It took several years for my son's case to be concluded and throughout
that time they acted with upmost professionalism and expertise...
Not exact matches
Even though the planners had, in effect, spent more
time thinking about their task,
with no progress made on the task itself, as Baumeister and Tierney explain, «their minds had apparently been cleared by the
act of writing down a plan.»
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the
timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions
with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements
with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements
with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts
with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or
acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act and the United Kingdom Bribery
Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships
with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance
with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
«It's definitely ambitious, but it's such an interesting
time with the Affordable Care
Act (ACA) coming about,» says Cyrus Massoumi, CEO and co-founder of ZocDoc.
«We always had the commitment but now he's stuck
with me and I can really
act out,» Adams said during an interview
with UK's The
Times magazine.
If there isn't a
time constraint for your offer, simply adding the adverb «now» along
with a compelling verb to create the subconscious perception that people need to
act quickly.
At
times, they
acted in ways inconsistent
with their authentic feelings,» he continues.
«There are
times you get numb,» says Gordon J. Vanscoy, whose business, $ 240.1 million Pantherx Specialty Pharmacy (No. 65,
with a 5,318.7 percent three - year growth rate), is riding the Affordable Care
Act bronco.
Wheeler's «split the baby» approach to the contentious net neutrality debate, reported on over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal and the New York
Times, would effectively reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities akin to the phone companies under Title II of the Telecommunications
Act, but only in dealing
with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's Youtube.
Mark Suster, a two -
time entrepreneur - turned - prolific - venture - investor, shared
with me how important it is to
act and look the part I want to play.
With up to 40 % of your
time wasted in a juggling
act, it's prudent to give some consideration to developing new habits, both for productivity sakes as well as for your own sanity!
With $ 40 million in initial capital from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and others, Kushner and his team incubated Oscar within Thrive and had a finished product in October of last year, in
time to start accepting enrollments on the New York Health Insurance Exchange (the marketplace for health insurance under the Affordable Care
Act).
With projections from Gartner showing that by 2020, the Internet of Things will support a base of 26 billion devices, the
time to
act is now.
But ultimately this cost will be paid by future generations, who will have to cope
with the harmful effects of a changing climate that we compound every
time we eat meat ---- unless we
act today.
At the same
time - assuming that Donald Trump can be trusted to
act as rationally as Kim Jong - Un - the north can rest assured that until US citizens or their allied counterparts are actually killed
with North Korean weapons, the US is highly unlikely to risk military action on the Korean Peninsula.
First, on Jan. 31, 2017, Trump fired Sally Yates,
acting attorney general, after she informed the White House several
times that then National Security Advisor Michael Flynn had lied about his contacts
with Russians.
Like the Affordable Care
Act, it was passed on a purely party - line vote, via a truly ugly process,
with little
time for legislators to figure out what's in it.
The news comes at a critical
time for American families: Under the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993, qualifying American are guaranteed 12 weeks of «reasonable» leave for certain family and medical situations including caring for a family member
with a serious health condition.
However, I realized when
acting like that, I'm wasting a lot of
time and lessening my chances of actually succeeding
with my goal.
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.
A statement attributed to Peggy Carr, the
acting commissioner of the department's National Center for Education Statistics, said: «We consider it to be an important innovation, but we want to allow it
time to develop and crystalize into an operationalized assessment
with a solid empirical foundation to validate its technical stability.»
Disney shareholders lost their case but the final ruling set a new bar for directors when approving these kinds of exit packages: «If a director
acts with conscious disregard — in other words, a looking away — rather than a deliberate intent to violate his duties, he can still be held liable for
acting in bad faith,» plaintiffs» attorney Steven G. Schullman told the New York
Times back in 2006.
The goal, he said at the
time, was to prevent him from
acting like greedy executives who like to «stuff their pockets
with all the gold they can find.»
Simply put, the Rule of One is this: whenever you find yourself believing or
acting as though any «one» thing, person, idea,
time, formula, or form of value is all - important, it's the surest sign that you are missing the bigger picture and, along
with it, the threat or opportunity at your doorstep.
It's very hard to go public
with [the] Sarbanes - Oxley [
Act, which imposed new rules on U.S. public companies]-- very
time - consuming, very expensive.
That changed in the U.S. in 2007 after President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy
Act, which extended Daylight Saving
Time in the U.S. Rather than starting on the first Sunday in April and ending on the last Sunday in October, the U.S. began observing Daylight Saving
Time on the second Sunday of March,
with it lasting until the first Sunday in November.
