He is a remarkable asset to many entrepreneurs and widely respected by most of
the major technology companies in Japan.
Currently, Empath is still in beta, but the software has captured the interest of
major technology companies in the Bay Area.
Not exact matches
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.
Accounting firm KPMG is launching a business «accelerator» that is designed to assist early - stage
technology ventures and bring them together with
major companies in the energy and resources sector.
Technology is changing
company communications
in a
major way.
So
in 2015, after being accepted to Y - Combinator, they launched Jopwell, an online recruiting platform that connects African American, Hispanic, and Native American candidates with jobs at
major technology and finance
companies.
Rich 100 rank: # 47 Change
in rank from 2017: ▲ 8
Major company holdings: Slack
technologies Location: California Age: 43
O'Reilly, whose
company produces
technology books and events, has been at the forefront of nearly every
major development
in computers over the past three decades.
The Seattle - based cybersecurity firm found
major security flaws
in industrial models sold by Universal Robots, a division of U.S.
technology company Teradyne Inc..
Meanwhile, several
major technology companies have stood by Apple
in defense of digital rights and privacy.
The field of AI has been criticized for its lack of women
in prominent research roles at universities as well as at
major technology companies.
Buying Motorola will enable Lenovo to join Apple Inc. as the only
major technology companies with global product lines
in PCs, smartphones and tablets, putting Lenovo
in a better position to become a one - stop shop for
companies to buy all their devices from the same vendor, said Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett.
Video, and particularly mobile video, is one of the few areas
in the digital ad market that is showing some strength, and almost every
major technology and media
company from Facebook to Amazon is going after it.
In recent years, Fitbit — co-founded by James Park, the company's chief executive, and chief technology officer Eric Friedman in 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance companies and wellness programs at major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offering
In recent years, Fitbit — co-founded by James Park, the
company's chief executive, and chief
technology officer Eric Friedman
in 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance companies and wellness programs at major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offering
in 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance
companies and wellness programs at
major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offerings.
Founded
in 2012, Coursera has grown into a
major for - profit educational -
technology company that has offered more than 1,000 courses from 119 institutions.
«The smooth and secure operation of Southwest.com is a key part of our customer service experience so we restrict the use of automated scraping tools on Southwest as do other
major airlines and
technology companies,» Southwest spokeswoman Lisa Tiller said
in a statement.
In the meantime, the
company has missed the boat on just about every
major technology trend, from the Internet to smartphones to tablets.
But with the relative stability of large public
companies behind most
major marketing clouds, the standardization of plug -
ins to those clouds offered by their ISV programs, and the open architectures enabled by middleware, the vendor risk associated with most marketing
technologies is increasingly being mitigated and controlled.
At the moment, the
major trend
in the business world — particularly among
technology companies — is to favor generalization as businesses try to encompass as many features and capabilities as possible.
Privacy advocates,
technology companies and those weary of big government have described cryptocurrency as a
major evolution
in how we conceive and transmit monetary value.
Capex — the money that a
company invests
in fixed, tangible assets such as machinery, buildings and
technology — is a
major component of productivity growth and economic expansion.
In a side note, Recode points out that Google Ventures was not among the group calling for Kalanick to step down, even though its parent company Alphabet is now in a major lawsuit with Uber over allegations that he stole self - driving car technology from its Waymo uni
In a side note, Recode points out that Google Ventures was not among the group calling for Kalanick to step down, even though its parent
company Alphabet is now
in a major lawsuit with Uber over allegations that he stole self - driving car technology from its Waymo uni
in a
major lawsuit with Uber over allegations that he stole self - driving car
technology from its Waymo unit.
China Resources «is a
major global player,» said David Zweig, a specialist
in Chinese natural resource
companies at the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology.
Amazon unveiled plans on Tuesday for a
major expansion
in Boston's Seaport District, promising 2,000 new
technology jobs even as the city remains
in contention for the
company's coveted second headquarters.
As head of the Visa Corporate Ventures and Strategic Alliances group he led investments
in information security, mobile, and payments
technology companies — several of which were acquired by
major corporations.
BDC Venture Capital is a
major venture capital investor
in Canada, active at every stage of the
company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative
technology - based Canadian
companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players
in their markets.
EMC, based
in Hopkinton, Mass., sells only disk storage systems and sees this
technology disruption as a way to take business from I.B.M. and Sun Microsystems, two
major tape storage
companies.
