Pereira is known for his ruthless focus on cost management.
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Traditional cost management solutions aren't working for a variety of reasons.
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Increased technology expenses and compliance costs will undermine efforts at cost management.
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The company expects that its cost management program will help its U.K. business.
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The "O" one is optimization, and that is actually increasing productivity, and cost management.
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Fitch expects improvements in cost management to be offset by increased investment in technology.
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Nykredit's cost management is sound, with a cost/income ratio of just over 40%.
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Improvements in cost-management are likely to be offset by increased investment in technology.
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Traditional cost management solutions involve providing near-term funding through a cut-and-slash strategy.
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The lender also cut its exposure to non-performing loans and reported strict cost management.
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Rigorous cost management and greater collaboration between a myriad of creative agencies worldwide helped increase profits.
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Fitch expects earnings to remain under pressure from a challenging environment and headwinds in cost management.
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"A robust set of results driven by good cost management and resilient revenues," Jefferies analysts wrote.
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AWS will, in turn, offer Apptio's cloud cost management and hybrid business management applications to its customers.
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"They probably need to do a little bit more cost management," he added, to please financial folks.
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It added that the overall improved loss position for the year was due to "cost management implementation".
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Infrastructure outsourcing through a dedicated tower company would allow for higher colocation rates and more efficient cost management.
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Meanwhile, Microsoft has acquired a cloud cost management start-up called Adallom and incorporated the technology into Azure.
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Australian CEOs balancing the need for cost management against the need for growth are on a precarious path.
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PLDT is targeting PHP70 billion in EBITDA this year (2016: PHP13 billion) through cost management and handset subsidy cuts.
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However, the Gap's continued reliance on transformational cost management programs to protect EBITDA as sales decline is a negative.
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"We will strive to improve cost management from a medium- to long-term perspective," JAL said in a statement.
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Indeed, there's even a whole range of cost-management tools to help companies keep their cloud spending in check.
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Making money in the "shared space" business involves ruthless cost management, and a measured approach to growth, industry executives said.
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Consistent cash flows are driven by a combination of top-line growth, disciplined cost management and a solid balance sheet.
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JVM: So we would ourselves acknowledge that we haven't always delivered on the targets that we set ourselves for cost management.
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And it would put healthcare cost management back where it belongs - in the hands of the people actually spending the money.
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Walgreens in 234.60 launched a cost management program that aims to save more than $1.8 billion in annual costs by 2022.
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However, Tribune said it expects continued pressure on advertising and circulation revenue in 2016 and that it would pursue strategic cost management.
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"We are responding short-term to this development through forceful cost management and will keep Hapag-Lloyd competitive this way," he added.
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And I think the combination of those things, our sound, smart cost management and again, the thing I always say, 'proof not promise.
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"This is a result of our focus on cost management, operational efficiencies, continuous improvement of our technology, and responsiveness," CEO Abdulla Kalban said.
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Cost management can be done by plans, but it won't be achieved by forcing them to cut benefits to avoid a bankrupting tax.
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And given that acknowledgement is a critical component of job satisfaction yet comes at no cost, management should consider providing more of it.
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IBA was focusing on strict cost management and hiring expenses, but still cautious about orders being finalised, Chief Executive Olivier Legrain told Reuters.
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The shares of the former trade union bank, which is focusing on retail partnerships, acquisitions and cost management, gained as much as 215 percent.
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CVS Health Chief Medical Officer Troyen Brennan declined to comment on PCSK9 sales, but said its cost management in the category has been effective.
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HRS is a sole source provider for many of its products and generates solid operating cash driven by strong margins and effective cost management.
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Under 3G's control, Kraft Heinz has drastically increased its profit margins by using a cost-management practice called zero-based budgeting, Ms. Weissman said.
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Breen is credited with instituting cost management programs that made Motorola a more efficient and effective organization and led the company back to profitability.
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The major banks have strong operating profitability, with some of the strongest net-interest margins and most efficient cost-management relative to international peers.
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Cigna said total commercial medical care ratio came in at 84.3 percent, reflecting strong performance and effective medical cost management in its employer business.
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This is the long-term view that will lead to better cost management, improved health outcomes and transform CHIP into a more sustainable program.
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"In the absence of new revenue, cost management is going to remain a focus," Asciano Chief Executive Officer John Mullen told a post-results briefing.
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PBMs like CVS' Caremark unit make a profit by using their scale to negotiate drug prices and by providing cost-management strategies to health plans.
