Sentences with phrase «challenges economic challenges»

However, this much more dynamic legal landscape is the only one capable of meeting the challenges economic challenges the world is now facing.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, April 25 - French President Emmanuel Macron urged the United States to reject narrow nationalism and engage the world, telling U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that modern economic and security challenges must be a shared responsibility.

Reversing these trends is the central economic challenge of our time.

Like any relationship, two - way communication is the only way to ensure a long, fruitful love connection that withstands the test of time or, even more challenging, an economic downturn.

And talking about how to put people on more equal economic footing can be challenging to reconcile with capitalist principles of private ownership and free markets.

Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.

THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Jay Carney, press secretary to U.S. President Barack Obama, conceded that America «must do better to make clear our nation's will, capacity and commitment to work together to tackle our major fiscal and economic challenges.»

Chris Sutherland has talked up Western Australia's economic prospects, while challenging alarmism about artificial intelligence and labour casualisation at a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast this morning.

Given a menu of all the challenges facing economic growth, the former Treasury secretary believes the U.S. political situation is the worst.

Newspapers already face severe economic challenges as they lose readers - and thus advertising - to digital platforms.

Or, as Bentham likes to say, borrowing another phrase from academic economic theory, Shell's challenge is to «minimize the maximum regret.»

Series A will require continued discipline, and Series B and C will remain challenging for companies without reasonable scale and proven economic models.

Parties will need to explain how they will create broad - based economic growth, given the challenges brought by automation, globalization and an aging population.

Comments: «We continue to believe that prospects remain good for economic growth to reassert itself as challenges are persistently met by concerted efforts of country officials and central bankers around the world aided and abetted by secular trends larger than the cyclical hurdles in the immediate path.

On a full - year basis, 2013 same - store sales growth of 1.1 % in the Canadian segment was below our original target range of 2 % to 4 %; we believe this was due to ongoing challenging economic conditions and increased competitive intensity in our industry.

Since the financial crisis it has become increasingly challenging for central banks to maintain price stability without compromising other political objectives, such as encouraging economic growth.

«This rapidly evolving area often presents new challenges for people engaged in these economic activities, whether they are renting a room or providing a ride,» said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a statement.

There's a growing sense that inflation targeting is no longer adequate to tackle contemporary economic challenges.

While Poloz, Carney, and Bernanke all face a unique set of problems, all three have been tasked with the challenge of guiding their respective banks through a still - shaky global economic environment.

Every time I visit the continent, I am impressed by what daring African businessmen and women are accomplishing in the face of tough social and economic challenges.

In the current challenging economic environment, a company's worst - case scenarios might include the bankruptcy of its biggest and once - best customer, a banker's decision to close down its corporate credit line, the postponement or cancellation of an impending initial public offering, or the meltdown of a company's value.

«We know that golf is paid for by disposable income, and in these challenging economic times tax deductions aren't a high priority,» says Bernard.

Human resources vice-president Sylive Bourdon said despite encouraging economic signs, challenges facing the aerospace industry require prudence by management to ensure Bombardier's long - term success.

«We have an extremely positive situation in our economy right now... Being in a very strong economic position make us resilient to deal with challenges around the world.»

After years of strong German leadership in the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel now faces various political and economic challenges including ongoing domestic dissatisfaction with the refugee crisis, corporate crises such as Deutsche Bank, and the rise of populism.

Economic growth, rising inflation expectations and a Fed policy shift will challenge one of today's most successful investing strategies: credit risk.

«The already challenged restaurant industry has been hit with slowing overall economic growth and the gap between the cost of dining at home compared to dining out,» Dine Equity CEO Julia Stewart said in a call with investors in November.

Justin Trudeau's top economic advisor says Canada needs to take big steps to stave off stagnation, but the government has been slow to live up to the challenge

That's not to say there aren't cultural and economic challenges.

But those landmark reports tended to focus on precise policy challenges, and Dodge says, by comparison, Barton's economic growth mandate is «pretty amorphous stuff.»

Similarly, earlier in the week, a Deutsche Bank research team argued that in light of upcoming European elections and ongoing large - scale economic and political challenges like the migrant crisis, Europe is unlikely to see deeper coordination:

Beyond managing the current economic situation to meet looming demographic challenges such as an aging population and a declining workforce, the Harper government is increasingly focused on driving economic growth.

And just as confounding was the way U.S. stocks surged in the aftermath — because implicit in that surge was a belief that a Trump administration could overcome some very challenging economic obstacles.

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.

But even with those changes, ensuring the next few budgets are balanced may prove challenging, thanks to some overly optimistic economic projections.

I think the economic model of the movie industry is much more challenging than the economic model of the hotel casino business.

This year's World Economic Forum in Davos, a sort of brain spa for the world's movers and shakers, named rising income inequality as the biggest challenge now facing the world economy.

Those hard times and the city's challenges are what make the startup scene even more important — and not because startups will cure every social and economic issue the region faces.

Over the past few years we have faced some unprecedented economic challenges and we surmounted.»

The 20 - minute drive emphatically encapsulates the economic contrasts and challenges that famously afflict this fragile, storied city.

Trump has been a vocal critic of the Iran nuclear deal and imposing new sanctions would put economic pressure on Iranian leadership, but analysts say it could also send the wrong message to the country's people who are in the midst of challenging their rulers in the most significant uprising Iran has seen since 2009.

This was one of the more provocative questions asked at a panel discussion I recently attended, put on by the Economic Club of Canada, called «Canada's Skills Challenge: The Economic Case for Improving Workplace Essential Skills.»

Earlier this year, in his most direct comments on the issue, President Obama said in a speech at the National Cybersecurity Communications Integration Center that cyber threats pose «one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation,» and acknowledged that hacking is ongoing.

It is possible many of our challenges are at least as much social as they are economic — related to a lack of community and connection to something greater than ourselves.

«Business schools must equip the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, skills and perspective they need to meet the global economic, environmental, humanitarian and policy challenges of the future.»

As it happens, last month the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that «Canada's key long - term challenge is to boost productivity growth» — so chalk that up as a win for the provocative Rubin as well.

The city of Detroit has faced serious economic challenges in the past decade, with a shrinking population and tax base while trying to maintain essential services.

Despite its flaws, however, the program has paid off — at least according to a 2010 study by Queen's University economics professor Roger Ware, which concluded it contributed roughly $ 2 billion a year to Canada's economy and helped ease economic challenges.

And the truth is, we need to plan how we're going to address the complex set of economic, social and political challenges we face.

As I begin another chapter in my life, I leave feeling fulfilled with what we have accomplished as a government and a country during one of the most challenging economic periods in our country's history.