Sentences with phrase «operating assumptions on»

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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 now, it's safer to operate on the assumption that skipping out on repayment isn't an option.

In fact, whereas Apple has long prided itself for premium prices — with the operating margins to show for it: 31 % in 2011, vs. 2 % for Amazon — Amazon sells at the bare minimum needed to break even, on the assumption it will make money elsewhere.

Instead, operate on the assumption that you'll only bring in 50 % of your forecasted revenue.

The assumptions underlying the fair value calculation include: the labor required using a burdened overhead rate, the development period, a developer's profit based on the operating profitability of market participants, and the opportunity cost based on the estimated required return on

Figuring out what customers like is the eternal challenge for every retailer, and there's a lot of contradictory info out there: on the one hand, studies confirm that everyone is drawn to novelty, with many people operating under the assumption that the newest product must be the best (and they're often right, but not always).

In addition, any change in these estimates or their related assumptions could have an adverse effect on our operating results.

I operate on the assumption that there are so many smart people looking for legitimate patterns that any simple things like buying at market highs isn't likely to work.

As I read your response and the other comments on the article, it seems that people are operating from two very different assumptions, and the assumption deeply colors the approach they take to personas:

This press release contains forward - looking statements that are based on management's current expectations, assumptions and beliefs about its business, financial performance, operating results, the industry in which it operates and other future events.

The reason why it doesn't help is that you operate on the automatic assumption that your right, and can not see anything that is brought up against the concept of the christian god because it is outside your own preconceived notions.

Whereas we once saw Western civilization as an expression of Christian influence, we now see its dominant forms and expressions as distortions and corruptions of that influence, and as operating on assumptions that are not acceptable to Christians.

If we are to operate as a society on the assumption that any sincerely held view about what constitutes a marriage should be granted status in our laws and practices, I have asked, what would keep us from legalizing plural marriages, or even incestuous ones?

Politicians know this, and behind their «ritualistic allusions» to liberty, peace, and democracy they operate on the assumption that voters demand of them no more than an ever expanding economic abundance to satisfy their narrow and self «absorbed pursuit of personal freedom.

I speak in generality, Laughing, I don't presume to know you and your pursuit, in fact I will even operate under the assumption based on our discourse that you have done just so!

Presumably, if the idea of God is to be even minimally significant, some sort of religious experience is necessary.16 This appeal to religious experience is itself a qualified one, since Hartshorne is prepared to argue that positivism can not exhibit a coherence in its basic life principles that is comparable to a theistic position.17 So he operates in general on the assumption that the crucial issues involved in man's attempts to conceptualize God can and must be adjudicated by a rigorous analysis and criticism of the various views of God which are logically possible.

When we operate on the assumption that our language must constantly be trimmed so as not to give offense, to stroke the psyche rather than to place it under attack, it will of course gradually decline to the level of greeting - card sentimentality.

operated on an almost universal mainline Protestant assumption.

8 The inductive method operates on this assumption, that man does ask the question of his own being and of his relation to Ultimate Reality.

Darwin's theory of evolution was predicated not only on the law of natural selection and the survival of the fittest, but on the assumption that this law had operated over an enormous period of time.

But I forget sometimes that you don't operate on facts, just gut assumptions and blind faith in Fox pundits who have poisoned your heart against your fellow humans.

Schuller operates on the assumption that if the answer to the first two questions is Yes, then the money will be found to do the task.

These assumptions operate on a still more primitive level in the system of Buddhist - Lamaist prayer mills.

At the very least, a renewed culture of hospitality could help debunk what seems (at least on the Internet) to be an operating assumption of Americans on both sides of our religious - cultural - political divides: the belief that our «enemies» are almost uniformly malevolent and unintelligent.

It would be disastrous if these groups were to operate under the assumption that the typical congregation annually spends $ 140,000 (including in - kind contributions) on community services.

Operating on the assumption that even though we've paid 12 or 26 or 48 or 195 dollars for a seat, we're apt to wander off like idiot children if things go quiet even for a second, live professional sports now seek to simulate the seamless, streaming content of television or the Internet.

Dwight Howard is the free agent to watch on the roster, but with the signing period set to begin July 1, the Lakers will operate with the assumption that he will re-sign with them and return to be the heir apparent to Bryant.

Operating under the assumption that Rodgers is staying (as it seems, currently), it would be best to let him go and reap the rewards rather than, say, waiting on a Klopp, Favre, or de Boer to come in and save the situation.

As a reminder, the Liverpool midfielder's contract runs it course at the end of this season, and there has been little public mention of any progress in contract talks, with many supporters already operating on the assumption that the player will be somewhere else next season.

Most arrangements, though, assume that the relationship between intended parents and their carriers will be warm and welcoming and they operate on the assumption that there will be at least some contact after the birth, once everyone has left the hospital.

2) Right or wrong, I have an operating assumption, based on what I've seen for their sales, that their diapers are significantly more expensive than other stores.

But when my friend Donna first told me about the magazine, I was worried: in my experience, most kids» cooking magazines and cookbooks seem to operate on the assumption that kids have no interest in making anything except sugary foods and beverages.

Most operate on the assumption, however, that parents» prenatal health behaviours, care of their children, and life - course affect their children's social and emotional development.10

«It seems to operate on the assumption that a woman will not get pregnant.»

It also seems to operate on the assumption that a nursing woman will not get pregnant — but one should not bank on that, especially once the baby starts on food.

People who babyproof nothing are operating under the assumption that 1) they're going to be right on top of the kid all the time, and 2) a child will learn to avoid or negotiate the things in his / her environment.

This technology has the potential to reduce separation between aircraft, altering today's assumptions about airspace and runway loading, which could have huge implications on the number of airline operations able to operate from an airport or runway.

The multi-year tables in New York State's just - released Enacted Budget Financial Plan for fiscal 2015 make continued use of Governor Andrew Cuomo's new fiscal conjuring device: a lump - sum, below - the - line reduction in future projected spending, based on the assumption that the governor will «propose, and negotiate with the Legislature to enact budgets that hold State Operating Funds spending growth to 2 percent.»

For years the operating assumption in Albany political circles on both sides of the aisle was that eventually, one day, Democrats would take control of the State Senate, thus completing the extermination of the Republican Party in New York State.

Such forward - looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding Rio Tinto's present and future business strategies and the environment in which Rio Tinto will operate in the future.

«Yet we're operating on a lot of baked - in assumptions on how to motivate people.»

Many child - rearing experts still think like this, operating on the assumption that children are born with special appetites for exactly the nutrients they most need and that it will all balance out, if only they are given free rein to eat what they like.

Most people who train to build muscle operate under the assumption that they should only train arms once a week because that is what others have told them at the gym and the magazines on the market.

«You operate on the assumption, «I'm Christian, I'm single, that's the kind of person I am hoping to meet,»» Mr. Moorcroft said.

Indeed, the IMMC says it operates on the assumption that «mathematics is everywhere in the world around us; the challenge is to identify its presence, access it, and apply it productively».

School systems casually operate on the implicit assumption that most teachers are similarly adept at everything.

Yet schools and school systems casually waste scarce talent by operating on the implicit assumption that most teachers will be similarly adept at everything.

Operating on the assumption that all 11 of these reform schools might demonstrate similar achievement profiles, we included 3 typical comparison schools; these were schools with similar populations but with no history of either high achievement or reform activity.

In that case, how can school reformers continue to operate on the assumption that everybody other than principals and classroom teachers plays a lesser role in students» long - term success?

Nearly every government antipoverty program operates on the assumption that it doesn't.»