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Humana – Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded the health insurer to "overweight" from "neutral," noting strong second quarter results, growth in Humana's Medicare Advantage business, and effective cost management.
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"We're encouraged by several gross margin tailwinds, tighter cost management, and early signs of improvement at Anthropologie," Baird analyst Mark Altschwager wrote in a research note.
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Apptio chose AWS as its preferred cloud service provider, and AWS will offer Apptio's cloud cost management platform and hybrid business management applications to its customers.
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"A combination of tight cost management and the increasing impact of our cost-saving programmes reduced operating expenses relative to the fourth quarter of 2015," Gulliver said.
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Last week, Goldman and Barclays PLC advised private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in a deal to buy healthcare cost management company MultiPlan Inc for around $7.5 billion.
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Rationalising costs after years of acquisitions and a short term approach to cost management will deliver an initial 175 million pounds in annual cost savings by 2020.
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Cost management and portfolio reshaping will remain a focus in the industry, although both are expected to have less impact than activity within the packaged food sector.
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"Our efficient cost management will ensure the scalability of our business model so that we expect at least 10 percent net income growth for 2018," Weimer said.
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A number of U.S. energy companies in recent months have come under pressure from activist investors, who have called for better cost management and higher shareholder returns.
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BLANTYRE, April 25 (Reuters) - Telkom Networks Malawi's (TNM) net profit rose 13 percent last year, helped by improved revenue streams and cost management, it said on Thursday.
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Monograph, a startup working on cloud-based software that makes project and cost management easier for architects, announced today that it has raised $1.9 million in seed funding.
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The lender has delayed raises to fixed pay compensation by three months until after April 1, citing the need to further improve cost management, according to a memo.
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In Britain, Santander's third biggest market, it said that as part of its strategy it would focus on cost management and continued risk discipline, without giving any specifics.
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The store closures are part of the company's cost management program that is aimed at mitigating the pressure related to generic drug prices, the company had said in June.
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"Further, we note Mr. Niccol has less experience with cost management, given Taco Bell is a primarily franchised brand compared to Chipotle's 100 percent company-operated model," Charles said.
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The banks highlighted an ongoing focus on cost management, efficiency improvements, and investment, including in their IT systems and digital distribution, and regulatory changes in their FY17 results announcements.
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That approach to cost management was initially prized in the U.S. food industry, where industry executives acknowledged expenses had become bloated with extravagances like private planes and other costs.
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In Britain, Santander's third biggest market, it said that as part of its strategy it would focus on cost management and continued risk discipline, without giving out any specifics.
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Group profitability resilience stems from wide geographical diversification, pricing power and a strong brands portfolio, together with an active, market-tailored cost management, in particular advertisement and promotion spending.
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EviCore does medical benefit cost management for a number of major insurers covering 100 million people; the services it targets include radiology, cancer treatment and post-acute care benefits.
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We expect cost management and business volume growth will continue to play a prominent role to support the division's profitability in the absence of interest rate increases in Switzerland.
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Among the updates to Azure today are the launch of reserved instances and the integration of Cloudyn, which Microsoft acquired earlier this year, into a new cost-management tool.
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You can find it in the AWS Cost Management suite, where it'll join the rest of AWS' tools for keeping an eye on your budget and how you're spending it.
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Profitability resilience is due to wide geographical diversification, pricing power and a strong brand portfolio, together with an active, market-tailored cost management, in particular in advertising and promotion spending.
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"The bank is miserable at cost management and implementation," a source close to Deutsche Bank's management told CNBC, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the situation.
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"Cost management, restructuring actions ... are helping the company while sales and revenues remain under pressure from weak commodity prices and slowing economic growth in developing countries," Chief Executive Doug Oberhelman said.
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The bank will spend 9003-2900 billion crowns next year on cost management and digitalisation, which it expects will result in a return on shareholders' equity of 21-26.6926% next year.
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She will take up a newly-created position of head of front to back resource and cost management, focusing on making savings that will fund investments in the bank's growth areas.
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Previously known for its ruthless cost management, the group has shifted gear to focus on gaining market share, improving its services and reducing its 22.5 billion euro ($1.63 billion) pile of debt.
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Cost management allowed Best Buy to grow EBITDA from $2.0 billion in 2013 to $2.3 billion in 2015 despite modest declines in sales and gross profit (driven largely by Canadian store closures).
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Almarai attributed its improved results to better cost management, lower commodity costs and lower general expenses and said it will continue "to focus on costs control, efficiency gains and cash-flow preservation".
