Sentences with phrase «future economic challenges»

For in - house legal departments and law firms looking to make a start on this important area and address some of the current and future economic challenges in the delivery of legal services, it is essential reading.

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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.

«Business schools must equip the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, skills and perspective they need to meet the global economic, environmental, humanitarian and policy challenges of the future.»

TORONTO — A shortage of skilled workers is the biggest challenge many Canadian businesses face today, Employment Minister Jason Kenney told a skills summit Wednesday, warning it could also jeopardize Canada's economic development in the future.

Instead of putting budget planning «on - hold», the government should be taking stock of future economic and fiscal challenges and developing an appropriate policy response.

Unfortunately, if the status quo endures, the future is likely to hold more of the same — with the possibility of even more severe challenges to maintaining price and economic stability.

Given current demographic trends, Canada like many developed economies, is facing the challenge of ensuring future economic growth while its domestic labour force ages and its...

But the point is simply that in meeting the challenge of securing growth in the near term, the stability of future economic performance can't be dismissed as a consideration.

Recognized as a «SBA Lender of the Year» in 2015 by the Small Business Administration, BBVA Compass is proud to do our part to help small businesses overcome their current economic challenges and position themselves for future growth.

Forward - looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to the launch timing and success of products based on the BlackBerry 10 platform, general economic conditions, product pricing levels and competitive intensity, supply constraints, BlackBerry's expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, including its ability to implement meaningful changes to address its business challenges, and BlackBerry's expectations regarding the cash flow generation of its business.

Ensuring that this expertise and perspective is represented within the Fed is a critical way to prepare for the challenges and opportunities in our economic future.

Demographic trends and the shift of global economic gravity toward emerging markets pose serious challenges to North American competitiveness; our future standard of living will depend in part on continuous education as well as our ability to recruit and retain talent.

They are both passionate optimists about Tasmania's future, despite its economic challenges, and believe agriculture is the key.

To compete effectively, Australia needs to adapt its regulatory and MTP ecosystem to address the challenges and prepare the groundwork to build and scale an innovative MTP sector capable of capitalising on growth opportunities overseas to serve as a future economic driver for Australia.

It's a place where economic growth, presently led by China, the communist nation that rapidly embraced capitalism when it suited it, is likely to be challenged in the not - distant future by India's economic expansion.

Our Bolga Depot was shut down for so many years, the pipeline from Buipe to Bolga was not operational, today we are pumping fuel from Buipe to Bolga and we are loading 40 trucks a day to Burkina Faso and Mali, I mean if that is not economic progress, I don't know what else anybody will call economic progress, yes we've been through a period of challenges and we've had to make sacrifices as citizens but I believe that in everyone's life, there are times when you have to make sacrifices in order that things get better for the future, we are working to ensure that we create a better future for not only our citizens of today but for our citizens of tomorrow.

He assured that Nigeria's economy is poised for sustained jobs creation, while in a rather encouraging tone, he said,» Regardless of the current challenges we are confronting, I believe all Nigerians will keep hope alive and sustain their optimism about the future of our economic.»

Any shadow chancellor would want the focus to be on those very real economic challenges facing Britain today rather than speculating on the possible effects of future policies of a party not in power.

The company is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society — to create new, sustainable energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century.

A conversation with Zatz about the future of Gardiner is always an upbeat one, with emphasis on why it's such a wonderful place to live and will undoubtedly continue to be so, even during challenging economic times.

Balancing economic and environmental aspects of the river is a challenge continuing into the future.»

«Study challenges view that immigrants» children hinder U.S. economic future.»

The future job outlook for development engineers in the United States is shrinking due to automation and economic challenges, however, there are countless avenues available such as consulting, project management, and software design.

Finally, the challenges of the economic assessment in the field of personalized medicine and the future perspectives of this discipline are summarized.

FLORENCE, Italy — With its national banks teetering on the edge of default and an uncertain economic future, Italy's financial woes have had a significant impact on state funding for arts education and the availability of student finance for Italian students, creating a challenging landscape for fashion education.

The education, skills and learning sectors must adapt and refocus to the major economic, ecosystem and social challenges of this century and demonstrate to young people the links between their skills and talents, their future jobs and careers, and the environmental challenges of the 21st century.

