Now, says Tatarko, this is finally
changing at her company as well as at others.
Not exact matches
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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
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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
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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
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changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco
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A Snap employee told the Times that the
company was looking
at ways to educate employees on financial management before the IPO, such
as bringing in professors from Stanford to talk about how employees» lives can
change after working for a
company that goes public.
Nearly one year after Jack Dorsey retook his position
as CEO of Twitter, very little has
changed at the tech
company.
Perhaps most exciting of all, shortly after launching the
company, Zidel was honored
at the White House
as a champion of
change for her contributions to child care.
While the International Mobility Program will certainly help a few American
companies to «park» their foreign employees in Canada during this tumultuous time, it's the broader policy
changes that will tangibly impact the tech community
at home,
as well
as foreigners seeking a safe and stimulating place to innovate.
In a further sign of
change at the beleaguered BlackBerry maker, former co-CEO Jim Balsillie departed from the
company's board just two months after he and Mike Lazaridis stepped down
as co-CEOs.
While Monsanto's culture has remained consistently nurturing, the business has
changed so much he «feels
as if he's worked
at a wide range of different
companies.»
As I have written about before, the rate
at which Americans start new
companies has been on a downward trajectory since the late 1970s, driven by
changing industry composition and the growth of multi-outlet businesses like Starbucks and Walmart.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey should continue to lead the
company,
as change at the top would delay a turnaround, says UBS analyst Eric Sheridan.
Although
companies like Netscape and Google are almost always presented
as radically innovative start - ups, out to
change the world from day one, the fact is, they began
as incremental improvements, executed
at opportune moments.
Other
changes included a price cut on the
company's rear wheel drive 70 kWh version of Model S, and the new offer of a «Ludicrous Speed Upgrade» for the 85 kWh, all - wheel drive Model S called the «P85D» — the
company's most expensive model
at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings
as estimated by Tesla.
But even successful executives have nightmares, and
at Google those involve the
company becoming the next Yahoo or Nokia — tech bellwethers that fell behind
as the industry's landscape
changed.
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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.
Lowe's touted the news
as a succession announcement, but
companies typically prefer to have a new CEO lined up, or
at least have identified candidates for the role, before they announce a corner office
change.
«The DNA of a
company changes as it grows,» said Keith McFarland Thursday
at the Inc. 500 5000 conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kumar said the new moves did not reflect any major
change in the
company's business model, with U.S. workers being compensated
at the same level
as H1 - B visa professionals.
Martin Moen, the director general
at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade policy, told a conference in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on
changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such
as a the suggestion that the value of U.S. government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American
companies secure in Canada and Mexico.
Kalanick readily admits that his view of Google
changed;
at one point he saw the
company as a potential partner, but he eventually identified it
as a likely competitor and threat.
That gives its co-founders more leeway to introduce
changes to resolve it,
as opposed to more mature
companies (here's looking
at you, Facebook).
It's hardly even a surprise anymore when a
company advertises women
as one of its office «perks,» or a high - profile tech conference kicks off with a joke about a a new app for staring
at breasts, or a male tech investor declares he wants to
change the way women smell through biohacking.
While moves like executive producing the «CODE» documentary may help, Rucker suspects that it's the internal
changes at GoDaddy — such
as hiring Murphy — that will ultimately determine whether the
company is able to escape its sleazy past.
Ultimately, McCoy was trying to fix an unimaginable mess
at a
company with operations all over the world, and proved slow to react to market
changes such
as the impact of e-commerce and
changing demographics.
Irving also made some substantive
changes within the
company, including hiring Elissa Murphy
as chief technical officer, the first woman to hold that position
at GoDaddy.
I interviewed CItigroup analyst Mark Mahaney and he said that he sees this
as reflecting some investors» relief
at the potential for
change at the
company.
While some
companies Far Eastern is looking
at have to deal with the excess capacity, others need management
changes to adapt to a global market, he said, adding that
companies broadly need to evolve
as technology advances, he said.
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 personally have issues with the speed of
change, imagine what
companies contend with: To keep up and stay relevant, they have to adapt their branding, marketing and sales efforts
at a pace
at least
as fast
as that of the new techologies» debuts.
Ambron, the
company's CEO, boasts of an 89 percent customer retention rate, because, unlike competitors, he says, customers
at BrandYourself move between tiers of service
as their needs
change.
