Under President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal, federal
research spending into all three areas — and many others — would decline abruptly.
Not exact matches
The organization
spent three years
researching how to incorporate those skills
into an online format.
Major consumer products companies
spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year constructing, assigning and fielding market
research projects and then summarily reviewing and incorporating the survey and
research results
into proposals, pitches, and other internal presentations to a variety of audiences.
Smartphone makers Apple and Samsung
spend billions on
research and development each year so that our smartphones and other connected devices continue to evolve
into high - tech works of art.
Management consultancy Oliver Wyman has estimated global investment
research spend could fall by as much as $ 1.5 billion annually, when the rules come
into force in January.
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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.
If I can get
into the flow for three or four hours, then my work is done; the latter half of the day can be
spent reading and
researching.
He noted that young blockchain projects like Tezos typically can't afford to
spend «millions and millions» for legal
research into every country and, in the case of the U.S., every state.
Even if some of the money that Valeant has
spent on acquisitions has made its way
into funding new drug
research, it's probably a small faction.
A few years ago, Microsoft did some
research into this problem and found that people
spend on average 5.6 hours each week in meetings, and that 71 percent of American employees reported that these meetings «aren't very productive.»
We don't know what Apple is
spending all that money on, but we do know that Apple has an active
research project
into self - driving cars, among other things.
Letting markets do what they do best — drive information
into prices — frees us to
spend time where we believe we have an advantage, namely in how we interpret the
research, how we design and manage portfolios, and how we service our clients.
Bruce discusses
research into how retirees are managing their sources of cash against their
spending.
His name first came
into the spotlight in 2011 with a
research paper entitled «Safe Savings Rate: A New Approach to Retirement Planning over the Life Cycle,» and much of his work is still centered on its main concept: That anyone who saves at their own «safe savings rate» will likely be able to achieve their retirement
spending goals, regardless of their actual wealth accumulation and withdrawal rate.
To gain more clarity
into spending intentions, Morgan Stanley
Research analyzed transcripts from more than 400 recent earnings calls for S&P 500 companies to understand which companies are likely to reinvest, return capital, or do both.
SDRs can easily fall
into the trap of
spending all their time
researching a great prospect and too little time actually selling.
But often, not enough time is
spent researching a fund's structure and the associated tax implications, which can translate
into hundreds or even thousands of basis points.
During a recent CNBC interview, he said: «[Why isn't] all this capital being
spent for productive plant and equipment, or sent back
into dividends to increase consumer demand, or shoring up shaky pension plans or going
into research and development?
ARC Energy
Research Institute forecasts $ 30 billion will be
spent in conventional and tight oil and gas formations in Canada this year, which is more than twice the $ 12 billion in investment projected to go
into the oilsands, but still well below the peak of $ 46 billion
spent in Canadian conventional oil and gas production in 2014.
Before applying for any funding,
spend some time getting your finances
into good order,
researching your options, and finding a credit source that's likely to approve your application.
Most people who become Christians, (if they are not born
into it) don't
spend any time
researching [again, «reasoning»] the system they are about to commit to.
I
spend a lot of time
researching and sketching lace patterns that go
into the detail of the designs.
Detailing
research into extensive leave for fathers in other countries, Professor O'Brien said: «We have found that when a father
spends weeks / months in solo care of young children, his long - term relationship with them is closer.
I wish all of these companies who
spend a fortune on
research and technology — getting grants, bills, donations and funding for such — would channel all their efforts
into simply getting better food and great nutrition programs to our kids.
Men who take time off after the birth
spend more time with their children later on and this contributes positively to their development, according to
research reviewed in an EOC report published in January 2005, Shared caring: bringing fathers
into the frame (Margaret O'Brien).
Other
research into how long users
spend on webpages show that the average viewing time is made up of a majority who quit after a few seconds, and a minority who linger for far longer.
A couple of Occupational Therapists completed and published a
research study that compared two groups of babies, one group
spent 30 minutes minimum of tummy time per day and the other group did not, the tummy time group scored higher on developmental assessments, so perhaps 30 minutes in a good goal per day; most helpful if broken up
into mini sessions throughout the day.
- and how can we ensure preventative
spending — early years
spending, support for troubled families, public and mental health services, scientific
research into new cures and treatments — areas where
spending now saves billions in the future - is given a high priority.
