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In some cases, a lower valuation with lower preferred share rights may yield a higher economic outcome for common shareholders than a higher valuation with a high level of preferred share rights.

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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.

Earlier research has found that your zip code is one of the strongest indicators of your health, and that regions with more economic inequality have higher rates of chronic illness and worse medical outcomes.

In fact, this kind of negotiated tax increase might be a far preferable outcome for the world's savers, investors and high - income earners than the increasingly likely alternative: persistent uncertainty over the global financial system or the consummation of that uncertainty in an asset - value - destroying economic downturn.

Declining wages and inequality are sometimes described as an inevitable, deterministic outcome of abstract economic forces, but none of the usual suspects seem to adequately explain what's happening to airline jobs in the US — not immigration (pilots and flight attendants must speak English), globalization (so - called cabotage laws have limited the scope of international outsourcing), automation (robots haven't yet displaced pilots), or the decline of unions (union density remains high).

Economists can now pinpoint with a high degree of precision causality from a policy change to economic outcomes, which is enormously useful but also too narrow.

Some comments from White House Economic Advisor Kudlow (will be accompanying Mnuchin, all disputes to be discussed, has «high hopes» for outcome, met with Apple's Cook who made some helpful suggestions) also helped boost stocks, and take the 10 - year yield down to 2.981 %.

Rising inequality is inextricably tied to economic imbalances and, in a context of limited productive investment opportunities, the only sustainable outcome is sharply higher unemployment.

Released in 2010, this report details the economic impact estimates of 10 years» outcomes from the Florida High Tech Corridor Council's investments into its Matching Grant Research Program.

The properly measured economic return to community college has to take into account the counterfactual outcomes that entrants would face in the absence of community college, rather than compare community college entrants to students who enter university programs after high school.

While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike in consumer inflation; in the event of a negative outcome in the negotiations with the European Union, the UK currency could slide further, leading to a rise in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England in a very precarious situation in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown in economic activity.

Thus if the above chart does represent a trend change it would imply economic out - performance by China in terms of higher inflation outcomes and more competitive exports relative to Japan.

PBO views its economic forecast as a «balanced» projection, with higher or lower outcomes equally likely.

As of last week, tax - exempt government bonds hit a four year high, with many investors believing that the recent tax reform and an expected rising interest environment will push bond pricing even higher, offering a very attractive economic option for yield starved investors — many of which in recent years have had to increase risk capital allocations to generate reasonable outcomes.

PZG believes the key evaluation factors when reviewing potential projects to acquire includes: • In close proximity to Infrastructure; • proximity to other operating mines; • upside exploration potential to increase mineral inventory; • high grades to minimize projected operational cost per ounce, or potential for high grades discoveries through exploration; • good potential economic outcome in low metal price environments; • good metallurgical recoveries to have a simple and proven process for gold and silver extraction.

Declining wages and inequality are sometimes described as an inevitable, deterministic outcome of abstract economic forces, but none of the usual suspects seem to adequately explain what's happening to airline jobs in the U.S. — not immigration (pilots and flight attendants must speak English), globalization (so - called cabotage laws have limited the scope of international outsourcing), automation (robots haven't yet displaced pilots), or the decline of unions (union density remains high).

When we say comparable, we mean broadly the same outcome so that the tax consequences of pooling does not distort the economic or social decision to pool the land because the tax cost of doing so is higher when compared to the tax consequences of adopting the traditional route.

More than four decades after the first model preschool interventions, there is an emerging consensus that high - quality early - childhood education can improve a child's economic and social outcomes over the long term.

Because test scores are not necessarily the best measure of learning or of likely economic success, we examine instead the relationships between SFR - induced spending increases and several long - term outcomes: educational attainment, high school completion, adult wages, adult family income, and the incidence of adult poverty.

His research on the impact of Head Start on long - term outcomes such as high school graduation and college attendance was published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

Given the impact of educational attainment on a variety of economic and social outcomes, a positive result could have significant implications for the value of school - choice programs that include charter high schools.

Economic evaluation estimated a return on investment that exceeded $ 2,500 per participant on outcomes such as increased likelihood to graduate from high school, lower rates of K - 12 grade retention, lower rates of initiating sexual activity, and less criminal activity among group participants (Lee et al., 2012).

Existing research, though not conclusive, indicates that math skills better predict future earnings and other economic outcomes than other skills learned in high school.

So perhaps some low - transmission, high - economic - equality cities such as Salt Lake City and Los Angeles simply have better, more equal school systems that produce better and more equal educational outcomes and thus more equal incomes as adults.

Pick any current national economic outcome measure you want and you will find that low scoring Sweden and USA blew the high testers out of the ball game.

Still, there would not be compelling evidence that national standards produce optimal outcomes; economic growth, as well as personal fulfillment, could very well require an education focused on much more than just high test scores.

We applaud the National Center on Educational Outcomes for providing these very real examples of districts that, despite widely varying demographics and economic situations, have demonstrated that it is possible to improve achievement for all students, including those identified as students with disabilities, when professionals set high expectations and work together to reach them.

As Maggie Adair, executive director of the Early Childhood Alliance told CTNewsjunkie, «Research indicates that one of the most effective strategies for improving educational outcomes and promoting economic development is high - quality early education.»

