Sentences with phrase «stated operating strategy»

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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.

«In keeping with our corporate strategy to move away from merchant power markets and toward a company operating exclusively as a utility in regulated markets, we are working with Exelon to come to commercial terms on a sale transaction that depends largely on the final terms and timeliness of the New York State Clean Energy Standard,» said Entergy Wholesale Commodities President Bill Mohl.

«New York state has mobilized a multi-pronged strategy to mitigate the inconvenience of these delays,» the governor said, citing accelerated bridge and tunnel repairs, conversion to cashless tolling, additional trains, express buses and ferries that will operate, and additional police to regulate traffic.

This creates a special challenge for practitioners, particularly on behalf of multinational firms and interests operating in Latin America that are more used to the campaign strategies and tactics developed and deployed on their behalf in Europe or the United States.

States should develop policies that acknowledge the challenge of opening and operating rural charter schools but also allow charter operators, school districts, and state officials to consider where and when charter schools might be a useful reform strategy.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

As you are aware, the Illinois Center for School Improvement (Illinois CSI), operated by American Institutes for Research (AIR) on behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), was created to coordinate the statewide system of support to provide identified districts with strategies for transforming schools performing below state standState Board of Education (ISBE), was created to coordinate the statewide system of support to provide identified districts with strategies for transforming schools performing below state standstate standards.

The Negotiations Division plans and executes U.S. strategy for achieving an equitable, pro-competitive operating environment for U.S. airline services between the United States and foreign countries.

An optimized hybrid operating strategy lets the clutch decouple the gasoline engine from the drivetrain and depending on battery state of charge, the electric motor takes over.

The 3 Series plug - in comes with a Driving experience Control switch which offers three different modes — Comfort, Sport and Eco Pro — delivering different suspension, shift characteristics and hybrid operating strategies, as well as a hybrid - adapted Proactive Driving Assistant that use the SatNav to manage the powertrain based on its current state and that of the road ahead.

In his book Competition Demystified, he states that a company's competitive advantage and the structure of the industry in which they operate is the key to business strategy and success.

Speaking after the carrier announced that it would include the next - generation IFE product on its Boeing 777 - 300ERs earlier this year, China Southern's Chief Operating Officer, Zhang Zifang, stated: «These aircraft play a crucial role in our international growth strategy and being the launch customer for the AVANT system is an important move for us to offer an advanced experience to our passengers.»

As it seeks to expand its infrastructure to support those workloads, Microsoft is pursuing a hybrid strategy in which it builds state - of - the - art data centers in areas where land and power are cheap, and leases third - party wholesale space in key markets where it is expensive to build and operate large server farms.

The painterly action amounts, in her view, to an «active meditation,» a liberated mental state that allows her to operate from a place of intuition even when relying on method and strategy.

Of the 12 states in the Northeast, 11 have developed adaptation plans for several sectors and 10 have released, or plan to release, statewide adaptation plans.102 Given the interconnectedness of climate change impacts and adaptation, multi-state coordination could help to ensure that information is shared efficiently and that emissions reduction and adaptation strategies do not operate at cross-purposes.

While the Trump administration's recent budget request alone may not move H.R. 3053 to the floor, both are «reassuring» developments that could resolve political and financial hurdles blockading Yucca Mountain development, said Katrina McMurrian, executive director of the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC), an entity whose membership includes state utility commissions, state consumer advocates, state energy officials, and owners of operating and shutdown reactors.

Through careful navigation of the regulatory requirements, we developed an innovative solution that avoided pitting state and federal authorities against each other and ultimately allowed the company to refocus its strategy to increase oil and gas production at its Elk Hills Oil Field while improving efficiency and lowering operating costs.

The panel discussed and evaluated current practical considerations in asserting and defending cybersquatting claims, trademark considerations in light of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy («UDRP») decisions, litigation concerns under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act («ACPA») 1999 amendment to the Lanham Act, and related enforcement and defense approaches, as well as counseling strategies for assisting clients that are operating and staking claims online., Moderator, Trademarks, Domain Names & Cybersquatting, NY State Bar Association, IP Section Trademark Committee, 2016

An NJ drivers ed online course can provide tips for defensive driving strategies, information about state traffic laws and guidance for operating a motor vehicle.

• Took over underperforming property and implemented operating strategies that proved to rank that store as the fastest growing store in the state, while saving the property from closure and delivered $ 450K in new revenues (achieving 30 % growth trend), and won Manager of the Year.

Developed online promotion strategies for various clients that operate in other states and countries

Skill Highlights Software Development Life Cycle End - User Training Technical Writing Strategy Planning Process Improvement Facilities Management Education Texas State University 2014 Bachelor of Science: Computer Science (cum laude) San Marcos, TX Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines Technical Skills Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, MySQL, MSSQL Server, Visual Studio.NET suite, VB.NET, C#.NET Professional Experience 6/1/2014 — Current Systems Programmer I Texas State University — San Marcos, TX Provide technical support to computer operating systems software and assist in evaluation, selection, installation, and maintenance of systems software and hardware for University.

Claims Management Duties & Responsibilities Utilize efficient workflow organization to improve departmental efficiencies while ensuring effective client response and diligent analysis of claims, with extensive experience in both commercial and personal lines Provide relevant administration and direction to multi-million dollar staff budgets, quality control, fraud investigations, and complex claims reviews, earning denial authority over high - level claims cases Identify and develop talent among team members with focused training efforts, performance reporting and analyses, and operational efficiency initiatives Deliver continuous assessment of work force, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective service strategies and techniques, loss liability monitoring, and claim litigation assistance Develop and implement the marketing and sales efforts of customer service team while tracking progress versus established internal and external benchmarks, providing disciplinary actions when necessary Construct customer service and claims team through effective staff hiring to aid in efficient operations and execution, delegating important tasks / assigments to line supervisors while providing branch - level guidance Aid in strategic planning and capital budgeting based on improving operating efficiency and reducing service - related production losses, collaborating effectively with senior - level management Maintain a strong working knowledge of important industry topics, company programs and policies, and overall regulatory environment, including state - level responsibility for process changes in casualty / PIP Address important client and staff queries, resolving them in an expedited manner Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude and professionalism

As president and Chief Operating Officer for Granite Properties, Greg Fuller oversees strategy and direction for the firm through senior level managers in all corporate functions in the investment, development, management, and leasing of a portfolio of office buildings throughout the southern United States.