President Joko Widodo has encouraged tolerance for Christians; while social hostility against Christians dropped a little from 2014 to 2015, Indonesia still made Pew's list of top 5 countries
with the highest government restrictions.
So, maintaining government protocols, which evidently rule out formal interviews
with high government officials while drinking Sazeracs in music halls, I arrived at a nondescript, wood - paneled office in the DOT complex on Washington, D.C.'s New Jersey Avenue SE to see what was on her mind.
Solely staffed the new business line Corvias Solutions - focusing on candidates
with high Government and Economic Development ties as well as those with P3 experience.
Not exact matches
The UK capital hopes to lure talent
with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in funding for
high - tech small and medium businesses from the
government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.
If the projections come true, they raise the likelihood of a fiscal crisis, a situation in which investors become unwilling to finance
government borrowing unless they are compensated
with very
high interest rates, the CBO warned.
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.
Fill the bulk of your portfolio
with a combination of
high - rated bonds (weighted toward corporate, rather than
government, debt) and
high - quality, dividend - paying equities, and you likely won't take a hit.
Officials from the
government shared their concerns about
higher interest rates
with a Bloomberg reporter, violating the convention of keeping politics out of the day - to - day handling of monetary policy.
Mars colonists will get blasted
with radiation levels eight times
higher than
government limits on Earth.
Omada Health has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims
with actual results, helping the company score federal
government reimbursements for its
high - tech diabetes prevention program.
Alternatively, if the Department of Finance were to continue tightening mortgage credit, and to also withdraw some of the
government's past measures boosting the housing sector, it may not be necessary for the Bank of Canada to rein in a housing boom
with higher interest rates.
The Canadian Medical Association, argued in its pre-budget submission that the
government should maintain access to the small business deduction for physicians, since they enter the workforce later in life and often
with significant debt, and unlike small businesses are unable to pass on
higher costs to clients.
The answer is straightforward: The Bank of Japan can buy
government bonds on the open market, paying for them
with either currency or deposits at the Bank of Japan, what economists call
high - powered money.
Indeed, citizens» satisfaction is related to what they get for their tax dollars, Sachs tells CNBC Make It: «They are happy because these societies are not only prosperous but also
with high equality, social trust and honesty of
government.
While working at
high - powered
government jobs, the siblings dreamed about what they could do
with the family's 102 - year - old chocolate business.
In Budapest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Hungary's
government has ordered work to start on a four - metre (13 - foot)
high fence along the length of its 175 - kilometre (110 - mile) border
with Serbia.
They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the
government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber,
with a
high number of
government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»
Though Portugal is one of the fastest growing euro zone economies, problems
with non-performing loans and
high debt among businesses, individuals and
government are a big hurdle - mainly at a time when the
government's strategy is focused on consumer spending.
Despite expectations of
higher growth in 2017, the credit ratings agency is concerned
with an uptick in
government deficit as a result of President - elect Donald Trump's policies.
Japan's
government has among the
highest debt levels in the world,
with a debt - to - gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 220 percent.
B.C. Premier John Horgan said Thursday he would like to see the federal
government step in to deal
with high gas prices.
On June 8, as the investigation proceeded, the incident response team shared
with relevant agencies that there was a
high degree of confidence that OPM systems containing information related to the background investigations of current, former, and prospective Federal
government employees, and those for whom a federal background investigation was conducted, may have been exfiltrated.
In 1969,
government officials noticed that 155 people
with high incomes were legally using so many deductions and other tax breaks and that they were paying absolutely nothing in federal income taxes.
The
government promises to assemble a «dedicated
high - impact sales force to promote Canada»
with a budget of about $ 40 million a year.
I wonder whether he also told Trump that Japan's
high - ranking officials from foreign, defense and other
government agencies were conducting consultations in Sendai, Japan last Thursday and Friday
with their Chinese counterparts on contested maritime borders in the South China Sea.
