Having shifted its business mix so that it now relies heavily on military sales, the future of Oshkosh depends in large part on receiving new Pentagon orders and securing the kind of contract terms that permit steady profits.
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When other factors are at work, however, American companies may find themselves on the receiving end of large orders from China.
He compared the prospects to October 1987, when portfolio insurance, just "a bunch of stop-loss orders on a large-scale basis, " caused the market to plunge 23% in one day.
To fill large orders, they depend on a growing army of subcontractors.
If the technology successfully drives costs lower, it could be a welcome boost for Hollywood, which, despite selling the world tales of futuristic sophistication, is as an industry often behind the curve in technology--images are stored on bulky, perishable film stock and large crews of technicians take orders from essentially paper-based offices.
The first was the new firm's dominance of the market for large airliners, put at 70% by Boeing (on the basis of recent orders), but at 84% by the commission (on the basis of existing fleets).
But orders from on high can't change the dearth of funding for Y2K remediation at large state-owned enterprises.
The BOJ is also giving out more information on its bond purchases than it used to, in order to give investors advance notice of its large orders.
The central bank is also giving out more information on its bond purchases than it used to, in order to give investors advance notice of its large orders.
Because these Chinese companies did not have to spend large amounts of money on research, they had a significant price advantage when competing with the western companies, taking orders away from them.
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While Boeing is still trying to convince policymakers the batteries on its new 787 Dreamliners are safe, the large American firm, and its European competitor Airbus, continue to see orders piling in.
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