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There may be a lesson in this for our own reform plans which all too often — also in religion!

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Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Plan is a pivotal element of the country's «Vision 2030» reforms which were announced last year by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

«We're planning to invest over $ 50 billion in the U.S. over the next five years to increase production of profitable volumes and enhance our integrated portfolio, which is supported by the improved business climate created by tax reform.»

This press release contains «forward - looking statements» within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the company's 2018 financial performance, the company's growth strategy, the company's capital allocation strategy, the company's tax planning strategies and the performance of the markets in which the company operates.

For investors worried that the market is pinning too much on tax - reform prospects — especially as the GOP announced it had to delay by at least one day the release of its plan, which had been scheduled for Wednesday — sectors bets being placed by those with $ 1 million or more in brokerage accounts don't show an overreliance on any single factor.

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.

Differences exist between the tax brackets and other details in the Senate and House tax plans, which will ultimately have to become one plan before tax reform can be enacted.

Even without taking account of the likely costs of the infrastructure plan (which the Trump team badly underestimates) or the proposed defense build - up, the Trump tax reform proposals are too expensive.

Which is why advocates, even as they weren't shocked by the GOP's latest tax reform plan, were staging a fight to make that credit refundable.

Recode is reporting that Benchmark plans to sell some of its shares, which isn't surprising: the governance reforms the firm won in recent months are tied to the Softbank deal going through, and Benchmark is best placed to ensure Softbank acquires the necessary 13.4 % share of the company to make the deal a reality.

The new tax reform bill (which, again, draws on plans Trump and congressional Republicans have released going back over a year now) would significantly change individual income tax brackets:

Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

Obama's other measures include plans to work with Congress to pursue reforms of Section 215 of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act that governs the collection of so - called «metadata» such as phone records, and reform of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which considers requests from law enforcement authorities on intelligence - gathering targets.

Recovery plans differ from living wills, also known as «resolution plans,» which are required under the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law.

The 401 (k) may be changed because the Trump administration is looking for ways to drum up revenue to pay for its tax reform plan, which includes significant cuts, while not adding to the national debt, an issue dear to many conservatives.

From a planning perspective, we need to remain flexible and agile in our ability to seize any opportunities which might emerge from the potential tax reform.

Many Democrats claim the plan — which includes both corporate and income tax reform — favors only the top earners, while fiscal conservatives worry the tax cuts could dig the U.S. deeper into deficit spending and add to the already - mountainous national debt, requiring another showdown over raising the debt ceiling.

The group, which came together in recent months as a vocal opponent of the finance minister's tax - reform plan, is urging him to go further — beyond the adjustments he made to calm an uproar that dogged him for months.

On August 29, the UK Business Secretary Greg Clark has set out the British government's plans for corporate governance reform, which are intended to «enhance the public's trust in business».

Mark Taylor's Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities began life as a widely noticed and controversial New York Times op - ed in 2009, after which it grew into a book.

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party recently unveiled their tax reform plan, which eliminates the student loan interest deduction — a...

At Monte Cassino, Benedict planned the reform of monasticism and drew up his rule, which became the basis of the way of life followed by many Western monastic orders, such as the Carthusians and Cistercians.

The final result was the rejection within mainstream culture of biblical literalism with its repudiation of history, geology, and the scientific method, and an acceptance of the contributions of science, of evolution and Freudian psychology, of a «higher criticism» of the Bible, of the move from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy and its need for high technology, and of a rearrangement of political views to accommodate social planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social Gospel.

Maybe they hoped he would lay out a Five Year Plan, by which hunger would be eliminated, the working poor triumphant, the hated overlords driven away, land reform instituted, inflation curbed, bread prices brought down, fishing rights restored.

In addition to these concrete demands are general demands, of which the most important are: emancipation of women; radical agricultural reform; general reduction in working hours; disarmament; the rejection of all forms or racism; the creation of a planned transfer of wealth from the countries of the North to the countries of the South to compensate for the pillage which these peoples have been and still are subjected to.

The Church authorities, whatever they were planning about his own personal case, had shown no interest in the kind of radical, all over reform which he was now asking for.

