trevor Single, Chief Executive of the Family Matters Institute told Premier a number of issues will be raised by the policy change.

To what extent is such activity organized by the faculty as a matter of school policy and to what extent by students at their own initiative?

The NCC will exercise recommendatory powers on access and price surveillance issues and will have advisory powers on matters determined by governments, including compliance with the National Competition Policy and Related Reforms Agreement.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

This career change seems to be the culmination of Bittman's gradual evolution from mere recipe writer to food policy thinker, evidenced by his latest book, Food Matters.

«Nothing else truly matters: not the NHS, now in its most severe crisis since its creation; not the real challenge of the modern economy, the new technological revolutions of AI and Big Data; not the upgrade of our education system to prepare people for this new world; not investment in communities left behind by globalisation; not the rising burden of serious crime; or bulging prison populations; or social care; not even, irony of ironies, a genuine policy to control immigration.

Lib Dem policy - passed by a relatively small number of party delegates in a conference hall - didn't matter very much when the party seemed destined to be permanently in opposition.

(d) It further is the policy of the United States that, to the extent permitted by law, all agencies should take appropriate actions to promote clean air and clean water for the American people, while also respecting the proper roles of the Congress and the States concerning these matters in our constitutional republic.

Evidence of any law or policy requiring this approval should as a matter of law, be presented by the petitioners.

No President in recent times has exploited that advantage more than President Obama, whose policy achievements have owed much to his powers not of persuasion but (in national security matters especially) of unilateral decision by means of executive orders.

There are always «winners» and «losers» from any Budget and any policy but Osborne's calculation is that either the «losing» group is so small as to not matter electorally or that by 2020 everyone will have forgotten.

No doubt they were given added impetus by Nicola Sturgeon's announcement of a change in SNP policy, which would see their MPs vote on English health matters that affected the NHS in Scotland.

That seems implied by your comment that the «state's tax climate also matters» and adding that the state faces a $ 4 billion deficit, plus additional lost revenue from federal changes to health care and tax policy, which is estimated to be over $ 2 billion.

Accordingly, administrative officials and employees alike are governed and guided, and in many instances restricted, by laws which establish policies, procedures, or rules in personnel matters.

No matter how isolated this left may appear in the first afterglow of the election, sooner or later it is going to be joined by ever - widening layers of allies in all those sections of society who will suffer as a result of the government's policies.

Chief among the committee's recommendations is the elimination of the mayor's majority on the Panel for Educational Policy, which decides on school co-locations, closures and other important matters and which has never rejected a proposal brought by the city under the Bloomberg administration.

It doesn't matter that Labour will balls these policies up, what matters is that GDP not a Happy Planet Index or GWB are now acknowledged by both sides to be the key buttons to public popularity.

By ejecting most of the policy matters, Ortt said, the final set of deals «yields a better product and a better spending plan.»

De Blasio and incoming NYPD commissioner James O'Neill said Tuesday they would examine the city's policy on the matter after POLITICO New York reported that Officer Daniel Pantaleo boosted his salary by more than 20 percent in the two years since he was placed on modified duty following his role in the 2014 death of Eric Garner.

2) On the matter of vehicles bought by ex-government officials, Mr Kusi Boafo and his principals are aware of a long - standing policy under which salon cars aged two years and above are permitted to be bought by departing government officials.