Sentences with phrase «major change of strategy»

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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.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth's major business brokers are adapting their strategies to deal with a changing buyer profile and a general softening of prices.

The co-founder of OrigAudio Jason Lucash discusses how listening to customers led to a change in product strategy and a major bump in revenue.

The fantasy sports site's CEO, Jason Robins, now credits one major change to his fundraising strategy for the flood of cash the company was able to raise: pre-qualifying investors.

Intermittent Fasting is proving to be a simple and effective strategy for avoiding major dietary changes while achieving strong effects not just for one disease risk factor, but for an array of factors that constitutes the foundation for metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and possibly neurodegenerative diseases.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

My guess is that winning a larger share of younger voters will have to involve major changes in conservative policy priorities, rhetoric, and media strategy.

Aside from the major change of switching distributors, the tequila producer applies a straightforward business strategy for bringing up the business.

National strategies have been implemented to accelerate research and its application in areas including biological control, crop rotations and polycultures.This has resulted in major changes in some of the goals of Cuban plant breeding and a search for more appropriate methods of participatory plant breeding.

«Government is working with various private sector authorities to tackle this major challenge with strategies that are intended to effect a change in our attitudes towards waste and filth as well as improve dramatically our methods of waste management.

However, both of these strategies create a major risk that average temperatures will rise above the 2 °C goal — a target set by international agreement in order to avoid the most dire consequences of climate change.

James A. Edmonds • Member, IPCC Steering Committee on «New Integrated Scenarios» (2006 - present) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Framing Issues,» IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Decision - Making Frameworks,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Energy Supply Mitigation Options,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Mitigation: Cross-Sectoral and Other Issues,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios (1994) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (1992) • Major contributor, IPCC First Assessment Report, Working Group III, Response Strategies Working Group (1991).

Brian and Michael face major life changes when each is offered the chance to get out of Pittsburgh for greener pastures; Vic devises a legal strategy against the false charges lodged against him; Blake lands a respectable job.

Any major organizational change, whether it is to product / service offerings, customer experience, internal processes, corporate strategy or company structure, happens over a span of time with impact to several roles.

«There needs to be a major change of direction in the strategy on this.»

Some of the biggest funders on the scene remain devoted to a reform strategy that has so far failed to yield transformative change, while a range of other funder - backed efforts aren't yet operating at a scale likely to produce major breakthroughs.

It employed all three of the major policy strategies we identified: 1) purposeful use of standards to leverage change, 2) support for the active recruitment and development of aspiring principals, and 3) development of a state infrastructure for on - going learning.

JW: An expanded federal role will allow our entire nation to cut through some of the political fog that has prevented good, sound ideas about how to change our schools from getting the go - ahead to proceed as part of a major systemic reform strategy.

The major change was the addition of a one - page checklist requiring the observer to check yes or no to 24 items having to do with classroom management and use of instructional strategies.

But after a last - minute addendum to a package of changes to the state's teacher licensing rules, known as «REPA II,» non-education majors will need to receive training on teaching strategies in order to keep a teaching job.

I made these changes because, once someone is actually in front of the book, these subtitles are more impactful: even if they don't give away exactly the strategies that will be discussed in the book, they grab readers by promising major benefits and identifying the real pain points.

See Time for a Pivot: Kindle Unlimited and Marketing in 2015 for my reasons for shifting my books out of KDP Select to offer them in most major ebookstores while making the first book in the series perma - free and Pivot Post Update for details on the success of this change in strategy.

However, with the release of Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google changed its software strategy and confirmed the second - generation Pixel phones will get three major software updates and monthly security updates for three years.

Any strategy of course must be able to adapt to major changes in the market, so it's important to know how a provider would rebalance portfolios in light of this.

Pimco Total Return's new chiefs sought to reassure clients in the days and weeks following Gross's exit, saying on Sept. 27 that there will be no major changes in investment strategy, it's «business as usual,» and the new managers have «all been part of the team as members of the investment committee,» according to Mather.

-- Perhaps it's simply misunderstood — investors may simply not grasp a company's management / business / strategy have changed in a major way, or they under / over-estimate the potential impact (for example) of some litigation or regulatory action.

