Sentences with phrase «term change in the structure»

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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.
The company said Tuesday that it «considers a further development of the management structure of the group» and that «this could include a change in the position of the chairman of the board of management,» the German term for CEO.
The report just released by the PBO shows that because of the cuts to direct program spending introduced in the 2010 and 2012 budgets and the changes to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) and the Old Age Security (OAS) system, the government now has a fiscal structure that is sustainable in the long term.
For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive rating in a manner that would have affected the rating.
Our Banking section analyses deal structures within project finance and Islamic finance as well as changing terms in the loan market.
In the long term, knowing this structure may allow us to find chemical and mechanical tools to change it — fixing it where it has gone wrong in an individual and improving it where it puts whole populations at risIn the long term, knowing this structure may allow us to find chemical and mechanical tools to change it — fixing it where it has gone wrong in an individual and improving it where it puts whole populations at risin an individual and improving it where it puts whole populations at risk.
The answer will be divided into three categories: (1) AA's effectiveness in breaking the addictive cycle and producing initial sobriety; (2) its effectiveness in producing long - term sobriety; (3) the extent to which the approach is successful in changing underlying personality - structure, rather than simply controlling symptoms.
The qualitative transformation which the Marxists allow from one economic structure to another: from slave society to the feudalistic, from the feudalistic to the capitalistic, and from the capitalistic to the communistic (supposedly), is, in terms of the evolution of reason, merely quantitative change.
While particular structures of the brain can be seen in terms of their evolutionary heritage, the functions of many of these structures have changed and are much more complicated than previously thought.
Christian is here speaking of the concept «event» as used in Whitehead's earlier works; the term doesn't change its reference in the later works, though it practically drops out of the picture as being a less than ultimate concept (corresponding to the notion of a structured society) which gives way to the category of «actual entity» as the term descriptive of ultimate, concrete reality.
An examination of the nature of bliks and onlooks (personality structures) in terms of the ways in which they may or may not be shared or changed.
George Will zeroes in on the cause in no uncertain terms: «Karl Marx, who had a Reaganesque respect for capitalism's transforming power, got one thing right: Capitalism undermines traditional social structures and values; it is a relentless engine of change, a revolutionary inflamer of appetites, enlarger of expectations, diminisher of patience.»
A Whiteheadian structured society, accordingly, is not a substance in the classical sense of the term since its constituent parts are new at every instant and even its formal structure or essence is involved in a process of change or development.
Biblically literate women looked to scripture to justify their changing situation, especially in the churches.25 Gabriele Dietrich emphasizes three points which are important in our context from the Jesus Movement26: firstly, the Jesus Movement was critical of the existing patriarchal family structure and created new forms of community; secondly, it was egalitarian in terms of class with a bias in favor of the poor; and, thirdly, it provided for a participation of women which was far reaching and unusual under the conditions of the time.27
It has been indicated that there is also the need for significant changes within the present structure of religious television, both in terms of integrity of message and practice, in representativeness of a diversity of religious traditions and viewpoints, and in the relation of communication efforts to the wider work of the church.
The Fascist regime itself, whatever its negative features, probably contributed to that «passive revolution» in another of the senses in which Gramsci used the term, in which important social changes can go on even under reactionary and repressive regimes — the gradual erosion of particularistic and traditional authority structures and the development of more egalitarian social forms — though it may be in the nature of the less effective Italian Fascist regime to have served more as a guardian for such structures and less as a corrosive to them than in the more efficient fascist regimes in Germany and Japan.
Social morality is to a large extent viewed as this personal morality writ large: there is little understanding in evangelical ethics of group morality, corporate ethics or social behavior, Christian discipleship has tended therefore to be interpreted mainly in terms of individual morality and witness rather than in action for change in other dimensions such as social structures or political systems.
Pernod Ricard updates on US changes Pernod Ricard has announced further details of the new structure of its operations in the US, a market that the group considers key to its medium - term goals.
It's pleasing that there is a long - term structure in place at the club but the changes I'd want are in the short to medium term.
In the short term, lawmakers do not expect Carl Heastie to make wholesale changes to the Assembly's leadership structure if he succeeds — as it now appears he will — in becoming the chamber's next speakeIn the short term, lawmakers do not expect Carl Heastie to make wholesale changes to the Assembly's leadership structure if he succeeds — as it now appears he will — in becoming the chamber's next speakein becoming the chamber's next speaker.
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, announced he will retire after two terms, shocking colleagues, scrambling next year's election map, and causing a seismic change in the chamber's entrenched committee structure.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker will retire from the Senate after two terms, scrambling next year's election map and causing a seismic change in the Senate's entrenched committee structure.
The results suggest that practicing yoga in the long - term can change the structure of your brain and could protect against cognitive decline in old age.