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The company's cost of sales rose at a lower rate than sales because low commodity prices, improvements in cost management and production savings helped to offset rises in fuel and electricity costs.
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To this day, Germany remains an export powerhouse, with $300 billion in annual trade surpluses (a whopping 9 percent of GDP), on account of productivity gains, product innovation and rigorous cost management.
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Obviously we have done a lot of cost management, increasing productivity, but the scale is still not matching with the price reduction, so that is still a challenge on the upstream side.
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" The next week, William Lewis, the chief executive of Dow Jones, which owns The Journal, announced a newsroom review that he said would be "underpinned by a series of cost-management initiatives.
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"Cost management, restructuring actions, and operational execution are helping the company while sales and revenues remain under pressure from weak commodity prices and slowing economic growth in developing countries," CEO Doug Oberhelman said.
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"Everything else is rock solid," Kelly said, pointing to rising revenues and cost management, excluding costs related to roughly 211.96 daily flight cancellations as the airline manages its operations with a slimmer fleet.
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Orange, France's biggest telecoms group, said its second-quarter core operating profits had risen by 3 percent from a year ago, driven by higher sales in France, Spain and by improved cost management.
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Apptio, which says it sells its software to 60 percent of the Fortune 100 companies, chose AWS as its preferred cloud provider and AWS will offer Apptio cloud cost management platforms to customers.
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The deal – brokered by Chancellor, former head of Amazon's in-house cloud cost management software products turned Apptio chief product and technology officer – represents the increasing complexity for companies making a digital transformation.
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EBITDA margins for the H&B business in China remain robust at around 20% and we expect this to be maintained in 2017 through cost management and further development of an e-commerce platform.
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Tracy Watts, a senior partner at Mercer and a specialist in health care cost management, gave an example of how "super easy" an online visit can be for a patient with, say, a rash.
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"A good set of results driven by a good dynamic on the top line, good cost management delivering positive jaws in most divisions," analysts at Jefferies said, keeping a "buy" rating on the shares.
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Last week, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said it plans to close about 200 stores in the United States as part of its cost management program aimed at mitigating the pressure related to generic drug prices.
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NCR (NCR) was upgraded to "top pick" from "outperform" at RBC Capital Markets, which cites a number of factors including more efficient cost management for the maker of automated teller machines and point-of-sale terminals.
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NCR – NCR was upgraded to "top pick" from "outperform" at RBC Capital Markets, which cites a number of factors including more efficient cost management for the maker of automated teller machines and point-of-sale terminals.
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"Thus, the large-scale feasibility and cost management of this potentially curative treatment, as well as of the other gene therapies being developed for beta-thalassemia, present exciting challenges for the gene-therapy community," she wrote.
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Rigorous cost management and greater collaboration between a myriad of creative agencies worldwide helped increase profits, as Publicis strives to move away from traditional advertising and closer to digital transformation and consulting via its arm Publicis.Sapient.
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If someone like us, together with our partner SPH, can gain control, then we can then digitize the business, we can put in place some cost management measures - both from the front end and the back end.
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"It's only the beginning, and we will continue to be very efficient in the space of cost savings and cost management," Chief Executive Olivier Brandicourt told investors at a Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference in London.
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SABIC expected to see a "more or less" similar performance for the second half of the year give current market conditions, Benyan said, adding that the firm would focus on reliability, cost management and offering customers varied solutions.
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According to Cowen analyst Oliver Chen, Sotheby's could outperform the firm's $28 price target based on acceleration in Asia GDP growth, competitive pressures in global art, less margin erosion, and strong cost management driving lower-than-expected expenses.
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"Prioritizing cost management over the needs of our veterans and others with hearing loss is wrong and would be a tremendous mistake," Robert Eugene Richardson, a Vietnam veteran, wrote in a column for Stars & Stripes earlier this month.
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The company said it would also pay close attention to cost management as interest rates were expected to stay low for longer after the referendum — an outcome which could put pressure on banks' financial performance and net interest margins.
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" Jeff Woodbury, Exxon Mobil's vice president for investor relations, said in a conference call, "These results demonstrate the durability of our integrated business enhanced by our relentless focus on managing those factors we can control, including effective cost management.
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"Despite lower oil prices during the first half of 246.4, we continued to deliver solid earnings and strong free cash flow underpinned by our consistent operational performance, cost management an fiscal discipline," CEO Amin Nasser said in a statement.
