Sentences with phrase «key regions at»

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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.

«That's a key change from the past seven years, when weakness in at least one major region offset strength elsewhere and created fragility that made the global economy more sensitive to shifts in growth at the margins.»

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

But even among the best funds, few have topped the key threshold of 16 %, fueling a nagging perception that the rewards of investing in the Asia - Pacific region are not making up for the risks — at least not yet.

The final section of this article presents policy recommendations aimed at enhancing U.S. counterterrorism strategy while strengthening key alliances and partnerships in this region of immense geostrategic importance.

While Starbucks continues to focus on building its retail network, especially in the key Asia - Pacific region, the at - home segment has become an increasingly key area of concentration for the company, accounting for $ 1.4 billion in sales in fiscal year 2013.

Moreover, Greater Vancouver boasts healthy activity at its port and airport, reinforcing the view that the transportation sector is a major component of the region's economy and should remain a key priority area for policymakers.

Upon its official launch in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 2014 during the prestigious, Formula One Grand Prix weekend at the exclusive Ermanno Palace Penthouse, this luxury vodka subsequently appeared at a multitude of A-list events in key regions around the world, including New York City, Barcelona, Paris, Sweden and London.

«Market pricing in the dairy complex will be heavily influenced by when and how vigorously China and Russia return to the world market, and the speed at which exportable supply growth slows in key surplus regions in response to rising feed costs and increased consumption at point of origin.»

Fair trade in the Asia - Pacific region is a key priority for our industry, where exports help drive growth and support our 2.1 million jobs here at home.

This study discusses the key region trends contributing to growth of the stevia market globally, as well as analyses the degree at which drivers are influencing this market in each region.

The 25 - year - old, who is running out of his contract at the end of the season - has developed into a key player for Barca and has a release clause in the region of # 35million.

Schumer spent his re-election airing region - focused TV ads and, at the same time, seeded key Senate races nationally in an effort for Democrats to gain control of the chamber.

* The impact on private colleges and universities — key employers in many regions of the state — who will lose students to what the Cuomo administration believes will be a 10 percent increase in enrollment at SUNY.

This will at times mean putting the interests of bus users above car users on key strategic routes around the city region.

My company [Groupe Nduom], employs thousands of persons from the region some of who are key managers... therefore bringing jobs here is not a problem at all,» he said.

«Agriculture is a key economic driver in our region and we have made it a priority to look for ways to bolster it along with our partners at Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Working closely with the Department for Transport, Local Authorities, Road Safety Officers and direct with local schools, since 2005 we donated almost 100,000 high - visibility reflective vests to Key Stage 2 pupils at primary schools located in regions where 3M has a presence.

Delaware North executives maintain that the company has outgrown its quarters at Key Center and that no office space in the region can accommodate its needs, which include not only offices, but a hotel and restaurant to train employees.

Speaking at a public lecture on Wednesday in Accra, Mr Frempong said the Central Region will be a key decider on December 7, warning that, the region may «punish the NDC» over some sensitive issues the government has failed to adRegion will be a key decider on December 7, warning that, the region may «punish the NDC» over some sensitive issues the government has failed to adregion may «punish the NDC» over some sensitive issues the government has failed to address.

Ahead of this year's elections, the two major parties, the NDC and the NPP have been seen holding strategic campaigns in the regions with messages aimed at addressing some key challenges in the regions.

But speaking before some Chiefs from the Upper West Region at a meeting on Monday, President Akufo - Addo affirmed that decentralization was key to development.

At current rates, by 2030 only a mere 22 % of landscapes in the region will be able to sustain three quarters of the key species surveyed for the study.

A new study by researchers at Roche in Basel, Switzerland has identified a key brain region of the neural circuit that controls social behavior.

«To accelerate reconstruction and rebuilding of Fukushima as a region, and the lives of locals, the key is to reduce the mid - and long - term risk,» says Satoru Toyomoto, director for international issues at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear Accident Response Office.

One of the report's lead authors, Monash University Professor Steven Chown, said key areas for scientific research in the region over the next two decades included looking at human impact on the region, understanding the evolution of Antarctic life, looking at the region's history, and the impact of climate change in the area.

To discern which part of the locusts body holds the key to transformation, researchers at the University of Oxford stimulated various body regions of 170 locusts that had been raised in isolation.

