And I've kinda been wondering if Amazon is going to leave things the way they are until
the new agency agreement goes into effect next month.
Asked if the higher pricing of e-books, in the wake of publishers»
new agency agreements with Amazon, had also figured in the slowdown of e-book sales, Reidy noted that in the wake of publisher settlements over e-book price - fixing charges in the case with Apple, «I'm not supposed talk about pricing,» but added that «our data says that our pricing is effective.»
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.
One more tidbit: Microsoft has apparently had the FCC sign a non-disclosure
agreement requesting the
agency not reveal any details about products it would need to approve to launch a
new console.
The changes grew out of two efforts by states to aid consumers: a 2015 settlement negotiated by
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the three credit reporting
agencies and an
agreement shortly afterward between the
agencies and 31 state attorneys general.
Opponents of the
new standards claim that the recommendations could outprice organic items for conventional consumers, and that the suit could drive consumer mistrust of government
agencies that can't reach an
agreement without a court proceeding.
Passan notes the union clearly did not understand this was a possibility given their post-negotiation memo on the
new collective bargaining
agreement celebrated the luxury tax penalties — the very thing that is part of their current undoing on free
agency.
Safe Haven Safe House Same Sex Marriage Sanction SCR (State Case Registry) SDNH (State Directory of
New Hires) Self Incrimination Separate Property Separation Separation
Agreement Sequester Service of Process SESA (State Employment Security
Agency) Settlement Severance of Parental Rights Sexual Abuse Shared Parenting Slander Special Advocate Special Master Spouse Spousal Support Sole Custody Special Needs Child Split Custody SPLS (State Parent Locator Services) Spousal Maintenance Stalking Stare Decisis State Court Statute Stay of Proceedings Stay - Away Order Stepchild Stepparent Adoption Stipulation Stipulated
Agreement Strike Structured Settlement Sua Sponte Subordination Subpoena Subpoena Ad Testificandum Subpoena Duces Tecum Substantive Law Success Fee Suit Summary Divorce Summary Judgment Summons Superior Court Supervised Access (Visitation) Surplusage
The
agreement requires «the town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of
New York, and any and all federal, state and local
agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»
In 1997,
New York State,
New York City, United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), upstate communities and environmental organizations, including Riverkeeper, joined together to sign an
agreement to protect the unfiltered drinking water supply that more than nine million residents of
New York City and upstate communities use daily.
According to the complaint, they sought Mr. Percoco's help in reversing a decision by the state's economic development
agency that would have forced COR — Mr. Cuomo's largest donor in central
New York — to make an expensive labor peace
agreement; pushing the state to release payments that it owed to COR; and getting a $ 5,000 raise for Mr. Aiello's son, who worked for Mr. Percoco at the governor's office.
In addition, ECIDA also enters into cooperative
agreements with the County of Erie, the cities and towns of Erie County, and other economic development
agencies including the State of
New York, Export - Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im), Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA).
The Department of City Planning, seeking to find «a balance,» recommended May 22 that the city issue a 15 - year permit, one that would allow Madison Square Garden to obtain a permit «in perpetuity» if it reaches
agreements with the three rail
agencies that use Penn Station — Amtrak,
New Jersey Transit and the MTA — to improve accessibility at the transit hub, which serves more than 600,000 passengers a day.
Governor Cuomo announced earlier this year an unprecedented
agreement among 53
New York State
agencies, municipal governments, property owners, lake associations, conservation groups, sporting groups and businesses to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species in the Adirondack region.
Though he didn't drop any names, Degnan was referring to Charles Gargano, who at the time of the lease
agreement was both vice chairman of the Port Authority and headed the Empire State Development Corporation — the
New York State
agency that purchased the post office in 2007.
Cuomo aides say the project will be funded through a financing
agreement between two state run
agencies — Empire State Development Corp. and the
New York Power Authority.
With two days left before
New Jersey Transit rail workers could go on strike, negotiators from the
agency and its rail unions met again yesterday but did not reach an
agreement.
Asked to comment on the status of the initiative in Rensselaer County, a public affairs officer for ICE, Rachael Yong Yow, said the
agency «does not comment on applications until an MOA [memorandum of
agreement] is signed by both parties and a
new program is established.»
