Sentences with phrase «continuing their pressure»

The more cynical money managers, however, point to continuing pressures to drive investment banking and trading commissions.

Smegielski was in the hallway outside the Senate during the votes Monday, and pledged to continue the pressure.

«The retail environment remains challenging, with continued pressures on sales,» Sears said in a statement.

In November, however, Loblaw reported lowered earnings for its third quarter, likely due to continuing pressure from Walmart and Target.

It just rejected an overture from rival newspaper publisher Gannett to buy the company for $ 815 million, and now it plans to embark on what CEO Justin Dearborn has described as an «exciting and compelling strategic transformation,» even as the company faces continued pressure for a sale.

They also see continued pressure on margins, as wages are expected to rise this year.

Brick and mortar retail is under continuing pressure from online retailers like Amazon.

The mid-afternoon rally was rather inclusive, but still featured some notable exceptions, with the drug and other health - care providers under continuing pressure from government jaw - boning about pricing.

The so - called Redbook survey showed last week that same - store sales were up 3.2 % over year - ago levels at 20 of the largest U.S. chain retailers despite continued pressure from online competition.

Nonetheless, continued pressure on raw materials prices, evidence of capacity constraints in some sectors and reports of higher employment costs — notwithstanding the steadiness to date of aggregate series for wages — constitute a risk that this forecast could prove to be too low.

«We expect continued pressure on the segment from competitive entrants and market pricing in coming quarters,» chief financial officer Matthew Harbaugh said during Mallinckrodt's first - quarter earnings call earlier this month.

The continued pressure on plan sponsors to close funding gaps while simultaneously managing risk budgets is forcing U.S. institutional investors to take a hard look at their portfolio allocations.

I have no idea whether they actually named the new scheme, but if Treasury follows through on it they will be trying to continue pressuring the curve to flattening; in other words, trying to keep the good times going... because that is what politicians do and I have little doubt that Sec.

So there is much to be worried about, especially with regard to the continuing pressures the Church faces to conform to the perceived wisdom about how to respond to problems such as early sexual activity, teenage pregnancy and STIs.

The changing roles of men and women and the continuing pressure of feminist groups (as well as unassailable logic) make such a victory inevitable.

The missionaries» anti-slavery campaign and their continued pressure on the Travancore government finally ended in the emancipation of the slaves.

As a result of CMS missionary interest in «runaway» slaves, and the CMS missionaries» continued pressure on the State government, Pulayas were protected from further violence.

There's been continuing pressure on Iran to review laws which prohibit religious freedom and punish those who don't adhere to Islam.

The two biggest changes in the craft beer industry are the proliferation of players in the market and the continuing pressure from big brewing companies as they buy up independents to have more play in the space, Ottaway says.

Now, just before starting the backswing, squeeze the hands on the grip quite tightly and continue this pressure as you swing.

Real Madrid continued their pressure at the top of the table on Barcelona with a 4 - 2 victory over Athletic Bilbao last weekend in a topsy - turvy encounter and the match would have been a good preparation for Los Blancos for the Champions League clash against Roma on Wednesday.

French continued pressure on England with string of attacks but no clear cut opportunity.

Continued pressure is need to stop it claiming its baby milk «protects» babies and other malpractice.

Hats off, Dr. Amy, for the continued pressure to do so!

Thanks to your continued pressure, this morning I'm pleased to announce that I've secured a commitment to have a vote on...

But after considerable thought I agreed to Ed's request, not least because I believe that the constitutional crisis provoked by the continued pressure for Scottish independence means Lords reform is now more essential than ever.

ALBANY — Bronx senator Jeff Klein is rolling out the support of more labor unions, as the Working Families Party and its allies continue pressuring him to re-unite with mainstream Democrats.

I felt I could not reconcile this with our continued pressure on the Palestinian leadership not to turn to the ICC to seek justice.»

In Albany, Sanders used the vote to continue his pressure on impacting Clinton's November platform.

Among the findings: States will face continued pressure due to skyrocketing Medicaid costs, underfunded pensions for retired public employees and volatile tax revenues, as well as reduced federal funding.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the Alabama senate race between Roy Moore and Doug Jones, Trump's popularity in regards to the economy, and continuing pressure from the Russia investigation.

With continued pressure on households, the Unison union has repeated its call for the government to raise public sector pay.

In a press conference today, Mr Cameron said he would be continuing pressure on Labour to hold a referendum on the EU treaty, but repeatedly refused to commit his own party to the same demands.

These short term actions do not remove the continuing pressures on the council's financial position shown by the # 17million shortfall against its planned efficiencies.»

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE Continuing their pressure on Governor Andrew Cuomo to add $ 70 million in AIDS spending to the budget for the state fiscal year that begins on April 1, roughly 30 AIDS activists took control of a suite near Cuomo's office in Albany and began reading the names of the New Yorkers who -LSB-...]

They point to budget negotiations last year when most thought Cuomo was in a position thanks to Moreland and continuing pressure from the US Attorney to truly campaign for public financing of elections.

«But I think at the moment we're at a kind of cusp, where there's continued pressure within Brazil to relax some of the forest laws.»

He says continued pressure to reduce fuel usage, greenhouse gases and other pollutants «could lead manufacturers to look at alternative combustion strategies.

Late last month, its continued pressure prompted the Clinton administration to lift the threshold to 194 MTOPS, and a commitment to raise it to 500 MTOPS, if the COCOM countries agree.

Smith, whose company is experimenting with ways to replace its formaldehyde - free glue with a nontoxic, soy - based one, says he welcomes the continued pressure to improve.

Continuing the pressure with your hands, bend the elbows and pull the ball back to chest.

While this autonomy offers freedom, leadership must balance this notional encouragement for fitting another activity into their busy timetables with continued pressures to perform in standardised testing.

Continued pressure on funding has seen many schools prioritise spending on what British Thornton calls the «Ofsted essentials» of desks, chairs and storage, while spending in

The unprecedented and continued pressure on school budgets over recent years is now having a real and lasting damaging impact on the quality of our children's education.

The education sector faces continued pressure to provide high quality learning environments to the growing population.

The reality is that the continued pressure of the budget caps exacerbates the pressure on Congress to cut, cut, cut and completely bypasses any realistic conversation about what the appropriate and adequate funding levels are and should be.

Will states move toward improving schools without the continued pressure of the federal government?

And he adds there's continued pressure on the District's budget from charter schools in the city - which receive a portion of the school system's revenue.

After continued pressure to reduce testing, the school system eliminated dozens of interim exams, increasing instructional time for students.

Issue: Continued pressure to increase the Federal size and weight limitations on commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).