NGC 1600 suggests that a key characteristic of a galaxy with binary black holes at its core is that the central, star - depleted region is the same size as the sphere of influence of the central black hole pair, Ma said.

Real - time data transmission from remotely operated instruments is key in polar regions, where continuous climate data is particularly important and maintaining personnel in the Antarctic through the winter is expensive and hazardous, says Rita Colwell, an environmental microbiologist at the University of Maryland, College Park, and another co-author of the NRC report.

The CPC officially considers it an event when the sea surface temperatures in a key region of the ocean reach at least 0.5 °C, or about 1 °F, warmer than average.

And they found that key areas in chromosomes, the centromeric regions, are 25 % smaller in the benign fungus, for reasons unknown but that offer «an excellent starting point for follow - up investigations,» notes Kim Hammond - Kosack, a molecular plant pathologist at Rothamsted and leader of the research team.

Senior author Dr. Matcheri Keshavan, a Professor at Harvard Medical School, describes their results: «The main finding was that psychotic disorders are characterized by reduced folding of the cortex in key brain regions such as the cingulate cortex (a brain region involved in thinking and emotions).

At a secluded research center 25 miles west of Boston, Harvard Medical School scientists have used primates to make key discoveries over the last half - century, earning the center a unique spot in the region's landscape of prestigious biomedical research institutions.

Conversely, she modeled regions at the edges of the plasma that can disrupt that current; understanding how this happens is key to preventing it.

A variant in a region of the genome that is not coding for a protein can have a relatively large effect on a gene regulating bone health,» says Dr. Douglas Kiel, whose NIH - funded team at Hebrew SeniorLife and Harvard Medical School played a key role in the effort.

We simultaneously delineate genomic regions underlying 57 morphological traits defined at the breed level, including body weight, absolute and relative length and width of long bones, absolute and proportional skull length and width, teeth characters, and a key domestication correlate — prick versus floppy ears (see Figure S1).

Now it's clear that the key region of the brain can be smaller at birth, reports Rebecca Knickmeyer.

«One of the key advantages of observing at long radio wavelengths,» explained NRL astronomer, Dr. Namir Kassim, «is that the field - of - view is so large that a single observation can efficiently detect transient phenomena over a large region.»

March 6, 2013 One region, two functions: Brain cells» multitasking may be a key to understanding overall brain function A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago.

At a post-Irma summit in South Florida, officials said the key to preparing the region for future storms goes beyond dealing with sea level rise — it requires addressing chronic issues like low wages, aging infrastructure, and high housing costs.

Safeguarding food security in the Coral Triangle, the region embracing six nations and 350 million people to Australia's north, is a key focus at an international meeting in Cair...

An increasing number of regions are trying to create concentrated groups of blended - learning schools alongside education technology companies, which may be key to advancing the blended - learning field and increasing its odds of personalizing learning at scale to allow every child to be successful.

This role aims to drive program outcomes in three key areas: + Group / Individual instructional coaching + Professional development design + Facilitation of adult learning As a Math Lead Coach, this individual will have the opportunity to work with other coaches at Catapult Learning to promote strong instructional practices for math in the NYC region.

The ATS represents Cadillac's key play in Europe, a right - sized vehicle for the region that it previously lacked.

Every All - New Tucson for Europe will be made in Europe Hyundai Motor will manufacture 100 % of All - New Tucson models sold in European markets at its facility in the Czech Republic — a key part of its commitment to the region.

Hyundai Motor will manufacture 100 % of All - New Tucson models sold in European markets at its facility in the Czech Republic — a key part of its commitment to the region.

Detailing key socio - economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive territorial analysis at a local scale and explore the potential for regional integration and cooperation.These pioneering maps examine challenges that threaten this wide, yet inter-connected, region, including environmental concerns in the North, political unrest in the East, social factors in the Western Balkans, and the upheaval in the Mediterranean since the Arab spring.

Christophe Landais, chief operating officer, Hotel Services Middle East, Accor talks to Breaking Travel News at AHIC about their key brands which have a presence in the Middle East region.

To discuss the opportunities, challenges and strategies for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Catching the Next Wave of industry growth, key industry stakeholders will meet from 22 to 24 June at ANZPHIC 2011 - the region's leading industry event.

The day also includes a Caribbean Treasure Hunt around the Caribbean Village at ExCel, allowing agents to network with key Caribbean specialists, while gaining more knowledge on the region and sourcing «treasure» along the way.