The South San Antonio Independent School District board of trustees voted late Wednesday to
close operations at three of its schools effective next school year and repurpose the buildings to serve students directly, among other goals.
Not exact matches
A
closer look
at Market Basket's
operations under Arthur T. Demoulas suggests that its industry - beating 7.2 percent operating margins in 2012, cited by the Boston Business Journal, derive from six secrets: long - term employee relationships, low overhead, bulk purchasing, low prices, no debt and treating employees and customers like family.
Months of deliberations behind
closed doors
at Shell headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, had led the top brass
at the world's largest non-state-owned oil company by sales to conclude that the energy industry was changing fundamentally — in a way that could turn the profitable oil - sands
operation into a liability.
Shell's Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said the oil sector had yet to emerge from troubled waters, but huge cost savings meant oil majors were getting
closer to balancing their
operations at today's oil prices of around $ 50 a barrel.
Toys «R» Us was optimistic
at the start of its bankruptcy proceedings that it would only
close a limited number of locations, but is now reportedly planning a liquidation of its U.S.
operations after failing to find a buyer or reach a debt restructuring deal with lenders.
Keeping a
close eye on faraway
operations is another reason to have a physical presence abroad — particularly
at the start.
Cross-train staff in different locations so that if one location has to
close as a result of disaster, staff
at another location can take over
operations.
Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the possibility that the anticipated synergies of the combined companies may not be achieved after
closing, the combined
operations may not be successfully integrated in a timely manner, if
at all, general economic conditions in regions in which either company does business may deteriorate and / or Oracle or Vocado may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and / or competitive factors.
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.
Just like planes need to always leave enough fuel for an alternate airport, companies should ideally
close on new funding while they still have money for
at least another six months of normal
operations.
The airline deserves a
closer look
at its broader business
operations.
At close to half a billion dollars, it was well beyond the outer limits of what investors had ever paid for a publishing company of Wired's size — never mind one whose
operations were on track to lose $ 11 million that year (not even counting a onetime $ 20.5 - million write - off to put the company's disparate assets under one corporate umbrella).
The Japanese Red Army, a communist militant group which had
close ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in which Carlos was the head of «special
operations», was demanding that French authorities free one of its members who had been arrested
at Paris Orly airport two months early.
A company's brand and goodwill can be ruined overnight by a security breach, and prompt regulators to take a
closer look
at a company's
operations.
«
At the same time as we have created our digital business, we have also already effectively exited certain traditional
operations,
closing 13 manufacturing plants and 130 processing labs, and reducing our workforce by 47,000 since 2003.
In addition to factors previously disclosed in Tesla's and SolarCity's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») and those identified elsewhere in this document, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward - looking statements and historical performance: the ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet other
closing conditions to the transaction, including requisite approval by Tesla and SolarCity stockholders, on a timely basis or
at all; delay in
closing the transaction; the ultimate outcome and results of integrating the
operations of Tesla and SolarCity and the ultimate ability to realize synergies and other benefits; business disruption following the transaction; the availability and access, in general, of funds to meet debt obligations and to fund ongoing
operations and necessary capital expenditures; and the ability to comply with all covenants in the indentures and credit facilities of Tesla and SolarCity, any violation of which, if not cured in a timely manner, could trigger a default of other obligations under cross-default provisions.
In December 2009 Mark Onetto, chief of
operations and customer relations
at Amazon and a
close collaborator of Bezos, gave an hourlong lecture on the Amazon Way to master's of business administration students
at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
At issue is what the relevant European law says should be done — and, more to the point, what should have been done on October 6 2008, when Gordon Brown
closed down the UK
operations of Icesave, an online subsidiary of Landesbanki, Iceland's second - biggest bank.
When parent company Kraft Heinz announced in November 2015 it would
close Oscar Mayer
operations in Madison as part of a restructuring that will shutter seven plants in the U.S. and Canada, about 1,000 people worked in the local factory and offices, including 650 union members
at the plant.
Workers leave Oscar Mayer's headquarters and plant
at the shift change Wednesday after hearing that parent company Kraft Heinz will
close Madison
operations by early 2017.
The only tactic not employed —
at least to some extent — by a majority of the CEOs surveyed is «relocating
operations close to talent pools».
In what is believed to be the first such action by any American city, it has announced that it is
closed to new mining
operations for
at least 18 months.
Cenovus Energy Inc.
closed down 5.56 per cent after it said its oilsands
operations have been operating
at reduced rates due to wider - than - normal light - heavy oil price differentials and pipeline capacity constraints.
The cost of BCH has remained
closer to the parsimonious
operation mid-point
at the $ 1,400 mark.
While
at Liquid Light, Kyle built the team, raised $ 25 million to finance
operations,
closed development agreements with Coca - Cola and BP, co-invented the core technology, and propelled the company to leadership in the CO2 utilization space.