Last week, we covered how entrepreneurial space
companies like SpaceX are planning
major satellite constellations
in low - Earth orbit, and how this influx of new
technology will present a significant challenge for regulatory bodies.
T - Mobile and Sprint use magic words
in seeking Trump approval: 5G and China 5G
technology should boost cellular networks, and has turned into a
major issue
in U.S. relations with China and regulatory actions T - Mobile's CEO says the Sprint merger would help the combined
company advance
in 5G and take on Chinese competitors.
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.
Global
technology company IBM collaborated with a consortium of
major food
companies to explore the use of blockchain
technology to address food safety
in the global supply chain.
DuPont has announced its 2017 winners of the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, honouring
companies that have demonstrated
major advancements
in packaging
technology.
As part of its
major programme of environmental improvement, The Glenmorangie
Company has nominated water treatment specialist Aquabio, to design and build the core
technology package for a new wastewater treatment plant at Glenmorangie Distillery at Tain, Ross - Shire
in Scotland.
Santa Monica is also a part of the growing larger region known as «Silicon Beach,» an L.A. Metropolitan collection of more than 500 startup tech
companies, as well as
major influencers
in the fields of web
technologies, the gig economy and the ever - expanding video game market.
The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation honor
companies that have demonstrated
major advancements
in packaging
technology to address the diverse and particular needs of consumers
in markets around the world.
«New varieties, new growing
technology and new packaging are all part of our commitment to being the most innovative
company in the produce industry, and all grown pesticide - free,» said David Karwacki, chief executive officer of The Star Group of Cos. «The Inspired Greens project was a
major commitment to a new approach for greenhouse lettuce that has never been done
in North America.
DuPont has announced its 2017 winners of the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, honouring
companies that have demonstrated
major advancements
in packaging
technology to address the diverse and particular needs of consumers
in markets around the world.
VHB structural glazing tape from 3M, the diversified
technology company, has played a key role
in meeting tight construction deadlines on a
major office refurbishment
in central London.
Major corporations such as Conmed, Special Metals, Oneida Ltd., Utica National Insurance Group, PAR
Technology, Revere Copper and Brass, Metropolitan Insurance
Company, Fleet Bank and others serve to provide the needed economic diversity that government leaders indicate is the key to prosperity
in Oneida County.
The state has quietly launched a
major initiative to develop a series of economic development hubs
in Buffalo aimed at attracting medical, energy and
technology companies that would generate thousands of good - paying jobs.
About six leading global
technology companies will invest $ 1.5 billion to create «Nano Utica,» the state's second
major hub of nanotechnology research and development,
in a partnership that will create over 1,000 new high - tech jobs on the SUNYIT campus.
In a
major blow to the government's plans to develop «clean» coal
technology (where fossil fuels are burnt and the emissions stored underground), the
company have postponed the project.
At trial, the government had accused the elder Skelos of strong - arming three
companies with a stake
in state legislation — a
major real estate developer, an environmental
technology company and a medical malpractice insurer — into giving his son about $ 300,000 through consulting work, a no - show job and a payment of $ 20,000.
The proposed end to «pulse trawling» —
in which short bursts of electricity get flatfish out of the sediment and into nets — is a
major disappointment to Dutch fishing
companies, which have invested heavily
in the
technology; they claim it's less damaging to marine ecosystems than traditional bottom trawling and saves energy.
ConocoPhillips was relatively lax
in adopting such
technologies in 2013, according to its 2013 filing with CDP, a London - headquartered nonprofit that collects survey responses from
major companies for investors worried about climate change.
Shortly thereafter, an advertisement
in the local newspaper said that a
major international publishing
company needed a science and
technology acquisitions editor
in its Canadian offices for high school and college publications.
Having
company employees and collaborators spread out
in the United States has been a
major challenge, but communications
technology has really helped us connect and maintain the flow of information.
Courtney Thompson, class of 1991, has had a stellar career
in marketing, becoming the senior director of North American Marketing and Information
Technology at a large international communications
company, with the unique claim of being not only a female econ
major at a time when that was exceedingly rare, but also African American
in a white dominated field.
Although CEO Steve Ballmer's CES keynote was light on
major new
technology announcements, the
company will have Project Natal for Xbox 360 ready to go
in time for next Christmas
The proposed end to «pulse trawling» —
in which short bursts of electricity get flatfish out of the sediment and into nets — is a
major disappointment to Dutch fishing
companies, which have invested heavily
in the
technology; they claim it is less damaging to marine ecosystems than traditional bottom trawling and saves energy.