Sentences with phrase «important policy interest»

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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.

He also recalled one of Friedman's most important lessons, that low interest rates are not the same as loose policy.

These leaders are critically important to the first U.S. president with no experience in government or the military, nor with any history of involvement with, or even much interest in, government policy.

The most important policy action for mitigating the damage of a recession is for the central bank to keep interest rates low, according to the respondents, followed by increasing spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects.

Much of the effectiveness of Canadian monetary policy depends on the Bank of Canada's credibility: managing expectations for the future is at least as important as setting short - term interest rates.

That takes pressure off the central bank to cut interest rates, an important development as policy makers reiterated that «financial vulnerabilities continue to edge higher.»

But actually, Evans» point of clarification on this issue is soooo important, since it gets at one of the biggest confusions about monetary policy and interest rates today.

Interest from North American pension funds could help drive continued strength in the gold sector, although tax competitiveness and policy stability will be important, according to industry leaders.

«It's important not to remove support, especially when the recovery is fragile and the tools available to monetary policy, should the economy falter, are limited given that short - term interest rates are at zero,» Yellen said at the Senate Banking Committee hearing.

A recent fear for high yield investors has been the prospect of normalising interest rate policy in developed markets — historically low interest rates have made the high yield market more sensitive to interest rate moves and effectively managing this risk will be important.

This finding has important implications not just for the home bias literature, but also more broadly for the growing research and policy interest on Internet - based crowd funding, especially as a new channel for entrepreneurial financing.

When we talk about the Bank of Canada offsetting rather than accommodating changes in fiscal policy, it is important to understand that we are talking about changing the nominal interest rate relative to what it would have been otherwise without the fiscal policy change, and not relative to what the nominal rate was in the past.

The National Interest is a very important foreign policy journal, and Owen Harries its very able editor.

Insisting that what is important is not the amount of aid but its quality (a point of agreement with Edwards), Lancaster makes a number of sensible proposals for reform which are mainly of interest to specialists, and certainly grist for policy mills inside the Washington beltway.

«The president's interest at a policy level is in making sure that this coverage is extended to all women because it's important,» said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.

One may agree that deep geopolitical and economic interests have contributed to shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East, and that many mistakes have been made since FDR struck his deal with King Ibn Saud, even as one believes that Bacevich has overlooked other important factors.

IBFAN has expressed concern over the conflict of interest among lead authors of the Lancet child survival series as it has an important influence on health policies.

«Understanding the Divorce Cycle: The Children of Divorce in Their Own Marriages,» published by Cambridge University Press, contains important information for those interested in divorce and its repercussions and for policy makers who determine family and divorce law.

«The new school meal standards are one of the most important advances in nutrition in decades,» said Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

There are important cultural differences between academia and policy making: differences in time frames, in the attitudes and responses to quantitative and qualitative findings, but also in whose interests we think we are serving.

This is interesting: there's a tricky editorial decision about whether it's better for the BBC to be perceived as failing to give enough coverage to an important Conservative policy announcement, or to be perceived as ignoring a story which involves major criticism of the BBC itself.

Our analysis underscores how unlimited campaign contributions - as limited liability companies effectively have no limits - warp our elections and result in important policy decisions being driven by the demands of wealthy special interests.

In IR, National Interest is traditionally linked with what has been labeled by scholars as a billiard ball approach to foreign policy, in which the nation - state is defined and treated as a unitary actor, more important than the «cobweb» of national and transnational connections that others see to be important to an understanding of foreign policy.

And this history is important precisely because it demonstrates, as with the later «education, education, education» nonsense, how New Labour was, right from the very beginning, much more interested in importing salesmanship from abroad than in policy needs at home.

«That this House commends the Speaker on the action he has taken over the past year to reassert the principle that Ministers ought to make statements to the House before they are made elsewhere; notes that paragraph 9.1 of the Ministerial Code says that when Parliament is in session, the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance in Parliament; believes that compliance with this principle is essential for backbenchers to be able to represent the interests of their constituents and hold the Government to account; and invites the Procedure Committee to consider how the rules of the House could be better used or, if necessary, changed to ensure compliance with this principle and to develop a protocol for the release of information.»