Overall, I think Neil Record's done an excellent job of institutionalising the firm, and I see no reason to anticipate any key - man risk (or major strategy / client changes) if / when he or any other long - term senior execs finally depart.

Among the major gameplay changes is that healing is now no longer an automatic process, adding an additional layer of strategy to multiplayer matches.

But by applying a bold design strategy to the work of the nation's third largest transit agency, Metro's 20 - person in - house studio team is moving the needle, fostering big change, and earning major design kudos along the way.

In a collection of four strategy documents which together proclaim themselves «the most systematic response to climate change of any major developed country», the UK government plots out exactly how it plans to meet its legally binding targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

The scientists will outline how only a combined strategy employing all the major sustainable clean energy options — including renewables and nuclear — can prevent the worst effects of climate change by 2100, such as the loss of coral reefs, severe damages from extreme weather events, and the destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide.

It aims to: explain major policy measures including general environmental strategy towards a green growth and skills development strategy; discuss the green structural change and its impact on the labour market and outline the plans that Korea has put in place for skills response; present case studies that show actual examples of skills response to green economy in various sectors; and discuss the current approach and suggest policy recommendations.

Pachauri outlined the potential for major changes to the climate system, which could overwhelm human response strategies - breakdown of the thermohaline circulation, disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a shift in mean climate towards an El Nino - like state, reduced carbon sink capacity, methane release from hydrates, and a rearrangement of biome distributions.

But if you look at what we're doing just with power plants, a major source of greenhouse gases, we put forward something called the Clean Power Plan — clean power rule — as a centerpiece of our climate change strategy.

Farther south, New York City has taken numerous steps to implement PlaNYC, a far - reaching sustainability plan for the city, including amending the construction code and the zoning laws and the implementation of measures focused on developing adaptation strategies to protect the City's public and private infrastructure from the effects of climate change; 26 some major investments in protection have even been conceptualized.

• the financial resources and spending of environmental groups and their opponents; • the planning efforts and investment strategies of major foundations; • the patterns in news attention and media portrayals of climate change; • the factors shaping the recent decline in public concern and belief in climate change; • the factors influencing how scientists and environmentalists interpret and make sense of climate change politics.

Or the efforts of major metropolitan areas like San Francisco, New York, and Seattle to plan resilient strategies for a changing climate.

He welcomed, in particular, the recent adoption by IMO of an Initial Strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships, as a major step forward in global action to combat climate change.

The first is the New York Times» Financial Tuneup, which will walk you through each major component of your current financial strategy and help you take immediate steps to reduce or remove fees, lower rates, and make other changes that will help you save more money faster.

Leaving the board was seen possible sign of disagreement over Heins» strategy for the company; at the time, Balsillie reportedly wanted to continue RIM's existing tactics, while new CEO Thorsten Heins believed a major shift was required and has been enacting proposed sweeping changes ever since.

We are not given many reasons for this strategy shift, but it may have something to do with all organizational changes started a few weeks ago — selling the Bing maps to Uber and Bing ads to Aol, and of course — a major revamp of the Windows Phone strategy with fewer, but more focused devices.

This leads to two major issues for advertisers: they don't want to rely on platforms that could change their algorithms overnight and undermine entire weeks / months worth of strategy, and they don't want to cut into their profit margins if they don't have to.

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As a major proponent of using storytelling in the job search, I embraced Gelberg's strategy of changing / re-framing our shyness / introversion stories so they work in the job search.

Because of some major changes in the strategies to accomplish this purpose, I will be presenting a historical perspective on how the AAMA has sought, and is seeking, to protect the right to practice and to increase legal recognition of the Certified Medical Assistant ® (CMA) credential.

However, I made one major change to my job search strategy and within a few weeks, I entered the recruitment process that resulted in my starting a new job on October 1st of that year.

contribute, as major landholders, to the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies to address climate change

Reducing disability discrimination is a major focus of the National Disability Strategy 2010 - 20 — but so far little has been done to address it or to monitor how the prevalence is changing over time.

Formulating your mobile strategy now in the midst of the major changes Google is making to mobile searches can have not only a huge impact, but provide a great opportunity.