Sentences with phrase «governments run on»

Governments run on money therefore money has power over governments.

With its government running on the blockchain, Estonia could in theory begin marketing other inventions as they unfold — creating huge new business.

Government runs on email, and access to email and other electronic records has become a cornerstone of public accountability and transparency.

Simply put, the government runs on a deficit.

The revelations come after a rocky year for the social media company, which confirmed that political ads from companies backed by the Russian government ran on the site, which were seen by more than 10 million people.

Not exact matches

In reality most government conditions imposed on foreign takeovers run for about three years.

Deprivation angered Greek voters, destroying any possibility of building a broad consensus on sensible economic reforms — such as creating a tax system that would force the some of the world's most notorious tax dodgers to contribute to the running of the government.

Whether small business owners think their state government is supportive or hostile depends on who they are, the kind of business they are running, where they are located and their political beliefs.

Netflix description: «Despite the Philippine government's crackdown on narcotics, high schooler Joseph expands his drug running while his cop uncle profits from corruption.»

Nearly everything is more affordable than in the U.S. Expats report that basic utilities tend to run around $ 20 per month, thanks in part to the mild weather which requires little heating or no air conditioning and the government subsidies on liquid petroleum.

That traction results from a concerted effort Amazon management over the past four or five years to convince businesses in the financial services, healthcare, and government that running on shared public cloud infrastructure meets their security and other requirements.

This fund is run by BTG Pactual and invests corporate and government debt with a focus on Europe, Middle East, and Africa and Latin America.

The U.S. has told the British government that it would not repeat accusations that it had helped former U.S. President Barack Obama to spy on President Donald Trump when he was running for the White House.

Crucially, Alaskan firms aren't subject to the limits on no - bid contracts that apply to other 8 (a) s. And while the CEO of a regular 8 (a) must be a «disadvantaged» individual, the Alaskans are free to hire whomever they choose to run the business — and usually their choices are rich with experience in government contracting, particularly at the Pentagon.

Sunshine Hillygus, who advises the federal government on the census, notes that this question is likely to fuel suspicion on the part of the undocumented that the census will become a political tool to be used against them — with negative implications for both data accuracy and for the long - run reputation of the Census Bureau as a nonpartisan agency.

He has nominated industry - friendly officials to oversee key government agencies, including the consumer bureau, which is being run on an interim basis by Mick Mulvaney.

While there are some variations across provinces in their distribution plans for legalized marijuana, the largest two provinces, Ontario and Quebec, intend to have provincial run outlets modelled on their government - controlled alcohol sales.

Oceanic data is valuable, but for decades the only way to study the world's hostile waters was to deploy a stationary buoy, launch a satellite into space, or send a government research vessel that runs hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to operate — on top of its initial price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Despite more than paying for itself — by its own reckoning, Ex-Im Bank has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury in the last two decades through interest on guaranteed loans and credit insurance — the 80 - year - old government - run financial institution is a sunset agency.

Google has never shown much interest in government contracting, and spying on individuals runs counter to its business model.

The Hungarian government is running short on cash after it passed a law last week that could compromise the independence of its central bank.

The system will allow companies and government agencies to manage and secure not just BlackBerry devices on their internal networks, but devices that run on rival operating systems such as Android, Windows and Apple's iOS.

Goldman Sachs on Thursday said it reached an agreement in principal to resolve a long running government investigation into its sales of residential mortgage bonds in the run up to the financial crisis.

The Pyongyang government's state - run media said the cyber attack on Sony's Hollywood studio may have been the work of pro-North Korean supporters in a report on Sunday that dismissed charges that the country itself was to blame as «wild rumor.»

Interestingly, Gawande also takes no position on the aspect of the health care debate that evokes the most passion: whether the government ought to run an insurance plan that competes with the private sector and keeps insurers honest.

Unless the residents are working for the band office or a government - run social service, they're almost certainly unemployed — and more often than not, addicted to prescription painkillers at the expense of putting food on the table for their families.

The global consulting giant makes its living telling other companies, governments and organizations how to be more innovative, and right now McKinsey is run by a Canadian, Dominic Barton, who also heads Ottawa's Advisory Council on Economic Growth.

The new platform, the BlackBerry Enterprise Service, or BES 12, will allow corporations and government agencies to manage and make secure not only BlackBerry's mobile devices, but also those running on rival operating systems such as Google Inc's Android, Apple's iOS and Microsoft's Windows platform.

JM: If I was running this country, I would focus a lot of resources on building a corridor between Toronto and Waterloo, the same way the U.S. government made Silicon Valley what it is.

On Sept. 5, both The Guardian and The New York Times published bombshell reports identifying programs run by the NSA and its U.K. counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

Expectations are especially high for electric vehicle (EV) production and sales, as the Chinese government sweetened the incentive for families to trade in their gas - powered automobile for one that runs on a battery - powered electric motor.

Long - dated Treasury yields retreated for a second session on Friday, extending a run of buying in government paper, after rates early in the week touched multiyear peaks.

He went on to say that the agency, created under the Dodd - Frank financial overhaul, is run by «essentially a one - person dictator» and added he had «probably had more complaints about the CFPB in my office, from small local banks and credit agencies, than every other government agency put together.»

It's different now that Alberta's been hit with recession, Kenney told Maclean's on Thursday: «I'm not running for the national government here; I'm running to be premier of Alberta.»

The now - defunct online black market Silk Road, which the government shut down in 2013, ran its transactions on Bitcoin.

It has been running on government «steroids», most of which was withdrawn at the end of 2010 - 11, the strength of the housing sector and heavy personal consumption.

Such approaches could be designed to be revenue - neutral over the business cycle; they also could avoid past debates over fiscal stimulus by separating decisions on countercyclical policy from longer - run decisions about the appropriate role of the government and tax system.

Even the Australian government (which ran on the last election of cancelling the carbon tax imposed by the previous socialist government; and they won) have just cancelled all government funding of solar and wind power generation.

There has been uproar from unions this week after it was learned more than 2,000 Chinese miners would be on their way to British Columbia to work in mines run by Canadian Dehua International, a Vancouver - based company founded and run by a former Chinese government official, to name one company involved.

The IMF added that if growth was lower than expected or if the Greek government failed to meet targets for running a surplus on its budget excluding interest payments, there would be «significant increases in debt and gross financing needs».

The Honest Ads Act would require social media companies to disclose what groups are running political advertisements and make «reasonable efforts» to ensure foreign governments and agents aren't purchasing ads on their platforms.

The government would like to run on a record of good economic management, defined as simply eliminating the deficit.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

Did you know we called on the federal government to create a local airport authority to run YVR in 1987?

Marc Lee, economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a progressive Vancouver think tank, says that government action on the reforms suggested by labour will be hampered by ideological objections to running deficits in bad times.

He has produced a deep treatise on government debt, served as chairman of a world - spanning regulatory body, run Italy's central bank (while remaining coolly removed from the scandals and fracases of Italian politics) and made a pile of money working at Goldman Sachs — all without being pigeonholed as an academic, regulator or investment banker.

Trump is sending a loud and clear message to Americans: crime not only pays on Wall Street but it qualifies you to run the government of the United States.

Inasmuch as the essence of rulers and government is rule - setting, deregulation represents an undoing of public power in society's broad interests, on the ground that public power is inherently corrupt and run in the bureaucracy's narrowly self - serving interest.

Until the Federal government can pass a budget (they haven't in almost four years), remove the 7 - year long ZIRP which penalizes savers and rewards debtors, and find a way to eventually remove the excess QEs and > $ 1 trillion annual spending deficits, I will stay on the porch while the «big dogs» run.