Increasingly, however, such dreams are turning to action — most notably in the case of the shocking May 2015 walkout of the University of Southern California's MFA class of 2016 (now known as the USC Seven), who left the program as a group while issuing collectively signed communiqués about their grievances with school administration
over cuts in promised funding, treatment of tenured faculty and, perhaps most important, the very direction of the school's plans to emphasize already well - funded tech and design education over fine art.
The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action
over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».
The new leader (esp if Ed Miliband) will have a fantastic opportunity to portray the government as two - faced
over the cuts in the coming months & years, & in doing so, holding the centre ground firm against any move to the right.
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.
In the past week, Walmart, Sears, and Target have all been under the microscope for, respectively, disappointing financial results, staff
cuts and speculation
over consumer malaise.
The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater
in England) had demanded a bigger
cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him
over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station
in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.
But uncertainty
over whether the Fed feels economic conditions are appropriate for such easing, along with questions about how much the bank might
cut back, have resulted
in volatility where daily, triple - digit moves have become almost routine.
MetLife
cut Hele's total 2017 compensation by 6.4 percent, to $ 5.3 million from $ 5.7 million, a change that reflected the insurer's «performance
in managing financial matters, including material weaknesses
in internal control
over financial reporting,» the company said
in an April 26 proxy statement..
According to Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation, the Tax
Cuts act, signed
in December, will decrease expected revenues by a total of $ 1 trillion
over the next 10 years, an average of $ 100 billion annually, even after any boost to growth and incomes from lower taxes.
If you spread the spending impact
over your entire retirement, you would need to
cut your spending back by about $ 520 per year
in today's dollars.
Known
in Vancouver as the man who rescued Expo 86 and helped get the 2010 Olympic bid
over the finish line, Pattison knows when to
cut bait.
firm to Enron and
cutting the stock price
in half
over the following few days (the report, though hyperbolic, helped trigger greater scrutiny of the company.)
Danone announced a cost -
cutting plan of 1 billion euros ($ 1.1 billion)
over the next three years, due to changes
in Europe and a tough environment
in China.
The outspoken veteran comedian, loved and loathed the world
over for her witty,
cut - to - the - bone humor, died on Sept. 4, 2014,
in her native New York City a week after she went into cardiac arrest during vocal cord surgery.
The National Potato Council estimates that U.S. growers lost about $ 70 million
in revenue
over 31 months, a 50 percent
cut from their third - largest export market.
So Eckert got Ping - Pong balls,
cut them
in half, wrote numbers on them, and placed them
over the bulbs.
Walmart has its work
cut out for itself: the number of unique visitors to its mobile app rose 20 % year
over year
in October, but Amazon's rose 64 % to 49 million during that period.
The tax, announced
in March 2016, has already
cut sugar content
in drinks by 45 million kg per year, Britain's Treasury said, as
over 50 percent of manufacturers have reformulated their products to be below the levy's sugar threshold.
This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it:
Over the next three years, he will phase
in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately
cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.
Mogo signed a deal with Postmedia Network Canada (TSX: PNC - B)
in January that will see the media company provide $ 50 million
in advertising space
in its newspapers and digital properties
over three years
in exchange for a
cut of Mogo's revenue.
The company has avoided much of the issues that have derailed its peers, and while its stock price did take a hit
over the summer after it
cut its production guidance, it's still
in good shape.
He's presided
over multiple layoffs, including
cutting 18,000 staff
in 2014 and thousands
in the following years.
It's part of a push by healthcare companies to both
cut costs and gain more control
over the patients
in need of their services.
In the first two years, «Obama and the Democratic majorities bent
over backwards to develop the Mitt Romney version of national health care and also to give a third of the stimulus package to tax
cuts,» Jillson says.
Boeing also said
in November that it would
cut 500 jobs from its defense operations
over two years.
McDonald's hopes that the
cuts will speed up service and bolster sales, which, after
over a year without positive same - stores sales
in the U.S., could use the boost.
Over the past 12 months, five - year - old Stripe has moved from the
cutting edge
in financial software development to mainstream awareness for businesses.
