Sentences with phrase «of global activities»

Voluntary commitments to eliminate or reduce deforestation are developing into a powerful framing of global activities to combat deforestation and forest degradation.

To reflect the organisation's diverse portfolio of global activity, the name, Centre for British Teachers, officially changed to CfBT Education Trust in 2006.

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«After a strong rebound in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis, the pace of activity in the emerging markets has faded,» says Stephen King, HSBC's chief economist in the report.

Manufacturing, which accounts for about 12 percent of U.S. economic activity, is being supported by strong domestic and global demand.

«It is unclear whether any new information regarding Iran's nuclear activities was revealed or any new argument for scrapping the nuclear deal,» said Hasnain Malik, global head of equity research at Exotix Capital.

But if all goes well for the global recovery, central bank activity and speculative demand will put upward pressure on the loonie this year, especially if the Bank of Canada increases rates before the U.S. Federal Reserve does.

Analysts attribute the turbulence in global bond markets to emerging signs of firmer economic activity and expectations of higher inflation.

He points to the fact that Smith is currently investigating the activities of federal climate scientists whose research last year undermined claims by Climate Change skeptics that global warming was going through a «hiatus».

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2011 saw «an across - the - board increase in the rate of entrepreneurial activity has not been seen in the U.S. in the last ten years,» and «the majority of entrepreneurs were motivated by improvement - driven opportunities to start new ventures.»

For those hoping that Shopify would defy the odds and become a lasting global success in tech, the accusations of fraudulent activity are enough to strike fear in their hearts.

«Being designated a primary dealer by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is consistent with our global strategy of expanding our broker - dealer activities, as we seek to serve our clients with broader execution services and greater market insight and ideas,» Corzine said in a press release statement at the time.

«We're pleased with our improved performance in the quarter as it demonstrates the earnings power of our diversified franchise and shows what is possible with modest improvements in the environment and client activity, and we believe there is room for additional revenue and earnings growth, as we further diversify our global franchise across a broader client base with an expanded suite of products and services.»

Now, with the relatively recent string of primary dealer failures (Countrywide, Bear Stearns, Lehman, Merrill, and now MF Global), a rational observer might think the NY Fed had moved to beef up surveillance activities designed to protect the financial system from excessive risk taking at primary dealers.

In his book, Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years, he calculated the activities any of us might undertake that have the best chances of killing us per hour of exposure to that activity.

Thomas Sehested, CEO and co-founder of GAN integrity, a compliance technology platform, explains why these technologies are ineffective when it comes to global compliance efforts «Global compliance teams suffer because the technology offered to support compliance programs has been fragmented with activity - specific vendors, which hinders easy reporting and increases administrative headache and cost.&global compliance efforts «Global compliance teams suffer because the technology offered to support compliance programs has been fragmented with activity - specific vendors, which hinders easy reporting and increases administrative headache and cost.&Global compliance teams suffer because the technology offered to support compliance programs has been fragmented with activity - specific vendors, which hinders easy reporting and increases administrative headache and cost.»

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.

Merger activity this year is down 14 percent from this time last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, which cited the lower dollar value of deals in the health care and materials sectors.

These activities, which included writing a book and hosting podcasts, have led to millions of dollars in revenue and helped Likeable, my global social media firm, establish itself as a company to watch in the realm of marketing.

As executive vice president of global operations at PepsiCo, Puma directs a broad scope of activities spanning PepsiCo's $ 63 billion portfolio that includes Pepsi, Frito - Lay, Quaker Oats, Gatorade, and Tropicana.

«The disappointing performance in export activity suggests that the loss of export competitiveness from the strong dollar and the weak global backdrop are becoming a net drag on U.S. economic activity,» said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York.

Others, such as Michael Carr, the global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs, have said that only thing that could stop the record breaking pace of activity is hubris.

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, an annual entrepreneurship activity research project, the vast majority of entrepreneurs around the world rely on these sources of capital, and the repayment expectations of these «informal investors» are more flexible and long - term.

For the past seven years, growth has serially disappointed - sometimes spectacularly, as in the depths of the global financial and euro crises; more often than not grindingly as past debts weigh on activity

The deal is a further sign of accelerating mergers and acquisition activity in the global biotech sector and comes...

VSP Global, the vision services giant, announced Thursday that it's launching a new «smart glass» product called Level which can track steps, calories burned, distance, and total activity time through a device located in the left temple of the frame.

In the past five years, we've built our own fraud engine and now have a global team of 2,000 safety experts dedicated to identifying potential fraudulent activity.

Recent data suggests weak global demand for Chinese - made goods, declining levels of factory activity and a slip in the amount of freight being carried by the China's rail network.

Trump and several of his cabinet members deny the consensus among climate scientists that carbon dioxide from human activity is the primary cause of global warming.

Any North Korean activity in bitcoin is likely a tiny fraction of global trade activity.

This past November, the San Francisco - based Strava announced a huge update to its global heat map of user activity that displays 1 billion activities — including running and cycling routes — undertaken by exercise enthusiasts wearing Fitbits or other wearable fitness trackers.

The private sector is deploying more capital — according to Thomson Reuters, global merger - and - acquisition activity in the first quarter of the year is up 10 % over a year earlier — and U.S. consumer housing starts are up.

«Recent global economic and financial developments may restrain economic activity somewhat and are likely to put further downward pressure on inflation in the near term,» the Fed's Board of Governors said in a statement.

Global stocks kicked - off the week in a bullish mood Monday, with merger activity and a robust U.S. corporate earnings season helping boost markets in Europe and Asia and set up Wall Street for a positive start to the final trading day of the month.

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These include the potential adverse effects on European economic activity, on the perceived health of the global banking system, and on broader financial market conditions.

This news comes only a couple of weeks following the release of the August global manufacturing PMI, which shows that manufacturing activity around the world accelerated to its highest level in over six years.

We live in an «Age of Reforms,» which in many cases have already supported stronger activity and in others promise improving global growth, in our assessment:

He was responsible for the execution of Worldview's global investment activities for over 50 portfolio companies.

A 20 - year veteran of Cerberus, Mr. Bruno will continue to work closely with Mr. Feinberg to oversee and manage Cerberus's global investment activities across asset classes, sectors, and geographies.

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The good news is that the global mining industry is showing signs of growing interest and activity.

Bottom line: We see the current bout of reflation having a bigger impact boosting activity in China and EMs, helping the global reflation story play out for longer.

But this was mostly from the decline in real economic activity in the United States and Europe and the scaling back of global operations, including trade credit, by banks based in the major economies.

Global eCommerce activities are embedded within our segment operations and included within operating income for each of our segments.

We are delighted to welcome him to our tenured team of senior investment advisors who assist us in our investment activity across Europe,» said Lee Millstein, President of Cerberus Global Investments.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

«It stands to reason that the decline that we've seen over recent weeks is a reasonable signal that the pace of economic activity has flipped,» said Nick Chamie, global head of emerging markets research at RBC Dominion Securities Inc..

Financial sponsors own about half of the U.S. building materials companies rated by S&P Global Ratings, after three years of aggressive investment activity.

Therefore, the value of the US Dollar was deliberately reduced in an effort to increase global economic activity.

The price of oil largely reflects the level of global economic activity.