Increasing racial, ethnic, linguistic, socio - economic, and gender diversity in the teacher workforce can have a positive effect for all students, but the impact is even more pronounced when students have a teacher who shares characteristics of their identity.20 For example, teachers of color are often better able to engage students of color, 21 and students of color score higher on standardized tests when taught by teachers of color.22 By holding students of color to a set of high expectations, 23 providing culturally relevant teaching, confronting racism through teaching, and developing trusting relationships with their students, teachers of color can increase other educational outcomes for students of color, such as high school completion and college attendance.24

Relatively small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Oeconomic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA OEconomic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes.

Compounding this problem, children from low - income families, on average, begin kindergarten approximately a year behind their peers in preliteracy and language skills.106 This fluency gap widens as students continue in school and has a significant impact on economic success later in life.107 As a result, gains from high - quality preschool programs — including improved health, better social - emotional skills, and better cognitive outcomes — are particularly beneficial for children from low - income families.108

Linked Learning is an effort to improve student outcomes, transform high schools, and align K — 12 education with workforce and economic development needs.

High school dropouts fare substantially worse than their peers on a wide variety of long - term economic outcomes.

E3 Alliance involves and energizes diverse stakeholders to build community will, maintain and build momentum, and drive toward shared commitment for higher student outcomes and a strong economic future.

Research finds that sorting, this 21st century version of school segregation, correlates strongly with student race and economic status and predicts and contributes to student outcomes, with students in higher - level classes typically experiencing better teachers, curriculum, and achievement levels than peers in lower - level classes (Carbonaro & Gamoran, 2003).

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

While the distribution of economic outcomes may have a flatter distribution than in the past (i.e., higher frequency of high impact fat tail shocks), asset markets have long suffered such distributions.

For the measures with wider deviations, many factors contribute to differences between the AEO Reference case projections and realized outcomes, but two primary contributors are the initial projections of future oil prices and overall economic activity that are used in NEMS.5 These projections can greatly influence the other projections made by the model, which is why each recent AEO includes alternative cases exploring differences in economic growth (Low and High Economic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil Priceeconomic activity that are used in NEMS.5 These projections can greatly influence the other projections made by the model, which is why each recent AEO includes alternative cases exploring differences in economic growth (Low and High Economic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil Priceeconomic growth (Low and High Economic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil PriceEconomic Growth cases) and in oil prices (Low and High Oil Price cases).

And finally, a new report released by The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) which looked at the link between social exclusion and the risk of poor health outcomes, found that children living in areas with a higher risk of social exclusion had poorer health than those who lived in other areas.

The explanations for these disparities identified by the author include that lower rates of socio - economic status experienced by Indigenous Australians contribute to poorer health outcomes; that the direct, bilateral arrangements between the federal government and Indigenous organizations in Northern America has led to greater effectiveness of programs; and that in Northern America there exists «a higher level of Indigenous governance, ownership and empowerment, at individual, community, regional and national levels».

Economic evaluation estimated a return on investment that exceeded $ 2,500 per participant on outcomes such as increased likelihood to graduate from high school, lower rates of K - 12 grade retention, lower rates of initiating sexual activity, and less criminal activity among group participants (Lee et al., 2012).

Paying Later: The High Costs of Failing to Invest in Young Children (PDF - 220 KB) Pew Center on the States, Partnership for America's Economic Success (2011) Reports the findings of a study that explored the social costs caused by an array of bad outcomes, including child abuse and neglect, high school dropouts, criminal activity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and other health problems, and how these costs could be reduced by investing in evidence - based early childhood progrHigh Costs of Failing to Invest in Young Children (PDF - 220 KB) Pew Center on the States, Partnership for America's Economic Success (2011) Reports the findings of a study that explored the social costs caused by an array of bad outcomes, including child abuse and neglect, high school dropouts, criminal activity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and other health problems, and how these costs could be reduced by investing in evidence - based early childhood progrhigh school dropouts, criminal activity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and other health problems, and how these costs could be reduced by investing in evidence - based early childhood programs.

Fact:» [W] e find that family structure does operate through economic status because, once income is controlled, the family structure effects primarily disappear for both behavioral and cognitive outcomes... Children with higher quality home environments (with respect to emotional support and cognitive stimulation) have fewer behavioral problems and higher cognitive test scores.

By comparing outcomes for and experiences of children in households with higher and lower incomes it summarises what the study has revealed about inequalities up to age 8, explores whether there is any evidence that the socio - economic gap has narrowed or widened in recent years and highlights some key messages from the study about to improve outcomes for all children and to reduce inequalities.

Demographic and socio - economic factors were again also significantly independently associated with behavioural outcomes: children with a younger mother, those with lower social support, who had lived in persistent poverty and in an area of higher deprivation had poorer behavioural outcomes than other children.

Results Probands had significantly worse educational, occupational, economic, and social outcomes; more divorces; and higher rates of ongoing ADHD (22.2 % vs 5.1 %, P <.001), ASPD (16.3 % vs 0 %, P <.001), and SUDs (14.1 % vs 5.1 %, P =.01) but not more mood or anxiety disorders (P =.36 and.33) than did comparison participants.

Professor Heckman's most recent research analyzed Abecedarian / CARE's comprehensive, high - quality, birth - to - five early childhood programs for disadvantaged children, which yielded a 13 % return on investment per child, per annum through better education, economic, health, and social outcomes.

Preventing the achievement gap, improving health outcomes, boosting earnings and providing a high rate of economic return — this one - page document summarizes the benefits of investing in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children.