Nixon spoke to community activists and grassroots leaders about economic
development policies at the 9th Ward, a small bar near downtown.
Yacob Mulugetta, paper coauthor and Professor of Energy and
Development Policy at University College London, said:
«Two and a half percent is a pretty big jump for a single year, so we find that very encouraging,» says Derek Redelman, the vice president for education and workforce
development policy at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
And perhaps (notwithstanding the IPCC's firmly closed deliberations doors, and obviously unbeknownst to the movers and shakers behind this report) this is why — according to Olav Kjørven, Assistant Secretary General and Director of the Bureau for
Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-- «the era of making decisions about global issues behind closed doors with little citizen involvement was coming to an end.»
Not exact matches
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.
In its letter last night to Mr Cameron, Republic said: «The fact that... Charles has privileged access to Cabinet papers is a further cause for concern as it means he is able to lobby ministers in secret
at every stage of
policy development process.
They direct and administer the
development of health care and social
policies, and oversee programs aimed
at improving the health and social welfare of individuals and communities.
At American Airlines, which has the most flights into Miami International Airport, there has been no change to its cancellation
policy in light of the latest Zika
developments.
Other countries have argued that discussions and decisions on this issue should be tackled
at a global level and with the help of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development, a group that advises its 35 members on tax
policy.
«Even during the Great Depression of the 1930s,
policy rates and longer - term rates in the most affected countries (like the U.S.) were never reduced to such low levels,» wrote William White, chairman of the Economic
Development and Review Committee
at the OECD in Paris, in a recent paper.
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.
What stands in the way of rapid
development are numerous boundary disputes, says Peter Harrison, director of the School of
Policy Studies
at Queen's University.
The challenge in prompting change — broadening the classic definition of «infrastructure,» and investing in initiatives aimed
at adapting to a turbulent planet — is heightened by partisan divisions over climate
policy and
development.
The head of tax
at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), which advises developed nations on
policy, said the UK could use its freedom from EU rules to slash corporate tax but the political price would be high.
As a result, it often appears to prioritise the role of national
policies which strategically coordinate urban
development at the national level.
«If it feels like your smartwatch is turning into a spam box, you will take it off,» said Padden Guy Murphy, who heads business
development and public
policy at car - sharing service Getaround.
December 2002 (769 kb PDF file): Research summaries on IMF conditionality and country ownership of reforms and on public
policies and the Millennium
Development Goals; country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars
at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publications.
Holly Sullivan has been a public
policy executive
at Amazon since April 2016, but her previous job was president of the Montgomery Business
Development Corporation, according to her LinkedIn profile.
All three of these reasons — evidence that U.S. monetary
policy is currently only moderately accommodative, the fact that U.S. financial conditions have been influenced by economic and financial market
developments abroad, and risk management considerations — argue,
at the moment, for caution in raising U.S. short - term interest rates.
Megan Randall, a researcher
at the Urban Institute who studies economic
development policy, said companies cared most about a talented work force, which requires good schools and colleges, and amenities like affordable housing, parks and public transit that make a place desirable.
For example, after the market turbulence
at the start of the year, we kept monetary
policy on hold
at the March FOMC meeting and explicitly referenced «readings on financial and international
developments» in the FOMC statement.
Chinese and Canadian officials meeting
at a seminar on asset management and economic
development in the central and western regions of China, feel that the Chinese government's preferential
policies for the introduction of foreign investment in the region, along with an abundance of natural resources and the booming infrastructure
development, offer opportunities for economic cooperation between...
The C.D. Howe Institute's Energy
Policy Program looks
at the economics of energy use and
development in Canada: its contribution to national prosperity and the regulatory and fiscal changes that could enhance that contribution.
LSI's broad range of expertise in business
development services, and presence
at most prime contractor locations, government centers of procurement and
policy, and agencies and depots, will augment the existing portfolio of services provided by Defense Alliance and the APC.
«Wag has prioritized the security of our customers
at each stage of the company's
development» and has security processes and
policies in place, the company said
at the time.
We'll look
at the hot spots of new growth, assess the hurdles innovators face, and explore new approaches to
policy development that could set Canada up to succeed in the transition to a clean economy.
