H. L. Hunt, a likely winner in the race for world's richest man, was never much for fun and games, but two of his boys, Lamar (below) and Bunker, back their leisure -
time interests with gushers of money
Not exact matches
«It is quite a lift, it does take a lot of
time and commitment across agencies, but we would be more than happy to share
with any state who is
interested.»
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.
According to Auto.Loan, there's a good chance you can lower your monthly payments and
interest rates as long as you've been on
time with previous payments.
This can be as simple as offering them training in skills they are
interested in, giving them more responsibilities, or spending more one - on - one
time with them.
You can change that around by rewarding your exceptional employees
with time during the workday to learn any new skills that
interests them.
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York
Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international
interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (
with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
Add to that the multiple competing
interests in such a situation and the opportunity for a wrong decision
with significant consequences is magnified many
times over.»
If you work in the media, or are even tangentially
interested in it, you've probably seen the New York
Times «interview
with White House strategist Steve Bannon, who attacked the mainstream press for its cluelessness during the recent election while saying that reporters should feel humiliated and irrelevant.
Some 800 pages came back containing information such as my Facebook «likes,» my photos from Instagram (even after I deleted the associated account), my education, the age - rank of men I was
interested in, how many
times I connected, when and where every online conversation
with every single one of my matches happened...
They educate themselves about basic concepts — starting perhaps
with the
time value of money and the power of compound
interest.
University of Chicago grad student David Andrew Finer realized that the data could shed light on how Wall Street interacts
with the Federal Reserve, especially around the critical
times when the central bank is voting whether to raise or lower
interest rates.
It's not as if it's expensive to borrow and invest, what
with interest rates in both countries at near all -
time lows.
Zafar suggests searching LinkedIn for people
with the expertise you need, then sending a straightforward e-mail requesting a few minutes of their
time: «Typically four out of 10 people will say yes if you approach them honestly, correctly and
with an
interesting topic.»
Gawker has also reportedly had talks
with Univision in the past, and according to the Financial
Times, media entrepreneur Jay Penske — who owns Variety magazine — has expressed an
interest in possibly acquiring Gawker.
The
time has come for financial institutions to prepare for an environment
with rising
interest rates, a Bundesbank board member told CNBC on Thursday.
Michal Kauffman writes: By Stage 4, in addition to the panic the company may be feeling as a whole, all sorts of competing
interests come out of the woodwork when it comes
time to actually move forward
with significant investments and real money: from the European tech team that is jazzed about the acquisition, to the U.S. tech team that's threatened by it, to the corporate VC team that hates it because it will undermine a competing investment in their portfolio, to the Services Division as a whole worried about their jobs if the acquisition goes through and much of their work gets automated, etc....
Do what you can to connect
with people who are
interesting, and don't waste
time with those who don't mesh
with your personality.
The truth is that we don't have to go it alone — other business owners and managers may be
interested in exchanging
time, knowledge, and / or resources
with you.
«Obviously, I disagree [
with Trump] on a whole bunch, but Canadians expect me to accomplish two things at the same
time, which is emphasize where we disagree and stand up firmly for Canadian
interests,» Trudeau told Rolling Stone.
Still, combine the indications of the short - term bond market
with today's 5 % GDP news and you get the sense that stock traders betting on low
interest rates for longer periods of
time may soon have to bail out.
Wearable devices that work
with augmented reality «will give people a way to play the game and not look at their phone all the
time and look around them at the
interesting places we are trying to help them discover,» Hanke said.
Customers will appreciate that you're looking out for their
interests, and your marketing team won't waste
time targeting the wrong people
with the wrong products.
QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered
with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real -
time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of
interest supplied by Google.
When you take the
time to read the latest article or, even better, spend some
time casually catching up
with a team member over a cup of coffee or lunch, you may not be scratching something off the to - do list, but you're building relationships, learning something
interesting, discovering something you likely would not have found out otherwise... and, most important, helping to build the foundation for long - term success.»
As
with Amazon, in the AT&T -
Time Warner case it's tough to tell where Trump's personal vendettas end and his policy
interests begin.
Aside from
interest generated by Trump, businesses are closely watching the case as a rare instance of an antitrust agency trying to prevent a company from buying a supplier, as is the case
with AT&T's purchase of
Time Warner.
It's
time for any organization
with more than a perfunctory
interest in gender parity to acknowledge the biases — often unconscious — that might be keeping qualified women from positions that ultimately go to men.
Needless to say,
with no clear indication that
interest rates will change any
time soon, everyday Canadians are banking on the fact that they're right.
With a balance - transfer credit card, new users typically have a limited
time to make no -
interest payments.»
So you're actually spending a lot of
time with your community, which does bring up an
interesting contrast right now between Airbnb and Uber.
It's just putting a band - aid on your cash flow problem, but
with interest rates some
times reaching 130 % and without adequate revenue coming in, you're just exacerbating the situation.
But when it comes to the #DinnerMode movement, the idea of dining
with family spawns an
interesting corollary question: What about the countless people without families who could still benefit from nightly
time away from their phones?
Only after you spend some
time with someone can you discover his or her true personality and
interests.
Other
times, tech might distract you from important tasks, spending quality
time with loved ones or activities that would serve your best
interests.
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.
Leonisa supports their employees
with financial assistance and
time off for maternity, illness, marriage and housing loans
with low
interest that most employees can pay off within seven years.
«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work
with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly
interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any
time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.
There are few things more aggravating at work than being kept stagnant
with the same routine responsibilities over a long period of
time, especially after you've voiced
interest in expanding your level of contribution.
This is where crowds lend their money in small increments to project owners via the platform and expect repayment over
time with some fixed rate of
interest.
How many
times have you driven by a highway billboard that
interested you — but it was so crammed
with text you couldn't read it?
But
with interest rates still near all -
time lows, and only moving up slightly on the Trump news, it seems the market still thinks there is appetite for all that debt, or that the U.S. economy will grow fast enough to justify it.
If it's someone I'm really
interested in, I'll send them an email ahead of
time with the header «Look Forward to Meeting You at the Conference» and try to set up a
time to talk.»
This is probably the bit of advice that's the easiest to argue
with, but the seniors in this study insisted that «marriage is difficult at
times for everyone... but it's much easier
with someone who shares your
interests, background and orientation.
The prospect was
interested, given that the company was struggling
with a large change program itself, so my call had a come at a great
time.
These factors will at
times seem tangled; they will proceed in fits and starts, as the ambitions of an untested President interact
with the
interests of a recalcitrant conservative block, a determined opposition, and the will of a divided public.
The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising
interest rates for the first
time in nearly a decade, but
with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.
Senator Joe Manchin, who is running for re-election this year from West Virginia, where Trump won overwhelmingly in 2016, said it was «past
time to defend our
interests, our security and our workers in the global economy and that is exactly what the president is proposing
with these tariffs.»
«Billions» is loaded
with high drama to keep it
interesting, but next
time you watch an episode, you can know that the coaching sessions are actually more realistic than you may have previously thought.