Finding 1: Achieving educational excellence in Australian schools will require a focus on achievement through learning growth for all students, complemented
by policies which support an adaptive, innovative and continuously improving education system.
«The facts are these: climate always changes,» said DeMint, now the president of the Heritage Foundation «Human activity might play a role, and... that's not always a problem, especially not one to be solved
by policies which could impoverish prosperous societies and destroy poor ones and not improve the environment.
When they are in between rides, but still actively seeking riders, they are covered
by a policy which provides up to $ 50,000 per person injured in an accident to go towards their medical expenses, $ 100,000 in total liability per accident and up to $ 25,000 in property damage per accident.
Damage due to weapons of mass destruction is also covered
by some policies which is commonly used in aviation and shipping industries.
The extent of your chronic illness must incapacitate you sufficiently as defined in the terms outlined
by the policy which may vary from insurer to insurer.
The fiction [terra nullius] by which the rights and interests of indigenous inhabitants in land were treated as non-existent was justified
by a policy which has no place in the contemporary law of this country.
Not exact matches
They resent that BitLicense requires companies covered
by the
policy to get pre-approval for every new product rollout —
which the companies think might be a slow process.
Under this hypothetical
policy, governments transfer money directly to taxpayers to encourage spending, a handout funded
by issuing bonds with a coupon of zero and no maturity date,
which central banks buy.
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.
A panel about job loss will feature the French Digital Council, an advisory commissioned
by the French government to study the future of jobs,
which will discuss that country's growing momentum toward the
policy.
The euro,
which has been knocked
by weaker - than - expected economic data and growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary
policy, fell 0.67 percent against the greenback to $ 1.998.
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.
By next year, there are questions to answer about what data should guide
policy and the extent to
which preventing asset - price bubbles should influence the benchmark interest rate.
And it's a shift in the Liberals» approach to economic
policy,
which had become encumbered over the past decade
by vacuous buzzwords like «champion sectors» and «innovation gateways» (Both found on a single - page in the 2011 election platform).
The fact that trust is crucial in markets is evidenced
by the fact that businesses have come up with such a dizzying array of mechanisms designed to generate trust — everything from brands (
which carry reputations) through to warranties, return
policies, endorsements and third - party guarantors.
Gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 0.5 % in the second quarter and 0.8 % in the first,
which is exactly what the Bank of Canada predicted in July when it dropped its
policy rate
by a quarter point.
Germany's car sector is anxiously waiting to see what transport and environmental
policies will be adopted
by the new government,
which is set to include both pro-business liberals and hard - line environmentalists.
In an internal memo obtained
by CNBC, IBM's Rometty condemned the «hate groups in Charlottesville» and said the
policy forum «can no longer serve the purpose for
which it was formed.»
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty first commissioned his own study, authored
by University of Calgary tax -
policy expert Jack Mintz, then in March initiated a public consultation process,
by which time talk of a government - run supplemental pension plan, whether regional or national, began to fade.
A related question I sometimes hear —
which bears also on the relationship between monetary and fiscal
policy, is this:
By buying securities, are you «monetizing the debt» — printing money for the government to use — and will that inevitably lead to higher inflation?
Since November, just before elections in December that bought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power, Abe has pushed for bold measures and an aggressive monetary
policy to revive the Japanese economy,
which is in recession and plagued
by years of deflation.
Based on the results, the company put together the infographic below,
which looks at three critical areas of cloud security: Virtual Private Networks (VPN,
which allows a computer or a Wi - Fi - enabled device to send and receive data securely across a shared or public network), bring your own device (BYOD)
policies and a Domain Name System (DNS, the system that Internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated
by).
In a tightly scripted campaign launch in
which there were few surprises, the comments were unexpected, at least
by progressives, who saw them as an early sign she may shift away from the centrist economic
policies pursued
by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
It achieves that
by raising or lowering its
policy interest rate,
which influences other interest rates such as what you'll pay on your mortgage or auto loan, and the return you'll get on the balance in your savings account.
That estimate comes from the Economic
Policy Institute's (EPI) 2015 Family Budget Calculator,
which measures the annual cost of necessities for one adult to live a secure, yet modest, lifestyle
by estimating the costs of housing, food, transportation, health care, other necessities, and taxes.
