And so we require there to be mandatory ethics training on that acquisitionrelated interaction so its clear what you can and cannot do. Secondly on Acquisition Strategy, we require every Program Start out with an Acquisition Strategy. It has to be done in writing and upfront and dated as needed. This strategy would consolidate at least six different requirements into that upfront strategy and has to include what is the most appropriate type of contract for this particular acquisition. This is another area where one size clearly does not fit all. It has to consider whether multiyear is appropriate and include Risk Mitigation strategies just like commandants have to have war plans, and we need to have it for our plan. And it has to consider incentives. So, for example, one of the things we want to consider is shared savings on Service Contracts, which are not currently allowed. And the third area, we want to simplify the chain of command tore acquisition decisions. So a number of require
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Make them more of a target. So they switched to khaki. The french by comparison still wore blue coats and bright red trousers. The french minister of war saw an advantage of being slightly less visible on the battlefield and sought to institute the same reform that the british had taken on, but a general way to describe the debate would be to say that the french have always held a high regard for fashion. So, taking away would be, as a parisian newspaper wrote contrary to french taste and military function and of course they put taste before function. What a former general got former general even talk to a parliamentary hearing one former general even took to a parliamentary hearing, screaming to ministers that they would never eliminate our red trousers. Well, later on, after a bloody conflict, the french minister of war wrote that the blind and imbecile attachment to the most visible of all colors was to have cool consequences. Will consequences. Cruel consequences. So far weve been
Hello. Welcome to countdown. Just gone 6 00 here in london this thursday morning. We have Earnings Releases as well as other things. The companys latest results showed a wider loss in 2013 dan previously thought. Dont miss our exclusive interview with the cfo later this hour. Elians from allianz breaking now. Neils anderson will talk to us after earnings break next hour. They own the biggest container shipping line. Breaking now. Fourth quarter has missed estimates. Analysts estimated 1. 3 one level is above what they had targeted. The actual figure for a operating profit, 10. 1 billion, up over the previous years mine. 4 billion and given some guidance. Operating profit will be between 9. 510. 5 billion. They have raised their dividend to 5. 3 euros per share up from 4. 5 and they will be looking to see whether they are planning share buybacks or will stick with an increasing dividend as well. Those are the early headlines from europes biggest insurer. Speaking to the cfo in about an
His passing would really hurt her emotionally and physically and that she would soon follow. So i think people have, have gauged that fairly correctly. She was the longest running monica in british histories of passing the reign of Queen Victoria in september of 2015. How do you think that she managed to rain so successfully through so many Turbulent Times during her reign . Well fortunately for her, she had a lot of really good role models stretching way back into british or french or other other countries. History monarchs were usually quite tumultuous, impetuous, demanding. But around the turn of the 18th to 900 century, a new model of monarchy was sort of brought forward in part by george the 3rd and his wife, queen charlotte. And then really solidified by victoria and albert. And this was then carried very much into the 20th century through the queens grandparents towards the 5th and queen mary. Um, and all of those people i think, really saw as a model that you dont really reveal