Sentences with phrase «performance in a given industry»

Regardless, analysts must identify the few factors that account for 80 % of the performance in a given industry, and focus on those intensely.

Not exact matches

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.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

People I meet in the industry already say that performance is well ahead of where it was at the same stage with the Flexible New Deal from which it took over, and this data gives further encouragement.

The strengthening industry performance is being driven by a combination of factors: • Lower oil prices (forecast to be $ 55 / barrel Brent in 2015 and averaging a lower $ 51 / barrel in 2016) are giving airline profits a boost; however this is strongly moderated in many markets by the appreciation of the US dollar • Strong demand for passenger travel (6.7 % growth in 2015 and 6.9 % in 2016) is making up for disappointing cargo demand growth (1.9 % in 2015; strengthening to 3.0 % in 2016).

The AGM gave reports on the performance of the schemes to scheme members and updated them on latest happenings in the Pensions industry.

«This gives the industry freedom in choosing semiconductor materials by performance and not cost.»

The entertainment industry's habit of casting cisgender actors in transgender roles — some of them, like Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor, giving performances that are exceptionally fine — has gone hand in glove with its near - monolithic focus on stories of transition.

Strong lead performances help immensely, with Burns in particular giving what would be one of his finest performances in over sixty years in the entertainment industry.

The musical comedy reprise about an all - girls a cappella group surpassed industry expectations to gross some $ 70.3 million in the US and Canada, making it the highest opening weekend earner in Hollywood history for a first time director — Elizabeth Banks, who also produced and gives a stunningly funny performance as an acid - tongued a cappella commentator.

While it does give students many opportunities to excel in performing arts, the curriculum is much more focused on industry than on performance.

Given his long, storied involvement in motorsports and the performance automobile industry, any biography on Carroll Hall Shelby likely contains several dozen chapters.

Jay Velthoven, ROUSH Performance Director of Marketing, added, «By working together, Ford Performance and ROUSH can deliver the highest quality products, in less time, and with a broadened distributor network that gives the customer the best support in the industry.»

Given the trend in the auto industry overall toward strong SUV sales at the expense of sedans, even having high - performance options like the CTS - V, or high - tech features like the Autopilot - rivaling Super Cruise on the CT6, hasn't been enough to bring customers into dealerships.

Featuring best - in - class power and industry - leading power - to - weight ratio to give you a true performance edge with superior fuel efficiency.

Given the levels of performance, efficiency and equipment found with the new Mitsubishi crossover SUV, the competition in this already tightly - packed segment of the automotive industry segment just got tighter.

Writing, like music, has gone digital and that digital product is being given away in the millions to create traction towards a fame of sorts and is being streamed, not quite like Spotify et al, through Kindle Owners Lending Library, but podcasting and YouTube are pushing text more into performance re audiobooks, book trailers, and even as the music industry has been digitally driven back towards the single as its principal product, so Kindle Shorts, blogging, social media publishing and other developments continue to drive fiction back towards the heyday of shorter forms.

Acquiring Overdrive PC gives Velocity Micro a further competitive advantage in the PC industry by bringing even higher computer performance to its larger and more mainstream customer base.

The advice on «diversifying» in the other answers is the standard «investment advisor» response to beginner's questions, and has two advantages for the advisor: (1) they won't get sued for giving bad advice and (2) they can make a nice fat commission selling you some very - average - performance products (and note they are selling you «investment industry products,» not necessarily «good investment opportunities» - advisors get paid commission and bonuses for selling more stuff, not for selling good stuff).

I counter-argued that our methods were better, because with a given industry, there was little variation in market capitalization and value / growth, but industry performance varied considerably.

This surprises most people, because the investment industry gives far more attention to telling you about hot stocks and mutual fund performance rankings than to explaining the critical importance of asset allocation (that is, how much space you make in your investment garden for stocks versus how much room you allocate to bonds).

They won't even give these pups away for fear that any that were sub so - called - optimal weight or performance would reflect badly on their name and standing in the industry!

This has encouraged me to actively get involved in professional coaching, development & management giving me the tools to enhance performance & contribute positively back into the surfing industry.

