Today, Autoweek announced the winners of our yearly Best of
the Best competition with the Porsche Boxster S and Mercedes - Benz GL taking top honors.
As before, Ridgeline
bests the competition with its class - leading EPA2 fuel economy ratings of 19/26/22 (city / highway / combined) for 2WD and 18/25/21 for AWD models.
The revamped Nook store is lightyears better than before, and
it bests its competition with a graphical approach and easy searching.
For the last few years, UE has pioneered the art form of making Bluetooth speakers that «pop» visually and
best the competition with some impressive functionality.
Not exact matches
It's
good to have a powerful financial sector in Canada to deal
with foreign
competition but Canadians need protection from excessive use of market power.
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.
Others pointed to more fundamental concerns of
competition, suggesting that CVS Health needed Aetna (or something like it) to
better compete
with UnitedHealth Group, which has both a managed care organization (MCO) and a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) under the same roof.
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'' We are incredibly proud to be bringing home both the Beazley Designs of the Year Award for Architecture and this year's Grand Prize — especially in a year
with such intense
competition,» Johan Karlsson of
Better Shelter said in a statement.
Regardless of the politicking and petty feuds, the success of Aequitas will likely hinge on a fundamental choice every market participant will have to make: How is a stock market, that hallmark of capitalism,
best served —
with unbridled
competition or mutually agreed restraint?
Google is still very much a force for
good and has many positive attributes, according to the EU's
competition commissioner who slapped the tech giant
with a $ 2.7 billion fine earlier this year.
The inaugural U.A.E. Drones for
Good competition awarded more than $ 1 million in prizes in February as part of an effort to seed the Middle East's drone industry,
with more than a dozen such startups launching in the emirate.
Top executives should be encouraging employees to share
best practices or else the company will be stuck
with what Hollis calls «incessant
competition»
with different parts of the same company.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and more widely adopted, we'll start to see a lot of companies - big and small - turning to AI in order to come up
with better data strategies and win customer adoption, and to
better compete against their
competition.
With a
well - defined culture, a solid plan and a dedicated officer presiding over strategy, companies can pull ahead of the
competition.
We do a lot of
competition partnerships
with other accounts that we think have unique offerings and work
well with us.
After winning 2008's
competition largely by forming personal bonds
with each houseguest, then helping plot their evictions, he served both as coach to a team he selected as
well as a contestant on the most recent season.
A man in his early 20s sitting in the audience raised his hand and argued passionately about how he didn't think it was a
good idea to consort
with the
competition.
To select its judges, Next 15 management didn't simply go
with the most senior people in the organization; instead, they put up a diverse team selected on the basis of actually being
good at judging such a
competition: a panel defined not by job title, but by skill and expertise.
We do a lot of internal benchmarking as
well as external benchmarking
with our
competition.
Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as
well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance
with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated
with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market
competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
This puts Aurora in direct
competition with Google's Waymo, Uber, as
well as GM's self - driving arm Cruise Automation as
well as Argo AI, a new startup that Ford invested $ 1 billion in this February.
«We had to find a niche [that had] less
competition but also generated a
better return than the market
with less risk over time,» he says.
Hopes have been high in the game industry that the arrival of the three consoles will revitalize the sector, which has lagged from
competition from smartphones and other mobile devices, wooing users
with their own games, as
well as social networking and other pastimes.
Those numbers compare slightly
better with the
competition.
«However, BlackBerry has significant
competition in this area
with a number of handset manufacturers championing an array of low - cost Android devices as
well as Nokia's Asha 501.
«There is so little
competition on
good customer service that a positive experience
with a corporation is enough to shock most consumers to tears.»
The cable companies are dealing
with fierce
competition as
well as consolidation that has added volatility to the industry.
In that case, Videotron will soon be competing
with Wind, as
well as the Big Three, which will eventually turn into a not - very - fair
competition since the cable company has relatively deep pockets and — more importantly — 700 MHz spectrum.
But, an even
better approach is to find related keyword ideas
with low
competition to target through your blog content.
«Apple needs to keep up
with competition and understand what customers are saying about them, as
well,» he says.
Wheeler tweeted a farewell Friday morning: «Upon my FCC departure, I would like to sign off
with 3 words of wisdom that guided me
well:
competition,
competition,
competition.»
They offered their advice as part of our
Best Money Expert 2017
competition in partnership
with ImportantScore.com.
«The market would be
better served
with Apache as the governing body and continued
competition to drive innovation,» co-founder and CEO John Schroeder said via email.»
«In athletic
competition, you learn very quickly how to deal
with failure - you learn from what you did wrong and it makes you
better.
The key was coming up
with a robo - vac that was
better than the
competition's — something he apparently feels the company now has.
According to a story in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, his reasoning goes like this: «Call me opportunistic; I thought I could get
better people
with less
competition because we were willing to understand the skills and capabilities that many of these women had.»
The committee is also calling on the Liberal government to
better protect the personal data of Canadians who purchase and sell products online through enhanced cybersecurity, modernize federal e-commerce legislation, and come up
with ways to fuel telecom
competition to prod Canadians» use of mobile devices to make online purchases and sales.
Close to 8 - in - 10 agree that rates will get lower and service will get
better with more foreign
competition in the Canadian market (78 %) and
well more than half agree strongly
with this view (57 %).
«Call me opportunistic; I thought I could get
better people
with less
competition because we were willing to understand the skills and capabilities that many of these women had.»
The
competition has Nintendo beat in this regard — both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 can be purchased for
well below $ 300, especially if you're OK
with buying a «refurbished» model.
Now that we've come up
with some keywords and hopefully a few blog post ideas, it's time to scope out the
competition so we can make sure our post will actually be
good enough to actually rank on the first page.
The growth of the venture capital industry — VCs raised $ 28.5 billion last year, up from $ 3.8 billion in 2002 — coupled
with a tepid market for initial public offerings has made the
competition among VCs for
good deals more intense than ever.
Products and services need to always be evolving to
better meet the needs of customers and keep up
with stiff
competition.
The Audience Network is in direct
competition with services such as Google's AdMob and Yahoo's Flurry as
well as other smaller ad networks that sell the ad inventory in publisher's apps on their behalf.
States like Alabama have built a presence in the global supply chain in direct
competition with the country's Midwestern industrial heartland, and even if Trump coaxes jobs back to the United States they may
well head south rather than north.
At first, Apple seemed like the clear favorite,
with a big lead on its
competition and the
well - respected CEO, Tim Cook, at the helm, Cramer said.
In 2003, while running the chain's Michigan operations, he responded to growing
competition with better coffee, along
with precision milk and sugar dispensers for staff, which meant drivers no longer had to wrestle
with sugar packets and creamers in their cars.
Joining forces
with your
competition may be your
best move for your bottom line, but it can be a challenge for some strong - headed entrepreneurs.
In some ways, the
competition route seems to have fallen partially out of favor
with some of the
best student startups, which are heading instead to accelerators.