Sentences with phrase «expected key changes»

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In a key change to the statement, the Fed omitted prior language saying it expected the labor market would strengthen further.

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.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Consumers» expectations and forecast uncertainty for overall inflation and home price growth, and expected price changes for key commodities

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.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

The New Zealand dollar was little changed against its trans - Tasman counterpart after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the key rate unchanged and said it expected inflation to remain in check.

As expected though, he has made changes to his starting line - up in order to freshen things up with key stars rested and fringe players given an opportunity to impress.

IMMANUEL KEYS TO VICTORY: Junior Nate Kendricks (20.8 points per game) and senior Darrin Person, Jr. (20 ppg) have scored 57.7 percent of Immanuel's total points on the season and there's no reason to expect that to change when the stakes are the highest.

As expected by most Arsenal fans and watchers, the manager has rung the changes for the EFL cup match at home to Southampton because of our numerous injury problems and also to allow a few of the key players to get some well earned rest after a hectic fixture schedule.

Changes are expected in west London as Conte stamps his mark on the group, but The Mirror claim that he has taken an opportunity in France to talk to two key individuals already.

So with crucial EPL and UCL games coming up and with Arsene Wenger having suggested that some of our key players were a bit jaded in the draw with Middlesborough on Saturday, a lot of people are expecting the Frenchman to make a quite few changes to the starting line - up for the EFL cup clash with Reading tomorrow, but I for one am hoping that he doesn't.

Antonio Conte is expected to ring in the changes for the midweek clash with several key players likely to be rested.

But, even with all this happiness, there are some changes that you should expect after giving birth and key among them is the change in the appearance of your body.

There is little reason to expect this, but it is nonetheless important to check whether UKIP are managing to do particularly well in (certain kinds of) key marginals to test uniform change assumptions.

«With a few days still to go I expect that more change could still occur, but it is likely to be minor and the national level and more concentrated on the ground in the key marginal constituencies where the Hold Your Nose or Cut It Off to Spite Your Face ™ message pushes home.

Climate change adaptation is expected to be a key feature of the forthcoming «COP21» Global Climate Change conference this November in Paris, making these results particularly tchange adaptation is expected to be a key feature of the forthcoming «COP21» Global Climate Change conference this November in Paris, making these results particularly tChange conference this November in Paris, making these results particularly timely.

Ocean acidification expected to accompany climate change may slow development and reduce survival of the larval stages of Dungeness crab, a key component of the Northwest marine ecosystem and the largest fishery by revenue on the West Coast, a new study has found.

Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato from the University of Southampton, the lead scientist of DynOPO, said: «The Orkney Passage is a key chokepoint to the flow of abyssal waters in which we expect the mechanism linking changing winds to abyssal water warming to operate.

He illustrates the key themes of the narrative, veering between vindictive unease at how he is expected to react to seismic changes in his life through to a comic nonchalance that makes the name switches, sexual confusion and psychiatry visits seem achingly hip.

«What has changed here is John Hodge wrote something more personal than we expected, so the key was unlocking it.

Between promises of seismic changes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and key actors reaching the end of their multi-picture deals, fans have come to expect the deaths of prominent characters in Avengers: Infinity War and its still - untitled sequel.

Those making expected progress and exceeding expected progress is likely to meet national benchmarks for most groups... As a result of discussions in March, leaders have made changes to expectations for Key Stage 1 with increased average point score (APS) achievement set as an expectation for all pupils.

All in all, this manifesto delivers some surprises (funding), some negative but expected changes (grammar schools), some threats (key stage 3 SATs) and some disappointing omissions (recruitment and primary assessment).

So expect GOP senators like [Tennessee's] Lamar Alexander [and North Carolina's Richard Burr] to make their support contingent on key changes to the bill — and to get a lot of what they want.

As you'd expect from any midcycle enhancement, the changes to the 2015 Volkswagen Jetta aren't exactly revolutionary, but our drive suggests that they are significant enough to help the refreshed Jetta keep pace with the key competitors in its market segment.

The 2019 Ram 1500 is set to be released this spring, and before it is, we wanted to highlight some of the key changes so you know exactly what to expect when it arrives!

However, the Bank of Canada is not expected to follow suit with any changes to its key interest rate target any time soon.

