Sentences with phrase «companies are in competition»

JBL, Sonos, Bose, Beats, and various other companies are in the competition to create high - end modular speakers.

Each of these companies are in the competition for more than just the prize money.

If the companies were in competition.

Not exact matches

Bombardier hopes the fuel - efficient aircraft that's been in development for a decade will be a game - changer for the company, whose regional jets face an uncertain future amid increased competition.

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.

Howard Schultz, Starbucks president and CEO, discusses Starbucks» record quarter and how the company is distinguishing itself from competition in China.

XPrize, the organization founded by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis and meant to encourage moonshot projects, is announcing its next competition at South by Southwest in Austin: The search is on for a company that can create a real - world avatar.

What we wanted to do was recognize and realize that companies come from everywhere... they come from the Midwest, the south, come from all across the world,» said Kutcher in an interview after the competition wrapped up.

Shares in chocolate retailer Yowie Group dropped 21 per cent today after the company announced sales in the United States so far this quarter have been well down on expectations thanks to growing competition.

Jonathan Allen's company used its Arch Grant and subsequent relocation to gain a foothold and momentum in the ultra-competitive field of content marketing — and if you take the application seriously, prepare yourself, and come ready to engage with judges in a thoughtful way, you may be able to use a win at a startup competition to start building your own momentum.

The sooner you figure out how you are better than the competition, the sooner you'll be able to ensure your company is going to stand out in a crowded field.

He may have been prompted by a report from news website Axios saying he was obsessed with Amazon and considering ways to rein in the company's power, possibly with federal antitrust or competition laws.

While the company has competition, such as PetGiftBox and Pawpack, it's still the biggest player in the space, says Strife.

I'm a free enterpriser so this might be me saying, well look, I don't think it is fair now to say to people that have made those investments — it's a number of companies not just Bell and Rogers, it's Telus and so on — that the city is going to facilitate more competition or invest in it.

Unless all companies are treated equally, the policies meant to foster competition are, in practice, anti-competitive.

You share the Great Terror of Games, which is that the key numbers in your company will somehow leak out to — and benefit — the competition.

These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Schmidt, who currently employs 16 salespeople at his company, says that in 10 years of business he's never lost a single salesperson to the competition.

While everyone in New Orleans knows what an amazing place to launch and grow a company it is, not everyone else in the rest of the country is convinced of that yet, and so you get the same amount of resources that you would in a larger entrepreneurial, community without all of the competition.

In Canada, however, the printer companies are prevented from excluding third parties by the Competition Act, which has enabled refilling businesses such as Island Inkjet to operate and provide some measure of competitive pricing discipline.

Every workplace will have a certain amount of gossiping, but if one of your employees enjoys reporting bad news about you, others in your company, or even the competition, that's destructive behavior and you need to do something about it.

More competition in developed markets and a supply shortfall of its Ore - Ida branded potato - based frozen foods are among reasons why the company is cautious about short - term revenue growth, Chief Exectuive Officer Bernardo Hees said on a call with analysts.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and more widely adopted, we'll start to see a lot of companies - big and small - turning to AI in order to come up with better data strategies and win customer adoption, and to better compete against their competition.

Zenefits did not have a comment about the write - down or the revenue - target miss, but Kenneth Baer, a company spokesman, said it is unfazed by the competition, and will keep on innovating in the year to come.

And later, at a backstage interview in Lisbon, Ohanian said, in terms of competition, «Facebook is the only company we think about.»

In defending its merger plan, Comcast is saying its real competition is no longer other cable companies, but rather so - called over-the-top Internet service providers such as Netflix, which is the same rationale Bell used in Canada with its acquisition of broadcaster Astral last yeaIn defending its merger plan, Comcast is saying its real competition is no longer other cable companies, but rather so - called over-the-top Internet service providers such as Netflix, which is the same rationale Bell used in Canada with its acquisition of broadcaster Astral last yeain Canada with its acquisition of broadcaster Astral last year.

This can be a problem in a high stress office environment, where competition and debate are just part of the company culture.

Craft said the competition for hiring A.I. experts is fierce and in many cases ends up resulting in companies like Google paying «NFL signing bonuses» for the talent.

One reason competition is getting tighter, Dice says, is that companies across all industries are looking to add tech - savvy workers in marketing, sales, and business analysis positions.

Startups based around a new idea sometimes get too sure of themselves, neglecting to keep a watch on the markets — competition isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you need to make sure you differentiate yourself in a way that makes your company seem like the more appealing service.

But we are certainly a company that looks across our market of competition and we've got a lot of respect for the work that Apple's been doing in the consumer space.

In a statement to Reuters, the company said the transfer industry is teeming with new players and that competition had contributed to falling prices.

GoldieBox, a toy company on a mission to get girls excited about engineering, won a national competition sponsored by Intuit and will be featured in a 30 - second commercial during the Super Bowl.

«Out of all the people we talked to, she had the most enthusiasm, the most resolve in terms of her vision for what she wanted the company to be, and she did the most research,» says Dan Gallo, president and CEO of Mentor Communications Group and one of the judges of the recent competition.

It's that principle that led to the government's antitrust case against Microsoft; the company was accused of trying to use its dominance in PC operating systems to thwart competition in the nascent market for web browsers.

Amid stiff competition, in 2016, the company began producing a different formula of nicotine liquid, which is used inside vaporizers and e-cigarettes.

Canada lacked real competition in data roaming until 2009 when Rogers ceased to be the only company with the right technology, he noted.»

While doing this might not be easy in today's economic environment, it may be worth any short - term hardship, because your company will attract some of the best people in the business, and they will help you to stay ahead of the competition.

While many might not admit it, some in the tech world have been angered by Microsoft's actions on issues around competition and innovation, and take a certain delight in watching the company suffer a kind of comeuppance.

The company has been beefing up its presence in the mobile video market, where Snapchat and YouTube pose strong competition.

Oracle's growth and ability to compete with other actors in the cloud computing space is growing, CEO Mark Hurd told CNBC on Monday, adding that the company «is winning» the space when compared to its competition.

The company indicated its interest in building a China - based AI research team in May, amid growing competition for talent from Baidu, which has also been actively courting AI researchers in Beijing and Silicon Valley.

The British Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally nixed 21st Century Fox's $ 26 billion takeover of media company Sky, saying it may not be in the public interest as it would put too much power in Rupert Murdoch's hands.

The Virgin Group has started many businesses with the goal of prioritizing people, the planet and profit equally, and they thrive despite occasional economic dips and competition from much bigger companies that were specifically built to bring in cash.

A horizontal merger is one between companies that operate in the same space, which can decrease competition.

In that case, Videotron will soon be competing with Wind, as well as the Big Three, which will eventually turn into a not - very - fair competition since the cable company has relatively deep pockets and — more importantly — 700 MHz spectrum.

The networking giant faces tough competition in the work collaboration space, with companies like Microsoft, Google, Slack, and Atlassian (team) all selling similar services they each claim is the superior choice.

In fact, one of the judges of her competition happened to own a tech company who took Winner on as her mentor, employing her after she was released from prison.

Patron, facing an onslaught of competition from celebrity - endorsed tequilas, is fighting back this summer with a line of pricey drinks as part of the largest product launch in the company's 25 - year history.

For all the talk of EMC Federation companies being able to sell both with each other and against each other, it's hard to see how this will work in the field given that Team EMC faces prodigious competition from Amazon (AMZN) Web Services and Microsoft (MSFT) for these accounts.