Not exact matches
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.
Guests who believe they have experienced racism
while using Airbnb may report instances of discrimination to the company or accept Instant Booking listings at a higher
price than normal, but there's currently no
policy in place to put them on a level playing field with other white guests.
As far back as 2002,
while vice minister, Kuroda used an opinion column in the Financial Times, co-written with his deputy at the finance ministry, to call for «aggressive monetary
policy» from the central bank, including an inflation target, aimed at «drastically changing
price expectations.»
In fact, the opposite happened:
prices in U.S. fixed - income markets rose and are showing remarkable resilience (in spite of a hugely expansionary monetary
policy),
while equity markets hit new record - highs.
While there is a place for best
price guarantees, most startups choose to focus on a
price matching
policy if they're trying to implement such a strategy.
While housing
policy was crafted to ensure Canadians had equal opportunity to purchase a home, runaway
prices are driving a wedge between those who can afford to and those who can't.
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.
Tree — who said the
policy change restored a
price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that
while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.
While some remain defiant and plan to continue their work, one party in particular stands to benefit if the new
policy restricts legal sales and pushes
prices up — Mexican drug traffickers who see marijuana as a kind of cash crop.
ACA planners attempted to undermine the insurance company model by proposing a public option - government - managed insurance that officials could deck out with generous benefits
while subsidizing coverage to hold down
policy prices.
He's endorsed
policies like direct drug
price negotiation in Medicare (usually a Democratic wish list item that's despised by drug makers)
while simultaneously promising to slash other regulations on the biopharma industry; he famously promised «insurance for everybody» yet ostensibly supports benefit cuts and a rollback of the Medicaid expansion, which has covered millions of the poorest Americans.
While property sales and
prices have been on the rise in response to increasingly accommodative housing
policy, housing construction is still in the doldrums.
In response to the deflationary pressures on the CPI, the Bank of Canada will be forced to engage in expansionary monetary
policy to counteract the 5 %
price drop (
while also ensuring the 2 % year - over-year increase in
prices continues as planned).
While that
price may feel steep to some SMBs, at the very least they can follow the advice to put into practice some kind of written security - enforcement
policy, even if they opt against adopting premium -
price protections.
While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic
policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer
price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.
Best Buy implemented a
price - matching
policy, both in - store and online,
while also lowering its
prices to be more competitive against both online retailers and discount retailers such as Wal - Mart.
The doctors» lobby has warned the government not to allow health funds to
price insurance based on factors such as age and lifestyle,
while attacking «junk»
policies that don't cover common procedures.
While price level or nominal GDP targeting by monetary authorities are options, fiscal and other
policies must also take on some of the burden to help sustain economic growth and stability.
After eight years, Ontario's green energy
policies have yielded moderate environmental gains
while drastically increasing energy
prices, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
* GOLD: Gold
prices rose for a second session on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady as expected at the end of a two - day
policy meeting,
while investors awaited U.S. - China trade talks.
While many are skeptical about whether or not this tax was the right
policy tool, an influx of foreign investment capital, as seen in the Lower Mainland and other urban centres, does contribute to skyrocketing housing
prices.
China's consumer inflation remained weak in December,
while price declines at the factory gate level continued to deepen, suggesting weakness in the world's second - largest economy but giving
policy makers more room to take easing measures.
The FOMC's annoucement after their meeting on Wednesday affirmed the Fed's QE3
policy, offering no changes,
while stating, «If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other
policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of
price stability.»
The $ 330 - billion spending plan says
while several economic indicators such as employment numbers and tax revenues are up, and this year's deficit will likely be lower than expected — there are risks ahead: oil
prices are expected to remain low; Canadian exports may remain flat; and «possible U.S.
policy actions affecting trade could restrain exports to the U.S. even further,» the budget says.
In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on
prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years,
while zinc and lead
prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures
prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade
policy changes.
While some countries still enact mercantilist
policies that directly affect the relative
prices of traded goods in ways that David Ricardo would have understood two hundred years ago, in today's global trading environment, persistent trade surpluses are usually caused by distortions in income distribution that force up savings rates.
The commission also ordered Grab and Uber to «maintain pre-transaction independent
pricing,
pricing policies and product options»
while it pored over the details.
We believe that our pledging
policy effectively mitigates the risk that forced sales of pledged shares could prompt a broader sell - off or further depress a declining stock
price,
while providing our officers and directors with reasonable flexibility to use their FedEx shares as collateral for loans for needed liquidity and encouraging them to retain substantial ownership of their shares.
