Sentences with phrase «by financial interest»

The utilities and coal companies who created the outrageous ad are motivated purely by financial interest.

It was usually prompted by financial interest, and while it technically wasn't legal to force an adult woman to marry against her will, I don't think that right was well enforced.

I think that Sanders is right in his central point that financial policy is overly influenced by financial interests to its detriment and that it is essential that this be repaired.

Despite these features, ours is a comprehensive, robust assessment, uninfluenced by financial interests of online dating service providers, that merits consideration.

We are writing now to express our concern at Taiwan's transition away from clean, nuclear energy to fossil fuels, warn against a misinformation campaign being waged by financial interests, and encourage a democratic resolution to Taiwan's energy crisis.

Add to that: 3) Shameless speculation by financial interests, which have nothing to do with food interests...

There is no such thing as a license to practice divorce mediation (Since a license involves the state, and since the laws that a state enacts are greatly influenced by the financial interests of lawyers, that is not something that divorce mediators should be advocating for).

Not exact matches

Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together, says, «People's relationship to money is not rational, it's emotional... We need to focus more on the psychological blocks and triggers that stand in people's ways, instead of just explaining how to budget or the importance of compound interest.»

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.

The challenges facing the five men's successors, all chosen from within, include basement - dwelling interest rates, an ever - growing housing bubble, and the threat of disruption by financial technology upstarts.

Another interesting way that Warby Parker stimulated sustainable growth was by sharing its financials despite being a private company.

An Oval Office bill signing attended by lawmakers and financial services interest groups devolved into a venting session about Richard Cordray, the embattled director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to six people in the room and two people briefed on the convfinancial services interest groups devolved into a venting session about Richard Cordray, the embattled director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to six people in the room and two people briefed on the convFinancial Protection Bureau, according to six people in the room and two people briefed on the conversation.

The latest change in tone may also reflect an additional concern - that low interest rates are fostering financial instability by promoting bubbles in asset prices and stimulating excessive credit creation.

Those federal rules, which double down on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to lenders issued by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest rates, impose additional limits on mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel financial institutions to share the risk by taking out insurance policies on low - ratio mortgages.

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

To tweak interest rates, the Fed adjusted the federal funds rate, also known as the interbank lending rate, which is used by financial institutions to set the prime rate, or the base rate upon which other interest rates are set.

«Boeing's book of business wasn't hurt by a little wage inflation or modestly rising interest rates or margin calls in the financial markets.»

A recent paper by two professors at the University of Massachusetts found that many financial economists who weighed in on the Wall Street overhaul signed into law in July failed to prominently disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Low interest rates were necessary to juice the economy during the financial crisis, but they are now, by many measures, doing more harm than good.

But the downturn in the 1980s was caused by the sudden and massive increase in interest rates by the Paul Volcker - led Federal Reserve, not a meltdown of the global financial system.

«He's got no energy plan, no financial analysis, if he thinks he's going to sell it off and the private sector is going to come in and invest, that is a recipe for Puerto Rico being raked over the coals by private interests,» Tom Sanzillo, director of finance for the Cleveland, Ohio - based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial financial analysis, if he thinks he's going to sell it off and the private sector is going to come in and invest, that is a recipe for Puerto Rico being raked over the coals by private interests,» Tom Sanzillo, director of finance for the Cleveland, Ohio - based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Financial Analysis.

Despite more than paying for itself — by its own reckoning, Ex-Im Bank has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury in the last two decades through interest on guaranteed loans and credit insurance — the 80 - year - old government - run financial institution is a sunset agency.

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.

If your adviser is a broker and overseen by the private Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the broker has no fiduciary duty to act in your best interest.

Kocherlakota also spends a chunk of his speech addressing concerns raised by some about financial stability, and that keeping interest rates near zero is exacerbating an already unstable financial system.

«Pension plans since the financial crisis have been in pretty rough shape because interest rates were held down by all the — I won't call it manipulation — but all the activities by the central banks to keep interest rates low and to spread growth,» he says.

