Sentences with phrase «operates as a benefit»

The site, which operates as a benefit corporation, offers a fast and simple solution to the problem of locating qualified women for boards.

«I wouldn't recommend forming a team with a reduction in advertising costs being a main focus, although it would certainly operate as a benefit,» Sorensen says.

Not exact matches

And transportation companies, such as airlines, are likely to benefit this year, as low oil costs shave a significant amount off their operating expenses.

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.

«There's lots of opportunity and pretty significant synergies and benefits to operating as a bigger entity.»

For one thing, the discount retailer does not have the same clout with drugmakers as CVS (which also operates pharmacy benefits manager giant Caremark), impeding its ability to get the best prices and make a profit.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

As a result, operating income for 3M's business segments has been revised to reflect non-service cost related pension and postretirement net periodic benefit costs within other expense (income) net.

«We believe Netflix is the closest operating comp to Spotify, as both benefit from the secular shift to streaming through subscription based models,» the firm's analyst writes.

«We believe Netflix is the closest operating comp to Spotify, as both benefit from the secular shift to streaming through subscription based models.

The chaebols, which operate in varied business segments, also stood to benefit from construction activities taking place before and after the games, as well as tourism dollars generated during and even after the Olympics come to a close, experts said.

EBITDA is defined as earnings (net income or loss) before interest expense, net, (gain) loss on early extinguishment of debt, income tax (benefit) expense, and depreciation and amortization and is used by management to measure operating performance of the business.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

CVS Health, which started as a drugstore chain, operates a large pharmacy benefit manager as well as walk - in clinics in its drugstores.

With growing interest and support from public markets (including through the incorporation of DanoneWave as the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. and their public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020 as well as Laureate Education's IPO in early 2017), multi-billion dollar companies are following suit and choosing to operate their businesses with purpose and accountability.

Benefit of our strategy is evident in this quarter's results as our branded content led the healthy increases in operating income with our Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment and Consumer Products segment.

I really don't see how this benefits the stores, but Private Equity will likely do less damage as each store is owned and operated independently.

Churches, church conventions or associations, as well as religious and apostolic organizations, including corporations and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

The Benefit operates in addition to the federal - provincial / territorial Canada Child Tax Benefit and National Child Benefit, as well as the federal Child Care Expenses Deduction (see above).

Thus the C corp requirement is fulfilled, but the business is structured and operates as an LLC with all of the accompanying benefits.

However, the decision to suspend trading in order to implement better protocols will likely benefit exchanges in China in the long run, as they'll be able to operate for many years to come, without facing other issues, and risking closure by the Chinese Government and its financial authorities.

This ASU requires the service cost component of net benefit costs to be reported in the same line item or items within operating income as other compensation costs, with the other components of net benefit cost to be presented outside of operating income.

As a sole proprietorship, it's tempting to simply operate your business under your personal name, but such an action ends up mixing business with pleasure and robs you of the benefit of letting potential customers know what it is you actually do.

Located on the southwestern edge of the U.S. Corn Belt, LifeLine Foods LLC stands apart from other companies in the corn processing industry because it operates a unique business model that extracts maximum value from the corn kennel to benefit not only the food industry, but the fuel industry, as well.

The Postharvest Education Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation, organized and operated to engage in any lawful activity permitted by Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Act.

ACCC commissioner, Roger Featherston, said that the ACCC considers that the coordination, which allows Jetstar branded airlines to operate as a single fully integrated organisation in relation to things like scheduling, sales, marketing and pricing, is likely to result in public benefits and is likely to result in «little, if any» detriment due to a lessening of competition.

The operating and industry knowledge we have gained as a result of our investment in Harvest Hill will be a benefit as we collaboratively work with Sunny Delight's management team to create long - term shareholder value for our investors.»

This allows Australian Organic to be recognised as an entity which is conducting its business nationally, with other benefits including reduced administration costs and greater assistance in operating on a not - for - profit basis.

The teams chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says that the rules are ultimately there to help keep costs down, something which is of massive benefit to teams running on a small budget such as Force India.

I do believe he will benefit from the free - flowing, multiple pronged attack we now have as opposed to the very left sided attack we had been operating with when Alexis demanded to receive all the passes in the final third.

earlier in the season i felt Sanchez was trying to operate where he was told to operate, but lately i get the impression that he follows instruction for couple minutes then switches to where he feels more comfortable, this will have its drawbacks an benefits, but i will feel happy as long as it moves arsenal up the table

But, I got to thinking that if I was already operating as a single mother, I may as well be a single mother and at least have the prospect of any benefits that might bring.

The information collection, as previously reported in Tuesday Morning, intended to help FNS gather feedback from stakeholders on how the crediting system can be improved, as well as to offer customer service to those operating and benefitting from the Child Nutrition Programs (CNP).

One of the benefits of having a natural birth experience includes having more control over the birth process; things that seems so simple when you're not operating under hospital rules stay that way: you can have a drink of water when you want one; the father can participate as fully as he wants to (short of actually having the baby for you, of course).

«Only dwelling units operated as rentals or on a condominium and cooperative basis will be eligible for benefits, and all rental dwelling units must be accessed through the same street entrances and lobbies.

It is trite that an appeal does not operate as a stay of execution and a judgment creditor can not be stopped from enjoying the benefit of his victory at the court,» Ogundipe added.

The highest overall earner in that broad category was Candace Johnson, who in 2016 received $ 1,008,890 as president and CEO of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, which is operated by a special public benefit corporation.

The particulars contained in the audit included critiques of the way the agency, which as a public benefit corporation operates under different rules than government entities, handled a number of activities, including gas purchases, landfill fees and the sale of recyclables.

So you operate as a public utility at cost for public benefit, rather than for private profit.

Newsday is reporting that «state lawmakers tucked into this year's state budget an extension of a law that grants a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as Roslyn - based Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a company linked to the federal probe of Sen. Dean Skelos.

This is a broader group as it includes the salary and benefit expense for all contracting member libraries outside Buffalo as they participate in the Centralized Human Resources (CHR) program as well as all operating expenses for Buffalo Branches, the Central Library, and system services.

And on April 1, lawmakers passed a state budget granting a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as PRI, a measure Cuomo reportedly opposed but eventually assented to at legislative leaders» insistence.

Rozzelle credited research by town board member Jim Sofranko, who operates an electrical contracting company in West Shokan, and positions taken in the county resolution as benefiting the board's decision.

But surgeons will not operate if a patient's lungs are riddled with tumours, as the possible disadvantages could outweigh the benefits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

This achievement demonstrates not only that modern brain research is fast becoming the ultimate multidisciplinary field of inquiry of our time, but that future computer - user interfaces designed by industry, surprising as it may sound, may benefit from a better understanding of the way neural circuits operate in our very own brains.

Growth hormone furthermore operates in a roundabout way by encouraging liver cells to produce and discharge polypeptide molecules referred to as somatomedins, of which, the most effective and extensively researched for its numerous health, anti aging and bodybuilding benefits is insulin - like growth factor - 1 (IGF - 1).

Athletes can benefit from HydroMax ™ as it drives water into the muscle cells inducing a major pump, whereas most traditional pump supplements operate of increasing Nitric Oxide (NO) production.