Moderated by USA Today's Mike Snider, the panel was called «Developing Interactive Entertainment: The Performance Capture Techniques of the UNCHARTED Franchise and Today's Film Industry» and it gave Amy Hennig, Taylor Kurosaki, Josh Scherr, Nolan North, Emily Rose and Richard McGonagle the perfect setting to discuss everything that goes into creating the industry - leading cinematics in the UnchartedIndustry» and it gave Amy Hennig, Taylor Kurosaki, Josh Scherr, Nolan North, Emily Rose and Richard McGonagle the perfect setting to discuss everything that goes into creating the industry - leading cinematics in the Unchartedindustry - leading cinematics in the Uncharted series.

Given the performance of the American nuclear power industry, even including three Mile Island in the record, I think we can do it better if we include nuclear in the mix.

Given the improvements in multilateral practice, it is increasingly likely that OECD Export Credit Agencies could end up as a place of last resort for carbon intensive industries that are no longer able to secure funding due to their high risk and poor environmental performance.

On a local level, given the uncertainty surrounding the performance of the oil industry and the up and coming increase in rating liability, 2017 will present a number of challenges.

As the computer industry scrambles to patch security vulnerabilities in their processor chips in the wake of revelations over «Meltdown» and «Spectre» security flaws, Intel Corp has this week been hit with a class action lawsuit in the US claiming that all Intel x86 - 64x core processors (CPUs) manufactured since at least 2008 suffer a security defect that renders them unfit for purpose, given that patching will «dramatically» reduce their performance.

These factors include supplier's performance over the current contract term, the strength of the relationship with the supplier, the alignment of the current outsourcing model with customer's strategies and objectives, any change in customer's operating model, strategy or requirement since the initial contract was executed, whether the customer expects that its operating model, strategy or requirement may change during the renewal term, the capability of supplier to support customer future growth, supplier's innovation and flexibility, the cost of transition, the ability of customer to manage the transition, the level of risk during transition given other initiatives, the availability of other service providers, changes in appetite for risk, changes in the outsourcing industry, changes in the legal and regulatory environment.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing given the S7's camera remains one of the best in the smartphone industry, but it will be disappointing to anyone who expected a substantial bump in performance, or a dual - lens shooter like what is featured in the G6 or iPhone 7 Plus.

Interns have more chances to find a job and companies can find out the candidates that are really interested in working in this industry and show high performance of given tasks.

Program Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Maintain a strong technical knowledge of and passion for program mission, industry trends, and developments in field of independent living skills training Coordinate all logistical and organizational aspects of community, industry, and program - specific events, including schedules, donor functions, and other activities to support program goals Interact with program participants, staff members, and donors in a professional manner to improve the user experience and promote the development of quality giving and support relationships Act as a liaison between staff members, other members management, donors, and other interested parties to drive program growth and ensure long - term sustainability Perform needs - based issue and situational assessments to improve operational efficiency, cost reductions, and ensure participant satisfaction throughout the challenging learning process Present relevant information and instruction to program participants, providing thorough and effective explanation and demonstration to individuals of differing learning capacities Hire, supervise, and manage staff in a professional manner that drives efficiency, promotes safety, and utilizes each individual's strengths to the highest capacity to fulfill program mission Present relevant information and updates to program heads and stakeholders, including performance and giving reports Support leadership team to facilitate in efficient business and organizational operations, performing important administrative tasks and analytical assignments while addressing key issues

«Given the better than expected same - store sales performance in June, we now believe that many retail REITs could experience modest gains in percentage rent during 2002,» wrote Merrill Lynch analysts Paul Snushall and Matt Bertram in a report on the state of the REIT industry released yesterday.

Given the lodging industry's stellar performance over the last 18 months, it's no surprise, then, that merger mania is about to break out in the...

Just to give you a little background on Corcoran, he is recognized throughout the industry for specializing in performance coaching and the implementation of sound business systems into a broker or agent's current strategy.

«In operation since 1979, this outstanding firm has earned a reputation for performance, industry participation and giving back to the community,» says Aventure president Bernie Vogt.

Since its inception in 2010, the survey has been a vital industry tool, giving student housing lenders, investors, owners and managers financial guideposts against which to measure both projected and actual performance results.