Sentences with phrase «future global events»

His analytical models and projections display how global politics impacts various markets and economic trends through taking into account past, current, and future global events.

Not exact matches

Prior to Black Friday, Patagonia announced that it would donate 100 percent of its global retail and online sales from the shopping event straight to grassroots organizations that work in local communities to «protect our air, water and soil for future generations».

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.

Kurzweil was one of the speakers at the Global Future 2045 World Congress, which is an event that brings some of the world's top scientists together to talk about the future of humankind and technology and the prospect of dramatic life exteFuture 2045 World Congress, which is an event that brings some of the world's top scientists together to talk about the future of humankind and technology and the prospect of dramatic life extefuture of humankind and technology and the prospect of dramatic life extension.

Readers are cautioned that these forward - looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due a variety of factors, including, among other things, that conditions to the closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, the potential impact on the business of Accompany due to the uncertainty about the acquisition, the retention of employees of Accompany and the ability of Cisco to successfully integrate Accompany and to achieve expected benefits, business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry, customer markets and various geographic regions, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10 - K and Form 10 - Q.

Recent events in Europe and the United States have only magnified challenges, with new question marks over global economics, currency trends and future trade tariffs.

George Friedman is the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, a firm dedicated to forecasting global events.

Yet, even with all increasing red flags that suggest that assets held within the global banking system could be devalued, frozen, or seized, or all of the aforementioned, including warnings of possible negative interest rates applied to commercial and corporate bank accounts in the near future from big global banks like the Royal Bank of Scotland, most of us go about our daily lives without giving a second thought about taking preventive actions to prevent such mind - blowing and negatively impacting life - changing events from happening.

Over 200 leading investors from China and Silicon Valley gathered for the Global Capital Summit, an invite - only event about the future of cross-border investment in venture capital.

Takeshi Niinami, President and CEO of Japan's Suntory Holdings Company Ltd., spoke about his company's global vision and his country's economic future at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's third Japan Today: Architects of Change event October...

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Future Investment Initiative (FII) by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) is a pioneering global investment event connecting the world's most powerful investors, business leaders, thought leaders and public officials with the pathbreaking innovations defining the fFuture Investment Initiative (FII) by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) is a pioneering global investment event connecting the world's most powerful investors, business leaders, thought leaders and public officials with the pathbreaking innovations defining the futurefuture.

«We are also maximizing this popular global event to popularize further organic agriculture, the future of food,» he added.

«This event is about world class preparation for the future stars of world rugby and announcing world class brands as global partners, reinforces the stature of the U20 Championship in the global marketplace.»

Professor Lyons explores what the future may hold for transportation given a series of uncertainties such as falling world oil prices, extreme weather events and global security.

The event which begins April 16, 2018 and ends April 20, 2018 under the theme «Towards a Common Future» will afford Heads of Government in the Commonwealth the opportunity to «address the shared global challenges we face, and agree on actions on how to create a better future for all&rFuture» will afford Heads of Government in the Commonwealth the opportunity to «address the shared global challenges we face, and agree on actions on how to create a better future for all&rfuture for all».

Reconstructing past climate records can help scientists determine both natural patterns and the ways in which future glacial events and greenhouse gas emissions may affect global systems.

what we need to think about also, now, are polar cities, GOOGLE THE TERM, for future survivors of global warming events.

The indications of climate change are all around us today but now researchers have revealed for the first time when and where the first clear signs of global warming appeared in the temperature record and where those signals are likely to be clearly seen in extreme rainfall events in the near future.

Connie Woodhouse, a professor at the University of Arizona specializing in the climatology of western North America, said the records indicate that a similar event could happen in the future, with the added exacerbation of human - induced global warming.

That's good news for our future, because if such events were indeed global, they would have catastrophic consequences such as wiping out telecommunications and power grids worldwide.

«Understanding whether the probability of those high - impact events has changed can help us to plan for future extreme events, and to value the costs and benefits of avoiding future global warming.»

The impact of these events on historical societal development emphasizes the potential economic and social consequences of a future rise in sea levels due to global climate change, the researchers write in the study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.

The events in Queensland are indeed a portent for the futures and a sign of global warming.

Themes: Aerosols, Arctic and Antarctic climate, Atmospheric Science, Climate modelling, Climate sensitivity, Extreme events, Global warming, Greenhouse gases, Mitigation of Climate Change, Present - day observations, Oceans, Paleo - climate, Responses to common contrarian arguments, The Practice of Science, Solar forcing, Projections of future climate, Climate in the media, Meeting Reports, Miscellaneous.