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"Despite lower oil prices during the first half of 210, we continued to deliver solid earnings and strong free cash flow underpinned by our consistent operational performance, cost management an fiscal discipline," CEO Amin Nasser said in a statement.
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Goldman Sachs "has shown excellent progress when it comes to delivering shareholder value through strong cost management, creating positive operating leverage and thus maintained total capital return to shareholders," analyst Kian Abouhossein wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.
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Her mother is a residential sales associate at Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty in Princeton, N.J. Mr. Haslinger, 35, is a senior information technology consultant in the New York office of Turner & Townsend, a project and cost management consultancy.
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With more and more businesses hiring freelancers these days, it can be challenging to offer contingent workers access to spending power without onerous bureaucratic systems that ultimately cost more in lost salary and productivity than savings in cost management.
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"We continue to be cautious on overall balance sheet growth, with a focus on cost management, asset quality, capital management and governance, given the slower regional economies and persistent market volatility," group Chief Executive Zafrul Aziz said in a statement.
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LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The private equity owner of European airlines services firm Accelya has hired advisers to sell the business that provides cost management solutions to the likes of British Airways and American Airlines, three sources familiar with the matter said.
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GENS, which contributed around 50% of Genting's consolidated 1H17 EBITDA, has seen margins rebound since 2H16 due to lower impairment of receivables as a result of tighter credit policies and a remodelled commission structure, in addition to an overall cost-management focus.
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Funds from operations (FFO) margin was stable at 9.7% for the last 12 months (LTM) to 30 June 2016, compared with 9.5% in 2015 and 9.9% in 2014, due to tight cost management, the benefits of previous restructuring and an improved product mix.
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Jana "intends to have discussions with the [Callaway's] board of directors and management regarding the Issuer's portfolio composition; strategic alternatives including exploring a sale of the Issuer or asset divestitures; capital allocation and acquisition strategy; operating performance and cost management; and governance," it added.
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"Despite lower oil prices during the first half of 20183, we continued to deliver solid earnings and strong free cash flow underpinned by our consistent operational performance, cost management an fiscal discipline," Aramco's president and chief executive officer Amin Nasser said in a statement.
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Kathy Bethany, who used to oversee cost management at the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations at the State Department, told the AP that she didn't know of any other time when the US government had accepted private money to fund an embassy during her tenure.
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The new Cloudyn -based Azure Cost Management services will be available for free to all Azure customers and will help users maximize their cloud investments and give them a better view of how they are using their cloud computing resources and manage their cost.
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Danske Bank said in November it would spend 1.5-2 billion crowns this year on cost management and digitalisation and that it would have fewer employees by 2023 when it plans to have restored shareholders' return on equity to 9-10% from around 5-6% this year.
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"We view the Sverdrup project as a milestone in terms of application of new technologies and cost management, OPEC is being challenged in terms of the break-even price of production not just by U.S. shale oil, but also by the North Sea," said Olivier Jakob, analyst at Petromatrix.
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Renault announced on Wednesday the departure of Stefan Mueller, Chief Performance Office, for medical reasons French electrical equipment producer Schneider Electric on Thursday posted a 90 basis points organic increase in its 2017 adjusted core profit (EBITA) margin, beating its own target, driven by improving prices and cost management.
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But with big names can come big risks, such as the 2009 scandal involving golfer Tiger Woods' car crash and several alleged affairs, which at the time saw sponsors Gillette, Gatorade, AT&T and Accenture cease their involvement with him, and cost management company IMG $4.6 million in fees.
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"Cloud cost monitoring and optimization tools help clients pay only for what they use, pay as little as possible for what they use, and develop best practices for workload sizing and automated operations to continue to save money over time, without needing to build a large cost management practice in house," he said.
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Several high visibility initiatives include supply cost management with a goal of a $100 million cost reduction in 24 months, improvement in physician practice management, which is expected to generate between $25 million-40 million in efficiencies, as well as a plan to more optimally use hospitalists throughout the system to both improve quality and manage expenses.
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"On the back of sequentially improving comps through 2017 which culminated in 7 percent comp for the Holiday period, combined with management's increased initiatives to optimize store fleet, focus on cost management and improve balance sheet position, we believe Kohl's is now better positioned to perform in line with the rest of our coverage, " Tunick wrote Friday.
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The DevOps role itself will live on in a different state, though — largely to manage governance issues like centralized security and cost management, because, while the cloud provides flexibility for instantly provisioning new software and tools on demand, the flip side is you have to be careful with it — otherwise you can unintentionally provision more than you need, and you'll end up spending a fortune.
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