Sentences with phrase «new political alliances»

The new political chemistry The new page in Kogi politics is opening new political alliances with old wounds still aching.

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Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Roberts cites an observation by labour historian Jan Kainer: «Women's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.»

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

As John Milbank and Adrian Pabst put it in their new book The Politics of Virtue, contemporary political culture is the product of a convergence of two strains of liberalism: a leftist cultural libertarianism that took off during the 1960s and 1970s, and a rightwing free - market liberalism that reached its apogee with the Reagan - Thatcher alliance.

In order to create the power relationships capable of achieving these political goals, we need to establish new social alliances, alternatives to those that have existed until now.

Los Angeles Times: Growing ties between Egypt, Turkey may signal new regional order Egypt and Turkey are forging an alliance that showcases two Islamist leaders maneuvering to reshape a Middle East gripped by political upheaval and passionate battles over how deeply the Koran should penetrate public life.

In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really emerges in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of change.

Alliances between the minority political parties, and the two leading ones; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have always played a major role in deciding, which of them wins the Presidential Election.

But as the EU process developed over time becoming more demanding and new pro-European political forces emerged in Moldova demanding more and quicker reforms, the political calculus changed and the political alliance currently in power gravitating around the Democratic Party and backed by the controversial oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc came under increasing pressure.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

As New York's Democratic political class mostly enabled or ignored the IDC's alliance with conservative Republicans in the senate, activists galvanized by Trump's terrifying rise to power turned their eyes to their own backyard, where they found many things that didn't quite smell right.

Mr. Díaz is now the linchpin of a political alliance behind a $ 1 billion project with potential to transform the borough — four new Metro North stations running down its eastern corridor, estimated to bring in as many as 5,400 jobs and raise property values by almost $ 150,000 — and perhaps catapult Mr. Díaz Jr. into Gracie Mansion.

Turning the Obama network into a vast national party organization could give Democrats durable advantages that the party has not enjoyed since the New Deal era, when Franklin Roosevelt built an alliance between local political machines and a growing labor movement.

As Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson would not expect to enjoy the highest of media profiles, but he deserves this accolade in recognition of all the work he has put in this year towards creating a new political force in Northern Ireland through an alliance between the Conservative Party and the Ulster Unionists.

Espaillat's decision to run against Rangel sets up a contest that many of New York's black and Latino leaders have said they hoped to avoid, and seems to represent at least a temporary step backward in the construction of a long - dreamed - of, elusive alliance between New York City's black and Latino political establishments.

They say they also hope to build alliances with parents around the state, who may not have a specific political ideology but are upset over school budget cuts and dissatisfaction over the implementation of the new Common Core standards.

A new DNA study suggests that these women, whose striking skulls have been unearthed from nearby grave sites, were high - ranking «treaty brides» from Romania and Bulgaria, married off to cement political alliances.

The New Orleans Advocate: A look at similarities, differences in David Vitter, John Bel Edwards» voting records, political alliances http://bit.ly/1OzbciE

While Craig - Martin directly addresses the predominance of new media in his digital work Lightbulb (2015)-- whose color gradually changes online, and which is shareable via social media — larger, political questions of digital networks and their relationship with the real world are mainly left to Simon Denny, who takes a sharp critical angle on the murky alliance between technology and capitalism in his Serpentine show.

In his new book Greedy Bastards, Dylan Ratigan explains how «vampire industries» like oil and coal have forged «an unholy alliance with government based not just on the money that they contribute to political campaigns and spend on lobbying but on their ability to hypnotize us with false prices.»