Sentences with phrase «international agencies spend»

It causes a great deal of human suffering (ref); so Medical schools and international agencies spend a great deal of time looking for ways to control it.

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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.

Though the International Space Station (ISS) currently serves as the only permanently manned outpost in space, Las Vegas - based Bigelow Aerospace is testing inflatable space habitats in orbit that it hopes to develop into a series of commercial space stations, serving as either scientific outposts that could be leased by government agencies or «space hotels» that would allow space tourists to spend extended periods in orbit.

The ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top - notch «Aaa» credit rating Thursday, saying, «The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along with the US dollar's status as the preeminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging - related entitlement spending, higher debt - service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures.»

A lesser - known North Korean cyber-espionage outfit has become more active on the international scene in 2017, after spending the previous five years targeting only South Korean government agencies and North Korean defectors.

The International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency recently estimated that more than $ 100 trillion could be spent globally on energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 35 years.

International free agency used to be an open season kind of thing, where teams would spend whatever they wanted to get the players they desired.

The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, made efforts before the last spending review to blend some of his budget with that of overseas aid, but was repulsed by the very tight international definitions of overseas aid set by agencies such as the OECD.

Glover, a senior sustainable agricultural systems research adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), spent years as a researcher at the Land Institute in Kansas.

The International Energy Agency (an energy policy organization for the world's 28 richest countries) estimates that the world needs to spend $ 20 billion in the next few years developing and deploying such clean coal technology.

But the best way for the United States to engage with foreign nations on bolstering safe spent fuel management is through multilateral organizations such as the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, he argues.

This sum includes essential spending on Discreet NSA Dating with International Introduction Agency Elite Travel Girls.

Tim Peake, a British astronaut with the European Space Agency, recently spent about six months living inside the International Space Station.

International visitors spent an extra # 800 million across the nations and regions of Britain in the last year as a result of work by the national tourism agency VisitBritain, latest figures show.

Pfeffer talked to me from Washington, where he'll be spending the next year working on improving the interface between climate science and policy at the State Department or Agency for International Development as a Jefferson Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) annually estimates global fossil - fuel consumption subsidies that measure what many developing countries spend to provide...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates global fossil fuel consumption subsidies that measure what many developing countries spend to provide...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates global fossil fuel consumption subsidies that measure what many developing countries spend to provide below - market cost fuel to their citizens.

According to the International Energy Agency, a Paris - based think tank, government spending on energy R&D as a share of spending fell from an 11 % peak in 1981 to just under 7 % in 2013.

Spend the summer working on energy policy - related issues at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France.

That compares with the $ 557 billion that the International Energy Agency last month said was spent to subsidize fossil fuels in 2008.

The International Energy Agency warned back in 2009, «The world will have to spend an extra $ 500 billion to cut carbon emissions for each year it delays implementing a major assault on global warming.»

Obama also issued an executive order Tuesday that requires federal agencies to factor climate - change «resilience» into international development programs and spending.

In the absence of an agreement, the ratio of energy spending to Gross Domestic Product for the largest consumer countries would double by 2030, Fatih Birol, author of the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook (WEO) told Reuters in an interview.

Japan is the only economic power that increased research spending in recent decades, with growth focused on efficiency and solar technology, according to the International Energy Agency.

In a first - ever detailed analysis of investment across the global energy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday that global energy investment fell by 8 % in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficiency.

«While international agencies have been spending their funds in controlling infectious diseases, evidence of non-communicable [chronic] diseases reveals an alarming global pandemic and associated fatalities» (Strong et al, 2005)

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Within the past decade, banking and insurance companies have hired historical legal experts and spent a lot of time litigation over the US Federal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's founding.

Before joining Beale and Company, Nathan spent six years in the insurance team of an international ratings agency where he provided bespoke credit and financial analysis of Lloyd's Syndicates, non-life, life and composite insurers to a variety of financial institutions.

As Managing Director of global legal recruitment agency EA International he has spent over 15 years advising the world's leading firms and lawyers across over 30 countries worldwide.

The recently amended federal spending bill in the U.S. has provisions that substantially decrease the barriers to law enforcement agencies entitlement to a person's emails, documents and anything else available electronically, regardless of international borders.

«I had a client who spent years in operations at a custom cardboard - box maker — basic corporate work — but he also took care of his mother, who had debilitating lung disease for 13 years,» said Irene Marshall, president of career - counseling agency Tools for Transition and a former recruiter at Robert Half International.

The company says Johnson brings extensive management and business development experience to the agency, having spent several years running major international companies in various sectors.