In Japan, a Tokyo governor recently ordered
municipal employees to finish their work by 8:00 p.m., after a 25 - year - old woman employed by Dentsu, an advertising company, jumped to her death after logging more than 105 overtime hours in one month.
• Huron Capital made an investment in Pueblo Mechanical & Controls Inc, a Tucson, Ariz. - based provider of HVAC replacement, retrofit and repair services primarily for facilities in education,
municipal, and healthcare end markets.
«Near term budget gaps for states are immense,» though not unmanageable, said Matt Fabian, a managing director at
Municipal Market Advisors.
At the moment, it appears Trudeau, Morneau and their counterparts in the provinces and on
municipal councils are most concerned with helping the lucky ones.
Since these are largely public sector jobs at the provincial or
municipal level, the characteristics of the local tax base has an effect.
«The problem specifically with Chapter Nine for states is
the municipal market does not extract a penalty rate or an insurance rate against states going into bankruptcy because it is not allowed,» said Mier, a Managing Director at Chicago's Loop Capital.
Municipal regulations are equally blameworthy for jacking up rents and denying low - income Canadians roofs over their heads.
As a solution,
municipal strategist Chris Mier believes bankruptcy would cause more harm than good.
Twelve percent of
municipal water is provided by private water systems, and they serve 36 million people in the U.S.
Hsieh is working to fill the neighborhood with tech startups from diverse fields, along with new restaurants, a health clinic, and other cultural attractions and
municipal improvements.
Where police and
their municipal masters have higher priorities and tight budgets, tolerance rules.
The average American uses 176 gallons of water per day, and
municipal water prices have increased 27 percent over the past five years.
Generally speaking, most
municipal water comes from aquifers.
At the national, provincial, and
municipal levels, South Africa's leaders ignored Cape Town's shrinking water supply until it became a crisis.
In many big cities,
municipal land - use planning departments and other local agencies are hiring planners to help manage growth linked to population increases, burgeoning private investment and new infrastructure.
Several
municipal health boards — including Guelph and Waterloo Region in Ontario as well as Montreal — have issued reports warning of the alleged health risks of income inequality.
Since then, Parko has pivoted to gather data straight from
municipal parking authorities.
The three levels of government — federal, provincial and
municipal — take the largest share of the annual total value distributed by the 89 firms surveyed.
I found myself recently in need of a contact at a local, large
municipal economic - development group, but didn't know a soul there.
Since these are largely public sector jobs at the provincial or
municipal level, the characteristics of the local tax base has an effect on what you'll earn.
Municipal housekeeping in particular was primarily a women's movement to clean up cities.
Both included sizable contributions from OMERS Ventures, the VC arm of the Ontario
municipal pension fund.
Municipal decision makers should identify bottlenecks in the start - up ecosystem and design and carry out initiatives to address them.
Municipal officials also have every reason to want to share transportation data rather than hoard it, because it will inevitably make their own jobs easier.
They argued that the only reason women wanted to «mother» and keep house in the community was because they were so bad at such things at home - that
municipal housekeeping was only a movement against domestic housekeeping.
Last year Calgary's superstar mayor Naheed Nenshi suggested to Maclean's last year that
municipal government is the most crucial level for most citizens, and it seems that with startups it's the absence of city engagement that causes problems.
In the end,
the municipal board deemed Ajax's challenge of the bylaw insufficient.
Since then, however, Lau thinks financing prospects in Canada have improved, in part thanks to OMERS Ventures, a venture capital arm of the Ontario
Municipal Employees Retirement System that was set up late last year.
Past interns have worked at
the municipal, provincial, and federal level — besides the valuable research experience, these positions are a serious networking opportunity.
They're doing it through dozens of workshops held in community centers, libraries, YMCA's, and
municipal buildings, where anywhere from 40 to 60 women (and sometimes a few men) work their way through a two - hour curriculum that teaches them how to figure out how much they should be paid, how to make their case to an employer, and how to gracefully exit a negotiation that might not be going well.
The company added that it is «well reserved for
its municipal exposures and, due to the non-acceleration feature, does not face liquidity risks,» and it concluded that it «strongly» disagreed with Eihnhorn.
As Chapmans dug the foundations for the new plant, they discovered a storm sewer that did not appear on
municipal plans.
In response to Einhorn's presentation, Assured Guaranty released a statement that said the investor's analysis «fails to acknowledge the positive implications of our significant financial strength and strong operating performance, and demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of our business model and
the municipal debt markets.»
With revenues from the band's winery, golf course, luxury hotel and other ventures as collateral, it can now issue bonds just like
municipal, provincial or federal governments — a first in Canada for a native band.
As the New York Times reports, the contest will supply local programmers and developers with a stockpile of raw
municipal data sets to help them build city - related apps for the web and smart phones.
Michael Nobrega, president of the $ 53 - billion Ontario
Municipal Employees Retirement System, said in March that pension funds such as his should be able to manage PRPPs.
Airbnb has faced similar resistance from
municipal authorities in other markets.
Many
municipal transit authorities have been sued, sparking the ire of the American Public Transit Association.
«In the event of
a municipal default, Assured Guaranty is obligated to cover shortfalls in scheduled principal and interest payments only when those payments are due.
First, stop the double - dipping that some state and
municipal employees have.
But this most basic
municipal service costs money, and will cost more in the future.
It's a quiet area that also has wide lots with alleyways that can also take advantage of new
municipal changes to add laneway homes, says Pon.
Calls by
municipal governments to reduce police budgets have generally shown to be all talk, no action.
Our latest Sustainly Trend Briefing examines how some of the world's biggest companies are collaborating with tech start ups,
municipal governments and community organizations working to create Smart City services and experiences, and how these innovations can deliver more sustainable living and business.
In April the company signed a «strategic cooperation agreement,» Rhee said, with
the municipal government of Kunming City in the southwestern province of Yunnan, which will aid the company in robot building and developing artificial intelligence capabilities in Yunnan province for the purpose of making Kunming and other municipalities A.I. - enabled «smart» cities.
And if John Tory wins the mayoralty in this fall's
municipal election, the nameplate on Prichard's law firm door will draw him even closer to the beating heart of the action.
Charlotte, N.C. - based Passport, which develops private - label mobile payment apps for
municipal parking and transit services, adopted Zenefits in February 2015.
Meanwhile, authorities in the Swiss towns of Zug and Chiasson have experimented with accepting Bitcoin for taxes and
municipal services.
In our annual Winners & Losers issue, Canadian Business has compiled a scorecard of the year that was, from South Korea's emergence as a global superpower to Canada's sorry state of
municipal politics.
We'd been eating burgers at Nat's — a greasy spoon inside the Hawthorne
Municipal Airport, where Musk's three - engine jet is parked — when he realized he was missing a meeting about his rocket's propellant tank.