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The intent behind RLDR is to put pressure on companies not only to have at least two women in positions of influence but also to improve these numbers over time, Yamada says.

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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.

In person they confess they haven't been able to sleep for months, and are on anti-anxiety medication from the stress of financial pressures on their company.»

«The Hogan lawsuit, the pressure it put us under, the decisions we made as a result of that pressure, professionalizing the company, streamlining our objectives, focusing on the seven great media brands that we have, taking on outside capital, realizing we can't do it ourselves.

After her proven success in making changes, the pressure is on for companies to respond quickly — even if they insist they aren't doing anything wrong.

While I haven't worked for Facebook, I have worked with CEOs of publicly - traded companies to prepare them for presentations, keynotes or televised interviews when the stakes are high and the pressure is on.

The new deal puts pressure on fellow chipmaker Broadcom to decide if it will stick with a stipulation in its $ 121 billion bid for Qualcomm that the company not raise its previous $ 110 a share offer for NXP.

Investors, meanwhile, grew impatient not seeing returns fl ow back into their port folios, prompting them to put pressure on companies large and small.

Doing so may work in the short - term, but if you don't want your company to be another stat on the Gallup employee engagement survey, don't add unnecessary pressure to an already frenetic work pace.

Most companies working on hyperloop systems are currently focused on the actual low - pressure tunnel and propulsion sub-systems and not the interior of the passenger pods.

She called on shareholders to pressure boards to promote women into top managerial roles so that companies do not miss out on performance benefits.

Trump, who takes office on Friday, has repeatedly singled out and criticized U.S. companies across industries for not doing more to keep jobs in the United States and has put pressure on them to hire more U.S. workers.

On Thursday, under pressure from media, Clark's Transportation Minister, Todd Stone, now says that at some point in the future, companies like Uber «might» be here, but «not any time soon.»

In Europe, there is a different problem, namely the banks which are still not lending and so putting pressure on companies to raise capital in other ways.

The best lead generation companies have plenty of business, with ongoing contracts from various major clients — they're happy to take your call or listen to your inquiry, but the best companies are not going to put pressure on you to sign a contract.

If your product is among the SaaS companies emphasizing advertising this year, I'm sure you're feeling pressure to ensure your budget isn't going to waste on simple mistakes.

Resentment is growing not only towards those who ran up the debts — Iceland's bankrupt Kaupthing and Landsbanki, with its Icesave accounts, and heavily geared property owners in the Baltics and central Europe — but also towards the foreign advisers and creditors who put pressure on these governments to sell off the banks and public companies to insiders.

Through its rapacious little - to - no profit strategy, it has not only challenged the supremacy of traditional retailers like Walmart, but has also put downward price pressure on companies across the economy, most notably in book publishing, where Amazon got its start.

The new deputy PM, Barnaby Joyce, has stated that he expects the government to deliver on the inclusion of an effects test, noting that it is «imperative that the government resist the threat and the pressure from the BCA and Wesfarmers and one or two other companies and sends a message that they are here for the whole economy and not just a small part of the economy»: Joe Kelly,» «We'll deliver betterment for small business»: Barnaby Joyce» (The Australian, 21 February 2016).

She went on to successfully pressure formula companies to educate women in third - world countries that formula should be used as a supplement to, not a replacement of, breastfeeding.

The Synod accepted the report, but did not support resuming its boycott and disinvesting, partly because Nestlé was not the only company implicated and partly because the Church Commissioners proposed using their supposed influence as shareholders to exert pressure on Nestlé.

A system where kids do not get full nutritional benefits because food companies pressure the US Congress to pass nutritional reforms based on the interests of their own business and not that of real nutritional science.

Additionally, as @Brythan's answer noted, they are not nearly a major revenue source for these companies and therefore, can not exert editorial pressure on the company by threatening loss of business.

Stanley says after doing some digging he found out a local union representative put pressure on the state Democratic Party not to help pay for a new lease because the union took issue with the construction company.

When they gave the gun companies immunity from lawsuits, that relieved the pressure on the gun companies and they didn't do the redesigns that they could have done.

That's the extreme example, but I think when you're talking about PCs, you're talking about hardware companies, they don't control the software, that comes from Microsoft; so they don't have very much to differentiate themselves from the competitors; the cost pressures are incredibly high, they're focused on getting these products out the door, and they're sort of like interchangeable widgets.

Rather than feeling pressure to, say, cut a research and development group to boost the short - term bottom line, the laws enable company management to keep betting on innovation investment even when it does not maximize shareholder value at every given moment.

The promise of control is part of tech companies» assault on our desire for stability, just as the supposed surplus of options in the market acts as pressure to keep consuming more and faster, so as to not miss out on technology's chief bounty.

