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Not exact matches
The push
in recent years to patronize small businesses for holiday shopping resulted
in the creation of Small Business Saturday, and this year's holiday shoppers
spent an
estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses the day after Black Friday.
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.
This involves taking the
estimates that clients have come up with for what they expect to
spend in retirement — and then running a simulation of what would happen to their portfolio if they
spent 25 % more than that over each of their first 15 years.
By 2011 the U.S. Senate officially recognized the event and
in 2012, an
estimated $ 5.5 billion was
spent on Small Business Saturday at local businesses around the nation.
Assuming that other sites car brands advertise on are plagued by a similar rate of fraudulent web traffic, Solve Media calculated car companies would waste $ 541 million out of the $ 2.5 billion eMarketer
estimates the auto industry will
spend this year on digital branding
in the U.S.
Analysts
estimate that the PBOC
spent over $ 34 billion
in November alone to prop up the currency, and figures expected next week from SAFE are expected to show reserves dropping below $ 3 trillion for the first time since 2011.
Project Time Off
estimates that unused vacation days cost the U.S. economy $ 236 billion
in 2016 because of lost
spending, but there are also penalties to pay at the individual level.
Over the same period, the IRA also
spent approximately $ 100,000 on more than 3,000 ads on Facebook and Instagram, which were seen by an
estimated 11 million people
in the United States.
As part of the deal, which still needs approval from Congress, Saudi Arabia «expressed its intent» to
spend $ 28 billion on defense technologies and programs by Lockheed Martin, which
estimated the deal would support 18,000 jobs
in the U.S. over 30 years — a figure that falls dramatically below Trump's
estimate.
This year, those virtual goods will yield nearly $ 1.6 billion
in sales for Riot,
estimates SuperData, which tracks
in - game
spending.
JP Morgan
estimates Amazon will
spend 5 billion on this aspect alone
in 2018, up from 4.5 billion the year prior.
Digital - marketing researcher eMarketer
estimates that U.S. advertisers will
spend a whopping $ 384.4 million on Snapchat advertising by the end of 2016, and as much as $ 804.5 million
in 2017.
The company says it plans by 2020 to raise annual
spending on what it calls «new energies» to between $ 1 billion and $ 2 billion — a sum that, assuming it materialized, would account for between 4 % and 8 % of the $ 25 billion that Shell has
estimated as its total capital
spending in 2017.
The data are pretty compelling: Harvard professor and researcher Joel Goh has
estimated that workplace stress accounts for up to $ 190 billion
in healthcare costs every year
in the U.S. - that's nearly 8 percent of all corporate healthcare
spending.
By 2019 this will grow to $ 4,665 — or 20 % of what the average retail consumer will
spend in 2019 — according to our
estimates.
My 29 «Foundations of Entrepreneurial Management» students at Babson College made solid 12 - month revenue
estimates in three days so I know it can be done without
spending a huge amount of time or money.
Household
spending fell 0.4 %
in October from a year earlier, less than the median
estimate for a 0.6 % annual decline, as shoppers
spent less on food and transport.
Some women shy away from jobs
in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut
in free time for women reduces their share
in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.
In total, that difference
in time
spent on at - home labor results
in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis
estimates.
The SBA has
estimated that the sequester will result
in $ 4 billion less revenue for small - business contractors as a result of reduced federal
spending.
Alabama
spent an
estimated $ 250 million to woo Daimler AG's Mercedes - Benz to put an autoplant
in Tuscaloosa two decades ago.
Jack Raudenbush, vice president of the $ 4.6 million company, which is based
in Middletown, Pennsylvania,
estimates that the change costs a few thousand dollars per year but calls it money well
spent: «This was the type of plan our competitors had, and we needed to offer competitive benefits.»
Americans
spend nearly 1
in 5 dollars on health care, the Brookings Institution
estimates.
The B.C. family — driven out of Uganda by murderous strongman Idi Amin —
spent an
estimated $ 500 million on West Vancouver's ritzy Park Royal Shopping Centre
in 1990.
According to
estimates from eMarketer,
spending on digital ads
in the U.S. will likely grow this year to the point where it is larger than the amount
spent on television, the former Goliath of the industry.
Management consultancy Oliver Wyman has
estimated global investment research
spend could fall by as much as $ 1.5 billion annually, when the rules come into force
in January.
