For all its merits, Uber, for example, is taking progressively
higher cuts from its drivers — 20 percent bumped up to 30 percent in a tiered plan — «because we can,» according to their CFO, and the grumbling has already started.
Not exact matches
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.
High - income Wall Street financiers could be unintended winners
from a section of U.S. President Trump's tax -
cut plan that is meant to help mostly small, «mom - and - pop» businesses.
Most of the homebuilders are U.S. - based, meaning they benefited
from the tax
cuts, are shielded
from tariffs and could be helped by rising wages and
higher labor participation, a largely overlooked data point in the Bureau of Labor Statistics» report.
Indianapolis - based pharma giant Eli Lilly is slashing 485 jobs, with most of the
cuts coming
from the Alzheimer's unit that saw
high - profile (and expensive) clinical flop last year.
If you suddenly saw trucks come
from the fields with strawberries in a
higher level of rejection than usual, you can stop harvesting immediately, and not wait until the end of the day,» Hennessy says, noting that such decisions immediately
cut losses.
Gravity was inundated with résumés — 4,500 in the first week alone — including one
from a
high - powered 52 - year - old Yahoo executive named Tammi Kroll, who was so inspired by Price that she quit her job and in September went to work for Gravity at what she insisted would be an 80 - 85 percent pay
cut.
Some women shy away
from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent
cut in free time for women reduces their share in
high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.
HP's third - quarter report is expected to show earnings that barely beat analysts» expectations after the company focused on cost -
cutting and
higher - margin business areas ahead of the impending split of its computer and printer businesses
from its enterprise hardware and service arm.
Fresh pharmaceutical unit head Luke Miels is calling for 20 % in budget savings
from managers, part of an expansive effort to
cut costs in the unit and reinvest money into specific (and, likely, fewer) R&D efforts that may bring in more cash and
higher returns.
The law provides steep tax
cuts for corporations, with more modest breaks for most Americans — though some in the middle class
from high - taxed states will pay more — and has suffered in the polls.
After companies
from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 %
from a year earlier, the
highest rate of decline since the trend of cord
cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.
High - income families would receive significant benefits
from the Senate bill's proposed tax
cuts.
Discount brokers were disadvantaged, it said, because they were effectively
cut off
from the MLS, and consumers wanting to list but handle the rest of the process themselves were forced to pay
high commissions.
Dunkin' previously
cut its outlook for the year in July, due to increased competition
from fast - food rivals and the negative impact of
high milk prices on Baskin - Robbins profits.
«
From 1980 to 2007, in that period, revenues from the top 1 per cent of income earners went from 1.6 per cent of GDP, to 3.1 per cent of GDP, a huge surge of revenues from the highest income earners,» he said, crediting tax cuts with generating that wealth during those ye
From 1980 to 2007, in that period, revenues
from the top 1 per cent of income earners went from 1.6 per cent of GDP, to 3.1 per cent of GDP, a huge surge of revenues from the highest income earners,» he said, crediting tax cuts with generating that wealth during those ye
from the top 1 per cent of income earners went
from 1.6 per cent of GDP, to 3.1 per cent of GDP, a huge surge of revenues from the highest income earners,» he said, crediting tax cuts with generating that wealth during those ye
from 1.6 per cent of GDP, to 3.1 per cent of GDP, a huge surge of revenues
from the highest income earners,» he said, crediting tax cuts with generating that wealth during those ye
from the
highest income earners,» he said, crediting tax
cuts with generating that wealth during those years.
One of the potential unintended consequences of a US exit
from the Paris accord could be a change in OPEC's current strategy of production
cuts to drive crude prices
higher.
With the e-tailer
cut out the first party / publisher share rises as
high as 90 %, good for a gross margin of about 75 %, up
from 45 % at physical retail.
In addition to SpaceX, the entrepreneur serves as chief executive of Tesla Motor Co., an electric car company, is chairman and co-founder of SolarCity and is working to build a
high - speed «Hyperloop» transportation system, which — in theory — could revolutionize travel by
cutting commute time
from Los Angeles to San Francisco to 30 minutes.
Deutsche Bank upgrades shares of 3M to buy
from neutral, arguing that the company's global expansion should see a leg
higher after U.S. tax
cuts.
Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China
from overseas, and
cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.
As part of that bigger deal, he said, Republicans would be open to additional revenue, so long as it was paired with deep spending
cuts and didn't come
from higher tax rates.
China's Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner, plans to
cut Saudi crude oil imports loading in May by 40 percent after national oil company Saudi Aramco set
higher - than - expected prices, an official
from the company's trading arm Unipec said.
It's important to remember that the bulk of the
higher taxes will come
from letting George W. Bush era tax
cuts, worth about $ 200 billion annually, expire.
Weld had
high favorability ratings
from state businesses during his two terms as governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s, for
cutting taxes and pushing welfare recipients into work programs, among other things.