As the New Year has finally begun, I wanted to point out two key changes FHA borrowers can expect to see in this coming year.

It will never be that tidy because interest rates change constantly, but the key point is that any bond ETF filled with high - coupon premium bonds should be expected to fall in price over time.

The key is that we did not want customers to expect any change in game performance for existing titles.

To start things off I'll go over the key features that are coming soon and what sort of changes to expect in the game.

Key to linking these markets together is a secure and integrated international regulatory framework post-2012 when the Kyoto Protocol will expire, the very subject that so many people are focusing on in Bali and where political chiefs are expected to come up with a new master plan to fight climate change, or rather a blueprint for further negotiations to reach that master plan.

Unless it has changed a lot very recently, basic economics tells us that a relatively free, largely unregulated marketplace can not be expected to consider all key factors or lead to outcomes that are responsible with respect to all key factors (for example, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide) unless those factors are represented in costs and correspondingly in prices.

Expect technology transfer, and in particular, the responsibility of developed countries to facilitate technology transfer to developing countries, to be a key agenda item on China's climate change policy as international climate talks reach a critical phase.

This analytical collates perspectives of young people from all over the world, gathered from five years of UNICEF research at international, national and regional level, accompanied by key statistics and analysis of the current and expected impacts of climate change on children.

In turn, a change in these key beliefs is subsequently expected to lead to a change in respondents» support for societal action on climate change (H2).

In a classic Catch - 22, negotiators in a key advisory body that was expected to provide guidance on scientific and technical matters (the so - called «Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice ``, or SBSTA) said they couldn't offer any advice on the best way to measure and evaluate the amount of carbon captured by changes in land use practices until they had a better idea of what the overriding post-Kyoto policies might look like.

But, as a make - up call for calling attention to Curry, Scientific American has run a poll of its readers on climate change... SciAm probably expected a lot of people would agree with the key statement in their poll that the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is «an effective group of government representatives and other experts.&change... SciAm probably expected a lot of people would agree with the key statement in their poll that the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is «an effective group of government representatives and other experts.&Change (IPCC) is «an effective group of government representatives and other experts.»

December's major U.N. conference in Paris, where governments are expected to seal a new agreement to tackle climate change, was a key motivation for the upgrade.

(02/12/2008) There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern U.S., will be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed, a new study finds.

Although the global temperature data show short periods of greater and smaller warming trends, and even short periods of cooling, the team's key question was whether or not these are statistically significant in showing a change in the form of a slowdown or acceleration of global warming, or whether they are merely expected fluctuations — or noise — in the data.

A key characteristic of these changes is that they can come faster than expected, planned, or budgeted for, forcing more reactive, rather than proactive, modes of behavior.

However, the conditions predicted for the open ocean may not reflect the future conditions in the coastal zone, where many of these organisms live (Hendriks et al. 2010a, b; Hofmann et al. 2011; Kelly and Hofmann 2012), and results derived from changes in pH in coastal ecosystems often include processes other than OA, such as emissions from volcanic vents, eutrophication, upwelling and long - term changes in the geological cycle of CO2, which commonly involve simultaneous changes in other key factors affecting the performance of calcifiers, thereby confounding the response expected from OA by anthropogenic CO2 alone.

Its current dust output is essentially transport - limited, but with expected changes in future atmospheric circulation in response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, changes to deflation in the Bodélé may impose critical changes on the behavior of the Earth system in response to the role that dust plays in the biosphere and the sheer quantity emitted from this key region.

The employment law landscape is expected to change over a number of key issues through 2014.

Silbert expects this to soon change, and that the Bitcoin Investment Trust, once it trades on the public market via OTCQX in Q4, will play a key role.

Aside from those changes, the DTEK60 will apparently be identical to the 4S in terms of its key hardware specs, although buyers can expect to see similar Android security improvements to those offered on the smaller DTEK50.

Kept senior management informed of key issues and changes which may have impacted expected business results

Key changes to be expected, says Du Toit, include the way in which the traditional franchise estate agency operates: «The current asking commission of 5 % -8 % is unsustainable, and only this high because of the inherent costs built into that business model — after all, the franchisor, franchisee, and estate agent all have to get paid from the commission of each sale, which is what drives these unjustifiably high commissions.»