It was the first Games where BMX (bicycle motocross) was a sport in its own right, and if you looked carefully at the hand -
over performance for London you might've have spied three cycle commuters accompanying the London double decker bus, including one on small wheel folder (was it a Brompton?).
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.
When you ding salaried employees
for showing up five minutes late even though they routinely stay late and put in time on the weekend, you send the message that policies take precedence
over performance.
«Console developers may shift to cloud - based subscription services that provide greater flexibility and limited upfront costs
for gamers while also providing access to regular
performance upgrades
over time,» he added.
«Twice a year, we recognize 10 percent of our staff, in front of the whole company,
for stellar
performance over the previous six months.
The world's biggest sportswear maker last month reported flat sales in its home region
for its fiscal fourth quarter, its worst
performance for over six years amid strong competition from Adidas and Under Armour (ua).
He wrote that both Combs and Weschler, who Buffett has indicated are likely to take
over managing the bulk of Berkshire's massive stock market portfolio when he leaves the company, had «handily» beaten the market, as well as Buffett's own
performance,
for the second year in a row.
So the HP board used its own «pay
for performance philosophy» to justify annual compensation of
over $ 15 million
for Whitman
for 2012.
Though Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson admitted that the voice initally sounds «too synthetic and effortful
for a movie that's about some very dire real - world things,» he suggests that the actor's
performance will win audiences
over.
Many people in business are looking
for an edge
over their competition and ways to improve their
performance.
«The company's
performance over the three - and five - year time periods has languished behind peers, and the board's response
for this underwhelming
performance was to give Ms. Rometty 1.5 million options on top of her regular pay,» wrote Mastagni.
The Call List was founded in 2016 after Patterson, a former management consultant, searched
for a way to help a friend, a
performance artist with a wide international fan base, monetize the
performances he gave his followers
over FaceTime.
By recognizing when a server has flash storage and automatically using it as cache memory,
for example, it can improve
performance by as much as six times
over standard SAS disks, IBM says.
Had it not been
for Tiger's absurd run
for the better part of a decade between 2000 - 2010, more people would be talking about Dustin Johnson's run of top - tier
performances over the past year.
Kaby Lake won't be a massive upgrade
over the existing Skylake — it only exists because Intel had to push back its more advanced Cannonlake chips to 2017 — but it's supposed to allow
for smoother graphics and 4K video
performance.
He has been advising top - level companies in the health and high
performance industry
for over 25 years.
Woods hasn't competed in the Masters since 2015 due to four back surgeries, and while he received a standing ovation while practicing Thursday, his
performance was rather disappointing, settling
for a one -
over.
«Although we are pleased with these annual results, this relatively short - term
performance is far less meaningful than our long - term results as financial markets can move sharply in either direction
over shorter time horizons,» CPPIB chief executive Mark Wiseman said Friday as the fund manager released its annual report
for the year ended March 31.
Microsoft has come out with a number of great computers
over the past few years, and the Microsoft Surface 3 has been hailed
for its top - quality
performance and its slim and portable design.
This afternoon Logan is going
over the details
for a
performance he will be giving later that week at a nightclub.
Another example, Macy's, which is popular with value investors
for a high dividend combined with a low valuation multiples, also saw its worst single - day stock
performance post earnings in
over a decade, falling 14 percent.
Back in November, then - CEO Schnatter blamed the National Football League's leadership
for hurting the company's
performance because it had not resolved the ongoing controversy
over players kneeling in protest during the National Anthem.
Investors appeared to be pleased with Zuckerberg's
performance on Capitol Hill after sending its shares down 15 %
over the past few weeks
for its missteps.
But Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, says EDC's
performance during the recession puts the debate
over EDC's mandate to rest «
for a generation.»
Swelling demand
for semiconductors
over the next several years spells even better
performance for chipmaker Nvidia, according to Barclays.
The trigger
for the latest Redstone family feud, according to several sources, was a dispute
over corporate governance issues — such as Shari's effort to more closely tie executive compensation to
performance — at Viacom (viab) and CBS (cbs), a media empire that encompasses MTV, the CBS broadcast network, the Paramount film studio and the pay - TV channel Showtime.
While EQ has been hotly debated
over its effectiveness as a predictor of job success (one popular psychologist calls it «overrated»), Travis Bradberry, co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0, says «EQ is so critical to success that it accounts
for 58 percent of
performance in all types of jobs.»
Cook went on to say that, in China, «growth in iPhone activations has actually accelerated
over the past few weeks, and we have had the best
performance of the year
for the App Store in China during the last 2 weeks.»