These objectives allow the Reserve Bank Board to focus on
price (currency) stability
while taking account of the implications of monetary
policy for activity and, therefore, employment in the short term.
While capital from tax - treaty countries accounts for most of the foreign capital invested in India — in 2013, for example, $ 6 billion of FDI came to India from Singapore and $ 4.9 billion, from Mauritius — DTA
policies also have led to a succession of controversies related to transfer
pricing.
While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world) economy during and after the recession that followed the global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary
policies is now supporting a growing excess of global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond
prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen in recent weeks.
While this lending
policy is positive, in that it reduces the exposure of households to future fluctuations in
prices, it masks the underlying crisis in the housing sector.
Therefore, curve flattener reflects the consensus bearish volatility view where asset
prices continue to boom under
policy accommodation,
while curve steepener expresses a bullish volatility thesis where higher term premium (as a result of «quantitative tightening») would reverse
policy - induced private capital displacement and «financial adventurism.»
I grant that it is difficult to have any semblance of «affordable» housing
policy when The Federal Reserve slammed their target rate to near zero for 10 years
while housing
prices rapidly accelerated.
While price stability features very prominently in debating any central bank's monetary
policy stance, financial stability is clearly emerging as an equally important factor.
The result is what Marc Lee refers to as an «all of the above»
policy — we have carbon
pricing and various climate - related regulation, even
while committing to significantly expanded oil sands production and promising new bitumen pipelines.
Concerns on international markets, related to the Fed's decision to keep its rates unchanged
while signaling a
policy tightening in the future, led to Greek stocks posting significant losses on Thursday, as the euro and the Greek bond
prices continued their decline.
If Romney wants a running mate who can explain how Republican
policies can lower health care premiums, increase jobs, lower energy
prices, get government to work better for less money, and maintain the safety net for our elderly
while avoiding huge tax increases, then Jindal is the guy.
that all these issues — overcrowded cities, unusual and disturbing new weather patterns, the growth of global poverty, the lowering of wages
while stock
prices soar, the elimination of social services, the destruction of wildlife and wilderness, the protests of Maya Indians in Mexico — are products of the same global
policies.
I remember a few protests against the
prices and even against Wenger, but of course anybody that doesn't like Wenger or our business
policy can go to hell as Wenger has give us numerous examples he thinks of such people as a minority,
while in fact a lot of people have grown impatient with his incompetence.
While 38 % of the public told us they support freezing energy
prices and «reforming the way the energy market operates», 52 % preferred Cameron's
policy of forcing energy companies to put consumers on the cheapest deal and simplifying deals available — likely the energy companies» preferred original option.
Brian Binley urged Cameron to rethink
policies that are too LibDem - friendly
while Jackie Doyle -
Price said that some of UKIP's messages were more appealing to Tory voters than Cameron's
policies.
But the script accuses Higgins of being «so detached from reality that
while families in New York are forced to pay more than $ 3.70 a gallon, Higgins has been in Washington supporting big - government
policies that lead to higher gas
prices and restrain the production of American - made energy.»
And Mr Duncan Smith said EU
policies have increased food
prices while tariffs have added 17 per cent to the cost of footwear, 15 per cent to bicycles and 12 per cent to clothing.
Then prime minister David Cameron derided the
policy as «Marxist»,
while Chancellor George Osborne said it would mean companies would not invest and
prices would go up for consumers in the long term.
While the economy struggles to overcome the drag of rising gas
prices, a group of AAAS S&T
Policy Fellows from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) traveled to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado in March, to see how DOE's investments in scientific research and development are easing the country's dependence on foreign sources of energy.
While realigning our
pricing and some of our
policies will take multiple years, our customers will notice an immediate and marked difference in our account management and sales approach.
In Australia, about 40 out of 71 thermal coal mines surveyed by consultancy Wood Mackenzie had a cash cost of above $ 87 a metric ton,
while many of the proposed projects require a coal
price of $ 120 a metric ton to be viable, according to a report by Australia's Centre of
Policy Development.
On the other hand,
while sustained high oil
prices could provide climate change mitigation efforts a mild boost, the study concludes that such market developments would be no substitute for concerted global
policy to limit climate change to below 2 °C above preindustrial levels.
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price associated with the
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while to stop there.