Sentences with phrase «other research spending»

And so that it won't cost the taxpayers anything, the act tells the Energy Department to freeze other research spending.

Not exact matches

Major consumer products companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year constructing, assigning and fielding market research projects and then summarily reviewing and incorporating the survey and research results into proposals, pitches, and other internal presentations to a variety of audiences.

For example, in some places, including Canada, tax breaks are effective at encouraging more spending on research and development; in other countries, direct subsidies appear to be a better approach.

But according to research, it's the other way round: People are spending because they feel good about themselves.

The panel found companies» research spending woefully inadequate compared to other OECD nations.

Research from The Boston Consulting Group found that the guys are not alone in how they spend on takeout: Millennials (ages 16 to 34) eat out 3.4 times per week and are more likely than other groups to get food to go and eat with friends.

Research shows that approximately 40 percent of everyday speech is spent telling other people what we think or feel — basically, talking about our subjective experiences.

In other words, women in Louisiana earn 70 cents for every dollar men in Louisiana make, or they spend 10.5 hours of each 35 - hour work week «working for free,» as Expert Market's research team puts it.

Features unique to the Pixel, such as the Google Assistant, the Pixel camera, and Daydream (Google's virtual reality headset, which works with the Pixel), plus the smartphone's deeper app integration, increased prominence of Android Pay, and improved computing power (compared to other Android devices), will ultimately lead to users spending more money on Android, according to the research note.

The United States, France, India and 17 other countries will announce they will double the $ 10 billion they collectively spend on clean energy research and development in the next five years, shining a spotlight on role of technology in any climate agreement reached in Paris.

The South Korean group plans to spend the $ 3.1 billion to retool existing factories in the United States and boost research on self - driving cars, artificial intelligence and other future technologies, Chung said.

Smartphone makers Apple and Samsung spend billions on research and development each year so that our smartphones and other connected devices continue to evolve into high - tech works of art.

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.

Luckily, the research revealed two other, more malleable predictors of customer spend: the degree to which employees identify with the organization, and the extent to which customers see themselves as similar to individual employees.

Other research has found that CEOs spend 33 % of their time in meetings, on average, and 30 % on email.

This research supports the findings of other studies, which show that spending time in nature and increasing your exposure to sunlight can lead to higher levels of creativity.

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All ad buyers who spent cash on Instagram Stories in 2017 expect to repeat that spending, with many others indicating that they'll start spending to the platform in the new year, according to the Cowen research.

Research shows approximately 40 percent of everyday speech is spent telling other people what we think or feel — basically, talking about our subjective experiences.

Now, this is an election year and spending for science research, among other things, is on the Tea Party chopping block.

In this ten - minute talk, Norton shares fascinating research about the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and other people.

And while research firm ComScore reports Canadians spend more time online than any other nation, Zillidy is the country's first startup in the pawning space.

Reviewing commitment to clean energy research and development June 1 The United States committed along with 21 other nations and the European Union to double research and development spending on clean energy technology.

Major drivers of the increase over that last decade according to the PEW Center were: recession related revenue declines (28 %), defence spending (13 %; cost of the wars on terror alone were over $ 2.4 trillion to the end of 2009 according to Homeland Security Research), Bush tax cuts (13 %), increases in net interest (11 %), and other non-defence spending (10 %).

These and other answers proposed by experts are deeply unsettling — especially if you spend too much time researching them, like I did.

Other research suggests that 20 percent of small business owners spend 10 to 24 hours a month on accounting, and 50 percent spend nearly ten hours.

Valeant spent $ 101 million on research and development in the third quarter when it «could have put that on hold,» Papa said, and used that money to pay down debt instead, or save it for other problems, perhaps legal, that Valeant may face.

Protecting major transfers to persons, spending on health and education and other spending such as that for Aboriginal programs, research and development, and assuming you won't revisit defense and international assistance, then to find an additional $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16 would require major cuts in labor market programs, spending on the homeless, infrastructure programs, and last, but certainly not least, government personnel costs.

We don't know what Apple is spending all that money on, but we do know that Apple has an active research project into self - driving cars, among other things.

That was about 5 percent less than those companies spent on new plants, research and development and other investments.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

For example, refundable tax credits such as the Canada Child Tax Benefit, the Working Income Tax Benefit, the Scientific Research and Experiment Development Tax Credit, among others, are classified as expenses in the Budget, but are not included as spending in the Main Estimates.

«The collection of consumers» purchasing data is the prize for customer loyalty program providers,» noted Jonathan Bishop, PIAC Research Analyst, «the data is the main reason behind loyalty brand marketing which aims to both keep customers and have them spend on other products and services».

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.

The revenue could have been spent on modernizing our infrastructure; on research and education; on affordable day are; on senior care; on better and more affordable support for Aboriginal communities; better support for our veterans; better support for science; and, for so many other projects.

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.

We spent almost two years researching the idea and Rich met a lot of other business owners in the popcorn business.

That's why it's so important to spend time researching link opportunities that are niche specific, network with others in the industry, get active in social media, and be on the lookout for guest blogging opportunities.

Analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (ERBI), Boston College Center for Retirement Research and others suggests that a 65 year old couple will spend around $ 250,000 on healthcare alone in retirement.

As shown in Figure 2, GOOGL spends more on research and development than other American company.

Sometimes my research is in the library; other times I take my research to the online bookstores; and sometimes I spend my day reading 10 - 20 blog posts.

And what is important, you don't have to be an SEO or spend hours on keyword research — HitTail works in the background, constantly giving you new keyword ideas, while you can focus on other stuff.

Yes, we retain 5 percent to manage all of the expenses CDP will incur as a nonprofit organization, including forming an advisory committee of subject matter experts, researching other donors and nonprofits, conducting due diligence on prospective grant recipients, awarding grants and following up to make sure contributions are well spent.

Resources that could have been spent on public consultation, research, or a variety of other objectives that serve the public good.

Estimates are based on the analysis of various elements related to the ad spending market, including macro-level economic conditions; historical trends of the advertising market; historical trends of each medium in relation to other media; reported revenues from major ad publishers; estimates from other research firms; data from benchmark sources; consumer media consumption trends; consumer device usage trends; and eMarketer interviews with executives at ad agencies, brands, media publishers and other industry leaders.

The answers I have are easily found, and while I spent years on my research, other people have found the same within months.

In my other life as a PhD student in psychology, I spend the majority of my time researching, discussing, and trying to elucidate around topics pertaining to emotional eating and weight.

As you know, here at Untold we try to do our research before putting fingers to keyboard so I have spent a couple of hours looking at not only our five keepers mentioned above, but also those from our main PL rivals (and some others who are of interest).

Detailing research into extensive leave for fathers in other countries, Professor O'Brien said: «We have found that when a father spends weeks / months in solo care of young children, his long - term relationship with them is closer.

a review of 20 years of research on fatherhood, by Charlie Lewis, Professor of Psychology at Lancaster University and published in June 2001 by Fathers Direct, NFPI and other parenting charities: · Involvement of dads with children aged 7 - 11 predicts success in exams at 16 · Where dads are involved before the age of 11, children are less likely to have a criminal record by the age of 21 · Pre-schoolers who spend more time playing with their dads are often more sociable when they enter nursery school · Nine out of ten dads attend the birth