The world's wealthiest nation, the U.S.A., is the most successful
economic union in world history.
Not exact matches
Recalling 2017 trips to the Women's Farmer
Union in North Dakota and the She Summit
in NYC, «what you see with women across the political and
economic spectrum is a growing sense of frustration, facing barriers that they were previously told had been struck down.»
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.
While Iceland continues to pursue membership
in the European
Union, its citizens are increasingly disenchanted with the prospect of becoming an unstable economy inside a slightly less unstable economic u
Union, its citizens are increasingly disenchanted with the prospect of becoming an unstable economy inside a slightly less unstable
economic unionunion.
The London - based National Institute of
Economic and Social Research, a non-partisan think - tank, said
in May that the economy of a European
Union — free U.K. could be as much as 3.2 % smaller by 2030.
BRUSSELS (AP)--
Economic growth across the European
Union will remain robust this year and next, particularly when compared with Britain, which is set to leave the bloc
in less than a year, the EU's executive branch said Thursday.
The ECB is perhaps the best hope of bridging the political and
economic fault lines
in a
union where cooperation was supposed to be the hallmark of a new Europe.
So we might have expected the Old Chieftain to make short work of Newfoundland and Labrador's recent gambit to extract $ 280 million from Ottawa
in exchange for its co-operation
in the Comprehensive
Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European
Union.
At a time when the U.K. is negotiating its future trade relationship with the European
Union (EU) as it prepares to leave the 28 - country economic and political bloc, focus is being placed on whether the U.K. could stay in some sort of customs u
Union (EU) as it prepares to leave the 28 - country
economic and political bloc, focus is being placed on whether the U.K. could stay
in some sort of customs
unionunion.
The French ideas about turning the euro zone into a virtual federal state, with its own finance minister, budget, and executive and legislative authorities will probably be among the key talking points
in a reform program that is supposed to lead to a tightly integrated
economic and political
union.
The European
Union's top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, arrived
in Cuba on Wednesday to help strengthen member countries»
economic and political ties with the Communist - run island.
Russian annexed Crimea from Ukraine
in 2014, triggering
economic sanctions by the European
Union and United States and a tense stand - off
in the region.
A lot of the
economic success realized
in the postwar years is correlated to the expansion of collective bargaining and
union rights.
BRUSSELS —
Economic growth across the European
Union will remain robust this year and next, particularly when compared with Britain, which is set to leave the bloc
in less than a year, the EU's executive branch said Thursday.
** FRANKFURT - ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure chairs Policy Panel «
Economic convergence: before or beyond fiscal
union» at ECB Conference «Public debt, fiscal policy and EMU deepening»
in Frankfurt, Germany - 1500 GMT.
The talk
in the Kremlin is about an
economic club, but if the plans extend to common security, that would bring it much closer to recreating the Soviet
Union.
With a combined
economic might of some 13.9 trillion euros ($ 15.5 trillion)
in 2014, the European
Union is one of the most powerful
economic powers
in the world, dwarfing China's $ 10.3 trillion
in the same year but not quite reaching the U.S» $ 17.4 trillion.
Her view, as she articulated
in a speech to the AFL - CIO labor
union in February, is that the spike
in unemployment that followed the Great Recession was largely the result of the
economic downturn, and not of a skills mismatch problem
in the labour market, as some have suggested.
Analysts said the move represented a good use of the bank's excess cash, but warned it carried some risks given Britain's uncertain
economic outlook following the country's vote to leave the European
Union in June.
How has this happened, when everybody from the Bank of England to the International Monetary Fund, from Barack Obama to Shinzo Abe, from the Trades
Union Congress to the Confederation of British Industry, have all warned of the major financial shocks
in the near term and
economic decline and geopolitical irrelevance
in the long term after a vote for Brexit?
Declining wages and inequality are sometimes described as an inevitable, deterministic outcome of abstract
economic forces, but none of the usual suspects seem to adequately explain what's happening to airline jobs
in the US — not immigration (pilots and flight attendants must speak English), globalization (so - called cabotage laws have limited the scope of international outsourcing), automation (robots haven't yet displaced pilots), or the decline of
unions (
union density remains high).
For instance, the June FOMC minutes state: «Most participants noted that the upcoming British referendum on membership
in the European
Union could generate financial market turbulence that could adversely affect domestic
economic performance.»
Bill Curry reports
in today's Globe that, at last year's
economic policy retreat, business leaders urged Finance Minister Flaherty to reduce the pay of «overpriced» Canadian workers, including through anti
union right to work legislation.
Current political and financial uncertainty surrounding the European
Union may increase market volatility and the
economic risk of investing
in companies
in Europe.
European
Union and Asian governments are frustrated that the U.S. Congress has held up a reform of voting rights
in the International Monetary Fund that would give China and other emerging powers more say
in global
economic governance.
An example is the Canada — European
Union Comprehensive
Economic and Trade Agreement, most of which will be implemented
in the next few days.
To the surprise of most investors around the globe, yesterday the U.K. voted 52 % to 48 %
in favor of leaving the European
Union (EU), after more than four decades,
in a stunning rejection of the continent's post-war political and
economic order.