She has helped AFSA establish its voice and authority on a range of issues and secured frequent meetings with a number of politicians to lobby for significant reform, as well as leading the process for submissions to government inquiries, including the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the impact of regulation on agriculture, and the Victorian Government's Animal Industries Advisory Committee, which released its report in 2016 that includes recommendations for more scale - appropriate application of the planning scheme around extensive and intensive animal husbandry.

[116] Preventative health was also one of the four strategic directions announced as part of a plan for reform of the health system which Labor took to the 2007 election.

Netsch, however, gave no signs of ending his quarrels with Madison, which have centered on hiring and the speed with which the park district was undertaking a reorganization plan and instituting promised reforms.

National Democrats are now pressuring Cantor's GOP colleagues to declare whether they support his call, which is actually reminiscent of how the Rep. Paul Ryan Medicare reform plan fight played out during the NY - 26 special election.

«If we're to get a strong and balanced recovery which everyone benefits from we need Labour's plan to tackle the cost - of - living crisis and reform our economy for the long term,» he commented.

In effect, the original debate over NHS reforms under Andrew Lansley - which were so controversial they had to be paused while the prime minister tried to save them — was conducted with precious little detail about how the plans would operate in practice.

The health secretary's plans for NHS reform, which will return to the Commons in September, were «the ideas of one man acting without an electoral mandate», he added.

«That is why we are proposing the NYCHA 2020 Public Housing Revitalization Plan, which would increase funding to provide safe, healthy conditions to residents, while reforming NYCHA's operations and increasing transparency.

The reduction plans have not taken into account the higher education reforms which have doubled student loan repayments.

«We are currently working with people from across the field of cancer to develop a new Cancer Reform Strategy, which will set out the plans for cancer services in England over the next five to ten years, building on progress so far by spreading best practice and recommending what more needs to be done to improve clinical outcomes, drive up quality and increase value for money.»

The details of Governor Cuomo's economic plan, which includes both tax reform and a new infrastructure fund, were released today with support from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The reform plan, which would match small donations from constituents with public funds, has «worked well for decades in New York City.»

This finding reflects the presence of «asset - rich, income - poor» households towards the bottom of the income scale, which would be an important consideration in any reform plans.

As Andrew Haldenby of Reform points out, the planned debt to GDP ratio will still be 80 per cent, which, in perspective, is «twice as high as in the Gordon Brown years».

Now that U.S. Senate Republicans have failed in their attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare and cut Medicaid, the House GOP is pushing a budget that aims to do all that and then some, which, like their health care reform plan, will negatively impact New York.

The Let NY Vote Coalition, which has advocated for early voting and other voter reforms, praised the governor for funding early voting in his spending plan.

• David Cameron is planning to offer Nick Clegg a deal on Lords reform which would result in the expulsion of the remaining 92 hereditary peers and the election of a similar number of members at the next general election in 2015, the Guardian has revealed.

Boris Johnson has described coalition plans to reform the House of Lords as «Lib Dem nonsense» which should be «liquidated, vaporised and generally terminated with extreme prejudice».

Last week, de Blasio released a «roadmap» for phasing out the incarceration center, which mostly reiterated steps he called for when he announced a plan to shutter Rikers in March: combining sentencing, bail, mental health and rehabilitation reforms to reduce the city's inmate population from 9,300 to 7,000 by 2021 and 5,000 by 2027.

Today, the House of Representatives plans to vote on final passage of the Democrats» health care reform legislation, which has unleashed a wave of unhinged political posturing from the right.

In mid-March, Heastie and Cuomo announced a two - way agreement on ethics reform, which included a pension forfeiture plan for corrupt officials.

The second came after Nick Clegg's statement about Lords reform, in which the Deputy Prime Minister confirmed — as if confirmation were needed — that the Coalition's plans for the second chamber are no more.

But at the same time, neither chamber has indicated any plans to introduced Cuomo's 30 - day budget amendments, which tie new income disclosure requirements and reform to the travel reimbursement process, to appropriations.

A pre-election programme of # 80 -90 million (for 2011/12; 2012/13) which will increasingly align to the reform plans of the Government.