Analyst Cameron Doerksen of National Bank Financial said Transat's forecast for $ 1.5 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amoritization in the second quarter is down from the $ 16 million anticipated by analysts.

The assets come over unencumbered by outstanding liabilities, so the new debt on these and the accompanying interest payments on this new loan could be a very good fit with the overall financial picture of the post-deal enterprise.

Beyond then, we expect the company to sustain credit measures that are consistent with its intermediate financial risk profile, characterized by fully adjusted debt to EBITDA of 2.5x - 3.0 x, funds from operations to debt of more than 25 %, and EBITDA interest coverage of more than 5.0 x.

A surprise mass layoff that last week chopped about 40 % of its staff was followed by an only slightly less surprising announcement on Sept. 23 that Fairfax Financial was an interested buyer.

By requiring retirement advisers to either meet a «fiduciary» standard or put other safeguards into place, the rule holds financial advisers to the same benchmark already required of doctors and lawyers — that they act in their clients» best interests.

Update: Symphony, as of Wednesday, is under investigation by the New York State Department of Financial Services for offering services similar to those that were used in previous schemes involving interest rate and foreign exchange interest rate manipulation.

In a closely - watched keynote speech at a banking conference in Frankfurt, Draghi dropped his clearest hint yet that the ECB will expand its program of asset purchases, which depresses interest rates by injecting money into the financial system, and may also push its official deposit rate even further into negative territory, from its current record low of -0.20 %.

Yields in the $ 14 trillion market for U.S. government debt touched record lows in 2016, driven by years of aggressive central bank intervention in the wake of the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis to keep interest rates low to stimulate the economy.

«I very much doubt that that the outcome for anyone with a reasonably well - constructed portfolio will be determined by the next interest rate hike,» said David Mendels, director of planning at Creative Financial Concepts in New York.

In an era of low interest rates, yield traps play into the hands of financial cheats who can cook the books by inventing revenue, altering expenses and creating assets.

It seems barely a day goes by without a financial firm signaling an interest in blockchain, the protocol developed to underpin bitcoin.

The central bank announced that it will charge an interest rate of -0.1 % for excess reserves parked at the bank by financial institutions.

However, Poloz hasn't appeared overly fearful of triggering a financial crisis, arguing that lower interest rates will help to avoid one by making it easier for homeowners to keep up with their mortgage payments.

«During the past decade, PepsiCo has become a role model for global companies by demonstrating that aligning business and societal interests is a recipe for strong financial results,» said Bill George, senior fellow, Harvard Business School.

Some central banks, including the Bank of England and the European Central Bank, condition their forecasts on paths implied by financial market prices; others, including the Sveriges Riksbank and the Norges Bank, condition their forecasts on staff expectations of the future policy interest rate.

Sifting through the thousands of interest rates offered by financial institutions across the country can be an exhausting endeavor.

All three of these reasons — evidence that U.S. monetary policy is currently only moderately accommodative, the fact that U.S. financial conditions have been influenced by economic and financial market developments abroad, and risk management considerations — argue, at the moment, for caution in raising U.S. short - term interest rates.

The Bank of Canada applied all its available levers to supply short - term liquidity to financial markets: interest rates were reduced to zero, and the Bank expanded its balance sheet by means of purchase and resale agreements.

Confronted with the choice of whether to «lean» or to «clean» — leaning against emerging financial imbalances by keeping interest rates higher than they otherwise would be or cleaning up in the event the risks they create are realized by providing stimulus — central bankers at that time generally agreed that cleaning would be best.

Commissions were outlawed in a 2010 Fiduciary Rule proposal, but permitted by the final rule — after heavy lobbying by the financial services industry — once the advisor satisfies complicated Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE) rules.

While we're expecting a positive reaction from the financial markets to Emmanuel Macron's presidential victory, such a rally will likely be mitigated by the expectations of rising interest rates and a renewed focus on the challenges Macron will face.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

By year's end, Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate, expects the average credit card interest rate to hit 17.15 percent (up from November 2017 ’s