New York is one of several states that has an
agreement with a consortium of federal
agencies that aims to expedite the review process for putting wind turbines in the Great Lakes.
Easing the burdens of
New York State's taxes and regulations, increasing bed tax allocations to a local tourism
agency and renegotiating - not repealing - the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
Cuomo won
agreement on what he said was his top end of session priority — creating a
new agency and
new procedures to better protect the disabled in state care from abuse.
That was the ruling Wednesday from
New York State Supreme Court Justice James Murphy after the city sued COR for the $ 44 - million PILOT (payment - in - lieu - of - taxes)
agreement it signed with the Onondaga County Industrial Development
Agency.
After the Senate's bipartisan 91 - to - 9 vote in a favor of a bill that keeps federal
agencies open through March 18 while enacting $ 4 billion in
new spending cuts, Mr. Obama urged House and Senate leaders to meet with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and two top aides to work out a longer - term budget
agreement.
Under a
new agreement, they will be able to spend up to a year at labs funded by the European Research Council (ERC), Europe's basic science
agency.
This is only the third time the health
agency has issued a PHEIC declaration since the
new International Health Regulations (IHR), a global
agreement on the control of diseases, were adopted in 2005.
And every
agency would feel the effect of massive, mandatory cuts on 1 January if no
new budget
agreement is reached.
A
new agreement to extend the current spending freeze on all U.S.
agencies makes an exception for several research - related projects.
One of the key conditions of the waiver, however, is that states as well as local educational
agencies covered by the
agreement develop and implement
new evaluation systems for school leaders that take into account student achievement growth and the quality of principals» leadership practices.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final
agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) for the repair and replacement of public schools in Orleans Parish, including the City of
New Orleans, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Yet since 2010, they have created three
new executive
agencies, with the
new Education Funding
Agency now taking responsibility for monitoring funding
agreements with academy schools and overseeing their financial management and governance.
The
agreement between Baker & Taylor / James Bennett and Wellington City Council offers all New Zealand public libraries an opportunity to sign onto a Participating Agency Agreement (PAA) and receive the terms and services outlined in the
agreement between Baker & Taylor / James Bennett and Wellington City Council offers all
New Zealand public libraries an opportunity to sign onto a Participating
Agency Agreement (PAA) and receive the terms and services outlined in the
Agreement (PAA) and receive the terms and services outlined in the contract.
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Agencies New Cars Online Auctions Online Backup Online Divorce Online Stock Brokers Outdoor Furniture Paid Surveys Painting Lessons Pajamas Party Planning Passport Services Patent Application Payday Loans People Search Perfume Stores Personal Checks Personal Loans Personal Trainers Pest Control Pet Insurance Pet Meds Photo Books Photo Cards Piano Lessons Playhouses PMS Relief Poker Pool Supplies Pool Tables Popular Diets Portuguese Lessons Prenuptial
Agreements Prepared Meals Printer Ink Prom Dresses Rapid Weight Loss Diets Reading Glasses Refrigerators Remote Control Toys Repairmen Restless Leg Syndrome Resume Builders Reverse Mortgages Ringworm Roadside Assistance Rowing Machines Rugs Russian Lessons Salsa Clubs Scabies Scar Creams Scuba Gear Seafood Self Publishing Sell Cars Sell Diamonds Sell Gold Senior Care Senior Dating Sites Shingles Shoes (Women) Sign Language Lessons Singing Lessons Skin Tags Slipcovers Snoring Spas Spanish Sporting Goods Sports Memorabilia Stair Climbers Steak Stock Brokers Stock Photos Stop Smoking Stress Relief Stretch Marks Structured Settlements Student Loan Consolidation Student Loans Sunglasses Survival Gear Swimsuits Tax Relief Tax Software Teeth Whiteners Thyroid Health Tickets Tinnitus Trademark Registration Travel Insurance Travel Visas Treadmills Trophies Tutors Used Cars Vacation Rentals Vehicle Inspections VoIP Services VPN Services Warts Watch Stores Water Filters Web Hosting Website Builders Website Templates Wedding Dresses Wedding Favors Wedding Invitations Wedding Planning Guides Wedding Planning Software Wedding Websites Wholesale Dropshippers Wigs Wills Window Blinds Wine Wine Clubs Wireless Security Systems Women's Shoes Workout Programs Wrinkle Creams
In light of this
new agency commission model where Amazon and Apple will no longer carry the product per se but have an
agreement to sell titles via their site in exchange for a 30 % commission on the sale (see earlier post to get up to speed), suddenly agents need to re-examine the whole definition of net receipts in publishing contracts.
