Sentences with phrase «global control in»

[Having already examined The Patriots and their clandestine goals of global control in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, writer Zoran Iovanovici turns his attention to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (the direct sequel to MGS2) and explores the game in relation to the military - industrial complex and the war economy.]

Not exact matches

Ten years later, as a young executive at a global management consultancy, I got to work in fancy, climate - controlled offices and travel the world in business class.

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.

Saul Feldberg, left, handed over control of Global Group to his son Joel in February 2015.

Furthermore, it is important that we not get too distracted by the stimulus debate and work together to promote an agenda for long - term economic growth for the country, which should include reform of a tax system that has grown out of control, finalizing trade agreements, kickstart a lagging regulatory harmonization agenda and ensuring young Canadians have the skills to compete in a global market place.

In the latest instance of a renegade employee taking embarrassing control of a company's Twitter account, a disgruntled staffer of the soon to be bankrupt U.K. - based global music and video retailer HMV (which doesn't include the separate Canadian HMV) live - tweeted the company's recent layoff proceedings.

«RM 2.0 really allows us to scale with a global focus, whereas before we were scaling on our 1.0 platform in a very controlled fashion, getting user and industry feedback.»

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Center for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden participates in a discussion about «Zika, the Olympics, and Global Health Security: A Marathon Against a Microbe» at New America July 13, 2016 in Washington, DC.

To be fair, there have been a several times that markets didn't recover as quickly after seismic geopolitical events such as the invasion of France in 1940 and the Yom Kippur War (which led to a complete realignment of control over global oil), according to the Credit Suisse team led by Keating.

This week brought the clearest demonstration yet of Chinese tech firms» global ambitions as Didi Chuxing raised $ 4 billion in new venture funding and signaled its interest in acquiring control of the largest taxi - on - demand service in Brazil.

«Given the size of its economy, population, and given its political clout, Nigeria's stance towards the African Continental Free Trade Area is key,» Imad Mesdoua, senior consultant for Africa at Control Risks, a global risk consultancy with offices in Lagos, told CNBC via email.

«Our research shows that this generation of business leaders wants greater control over educational choices, continued exposure to peers with deep, global experience and more opportunity in their academic experience to self - analyze and self - reflect.»

Dam control systems, like the one hacked in Rye Brooke, are a worrisome target in the ongoing global cyber battles.

Valued by Forbes at US$ 4.8 billion, it ranks among the world's most powerful consumer brands; with an estimated US$ 3.3 billion in 2012 revenues, Gatorade controls almost half of the global sports beverage market.

«Broadly, China is making progress in controlling its debt in various parts of the economy,» said Christopher Lee, managing director in the corporate ratings group and chief ratings officer for Greater China at S&P Global Ratings.

His leadership summits and crusades in more than 185 countries and territories forged powerful global links among conservative Christians, and threw a lifeline to believers in the communist - controlled Eastern bloc.

But with the disease still killing a child in Africa every few minutes, those eager to finish the job are worried that the presidency of the United States — a crucial funding source for international malaria control efforts — is now passing to a man whose commitment to global health projects is uncertain.

For starters, it's part of a wave of global consolidation in agriculture that will put an increasingly large portion of the world's commercial seed market — roughly 50 % — under the control of a few giant multinationals.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

In 2006, the EO took control of GSEA to offer student entrepreneurs access to a global network of mentors, resources and connections an influential community of entrepreneurs around the world.

Given the trouble the company got itself into under previous CEO John Manzoni — overinvesting in North America and failing to control costs at its far - flung global ventures — the theme for 2013 will continue to be divestitures and financial discipline — «living within its cash flow,» as Kvisle likes to put it.

In particularly nationalistic media outlets, such as the Communist Party - controlled Global Times, the issue has been presented as cut and dry: This is China's property, everyone else is getting in the way, and the military may have to get involveIn particularly nationalistic media outlets, such as the Communist Party - controlled Global Times, the issue has been presented as cut and dry: This is China's property, everyone else is getting in the way, and the military may have to get involvein the way, and the military may have to get involved.

POOR global market conditions for high - quality diamonds has forced the De Beers controlled Central Selling Organisation to cut back sales in an attempt to stabilise the market.