«The euro has lost 3.7 % against the U.S. dollar this month and almost $ 4 trillion has been wiped from equity markets amid concern the turmoil
in Greece may weigh on other members of the
economic union,» he said.
Although all the
unions in Canada put together would not match the financial size of any one of the country's 150 largest corporations, the Rand formula does provide
unions with stable funding to exercise a modicum of political and
economic clout
in their encounters with companies and governments.
Following the British vote to exit the European
Union, global
economic concerns, coupled with weakness
in the Japanese economy, drove interest rates
in Britain, Europe and Japan to fresh lows, prompting a burst of yield - seeking speculation that has driven the S&P 500 Index a few percent above its May 2015 peak.
Another way that the current crisis hurts those at the bottom of the
economic ladder was revealed
in a conversation with Lucy Luna, a United Food and Commercial Workers
union organizer among immigrant farm workers
in the Fraser Valley, who notes that the reduced value of the Canadian dollar means that the remittances sent home to Mexico by the «guest workers» shipped to Canada under a federal temporary work permit program are now nearly cut
in half
in value by the time they reach Mexico, where the economy is geared to the U.S. dollar.
The row marks yet another hiccup
in the short life of the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU), which launched
in January.
The European
Union is, after all, an
economic superpower
in its own right — far too big and rich for America to have much direct influence — led by sophisticated people who should be able to manage their own affairs.
The Russian - dominated Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU), which includes both Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, has been the Kremlin's answer to shoring up its economic influence in its immediate neigh
Economic Union (EEU), which includes both Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, has been the Kremlin's answer to shoring up its
economic influence in its immediate neigh
economic influence
in its immediate neighborhood.
Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples
in civil
unions, domestic partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the
economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is already clear that persons
in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?
The uncertain state of the eurozone economy may become clearer on Wednesday when the European
Union statistics office releases an estimate of its
economic growth
in the first quarter.
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«The bill provides much - needed relief from the Dodd - Frank Act for thousands of community banks and credit
unions, and will spur lending and
economic growth without creating risks to the financial system,» the White House said
in a statement after the vote.
«We are encouraged by the steady
economic recovery
in the European
Union as a further sign of broader global stability.
When the G - 7 deputies came to Moscow
in late November 1991, just a few days after Gaidar had come to power as head of Yeltsin's
economic team, the main focus of the G - 7 message was the urgency that the Soviet
Union should continue to service the external debts at any cost.
One form of this model was practiced beginning
in the 1930s by the Soviet
Union, which more or less invented it, although we also see similarities
in German
economic policies during the same period.
Last fall, the tenacity then - trade minister Chrystia Freeland displayed
in sealing the deal on the Canada - European
Union Comprehensive
Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) cemented her status as one of the few undisputed rising stars
in Trudeau's cabinet.
In October 1991 I received a call from Moscow, telling me that Yegor Gaidar [24] was likely to become the head of Yeltsin's
economic team, and that Russia would launch radical market reforms with or without the rest of the Soviet
Union.
The Royal Commission on the
Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission) was appointed in 1982 to examine the future economic prospects of the country and the effectiveness of its political insti
Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission) was appointed
in 1982 to examine the future
economic prospects of the country and the effectiveness of its political insti
economic prospects of the country and the effectiveness of its political institutions.
But as the U.K. becomes increasingly mired
in the difficult issues surrounding its exit from the European
economic and monetary
union, to many, May's 16 - month timeline is starting to look overly optimistic.
While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike
in consumer inflation;
in the event of a negative outcome
in the negotiations with the European
Union, the UK currency could slide further, leading to a rise
in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England
in a very precarious situation
in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown
in economic activity.
The Gross Domestic Product shows directly the
economic evolution of the European
Union, while the unemployment level is a key indicator that shows the social involvement
in the
economic processes.
The Comprehensive
Economic Trade Agreement, or CETA as it's known
in political circles, is a landmark free trade deal between Canada and the European
Union.
It's a legitimate concern, considering the spikes
in volatility this year caused by fears of global
economic slowdown, dissolution of the European
Union and policy reversal by the Federal Reserve.
In the key Lavigne vs. OPSEU decision of 1991, Justice Gérard La Forest explained that the unionization model in Canada ensures that unions have «both the resources and the mandate necessary to enable them to play a role in shaping the political, economic and social context within which particular collective agreements and labour relations disputes will be negotiated and resolved.&raqu
In the key Lavigne vs. OPSEU decision of 1991, Justice Gérard La Forest explained that the unionization model
in Canada ensures that unions have «both the resources and the mandate necessary to enable them to play a role in shaping the political, economic and social context within which particular collective agreements and labour relations disputes will be negotiated and resolved.&raqu
in Canada ensures that
unions have «both the resources and the mandate necessary to enable them to play a role
in shaping the political, economic and social context within which particular collective agreements and labour relations disputes will be negotiated and resolved.&raqu
in shaping the political,
economic and social context within which particular collective agreements and labour relations disputes will be negotiated and resolved.»