Sentences with phrase «policies directing these changes»

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But an order was included that demanded such a report pay «extra consideration to the effects such a policy change may have on the middle class, manufacturing and service sector workers, and foreign direct investment into the United States.»

Regulating the money supply through changes in interest rates — i.e. monetary policy — would be much more direct, which could mean it's more effective and cost - efficient.

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.

According to a Defense Department memo obtained by Military Times, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will direct «an effort to form a working group to determine changes to military personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forces.»

Program expenses are higher throughout the entire forecast period, primarily attributable to direct program expenses, on a status quo basis (i.e., excluding the impact of policy changes).

After a decade at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, where he started and directed the technology policy program, Brito discovered bitcoin and it changed his life.

A draft presidential memorandum at the end of the document that could be used to order the review of NAFTA orders the report to pay «extra consideration to the effects such a policy change may have on the middle class, manufacturing and service sector workers, and foreign direct investment into the United States.»

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While this may not have a huge effect on your direct business, it is worth noting that there will be a variety of policy changes unfolding in the comings weeks and months.

As this results from a once - off tax policy change, the Bank will abstract from this direct effect of the GST for the purposes of assessing inflation outcomes relative to the target.

Over the course of our conversations, I came to see Obama as a president who has grown steadily more fatalistic about the constraints on America's ability to direct global events, even as he has, late in his presidency, accumulated a set of potentially historic foreign - policy achievements — controversial, provisional achievements, to be sure, but achievements nonetheless: the opening to Cuba, the Paris climate - change accord, the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement, and, of course, the Iran nuclear deal.

After 1996 scholars and policy analysts were quick to note that African - American congregations, many of which already were providing direct social services, would be most likely to benefit from these changes and most likely to apply for public funds.

In my opinion, the club's transfer policy is a direct correlate of Wenger being too stubborn in sticking to his philosophy and not moving with the changing times.

Then, in July, a Have Baby Will Travel Facebook friend pointed out that the KLM car seat policy had changed and directed me to a link on their website.

ACOG and SMFM are encouraging individuals, organizations and governing bodies to conduct research aimed at developing a stronger knowledge base to direct decisions regarding cesarean delivery and to facilitate policy changes that safely lower the rate of primary cesarean births in the US.

Hence efforts to «change» policies and laws need not be only directed at the national level.

Through grassroots organizing, leadership development, policy changes, and creating new models of direct democracy CVH is creating a truly equitable New York State.

But its ability to deliver changes to the modulation rate on direct payments — let alone to alter the policy priorities for spending within the next Rural Development Plan — are likely to be limited, within both the Welsh Assembly and the Westminster Parliament.

As you can see, the answer to the question about whether or not climate change is man - made has a direct impact on which policies should be enacted to solve this problem.

Writing as someone who has actually taken part in ditching a sitting MP, back in 1983, I think 1) the notion that there is a close and direct relationship between changing Parliamentary candidates and changing policy or leadership is a lot of wishful thinking.

Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz mocked Mayor Bill de Blasio and made a direct plea for policy changes during the Manhattan Institute's annual Hamilton Dinner on Monday night.

Joining other states and localities in reacting to Trump's decision, Cuomo issued a new executive order reaffirming existing state policies directed at climate change problems, some of which already exceeded those contained in the Paris Agreement.

«We're quickly reaching the end of the low - hanging - fruit era, and in the absence of real directed policy, those goals are going to be much more challenging,» said Greg Cunningham, who leads the clean energy and climate change program at the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston - based environmental group.

She directed policy responses to potential changes in state and federal legislation; coordinated interactions with the Food and Drug Administration; and researched the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of the DNA sequencing of newborn blood spots.

They could change this today, if they wanted to,» Daniel Webster, who directs the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research in Baltimore, told the Post at the time.

«The methodology can not be used to infer anything about the direct impacts of specific policies, such as power plant emissions limits or renewable portfolio standards, or the effect that changes in relative prices may have on fuel choice, such as the impact of the change in supply or price of natural gas or renewables may have had on the competitiveness of coal.

