Sentences with phrase «new policy challenges»

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If you are a small - business owner with immigrants on your staff, here's what you need to do to protect your workers and your business from the special challenges these new enforcement policies present.

Poloz said several forces were restraining Canada's economy, including new mortgage rules, uncertainty about U.S. trade policy and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and a range of competitiveness challenges.

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Other new steps outlined by the administration include an online policy challenge to encourage entrepreneurs to offer new ideas to foster innovation, educational programs and commitments from more than 100 community colleges to promote entrepreneurship.

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.

So while the new regulations have kickstarted a conversation about women in senior positions, the next challenge will be implementing these policies in a meaningful way.

The until - recently undefeated UFC fighter continued to bring new eyeballs to the sport; she starred in a number of major movies; she graced the cover of a slew of major magazines; she called out Floyd Mayweather and challenged her league's marijuana policy.

In the post-financial crisis world, however, new realities pose significant challenges for the conduct of monetary policy.

As they become common, the focus will move to international payments, resulting in new challenges (risks, formats, policies and practices) that will arise.

From one perspective, the unconventional nature of recent U.S. monetary policy adds little that is fundamentally new to the challenges now facing EMEs.

Ensuring the economic well - being of Canada's growing population of seniors is an important and complex public policy challenge that the new federal government must grapple with.

While there are some signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use of the term secular stagnation in its World Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the primary macroeconomic policy challenge for the next decade.

Dick's said its hunting business posted negative comparable - store sales and expects the challenges to continue this year, with its new gun policies being an additional burden.

The Washington Consensus on global economic policy is dead World economy faces heightened risk of fragmentation, nationalismBuilding support for a new unifying economic paradigm to replace the discredited Washington Consensus will be an analytically challenging, politically demanding, and time - consuming process, writes Mohamed El - Erian.

Family Matters: New Policies for Divorce, Lone Mothers, and Child Poverty, The Social Policy Challenge 8, by Martin D. Dooley et al..

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

This conversational style evening between Laura and Karen Oldfield, President and CEO, Halifax Port Authority, will help you to understand the complexity of changing US trade policy, how the NAFTA re-negotiation will likely play out, the importance of diversifying to new markets in challenging times and how it will all impact our economy in the Maritimes.

See Stein JC (2014), «Challenges for Monetary Policy Communication», Remarks to the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York, 6 May.

This will also present a major communication challenge for the government Lastly, in preparing the 2017 budget proposed new policy actions should be carefully reviewed in terms of their absolute need, their priority and their impact on fiscal sustainability.

His challenge will be making the transformation to a new policy regime that gets the Fed out of the business of allocating credit and pegging interest rates at artificial levels.

The Santa Fe Report targets liberation theology as a major challenge to U.S. foreign policy because it refuses to be silent about death or about the possibilities for new life.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Stable rice prices means rice that can withstand production challenges, well informed rice - based policies, effective and inclusive value chain, minimal losses, and effective education of new generations of rice scientists.

However when it comes to Arsene Wenger's transfer policy, Ozil has never been afraid to suggest that new top quality additions are needed at the club if we want to challenge at the highest level.

The NFL Players Association has raised several objections to proposed changes in the months leading up to Wednesday's announcement, and is expected to challenge the new policy.

Unfortunately, the new policies have been challenging for underfunded school districts and picky eaters alike.

Hiring a house in order to be in the catchment for DOMINO homebirth, asking for a new health care professional in labour, changing hospitals, challenging policy — women are becoming more proactive in their approach of navigating the system in order to ensure that they get the most out of their maternity care and have a healthy positive birth experience.

«Nothing else truly matters: not the NHS, now in its most severe crisis since its creation; not the real challenge of the modern economy, the new technological revolutions of AI and Big Data; not the upgrade of our education system to prepare people for this new world; not investment in communities left behind by globalisation; not the rising burden of serious crime; or bulging prison populations; or social care; not even, irony of ironies, a genuine policy to control immigration.

They point to issues ranging from environmental policy to the deportation of undocumented immigrants as areas that New York can provide an alternative and potential challenge to federal policies.

Yet another courtroom battle promises to pull the White House into the legal spotlight today as crucial arguments are heard in New York in a sweeping lawsuit that is challenging the administration's marijuana policy by seeking to legalize pot under federal law.

