Not exact matches
Jana, along
with several allies, wants Whole Foods to better
operations and technology, shake up the board, and
research how much possible bidders might be willing to pay.
A survey by investment and
research group RBC Capital last year found that American surgeons think that within five years, 35 % of
operations will involve robots in some form, compared
with 15 % today.
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.
DuPont Co. had to sell most of its global
research and development
operations to placate EU concerns over its merger
with Dow Chemical Co. last year.
To share knowledge and to speed up the
research and implementation process Visa, which outsources its technology work to Infosys and other Indian firms, revealed it was open to joining
operations with some of these companies to work on how to build applications using the blockchain technology.
Together
with the fact that North Korea has a significant physical and virtual presence in several nations around the world, and our previous
research in part one, it is highly likely that North Korea is conducting cyber
operations from third - party countries.
Influence 2.0 — The Future of Influencer Marketing
Research Report 2017 — Lee Odden To help marketers understand the major trends in influencer marketing, we partnered
with influencer marketing platform Traackr to connect
with enterprise level marketers and tap their experiences
with influencer marketing budgeting,
operations, and forecasts for the future.
Developed by NASA and the FAA, NASA - UTM is a multi-year collaborative
research project
with the goal of developing and demonstrating a possible UTM system that can safely enable drone
operations.
In 2005, Mr. Hodgson was tasked
with rebuilding Goldman Sachs Canada after the firm had curtailed its Canadian investment banking, fixed income, and equity
research operations in 2003.
The newspaper said the prime minister's team had held talks
with both Unilever and Kraft Heinz to see what the implications of its plans were for jobs,
research and development, as well as for Unilever's headquarters and
operations in Britain.
Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social
Research carries on sociological studies of homelessness under a contract
with Operation Bowery.
Valid questions, asked wrongly, can become «theological litmus tests intended to separate and divide,» wrote David Greenlee, an international
research and strategy associate
with Operation Mobilization.
For instance, Klock himself, who has been
with Sparkling ICE for almost seven years, started in its
operations department, and works regularly
with marketing, sales, and
research and development amongst others.
When
researching technologies suitable for wastewater treatment and biogas production, CST recommends partnering
with a reliable team from conceptual to implementation stage and beyond into the
operation of the plants.
Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 2
Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to
operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation
research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 2
research and advocacy through collaborations
with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.
IRRI, in cooperation
with the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice), conducted a training on basic tractor
operation, maintenance... Read more
He assists
with grant
research and writing, as well as general
operations.
Breastfeeding after a caesarean section (C - section) may help manage pain,
with mothers who breastfed their babies for at least 2 months after the
operation three times less likely to experience persistent pain compared to those who breastfed for less than 2 months, according to new
research being presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress in Geneva (3 - 5 June).
Following on the heels of this trend, the US Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM, which is responsible for US military
operations and military relations
with all African nations excluding Egypt since its establishment in October of 2008) funded field
research on combatant rape in the DRC.
The Thumbay Group, is a UAE — based diversified international business conglomerate, headquartered in Dubai,
with operations across 20 sectors including Education, Healthcare, Medical
Research, Diagnostics, Retail Pharmacy, Health Communications, Retail Opticals, Wellness, Nutrition Stores, Hospitality, Real Estate, Publishing, Technology, Media, Events, Medical Tourism, Trading and Marketing & Distribution.
By late April, University at Buffalo will begin a two - year
research project studying the
operation and challenges of running a driverless bus —
with an eye toward the day it could eventually shuttle students and faculty to and from other modes of travel and be integrated into a new transportation age.
Erie County is developing a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county
operations with funding from the New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which is expected to not only reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions but also save the County on energy costs.
By expanding their local manufacturing facilities the company is able to in - source
operations currently being done out of New York State as well as create a simulation lab in partnership
with SUNY Poly to
research semiconductor packaging technologies.
He applauded the work of Hogan Lovells, which found numerous problems
with the
operations of the
Research Foundation, the secretive arm of SUNY that manages revenues of about $ 1 billion a year, mostly from research grants, and a payroll of
Research Foundation, the secretive arm of SUNY that manages revenues of about $ 1 billion a year, mostly from
research grants, and a payroll of
research grants, and a payroll of 17,000.
He started his career at IBM and oversaw chip production and development at the company's chip fabs in East Fishkill and Burlington, Vt., working closely
with IBM's
research operations at SUNY Poly.
So, on July 30, I filed a request under the state Freedom of Information Law
with the SUNY
Research Foundation seeking the documents related to the developer selection process and the contracts involving the companies who had agreed to set up
operations here under the Buffalo Billion program.
The three editors (Frances Brodsky, University of California, San Francisco), Mark Marsh (University College London), and Sandra Schmid (The Scripps
Research Institute)-- who retain responsibility for making the scientific decisions — realized that the journal could not be successful without someone
with the appropriate scientific background to handle the journal's daily
operation.
