Not exact matches
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation
of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment
of the carrying value
of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated
benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution
of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the
benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility
of capital markets; increased
pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value
of all or a
portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts
of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss
of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts
of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment
of the carrying value
of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated
benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution
of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the
benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility
of capital markets; increased
pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value
of all or a
portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation
of data or breaches
of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts
of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact
of future sales
of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements
of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation
of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment
of the carrying value
of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated
benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution
of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations
of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the
benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility
of capital markets; increased
pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value
of all or a
portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation
of data or breaches
of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts
of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.
The root
of this difficulty is that both sides in public - employee negotiations find it in their interest to reduce the wage
portion of the overall collective bargaining agreement — which, in the case
of the Chicago public school teachers, is quite high at over $ 75,000 per year — in favor
of larger
pension benefits under a «defined
benefits» plan.
They will pay a
portion of those mediocre wages into a
pension system, and for most, that system will later fail to provide them with any actual
benefits.
Certified financial planner Jason Heath says Biner's defined
benefit pension plan with his employer can serve as the fixed income
portion of his
pension.
Experts project that traditional sources
of retirement income, such as employer
pensions and Social Security
benefits, will provide only a
portion of the total income you may need to fund your retirement.
Ann's defined
benefit income cap is reduced to reflect the
portion of the year that she received the reversionary
pension.
However, in no case will the reduction in your Social Security
benefit because
of the WEP be greater than one - half
of the
portion of your
pension from employment not subject to Social Security taxes; for example, your CSRS annuity.
A
portion of your Social Security
benefits will be taxable if your income — such as from freelance work, a taxable pension and IRA withdrawals, or nontaxable interest — plus half of your Social Security benefits add up to more than $ 25,000 if single or $ 32,000 if married filing jointly (see Calculating Taxes on Social Security Benefits for more infor
benefits will be taxable if your income — such as from freelance work, a taxable
pension and IRA withdrawals, or nontaxable interest — plus half
of your Social Security
benefits add up to more than $ 25,000 if single or $ 32,000 if married filing jointly (see Calculating Taxes on Social Security Benefits for more infor
benefits add up to more than $ 25,000 if single or $ 32,000 if married filing jointly (see Calculating Taxes on Social Security
Benefits for more infor
Benefits for more information).
The
pension plan is a procedure via which an employee transfer a
portion or a part
of his / her income or salary in a fund that will
benefit the individual after retirement.
As part
of the settlement you are to receive a
portion of your spouse's
pension (defined
benefit plan).
This order is issued by a judge, often at the same time as your divorce decree, to direct the
pension or retirement plan administrator to pay a certain
portion of benefits directly to the ex-spouse
of the plan's beneficiary.