«The most important thing government can do is to ensure that its own policy decisions are soundly based on available evidence and not unduly influenced by transitory or exaggerated opinions, whether formed by the media or vested interests,» it says.

He has shown very little interest in the most important policy area for any government.

«Politicians have an important and legitimate interest in how health care is provided locally but too often act as a barrier, rather than facilitating the honest dialogue needed with the public,» deputy director of policy Candace Imison said.

It's important to everyone that copyright policy making is based on objective evidence in order to ensure a better balance between the interests of creators, investors and consumers» Professors Towse and Kretschmer conclude.

The Reverend Dr Jonathan Ayittey Mensah, President of the National Ministers» Conference of the Presbyterian Church, said it was in everybody's interest that «this bold and important policy» was sustained.

«I believe it is in the best interest of the Assembly and the people of New York State for the Speaker to resign his post immediately and allow us to move forward under new leadership with the important budget and policy work in front of us,» Woerner said in a statement.

It is about creating higher - paying jobs in this country, which is why our policy on apprenticeships, for as many as 100,000 more apprenticeships, is so important; it is about fairer decision tax, [repealing] the bedroom tax; and it is also about cracking down on some of those vested interests — the train companies who are taking people for a ride under this government.»

He was drawn to the Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development for the opportunity to work on a broad spectrum of interesting and important energy policy issues.

«At the macro (policy) level, I think it's important to offer a wider array of opportunities, than traditional academia, for scientists to do interesting and important work (industry and government)-- and to help doctoral students become aware of and train for these outlets for their creative work,» Amabile writes.

NSF believes that the PI / PD, operating within the established policies of the grantee organization, should feel free to pursue interesting and important leads that may arise during the conduct of a research (or other grant - supported) project or to adopt an alternative approach which appears to be a more promising means of achieving the objectives of the project.

«We're concerned about the lack of transparency in science... and a possible ethical breach in not disclosing potential conflicts of interest in an area with important public policy implications,» says Kert Davies, Executive Director of CIC in Alexandria, Virginia.

ISPRA, Italy — The landscape is familiar to science policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic: To address serious global problems and to take advantage of important future discoveries, they will have to work effectively with elected officials and members of the public who have complex and sometimes conflicting values and interests.

Declaring that scientific research «is vital for the promotion of the United States interests in the Arctic region,» the policy goes on to state that «better coordination with the Russian Federation, facilitating access to its domain, is particularly important.»

It was there that she became interested in how nongovernmental organizations shape public policy and their important role in maintaining a consolidated democracy.

This is important because it will tie measured increases in student progress on non-tested outcomes to actual behaviors that are of interest to school officials and policy makers.

The controversies that emerged from his research recruited exceptionally talented people from a variety of fields; his wide - ranging intellectual interests expanded the conceptual tools available for understanding important aspects of childhood and adolescence; and finally, his expectations for policy research have been institutionalized in ways that have improved both the relevance and quality of social - science research in general.

«I got to experience a variety of different challenges, participate in nearly every higher education policy debate, and craft new policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found most interesting.

It can also be helped by policies that extend parental choice among schools, allowing a market to play a proper part in the process: Family interest represents an important kind of assessment.

This in fact has made moving to rational policy positions more difficult, particularly in areas of personnel policy where vested interests are especially important.

Wallace's approach is to develop insights into important questions that, if answered, could help strengthen practices and policies within the foundation's fields of interest.

But do not despair: Policy Watch will continue its work covering important education issues — if you know anyone interested in working as an education reporter, please do be in touch!

The blog of the Albert Shanker Institute, endowed by the American Federation of Teachers, praised the study as «one of the most dense, important and interesting analyses on this topic in a very long time» — although it cautioned against policy conclusions (of the kind that I'm reaching).

Rank - and - file - led decision - making and democratic votes on important policy decisions, a union that organizes and mobilizes to insure that our interests are protected.

It is critically important to contact the charter schools you are interested in for information about application deadlines, attendance zones, necessary supporting documents and admissions policies regarding siblings.

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