Sentences with phrase «ending issue in business»

Ignoring the question of whether price should be based on cost, which is a never - ending issue in business economics, the simple fact of the matter is ebooks aren't free for the publisher to provide.

Not exact matches

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.
On one end of the market, you have traditional banks that are conservative in their approach to issuing small - business loans due to risk and profitability concerns.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
«Experience shows that individuals who have had issues in their careers or who are untruthful often end up running their business unethically.
Factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing from our forward - looking statements include risks relating to: failure of DBRS to rate the Notes at the anticipated ratings levels, which is a closing condition, or at all; changes in the financial markets, including changes in credit markets, interest rates, securitization markets generally and our proposed securitization in particular; the willingness of investors to buy the Notes; adverse developments regarding OnDeck, its business or the online or broader marketplace lending industry generally, any of which could impact what credit ratings, if any, are issued with respect to the Notes; the extended settlement cycle for the scheduled closing on April 17, 2018, which may exacerbate the foregoing risks; and other risks, including those described in our Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and in other documents that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time which are or will be available on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov.
The preliminary economic profile for the US in February continued to reflect healthy momentum and this week's issue of the US Business Cycle Risk Report confirmed that the numbers overall continued to skew positive, based on data published through the end of March.
Shortly after the incident occurred in Moscow, Kraft issued this statement: «At the end of a very productive, three - hour business meeting with President Putin... I showed the president my most recent Super Bowl ring.
The load Is stamped and recorded, bills of sale and receipts are issued, A few of the timbers are mysteriously lost in transit and filed As cost of business, and one ends up on Golgotha» the Skull.
This issue of wearing religion on your sleeve is wrong and thinking it makes you better than the rest or draw attention to yourself for publicity and self promotion, that ends up in big dollar contracts is akin to the religious cult and religous business that is the Tammy and Jim Baker.
In a Business Insider column, Hall wrote a brief summary of the issues facing today's large and small brewers while acknowledging Goose Island's own migration to Anheuser - Busch InBev's High End craft and import division.
Whether you make a profit in the end or not isn't the issue, there are plenty of businesses out there that don't make a profit, but they have all the proper registration etc..
«Many businesses on the East End, including in my North Fork legislative district, rely on public transportation to get workers to their jobs, especially during the summer season,» Mr. Krupski said in a press release issued this week.
The CSEA says the plan is a political ploy that doesn't address the issue that businesses are cutting funding from their budgets in order to make ends meet.
NIH, by the way, has recently recognized that «the career outcomes of NRSA - supported training programs include both research - intensive careers in academia and industry and research - related careers in various sectors, e.g. academic institutions, government agencies, for - profit businesses, and private foundations» and is encouraging universities with T32 programs to provide «structured, career development advising and learning opportunities» to prepare trainees for those opportunities, according to a notice issued in September 2013, near the end of the study period.
Not providing training, especially on critical Health & Safety and business protection issues, is not an option (unless you want to end up in court explaining a breach of policy, or worse a serious accident and injury).
To that end, SEMA supports a dedicated and highly active team of government affairs experts on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.. They're focused on identifying and affecting issues that make a difference to your business.
While traditional publishers (actually, the top end publishers) are fighting over business and legal issues, like any big business, you adapt and work with what works — eBooks still represent a minority in sales, but it is rapidly catching up to print, and by all accounts, has already passed hardcover (which has been in decline in a slow death since the advent of paperbacks and trade paperbacks in the 40s and 50s).
There are other ways of dealing with «behavioral issues» in evaluating businesses with a lot of uncertainty but they usually don't end up in moat portfolios so I won't comment on them over here.
only then would you spend money (ie, some of that money) setting up business entities in the relevant jurisdiction (Dubai or whatever), establishing the needed chain companies, beginning work on legal, etc etc (and as a tiny factor at the end of that chain, sure, a few advisors would sort out the best way to pay any taxes in the US / home country / whatever, taking in to account sundry issues such as visa status, etc etc).
Under the SEC proposal, an ETF would be defined as a registered open - end management investment company that: • Issues (or redeems) creation units in exchange for the deposit (or delivery) of basket assets the current value of which is disseminated per share by a national securities exchange at regular intervals during the trading day; • Identifies itself as an ETF in any sales literature; • Issues shares that are approved for listing and trading on a securities exchange; • Discloses each business day on its publicly available web site the prior business day's net asset value and closing market price of the fund's shares, and the premium or discount of the closing market price against the net asset value of the fund's shares as a percentage of net asset value; and • Either is an index fund, or discloses each business day on its publicly available web site the identities and weighting of the component securities and other assets held by the fund.
In this edition, we feature a Business Insider summary of a recent Baupost letter, a summary of Guy Spier's approach to using checklists, a video of Tom Russo's talk at Google on «Global Value Investing», a ValueWalk article on Pzena Asset Management, an FT article on Steve Jobs which analyses the start - up conditions at Apple; plus two more videos at the end of this issue — one from Bill Miller on why he thinks now is the perfect time to buy US stocks, the other from London Value Investor Conference speaker Jean - Marie Eveillard who speaks about market cycles and the risks he sees ahead from «valuation problems» brought about by quantitative easing.
In June, the company also won exclusive rights to issue credit cards for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., ending an agreement in which it shared the business with Citigroup IncIn June, the company also won exclusive rights to issue credit cards for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., ending an agreement in which it shared the business with Citigroup Incin which it shared the business with Citigroup Inc..
American Express won the exclusive rights to issue credit cards for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and ending an agreement in which the two banks shared the business.
