«So the SNP fall back on the Belgium — Luxembourg
economic union of 1921.
The Financial Post published this idea on August 1:
an economic union of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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.
Office
of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney argued earlier this week on CNN's «State
of the
Union» that increasing the federal deficit is necessary to unlocked the desired
economic growth the Trump administration has targeted.
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.
Sterling could decline further against the euro to offset the
economic impact
of losing trade links with the European
Union, the president
of the Peterson Institute told CNBC on Tuesday.
Monthly reports are published on the
economic impact
of leaving the
union — and they are all negative.»
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 idea
of an
economic union between the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand is silly.
According to the European Commission, a fully integrated
economic and monetary
union would need a Treasury led by a EU finance minister, who could chair the meetings
of the euro zone finance ministers — currently known as the Eurogroup.
Chris Rupkey, MUFG
Union Bank Managing Director and Chief Financial Economist, discusses rising interest rates, rate
of inflation, and solid
economic outlook
Unions and opposition politicians decried the deal, arguing it shuts citizens out
of job opportunities, while supporters contend free trade will boost
economic activity overall.
Spokesman Jon Hamilton said Canada Post has a memorandum
of agreement with the
union «where the federal socio -
economic cheques will be delivered.»
Resentments
of America returned, 50 years after General Eisenhower's (mainly American) armies had liberated western Europe, including most
of Germany, 75 years after General Pershing's Expeditionary Forces saved the victory
of France and the British Empire on the Western Front, and as soon as American firmness and
economic and military power had induced the bloodless collapse
of the Soviet empire and
Union, and
of international communism.
A lot
of the
economic success realized in the postwar years is correlated to the expansion
of collective bargaining and
union rights.
Add a potential multi-billion dollar entertainment industry merger to the long list
of economic casualties from the Brexit less than a week after the U.K.'s historic vote to leave the European
Union.
The British have voted to leave the European
Union, pummeling financial markets and setting the stage for months, if not years,
of economic uncertainty.
The vote is set to be a close one with both the Bank
of England and the U.K. Treasury warning
of the potential
economic cost
of leaving the
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.
The result: Now down to representing only 7 %
of private - sector workers, America's
unions and collective bargaining are no longer able to provide workers the power they need to redress workplace injustices or achieve a fair share
of the
economic growth they help generate.
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.
So too is our relationship with the European
Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate
economic growth, and foster the spread
of democratic values and ideals across the continent and beyond.
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?
December 2001 (576 kb PDF file): Articles reviewing IMF research on capital controls, currency
unions, and environmental issues; country study: United States; summary
of October 2001 World
Economic Outlook; list
of IMF working papers; visiting scholars at the IMF.
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).
Battered by the plunging price
of crude, the market is now bracing for what experts predict will be a flood
of Iranian oil after the United States and the European
Union lifted
economic sanctions against Iran.
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.
Dmitry Medvedev, the prime minister
of Russia, has urged the states comprising the Eurasian
Economic Union to adopt a common approach to cryptocurrency regulation.
The
economic implications
of the UK's vote to leave the European
Union are sending shockwaves throughout global markets.
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.
If a strong - enough
economic recovery were to take hold, Europe could grow its way out
of its huge fiscal deficits and save the monetary
union from collapse.
The row marks yet another hiccup in the short life
of the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU), which launched in January.
Their appearance is a clear sign
of Kazakhstani discontent with the Eurasian
Economic Union, a Russia - led trade group that was supposed to promote mutual growth but which critics say has so far only inflicted economic pain on
Economic Union, a Russia - led trade group that was supposed to promote mutual growth but which critics say has so far only inflicted
economic pain on
economic pain on Astana.
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.