Many such big names are building or leasing massive super-regional centers that stock a wide variety of products in
close proximity to customers or stores in an effort to compete with the likes of Amazon, said Ravi Srinivasan, assistant professor of information systems and
operations management
at Loyola University Maryland's Sellinger School of Business & Management.
Since it couldn't prove so definitively, it resorted to statements like, «Given Huiyong (Holdings)
close ties with the Chinese government, and its (controlling) stake in HD Mining... does this mean that the Chinese government has near total control (emphasis added) of the mining
operations...
at Tumbler Ridge»?
What
at a distance seemed to be a quasi-public edifice flying only the all - inclusive flag of American nationality turned out, on
closer inspection, to be the clubhouse of a particular ethnic group — the white Anglo - Saxon Protestants, its
operation shot through with the premises and expectations of its parental ethnicity.8
We should ultimately aim
at closing all our imperialist enclaves, but in order to avoid isolationism and maintain a capacity to assist the United Nations in global peacekeeping
operations, we should, for the time being, probably retain some 37 of them, mostly naval and air bases.
Christian culture pervades many aspects of Chick - fil - A's
operations, from its corporate purpose — which includes «to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us» — to its policy of
closing restaurants on Sundays to praying
at restaurant openings.
Close Contact Employees at every level of Southern Refreshment Services» operation keep in close contact with custo
Close Contact Employees
at every level of Southern Refreshment Services»
operation keep in
close contact with custo
close contact with customers.
The new organic milk spray drying plant will be built
at North Geelong in Victoria on land adjacent to an existing processing
operation built in 2016 by the Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia, which operates
at a site
close to the former Ford engine plant.
Dykes» requests and plans now went through a Cal lifer who, according to sources
close to Dykes, was unconcerned with
operations and procedures
at schools outside of Berkeley.
The city will «very soon» resume
operations at Meigs, which was
closed Sept. 30, Chicago Corporation Counsel Susan Sher said after the ruling.
The city will «very soon» resume
operations at Meigs, which was
closed Sept. 30,...
And if they are alive and well
at the beginning of the
operation (as opposed to already dead or very
close to it) they come out fine and almost always stay that way.
Mass Audubon continues to
close in on its goal of raising $ 3.6 million by June 30 to secure land for a new wildlife sanctuary
at Tidmarsh Farms, a former 600 - acre cranberry
operation in Plymouth.
Before leaving, Kwatra did not set up a paid signature - gathering
operation, a source
close to the campaign said, because Kwatra was tasked solely with handling day - one media, and did not
at any point have a hand in the petition drive.
The facility with the capacity of
close to 10,000 direct and indirect jobs would be made available
at affordable rates for start - ups and emerging ICT companies that are able and willing to carry out digital
operations» the president added.
«This directive tactically
closed FX inflows even from ALTON's members, thereby exacerbating the impact of the liquid FX market on our members
operations and the industry
at large.»
By keeping state
operations spending growth
at 2 percent, the budget hole is
closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State address.
Hundreds of union members from the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and United University Professions (UUP) will rally in Brooklyn Thursday, March 8, to protest plans to
close Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, and beds
at SUNY Downstate University Hospital, and shift Downstate's inpatient
operations to the Long Island College Hospital campus.
ALBANY, NY (03/07/2012)(readMedia)-- Hundreds of union members from the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and United University Professions (UUP) will rally in Brooklyn Thursday, March 8, to protest plans to
close Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, and beds
at SUNY Downstate University Hospital, and shift Downstate's inpatient
operations to the Long Island College Hospital campus.
But the issue's task force has been out of
operation since 2009, and the council hasn't held hearings on the likely
closing of the Interfaith Medical Center
at 1545 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.
At the same time, Cuomo has lambasted Entergy's
operation of the downstate Indian Point nuclear reactors, which he wants to
close because they are too
close to New York City.
The huge No2AV
operation merant Conservative HQ was fighting
at a
close - to - general - election pace and that energisation of the Tory vote explains much better than expected local council results.
As the days draw
closer to the public opening of the hospital, 2,400 of those staff members, including 350 physicians and 400 volunteers, are going through extensive training on the protocol and
operations that will go into effect
at Oishei.
Most alarmingly, there appeared to be a kind of apartheid in
operation, with white nations occupying the most favoured region near the entrance, Latins and the Far East nations in the middle, and Africans and Arabs
at the far end,
close to the first - aid post.
Moscow's intentions, announced this month by Armen Abagyan head of the All - Russia Institute for the
Operation of Nuclear Power Stations, contrast starkly with Ukraine's decision this week to
close its remaining reactors
at Chernobyl and replace them with gas - fired plants.
News reports initially put the landslide cost
at close to $ 1 billion, but that may end up lower because Kennecott has gotten the mine back in
operation faster than expected.