Sentences with phrase «of balanced performance»

All these elements combine to achieve Hyundai N's aim of balanced performance, focusing on increasing power without sacrificing the driving experience.

Not exact matches

The Crown corporation is in desperate need of turning its financial performance around, or it risks causing even more problems for its balance sheet, the government and Canadian taxpayers.

For business leaders, increasingly this means balancing two very different perspectives: shareholders who expect executives to deliver better short - term financial performance and stakeholders who want more attention paid to the longer - term human and environmental consequences of business.

When both lender and borrower are businesses, much of the evaluation relies on analyzing the borrower's balance sheet, cash flow statements, inventory turnover rates, debt structure, management performance, and market conditions.

Don't just implement KPIs; think about implementation of Balanced Scorecard or a similar business performance management system.

Media mogul Ariana Huffington has said «work - life balance is a myth» and has been fairly outspoken in her view that most of us have made dangerous concessions in our quest for personal and organizational top performance.

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.

For example, the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund seeks — with 60 % of its assets — to track the investment performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall U.S. stock market.

There's a bunch of existing Chromebooks that'll support the Play Store when it goes live, but very few of those manage to find a good balance between price, performance, and having a touchscreen, which is important when you're about to add thousands of touch - enabled apps.

Writing for Quartz recently, a team of business school professors summed up the current state of the research on personality and career performance, highlighting the many fascinating ways your personal traits are likely affecting your work and your bank balance.

The two explain balance - sheet basics to the new hires — and make it clear how the company's performance affects the price of stock in the company's employee stock ownership plan.

Cree considers free cash flow to be an operating performance and a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after the purchases of property and equipment, a portion of which can then be used to, among other things, invest in Cree's business, make strategic acquisitions, strengthen the balance sheet and repurchase stock.

Comfort and Eco should help one to better sip the petrol, and on balance they don't detract hugely from performance — I stepped on it in both and was rewarded with plenty of pep.

The two explain balance sheet basics to the new hires — and make it clear how the company's performance affects the price of stock in the company's employee stock ownership plan.

There is an emerging class of services from tech - savvy investment managers that provide dynamic withdrawal rates using algorithms that look at market performance, balance and term of portfolio, all of which work together to ensure you won't run out of money.

Most leaders know where they want to be in five years, adds David Norton, co-creator of the «balanced scorecard,» a strategy - generating tool popular with larger organizations that helps companies measure their performance.

The study defined sustainability as the «commitment by organizations to balance financial performance with contributions to the quality of life of their employees, the society at large and environmentally sensitive initiatives.»

According to BCA Research, corporate credit performance began to deteriorate after measures of corporate balance sheet health and monetary conditions began to turn in a bearish direction in the latter half of 2014.

Importance of Looking at Debt While debt ratios tell investors little about a company's growth prospects or earning performance, these ratios are vital tools for gauging balance sheet durability.

As you can see in the chart below, based on investment performance for the 35 - year period beginning in 1972, a hypothetical balanced portfolio of 50 % stocks, 40 % bonds, and 10 % short - term investments would have done quite well for a retiree who limited withdrawals to 4 % annually.

The view in designing and using OSUs was that they struck a balance between stock options and RSUs; they are performance - based and present significant upside potential for superior stock price performance while sharing some attributes of traditional RSUs by offering some value to the recipient, even if the stock price declines over the three - year measurement period.

Using an extensive set of data on loan performance that we have developed with Equifax, we find that multiple first mortgage lien holders — that is, people owning more than one home — account for about 40 percent of the dollar volume of seriously delinquent mortgage balances, up from about 5 percent in 2004 (Chart 10).

The payout level considered a balanced view of performance, including financial results lower than planned, but strong growth in strategic imperatives revenue, leading to a faster remix towards the business portfolio of the future while also progressing the core portfolio of systems and services.

My argument is that a significant part of the strong productivity performance in the two decades before the crisis was due to globalization, and that the globalization process may have brought trade in the global economy to a new balancing point.

The strong performance of populist parties in Italy is balanced against Germany forming a new government.

Bailouts in 28 countries since September 2008 have totaled approximately $ 1.5 trillion, a huge sum of taxpayer money that has put pressure on banks to improve their balance sheets and their performance.