CEO of Bumble Whitney Wolfe announced the company would be unveiling a similar group friend - finding feature on their app, and Grouper, a dating app that's been around for a few years, offers group dates for people who don't want the pressure of one - on - one dating.

The training has been especially developed with the installer in mind, thecourse is easy to understand and not over-complicated by technical jargon; it has a strong practical emphasis and does not put too much pressure on the smaller company, both in terms of financial outlay and time spent out of the business.

With the General Assembly returning to the Capitol to adopt legislation needed to implement next year's state budget, it would be nice to believe that Connecticut's elected officials won't fold under the pressure to back off the demand for transparency on the part of the privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools and their holding companies.

As with family and friends, it's fine to encourage colleagues to review the book, but I don't recommend pressuring them to review the book on company time (nor would your employer), or from the same IP address.

The pressure is no surprise at all given that the company just announced that it wouldn't be releasing smartphones based on the new BlackBerry 10 operating system until late 2012, to say nothing of what might be called hubris when it comes to the overall management of the company (of which, the recent BBX trademark imbroglio and the pending BBM trademark lawsuit are just two recent examples).

In an open letter to librarians explaining its switch to limit the number of check - outs a library can offer on an e-book, HarperCollins said that its previous policy of «selling e-books to libraries in perpetuity, if left unchanged, would undermine the emerging e-book eco-system, hurt the growing e-book channel, place additional pressure on physical bookstores, and in the end lead to a decrease in book sales and royalties paid to authors.9 Similarly, Simon & Schuster's executive vice president and chief digital officer Elinor Hirschhorn says that the company does not make its e-books available to libraries at all because «[w] e're concerned that authors and publishers are made whole by library e-lending and that they aren't losing sales that they might have made in another channel.»

Soft productivity suggests not only slower growth, but more pressure on companies» margins should wages continue rising.

In contrast, we had nice returns in a number of our media, insurance and food stocks, among others, including Axel Springer, Schibsted, Zurich Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway, and Nestlé, but it was unfortunately not enough to overcome the continued pressure on our oil & gas stocks, which included fully integrated holdings such as Total and Royal Dutch; exploration and production companies such as Devon Energy and Pacific Rubiales; Canadian oil sands producers such as Cenovus; and energy service holdings such as Halliburton and National Oilwell Varco.

Credit repair companies use the strength of their resources to pressure credit reporting agencies into removing items that shouldn't be on your report.

That doesn't sound like a lot, but for a company that has a trading volume of just a few thousand shares on most months that is a significant selling pressure.

This step is not required but it helps when charges are involved and it puts pressure on credit card companies to remove negative credit due to fraud.

If that feels like a lot of pressure, don't worry — the life insurance company won't rely solely on your ability to tell the truth.

I'm not sure how much pressure there will be on the company to grow it throughout the next 18 months, but I hope that's what happens.

I do not advocate leveraging the company to buy back stock for two reasons: First, higher return comes with higher risk, thus possibly putting downward pressure on a company's P / E and offsetting any benefits from a share buyback.

BMO Capital Markets Gerrick Johnson also weighed in on the competitive pressure from Fortnite, writing that the company wasn't too specific about pressure here.

Certainly investors can pressure companies to report on their carbon footprint or on how climate change could negatively impact their bottom line, but such transparency doesn't solve the core problem of stopping carbon emissions or demanding that these companies stop looking for more sources of carbon - based fuels and instead invest in renewable energy.

It's not realistic to expect a startup company to mass - market cars from the start, but if its niche product is successful, it will put more pressure on big players to follow suit, and further down the road, less expensive electric cars will probably appear (a strategy similar to Tesla's).

The company's Natavo Zero ™ technology doesn't use any sort of additives or preservatives to delay the browning of avocado flesh, as it relies on the ability «to switch off the enzyme responsible for the fruit's browning via pressure fluctuations generated by steam.»

The first meeting in San Francisco, from that, an effort called the Never Again Tech Pledge was created, and so it was spearheaded by a handful of people starting off at that first meeting, and what that was about was resisting, or applying pressure from the bottom of these tech companies, so employees telling their management and telling the public that they would not work on a Muslim registry, or any kind of registry that was based on race, religion, national origin.

We are not pressured to settle cases on the insurance companies first or second offer.

The insurance company might say it's on your side, only to pressure you into accepting a settlement that doesn't cover the cost of your injuries.

And Stevanovski told us: «The certification is not yet a differentiator, but going forward there will be more pressure on companies to have the right policies and procedures in place to protect customer data as GDPR comes into force.