Since the
new agreement and the onset of refined
agency pricing, Amazon no longer lists those titles with the disclaimer that the price was determined by the publisher; also, a number of titles from those publishers have already been discounted on the retailer's website.
The letter also says that the
new agreement with Amazon is a return to a «version of
agency pricing that, with some limited exceptions, gives control of e-book pricing to Simon & Schuster.»
The Apple
Agency Agreements took effect simultaneously on April 3, 2010 with the release of Apple's
new iPad.
But, as set forth in provisions described below, the proposed Final Judgment will ensure that the
new contracts will not be set under the collusive conditions that produced the Apple
Agency Agreements.
To persuade one of the Publisher Defendants to stay with the others and sign an
agreement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote to an executive of the Publisher Defendant's corporate parent that the publisher had only two choices apart from signing the Apple Agency Agreement: (i) Accept the status quo («Keep going with Amazon at $ 9.99»); or (ii) continue with a losing policy of delaying the release of electronic versions of new titles («Hold back your books from Amazon
agreement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote to an executive of the Publisher Defendant's corporate parent that the publisher had only two choices apart from signing the Apple
Agency Agreement: (i) Accept the status quo («Keep going with Amazon at $ 9.99»); or (ii) continue with a losing policy of delaying the release of electronic versions of new titles («Hold back your books from Amazon
Agreement: (i) Accept the status quo («Keep going with Amazon at $ 9.99»); or (ii) continue with a losing policy of delaying the release of electronic versions of
new titles («Hold back your books from Amazon»).
Following the April 1 Business Insider report that implied Amazon was losing patience with HarperCollins in negotiating a
new sales
agreement, Publishers Lunch has learned that Harper is preparing to return to full
agency for ebook sales next week.
Random House, which publishes 13 of the books in physical format, was outraged at the development and promptly issued a statement announcing that it would not enter any
new English - language business
agreements with the Wylie
Agency — home to 700 authors and estates — until the situation was resolved... A joint statement issued [two days ago] by the publisher and the Wylie
Agency said the two parties had «resolved [their] differences», and that the 13 «disputed» Random House titles... were being removed from Odyssey Editions and taken off sale.
On the
agency pricing model front, a third member of the Big 6, Simon & Schuster, has announced a
new pricing
agreement with e-tailers.
At the beginning of April, Hachette and HarperCollins also agreed a refined
agency model with Amazon.co.uk following the European Commission ruling that the original
agency publishers had to terminate their current
agency agreements, and come up with
new terms.
If so, the reporting
agency must, under this
new agreement, «regularly reconcile» data about accounts that haven't been paid in full.
In 2001, Long Beach Animal Care Services relocated to a
new state - of - the - art companion animal care village.Thanks to a unique partnership
agreement between the City of Long Beach and the spcaLA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Los Angeles), the two
agencies now jointly deliver innovative and revolutionary care to the animals that enter the Village.
Travelport has signed a
new content
agreement with hotel group Accor, which will provide Travelport's 67,000 globally connected travel
agency customers continued access to Accor's availability and room rates, as well as
new and enhanced content.
Air Canada and Amadeus today announced they have reached a
new multi-year distribution
agreement through which all Amadeus travel
agency customers, both offline and online, will have access to all fares and seat availability.
A
NEW AGREEMENT among four land management
agencies will look to nurture and help restore Mount Tamalpais in the coming years.
The
new Memorandum of Understanding represents the first formal
agreement between Tourism Australia and a global online travel
agency.
The platform does bash the solutions pursued by President Obama, the Environmental Protection
Agency and the
new international climate
agreement produced in Paris in December.
The International Energy
Agency neglects the Paris
Agreement with its
new World Energy Outlook.