Size and complexity work against profits, but size and complexity are a result of legacy operations and the IT landscape.
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Turkish officials say that as a result of counterterrorism operations on Turkish soil, DHKP-C became increasingly active among the Turkish diaspora in Europe.
The fuel on board the rig is used to power equipment and is not the result of the drilling operations Shell conducted off the North Slope, on the opposite side of the vast state from where the Kulluk now rests.
Yet as the result of one these operations, 16 police officers were injured.
Britain's Pilkington announced a restructuring that will destroy 6, 000 jobs in its underperforming European operations, 16% of the glass maker's global workforce, and result in the closure of some 60 processing and distribution operations, including a big German plant.
The Elizabeth Cross and Memorial Scroll recognises the bereaved families of soldiers killed on operations, or as a result of terrorist actions since 1948.
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"At least nine of the contractors we interviewed had shipments of goods critical to U.S. and coalition operations delayed as a result of unresolved tax assessments, " the Sigar audit said.
The bottom line is that half of the entire cost now attributed to the F-35 program for lifetime operations and sustainment is the result of changes made by the government since its inception in how estimates should be calculated and what the scope of the program should be.
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But increased number of forces makes an increased number of operations that sometimes result in the very sad news that we've heard this week.
As a result, the total number of cataract operations has increased from 1.2 million a year in 1991-92 to about 2.7 million in 1996-97.
In the past two years, Citi's newly consolidated insurance operations, as a result of the merger with Travelers, have greatly boosted the bank's roe.
The U.S. Embassy in Bangui suspended operations Friday "as a result of the deteriorating security situation, " the State Department said in a statement.
It was announced in the FT today that the Financial Services Authority expects banks to reduce or clawback bonuses in British banks and non-U.K. banks with operations in London as a result of the series of scandals that have wrought the industry during 2012.
The FDA is doing a major inspection of egg-laying operations as a result.
As a result, with the advent and growth of the Special Operations community in the 1970s and 1980s, the Marine Corps resisted in creating its own Special Operations unit.
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"Thousands of patients have had their cataract operations more quickly, free at the point of need, as a result of this deal".
The result: a virtual supercomputer capable of crunching 6 trillion floating point operations per second, or 6 teraflops, equivalent to one of the ten most powerful computers in the world.
Yet it was still about internal operations and ostensibly better future returns for shareholders as a result of operational enhancements.
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Result: Cash flow from operations went down 30%, despite earnings growth of 14%.
The bank has recently executed a number of FDIC assisted transactions which should result in significant cost savings from the acquired operations.
The New York-based jewelry company also says it expects its first-quarter earnings from operations will fall about 15 percent to 20 percent as a result of profitability pressures and higher marketing costs, but pick up later in the year.
As a result, the FAA ordered all operators of U.S.-registered Boeing 787 to cease operations.
Hywel Dda Health Board said some operations at its hospitals in mid and west Wales had been postponed as a result of the high number of hospital admissions, but it had increased bed numbers to cope with the influx.
But the two companies have cooperated on this bid in order to unwind a complicated relationship, the result of an earlier acquisition, which left Comcast with a 21% stake in Time Warner's cable operations.
ConocoPhillips is in the midst of a break up that will result in two separate companies, one for upstream and the other for downstream operations.
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The violence in Monterrey, the result of a turf war between several drug cartels, is causing particular alarm among U.S. businesses with operations in Mexico.
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