And when I have challenged Lib Dem canvassers on the doorstep about the policy, I have met with a wall of ignorance: «Oh, I didn't know we were doing that, I'll have to go away and look it up...» (canvasser hastily retreats...) The CTF was one of the great liberal achievements of New Labour.

Brandon Muir, executive director of the Reclaim New York Initiative, a government watchdog that has criticized Nassau's ethics and fiscal policies under Mangano, said Curran faces an «uphill challenge» in ridding the county of patronage and nepotism.

We (I was the Liberal Democrats» director of policy between 1999 and 2004) developed a modern restatement of the social liberalism, called «New Liberalism» in its day, espoused by Hobhouse: social liberalism, greened and decentralised to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

On the other hand, institutions may reinforce the EU's foreign policy capabilities, allowing it to play an important role within those multilateral frameworks tasked to tackle new global challenges such as climate change.

The Focus E15 campaign has been on the front line of this battle for the past two years and while we congratulate Mr Corbyn on his new position, until he challenges the actions of Labour - run councils as well as government policy, we remain sceptical.

My body, myself is a new policy report from Breast Cancer Care that looks at the impact of altered body image and challenges to intimate relationships after breast cancer.

«[Underwood] is an extremely capable lawyer, and the office primarily does litigation, but there are also public policy decisions that have to made,» such as how aggressively the office challenges the federal government to represent the interests of New Yorkers, Horner said.

For a more comprehensive look at the state's revenue and budget challenges, see the Fiscal Policy Institute's 2018 - 2019 budget briefing book, which includes a discussion of many other progressive pro-revenue tax proposals which would generate billions of dollars that New York needs to remain competitive in the future.

«The Nature Conservancy in New York applauds Governor Cuomo for his continued leadership on combating climate change, the most pressing environmental challenge facing our world,» said Jessica Ottney Mahar, the group's policy director.

In his introductory remarks, Langworthy took aim at Cuomo's economic development policies, suggesting the governor tried to buy the affection of Western New Yorkers after a poor local showing in the 2010 election, the year he was challenged by Buffalo businessman and developer Carl Paladino.

While a new poll finds New Yorkers would like Governor Andrew Cuomo to be a «national leader» challenging the policies of President Trump's administration, Cuomo seldom actually mentions the president by nanew poll finds New Yorkers would like Governor Andrew Cuomo to be a «national leader» challenging the policies of President Trump's administration, Cuomo seldom actually mentions the president by naNew Yorkers would like Governor Andrew Cuomo to be a «national leader» challenging the policies of President Trump's administration, Cuomo seldom actually mentions the president by name.

But 55 percent of New Yorkers said the Democratic potential candidate shouldn't make a run for the White House — even though 54 percent said Cuomo should become a national leader to challenge the Trump administration's policies.

At 2:30 p.m., the IDC will release a report outlining the financial challenges facing New York's growing senior population and propose policy solutions that will help make life more affordable for seniors, Room 124, state Capitol, Albany.

It's the latest legal challenge from the New York AG, who has joined a coalition of states with Democratic attorneys general to oppose or challenge various policy decisions by the Republican administration.

Scrambling to recover from her big loss in New Hampshire, Clinton repeatedly challenged Sanders» trillion - dollar policy plans, and portrayed him as a big talker who needed to «level» with voters about the difficulty of accomplishing his agenda.

The report recommends foreign policy follows five guiding principles: to actively work to protect civilians; to challenge abuses of humanitarian law and human rights; to deliver on policies like the Arms Trade Treaty which save lives through international agreement; to meet the challenges of the modern world, including new threats like terrorism; and strengthening multilateral institutions, with the UK taking the lead to reunite the UN.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger will host a conversation with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussing his work to challenge Trump Administration policies on a host of issues from immigration to the environment to civil and voting rights.

The historical energy utility business model is breaking up, and the challenge for policy makers is to be midwives for the birth of a new energy sector.

Treat coastal seats as a distinct group within the «40/40» marginal seats - both in terms of the policy challenges they face and in terms of analysing their new Mosaic demographic data to understand the electoral features they have in common

I am joining with Howie Hawkins, whom I hope the Green Party will nominate to run for Governor of the State of New York, in proposing a campaign that would challenge the policies and priorities of our current state government, of the Democratic AND Republican parties, of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and of the millionaires who support him.