World Stem Cell Summit and Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy World is the only event to showcase the global cord blood and perinatal stem cell field while at the same time placing it in its broader strategic context as a critically important component of future cell, gene and immunotherapy business and production models.

Looking into the future, we found that, if nothing is done to slow climate change, by the time global warming reaches 2 ºC events like this winter would become common at the North Pole, happening every few years.

The present work is an opinion in which we try to explain some of the reasons which led to the gradual escalation of violence in México in a way that leads us to rethink the future of the country as a problem that is not isolated and whose global effects translate into respect and safeguard human dignity; start from the premise that some of the approaches discussed here are value judgments proponent, of which the reader may or may not share, which will be logically deductible certain descriptive judgments of the events of the last decade, and how these have led to an expansion of violence.

Following September's global unveil of the new Nissan Leaf and the launch of its new «electric ecosystem» at the recent Nissan Futures 3.0 event, the Japanese car manufacturer presented two all - electric concept vehicles at the show.

Most automakers go to great lengths to keep future vehicles hidden, waiting to make a splash with a reveal at an auto show or global event.

Fforde introduces the novel concept of global expectation affecting future events and explains senior moments and the Aldi grocery chain.

Simonfay: In the future we plan to explore more events and networking opportunities beyond Global Pet Expo to engage our network throughout the entire year.

«Our participation in Global Pet Expo 2016 with a delegation of Italian manufacturers is only the first of a number of actions that we are planning for the future and will involve other leading trade events worldwide,» said Giuseppe Pierini of Promopet, Zoomark International's managing and operating secretariat.

The powerful line - up of events continues with Global Business Travel Association's (GBTA) one day business travel forum where participants will hear about the latest economic forecasts on business travel spend in the region, and learn new insights that will help travel professionals successfully plan for the future.

The Global Tourism Cities Conference 2012 (GTCC 2012) is an international event conceptualised to provide a conduit for the pan-Asian regulatory authorities and commercial players to gather and redefine the concept of Global Tourism Cities for the future.

And in more ways than one — the 18th World Route Development Forum is the largest global event of its kind, determining the future of air services; while Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, is one of the most forward - looking, centrally located and easily accessible cities on Earth.

Set in a near - future global recession caused by an event colloquially referred to as «The Shanghai Collapse,» Act of Aggression pits three factions against each other: U.S. Army, the Chimera Protocol and the Cartel.

After the end of Street Fighter V at Evo Japan 2018, Evolution's Director of Global Business Development Mark «MarkMan» Julio had some brief news to share regarding the tournament series» future events.

A historical event for being the first edition ever led by an African artistic director, Okwui Enwezor, All of the World's Futures also promises a more inclusive representation of global art practices.

You can see his works as part of City Now City Future, which runs from May 2017 — April 2018 and is made up of over a hundred events, exhibitions, creative commissions, talks and debates that explore the joys, frustrations and evolution of global cities and our lives within them.

As a far - flung member of the global climate change blogging community, focusing specifically on the possible need for sustainable «polar cities» in the far distant future to house potential survivors of catastrophic global warming events, in say the year 2500 or so (okay, so I am being generous; I don't want to be accussed of fear - mongering in the present).

«Future projections based on theory and high - resolution dynamical models consistently suggest that greenhouse warming will cause the globally averaged intensity of tropical cyclones to shift towards stronger storms,» Knutson et al. (2010); Grinsted et al. (2013) projected «a twofold to sevenfold increase in the frequency of Katrina magnitude events for a 1 °C rise in global temperature.»

The company which finances verified emissions reductions at $ 3 per ton now might be able to save future expenditures (particularly in the event of a global cap - and - trade system) or turn a 500 % profit in a little over a decade.

The event was held in Cancun, Mexico, and although there were no giant leaps made, the members left feeling more confident that they can work together in the future and eventually come to a binding global agreement on climate change.

It seems obvious that humans will be more commonly engaged in trying to predict global volcanic event some time in our future.

This evidence, plus climate model projections, suggest that global warming may cause an increase in both the severity and frequency of El Niño events in the future.

By the time Step It Up (precursor of 350.org) started organizing global events to advocate for a rapid transition to a low - carbon future, our cars had become stars of the show.

Output from global circulation models indicates that climate variability will continue to be an important characteristic of the region in the future [52], but that climate change may increase the risk of extreme climatic events such as multi-decade droughts and extreme winter precipitation [53], [54].

So I leave you to pray for global warming, or climate change, or climate disruption, or what other future event - mandated scary name you need to cling to.

NBC news reported the Pacifica event as «a brief window into what the future holds as sea levels rise from global warming, a sort of a crystal ball for climate change.»