Currency exchange rates can be affected unpredictably by intervention, or failure to intervene, by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks or
by currency controls or political developments in the U.S. or abroad.
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.
For starters, here's an overly simplified explanation of Bitcoin: It's a digital
currency (there are more than 800 now) that isn't
controlled by a central authority such as a government or bank.
In Sweden, where use of cash is vanishing, the central bank is investigating issuing its own digital
currency, the E-krona, out of concern that widespread use of other virtual
currencies controlled by private actors could harm competitiveness.
Known online as «pirateat40,» Shavers allegedly gained
control of as much as 7 percent of the bitcoin market
by promising investors up to 7 percent weekly interest, or 3,641 percent annualized, based on his ability to trade the
currency.
The dollar has also made fresh advances against the offshore Chinese yuan (the rate that isn't as tightly
controlled by the People's Bank of China), indicating a fresh wave of speculation against the Chinese
currency.
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»).
Like Ver and most longtime bitcoin supporters, he's a staunch critic of government and corporate power, attracted to bitcoin because it promises to free
currency from
control by old regimes.
On March 19, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury issued guidance regarding virtual
currency sanctions levied
by its Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC), explaining that OFAC may add specific digital
currency addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List.
Digital
currencies such as bitcoin are issued and usually
controlled by its developers, and are used
by members of virtual communities.
Bitcoin, invented
by Satoshi Nakamoto as the first blockchain application, became the first major
currency in the world not
controlled by a government or central bank.
Known online as «pirateat40,» Shavers allegedly gained
control of as much as 7 percent of the bitcoin market
by promising investors up to 7 percent weekly interest, or 3,641 percent annualized, based on his ability to trade the
currency, and a promise that money could be withdrawn at any time.
But if the independent state of Catalonia will take
control of its economy first
by adopting blockchain
currency, its economic standing in the world, albeit miniscule in terms of dollars and cents, will be cemented.
According to a statement published
by the ASFI, 60 «cryptocurrency promoters» were arrested
by the Special Force to Combat and
Control Crime last week, which claims the detainees were «training» others in how to invest in virtual
currencies.
Cryptocurrency are digital
currencies too, however the important distinction rests in the fact that unlike centralized money that is managed
by the banks on behalf of the governments and the people, cryptocurrencies are encrypted store of value that abides
by the mathematical laws of their design and creation, which is
controlled by the people themselves.
It is not contractually backed
by assets or legal
currency laws, it is not
controlled by a central authority and it is not a tangible good.
Many experts within the foreign
currency community claim that the US Dollar is manipulated and
controlled by the major central banks of the world.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused
by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and
currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a
controlled company.
This focus on centralized
control was apparent in a January op - ed
by PBoC deputy governor Fan Yifei, which called for a digital
currency that would enable the bank alone to verify transaction data.
For 2016, Ferriss offered this money mantra: «The lifestyle value of each dollar you have is determined
by your
control of two other
currencies: time and mobility.»
Foreign countries can prevent their
currencies from rising against the dollar (which prices their labor and exports out of foreign markets) only
by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2)
by imposing capital
controls, or (3)
by avoiding use of the dollar or other
currencies used
by financial speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.»
One of the biggest benefits that the digital
currency has is that it can not be
controlled by a central identity like a corporation or government, thus countries are not able to sanction payments.
Bitcoin, a digital
currency that is traded on a peer - to - peer network independent of central
control, has engendered a wave of creative criminality - from bitcoin theft
by hacking online platforms to potentially using the crypto -
currency in money laundering, bribery and buying illicit products.
All
currencies transferred to us
by Members for use with the Exchange are held in an omnibus client account
controlled by the Exchange.
We minimize the risks associated with the internal market, however, no Central Bank has all the tools that
control the market, cross-border, so at least we need to prevent the risk
by the national
currency.
The major sticking point for many and especially those that currently
control currency and banking is the fact that Bitcoin is not
controlled by a centralized source.
