Telecommunications companies amortize the costs over
years of contracted services, eventually making back the money they spent getting people on the grid in the first place.
Not exact matches
For its part in the consumer market, Shaw is responding with its own digital PVR, the Gateway, and offering consumers a new type
of service agreement that includes the PVR hardware on a two -
year contract similar to that for phones.
For $ 120 and a two -
year contract, Kansas residents can get one gigabit upload and download speed, no data caps, a full lineup
of TV channels, a Nexus 7 tablet, one terabyte
of online Google Drive storage and all the necessary hardware to make the
service work.
The Un-carrier has rid the industry
of two -
year service contracts and punitive data overages, and ushered in an era
of Unlimited rate plans.
Perth - based ASG Group has won a $ 10 million
contract to provide IT
services to the Australian Bureau
of Statistics over a two -
year term.
Local IT firm ASG Group has won a $ 9 million
contract to provide managed
services to the Victorian Department
of Education and Training (DET), under an initial two -
year term.
Perth - based Swick Mining
Services has won a number
of new
contracts and renewals with Newmont Mining, with 15 rigs expected to be in operation by early next
year.
Burswood - based Programmed Maintenance
Services has won a $ 270 million
contract to maintain assets at the University
of Wollongong's Student Accommodation project over a 39 -
year term.
The
service boasts lots
of big names as hosts for its shows, most notably Howard Stern, who agreed in December 2015 to a new
contract to host his show for another five
years, in a deal worth at least $ 80 million per
year.
The Clough - AMEC Foster Wheeler Australia joint venture has won a five -
year contract to provide maintenance
services at Yara International's liquid ammonia plant near Karratha, with the value
of the work believed to be about $ 100 million.
Service firms are getting into the act too: «Beth Harshfield, the owner
of Exhibit Arts, an advertising and marketing company in Wichita, Kan., said she started bidding on military
contracts six
years ago because «I got tired
of the local economy kicking the legs out from under us.»
One
of the state's largest mining
services companies has received a boost, with BGC
Contracting securing a five -
year contract extension worth $ 520 million at Cliffs Natural Resources» Koolyanobbing iron ore mine.
Typically, that takes the form
of a higher up - front cost — say $ 250 plus a two -
year contract, rather than $ 199 — or higher monthly
service fees, sometimes both.
«It doesn't change their business,» Hoey said
of major
service providers, noting that the changes for three -
year contracts won't take effect until December 2013.
Earlier this
year, the company expanded its
service to include all
of the paperwork involved in hiring — from the offer letter to the
contract, to collecting all
of the personal information HR needs.
In the U.S. market, the vast majority
of smartphones are at a price heavily subsidized by wireless carriers, along with a two -
year service contract — which further obscures the effect
of licensing fees on phone prices.
Most notably,
contract renewal negotiations with Starz broke down last
year, and Netflix lost access to that
service's movies and TV shows at the end
of February 2012.
In October
of that same
year, Avera Health Plan awarded a full -
service PBM
contract to RxAdvance, which went live in January
of 2016 in record onboarding time.
Kirby also worked at BAbCO (acquired by Covance) for six
years where he managed a majority
of its
contract research
services.
By: Robyn Wilkinson 16th December 2016 Mining
services company Murray & Roberts Cementation will complete its
contract at diamond miner Petra Diamonds» Gauteng - based Cullinan mine this month, concluding the largest portion
of the R4 - billion Phase 1 expansion project that will initially extend the diamond mine's life span by about 15
year →
Activity in the U.K.'s dominant
services sector fell for the first time in two
years in December, a closely watched monthly survey showed on Friday, a sign the economy may have
contracted in the final quarter
of the
year.
The
contract is valued at approximately US$ 60 million and includes an option for five additional
years of maintenance
services.
Montreal - headquartered Bombardier Inc.'s Bombardier Transportation has signed a
contract with Metro Trains Melbourne to provide 10
years of maintenance
services for its rail control solution being delivered for Melbourne's new Metro Tunnel Project.
Lastly, Mr Prentice can promise to ask Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson to terminate Mr Berger's
contract because it violates Alberta's conflict
of interest rules that require a one
year cooling off period before a former government minister can work for the public
service in an area in which he's had significant dealings.
Before becoming a venture capitalist, Nicole spent more than 8
years as a senior equity analyst on both the buy - side and sell - side covering technology including Internet, e-commerce, enterprise software,
contract manufacturing, and IT
services; and pioneered the coverage
of the Information Security space on Wall Street.
As anticipated on these pages recently (Insight, Oct. 30) Alberta Health
Services CEO Vickie Kaminiski, 64, has been relieved
of her duties, almost six months before her two -
year, $ 580K - p.a.
contract...
Previous positions include global chief information officer
of Aon Affinity and a nearly 20 -
year career with Assurant, a global provider
of vehicle and other
service contracts, the final six as vice president information technology and operations.
Cloud mining
service provider HashFlare has announced another batch
of one -
year Ether mining
contracts.
Also, a
year ago two - thirds
of contracts were only for products, while today two - thirds
of renewal
contracts include a
service component.
