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.
The Bonneville Power Administration,
which controls electrical transmission in the American side of the Columbia River basin (and
supplies a chunk of B.C.'s power under the Columbia River Treaty), has
over the past month ordered wind power producers to curtail their production so as not to overload the grid and harm fish.
Lithium - ion batteries become less capable of
supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they age
over time,
which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.
Overwaitea's wholesale arm will also take
over supplying dry goods to IGA and other stores from H.Y. Louie,
which is leaving that business.
«I'm not exaggerating when I say AVs will have as big an impact on our cities and society as the arrival of the first cars
over 100 years ago,» says Barrie Kirk, head of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE),
which is striving to build an ecosystem of organizations to
supply the market's needs.
Simon Slade is CEO and co-founder of Affilorama, an affiliate marketing training portal with
over 100 free video lessons; SaleHoo, an online wholesale directory of more than 8,000 prescreened
suppliers; and their parent company Doubledot Media Limited,
which provides seven different training and software applications to
over 1 million customers worldwide.
Lithium - ion batteries become less capable of
supplying peak current demands when they are in cold conditions, have a low battery charge, or as they age
over time,
which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers,
which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in
supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in
which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products
over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of
which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex
supply chain that has the ability to
supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
«The main dynamic
which is facing all of the producers, whether they are OPEC or non-OPEC, was that had the current market situation remained in place we would have gone into 2017 and probably through most of 2017 with the oil market still in considerably surplus
supply over demand, and that would be the fourth year in a row where that situation prevailed,» Atkinson said.
Protest group Climate Direct Action said the move was in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,
which has protested the construction of a separate $ 3.7 billion pipeline carrying oil from North Dakota to the U.S. Gulf Coast
over fears of potential damage to sacred land and water
supplies.
Prices of oil and metals have leaped following U.S. sanctions on Russia,
which has raised investor fears
over the availability of
supply.
So when Williams took
over the task, his job was to diffuse «the harsh past» and make it clear that he'd do «whatever was reasonable to comply with the customer's requests,»
which meant, in this case,
supplying backup documentation «10 times»
over, he adds.
The quest for efficiency thus leads,
over time, to complex
supply chains in
which participants are increasingly disassociated from the final customer transaction.
«There was no change month
over month in the number of homes sold priced below $ 300,000,
which is the area of the market that most needs more
supply.»
A 2015 bond prospectus,
which HNA filed in Singapore, described it as a «related party» while annual reports filed by Hainan Airlines
over 18 years stated that Pacific American was a major
supplier.
Now, the biggest challenge, according to Reuters, is to find a way around a reduction of the period
over which U.S. - based entities can
supply Russian energy firms with funding.
These businesses all offer
supplies that most businesses use on a regular basis and report your good credit behavior to the business credit bureaus,
which will help you build a strong profile
over time.
Over the weekend, OPEC agreed to an output reduction deal with 11 non-producing nations,
which will combine in a historic agreement to remove nearly 2 % of global production from the market to drain
supplies.
We've seen how
supply management for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking for more international trade access, but
which Canada is denied because of
supply management; d) the majority of Canadian farmers (
over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not
supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.
Companies that win in the Internet era do so by owning the customer relationship,
which gives them power
over suppliers.
Yet the preliminary
supply agreement with Quebec,
which could grow
over time, gives Hydropothecary greater visibility and may be worth as much as $ 120 million, analysts at GMP Securities wrote in a note last month.
The point of the chart above is to illustrate that those with an agenda to ride the trend and look smart are correct when they state that the US stock market is not particularly
over valued... if one shuts off one's brain and accepts policy (blue Monetary Base line,
which is but one of several money
supply measures) as being at all normal or healthy.
The rise in beef prices was driven by the recovery in Asian demand and herd rebuilding in Australia,
which more than counterbalanced the expectation of large US
supplies of beef
over the remainder of 1999.
The Bridging the Gap Report,
which looks at housing demand and
supply over the next decade in the capital.
The two principal producers of PMIs are Markit Group,
which conducts PMIs for
over 30 countries worldwide, and the Institute for
Supply Management (ISM),
which conducts PMIs for the US.
The background environment was one in
which demand in Australia —
which grew by
over 5 1/2 per cent in 2007 — outstripped, by a significant margin, any plausible estimate of growth in potential
supply.
Specifically, the table shows the amount by
which the money
supplies of Australia, China, the Euro - Zone (EZ), Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US have grown
over the past year, the past 2 years and the past 4 years.
These brokers usually work by adding you to some sort of group, for example
over Skype, and then
supplying the group with trading signals,
which may actually cause you to win for some time, enough to build your confidence in the broker and to make you invest even more money in the hopes of making greater profits.
So you have declines in the money
supply and velocity,
which will make the aggregate demand curve shift inward
over time.