The BBC gathered information from 108 councils and found 35 have changed their policy as a direct result of Jon Platt's case.

Four years from now it will be clear that while the Race to the Top competition drove important state - level policy changes, the work of the assessment consortia will have made the most direct impact on teaching and learning.

But changes in government policy were the most immediate, the most direct, and the most obvious root cause.

Changes to district policies guiding school discipline and student conduct constitute a direct approach to reducing exclusionary discipline.

The magnitude of these changes is particularly great considering that no elementary school on probation was actually reconstituted during this period and that the social promotion policy has no direct effects on teachers» pay or job security.

The major federal policy initiatives of the last decade and a half, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, were designed mainly to change the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and principals — the members of the school community known to have the greatest and most direct influence on students» academic achievement.

Chiefs for Change released a new policy paper about leveraging ESSA funding to provide direct student services including tutoring, access to public school choice, distance learning, access to Advanced Placement classes, personalized learning, and other programs.

You'll gain the skills to direct educational programs, implement policies and lead positive change in educational systems.

Obama, the candidate, spoke strongly for the need to fix a seriously flawed law, but changed the game by attaching policy strings to the $ 70 billion plus in stimulus money directed to education, paving the way for a $ 4 billion competition whose central focus is to fix failing schools and incentivize innovation.

These foundations have clear agendas and are using their money to enlist allies in their causes, whether it's through funding advocacy groups (they're mostly blocked from direct lobbying due to their nonprofit status) or by tying their dollars directly to desired changes in policy and personnel.

In the U.S., most significant education policy changes come at the state level, as states have direct control over the school districts within their borders.

This changes the policy in such a way as to remove the list of covered perils and replace it with the words «We insure against risk of direct physical loss or damage...» followed by a few obvious exclusions such as nuclear war.

The monetary base increase is direct evidence that the money supply was growing during the 1930's as a result of policy decisions rather than political events in Europe or changes in the economy because of the recovery itself.

That changes the policy to cover «direct physical loss» to the property, subject to similar exclusions like nuclear hazard.

President Trump's inauguration just two days away signifies major policy changes, some of which could have a direct impact on Canada.

Here are four policy changes with direct effects on consumers that we may see as a result of Watt's appointment.

We focus our research on investigations of animal agriculture, 2 but this intervention is also used to document animal abuse in other areas, such as laboratory research that involves live animals3 and the breeding of companion animals.4 We believe that undercover investigations have had significant direct effects in reducing farm animal suffering through corporate policy change.

HSUS is the nation's largest animal protection organization that works to reduce animal suffering and create meaningful social change through progressive legislation; making sure existing laws are enforced; public awareness campaigns and investigations; assisting large corporations in reforming their animal welfare policies, and providing direct care, rescue, and services for animals in crisis.

A major infrastructural change to our transportation sector is needed, and that change must come from the federal government through direct, targeted policy aimed at eliminating our use of hydrocarbon fuel in cars, trucks, and airplanes.

The Environmental Protection Agency has directed two agency lawyers to make changes in a video they posted on YouTube that is critical of the Obama administration's climate policy.

While he described various reviews of policies on oil drilling and much - needed changes in the Minerals (Mis) Management Service, he shied away from threatening to exert more direct oversight of efforts to cap the seafloor leak.

As the Clean Air Task Force and Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes concluded in their recent report, «Four Principles for Energy Innovation and Climate Change: A Synthesis,» «direct government procurement is one of the most powerful ways that the Federal government has stimulated demand for innovation in past technological revolutions.

On 2013/10/23, during the disastrous NSW fires, Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that the NSW bushfires were proof that the world «is already paying the price of carbon», and also criticised the government's direct action policy (reported in news.com.au and elsewhere).

... they caution that society should fully quantify direct and indirect GHG emissions associated with energy alternatives and associated consequences prior to making policy commitments that have long - term effects on global forests; for they ominously warn «there is a substantial risk of sacrificing forest integrity and sustainability for maintaining or even increasing energy production with no guarantee to mitigate climate change.»»