These differences could account for some of the changes in DNA / histone structures that develop during addiction, suggesting a potential biological difference driving long - term abuse versus overdose
Their results therefore suggest that persistent long - term warming in southeast Australia will lead to major changes in the structure and function of shallow reef fish communities.
The term «water law» in the Colorado River basin has come to refer to a monstrous volume of federal statutes and agreements, court precedents and state laws and regulations that can differ from place to place and have changed incrementally over the years but are structured by the interstate agreements to divide the river.
Even short - term blockages of this kind can lead to remarkable changes in the auditory system, altering the behavior and structure of nerve cells that relay information from the ear to the brain, according to a new University at Buffalo study.
Such changes in plant community structures also have long - term impacts on forest regeneration, Averill said.
Previous studies by this group, and many others, have shown short - term increases in self - reported anxiety when digitally - dependent people have their digital devices removed, and longer - term increases in their depression and loneliness, as well as changes to actual brain structures and capability to fight infections in some.
Changes in atomic structure are best viewed in terms of polyhedral geometry
Phospholipase C is required for changes in postsynaptic structure and function associated with NMDA receptor - dependent long - term depression.
The findings suggest that during or shortly after menopause, women experience changes in the frontal areas of their brains that play a role in short - term memory and advanced cognitive abilities, like organizing, structuring and evaluating information.
Unrelated to the term «functional medicine,» functional disorders are defined as conditions in which there is altered function — something does not work right, but there is no apparent change in structure or chemistry.
So yes, when thinking about internet dating vs traditional dating, the processes may have changed in terms of becoming more virtual, however, the integral structures of matchmaking, meeting through a verified network and defining your preferences, remain the same when using an online dating website, such as EliteSingles.
Although the gameplay is quite varied, and the offer in terms of quests and exploration rich, the combat system still lacks depth, and structure as questing never changes.
Having reviewed and assessed all current projects and plans for the short and medium term, we have decided that in order to deliver on our strategic objectives, it is necessary to make some changes to the European studios structure.
In terms of narrative structure, the previous Spielberg film that Lincoln ends up most resembling is Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which while a more consistently entertaining film still provided a dramatic change in pace and style at the end to deliver a long feel - good sequence as a sort of reward to the audience for hanging in for that lonIn terms of narrative structure, the previous Spielberg film that Lincoln ends up most resembling is Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which while a more consistently entertaining film still provided a dramatic change in pace and style at the end to deliver a long feel - good sequence as a sort of reward to the audience for hanging in for that lonin pace and style at the end to deliver a long feel - good sequence as a sort of reward to the audience for hanging in for that lonin for that long.
What people should remember is that «Pulp Fiction,» lousy knockoffs aside, forever changed what we should expect from a movie, in terms of its dialogue, characters and story structure.
In sociological terms, the plausibility structure has changed; what was inconceivable 30 years ago is now conceivable, because we have begun to see, experience, and study it.
This lesson provides and introduction to the key terms in the marriage and the family unit and urges students to consider how the family structure has changed and the problems / benefits that have occurred as a result.
As you can see, I'm urging you to use your independence, flexibility, and assets (sizable as they are in philanthropic terms even if meager alongside America's K — 12 education budget) to press for change outside the district structure.
Task 2: Create a structure for an applied developmental taxonomy that integrates concepts from multiple frameworks, describes in terms of everyday observable behaviors, and emphasizes how it changes across development); plus an illustration of how stakeholders can use the taxonomy to enhance their work in research, policy, or practice with children and youth.
A Paradigm Shift readers won't find the phrase «algebraic thinking» in the Math Panel's report, but researchers and others have used the term to describe «particular ways of thinking, including analyzing relationships between quantities, noticing structure, studying change, generalizing, problem solving, modeling, justifying, proving, and predicting» (cai & Knuth, 2005).
But the idea that investors can improve their long - term returns by adjusting their portfolios according to «changes in market structure, macroeconomic fundamentals, and technical cues» flies in the face of the evidence.
However, no change in the nature or terms of the scheme, known as fundamental attributes of the scheme e.g. structure, investment pattern, etc., can be carried out unless a written communication is sent to each unit holder and an advertisement is given in one English daily newspaper having nationwide circulation and in a newspaper published in the language of the region where the head office of the mutual fund is situated.
45 days advanced notice prior to interest rate increases or other significant changes in credit card terms: this includes the benefits and reward structure of a credit card.
The term structure reflects expectations of market participants about future changes in interest rates and their assessment of monetary policy conditions.
In this scenario, an investor who met their qualifications would be guaranteed a commission free portfolio as long as the terms and conditions of their commission structure did not change.
He tests relationships between change in VIX futures term structure and S&P 500 Index return via regressions run at frequencies of one day, one week, two weeks, one month and two months, with the sample winnowed in each case so that measurements do not overlap.
As a result, you will have cleaned up and simplified your obligations and the structure of your debt will most likely have improved — in many cases changing from comparatively high short - term repayments to smaller amounts payable on a more long - term timeline.
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