The comments
by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a speech at a foreign
policy institute in Moscow Monday, come after a bruising verbal encounter between President Vladimir Putin and European leaders in Milan last week,
which failed to yield any material progress in ending the conflict in Ukraine.
Unless the economy catches fire (
which Trump says it will), his plan will reduce federal tax revenues
by $ 6.2 billion over 10 years, the Tax
Policy Center says.
The dispute was triggered
by a three - part Tweet
by Trump on July 26, in
which the president said he needed to reverse his predecessor's transgender
policy to protect military readiness and reduce waste.
A push
by Washington for more business - friendly regulation and fiscal support for the economy could improve America's mix of
policies which in recent years have relied too much on the Federal Reserve, Fed Governor Jerome Powell said.
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard helped calm the markets on Thursday
by suggesting the Fed should pause winding down its Quantitative Easing
policy,
which is due to end this month.
If you are unsure
which policies are required
by law, you should check with human resources organizations or your employment attorney.
Powell said individual Fed members will be crafting new projections at the central bank's meeting in March,
which would be influenced
by federal government's ambitious fiscal
policies including tax cuts.
A recent ranking in Foreign
Policy magazine evaluated 75 leading cities on population and GDP growth, indicating
which would be the most dynamic
by 2025, and only one was Canadian: Toronto, at 52nd.
Companies that do provide consumers with a privacy
policy should take a closer look at the one they have to ensure that it accurately reflects the process
by which the company collects and distributes information about consumers.
Considering the US's lack of federal paid family leave
policy, Sandberg said companies need to take the lead and support families with their own paid leave
policies,
which she said wouldn't just be nice to do, but would also improve the bottom line
by increasing employee loyalty and performance.
They ultimately want all privacy regulations of ISPs to return to the FTC, but for now, they say any FCC privacy
policies should follow the FTC's framework,
which could create more competition in a digital - advertising market where Google and Facebook are
by far the two most dominant players in the country.
This list is assembled each year
by the Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives,
which does it to draw attention to the large and growing pay gap between CEOs and average employees.
The 2016 Global Innovation Index,
which is an annual ranking of the innovation capabilities and performance of economies around the world, focuses on national
policies, but it's individual leaders who can make a difference
by driving innovation within organizations and creating a conducive environment for innovation to thrive.
«Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism
by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it will fail to meaningfully address the inequality that exists as a direct result of federal
policy,» he says.
The term «G - Zero world,» coined
by Bremmer and political scientist David F. Gordon, refers to a power - vacuum world in
which «major powers set aside aspirations for global leadership — alone, coordinated, or otherwise — and look primarily inward for their
policy priorities.»
Julie Yap, a Sacramento - based partner at Seyfarth Shaw,
which represents employers, said she advises companies to emphasize their
policies against harassment
by non-employees as well as employees, to encourage reporting of incidents, and to require robust training.
Some would be directly affected
by the
policy,
which the government can't enforce because of federal appeals court rulings against it.
Policy decisions
by Saudi authorities, including
which of Aramco's huge selection of assets will be included in the share sale, will have a big effect on the overall price and valuation.
The claim had also been picked up
by Russian media outlets Sputnik and Pravda, according to Foreign
Policy,
which concluded «there doesn't seem to be any basis at all for the report.»
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 Obama Administration's ability to fully act on its goals will be determined
by forthcoming budget discussions, notes Lauren Setar, analyst for Los Angeles - based IBIS World,
which recently released a report on the sectors likely to be affected
by Obama's second - term
policies.
«If you tax that $ 50 billion at 20 percent of imports —
which is
by the way a practice that 160 other countries do — right now our country's
policy is to tax exports and let imports flow freely in,
which is ridiculous.»
The latter is an option that is being exercised
by groups like the Canadian American Business Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
which are all engaging the three governments involved to shape the negotiations and the
policies that follow.
According to Scotiabank's Derek Holt, who predicts household grocery bills could balloon
by as much as 15 % in the next few years, the failure of the international community to settle on a rational
policy for handling shortages has led to stockpiling and export bans,
which «further impairs supply sides of markets and causes prices to go up even more.»
Podesta said Russia's actions may be driven
by Trump's
policy positions,
which he said are more in line with Russian foreign
policy than U.S. foreign
policy.