«It could bring some control to the Wild West of the third parties operating on these platforms,» said Karen Kornbluh, a senior fellow for digital
policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and former ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development under the Obama administration.
Thomas Gass, assistant secretary - general for
policy coordination and interagency affairs in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
at the United Nations, talked with Global Finance about the UN's new Sustainable
Development Goals and how the private sector can help.
Through
policy development, education, and advocacy, the Institute is building support for meaningful action
at the local, state, national, and international levels.
«People tend to confuse what the government can do with what these individual companies can do,» said Karen Kornbluh, a senior fellow for digital
policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and former ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development under the Obama administration.
Eswar Prasad, senior fellow in global economy and
development at Brookings and the Tolani senior professor of trade
policy at Cornell University, helped generate some of the initial momentum for the panel by publishing a related report in conjunction with the event.
The Harris Centre of Regional
Policy and
Development at Memorial University predicts the provincial population will drop 10 per cent by 2036 and that some towns could see drops of 30 per cent or more.
«We're underwriting a net loss in jobs and pretending it's a gain,» said Dave Swenson, an economist
at Iowa State University and a longtime critic of the state's
development policies.
Martin specializes in governance and compensation issues
at FTSE 350 companies, and is an active participant in
policy and product
development at Glass Lewis.
The FHA percent share by dollar volume shot up in 2008 and 2009, according to the Office of
Policy Development and Research
at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development:
This report identifies the
policy instruments
at the disposal of local governments based on central government
policy framework, and presents a few successful and replicable case studies and international experiences as reference for China's future
development in promoting green bonds.
«As well, ISDS puts a serious chill on the ability of governments
at all levels to enact legislation and public
policies that protect the health and well - being of citizens or promote sustainable
development.
Before joining DFAIT, he worked
at the Department of Finance, including from 1983 - 1990 with the Financial Sector
Policy Branch where he served as Project Director, Financial Institutions Reform Project, and chaired the Inter-Departmental Legislative Review Committee, which guided the
development of the 1992 reforms that overhauled the federal financial institutions statutes (the Bank Act, the Insurance Companies Act, the Trust and Loan Companies Act and the Cooperative Credit Associations Act).
The Connected Health Conference is the largest and most diverse gathering of public sector and health and technology industry leaders working
at the intersection of innovative product and service
development, research, business and
policy throughout the world.
At the direction of the board of directors and supported by management, the
Policy Council is the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's lead public policy and advocacy vehicle, charged with ensuring our policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic princ
Policy Council is the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's lead public
policy and advocacy vehicle, charged with ensuring our policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic princ
policy and advocacy vehicle, charged with ensuring our
policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic princ
policy development and advocacy adheres to the organization's mission and basic principles.
The
policy guarantees require companies to hold more reserves, adds Joe Stamps, director of life and long term care
development at Covenant Reliance Producers LLC, Nashville.
In a speech
at the Progressive
Policy - Institute, Housing and Urban
Development Secretary Henry Cisneros made a remarkable statement about what community means for «a modern, big American city and its relationship with a big Washington bureaucracy.»
This is not to say that we can not come to impassioned, principled positions about how to vote, particularly when dealing with issues as important as sexual assault, bigotry, racism, responsible foreign
policy, religious liberty, and the dignity of human life
at every stage in its
development.
Carol Lancaster, who teaches
at Georgetown University, has worked on U.S.
policy toward Africa as a fellow of various Washington think tanks, as deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa in the Carter administration, and as deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) during the Clinton administration.
These
developments have challenged
policy makers and religious leaders
at a very practical level.
At the same time, however, I have called attention to the difficulty of trying to work out an «ecological» approach to social
policy when we, like the chaos scientists, know so little about how to predict and influence long - term
developments.
Congress should direct the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to prioritize
development of additional organic price elections for crop insurance coverage, and review
policies that cap Contract Price Addendums
at two - times the conventional price election for any specific crop.
In the 1990s as National Farmers Organization's agricultural economist, John worked on ag
policy analysis and
development at the state and national levels including international trade.
Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable
Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food
Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst
at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural
Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support,
Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations
Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa
Wenger transfer
policy is to rely on youth
development and as such he maintained that no need to go all out and buy players
at high price.