On Monday, the Department
of Defense announced in its daily digest
of defense
contracts that Lockheed Martin had been awarded a one -
year, $ 1.4 billion logistics
contract to
service F - 35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets that have been sold to the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy, as well as to foreign buyers.
Examples
of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact
of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels
of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility
of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions
of these conditions that decrease the level
of disposable income
of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security
of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts
of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread
of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment
of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount
of cash to
service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion
of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability
of our creditors to accelerate the repayment
of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance
contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss
of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management
services to certain ships and certain other
services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price
of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline
services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times
of the
year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability
of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today that they will open a UFood Grill restaurant in FAA headquarters, located in the Department
of Transportation Building in Washington, D.C. with Sodexo, Inc., who recently announced they were awarded a 7 -
year contract by the U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA) to operate food services at the Federal Aviation Administratio
Services Administration (GSA) to operate food
services at the Federal Aviation Administratio
services at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
With more than 275 million visitors each
year, the National Park
Service has more than 400 concession
contracts with private entities providing a variety
of services from lodging, food and beverage and retail to boat tours, mountaineering and rafting guides.
With Dion Waiters out
of the picture, the Thunder have the cap space to renegotiate Westbrook's
contract, which is currently set to pay him $ 17.77 million, up to the current maximum
contract for a player with his
years of service, which is $ 26.54 million.
who would
of guest City would make an offer
of 60 million in the summer for Sanchez with only a
year left on his
contract, i'm guessing we could get an offer
of around 30 million from City in January so he wont be persuaded by the likes
of PSG with a signing on fee in the summer, but who knows what goes in the mind
of Alexis or what kind
of injuries some big clubs could have from now until January for them to make ridiculous offers to a world class player with no CL conflict
of interest, lets say Real Madrid loses Ronaldo, Bale, Karim to long term injury you bet they will come ceiling with baring gifts for Sanchez's
services or even Barca with Messi or Suarez
By negotiating a two -
year contract with CBS for Thursday games that will end after the 2015 season, Roger Goodell has set up the possibility
of the rights to Thursday Night Football being purchased by a streaming
service, and given the success
of Yahoo!'s broadcast, bidders will likely be there.
At 31
years of age he was entering into his last
contracT and he has every rite to ask for as much money as possible not only be cos
of his long
service at d Club but alsi due to the fact dat a footballer retires around 35
years of age and thereafter has no significant source
of income to run his family.
He began to stockpile draft choices — not give them away, as the Kings had done over the
years; he traded for veteran defensemen — Dave Lewis and Jerry Korab in particular — to stop the traffic jam in front
of the Kings» goal; he signed scoring champion Marcel Dionne to the biggest
contract in NHL history — a six -
year, $ 3.6 - million deal; he remedied the Kings» lack
of depth by acquiring the
services of veteran Center Garry Unger; he gave Berry a bevy
of rinkside assistants; he organized a farm club in Houston; and he redesigned L.A.'s uniforms.
So taking all this into consideration you would have thought that Wenger would have been one
of the main suitors for the
services of the Germany international defender Mats Hummels when it became clear that he would be leaving Borussia Dortmund with only one
year left on his
contract.
We are all aware that Tomas Rosicky has made it clear that he wants to leave Arsenal so that he can actually play every week rather than sit on the bench, and we also know that Arsene Wenger has upset the Czech international by exercising the club's right to extend his
contract by another 12 months, but do we know WHY the 34
year - old wants to leave after so many
years of loyal
service?
Juventus Football Club can announce that an agreement has been reached with Palermo for the
services of Paulo Dybala, who has signed a five -
year contract.
Spanish giants have completed a deal to procure the
services of Nolito from Manchester City on a three -
year contract.
Although there is no doubt that the Premier League performances in the last two seasons have been a disappointment, Wenger remains one
of Europe's top coaches, and with over a
year to run on his
contract, it makes no sense to dispense with his
services at the end
of this season.
Rodgers was speaking after the club secured the
services of 19 -
year - old Kundai Benyu on a four -
year contract.
As part
of a six - month
contract negotiated with the Early
Years team, we worked with the managers
of all 13 centres, an average
of two frontline staff at each centre, and directly with around 45 dads and 60 mums accessing
services.
As part
of a six - month
contract negotiated with the Early
Years team, we worked with the managers
of all thirteen centres, an average
of two frontline staff at each centre, and directly with around 45 dads and 60 mums accessing
services.
Food and labor made up 90 percent
of reported costs during the 2005 - 2006 school
year, with the remaining 10 percent attributed to
contract services, supplies, and indirect charges by school districts.a
Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents 85 percent
of the Park District's personnel, has been in
contract negotiations for about a
year.
In September 2013, Context Research was
contracted to lead, with oversight from the Provincial Health
Services Authority, a three
year evaluation
of Healthy Schools BC.
D.C. Central Kitchen was the winning bidder for one
of two
contracted pilot programs intended to provide some competition for Chartwells, the giant food
services company that has been providing meals
of mostly processed convenience foods to the city's 122 public schools for the past two
years.