«The 21st Space Wing, using its global Space Surveillance Network of ground - and space - based radar and optical sensors, is tracking Tiangong - 1,» Diana McKissock, a flight lead with the US Air Force's 18th Space Control Squadron, told Business Insider in an email.

Now, this still - global company with widespread customer acceptance and billions in the bank can recruit a CEO and offer her or him total control.

While it has long mastered the supply chain for its mobile devices, the payments ecosystem has proved harder to control, and banks in other countries have reportedly negotiated lower transaction fees, contributing to its slow global roll - out.

Since 1989, U.S. Global Investors has been led by CEO Frank Holmes, who purchased a controlling interest in the company that same year.

The greater respectability of capital controls is one of the most important trends in global finance today.

It's not gonna happen through inflation in a world of global supply - chains when there's no capital controls.

China withstood the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and 1998 and the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 in part because its financial system depended on highly stable household and corporate deposits parked mainly at four huge, government - controlled banks.

As many of you know, I was born in Canada but moved to the great State of Texas 26 years ago when I bought a controlling stake in U.S. Global Investors.

And yet family - owned or - controlled businesses play a key role in the global economy.

Trying to control it is «like trying to catch water,» said Alex Tapscott, chief executive of NextBlock Global Ltd., a venture - capital firm that invests in blockchain startups.

Headquartered in Germany, Elster Gas is a global provider of industrial combustion equipment and gas measurement and control products.

Ford reclaimed control of its blue oval logo last year after using it and other assets as collateral to borrow $ 23.4 billion in 2006 which allowed the company to weather the global financial crisis.

That's a testament to the cost control practiced at PwC, where the U.S. employee base in fiscal year 2016 grew 8 percent and the global headcount during the same time frame grew 7 percent.

It was given life at this time in 2013 by WEConnect International and Vital Voices Global Partnership in collaboration with Accenture, The Boeing Company, Cherie Blair Foundation, The Coca - Cola Company, DLA Piper, EY, ExxonMobil, Freeport, Goldman Sachs, IBM, ICRW, IDB, Intel, Johnson Controls, Marriott International, McLarty Global Fellows, Pfizer Inc., RBS, Rockefeller Foundation, TechnoServe, Thunderbird School, U.S. Department of State, and Walmart.

In today's environment of weak global demand, there has been little appetite among any major economies for the excess production and savings of these major surplus nations, but the absence of capital controls has made the United States the default adjustment for global capital imbalances.

Global economic crises such as the one we're seeing play out in Greece are a reminder of the value that assets not controlled by governments have.

Ford reclaimed control of its logo last year after using it and other assets as collateral to borrow $ 23.4 billion in 2006 that allowed the company to weather the global financial crisis.

Regulators took control of privately owned Anbang in February following a multibillion - dollar global buying spree that prompted questions about its financial stability.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission made the request to gain better control of potential systemic risk as domestic companies move to acquire more assets in global markets, Reuters said.

Andrew Harmstone, is senior portfolio manager in the Global Multi-Asset team and heads the London - based Global Balanced Risk Control (GBaR) strategy at Morgan Stanley Investment Management

This week's $ 14 billion merger between Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE: JCI) and Tyco International demonstrates that there are certainly still large M&A deals happening in the face of the global economic uncertainty that has produced a shaky opening month for markets in 2016.

Crestron, a global leader in control and automation for the modern workplace, has expanded its solution portfolio with Microsoft to include Microsoft Teams integration to equip meeting spaces of every size with innovative Intelligent Communications technology.

All these factors reinforce the message that to be successful in the face of global competition, British Columbia's gas industry has to remain competitive; it needs to avoid cost - overruns (which means ensuring adequate supplies of trained labor to keep costs under control) and must be able to operate under a royalty regime that is not punitive.

I don't often write about global geopolitics because I think, in general, investors spend too much time worrying about things they can't control or aren't going to happen or wouldn't matter much if they did.

In 1974, the Bank of Canada was relegated to the sidelines in favour of the global «mafia» (now — Basel Committee 3) style of corporate controlled bankinIn 1974, the Bank of Canada was relegated to the sidelines in favour of the global «mafia» (now — Basel Committee 3) style of corporate controlled bankinin favour of the global «mafia» (now — Basel Committee 3) style of corporate controlled banking.

Mr. Holmes purchased a controlling interest in U.S. Global Investors in 1989 and became the firm's chief investment officer in 1999.