Sentences with phrase «charter companies say»

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For companies shuttling five or six executives, the cost of tickets can easily match or exceed the cost of a direct charter on a private jet, said Crabbe.

«In connection with our transactions with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year, we reaffirmed this resolve, stating that we expected to hire 20,000 new employees at Charter, many in customer service,» the company said in a statement on March 24.

Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm is a «brilliant move» that will make the company a lot more profitable, says Edward Snyder, analyst at Charter Equity Research.

Charter Communications is not interested in Sprint's proposal to be acquired by Charter, a company spokesman said.

VistaJet will fly anywhere with an adequate runway, making it an attractive option for companies which have traditionally relied on small - scale charter services to shuffle employees from locale to locale, says Flohr.

The commission contends the companies are violating a state law that says any nongovernment entity providing passenger transportation services must obtain a charter party carrier license.

Clayton said he requested the review «in response to the recent heightened interest from Congress and others relating to the inclusion of mandatory arbitration provisions in the charters or bylaws of U.S. companies contemplating an IPO.»

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

«We understand why a deal is attractive for SoftBank, but Charter has no interest in acquiring Sprint,» the cable company said in a statement.

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is having a strong day, with shares up more than 4 percent after Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) CEO Thomas Rutledge said in a UBS conference that he had advanced discussions with the company over set - top box integration.

Schumer said Monday the tour and charter company shouldn't fly until officials «get to the bottom of this.

Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge said he was «confident» on getting regulatory approval for the company's two big planned deals for Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

«While Dietl is not enrolled in the campaign finance program, we have decided to invite him based on his showing in a recent poll and his regular presence on the campaign trail,» said a spokesperson for Charter Communications, a debate sponsor and parent company of NY1, which will air the debate, also hosted by WNYC radio and other partners.

A spokeswoman for Charter — the New York wing of Spectrum, NY1's parent company — said the company had no comment on the mayor's remarks.

Ms. Moskowitz, likening the influential educational network she founded, Success Academy Charter Schools, to revolutionary companies like Apple and Google, said she would rather be an education advocate than a mayoral candidate.

If she wanted to do that, she said, she could have selected a company without seeking bids, which the city charter allows.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

Reale said she plans to award the company a contract for up to five years, which she said the city charter allows her to do.

«I can't even begin to say we have this all figured out,» she said while giving ProPublica a tour of Aloma High, another charter school the company runs in Orange County.

Indianapolis parents say they're finally hearing some of the answers they've been seeking about what activities the charter school company taking over Emmerich Manual High School next year will offer.

State Superintendent Mike Flanagan says the consequences of turning entire school districts over to for - profit charter school companies deserves more consideration from state lawmakers.

Charter Schools USA's senior director of education Billie Miller says the company has needed more data from the district to answer those questions.

«As co-owner of Grimmway Farms, one of the largest and most respected agriculture companies in California, Barbara has been dedicated to support schools in and around Bakersfield, not only for her company's employees, but for all students in the region,» said Jed Wallace, President and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association.

If these were stage parents demanding a charter school and saying that the local BoE or PTO was not listening, Pryor would step in in a heartbeat to «hear» them and to argue for handing some public school over to a charter management company.

What we do know is that Achievement First Inc. (the Charter School Management Company), the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc (ConnCAN), the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy, Inc. and 50CAN Inc are — as the saying goes — closely related entities.

Fitzsimon says «two online charter schools opened in the state this fall, operated by two different for - profit companies, one of which, K12 Inc., has a scandal - plagued record in other states,» and that «last week brought maybe the most compelling evidence of all that the General Assembly made a terrible decision in ordering the state board to approve the schools.

«I don't know if students would notice it in the moment, but we hope that stepping back, they will be able to feel and see the difference,» said Shannon Garfield, senior director of special services for Achievement First Inc., the parent company for the Hartford charter school.

While his metaphor was exaggerated, his point was real: Anderson and company are asking the charters to trust the district and to join an effort that charter leaders say comes with serious legal, financial and operational questions.

Cunningham said Athlos» lease arrangement is one example of the loopholes used by charter management companies, allowing private interests to operate public schools outside the intentions of state law.

