Not exact matches
We initially backed that with our own reserves,
which was a very scary
thing to do, but then we got a lot
of interest from insurance companies.
Which means this uptick in Art
of the Deal - style pushiness — if it
's a real phenomenon — probably isn't a good
thing for the men employing it, their negotiating partners, or their companies.
A whole host
of studies prove that moving more leads to thinking better,
which is a phenomenal
thing to know if you
're looking for a little inspiration to hit the gym.
The sentiment expressed by the Russian delegate
is as clear a sign as any
of the significance that some governments
are assigning to the blockchain — a technology that
is now
being applied to
things as varied as financial trading and voting — and the degree to
which it
is becoming a subject
of geopolitical battles.
When you say it that bluntly, it cheapens the underlying truth, so let me attempt to
be a bit more genteel: We work so that we might tend to the many other
things we care about in life (the vast majority
of which cost money).
One
of the
things that especially annoying with Amazon's shopping experience
is when a search produces results
of an item available from multiple sellers (
which is not unusual):
which seller
is most reliable or trustworthy?
Then I have a few wide - ranging product meetings at
which we review
things like whether we
're running into any problems on the factory side, and whether we
're happy with the action
of the zipper on our new hoodie —
is it catching at all?
It has
been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack
of a social safety net to save rigorously for
things like higher education and in case
of illness — have few other investing vehicles with
which to protect their savings from the ravages
of inflation.
People use online dating because they feel like they
're not meeting enough
of the right kind
of people in their daily life, and if they
were, then they wouldn't use an online dating site, that
's why you don't use it when you
're in college or a lot
of people don't use it when they
're in grad school because you meet so many great people all the time, I wouldn't join an online dating site, but it
's when you don't have those opportunities to have those interactions that people feel the need and I think
things like Hinge, and even Tinder to some extent, allow you to meet just a lot
of people so that you don't have to go through that process,
which is a lot more effort, to do an online dating site.
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.
However, we should have a good idea
of which way
things are going by around 2.00
am, by
which time the results in Wandsworth and Westminster will have come in.
Inc. will
be reporting on the ground during the interactive portion
of the festival,
which offers more than 1,300 different sessions on all
things tech - related.
I
'm not a big fan
of the whole lean startup
thing or even minimum viable products (MVPs) unless they've
been previously market - validated, but there
is a clear virtue in representing an initial solution
which a company can quickly buy and bring to market — even if it
's not comprehensive, industrial strength or the whole enchilada on Day One.
The tech giant
was playing catch - up
of sorts to Google,
which has allowed developers to do the same
thing on its Android platform on Google Play since 2013.
In the wake
of Kikito's distressing death, we
're collectively forgetting other incidents in
which extreme deference to pets aboard airplanes might well have actually made
things worse.
On his company's website, Richard Branson has a long list
of recommended reading,
which features everything from «Where the Wild
Things Are,» to «The Hobbit,» to Maya Angelou's «I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings» — one
of Bill Clinton's favorite books, too.
But that
's the situation that fans
of the critically - acclaimed NBC drama This
Is Us found themselves in after Tuesday's episode, in which the long - anticipated death of a leading character (actor Milo Ventimiglia's Jack) is hinted to ended up coming at the hands of a faulty slow - cooker, of all thing
Is Us found themselves in after Tuesday
's episode, in
which the long - anticipated death
of a leading character (actor Milo Ventimiglia
's Jack)
is hinted to ended up coming at the hands of a faulty slow - cooker, of all thing
is hinted to ended up coming at the hands
of a faulty slow - cooker,
of all
things.
Last year, for example, the two biggest winners — in terms
of viewership and online engagement —
were Netflix's Stranger
Things trailer and Budweiser's commercial,
which featured a young adult Adolphus Busch emigrating from Germany.
The whole
thing is intended to gain attention,
which it has: As
of publishing this post, there
were 93 comments plus separate discussions on both Facebook and Twitter, not to mention among Inc.com's female editors.
So, the U.S. talent pool
is doing six
things in six places, little
of which directly leads to new business formation or
is likely to alleviate income inequality.
Marsh calls it, «an eye - opening exploration into how children
are raised around the world and how child - rearing can inform the understanding
of human nature more broadly,» noting the author's most essential point
is that «one
of the
things which makes humans special as a species
is that we don't limit care to our own children.
• Fenox Venture Capital and AsusTek Computer Inc formed a $ 50 million venture fund,
which will focus on
AI, big data, Internet
of Things, cloud, and AR / VR.
«But he keeps winning these Democratic primaries, and he
's getting the support
of a majority
of Democratic voters despite his views that
are clearly not Democratic,
which tells me that the
things he says transcend politics and if there
is not universal acceptance, there
's more widespread acceptance for his beliefs and viewpoints than I think people realize.»