Especially now
with the employer mandate of the Affordable Care
Act, full -
time employees can be significantly more expensive.
«Reauthorizing the Choice
Act buys Congress some
time to work
with Secretary [David] Shulkin on broader choice reforms that will truly empower veterans
with the ability to seek care outside the VA when they want to.»
But whether or not the shooter actually had any formal ties
with ISIS, the title of Rukmini Callimachi's New York
Times report says it all: «Was Orlando Shooter Really
Acting for ISIS?
By
acting like a normal Redditor but
with a predictable schedule / upvote
time / all made on the same I.P these accounts will eventually get caught.
Looking back at the three
times I faced this situation, I'm grateful I
acted in a manner congruent
with our stated company culture.
Clint Eastwood got his
acting start in Western flicks, but his
time serving during the Korean War presented the actor
with the adventure of a lifetime.
SMART has been a successful goal - setting framework for a long
time because it is easy to understand, to
act on and to follow up
with.
If you are planning a major acquisition or purchase, you should discuss your options
with your tax professional before
acting, in order to minimize the cost or maximize your deductions or credits at tax
time.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations
with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care
Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination
with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from
time to
time in Gilead's reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
This year, the Affordable Care
Act provision requiring employers
with at least 50 full -
time equivalent employees to offer health benefits to full -
time workers or pay a penalty took full effect.
The Affordable Care
Act (ACA) has already or will drastically impact employers
with 50 or more full -
time employees; however, the IRS announced it will be expanding incentives — in the form of a tax credit — to small employers who offer insurance through the exchange to its employees.
While it's always recommended that families meet
with a financial advisor to decide what level of life insurance protection would benefit them the most, a supplemental policy could
act as a financial safety net, providing much needed normalcy during a very difficult
time.
The proposed law would also adjust penalties according to the value of the cryptocurrency involved in a transgression, which would be determined based on a token's exchange rate
with the Philippine peso at the
time that the criminal
act took place.
The Department of Treasury announced on July 2, that the enforcement of the Affordable Care
Act's Employer mandate, which requires employers
with 50 or more full -
time equivalent employees to provide affordable health insurance or pay penalties, will be delayed until Jan. 1, 2015.
Due to complex reporting requirements, the Obama administration delayed implementation of the Affordable Care
Act's (ACA) shared responsibility requirements, which requires employers
with 50 or more full -
time equivalent employees to provide adequate and affordable health insurance or pay penalties.
Accordingly, the Governing Council agreed that
acting at this
time was consistent both
with the Bank's primary mission — the pursuit of its inflation target — as well as helping to manage financial stability risks, even if there could be some increase in financial vulnerabilities in the process.
As set forth above, as opposed to the stringent regulations in other states such as New York, and the bill proposed in the Assembly last year, which appear to deter companies from spending the
time and money to pursue cutting - edge ideas, the
Act appropriately balances the need for consumer protection
with the desire to allow businesses to innovate.
At about the same
time, APRA
acted to ensure that the interest rate «buffer» used in the serviceability assessments for all loans was at least 2 percentage points above the relevant benchmark rate (
with an interest rate floor of at least 7 per cent).
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships
with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including
with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements;
acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer
time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated
with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
The past few months,
with a series of disasters seemingly one on top of another, have felt apocalyptic to many, but the bright side to these dark
times has been the outpouring of donations and
acts of generosity that followed.
If you're working another full -
time job
with nobody fully invested, you are running the risk of burning out,
acting with less urgency and just not having enough hours in the day to get what you need done.
9 There are other provisions of the Dodd - Frank
Act granting new powers to the Federal Reserve
with respect to financial stability, and
time does not permit me to review all of them here.
Under New York law, which governs the terms of Shkreli's employment, Shkreli was prohibited from
acting in any matter inconsistent
with his agency or trust, and was bound at all
times to exercise the utmost good faith and loyalty in the performance of his duties for Retrophin.
With the current capital markets having been flooded with Fed, Bank of Japan and ECB money printing, I'm not sure the junk bond market will act as a warning beacon this time aro
With the current capital markets having been flooded
with Fed, Bank of Japan and ECB money printing, I'm not sure the junk bond market will act as a warning beacon this time aro
with Fed, Bank of Japan and ECB money printing, I'm not sure the junk bond market will
act as a warning beacon this
time around.