Sentences with phrase «in industry efforts»

Baker, a former real estate practitioner, has taken a lead role in industry efforts to make the commercial mortgage - backed securities market more efficient.

• Key participant in industry efforts to secure the passage of DSHEA 1994 act.

«Peabody plays a major role in industry efforts to block action on climate change, with its own lobbyists and PR campaigns, as well as through front groups it supports like ALEC,» says Annie Leonard, the executive director of Greenpeace USA.

Not exact matches

«Frankly saving space and time,» were the most important considerations in the company's efforts to reduce paper use, project manager Kip Kypuros explains, but this «coincidentally works with the industry and national «green» buzz.»

Instead, the startup program should be seen as just one part of Google's emerging efforts to remake the economic impact of patents in the tech industry.

Efforts to rein in the proverbial snake oil salesmen of the advertising industry typically fail.

This strategy takes a bit more preparation and effort, but if you can contact the trade show's management team in advance and pitch yourself a spot on a discussion panel, you'll be on your way to positioning yourself as a thought leader in your industry.

This can be expensive in certain industries, especially if you don't put in the proper efforts to plan and to test your paid traffic campaigns.

«Now more than ever, we are excited to lead our company's global effort toward a renewable future and, partnering with Enel, set an industry example of how major companies can help to make a difference in climate change,» he added.

Members of Congress are working to adjust aspects of the Dodd - Frank regulatory overhaul, which was passed in the aftermath of the financial crisis in an effort to tighten the behavior of a banking industry blamed for much of the economic instability.

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.

OPEC was meeting with rival U.S. shale producers on the sidelines of the annual CERAWeek energy conference for a second year in a row, in an effort to learn what the industry can do to avoid the type of painful downturn faced in 2015.

If the company is right, other payday lenders could flock to the new model, overturning a years - long effort to regulate the payday lending industry in Canada.

But operations were strictly Canadian until 2005, when new executives with connections to Noranda agreed to a joint venture with the former Canadian mining giant in Turkey — which was liberalizing its mining industry as part of ongoing efforts to join the European Union.

U.S. technology companies have privately bristled at those efforts, three industry lobbyists, in part because expectations that 702 reforms will pass Congress are low.

Degree of innovation: We consider how innovative the company's effort is relative to that of others in its industry and whether other companies have followed its example.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

President Obama is spending Wednesday in the Detroit area, visiting a Ford assembly plant and touting his auto - industry bailout and other efforts to spur a comeback in American manufacturing.

While Trump and Zuckerberg's FWD.us represent policy positions that are in direct conflict, SiliconBeat points out that Trump has supported some proposals favored by those in the tech industry, such as efforts to help foreign students stay and work in the U.S.

To determine just what constitutes a key asset or skill within an industry, David A. Aaker in his book, Developing Business Strategies, suggests concentrating your efforts in four areas:

The SEC's focus on the average net IRR disclosures, which has not been previously reported, marks a new phase in the agency's efforts to regulate private equity and comes at a time when the industry is already under pressure from investors to simplify its fees and expenses structure.

Undeterred, Open Innovations aims to put all the right pieces — big traditional industry, high tech startups, government ministers, foreign and domestic investors, global media — all in the same room in an effort to alter these larger realities.

The reasons, critics say, are simple: Ontario and Quebec are offering better tax incentives — B.C.'s labour tax credit for the industry is only 17 %, for example — and their politicians are making efforts (like meeting with French CEOs in the summertime) that B.C. officials just aren't.

For example, rather than saying a purchasing manager must have 10 + years in the hardware industry purchasing fasteners, a BS in a technical field and strong ERP background with SAP, say, «Lead the redesign effort of our entire fastener procurement process as we shift to SAP's new materials management module.»

Instead, the ad tells a powerful story that feels as much like a recruitment effort as anything else, leveraging the topic to communicate Verizon's authority in innovation - related fields while showcasing the important role that women can have in shaping the future of the industry and, in turn, the company.

Make an effort to attend social events to learn more about your industry and to connect with people in the field.

The industry previously struggled with marketing to consumers, but recently we have seen a growing effort around showcasing the value in using domain extensions outside of.

Yet industry sources say illegal cocoa in protected forests is the main reason for the supply glut and, as a result, halting productivity efforts will fail to make a significant dent in supply - while giving rise to quality issues and disease.

The move is part of China's efforts to make its domestic autos industry more flexible and establish itself as a leader in electric cars.

The big difference between public relations and advertising is that PR takes a lot more effort, thus it is often referred to in the marketing industry as «earned media.»

The company's sustained effort to be participate visibly in app industry events has produced other leads, including an approach by Facebook's Canadian arm in 2011 to become a preferred marketing developer, which means the social network giant refers on customers who want to build Facebook applications for their products or services.

«This is far ahead of the rest of the industry and reflects our extraordinary effort to reach out to customers,» he said in testimony.

Efforts by the energy industry and the Trump administration to delay the methane rule have twice been blocked by federal courts in Wyoming and California.

It helped fund industry anti-labeling efforts in two states before backing off.

Recently, Bloomberg reported that Jamie Dimon was a key player in an industry - wide effort to roll back a provision of the Dodd - Frank financial reform bill that would have required banks to split their derivative trading units from the rest of the bank.

The industry got a jolt recently when the California Public Employees Retirement System announced it was lowering its historic 7.5 percent expected rate of return in an effort to reduce volatility in its portfolio caused by reaching for risk.

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The industry, with help from Maritimes governments, significantly boosted marketing efforts to China in 2010.

The franchise operation is part of a broader effort to become the leading player in the commercial drone industry.

That is something I am proud of in an industry where, despite the best efforts of governing bodies, unethical decisions often affect patient care and hospital bottom lines.

Duarte pointed to her group's efforts to get Facebook to crack down on affinity targeting in ads, for example, routing ads related to homebuying away from minority groups — a social media ad version of the unfair mortgage and real estate industry practices that made homebuying for African Americans difficult for much of the 20th century.

If the men succeed, their efforts today point to a newspaper industry in 2039 that will be highly targeted and geared toward a nearly all - digital audience.

Li (and others) have continued to drive supply side reforms in these smokestack industries in an effort to reduce excess capacity.

H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

TRENTON — There's an effort in the New Jersey Legislature to put the state at the forefront of a growing new electronic industry: digital currency.

At times, Pruitt directly coordinated with the Oklahoma oil and gas industry to put pressure on the Obama White House in an effort to weaken clean air and water regulations or squash investigations.

Independent SBA lending industry analyst Bob Coleman believes the Treasury's effort to support asset - backed securities, in particular, will help rejuvenate the secondary market.

By creating a B2B buyer's guide you'll be able to influence the decisions of prospective customers in your industry, thus making more effective your B2B lead generation efforts.

«I've been making a concerted effort to avoid lower - quality companies that appear cheap in relation to the market by considering industry structure, long - term financial returns, and balance sheet for each company,» says Friedman.

Efforts to curtail the tax breaks are likely to face fierce opposition in Congress; the oil and natural gas industry has spent $ 340 million on lobbyists since 2008, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors political spending.