Remain and Leave have given us a simple message:
economic disaster on the one hand, uncontrolled borders on the other.
Not exact matches
Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition
on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and
economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural
disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
And if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage
disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting
on severe
economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.
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.
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»).
These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition,
on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has
on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general
economic conditions
on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence
on market acceptance of various types of broadband services,
on the adoption of new broadband technologies and
on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition,
on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence
on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect
on our business of natural
disasters.
Instead, the Financial Choice Act would offer the industry other types of relief: Institutions would have to undergo fewer stress tests to prove they could survive another
economic disaster and they would get more information upfront about what they would be judged
on, for example.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry,
economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural
disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects
on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report
on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports
on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available
on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as
on Express Scripts» most recent report
on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports
on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available
on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
If oil drops into the $ 20 - to - $ 30 range, he may soon be dealing with the consequences of an oil sands industry, his government's anointed engine of
economic growth, suddenly becoming a commercial
disaster on a scale that could be unrivaled in Canada's history.
Based
on these and other serious risks to the
economic benefits of the Fraser River, every chamber of commerce in the Lower Mainland — from the mouth of the river around Richmond, to the entrance to the Fraser canyon at Hope, are calling
on senior levels of government to act now to commit funding to head off potential
disaster.
The Harper government's response to the humanitarian
disaster in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, and the announcement
on November 22nd of the Canada - United States Asia Pacific Defence Policy Cooperation Framework, signal that its policy towards Asia is developing a greater security dimension to accompany its single - minded emphasis to date
on economic objectives.
The recent volatility in Japanese markets is breathtaking but characteristic of what one should come to expect from a country that is
on the brink of fiscal and
economic disaster.
It is obvious that the wildfire, the largest natural
disaster in Canadian history, will have a major
economic impact
on the area.
Yeah, we're
on the wrong path because manufacturing is up, unemployment down, and we've had continuous growth for 42 months after the worst
economic disaster since the great depression and a group of recalcitrant GOP congressmen obstructing anything that would benefit the country's growth.
For example, Kibbutzes or hippie communies in California don't need to spend money
on R&D in agriculture, or defense, or large scale law enforcement (again, you may have the luxury to exclude 1 - 3 % of psychopaths / sociopaths from a small community, and not worry about said excluded psychopaths attacking you for your communal material possessions from outside since they are dealt with by outside society), or
on disaster preparedness, or
on medical R&D, or pretty much any other
economic overhead of modern civilization.
Clegg said after the election that he had no choice but to go back
on his word: a national
economic disaster loomed, national interest trumps party politics, amassing power and all its trappings through brazen dishonesty was actually an act of sacrifice!
Those
on the campaign email list likely received a message Wednesday from the group, explaining the consequences of the so - called fiscal cliff and the president's plan in the ongoing negotiations to avert the
economic disaster.
This month the OECD painted an incredibly gloomy picture of how the world will look in 2060 if we continue
on down the same
economic path: entrenched inequality and climate
disaster await.
Former chancellors Lord Norman Lamont and Lord Nigel Lawson and ex-party leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Lord Michael Howard poured scorn
on warnings of
economic disaster from the Remain campaign.
The Hudson Valley Food and Beverage Alliance at the Marriott Pavilion
on the CIA campus will operate the Training and Workforce Development Center, and provide farms and agri - businesses in the Hudson Valley with the resources, training, services, and support necessary to recover from the natural
disasters, sustain their current farming operations, as well as expand and create
economic opportunities.
The Labour leader seized
on the chancellor's decision to leave Smith, the
economic secretary to the Treasury, to defend the policy
on BBC2's Newsnight in what was widely judged to have been a
disaster.
An appearance
on BBC2's Newsnight by Chloe Smith, the
economic secretary to the Treasury, was widely judged to have been a
disaster, leading to accusations
on social media of cowardice being levelled at the chancellor for not taking a greater public role in defending the government's latest budget policy reversal.
Biologists, chemists, psychologists and a range of other scientists wanted to study the environmental,
economic and mental health consequences of the
disaster; local scientists wanted to study the effects of the spill
on their communities; and leaders at the local and federal government needed guidance
on how to respond.
«Local and global shocks, such as
economic and financial crises, political instability, and environmental
disasters require strategies to increase our capacity for resilience,» says Kharrazi, «Policy and decision making should consider both the short and long term growth and resilience of growth based
on inclusivity or exclusivity and intensity of trading partners from a network perspective.»
FAO estimates that the disease causes more than $ 2 billion in losses annually and is an
economic disaster for the small herders and poor rural households that depend
on the animals for milk, meat, wool, and leather both for their own use and for trade.
Southland Tales (R for sexuality, profanity, violence and drug use) Futuristic apocalyptic epoch, set in a Los Angeles which is a police state and
on the brink of
economic and environmental
disaster in the wake of a nuclear attack
on Texas.
