Sentences with phrase «about official business»

For instance, you commute to work and your boss lets you use his personal car when going about official business transactions occasionally.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee obtained a copy of former National Security Adviser Susan Rice's email documenting a meeting she had with former President Barack Obama and top intelligence officials eight months before raising concerns about the email, Business Insider has learned.

And when we think someone has violated a conflict of interest rule it's not necessarily because we think he or she has made an improper decision, but rather that we think he or she has failed to keep personal business and official duties separate, and that as a result we can not be sure about what factors may have influenced that decision.

As Business Insider's Adam Payne recently noted, the northwest city of Lancaster could give us a massive clue about the final result hours before the official declaration.

The systematic gutting of publicly funded education — be it in elementary schools or in colleges — was done by officials we've elected, many of whom have received strong support from members of the business community who regularly complain about the lack of a prepared workforce.

The deal has been rumored for some time, and now it's finally official: Zillow agreed Monday to purchase Trulia for about $ 3.5 billion in stock, creating a behemoth in the online real estate listings business.

In the south, business executives and development officials interviewed by Reuters were less likely to call for new tariffs and trade deals than to worry about how any new regime may disrupt a system they have learned to work with.

When the BYOD craze started, company officials had no clue about network security, much less the best practices that would be necessary to reduce the risks introduced by employees using their personal computers, smartphones and tablets for company business.

By following the conventional wisdom about the importance of personal connections (guangxi) in doing business in China, these American CEOs may believe that their principal obstacle to entering the Chinese market or becoming successful there is the lack of direct exchange with the right Chinese officials.

Using figures from official European and Catalonian organizations, Business Insider claimed earlier this year that the region would quickly gain about 16 billion euros yearly in the case of a split, as they would no longer have to pay taxes to Spain.

According to a 2010 report by the Joint Committee on Taxation, the official scorekeeper for Congress, about 3 percent of people who report business income would face a tax increase under Obama's plan.

Most biting of all, critics have branded Bechtel as the archetype for a big business that feeds from government contracts — about half its sales flow from state - sponsored projects — and cultivates cozy ties with officials to gain an unfair edge.

US and Chinese officials will hold highly anticipated trade talks in China on Thursday and Friday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox Business Network, saying he was «cautiously optimistic» about the meeting.

We participate in the policymaking process by informing public officials about our positions on issues significant to our customers and our business.

Federal officials said they «re hearing from businesses in their districts that they «re worried about the impact of these tariffs.

It's always a risk writing about a deal before it is official: CNBC reported a month ago that Disney was in talks to acquire many of 21st Century Fox's assets, including its eponymous movie studio, TV production company, cable channels, and international assets (but not the Fox broadcast network, Fox News, FS1 — Fox's sports channel — and Fox Business).

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague about the specific indicators on which they base their decisions.

«In addition to specific information, we asked Arkansas businesses to communicate their thoughts, concerns and observations about the proposed tariffs in order to ensure those views are heard by our elected officials and trade negotiators in Washington.»

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In Japan, large Japanese manufacturing companies» sentiment about economic conditions has improved in the fourth quarter of the year, the official Business Survey Index out on Monday showed.

Since January, DeMoss has spent about half his time making such arguments, stressing to clients that the work is not official firm business.

The export abattoirs are certified halal, although Gulf officials with business interests in subsidised local industries can create difficulties about credentials.

With any given Red Sox - Yankees game crawling along at about the same tortoise - like clip as a final round of the U.S. Open, baseball officials are as concerned about losing young fans as those involved with the business of golf are with attracting the same demographic.

He just needs to see through the «unfinished business» he talks about on the official site.

That would send a huge statement of intent to our Premier League rivals, as well as show the doubters that officials within the Gunners want to change the way they go about business off the pitch.

The I - 80 Corporate Consortium is group of business leaders, political representatives, economic development professionals and local officials who joined forces about two and a half years ago to help each other and create «one voice» to promote economic development in the corridor, Wright said.

That's despite a considerable amount of grumbling by local municipal and school district officials and business leaders about the lack of mandate relief that was promised by the administration to take the edge off the cap's impact, but so far has not materialized.

Bush did spend about a year and a half on «vacation» away from the White House, and that doesn't include time spent abroad on official business, but I don't think that's what artfdviuyt is driving at.

Importers of have constantly complained about the inefficiencies at the port and about officials of these agencies who claim extort monies from them thus raising their cost of doing business.

When I recently asked Glaser about his email practices, he said, «I don't use personal email to conduct official business.»

Democratic leaders were talking with rank - and - file lawmakers about how to revise the budget plan in the wake of the statements by officials of General Electric, Aetna and Travelers concerning the $ 700 million in proposed business tax increases.

Intellectual engagement with the subject of climate change is increasingly apparent — the government officials, academics and business people I meet are much more open about their expanding investment in low - carbon infrastructure than ever before.

Citing unnamed sources, New York Post columnist Fred Dicker reported this morning that legislators are considering a push to have the Joint Commission on Public Ethics investigate how Duffy approached the Rochester Business Alliance and its officials about a job as the group's president, and whether he properly recused himself from government decisions pertaining to the organization.

He said his client at one point sat at the kitchen table of her family's home with Edward Mangano and Harendra Singh and recounted telling law enforcement officials about doing menus, logos and other work for Singh's business.

Such a theme park would create about 1,000 jobs, bring in additional tax revenues and aid local restaurants and small businesses, county officials told the newspaper.

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Hours later, Cuomo, asked again about Weiner during an event to promote tax - free business zones, said, «I don't have an official position on the mayor's race.

A lawsuit filed by Melania Trump depicts her heightened profile as a «unique, once - in - a-lifetime opportunity» to make millions of dollars in business, once again raising questions about the relationship between Trump's official role and his family's business interests.

I don't say it as an insult, I say it as somebody who knows something about the oil business, and who earnestly believes that accuracy in the statements of political officials is crucial to our country's future.

Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.

Health Republic Insurance of New York, the collapsing insurance co-op, misled state and federal officials about its finances, and will not be able to remain in business through the end of the year as originally hoped.

Local elected officials» concerns about the Nano Utica project far predated last December's pullout of its cornerstone business, Austrian semiconductor fabrication company AMS.

• Article 34 about the language «availability» in store and business, it can't be forced in any case the use of only one of the two official languages for the region: Spanish or Catalan.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about New York State's infrastructure needs, along with other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, North Greenbush Town Hall, 2 Douglas St., Wynantskill.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the state's infrastructure needs, hosted by Sen. Sue Serino, County Executive Marcus Molinaro and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and local businesses, will hold a press conference, County Bridge PV - 15, North Ave over Swallow Stream, Pleasant Valley.

Some New Rochelle residents have raised questions about the nature of the mayoral position in New Rochelle and whether Bramson is a woefully underpaid full - time City employee or a significantly overpaid part - time government spokesperson who doubles as official cheerleader for economic development for New Rochelle's downtown business district.

County officials have said a theme park in Orange County would create about 1,000 jobs and would bring in taxes and opportunities for restaurants and small businesses.

For the second time in about a month, area business officials have been energized by the prospect of a visit by Cuomo to Jamestown only to see the event quickly postponed.

New York City's own bid — which included four possible business districts — was backed by about 70 elected officials, but not Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, or Council members Corey Johnson and Donovan Richards, both contenders to become the next Council speaker.

The agency said Conway «impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election.»