Sentences with phrase «of better terms of»

Not exact matches

The dismantling of those types of employee - focused programs for the sake of costs is usually not a good long - term sign.

In terms of the nitty - gritty, the merino wool is ultra-soft, pliant without stretching out, and helps to auto - regulate body temperature as well as wick moisture.

But Macron, at his first EU summit, said being an attractive destination for investment did not mean exposing Europe to what he termed «the disorder of globalisation», as he seeks to make good on a campaign pledge with a so - called protective Europe.

She cites the fact that women are 57 % of today's college graduates, as well as the 4 million copies of Lean In sold, as indicators of how there have been major changes in terms of how women are perceived in American society.

I've heard it said that the thing that separates humans from the other great apes (beyond opposable thumbs and better haircuts) is our capacity to delay near - term gratification in pursuit of a superior downstream payoff.

By introducing mandatory pension schemes, the government is securing the financial future of the country and offering employees better terms at the same time.

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.

Plus, you need to plan for long - term care expenses, as well as health care costs, both of which Ponnapalli says are big expenses that are often «not given as much importance as they deserve.»

In terms of time and upload dates and all that jazz, I used to put out Mondays at 9 a.m., and then one of my YouTube friends was like, actually Thursdays at 9 a.m. is the best time to upload content.

As Director of Marketing for an agency who primarily represented sponsors, I've seen the best and worst in terms of marketing activation from Fortune 100 companies.

«We are focused on the long term and doing the right things, and we will be a better company because of this,» he told the analysts.

It may be that students seeing the new pictures of the oil industry will think better of Standard Oil than did their fathers who were taught in terms of the Rockefeller trust and gushers.

«In terms of output, it's great to be in a groove and good at what you do, but I feel I'm doing my best work when I'm a little outside my comfort zone.

«We're both aligned to put our best foot forward in terms of getting this transaction approved,» Claure said.

KnowledgeHound has a pretty basic solution with two compelling attributes: (1) it can save its customers (and their clients) millions of dollars, as well as enormous amounts of valuable team time, while increasing productivity; and (2) it has all the makings of a powerful platform both in terms of its basic service offerings and its ability to morph into a marketplace as well.

Robbins welcomed news that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could extend his tenure beyond the current two - term limit, explaining that «regardless of the country, stability is always good.»

«The 30 % Club is really taking a business - based approach to this, and enlisting the business community itself to perform better in terms of getting women onto boards and in positions of leadership, really for its own self - interest,» Trenowden explains.

DDI is a highly challenging task that involves extraordinary discipline, but ultimately the best SMBs use it because it makes them impervious to the ebbs and flows of daily operations, allowing them to set forth long - term strategies without panicking about the short - term.

Amazon's focus on strengthening its strategic position, at the expense of short - term profits, is well - documented.

The combination of no physical location and limited regulatory costs allows crowdfunding firms to keep operating costs low and offer better terms to their clients.

«We've really had a great last four to five years in terms of a few trends that have worked really well for us,» Moddelmog said.

The lead investor may negotiate better terms, defend against unfair dilution by negotiating with venture capitalists during follow - on financing, mentor the company and represent small investors on the board,» says Nick Tommarello, the co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform WeFunder, in a letter to the Committee of Financial Services shared with Entrepreneur.

I suggest you consider the terms «introversion» and «extroversion» as detrimental to your personal development, keeping you from doing things like Cain did: to succeed at parts of life that an unscientific model shown to be at best poorly valid and poorly reliable claimed you couldn't do.

You may actually get better results — whether in terms of greater revenue, speed or something else — if you bring on specialists, versus trying to learn something new from scratch.

Lending Club's stock price and that of its competitor OnDeck have been hammered in recent months as well, as investors have begun to question the long - term viability of such companies.

Got a non-Recovery Act 7 (a) or 504 loan and wondering about cancelling or resubmitting to take advantage of better terms?

Brian Clark of Copyblogger says, «The best «native» advertising helps build an audience into a long - term business asset, and that's a goal worth spending on in conjunction with owned content creation.»

That means interleaving not only produces better short - term results, it also results in much greater long - term retention — which is incredibly important in the real world where the point of learning isn't to simply remember something long enough to pass a test.

Producers agreed to transform the federation into a marketing board to negotiate better terms of sale.

Ultimately, Kreiter said, using Dalio's terms, it's a matter of balancing how «bright» (high IQ, able to think analytically) and how «smart» (sharp common sense, able to synthesize large amounts of information) candidates are, as well as how open - minded.

«It would unfortunately create a situation where we would have some states who are better than others and the long - term viability of a national infrastructure network would be at stake.»

They also were social long before social media: selling tickets directly, creating an extremely engaged fan club, sharing personal details as well as fan - generated artwork and content through their mailing list, and creating an ecosystem of small businesses that traveled with the band and had a vested interest in the band's long - term success.

Smart TV interfaces are getting better, but they still face a long - term disadvantage, according to Lloyd Klarke, Roku's director of product management.

I was so focused on alleviating the near - term pain of my employee's departure that I didn't focus on the best long - term solution, the best hire not just for the role but also for the company.

This resulted in a much more interesting index, one that competes well with other favorites in terms of volatility and correlation to broad market movement.

If you accept this, prioritizing short - term gains comes through the optimization of management and spending, which allows the company to grow, in turn supplying higher returns, more jobs and other benefits to society, and better products.

Or as Stephen Gordon puts it, academic economists «generally remain open to the idea of using well - thought - out infrastructure projects to promote long - term growth.»

So you don't get sucked into the drama of life, so you remain grounded, being an observer of what's going on in terms of «oh, what's the best thing we need to do in this situation.»

The upward movement of wages was good for workers in the short term, Friedman argued.

It's good for making a little bit of money, but is also potentially something more long term as well.

While, a certain level of day - to - day predictability is probably essential to getting the best work out of your people, when it comes to longer term aims, adaptability is undervalued relative to stubbornly sticking to your vision.

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.

Trudeau backs the Keystone pipeline as «an extremely important initiative... in terms of getting our raw resources to market,» which, in turn, could mean good jobs for a greater number of people.

As I always say, the «riches are in the niches» — the more specific you can be in terms of what types of professionals you target on LinkedIn, the better traction your post will get.

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

The influence of such titans has created the expectation that to be successful in business, one must be able to be, for lack of a better term, mean.

But in terms of the best bang for your (quite literally) buck, Taco Bell is the option with more satisfying purchasing parity.

Still, he says bitcoin might best be suited for a long - term buy and hold strategy rather than a form of payment.

Now more mature, it's considering hiring more salespeople to better sell its products to large companies with which it acknowledged that is has limited experience in terms of direct sales.

It's only going to get better in terms of the product offering.