In this morning's Daily Record, Dugdale says that the death of her close friend Gordon Aikman, who
spent the last months of his life raising cash for
research into Motor Neurone Disease, the condition that claimed his life, had forced her to re-evaluate her priorities.
New report shows how failure to do
research into effects of
spending cuts caused more problems than it solved
Under the legislation Cuomo approved, the state will
spend $ 5 million that is aimed at supporting
research into industrial hemp production.
So presumably, the less wealthy, after being told what to
spend their money on by «society» for all their working years, reach pensionable age fully moulded by a paternalistic government
into financially responsible citizens who will commit a significant amount of their time to
research where they want to invest their pensions, and subsequently enjoy «regular updates on how their pension fund was growing» — because of course, like house prices, pension funds can only rise in value.
Pat McFadden MP, the shadow business secretary, said the Experian
research into the differing effect of
spending cuts across English regions showed that the government's policies would «hit the poorest areas hardest.»
«Depending on whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, passage of the Scientific
Research in the National Interest Act (HR 3293) is either a simple reminder that federal dollars should be
spent wisely, or an unwise and unwarranted intrusion
into NSF's grantsmaking process.»
President Donald Trump today signed
into law a $ 1.3 trillion
spending package that largely rejects deep cuts to
research agencies proposed by the White House and, in many cases, provides substantial increases.
Conducting her dissertation
research in the highlands of western Kenya on factors affecting contraction of malaria gave Kacey Ernst insight
into why
spending time with a community is critical to improving public health.
He is too busy moving his Oxford
research group
into new facilities to
spend much time looking back.
Assuming the winner didn't capture a majority of the vote, second place would have been good enough to get Westin
into a May runoff for the chance to unseat Representative John Culberson, a nine - term Republican who chairs a
spending panel that shapes the budgets of several federal
research agencies.
Although
spending $ 200 on iodide pills for an almost nonexistent threat seems ridiculous (and could even be harmful — side effects include skin rashes, nausea, and possible allergic reactions), 40 years of
research into the way people perceive risk shows that it is par for the course.
But new federal
spending initiatives, such as the Canada
Research Chairs and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) infrastructure grants, are breathing new life into scientific research in
Research Chairs and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) infrastructure grants, are breathing new life
into scientific
research in
research in Canada.
Restrict the possibility of
spending time after graduation on
research grants without enrolling
into a PhD program; raise the minimum requirement for becoming a tenured researcher from a laurea to a PhD; transfer work load from the 1st and 2nd level degrees to the 3rd, and promote the latter as much as the two former; reserve the doctor title to PhDs.
I
spent 20 years doing
research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that they tapped
into a fundamental distinction in language processing, indeed in cognitive processing, between memory lookup and rule - driven computation.
If you're like Keren, you've
spent years building the
research and technical skills needed to complete your training and move
into a
research career.
In order to tackle bringing innovation
into the legacy sectors, Bonvillian said multiple approaches have to be engaged simultaneously, including improvements to and
spending on
research and development, policy changes to eliminate pricing advantages and rules that keep the legacy sector afloat at the cost of lost innovation and reimagined governmental innovation programs that carry ideas beyond the
research and development stage toward commercialization.
According to a 2009 study in Evolutionary Ecology
Research, just 1 percent more time
spent playing correlated with an 18 percent greater chance of survival
into adulthood.
Boyd, an archaeologist and director of SHUMLA (Studying Human Use of Materials, Land, and Art), an education and
research center in Comstock, Texas, will
spend the afternoon scouring the shelter for insight
into the ancient residents and their spiritual world.
And what if there was more — the opportunity to
spend up to 12 weeks working in the lab of one of these top players, gaining new insight
into your
research?
Spending taxpayers» money for turning swords
into ploughshares is okay — but money for basic
research apparently is not.
R&D
spending includes everything from the Defense Advanced
Research Project Agency's initiatives in the Defense Department relating to biosecurity and technological tracking devices, to the National Institutes of Health's projects relating to research into precision medicine and advances in the understanding of th
Research Project Agency's initiatives in the Defense Department relating to biosecurity and technological tracking devices, to the National Institutes of Health's projects relating to
research into precision medicine and advances in the understanding of th
research into precision medicine and advances in the understanding of the brain.
«In the current model of
research, we go
into a classroom and
spend months observing, giving tests and trying to see if changes to a specific model work and how to best implement them,» Lamb said.