Airports across the country are seeing lines balloon
in size, thanks to a «perfect storm» of conditions — the number of airline passengers has increased to 700 million; there's massive attrition of TSA security screeners each week; TSA has
cut staff by 10 percent
over the last three years; and not enough passengers have enrolled
in TSA's PreCheck program, the Associated Press reports.
Governor Stephen Poloz scored a rare win
over the cynics
in 2015, as his shock interest - rate
cut a little
over a year proved to be entirely appropriate.
Since he took
over as worldwide managing director
in July, he's launched a dozen internal initiatives, ranging from cost -
cutting measures (at a firm notorious for not taking its own efficiency medicine) to a new focus on marketing (a word that, by Barton's own account, draws gasps of horror at McKinsey).
The rate
cut also comes
in the face of growing scrutiny of the wireless industry from both the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission and the government, which have both received an earful from Canadians
over the past few months.
With the goal of
cutting the cost of your supply chain, this financier and operator of greenhouse farms brought
in just
over $ 6 million
in 2016 revenue, up 1,812 % from 2013.
Groupon, another big daily discount site, saw massive layoffs
in 2012 as well,
cutting 648 jobs
over a six - month period.
The bank also announced plans
in March to
cut over 5 % of its fixed - income division mid-March, though the bank is known to
cut about 5 % of its lowest performing workforce during the period to make way for new hires.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain
cut ties with Qatar
in June
over its ties with Iran and its support of Islamist groups, accusing the small Gulf state of supporting extremists, charges it denies.
«You have to maintain your competitive edge
over the long term, and we look forward to resuming reductions when they are affordable,» he says, noting even the Conservatives admit the
cuts will reduce revenue by billions, at least
in the short term.
Other analysts are starting to see a potential dovish surprise when Powell takes
over in February, the tax
cuts could kick
in, and the Fed stands aside.
Timmer: Yeah, so last August which was a key inflection point for the market — because at that point, nobody was expecting tax
cuts anymore and the 10 - year Treasury had fallen to 2 %, and the bond market which of course is always pricing
in the potential future, was pricing
in only one more rate hike
over the subsequent two years.
But
in Canada, partisan politics threaten a much - lauded regime of corporate tax
cuts, just as storm clouds are forming
over the economy.
It's hard to see the positive
in a
cut that big, especially since it follows an ongoing trickle of layoffs
over the past few months.
Federal spending
cuts scheduled to begin next week would slow economic growth
in the next year, though not nearly as much as going
over the fiscal cliff might have, economists say.
Japan's Fujifilm is set to take
over Xerox, and combine the U.S. company into their joint venture Fuji Xerox
in an effort to
cut costs, the companies said.
Ride - hailing services are angling to take
over large portions of daily commutes.They're poised to become cheaper options for commuters to take advantage of, both through lower direct rates
in markets where regulators are
cutting fees, and through the use of pretax dollars, which could save consumers up to 30 % per ride - hailing trip.
The government has said the maximum stake allowed
in FOBTs could be sharply
cut over concerns that the terminals fuel addiction.
And it's a process we will continue to refine and improve
over time where we will continue to experiment and invest
in the most effective campaigns while also
cutting back on those that have an inferior ROI.
Mr. Hackett, who took
over in May, has vowed to
cut costs to improve the automaker's «fitness.»
Reacher agrees to help Chang
in her case, thinking it should be pretty simple, but when it ends up dragging him all
over the country and face - to - face with some villainous characters, Reacher thinks maybe it's not so
cut - and - dry after all.
To see which company is
in better position to take
over as the clear -
cut No. 1 smartphone maker, we asked the next generation of smartphone users which they prefer: the Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy phones.
The growth of solar power
over the next decade could
cut the price of energy
in WA, according to a man involved
in one of the latest projects to take a step forward.
OPEC took
over as the supply regulator
in the early 1970s but succeeded only when Saudi Arabia was willing to play swing producer, bearing the brunt of supply
cuts or increases to balance the market.