In addition, the HRC has expanded the use of long - term Performance Share awards to a broader group of management and has added for 2012 an additional risk - balancing performance measure to reduce the awards in the event of poor absolute financial pPerformance Share awards to a broader group of management and has added for 2012 an additional risk - balancing performance measure to reduce the awards in the event of poor absolute financial pperformance measure to reduce the awards in the event of poor absolute financial performanceperformance.

You can obtain the best rate of 0.60 % APY for balances under $ 25,000 by opening both the PNC Premiere Money Market Account and the PNC Performance Select Checking Account.

The pro forma consolidated balance sheet data gives effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class C common stock in connection with our initial public offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection with this offering, as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per share, which is the fair value of our common stock as of December 31, 2016, as we intend to issue shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.5 million shares of Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award, as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this offering.

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;

Meanwhile, Sprint's balance sheet and network performance has notably improved over the last few years courtesy of deep - pocketed Softbank.

For example, the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund seeks — with 60 percent of its assets — to track the investment performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall U.S. stock market.

Notice that when we say in our statement that we now consider the risks around our new inflation projection to be balanced, we are referring to projection risks, not to the performance of inflation relative to target.

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.

The risk assessment process included, among other things, a review of (i) all key incentive compensation plans to ensure that they are aligned with our pay - for - performance philosophy and include performance metrics that meet and support corporate goals, and (ii) the overall compensation mix to ensure an appropriate balance between fixed and variable pay components and between short - term and long - term incentives.

On balance, this performance has been largely as intended, and in the context of long - term historical tests and experience, has been neither extraordinary nor disappointing overall.

Using monthly stock returns and balance sheet data for a broad sample of U.S. stocks and quarterly Berkshire Hathaway SEC Form 13F holdings during 1976 to 2011, along with open - end active mutual fund performance data during 1980 through 2009, they find that: Keep Reading

For the March quarter, the Equity and Income Fund showed a loss of 1.6 %, compared to a 1.0 % loss for the Lipper Balanced Fund Index, the Fund's performance benchmark.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - In the news release, «CWB reports financial performance for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2016,» issued earlier today by Canadian Western Bank (TSX: CWB), balances of loans classified as past due but not impaired were overstated within the Credit Quality section of the release.

In terms of striking a balance between performance and price, very few other razors even come close.

Visual: Cursor moves to click an example of a performance web page displaying portfolio balances and returns over a time graph.

Appointed in June 2014, Amanda has successfully led the company through a complete turnaround of operational performance, reduced debt and deleveraged the balance sheet.

One unintended consequence of eternal QE may be that holders of balanced, passive portfolios don't see the same defensive performance from bonds as they have historically.

That post illustrated the role played by the Fed's actual bond buying on the trajectory of the real yield while an earlier post showed how the Fed's communication about its balance sheet intentions in 2013 also influenced the performance of the real yield.

Oman, the poorest Gulf Arab country on the basis of economic output per person, was cut for the first time by Moody's Investors Service, which cited the negative impact of lower oil prices on government finances, economic performance and balance - of - payments.

For calendar 2017 as a whole, the Equity and Income Fund showed a gain of 14.5 %, compared to 14.1 % for the Lipper Balanced Fund Index, the Fund's performance benchmark.

Although its stronger balance sheet has provided some protection, the operational performance of LogiCamms (LCM) has been worse.

The Lipper Balanced Fund Index measures the equal - weighted performance of the 30 largest U.S. balanced funds as defined byBalanced Fund Index measures the equal - weighted performance of the 30 largest U.S. balanced funds as defined bybalanced funds as defined by Lipper.

The Balanced Scorecard translates Mission and Vision Statements into a comprehensive set of objectives and performance measures that can be quantified and appraised.

He measures the attractiveness of adding anomaly premiums to the benchmark portfolio by comparing Sharpe ratios, Sortino ratios and performances during recessions of five portfolios: (1) a traditional portfolio (TP) that equally weights equity, term and default premiums; (2) an equal weighting of size, value and momentum premiums (SVM) as a basic anomaly portfolio; (3) a factor portfolio (FP) that equally weights all 10 anomaly premiums; (4) a mixed portfolio (MP) that equally weights all 13 premiums; and, (5) a balanced portfolio (BP) that equally weights TP and FP.