Salespeople at Booklet Binding teamed up and
spent eight weeks becoming experts
in a topic area — saddle stitching, perfect binding, mailing, cutting, customer service, scheduling,
estimating, and so on — then prepared a two - to three - hour presentation, complete with handouts.
Amazon
estimated in June 2013 that it would
spend about $ 46 million to install Kiva robots at its warehouse
in Ruskin, Florida, including $ 26.1 million for the equipment, according to company filings to local government.
Robert Ross, CEO of Lowestrate.com Inc. — a $ 3.5 million Inc. 500 discount mortgage service —
estimates he
spends 50 % of his time making old - fashioned sales calls (even though he has an
in - house sales team and a sales vice president).
The parliamentary budget office
estimates spending to date has boosted the economy by 0.1 per cent
in each fiscal year and added between 9,600 and 11,100 jobs over the last 12 months.
One report by PricewaterhouseCoopers
estimated that
in Europe, mHealth technologies could help trim up to 35 percent off the cost of treating chronic medical conditions, a large driver of health care
spending.
People will
spend about $ 50.84 billion dollars on their pets
in 2011 alone,
estimates the association, up from $ 48.3 billion
in 2010.
Yet despite the enthusiasm for social - media marketing — and
estimates that total business
spending on it will surpass US$ 3 billion per year by 2014
in the U.S. alone — many questions remain.
Analysts at Bernstein
estimate that Amazon
spent $ 2 billion on video content for Prime
in 2015.
Business travelers from the U.S. are expected to
spend $ 273.3 billion
in 2013, according to an
estimate published today from the Global Business Travel Association, a non-profit trade group that tracks business travel and corporate meeting expenditures.
To accomplish this, the new WHO report
estimates that global funding for combating the disease will have to increase from the $ 2.7 billion that's
spent today to $ 8.7 billion
in 2030.
The consultants
spend six to 12 months analyzing the attractiveness of a potential market, evaluating the capabilities needed to win
in that market, assembling the resources needed to master them, detailing the action steps to implement the strategy and building a robust financial model that
estimates the investment required and the expected return.
MinEx
estimates that «for the Australian gold industry to maintain production at current levels
in the longer term, it will either need to double the amount
spent on exploration or double its discovery performance.»
It was still unclear whether Sony, which is still struggling with the impact of the cyberattack, would recoup the money it
spent to make the film and the $ 30 million or $ 40 million
in estimated marketing costs.
(Longevity doesn't always mean extra healthy years, and the latest
estimates from Fidelity anticipate even a healthy couple could
spend $ 275,000 on routine care
in retirement.)
Bernstein research
estimated that 59 percent of total U.S. TV ad revenue growth
in the third quarter of last year was from
spending on daily fantasy football ads.
Previously, the GBTA forecasted that business travel
spending would grow 3.2 percent
in 2016 to nearly $ 300 billion and that there would be an
estimated 514 million trips this year, an increase of 3.1 percent.
Marketers and product designers know they must target women: Females control an
estimated $ 20 trillion
in annual consumer
spending worldwide, according to the Boston Consulting Group.
The New York Times reports that cash - strapped Chinese aviation and shipping conglomerate HNA Group is appealing to its own employees for financial assistance to cope with the
estimated $ 90 billion
in debt the group rang up
in its high - profile global
spending spree.
Spending an
estimated $ 632 billion
in online retail by 2020, consumers will refer to A.I. shopping bots not just for shopping, but as an overall efficiency tool for all of their goods.
Protests during the test - run FIFA Confederations Cup last year highlighted popular discontent with the cost of staging the World Cup, which has grown to an
estimated US $ 11.3 billion
in infrastructure
spending.
The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed an
estimate of the direct
spending and revenue effects of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, a Senate amendment
in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1628.
Uncertainty shock = lower US GDP
estimates; markets will price
in EU fragmentation; Fed likely to pass
in Dec; ultimate growth impact of Trump will depend on whether his protectionism or Keynesianism triumphs; either way Trump will boost inflation / stagflation expectations as electorates say end wage deflation via immigration controls, trade protectionism, fiscal
spending.
The exact size and growth of this workforce is debated, but workers employed under precarious work conditions make up a significant portion of the larger workforce, with
estimates that 4 out of every 10 workers are now employed
in precarious situations.49 These workers typically face higher income volatility than workers
in traditional employment relationships because they
spend more time unemployed or underemployed and some have low earnings.50