The truth
is, I feel a stronger sense
of family, a bigger sense
of permanence,
which is a nice
thing for me.»
One
of the most exciting
things about studying Musk and other breakthrough innovators
is that it reveals that even though these people often have special, difficult - to - imitate abilities or traits, the mechanisms by
which these abilities and traits lead to innovation
are often something we can tap ourselves.
It would
be quite fun because you have gravity,
which is about 37 % that
of Earth, so you'd
be able to lift heavy
things and bound around and have a lot
of fun.
When you own a bond mutual fund, you don't actually own a bond —
which will continue to pay a coupon so long as the issuer isn't in default — you just own a share
of the fund,
which is comprised
of lots
of bonds and sometimes other
things.
«So according to the Joint Committee on Taxation —
which is the official scorekeeper
of these
things — every single person, every rate payer, every bracket person gets a rate cut,» House Speaker Paul Ryan told conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday.
The simplicity
of the items
is a recurring theme,
which can
be good, but some
things are constructed with the amount
of care and precision seen in the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
The firm also notes that a recent report from the New York Fed,
which we wrote about here, discusses the role that electronic and automated trading could
be playing in the bond market, particularly how these dynamics may have exacerbated the bond «flash crash,» an event JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said
is the kind
of thing that happens «once every 3 billion years or so.»
Before launching Circle in 2013, she
was — among other
things — the CEO and COO
of the Kashf Foundation, where she expanded a small micro-lending pilot program into an entity that provided more than 300,000 women with loans («98 %
of which were repaid in full,» she says with a proud smile).
Today, two
of his daughters hold the reins: Naomi Azrieli
is chair
of CanPro Investments, the family's Montreal real estate development company, as well as CEO
of the non-profit Azrieli Foundation; Danna Azrieli
is chair
of Tel Aviv — based Azrieli Group,
which owns, among other
things, 15 shopping malls across Israel.
Zuora
is also building a following among manufacturers such as Schneider Electric and Honeywell,
which use its software to manage new services such as predictive maintenance enabled by the Internet
of things (IoT).
One
of the
things they argue over
is which is the oldest pub in England.
Although CI couldn't figure out what has happening, it did a few
things to cope, none
of which were ideal.
The fact
is, stories on Apple products inevitably get tons
of readers,
which means a few
things.
Steve Bannon
is many
things, including the former chairman
of the right - wing news site Breitbart News,
which he once described as a «platform for the alt - right,» a strain
of conservatism that includes white nationalists.
Enabling the working poor, many
of them immigrants (hence the name Tio,
which means «uncle» in Spanish), to pay their bills for a low fee and avoid late penalties or service interruptions
was simply the right
thing to do.
If you change too many
things, your data won't
be useful because you won't know
which element
of the ad ultimately improved (or decreased) your results.
Let's add staff, or let's spend some money training staff or getting them updated skills — all
of those
things which are really difficult to do when you
are in a busy environment,» he says.
The process
of determining
which goods to send to these rented facilities
was haphazard, making it difficult to track
things down later.
The most important elements
of the process don't have anything to do with how the coffee machine works or where to sign up for the spin class; they have everything to do with the company's culture,
which is the hardest
thing for a new person to absorb and the hardest
thing for any business to put into words.
The Mannix brothers share many
things with their father (Fred Charles Mannix) and grandfather (Fred Stephen Mannix), whose empires they inherited: their names, obviously, but also their sharp business acumen, quiet - but - aggressive approaches to philanthropy (Calgary's brand new National Music Centre —
which houses Canada's Music Hall
of Fame — came to
being thanks to more than $ 10 million in donations from the Mannix family business; the company also contributed $ 1 million to the National Gallery
of Canada in 2015) and steadfast commitment to privacy.
They
were asked to rank themselves at that moment in time on statements like: «I feel like most
of my life lies ahead
of me,» «My future seems infinite to me,» «Time
is slipping away,» and «I have a lot
of time in
which to get
things done.»
Although the signs that stress
is affecting mental health vary from person to person, there
are a few
things to look out for — one
of which is your temperament.
And all these engineers at Facebook and Google and others
are taking this deep learning concept with all these frameworks,
which is basically another word for tools, and turning these ideas into
things of practical use.
But every group also arrived at some version
of the same
thing,
which was a craft with two wheels in the front and one in the rear.»
There
are many definitions, but all measures
of productivity try to capture the ability to produce more output —
which is the same
thing as generating more income — with the same levels
of inputs.
Stanford Business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer said that there
are plenty
of examples in the business world in
which self - management indeed leads to more efficient and productive companies, but Hsieh
's March 2015 memo
is an example
of how he
's going about
things the wrong way.
Companies seem to
be increasingly offering insurance on all manner
of things in part because
of something known as loss aversion,
which is when people feel a more psychological impact from a loss than from a similar - sized dollar gain.