Kim Frank, executive director of the Utah Charter Network, said there is a place for management companies in the charter school system, but she prefers smaller, specialized firms to the comprehensive service providers that assume school operCharter Network, said there is a place for management companies in the charter school system, but she prefers smaller, specialized firms to the comprehensive service providers that assume school opercharter school system, but she prefers smaller, specialized firms to the comprehensive service providers that assume school operations.

Follow the money • Royce Van Tassell, executive director of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, said the state has a long history of partnering with private companies on public services, and he compared charter - service providers to contractors who pour concrete for Utah'sCharter Schools, said the state has a long history of partnering with private companies on public services, and he compared charter - service providers to contractors who pour concrete for Utah'scharter - service providers to contractors who pour concrete for Utah's roads.

That rankles supporters of traditional public schools such as Gonzalez Petkovich, who say too many charters are fly - by - night companies that are only in it to grab taxpayer money and don't offer a well - rounded education.

He said the company does not have a contract with the charter organization.

(Asked what happens to parents» power after a charter company is brought in, Michael Trujillo of the pro-trigger group Parent Revolution said parents would maintain greater leverage through the threat of pulling the trigger all over again.)

Workplace charter schools have been slow to catch on because they don't offer clear returns for company investment or benefits to employees who would enroll their children, said Samuel Abrams, director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Columbia University.

Steve Perry, the man who claims to be America's Most Trusted Educator, also says he owns a «boutique» Charter School Management Company.

The state department also said it will make charter schools and their management companies to adhere to anti-nepotism and conflict - of - interest policies established for public school districts.

The Governor's plan also calls for funding a charter school company from the Bronx that says it will save Stamford, Connecticut by opening a sister school there.

Advocates argue the measure empowers parents to get involved and find solutions, while opponents say it will open the door to charter companies looking to make a profit.

The boards of 10 charter schools appealed to the high court on Monday, saying a Franklin County appellate court ruling that says the company owns the equipment «threatens the public accountability that ordinarily accompanies the use of public funds.»

HARTFORD — City and state educators said Monday that they had been served with subpoenas by a federal grand jury examining the expenditure of millions of dollars in public money by the troubled charter school management company FUSE.

In one extreme example, the Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove, Illinois, mandates that each student's family invest in the company that built the school, a practice the state said it would investigate after inquiries from Reuters.

State Officials decided to given the Milner School to a charter school management company, and they did it, they say, because the students are so similar.

The decision to work with SRCP was made after meeting «with a variety of vendors on both sides of the aisle,» said Public Charter Schools» general consultant Jim Conroy, noting that the company has experience working in New England and on ballot questions like this year's charter refeCharter Schools» general consultant Jim Conroy, noting that the company has experience working in New England and on ballot questions like this year's charter refecharter referendum.

An even more important, but unresolved issue, is how Perry can even replicate Capital Prep Magnet School in Bridgeport and Harlem when federal copyright laws and Hartford Board of Education policies appear to make it clear that the concepts, materials, curriculum, policies and procedures that Perry has said he will be using in his charter schools actually belong to the Hartford Board of Education and the taxpayers of Hartford and do not belong to Perry or Perry's private company as he claimed in his Bridgeport and Harlem charter school proposals.

«There is a lot of risk if rates rise and you can not get out of the ARM at the right time,» says Phillip Christenson, a chartered financial analyst and owner of Phillip James Financial, a financial planning and investment management company in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Some chartered companies will ask for proofs of experience (we had to list our two skippers» experiences for hiring the boat in the Whitsundays), others will just say that it's recommended (our experience for hiring a catamaran near Fraser Island).

That said, most bareboat charter companies are based out of Airlie Beach, a 30 - minute drive from Proserpine's Whitsunday Coast Airport.

Earlier this week, the Fairfax board said in a statement it wouldn't be offering Rinehart any board seats because wouldn't sign the company's charter of editorial independence.

The company's charter and bylaws, board committee charters, and employee handbooks may also contain provisions with regard to procedures to be followed in the event of termination, such as who has the authority to negotiate terms, how to effect notification, and the amount of say the CEO has in the process.