Exxon Mobil also has adopted a proxy price for carbon, in some cases as high as $ 80 per ton of CO2, to hedge against future government regulation of carbon and help guide company decisionmaking around infrastructure investments and
other capital spending.
Not exact matches
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.
On the
other hand, first - time advertisers are at risk for
spending a lot of precious
capital for exposure they are unprepared to measure and leverage.
According to a September survey by RBC
Capital Markets, just 4 percent of Amazon customers used same - day delivery, but they
spent 15 percent more than
others.
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.
On the
other hand, another survey by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch showed that 65 % of firms polled said they would use the new gains to pay down debt, 46 % would buy back stock, and just 35 % would
spend on
capital expenditures.
Scarth's paper argues that while infrastructure
spending would help the economy, it is important that it come from Ottawa rather than Queen's Park or
other provincial
capitals.
That's U.S. personal consumption graphed against
spending on
capital goods; one represents some 70 % of GDP and the
other represents about 4.5 % of GDP.
In
other words, as Friedman preached, it's the fundamentals underpinning GDP — basics such as consumer
spending and
capital investment — that will guide earnings growth in the years ahead.
Some companies will choose to
spend their tax windfalls on buybacks or dividends;
others will boost
capital spending.
Along with
spending and
capital contingencies and the planned surplus, the budget had over $ 1 billion of what she characterized as «prudence» and
others might call wiggle room.
There's a pretty low
spending requirement to get that bonus, too - most
other cards require
spending in the thousands, but the
Capital One ® Quicksilver ® Cash Rewards Credit Card raises the bar.
But when
other countries save more than they
spend, and export those savings our way (
capital inflows), that too drives our trade deficit.
Capital spending by
other businesses has been weak too, while public demand was roughly unchanged over that year.
A Reuters analysis shows that many companies are barreling down the same road,
spending on share repurchases at a far faster pace than they are investing in long - term growth through research and development and
other forms of
capital spending.
No
other oil - producing region risks losing more
capital spending due to lower crude prices than Alberta.
People stop or reduce
spending on dining out, new furniture, cars, jewelry, and
other so - called «discretionary» items, while businesses often cut
capital expenditures such as new machinery, hiring employees, or moving to larger facilities.
Our future
capital requirements may vary materially from those currently planned and will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of
spending on research and development efforts and
other business initiatives, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing of new product introductions, market acceptance of our products and overall economic conditions.
Other factors that have historically driven economic rebounds - autos, housing, the consumer, and
capital spending - are actually the factors that are most vulnerable here.
Oil and gas - focused industrial stocks like Dover Corp (NYSE: DOV) have seen an uptick in prospects in 2017 with the recovery in energy
capital spending, and Dover has raised organic revenue guidance in its three
other operating segments.
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Unfortunately I
spent all of my
capital purchasing
other stocks earlier this month, so I can not take it vantage of this buying opportunity..
That will change with time because once we stop working we're not counting on adding any principal
other than reinvestment of dividends and
capital gains that we might not
spend.
As much as i want to buy buy buy, I think I'm going to buy with caution for this might be the beginning of a greater bear market and if i
spend all my
capital now i may not have any more for any
other potential deals to come in the future.
The first budget of Premier Rachel Notley «s NDP government includes a 15 percent increase in
capital spending over the next five years, with a goal to create jobs and tackle the province's aging and neglected hospitals, schools, roads and
other public infrastructure.
Though it's likely that we'll observe increasing pressure on
other forms of investment such as
capital spending, my impression is that housing, commercial real estate, and factory investment will continue to be the areas of greatest downward pressure.
Capital spending, on the
other hand, should ease later in the decade, as development at Horizon, which now accounts for more than one - third of the company's outlays, winds down.
The report found that craft brewers in 2015 - 16 had invested $ 105 million in
capital spending on plant, machinery, vehicles and
other equipment to run their businesses.
Among
other major projects in this year's
capital spending plan, the Park District will
spend $ 60 million on fixing the downtown Grant Park garage, $ 10 million to help replace the barriers that protect Lake Michigan's shoreline, $ 7.5 million for restoration of four lagoons and $ 8 million for a new boat harbor downtown.