For more resources visit thisisgeography.co.uk Lesson sequence: 1 - Urban future 2 - Supersized cities 3 - How cities began 4 - Urbanisation in Africa 5 - Favelas 6 - Urban change in the UK 7 - The future of cities ICT 8 - Introducing Bristol 9 - Social opportunities 10 - Bristol's economy 11 - Urbanisation and the environment 12 - Environmental challenges 13 - Social inequality 14 - New housing in Bristol 15 - The Temple Quarter Regeneration 16 - Rio De Janeiro 17 - Social challenges in Rio 18 - ICT economic challenges in Rio 19 - Improving Rio for the city's poorest

You will, I hope, see the results of my road trip fact - finding in future Fordham publications, but for now I can confidently report that, despite economic challenges (which are real), good things are happening in the provinces (i.e. anywhere not on Capitol Hill or Maryland Avenue).

For Lidia Parra Ortiz, project manager at Gijon Smart Kids, and Miguel Angel Acero Alvarez, from the Technological Center of Information and Communication, the current education system is not putting enough emphasis on the need for development of digital skills and creativity that young people need to address social and economic challenges, and that are necessary for the construction of future cities.

There are multiple issues that face higher education, from college access, degree attainment, and student success to the future of shared governance and leadership along with economic and global realities will require higher education to face serious adaptive challenges both now and in the future.

Given the social, political, and economic complexities of the modern world, high - school students need a broad, deep, liberal arts education that will enable them to meet the challenges of the future as informed, thoughtful adults.

Great teachers stand at the summit of one of the hardest, most challenging, and most consequential professions for our children and the country's future economic prosperity.

And at the heart of her thinking is a faith that there is a future for public schools that seek to provide all children with an education that prepares them to meet every social, economic and democratic challenge of the 21st century.

The latter statistic represents the «pipeline» of those ready for college and the 21st century workplace, is a more realistic measure of educational success and the challenge we face than any «dropout» calculation might indicate, and does not bode well, not only for our economic competitiveness, but for the future of responsible democratic citizenship.

But surely undertaking that challenge is better than spending precious state funds on defending future lawsuits, or facing the economic and moral implications of producing further generations of graduates who are unprepared to succeed in life.

A fundamental challenge confronting the United States is how to generate faster and more widely shared economic growth, or equitable growth, now and well into the future.

In order to meet future challenges, the authors argue that the East Bay must invest in its core economic assets, such as preparing an advanced manufacturing workforce and scaling up proven work - based learning models like Linked Learning.

It would prove that all teenagers — not just malleable young children or middle schoolers who demonstrate academic mastery — could move past challenging life circumstances and socioeconomic barriers, rise to meet high academic standards, and secure economic stability in their futures when provided with the right educational environment.

Economic theory posits that liquidity risk should be an important determinant of security prices, with investors demanding protection (in the form of a premium) for the future challenge to trade in a cost - effective and timely manner.

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; Merck's ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of Merck's patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and / or regulatory actions.

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; the company's ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of the company's patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and / or regulatory actions.

David is the perfect leader with the experience, vision and ability to continue to lead PetSmart through the current economic challenges and toward a strong and sustainable future.»

Questions like this are at the heart of Aesthetica's Future Now Symposium, which will take a broad view of the state of today's arts ecosystem and the social and economic challenges it faces, bringing together the organisations and practitioners at the forefront of shaping art's response to a fast - changing world.

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

For the energy sector, constraints on water can challenge the reliability of existing operations as well as the physical, economic and environmental viability of future projects.

From the inevitability and desirability of more locally organized economies, to the urgent need to preserve our recent cultural achievements and the futility of pursuing economic growth above all, Afterburn offers cutting - edge perspectives and insights that challenge conventional thinking about our present, our future, and the choices in our hands.

The report also analyses important gaps in the available data and important challenges for future research on the socio - economic aspects of urban agriculture.

This work takes future socio - economic developments based on SSP5 (O'Neill et al. 2014), consistent with high mitigation challenges due to high - end warming and willingness to take adaptation measures against climate impacts.

Like other economic activities, the challenge of creating, developing and demonstrating technologies is motivated, at least in part, by the expectation of future financial rewards.

«Transportation is an engine of our economic strength, but it also represents a key challenge for the future of US energy use,» NREL Senior Analyst Austin Brown was quoted in a press release.