Joydeep Gupta, editor of indiaclimatedialogue.net and a co-author
on the report, said: «Given that India is ranked the second most vulnerable to the
economic costs of climate change, only a strong global deal can generate the finance to avert
disaster.
But Year 2000 is the first
economic disaster to arrive
on a schedule.
It almost feels like a sin to take delivery of a shiny new Aston Martin DB9 in the midst of one of the worst
economic disasters in the history of the country, but it seems even more ludicrous to turn down time behind the wheel of one of the most gorgeous cars
on the road, so we spent a weekend cruis
Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and
economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors,
on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations
on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have
on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability
on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency
on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have
on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance
on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed
on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency
on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have
on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural
disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.
Political,
economic, legal or regulatory changes or natural
disasters may affect the financial institution's ability to pay ETN investors
on time.
Most books
on the
economic crisis focus
on the dominoes falling — it is amazing and despairing to watch the
disaster unfold, as the leverage in the system is finally revealed to be unsustainable.
Ella Moss presents MORE
ON THE GREAT FINANCIAL
DISASTER OF 2010 Â «Zodiac Times posted at Zodiac Times, saying, «
economic predictions from the pen of an astrologer»
More American Photographs aims to add to the FSA's project through the lens of the twenty - first century, which highlights, amidst natural
disasters, the collapse of the housing boom, and a general lack of
economic mobility, the distinct effects
on different communities.
Shown in his London studio, Shonibare is working
on his first series of drawings in twelve years, taking as his subject: climate change — political,
economic, environmental — and dedicating a work to «the architects of the present
economic disaster» including Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and Milton Friedman.
«Global
economic losses of tens of billions of dollars are attributed to extremes of ENSO (i.e., El Nino and La Nina), suggesting that these events disproportionately trigger socioeconomic
disasters on the global scale.
That being the case, I favor an international regulatory approach to global warming, one that would mandate,
on the basis of the best scientific and
economic estimates, sufficient reductions in greenhouse gases to forestall the worst
disasters.
This result would be strongly dependent
on the exact dynamic response of the Greenland ice sheet to surface meltwater, which is modeled poorly in todays global models.Yes human influence
on the climate is real and we might even now be able to document changes in the behavior of weather phenomena related to
disasters (e.g., Emanuel 2005), but we certainly haven't yet seen it in the impact record (i.e.,
economic losses) of extreme events.
Yes human influence
on the climate is real and we might even now be able to document changes in the behavior of weather phenomena related to
disasters (e.g., Emanuel 2005), but we certainly haven't yet seen it in the impact record (i.e.,
economic losses) of extreme events.
A new study, published last week in the journal Risk Analysis, provides a new methodology based
on Cost - Benefit analysis to assess the
economic efficiency of
disaster risk reduction efforts in
disaster hot spots in developing and emerging [continue reading...]
Pissant progressives pontificating
on economic degrowth, new
economic systems eschewing
economic growth, global government, using
disasters to engineer transformative moments for social revolution, suspension of democracy and the rule of law to deal with the catastrophic risk of climate change or whatever the whine de jour is.
But such was the spectacle of pending
disaster that anyone who dared — or was allowed — to question whether the sky is really about to fall
on us (and there were at least half a dozen of moderate anti-alarmists present), was branded a «usual suspect», a slur hurled against Andrei Illarionov (Putin» s
economic adviser) by the IPCC» s Martin Parry.
«The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the
economic and human damages that are inflicted
on his country and the world economy by natural
disasters, like Katrina, through neglected climate protection.»
Dr. Pulwarty has acted in advisory capacities
on climate, natural resources and
disaster risk reduction to several national and international agencies, including the Organization of American States, the Caribbean
Economic Community (CARICOM) the Global Framework
on Climate Services, the UNDP, UNEP and the InterAmerican Development and World Banks.
Why is it that revolutionary changes in our social /
economic / political system are greeted with enthusiasm, as «progress», and yet the rather small increase
on atmospheric [CO2], a byproduct of cheap transport and electricity that underpins our whole way of life, is treated as a
disaster?
As we increase our exposure, investing in
disaster - resilient infrastructure and prepared citizenries not only makes moral and
economic sense, it's also not dependent
on one's personal views about climate change.
Of these, 4,615 were due to flash floods and floods, according to the International
Disaster Database Centre for research
on the Epidemiology of
Disasters (CRED), which have cost the country an estimated USD 396 million in
economic losses.
New York State's Governor is grappling with a confirmed case of «Wind Turbine Syndrome», the obvious signs of which are that he's hell - bent
on following the path set by the Germans and South Australians
on the road to
economic and social
disaster.
In some cases it is difficult to place specific
economic values
on important outcomes (e.g.
disasters involving large scale loss of life).
Coal - industry spokesmen and some lawmakers
on Capitol Hill declared the move an
economic disaster in the making that is certain to increase electricity rates nationwide.