That's bad compared
with the U.S. and the European Union, where the rates of inflation are 2.7 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, but economists not affiliated
with the
government say the real figure is at least twice as
high.
A drop in the euro provided support, helping the exporter - heavy DAX index outperfrom
with a rise of 1.5 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB rose 1.2 percent to its
highest level since October 2009, as
government debt rose on dimming prospects of a snap election.
In a town of 17,000 (along
with Seton Hall students) and a small unpaid governing body and
government, we have over 40 committees, many of which have
high turnover and don't meet frequently.
While credit risk might seem like a bad idea
with the U.S. economy still weak and the rest of the world looking equally uncertain,
high - yield bonds do offer bigger returns than
government and investment - grade bonds.
The executives surveyed gave the Harper
government high marks for its handling of the issue,
with a mean score of 82 on a 100 - point performance scale.
The U.K.
government has set its sights
high with a new # 10 million ($ 12.5 million) investment in commercial spaceflight.
The tax, which takes effect Tuesday, was introduced by the British Columbia
government with the intent of improving home affordability in Metro Vancouver, where house prices are among the
highest in North America.
The U.S. lawsuits said funds misappropriated from 1MDB were transferred to the co-founder of Petrosaudi, a company that had a joint venture
with 1MDB, and thereafter to a
high - ranking official in the Malaysian
government it identified only as «Malaysian Official One.»
Jack Lew was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury last year and, the Journal item noted, «The terms of Mr. Lew's original employment contract
with Citigroup included a bonus guarantee if he left the bank for a
high level position
with the United States
government or regulatory body.»
«Many of these
governments rode frustration
with high levels of inequality and corruption to power.
For instance, it's unclear how preserving guaranteed insurance eligibility for people
with pre-existing medical conditions can work without the unpopular coverage mandate (since people could then just buy insurance when they get sick, bankrupting insurers), or how
governments would fund historically pricey «
high - risk pools» for the sickest Americans.
Because of my
high profile over the past few years, the
government officials, the rich people, have not liked to interact
with me.
Other study findings: Across 38 countries (not including the U.S.), Finland and Chile — both countries
with government policies designed to spur entrepreneurship — had the
highest levels of training.
The non-monetary costs of energy production now loom so large that
governments are stuck in policy gridlock, unable to approve any new option that could help meet rising demand —
with results ranging from
higher gasoline prices to the rolling blackouts that Japan is now experiencing.
«He understands,» Poilievre said of Morneau, «that farmers and local businesses are furious that he and his
government have attacked them
with this draconian
high - tax plan, and he's feeling that backlash, his MPs are speaking out against him.
Protecting jobs in Canada should be the
highest priority for the federal
government when discussing a potential bailout package
with automotive manufacturers, according a web poll of 115 Canadian CEOs conducted by COMPAS Inc..
With equity valuations at historic
highs and
government bonds barely eking out a return, junk bonds offer solid yields at a good price, he reasons.
As part of the explanation as to why Europe gives proportionately more ODA, Gunzburg noted that countries
with bigger welfare states — like those for which the Scandinavian nations are famed — tend to pay
higher taxes, leading to more
government revenue that can be spent on aid.
«As anyone knows, dealing
with the federal
government is not always
high - technology, and it's not always user - friendly,» Obama says.
Blankfein served in Goldman's top spot for more than 12 years and his tenure features both the 2008 financial crisis (and multimillion - dollar settlements
with the
government over allegations that Goldman had lied to investors) as well as all - time
highs for its stock price.
In 2010, the Startup America Partnership finally got the US
government to separate the notion of small businesses
with high growth businesses.
The
government provides veterans
with financial assistance for pursuing
higher education.
Operating conditions have proved hostile for some large companies,
with the Chinese
government aiming to create «national champions» in
high - margin and
high - tech industries like pharmaceuticals and automobiles.
And even if some geographic locales are associated
with higher productivity and growth, that doesn't mean cluster success can be manufactured by
government fiat.
However, the
government gives financial compensation to private insurance companies
with a lot of
high - risk customers.