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Not exact matches
Fils - Aime says
changes in the development process are helping to resolve that problem, but the company is still laser focused
on not releasing a key title until it's one that has lived up to high internal quality
standards.
WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt
on Monday for documents related to proposed
changes to vehicle fuel emission
standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's plans.
Many of those companies rely
on middle - and low - income shoppers for the bulk of their sales, and
changes to individual taxes — such as doubling the
standard deduction — will increase discretionary income.
Major
changes include lower tax rates
on individual income, a roughly doubled
standard deduction ($ 12,000 for singles and $ 24,000 for married couples who file jointly), and sharp limits
on a slate of itemized deductions, including a $ 10,000 cap
on the break for state income, sales and property taxes.
Fast - food chain Chipotle has made a few missteps this year, from faking a Twitter hack in July, to facing criticism over reports that it might be
changing its
standards on the beef it uses.
Earlier this week rating agency
Standard and Poor's
changed its U.S. long - term debt outlook to «stable» from «negative,» despite the concrete prospect of more showdowns
on fiscal policy.
Ericsson (eric) CEO Borje Ekholm told a morning session
on Friday about how the coming 5G wireless
standard will
change the very nature of manufacturing in China and the world.
California's government agency responsible for maintaining healthy air quality voted
on Friday to adopt stricter emissions
standards for automobiles, essentially daring President Donald Trump to confront the state in a legal battle over climate
change.
«It's tempting in a rapidly
changing, rapidly growing mobile market to
change for the sake of
change — to mimic what's trendy and match the industry -
standard, kitchen - sink approach of trying to be all things to all people,» Chen wrote in the letter published today
on BlackBerry's blog.
However, the Pan Canadian Framework
on Clean Growth and Climate
Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price
on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency
standards and limits
on greenhouse gases like methane.
By today's
standards, it's safe to say that none of these spaces was intentionally designed to increase innovation and creativity, yet somehow they became the perfect breeding ground for ideas that went
on to
change the world.
These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives;
changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance
on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications;
changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological
changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance
on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations;
changes in accounting
standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and
on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.
It has become more likely for stock prices to make large swings —
on the order of 3 percent or 4 percent — than it has been in any other time in recent stock market history, according to an analysis by The New York Times of price
changes in the
Standard & Poor's 500 - stock market index since 1962.
For more information
on the
standard SOMA securities lending program terms, please see: August 26, 1999 - Announcement of
Change in Lending Limits for SOMA Securities Lending Program, September 7, 1999 - Revised SOMA Securities Lending Program — FAQs, and September 7, 1999 - Revised SOMA Securities Lending Program Terms and Conditions.
Several
changes Congress mandated for the 2008 tax year will
change the way many taxpayers fill out Internal Revenue Service exemption forms 6251, 8917, 8859 and 5695 as well as how they use the exemptions available
on the
standard tax return From 1040a.
In the U.S., recent 401 (k) rule
changes have imposed a fiduciary
standard on employers.
But for most taxpayers, the biggest
changes have to do with the new income tax rates, a higher
standard deduction, and new limits
on many popular deductions.
If the fiduciary
standard, under Dodd - Frank, is imposed
on Series 7 registered representatives, how might that
change the annuity industry?
Jeremy Moorhouse, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada, said the following in response: «The Clean Fuel
Standard is one of Canada's most important climate
change policies, cutting more carbon pollution than any other measure in the Pan-Canadian Framework
on Clean Growth and...
The new Department of Labor fiduciary
standard represents «the most dramatic regulatory
change in a number of decades, suffice to say,» explained Scott Curtis, head of Raymond James» independent advisor channel, in an interview
on Tuesday.
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, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.
The framework proposes a number of specific
changes including: consolidating and reducing individual income tax rates to 10, 25, and 35 percent; doubling the
standard deduction; cutting the business tax rate to 15 percent
on both corporations and pass - through businesses; repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) and estate tax; repealing the 3.8 percent investment surtax from the Affordable Care Act («Obamacare»); moving to a territorial tax system; and imposing a one - time tax
on money held overseas.
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.
2018.02.09 RBC to
change presentation of certain financial information related to IFRS 9 accounting rules Royal Bank of Canada (RY
on TSX and NYSE) released today a proposed template of our Supplemental Financial Information package, reflecting the impact of the adoption of International Financial Reporting
Standard 9, Financial Instruments (IFRS 9)...