American Express Co. has struck back against Citigroup Inc., winning exclusive rights to issue credit cards for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and ending an agreement in which the two banks shared the business.
2007 March - Game Developers Conference 2007, «Sex in Games: Design Issues» roundtable, «Sex in Games: The Business End», roundtable, «Accessibility Idol Design Challenge,» panel lecture, «IGDA International Case Blasts», panel lecture, «The Importance of Social Networking to Casual Games» (sponsored session), lecture
However, this decadal predictability, «necessary for infrastructure planning, energy policy, business development, and issues related to sustainability» (to quote the PNAS paper) is only useful to end - users (people on the ground) if rainfall in local regions can be better predicted.
Up until now, all restaurants and supermarkets in Italy have had to issue a declaration five days prior to making a donation; instead, the new law will allow businesses simply to issue a statement of consumption at the end of each month.
That's just a cost of doing business, but cybersecurity doesn't end there,» says Eric B. Levine, an attorney specializing in privacy issues and a shareholder at Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper in Westfield, New Jersey.
Issuing a referral is serious business because not only is your reputation on the line, but it can have an effect in the long run if both ends do not treat it with care.
Ethics boards in 13 states seem to have specifically considered the issue, and all say it's fine to use the cloud as long as you use «reasonable care» in selecting services — as with pretty much everything else on the business end of law practice.
Then I think there's kind of this parallel track of issues to unpack where there's a distinction between small firms that have built their business model around being able to help solve problems of access, whether that's around unbundling their services or how they do their pricing, or giving away some free do it yourself content on the front end, whether that's also as part of their lead acquisition strategy or just as a service to people who need it, is I think separate from people who then volunteer their time in pro bono efforts, or people who donate their money to legal charitable causes.
What I had intended is that lay persons may be just as well - suited as lawyers to manage the business of a firm and leave the lawyers to practice law whether they should be owners / partners is an entirely different issue which may also in the end be decided by government intervention / policy.
If you're currently insured under the Cal - COBRA continuation privilege, at the time it ends, you'll be eligible for a Guaranteed Issue policy from any insurer still doing business in California, despite your otherwise unfavorable diabetic condition.
Often the best way to deal with a specific issue is, if your bitcoin business is selling consumer goods to an end user in Ontario (or any other province in Canada for that matter), contact a lawyer in Ontario who is familiar with the Ontario Act and who can pinpoint what section of the Act may apply to your specific issue.
Weekly Axis Of Easy # 36 In this issue: China to block overseas VPNs Domain hijack strands thousands of businesses Twitter's mysterious astroturfing tools This little start - up sells hacks to government agencies WordPress update breaks WordPress updates China to block overseas VPNs At the end of March all non-Chinese VPN services will be blocked within China.
Serves as a primary contact with clinical business areas to troubleshoot end - user issues and requests to provide appropriate system solutions in a timely manner to ensure a consistent and efficient workflow.
I am a good salesman and business developer, I like to work in a job where I can use my solid technical background and deal with technical and engineering issues comfortably but working toward the business development end and contributing to the marketing / sales of products.
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Participated in several engineering efforts for Aerospace, Department of Defense, Biomedical Engineering, Broadcast Communications, ISO 9001 regulated environments, as well as the Media and Entertainment Business environment QA Expertise: * Motivated and dedicated Software Quality Assurance and Testing Professional * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Participated in test executions, requirements analysis, configurations of complex software / firmware and systems in a variety of environments * Experience in creating QA Procedures and metrics, establishing QA Standards, proficient in writing Test Plans, Use Cases, and Test Cases for manual tests and automation * Experience in executing SQL command scripts for Data Validation * Solved mission critical customer related issues and helped organizations solve several complex engineering anomalies * Great exposure related to testing on Web / Windows based, Business Class multi-user client server application software and Back End system validation * Ability to work independently or in a team environment and capable of establishing rapport with a variety of diverse functional working groups
Ms. Senft's background in the family environment includes domestic mediation, separation and divorce, marital property and tax liability, domestic violence, high conflict, gay and lesbian partnerships, bankruptcy, religious annulment, parental rights, grandparents» rights, adoption, cognitive - psychological - social child development, parenting plans, religious faith and doctrine on marriage, adultery, adult grief and traumatic incident reduction, loss of child, abortion, guardianship, addiction, alcoholism, estates and trusts, real estate and personal property asset division, estate planning, end of life issues, elder care decision - making, and closely held family business, shareholder disputes and every variety of partnership conflict.
I used to do a lot of business in these buzz areas like West End, but I got tired of all the external issues, equity skimming, scam artists, false inflation, and false prophets talking about how rich they will become by investing in these areas.
NAR had requested a federal exemption for real estate practitioners in comment letters to both the FTC and FCC, lobbying both commissions diligently on the issue of restrictive telemarketing rules, but the only exemptions that ended up in the final rules were for political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors, and those with an existing business relationship.
However, setting the «sub-prime debacle» aside, thousands of homes end up in foreclosure each year for reasons neither the homeowner or lender could have foreseen: job loss and business failures; divorce or sudden death of a spouse; health related issues and expenses; and myriad other expenses that are unexpected and unpreventable.
Issues such as dealing with constant vacancies, never ending maintenance repairs or tenants sending in their rent checks late can negatively impact your business.
He replied «No, but I would not waste my time debating issues with ignoramuses who do not have to stones to at least address your reasoned defense of your way of conducting business in this world, else you may end up with the mindset of your attackers who give in to the easy way of thinking, or not, being subscribing to the impulse to take the easy route to decision making, i.e.; seriously dealing with and accepting hearsay, misinformation, media bias and just plain nastyness as the way to actually factually learn about the realities of the real estate industry, causing your brain Brian to deteriorate to the point of needing at least a minor tune - up.»
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