Stronach's own compensation has proved less popular
over the years: Magna bought him out
for $ 870 million in 2010 and continued to pay him mid-eight figures in consulting fees and
performance bonuses
for the following four years.
About 60 % of our store leases are up
for renewal
over the next three years, allowing the company to further optimize the real estate portfolio depending on individual store and company
performance.
«Taken together,» the authors conclude, «our results find little or no evidence of deterioration in the
performance of daily deal promotions
over the past year (April - May 2011 to May 2012)
for small - and medium - sized businesses or with experience as the business operator runs multiple daily deals.
Because they are customized
for mining, they offer
performance improvements
over CPUs and GPUs.
The view in designing and using OSUs was that they struck a balance between stock options and RSUs; they are
performance - based and present significant upside potential
for superior stock price
performance while sharing some attributes of traditional RSUs by offering some value to the recipient, even if the stock price declines
over the three - year measurement period.
Here is the annual
performance comparison of 10 year treasuries and the S&P 500
over the past eight decades
for some perspective:
In particular, the growth of the economy
over the past few years has been more than fully accounted
for by growth in domestic spending, while Australia's export
performance has been disappointing.
Mr. Apotheker was granted a long - term incentive award consisting of 76,000 shares of time - based restricted stock vesting in equal amounts annually
over a two - year period, 304,000 PRUs
for the two - year
performance period extending from
Over the full period analyzed, the benchmark has returned 6.9 % to investors versus 8.1 %
for the comparative universe, but much of the
performance in more recent years remains unrealized.
Fellow luxury carmaker McLaren, known
for high
performance cars such as the new 720S model that debuted in China on Wednesday, is planning to expand its range of electric products
over the long - term.
Forward - looking statements may include, among others, statements concerning our projected adjusted income (loss) from operations outlook
for 2018, on both a consolidated and segment basis; projected total revenue growth and global medical customer growth, each
over year end 2017; projected growth beyond 2018; projected medical care and operating expense ratios and medical cost trends; our projected consolidated adjusted tax rate; future financial or operating
performance, including our ability to deliver personalized and innovative solutions
for our customers and clients; future growth, business strategy, strategic or operational initiatives; economic, regulatory or competitive environments, particularly with respect to the pace and extent of change in these areas; financing or capital deployment plans and amounts available
for future deployment; our prospects
for growth in the coming years; the proposed merger (the «Merger») with Express Scripts Holding Company («Express Scripts») and other statements regarding Cigna's future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or
performance.
(CP Rail lost its vote
over a $ 19.9 - million pay package
for CEO Hunter Harrison, which ISS claimed was 2.8 times more than his peers while CP's share price and overall
performance were lacklustre.)
It's quite obvious that the 5.5 % difference in 10 year treasury returns is the reason
for the difference in returns considering the S&P 500 had fairly similar
performance over both periods.
Wagner: As is common in excess fee and stock drop cases, the Intel complaint asserts a cause of action
for failing to disclose certain particulars (e.g., investment
performance over specified periods) regarding three of the plan's nine «Investment Funds», specifically, the «Hedge Fund,» «Private Equity Fund» and «Commodities Fund.»
Directors must value the
performance of the Board as a whole
over individual
performance and should demonstrate respect
for others in executing their responsibilities to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
Tony has held executive sales and management positions
for over 25 years, and is an expert in building Intelligent Sales Solutions with a focus process improvement and
performance across multiple industries in the US and abroad.
It's abandoning formal annual reviews and its legacy
performance management system
for its 300,000 - strong workforce
over the next couple of years, instead opting
for a less regimented system of more frequent feedback via an app.
Based on these reports and sales records, Branch Managers are asked to rank CHPs, occasionally give bonuses to top performers, provide coaching to medium and low performers, and dismiss the lowest performers.32 Criteria
for high
performance includes
over $ 63 of product purchases, 7 or more registered pregnancies, 13 or more malaria treatments and 6 or more diarrhea treatments per month.33
The favorable market
performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted
for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just
over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.
The
performance of technology stocks
over the recent past has been striking: In 2017,
for example, the information technology sector of the S&P 500 posted a 38 % return, while the broader S&P 500 Index gained 22 % (Source: Bloomberg data).
Soglin blasted Fitzgerald, Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
for the state's weak economic
performance over the past five years compared with other states.
For investors, learning not to chase
performance (by buying funds that have done well in the past) and avoiding attempts to time the market can boost
performance over time.