He has co-founded, built and / or managed several operating businesses from inception including: SupplierMarket, a
supply chain software company with
over 125 employees and investors that included KKR executives and Sequoia Capital,
which was sold to Ariba for stock consideration of US$ 924 million; StorageNow,
which became one of Canada's largest self - storage companies prior to being sold to InStorage REIT for cash consideration of $ 110 million; and KGS - Alpha Capital Markets, a U.S. fixed - income broker dealer with
over US$ 230 million of equity and mezzanine capital, 150 employees and
over $ 130 million in annual revenue.
Strong demand for crude oil and the entire energy sector continues to push prices higher as I still think we will trade above the $ 70 level in the weeks ahead as global
supplies have dwindled
over the last year due to the fact that worldwide economies are improving
which is a terrific thing to see in my opinion.
The first one basically being that you know, as we have seen
over the past two years, even with the emergency monetary stimulus that they're able to grow their balance sheet,
which creates excess reserves into the system and in a variety ways and that means, they are purchasing bonds, purchasing mortgages, purchasing treasuries,
which increases the amount of monetary
supply — the money available to help all set the conditions that they are trying to counterbalance.
The average house price in the region is # 198,000, well below the national average,
which is also stoking demand and prices are expected to increase 17 %
over the next four years as demand races ahead of
supply, according to data from agency, Knight Frank.
Which is exactly what Basis plans to do — despite, it would seem, such control
over the
supply of a cryptocurrency causing perception problems for companies like Ripple, and attracting ire from certain quarters of the cryptocurrency community that instinctively shuns such interventionist policies.
Rather than drone on about
supply tightness and healthy demand (
which we have discussed many times before here, here, here, here, and here), the point of this note is more philosophical and intended to offer insights into how to view the lithium space out
over the next 18 to 24 months.
«Bitcoin has many advantages
over government currencies, not the least of
which is that its
supply is fixed,» says Finance Professor Geoffrey Smith, W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
As such, there is proportionately less overhead
supply with GLD compared to SLV,
which should make it easier for GLD to attempt to rally back to its 2011 highs
over the longer - term.
Oil commodity prices also weakened in March,
which hurt the performance of our energy holdings during the quarter, but we believe
supply - and - demand dynamics will lead to higher commodity price trends
over the long term.
It was built on a complex and evolving set of treaties, informal agreements, and legal fictions through
which the Church conceded to Catholic sovereigns rights
over many aspects of ecclesiastical life — in exchange for
which those sovereigns protected the Church from schism and
supplied the resources for missions across the world.
«So it really entails identifying and qualifying
suppliers that can meet the demand of our company growing
over 40 percent a year,
which not every
supplier can do.»
According to David Potts, chief executive of NOM Dairy UK,
over half of the # 1 billion UK yoghurt market is
supplied by imported product,
which provides a massive opportunity for local
supply.
Even the most seasoned world cruise travelers probably don't know The Apollo Group,
which over the years has established itself as a leader in the cruise industry, not only in culinary excellence and hotel services, but also in the fields of
supply chain, logistics, and human resources.
over 200 smaller
suppliers (categorised by Coles as Tier 3 Suppliers) to obtain refunds of any amounts by which their ARC rebate payments exceeded the benefits which they obtained from the ARC pro
suppliers (categorised by Coles as Tier 3
Suppliers) to obtain refunds of any amounts by which their ARC rebate payments exceeded the benefits which they obtained from the ARC pro
Suppliers) to obtain refunds of any amounts by
which their ARC rebate payments exceeded the benefits
which they obtained from the ARC program; and
Mr Goyder's comments represent a step - up in Wesfarmers» rhetoric against grocery
suppliers,
which complain that Coles and Woolworths are abusing their power
over suppliers.
His concerns
over multinational
suppliers» conduct echoed those last week by Woolworths,
which said that Australian wholesale prices for products such as toothpaste and deodorant were sometimes 25 to 40 per cent higher than the retail price for identical products in the US and UK.
Improve efficiencies in food
supply chains was the resounding message from the summit,
which brought together
over 160 senior executives from the food industry.
In a speech to the COSBOA National Small Business Summit in Melbourne yesterday, ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, reiterated that the ACCC was «looking at concerns raised about the way in
which the major supermarket chains deal with their
suppliers» and noted that they related to the potential for unconscionable conduct and «concerns
over the misuse of market power, particularly in relation to private label products.»
During his 26 years in charge, he has presided
over the organic growth of the company from a # 10 million multihead weigher
supplier to a # 120 million integrated packing line equipment business, with a portfolio of machinery
which now also includes checkweighers, snacks bagmakers, tray sealers, X-ray inspection systems, seal testers and robotic pick - and - place systems, He also established a manufacturing base for Ishida in the UK, as well as subsidiary offices in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Middle East, Russia, Czech Republic, Romania and South Africa.
It has also come in the midst of a string of allegations
over the perceived power of the leading chains and their treatment of
suppliers,
which has seen the ACCC also weigh in.
Over 335 leading brand owners, retailers,
suppliers, agencies and packaging professionals took part in the study,
which was commissioned for a report by Packaging Innovations, and ThePackHub, a leading UK packaging innovation consultancy.