More
from NBC News: Airbag recall could cost Takata $ 24 billion Boeing to
cut at least 4,500 jobs Sony launches ultra
high - definition movie streaming
Intoning lines
from a piece called «The Gold Diggers» Song (We're in the Money)» was probably not the best way to assuage concerns that shareholders might be making hay on the back of
higher prices and job
cuts.
The recent jump in U.S. crude imports and inventories could reverse
from March given the
high compliance to the OPEC proposed
cuts, Goldman Sachs said.
Jack Groetzinger and Russ D'Souza, both avid concertgoers and sports enthusiasts, were fed up with the unpredictability of the secondary ticket market — reseller pricing that can swing
from significantly
higher than face value to
cut - rate, depending on an event's popularity.
But because it was a smaller loss than a year earlier, showing the shrinking retailer is at least
cutting costs efficiently as its core business dwindles, shares went up 5 % though they remain down 70 %
from their 52 - week
highs.
Some of the
cuts were expected as the government seeks to reduce troops levels
from a wartime
high of 570,000, which it reached during peak fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tyson Foods (TSN) bought Hillshire Brands for $ 8.5 billion two years ago and that brand is expected to have seen strong sales in the most recent quarter, while Tyson's chicken business also likely benefitted
from higher margins thanks to cost -
cutting measures.
Early responses
from the survey suggest that 46 percent of employers would take steps to
cut costs with new strategies such as
high - deductible health plans - which shift the burden of initial medical costs to patients, but have lower monthly premiums.
Global oil prices, meanwhile, are quietly testing one - month
highs ahead of next week's OPEC meeting in Vienna, where ministers
from the cartel's members are widely expected to extend and agreement on production
cuts into the first quarter of 2018.
I'm crunching on other stuff so this will be brief, but I've been reading a fair bit of commentary about how Trump's fiscal plans — infrastructure investment and tax
cuts — won't help the economy; «they'll be recessionary, they'll deliver
higher inflation and interest rates, they'll force the Fed to move
from brake - tapping to brake - slamming.»
Peltz also proposed
cutting other «excess» costs, adding debt, adopting a more shareholder - friendly policy for distributing cash
from CyclicalCo / CashCo, prioritizing
high returns on invested capital for initiatives at GrowthCo, and introducing more shareholder - friendly governance, including tighter alignment between executive compensation and returns to shareholders.
This will cost it market share, especially if it keeps the
cuts over the next months, so grabbing the opportunity to make more money
from Asian shipments while refiners enjoy
higher margins is the sensible thing to do.
As in any traditional industry, it is not simple for
high - tech ventures to penetrate and change endeavors that have been operating for decades and they are perceived as
cut - off
from reality and arrogant.
You have a much
higher chance of getting
cuts and nics
from using a straight razor compared to a safety razor.
Based on the huge jump in credit card debt to an all - time
high and the decline in the savings rate to a record low in Q4 2017, it's most likely that the average consumer «pre-spent» the anticipated gain
from Trump's tax
cut.
Citing Ripple's traction with global banks, including UBS, Santander, CIBC, UniCredit, ReiseBank, ATB Financial and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the report points out that far
from being just hype, Ripple's solution is already
cutting the time and internal costs for cross-border payments for banks, while enabling the increasingly crucial use case of
high - volume, low - value global transactions.
He slashed the number of research projects,
from 6,800 to about 40, and
cut costs across the company's PC and printer divisions, focusing instead on building
higher - margin software and services businesses.
America's Roundup: Dollar declines
from 2018
highs before jobs report, Wall Street ends lower, Oil up on OPEC output
cuts, worries about Iran sanctions - May 4th, 2018
Trump's plans to
cut taxes and boost spending have sent Wall Street to record
highs in December as investors pile into everything
from banks, to energy and materials and other infrastructure - related names.
Nevertheless I do worry that the fall in exports
from a strong dollar is a bit stronger than the rise in exports
from a weak dollar: I suspect because there is a hysteresis effect: Once a factory is shut down, it stays shut down — and if firms don't continuously invest to stay at the
cutting edge of technology, it can be hard for a
high - wage advanced economy to stay globally competitive.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's team has been pulling district - by - district data to prove to skeptical lawmakers
from high - tax states that their constituents will see a tax
cut under the plan.
High - powered lasers were also popular products, with revenue
from the segment jumping 60 % as manufacturers sought the equipment for
cutting and welding operations.
In our last blog post, Benefits of a rules - based trading system, we said the following: «On May 1 (Tuesday), the combination of heavy volume selling in the Nasdaq, bearish «stalling action» in the S&P 500, and a «distribution day» (
higher volume selling) the prior day forced us to
cut long exposure in our model swing trading portfolio
from approximately 38 % down to 17 % by the following day's open (May 2).
That change would have raised revenue to help Republicans offset the losses
from the massive rate
cuts, and some proponents of it argued that the state and local tax deduction (known as «SALT») amounted to a federal subsidy of
high - tax states.
The Trump administration pushes back on such grim forecasts, saying it thinks inflation will remain low - around the Fed's 2 percent - for years to come, even with all the extra stimulus
from the tax
cuts and
higher government spending.