It reduced the cap
on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from $ 1 million to $ 750,000, and capped deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes, at $ 10,000.1 These
changes, in combination with a doubling of the
standard deduction, mean that many homeowners will experience a loss of tax benefits associated with homeownership, and the
changes represent a significant shift in the federal government's willingness to promote and subsidize homeownership.
States tend to allow fewer deductions and credits than the federal government does, but especially in states with state - level Earned Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a
standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant
change, and potentially a tax hike
on poor families.
They include «rules of origin,» or the percentage of parts that must be made in North America for a product to qualify for free - trade status; language
on how to settle disputes affecting foreign investors;
changing Mexican labor
standards; and Trump's stated goal of reducing U.S. bilateral trade deficits.
They measure
changes in analyst earnings forecast dispersion (
standard deviation divided by mean) based
on data from I / B / E / S as the difference between current dispersion and dispersion two months ago.
Many feel that
change in China has been frustratingly slow and that the country is failing to live up to international
standards on political and human rights.
On April 20th a Wikipedia editor named «Foxyjim» tried to
change the name to «Bcash» and argued the name was acceptable for the BCH - focused article and Wikipedia
standards.
These widely used measures of house prices are all less than fully satisfactory in that the quarterly movements are influenced by compositional
changes and contain significant lags in recording transactions; the lags arise because most
standard indices record prices as at the date a transaction is settled, which is well after the price was determined by agreement
on a contract.
They say the weakening
changes were tailor made for polluters like Georgia Pacific, just as were earlier and failed efforts to reduce water quality
standards on the Lower St. Johns.»
If you recertify and your income or family size
changes so that your calculated monthly payment would once again be less than the 10 - year
Standard Repayment Plan amount, your servicer will recalculate your payment and you'll return to making payments that are based
on your income.
He said gains to workers from a corporate rate cut would have a far greater impact
on their living
standards than the framework's proposed
changes to the individual income tax code, such as doubling the size of the
standard deduction.
Existing service
standards and
on - site management remain unaffected by our reporting
changes.
While the net effect of the recent tax
changes on house prices is expected to be limited, doubling the
standard deduction will increase the incentives to rent.
Developed with funding from the Canadian government, the four, soon to be five,
standards address things such as
changing snow loads
on roofs and the effects of permafrost degradation
on existing buildings.
Her rhetorical style is decidedly not up to Trump's zany
standard, but
on this day it matched the U.S. president's manner of threat - making that is as ominous as it is vague, and subject to
change according to the political whims, or winds.
Depending
on how your income
changes over time, you may pay more in total than you would under some other repayment plans, such as the 10 - year
standard plan.
Competition spread more openly to the market for existing borrowers in mid 1996 when banks cut the interest rate
on standard variable - rate loans independently of any effect
on funding costs from a
change in monetary policy.
A memo, obtained recently by CNN, says Mr. Trump intends to propose
changes to the treaty
on issues such as currency manipulation, lumber, country - of - origin labelling for meat as well as environmental and safety
standards.
Is it a big surprise that Litton Loan Servicing, owned by Goldman, recently
changed its strategy
on mortgage modification to reduce borrowers» monthly payments to 31 % of income from 38 %, the industry
standard?
The
standard intelligent design belief has been proven in court to be completely based
on changing a few words in a creationist text to try to make it legally «not religious.»
But the increasing number of two - salary homes has tended to make clergy less concerned about salary
standards, and this
change has a negative effect
on the family in which the wife wishes to remain in the home full - time, for one reason or another.
Hausman had taken a more
standard line
on Bergson, although in the dialogue below it will be clear that Hausman is pondering in a preliminary way the very questions he has answered above.1 It must be clear to anyone who has read Hausman's paper above that his view regarding Bergson has now
changed, and I think greatly to his credit, and to Gunter's.
2) I'm assuming that Conor doesn't use the
standard of «loyalty so long as we are
on a team» in his private life, so is the
change in stance here entirely a result of consequentialist concerns?
Every midterm since 1994 has been highly nationalized by historic
standards, a result not only of huge events — the first health care reform proposal (1994), the looming impeachment (1998), the 9 - 11 attack and the prospect of the Iraq War (2002), the Iraq War (2006), and now Obama's «
change» agenda (2010)-- but also of sharpening party conflicts that draw clearer divisions
on national issues.
When the religious try to impose their beliefs
on others by attempting to
change legislation and education
standards, then it DOES become relevant to non-believers.
Having said that, I will show in the next few posts that the process and
standards of Canonization undermines nearly everything else we evangelical Christians believe about the Bible, and so we must either
change our view
on some of these other things (such an inspiration and inerrancy), or we must decide that the process of Canonization was wrong.