Over the past few months, I've
spent many evenings watching Goldsmith and Khan debate each
other at hustings around the
capital.
Little did anyone know that what Peter Obi called cash - in - hand were basically investment in stocks, bonds and
other non-performing equities arranged by Obi in his final days in office; long - term uncompleted assets that will not earn cash until they are completed; various sums
spent in rehabilitating federal roads in the State for which re-imbursements may come in the distant future; computation of the State's share of the Excess Crude Account contributed as
capital to the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund in 2010, etc..
The Governor also proposes to shift $ 116 million in agency costs to
capital funds, while moving $ 390 million in
other expenses from
capital to SOF, for a net impact of increasing SOF
spending by $ 274 million.6 (See Table 2.)
The reason, he believes, is that fighting corruption is less important to Cuomo than
other initiatives he appears to more readily
spend his political
capital on, like same - sex marriage and a $ 15 minimum wage — among signature accomplishments that Cuomo highlighted by having dozens of guests who benefitted from the laws.
New
spending on schools includes $ 107 million in
capital and operating funds to provide all schools with gyms or
other physical education facilities and more than $ 10 million to offer more students free lunches.
Cuomo did advance some campaign finance restrictions in a bill released last week, but legislators and observers expect he'll
spend his political
capital in
other areas.
While some programs are not funded and
others are held at the past year's budget level, the extender includes a full year's worth of
capital spending projects.
A spokesman for Cuomo did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but during an interview on NY1 Monday, when asked to respond to criticism of the MTAs
spending priorities, Cuomo said his administration had put $ 8 billion toward the MTA's
capital improvement plan, which he said was more than
other past administrations.
Taxpayers will receive the same net benefit, but SOF
spending growth appears lower.3
Other substantial changes include shifts in workers from payrolls in the general fund to those paid by
capital funds, reclassifying the Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corporation (STARC) funds from a miscellaneous receipt to an offset against
spending, and shifting expenses off - budget as shown in Table 3.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended his record of
spending on
capital projects for the New York City subways, saying critics who question the use of funds for
other transportation efforts are «full of baloney.»
«The 2017 - 18 Executive Budget seeks to balance
spending and revenue and proposes much needed
capital investments in clean water projects while increasing funding for education, health care and
other programs,» DiNapoli said.
A portion of the
spending increase consists of $ 75,000 in deer eradication expenses,
capital improvements and
other operating costs.
He insisted Labour's plans for extra
spending on police and
other public services, to be funded by an estimated # 2.7 bn in savings from reversing
capital gains tax cuts, were «fully costed».
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is calling for an overall
spending increase on construction and
other capital projects in 2015 but about $ 10 million less on newly proposed projects.
But McMahon raised serious doubts about Cuomo being able to limit state operations
spending to two percent without some cost shifting and
other budget r gimmickry, such as moving some state government workers from the operations budget to
capital.
Hartzog touted the city's «targeted, prudent investments» in the new budget, including the expansion of pre-kindergarten for more three - year - olds in the city, efforts to increase the city's affordable housing stock, funding to protect tenants from construction harassment, increased
capital funding for the New York City Housing Authority,
spending on mental health services and the full rollout of the NYPD's body camera program, among
others.
Officials did not mention $ 1.1 billion in
other capital funding Governor Andrew Cuomo had proposed for health care
capital spending; $ 300 million for Oneida County health facilities, and $ 700 million for a hospital in Brooklyn.
Denno incurred the mayor's wrath for, among
other things, holding up several
capital spending requests — for police cars, fire equipment and DPW trucks — in an effort to force the administration to make concessions on
other, loosely related issues.
De Blasio has said the city will up its contribution to the MTA
capital plan only if the city gets a greater say on how the money is
spent and the state not only first details where its share will come from but also promises not to raid MTA funds for
other purposes as it has in the past.
We find that when a district increases per - pupil school
spending by $ 100 due to reforms,
spending on instruction increases by about $ 70,
spending on support services increases by roughly $ 40,
spending on
capital increases by about $ 10, while there are reductions in
other kinds of school
spending, on average.
Capital spending typically supports school construction and
other physical infrastructure investments that can fluctuate significantly from year to year in individual states, throwing off the underlying trend line.