Its improvements over the second-generation spacesuit include the ability to withstand greater operating pressure, a carbon fiber waist ring, a retractable helmet and improved gloves and glove disconnects.
Instead, he found it had failed to operate at maximum allowable operating pressure--odd, given that this pressure is usually the upper limit for safety and El Paso was under federal restrictions after an August 2000 pipeline explosion killed 12 campers in New Mexico.
And leading firms are emphasizing company-wide cost reductions, as strong competition and excess capacity pressure operating margins.
Also, RIM gave little new information on its ongoing strategic review process, saying only that it has had discussions with a number of parties about potential licensing deals. (But it named no names.) RIM is about half way through its plan to cut 5, 000 people from the payroll, a move which will reduce ongoing operating costs but pressure on near-term cash.
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Retailers today are looking for ways to offset increasing competition, pricing pressure and operating costs.
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Since becoming CEO just over a year ago, revenues have been under significant pressure and operating losses have skyrocketed.
The report said improved business conditions and extra pressure on operating capacity led firms to create more jobs in January.
The Company expects that there will be continued pressure on operating results as it gets set to launch its BlackBerry 10 platform in the fourth quarter.
While the downward pressure on operating margins remain a concern, we think the Q3 earnings are proof that the European economy is stabilizing, which is an encouraging trend for Priceline given that the majority of its business is concentrated in the region.
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Two legislative measures under consideration in Congress could put additional pressure on foreign companies operating in countries involved with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
Any advancements made by Research in Motion and the release of its BB10 operating system will only increase the pressure on Microsoft to execute, but this could be both good and bad.
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No leader is perfect, but every leader faces greater pressure now, with businesses operating on an increasingly global stage and under intense scrutiny from various stakeholders.
The Pakistani government is under intense pressure to act decisively against militants operating on its soil.
Priceline registered a marginal decline in operating margins in Q3 2012 and expects the downward pressure to persist in Q4 as well.
Stocks of oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf Of Mexico have been under pressure lately, as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
For one thing, Microsoft beat up on Palm the same way it took out many of its competitors in the desktop OS space: by putting pressure on hardware vendors to use its operating system, and offering it at a price they couldn't refuse.
In addition, a few companies (RIM, HP) are working with new operating systems acquired in the past year and are under pressure to show they made the right bets.
Margin pressure, though, will continue as Zuckerberg faces higher operating and capital expenses.
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As the Wall Street Journal reported, Zynga earnings are going to remain under pressure as the company faces huge stock compensation bills that exceeded operating profit last year and will likely do so again this year.
In Q3, the firm reported a 2% sequential drop in revenues and an 18% drop in operating income, primarily due to weak drilling in North America and an oversupplied pressure pumping market.
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But its wireline business remained under pressure: revenue fell by 3.6% in the period and operating profit slumped by 90%.
Kamholz was accused of instructing an employee, prior to a 2009 inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to conceal the fact that an unreported pressure relief emitted coke oven gas directly in the air, a violation of its operating permit.
The railroad has instituted a number of business reforms over the years, some of them under pressure from Congress, lowered debt, and has been able to make infrastructure improvements to boost operating efficiency.
Operating margin fell to 17.7% at the Golden Arches, as input costs began to put serious pressure on profits.
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