We're staring
at the rise of the gig economy, and
as Fast
Company explained a few years back, young, agile, adaptable «Generation Flux» is poised to surf this
change to a new type of career.
For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event,
change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or
at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the
companies, which may result in the combined
company not operating
as effectively and efficiently
as expected, the combined
company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.
But
as Snap faces increasing competition from
companies looking to clone some of its products — Instagram stories, basically — Snap has had to look
at some pretty significant
changes to see if it can keep its users engaged and continue to grow.
A
change in policy
at Aetna, which has long been hailed
as one of the most flexible
companies in terms of allowing employees to work from home.
After Mr. Sacca posted his letter, Robert Peck, an analyst
at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, said that if Twitter's financial results disappointed investors again in July,
as they had for the last two quarters, «we think it's possible that the
company may look to make some
changes» in leadership.
Dual - class structures are designed to make it difficult or impossible for non-founder shareholders to generate a majority vote, which is needed to make certain
changes at the
company, such
as replacing the CEO.
In such situations, we are finding
companies we regard
as extremely well run, growing
at a fast pace, and providing exposure to key themes such
as economic growth, demographic
changes, and local consumer trends.
Giant
companies such
as Citigroup and General Motors — a share of which cost little more than a pocketful of spare
change — were
at risk of being delisted.
Big
changes being rolled out
at a
company that,
as much
as any, defines the term blue chip.
And
at that
company, senior management would try anything
as long
as they did not have to
change themselves.
Chief executive Steve Easterbrook said
at a conference Wednesday morning that as the company makes organizational changes — which were the focus of the new CEO's comments about the turnaround earlier this month — «At a more fundamental level we are recommitting to hotter, tastier food across the menu.&raqu
at a conference Wednesday morning that
as the
company makes organizational
changes — which were the focus of the new CEO's comments about the turnaround earlier this month — «
At a more fundamental level we are recommitting to hotter, tastier food across the menu.&raqu
At a more fundamental level we are recommitting to hotter, tastier food across the menu.»
As a former Third Point employee told journalist Nicholas Stein in 2007, Loeb «believes that if you embarrass a CEO in front of his friends
at the club, make him feel like people are talking about him, you can exert
change on his
company.»
Russia's Gazprom ranked no. 1 in the 2017 S&P Global Platts Top 250 Global Energy
Company Rankings, toppling ExxonMobil and ending its 12 - year reign
at the top spot, S&P Global Platts said in what it defined
as the most profound
change in the 16 - year history of the ranking.
McBee said that with a publicly traded
company he has a fiduciary duty to his shareholders to prioritize profits
at the firm even
as a groundswell of
change engulfs the telecommunications industry.
The
company's economists cited policy
changes at the Federal Reserve and rising inflation
as contributing factors in the steady upward climb of lending rates.
As such,
at its 2016 meeting, shareholders will have to decide whether shareholders with a less significant stake in the
company should have the ability to propose significant
changes to Chesapeake Lodging Trust's bylaws.
We are deeply concerned that the Investment
Company Institute (ICI) Letter lays out a set of
changes to the Proposed Rule which wold effectively negate the derivatives exposure limits in the rule and render them useless
as a tool for controlling speculative leverage
at registered funds,
as is required by the 1940 Act.
Internal control
at Municipality Finance comprises financial administration that handles financial reporting, a risk management function which reports on the
company's risk position and any
changes to it and is independent of the business of the
company, and internal audit performed by business units which produce reports that are processed by supervisors, the President and CEO assisted by the Executive Management Team,
as well
as the
company's Board of Directors.
Surprisingly, only 20 % were forced into retirement due to
changes at their
companies, such
as downsizing or closure.
As a result of this accounting change, TCIL will de-consolidate Quess and TCIL's remaining ownership interest in Quess will be recorded at fair value and presented as an investment in an associate compan
As a result of this accounting
change, TCIL will de-consolidate Quess and TCIL's remaining ownership interest in Quess will be recorded
at fair value and presented
as an investment in an associate compan
as an investment in an associate
company.
Last summer, I watched
as our Fellows built relationships with my partners, learned from executives
at the
companies they worked
at, contributed to world -
changing products, and had fun while doing it.