NEW YORK (Reuters)- Allergan Plc (AGN.N) Chief Executive Brent Saunders said on Monday that while the company is considering large, transformational deals as
part of a strategic review, they are a «very low priority and a very unlikely outcome» of the process.
NEW YORK Allergan Plc Chief Executive Brent Saunders said on Monday that while the company is considering large, transformational deals as
part of a strategic review, they are a «very low priority and a very unlikely outcome» of the process.
But Bunnings UK and Ireland, which is being offered for sale as
part of a strategic review, continued to go backwards at a rapid rate despite an all - out effort to stem losses.
«We don't anticipate further departures, but we developed as
part of our strategic review and analysis of the opportunity the possibility of these kinds of changes,» says Chris Pinnington, Dentons» Canada CEO.
Not exact matches
The school plans to put less
of an emphasis on its traditional two - year degree program as
part of a sweeping
strategic review at the school.
Plus, we were able to
review all
of the previous ideas and put the best ones into action as
part of our 2015
strategic plan.
The government outlined its vision
of the armed forces in ten years» time, which is known as «Future Force 2020», as
part of the
strategic defence and security
review.
By 2015 the Royal Navy will have reduced its personnel to 30,000, an overall reduction
of 5,000 implemented as
part of last year's
strategic defence and security
review.
Once the CFA is submitted by the applicant, it goes to the local Regional Council to be
reviewed and ranked as
part of its
strategic planning process.
Difficult decisions such as the scrapping
of Nimrod MRA4s were taken as
part of the
strategic defence and security
review, in
part due to pressures placed on the budget due to Trident costs.
An announcement is due tomorrow as the government unveils # 83bn worth
of cuts as
part of the
Strategic Spending
Review.
A motion calling for the future
of Trident to be considered as
part of the
strategic defence
review has been selected for an emergency debate on Wednesday morning.
A
Strategic Defence and Security
Review in which hard choices were dictated by the deficit, and in particular by Labour's overcommitted defence equipment programme, was always going to upset those
parts of the forces which lost out.
But on Monday, the company announced its retreat to a more conventional model, entering into a licensing agreement with respected beauty behemoth Coty as
part of a wider
strategic review of the Burberry business, aimed at improving operations and delivering # 100 million in cost savings by the end
of fiscal 2019.
The Scope
of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation
of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots
of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels
of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group
of leaders to help set the
strategic direction for Frontiers
of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for
parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University
of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University
of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels
of adversity and produce summary report in the fall
of 2014 that
reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.
When the feds demand GM show them a viability plan, the «
strategic review» (read: sale)
of Saab is
part of it.
Such statements reflect the current views
of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome
of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects
of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels
of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the
strategic direction
of the device business, including possible reduction in sales
of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component
parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels
of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate
of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance
of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success
of Barnes & Noble's
strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior
reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation
of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess
of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution
of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing
of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits
of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside
of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
Such statements reflect the current views
of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome
of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect
of the proposed separation
of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects
of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels
of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the
strategic direction
of the device business, including possible reduction in sales
of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component
parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels
of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate
of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance
of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success
of Barnes & Noble's
strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior
reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation
of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing
of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess
of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution
of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction
of international operations following termination
of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination
of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing
of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits
of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside
of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
(JM): I recommend
reviewing results as a
part of the
strategic process.
This report
reviews a draft 10 - year
strategic plan for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) as
part of the National Research Council's long history as an independent advisor to USGRCRP.
IntApp, Inc., provider
of innovative software products that enable law firms to thrive in an increasingly competitive marketplace, today announced that Lewis Silkin, a full service commercial firm based in London, has deployed IntApp Open as
part of a
strategic initiative to streamline new client
review and accelerate new matter inception.
Having been
part of countless eDiscovery projects that range from just information governance consulting or collection jobs to full - fledged managed
review / production / trial prep, the one constant that I've seen ensure over-arching success is the utilization
of an end - to - end solution by a single
strategic partner.
Whether as
part of a historical
review, in the context
of a specific set
of facts, or for forward looking policy purposes, the human strengths
of rhetoric and
strategic thinking are needed to give the results shape and bring them to life.
It had previously announced a
review of strategic alternatives for Corsearch, that has been
part of GRC (Legal Services).
The takeover speculation follows Neiman Marcus's announcement Tuesday that it's working with financial advisers on a
review of its
strategic options, which may include selling
part or all
of its business.