A microeconomic game theoretic perspective,» was coauthored by Jay Sethuraman, professor of industrial engineering and
operations research at Columbia Engineering, and Yu Luo, a chemical engineering PhD student working
with Venkatasubramanian, and published online in the April 28th issue of the journal Physica A.
His
research largely focuses on new means to incorporate imaging methods to view cells of brain tumors
with a hand held instrument that a neurosurgeon can use to visualize the individual cells during the progress of the
operation.
Our corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is also home to our
research operations and small scale manufacturing facility,
with an international headquarters in Switzerland and world - class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark.
While increasing the pressure of the hydrogen gas accelerated the hydrogenation process, the
research found that the process will work
with high - capacity industrial milling
operations with minimal modifications.
Instead, she took a
research and
operations position
with a national observatory utilizing her specialized skills in astrometry, the measurement of celestial movements.
No more: Bounceur, a 30 - year - old mathematician from Algeria who is also a member of Algeria's Berber cultural minority, renounced such trivial pursuits when he came to France as a master's graduate in
operations research — a discipline that blends mathematics and statistics
with computer science to pursue optimal solutions to complex problems — seeking better opportunities.
Medical director of Arthritis
Research UK Professor Alan Silman said: «This is a comprehensive study that provides both patients and surgeons
with valuable information about the risk and benefits of two effective types of knee replacement
operations.
Proposed in 2001, OIST started
operations as a
research institute in 2005
with a handful of scientists working in borrowed space,
with Brenner serving as president and a board of governors stacked
with scientific luminaries, including five Nobel laureates.
In the early days of
operation, ATR only had a few laboratories that worked in collaboration
with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and focused on radio and optical telecommunications
research.
But the more naturally raised heritage turkeys desired by consumers are not produced the way broad - breasted whites are in commercial poultry
operations, and Patterson's
research group is experimenting
with novel production methods to raise the birds.
People
with red hair are more sensitive to pain and consequently need more anaesthetic during
operations than other patients, according to new
research.
The new institute is expected to start
operations this spring
with 17 employees, including seven scientists, says molecular biologist Thomas Mettenleiter, who heads Germany's Federal
Research Center for Animal Viral Diseases.
More specifically, the AGS program aims to gradually increase the pool of local
research scientists and engineers
with multidisciplinary training that multinational corporations can tap for their R&D
operations in Singapore.
Earth science would face a cut of $ 102 million, to $ 1.8 billion,
with three missions under preparation — and one currently in
operation — canceled, along
with an unspecified reduction in earth science
research grants.
Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling — which includes hydraulic fracturing — should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel convened to weigh in on public health
research needs associated
with unconventional natural gas drilling
operations (UNGDO).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) First Responder Group (FRG) is working
with TDA
Research, Inc. (TDA) to develop a respirator system specifically for use during overhaul
operations.
-- The Corporation shall operate as a division or affiliate of the Electric Power
Research Institute (referred to in this section as «EPRI») and be managed by a Board of not more than 15 voting members responsible for its
operations, including compliance
with this section.
With such a sprawling
operation, where
research teams often have different levels of training and face a range of logistical obstacles, it's important to be consistent — only then are results directly comparable and globally applicable.
As a postdoctoral associate and assistant astronomer in the Ziurys group for the past 9 years, he has helped manage the
operations of the Ziurys laboratory, as well as assist
with the mentoring of multiple graduate and undergraduate
research assistants.
Grantees in this category must undertake to apply to the Consolidator Grant Call or the Advanced Grant Call of the European
Research Council (ERC) either in the course of their Lendület project or after its completion; alternatively, they must undertake to obtain funding in the framework of any other international research grant scheme, whose funding should be at a rate commensurate with the funding offered in the Lendület scheme, so that this might be sufficient to maintain the operation of the research team after the completion of the Lendület grant
Research Council (ERC) either in the course of their Lendület project or after its completion; alternatively, they must undertake to obtain funding in the framework of any other international
research grant scheme, whose funding should be at a rate commensurate with the funding offered in the Lendület scheme, so that this might be sufficient to maintain the operation of the research team after the completion of the Lendület grant
research grant scheme, whose funding should be at a rate commensurate
with the funding offered in the Lendület scheme, so that this might be sufficient to maintain the
operation of the
research team after the completion of the Lendület grant
research team after the completion of the Lendület grant period.
Specifically, we began our
research operations at biosafety level 2 (BSL - 2) to train faculty and staff in the specific
operations and emergency procedures associated
with the RBL.
Tim Spuck, science teacher and Einstein Fellow
with the GK12 program at NSF is exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet
with NASA's
Operation IceBridge
Research team until April 26.
Furthermore, her
research on evaluating oversight through a multi-criteria analytical approach indicates that the US system has strengths in its use of natural science data, but is weak in transparency in
operation, inclusivity of a broad range of stakeholders and perspectives, and capacity of regulatory agencies to dealing
with changing environments and technologies.