The desktop wallet is the most suitable wallet preferred
by the crypto
currency users since it gives complete
control to the XRP holders over their holdings.
«If the American people ever allow private banks to
control the issue of their
currency, first
by inflation, then
by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.
The company, which controversially retains
control of 60 % of the complete circulation of the Ripple (XRP)
currency it created — despite stressing its independence — has agreed to sink $ 25m dollars worth of it into start - up investments being made
by Blockchain Capital.
In the realms of both cultural development and technical innovation, ignorance and inflexibility are the enemy; Giancarlo stresses that the upcoming generation «see virtual
currency — along with social media — as a means to bypass
control by a failed generation of leadership.»
Unlike the our physical
currencies, the Bitcoin isn't
controlled by anybody.
Cryptocurrencies, being highly transparent, trustless, and antifragile, will have a lot of resilience and appeal in this scenario, especially if the collapse was caused in part
by the qualities of sovereign
currencies (opaque, centralized,
controlled) that cryptocurrencies reject.
This sounds convincing to me; regulators have clearly been caught off guard
by digital
currencies and feel that they «need to be seen»
controlling this wild west frontier.
The exploiter was able to transfer over 3.6 million Ether [ETH], the
currency that funds operations on the Ethereum network, into a vehicle
controlled by the exploiter.
As a store of value, as well as an alternative
currency — unfettered
by government
control — it could become even more valuable in the future.
Unlike regular
currencies, since Bitcoin is not
controlled by any government or bank, the raising of a debt ceiling and quantitative easing can not devalue Bitcoins.
People who are nervous about money backed
by a central bank with unclear
controls — such as China's — have become attracted to bitcoin, an open source
currency that is less influenced
by the state of the economy or any looming geopolitical risk.
Chinese policymakers want to resurrect their reformist image among domestic intellectuals and the middle class
by yielding more power to market forces to determine its
currency exchange rate, which offers some compensation for July's aggressive, command - and -
control intervention in the A-Share market.
not
controlled by any central authority like it's the case with fiat
currency.
Since credit based
currencies are managed
by setting interest rates, on which all
control has been lost, are they managed anymore?
Point 3 seems to state that the central bank of a common
currency area could work more efficient and be more credible when it is independent, compared to national central banks which may be
controlled by the government.
The
currency is created and distributed over a P2P network, and the developers hope to attract users
by exploiting some people's disaffection with the government -
controlled central banks that
control conventional money.
Overestimating
by a small percentage may be a good way to deal with budget variations during the project that are difficult to
control — including
currency fluctuations, inflation, and uncertainty.
Consider past stimulation
by currency - greed, desire for manipulation thus
controlling developement of species.
Yet especially with Republicans taking office in statehouses and governorships since the commitments were made, the standards have been perceived
by some as a political liability: a potentially big - government - seeming program that appears to standardize education across the country when state
control has long been Conservative
currency.
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Central banks
control interest rates like a puppet on a string
by raising interest rates or buying up bonds to increase the value of their
currency, or lowering interest rates and selling bonds to decrease it.
However, those are usually GDRs (global depository receipts) and denominated in GBp (pence) so you'd be visually exposed to
currency rates,
by which I mean that if the stock goes up 1 % but the GBP goes up 1 % in the same period then your GDR would show a 0 % profit on that day; also, and more annoyingly, dividends are distributed in the foreign
currency, then exchanged
by the issuer of the GDR on that day and booked into your account, so if you want to be in full
control of the cashflows you should get a trading account denominated in the
currency (and maybe situated in the country) you're planning to invest in.
Monetary Policy: The techniques used
by a monetary authority (such as the Bank of Canada or the Federal Reserve) to
control the supply of money in a given
currency, typically with the goal of manipulating either inflation or market interest rates.
The nice thing about any of the prior three, is that the
currency becomes inelastic, a store of value, allowing for rational calculations
by businessmen, allowing the economy to grow more rapidly in the long run, so long as we don't let bank credit get out of
control.