Sentences with phrase «change plans each year»

State DOT officials outlined a series of short - term changes planned this year in WNY, and a major redesign intended to calm traffic on the 1960s - era Scajaquada Expressway, which daily carries 50,000 cars and trucks across North Buffalo between the Kensington Expressway and Niagara Thruway.

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Makini Howell, the owner of nine - year - old Plum Restaurants, a vegan restaurant chain in Seattle, plans to adjust the wages for her 52 - person team in set increments between now and next spring when the law change goes into effect.
And, he argues, «they will add up to a very bold change for the brand and the business... If we execute the plan over the next few years, you will say, «Boy, Target made a huge transformation.»»
She has slashed the cabinet in half, raised the minimum wage and announced plans to double the province's carbon tax over the next two years, the first such change in nearly a decade.
Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.
In 2017, after years of failure, shareholders at my former employer, Exxon Mobil, passed a resolution calling for the company to outline its plans for dealing with climate change.
Referring to the company's plans for the next five years as «intentions,» Kopke says he aims to build an organization «that constantly adapts to changing market conditions and feedback.
Artis says this year is only the second time he's changed the sales - comp plan in the company's 12 - year history.
Danone announced a cost - cutting plan of 1 billion euros ($ 1.1 billion) over the next three years, due to changes in Europe and a tough environment in China.
According to this Mercer Talent Trend report, 93 % of executives plan to make significant changes inside of their corporations over the next two years.
What is not yet clear is whether Trump plans to initiate a formal withdrawal from the Paris accord, which under the terms of the agreement could take three years, or exit the underlying U.N. climate change treaty on which the accord was based.
«Simply tell them that you plan for gifts in December of each year and you will consider making changes at that time,» Kramer said.
Even before this year's Oscars show, the Academy announced plans for sweeping changes to its membership structure, promising to double its number of women and diverse members by 2020.
If you think your compensation committee needs greater independence and expertise, bring on a female compensation consultant with 20 years experience who has done 50 compensation plans, including ones in your industry, with no ties to management, and then watch how things change for the better.
Lagarde, meanwhile, is regarded as a consensus - builder who can contend with the increasing dissatisfaction among EU member states — in three years Britain plans to hold a referendum on its membership — and bring positive change to the organization.
Critics complain «say on pay» votes are ineffectual because boards aren't bound to the results, but of the 53 U.S. companies for whom shareholders rejected compensation plans in 2012, 45 made changes and got positive votes the following year, according to Institutional Shareholder Services.
Polman's defining initiative has been the 10 - year Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, which has included significant changes such as having 100 % of agricultural raw materials be sustainable by 2020, developing a framefork for fair pay, and investing heavily in hygiene promotion in developing markets like India.
Kia Motor said last year that it plans to build 400,000 vehicles a year at its Mexico plant, but a spokesman said on Tuesday that the annual capacity figure was subject to change.
Although the change may come as a surprise to the public and some Starbucks employees, the company has been sending to signals to Wall Street for the last year about its intentions to carry out a the succession plan, announcing a reorganization in the summer that gave Mr. Johnson oversight of the day - to - day operations.
Jack Raudenbush, vice president of the $ 4.6 million company, which is based in Middletown, Pennsylvania, estimates that the change costs a few thousand dollars per year but calls it money well spent: «This was the type of plan our competitors had, and we needed to offer competitive benefits.»
The end of the year is a good time to review estate plans, particularly if you've had a change - in - life circumstance in the past 12 months.
If all goes as planned, 2017 could be a real game - changing year.
The plan included changes to McDonald's new organizational structure, its intention to sell many more restaurants to franchisees than originally planned, and to cut costs to the tune of $ 300 million a year.
A few of last year's category winners are back, leading in the early nominations, including tax specialist Robert Sceales from Sceales & Co, insolvency practitioner Lee Christensen, who has changed partners during the year and now goes under the banner Christensen Vaughan, and environmental planning lawyer Tony van Merwjk from Freehills.
Dominion plans to increase solar generation by nearly 50 percent over last year's forecast, a change made possible in part because of the technology's increasing affordability, company executives said in an Associated Press interview.
Retirees are being transferred to new health care plans, with no increase in premiums for this year, at least; a document sent to retirees by the company says the pensioners will bear the cost of any increases in premiums going forward, and that the company has the right to change the plan at any time.
Following is a look at how blue collar workers in a number of occupations, from food preparation workers to power plant operators, could see their taxes change next year if the tax plan becomes law.
Here are some of the changes that accountants and planning experts are recommending clients make before the end of the year: Load up on SALT: Both the House and Senate plans call for the elimination of state and local tax deductions.
Carrier announced earlier this year that it planned to close the factories and move manufacturing jobs to Mexico, a change that was estimated to save parent - company United Technologies Corp. $ 65 million a year, in large part due to reduced labor costs.
Here are some of the changes that accountants and planning experts are recommending clients make before the end of the year.
With tax season in full swing, now is the perfect time to being planning next year and figuring out if you want to change your business structure to help reduce taxes.
The hurricane might have helped put climate change back on the White House agenda, and once the Keystone debate resumed earlier this year it didn't take long for environmentalist groups to link Canada's planned pipeline to the devastating storm.
Blame the much - maligned Millennials, most of whom plan to change jobs every three years or so, if you like, but they're not the only group driving this trend.
Even if the marketing landscape doesn't change all that much from one year to the next, it's still vital to refresh a business's marketing plan each year.
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»).
If you're leaving for only a year, it's probably not worth the hassle to change your tax status, but you will need to make plans for your RRSPs and other investments.
'' [We talked about] how the money management business has changed over the years, what they should be paying attention to and how to plan their future in the business,» he writes.
The minister faced a backlash over his initial plans to change small business taxes last year before backing down on some of the proposed changes and reviving a promise to reduce the small business tax rate.
This is helpful for my team and me, as we, like most companies, spend time at the end of the year analyzing performance and looking ahead to changes in social media and content marketing trends to plan and budget for the new year.
If you plan to sell «high - ticket» items this year, you need to change your tune because what used to work won't in the future.
Midsize companies did a better job this year than last year of controlling their medical costs, mainly because of a willingness to change the design of their health plans to obtain lower prices.
The bipartisan Senate plan would attempt to maintain TPS in return for ending or changing a «diversity» lottery program that has been aimed at allowing up to 50,000 people a year from countries with few emigres to the United States.
However, on Wednesday the Senate Public Utilities Committee canceled plans to send Senate Bill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed changes.
On 19 September 2000, the Bank of Canada published details of its plan to adopt a new system of eight «fixed» or pre-specified dates each year for announcing any changes to the official interest rate that it uses to implement monetary policy.
You can usually begin contributing in small increments, but, depending on the specific 529 plan, you may only be able to make a change to your account once a year.
So at least once a year, or in the event of a major change in your life — such as the birth of a child, divorce, inheritance, retirement, or job change — you should sit down and revisit your investment plan.
Over the course of a year, things could change to affect your income - driven repayment plan, such as your AGI and the size of your family.
Looking years out at the election calendar, Trudeau's strategists pushed early for federal - provincial initiatives like Canada Pension Plan reform, a health accord and the framework for fighting climate change.
Flipboard said the changes had been planned for and took place over the course of a year and a half.
The new tax reform bill (which, again, draws on plans Trump and congressional Republicans have released going back over a year now) would significantly change individual income tax brackets:
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