Sentences with phrase «about widening»

It is all about widening access to a talent pool and giving opportunities to the widest possible range of people, not just on the basis of actual (absolute) achievement, but on potential.

Amid mounting pressure from customers and regulators, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg broke his public silence Wednesday about the widening Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Neither is it fair to contend that the change is simply about widening the offence in order to be seen to lock up some errant directors.

Think about widening the focus to a larger audience or subject area — rather than creating another law blog, how about an industry blog with a legal slant?

Shama Rahman is a marketing specialist passionate about widening access to cultural institutions for all audiences.

Concerned about a widening achievement gap in Putnam City schools, the Oklahoma Education Association, with the support of the NEA, hosted a series of community conversations with parents and community members to determine people's perspectives on the achievement gap.

De Blasio emphasized that neither he nor anyone from his campaign has «heard from any federal agency» and «there's been no outreach of any kind» about the widening federal corruption probe of the NYPD that has now reached to de Blasio's fundraising activities.

Governor Cuomo, speaking to reporters in New York City for the first time in a week, denied that he's feeling «defensive» about the widening probe.

A huffy Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded innocence and ignorance when reporters pressed him today about widening investigations into his fundraising and defunct political nonprofits — and he pointed to Hillary Clinton as a shining example of a politician subjected inquiries that came to naught.

N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo says a key vote on the next installment of the Buffalo Billion project is merely postponed, not canceled, and he denies that he's feeling «defensive» about the widening federal probe of his administration's economic development projects.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he will no longer talk about a widening federal corruption investigation that stretches from the NYPD to his own fundraising.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a key vote on the next installment of the Buffalo Billion project is merely postponed, not canceled, and he denies that he's feeling defensive about the widening federal probe of his administration's economic development projects.

«Increased freedoms for schools have also resulted in heightened concerns about widening racial disparities affecting BME pupils, with black Caribbean pupils being three times more likely to be excluded from schools comparted to white pupils.

Governor Cuomo says a key vote on the next installment of the Buffalo Billion project is merely postponed, not canceled, and he denies that he's feeling «defensive» about the widening federal probe of his administration's economic development projects.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says a key vote on the next installment of the Buffalo Billion project is merely postponed, not canceled, and he denies that he's feeling «defensive» about the widening federal probe of his administration's economic development projects.

Cuomo, speaking to reporters in New York City Tuesday for the first time in a week, said he's not feeling defensive about the widening probe.

Conference 2018 took place over MLKing Jr. weekend, January 12 - 14, and continued the ongoing conversation about widening the circle of students served by Public Waldorf education through a deepening of our knowledge and experience with culturally relevant practices.

The Alliance's 2018 conference took place over MLKing Jr. weekend on January 12 - 14, continues the ongoing conversation about widening the circle of students served by Public Waldorf education through a deepening of our knowledge and experience with culturally relevant practices.

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Since the accident public meetings have been held about widening 287, but the victims» families worry that the road's reputation will obscure the crash's true cause.

Bakeries serious about widening their clientele base will eventually acknowledge the needs of their potential customers.

His removal has observers less concerned about his leadership shortcomings, which allegedly led to his removal, than about the widening gap between conservatives and the Orthodox Church.

We have helped to bring about a widening split between the technically competent and computer - owning rich and the computerless and technically illiterate poor.

Fundamentally, Christian spirituality is not about attaining an altered state of consciousness but about widening the range of genuine caring about others, so that we act for their interest not out of duty but out of love.

asks Santoro, who wrote about the widening disconnect between Main Street and Wall Street in his book, «Wall Street Values.»

The European Union and journalist associations expressed concern Thursday about a widening crackdown on media in Turkey, calling on Ankara to respect fundamental freedoms.

Not exact matches

In recent days, Sanders has stumped with striking Verizon workers, railing about large corporations destroying the middle class through cost - cutting and low wages that create economic stagnation and widen the gulf between the 1 percenters and everyone else.

What I'm learning about drone operation is going to widen my perspective.

Google has widened its share from about 31 per cent since Microsoft bought Atlas as part of the ill - fated aQuantive acquisition.

Amid economic turmoil, growing consciousness about environmental waste and widening acceptance of «takeout culture,» authorities in France are now trying to combat long - held stereotypes surrounding doggie bags.

«If there were greater worries about the economy or other downside risks, then we should have seen the dollar rise, credit and swap spreads widen, and emerging markets underperform.

As the gap widens, it creates rising uncertainty about how excess debt servicing costs will ultimately be allocated, and at the point at which this uncertainty is high enough to alter materially the behavior of economic agents, and so lower the net asset value of the economic entity, the borrowing country has «excessive» debt.

Meanwhile, in the short - term, the differential between Brent and WTI has widened to its largest extent in two years at about $ 6.50 per barrel, a level that has many analysts predicting a coming surge in U.S. crude exports.

What's important about a shortened sales cycle is that it reduces both the cost per lead and cost per acquisition — two more factors that directly contribute to positive ROI which would likely only widen the gap between doing and not doing inbound marketing.

Examples of personal outcomes include impressing peers, widening the buyer's sphere of influence, or increasing their ability to control something about their environment.

While the remarks didn't disclose much about its plans for cryptocurrencies going forward, they come as part of a widened effort taken by the agency in scrutinizing related projects that may undermine financial health in China.

Although there is considerable uncertainty around the outlook, the Bank is projecting real GDP growth will slow to about 1 1/2 per cent and the output gap to widen in the first half of 2015.

And as The Daily Beast reports, «Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain the company's role in a widening international scandal over the 2016 election,» staying away from an internal town hall «held to brief and reassure employees» about the Cambridge Analytica mess.

They have complained about increasing regulatory uncertainty and a widening bank clampdown that have limited opportunities for both cryptocurrency exchanges and individual investors.

But the widening in spreads at the height of this most recent crisis was also very mild when compared with the 2010 — 2012 period, suggesting European markets remain fairly sanguine about the state of the region's economy.

The recent widening of this spread is, of course, much smaller than was seen in 1994 in the previous episode of globally rising bond yields, when the yield on 10 - year bonds in Australia moved from 1 percentage point to about 3 percentage points above the comparable US yield.

«In addition, the price difference between a condo and single - family home has widened to about CAN$ 200,000.

In late trade on Wednesday, the spread between the onshore yuan and offshore spot widened to about 1,000 pips, the highest level since September 2011, implying foreign investors are pricing in deeper depreciation to come.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The gap between men's and women's retirement savings widens as balances get higher: Whereas men and women are about as likely to have $ 10,000 to $ 99,000 saved for retirement, men are twice as likely as women to have savings balances of $ 200,000 or more.

A Greek exit would have left questions about the survival of the euro, likely leading to the widening of credit spreads in the periphery, or at least in Italy, Portugal and Spain.

In an unexpected move, Standard & Poor's cut its sovereign debt rating on Turkey further into junk territory on May 1, citing widening concern about the outlook for inflation amid a sell - off in the Turkish lira currency.

Why does Canada have a youth unemployment rate of over 15 per cent; a federal debt $ 150 billion higher than when the they took office in 2006; a federation weakened by federal - provincial squabbling over health, training and pensions; greater uncertainty about retirement; widening income inequality?

Let's tell them about the vast middle part of love, too, this part right now, the part that doesn't show up in movies and love songs, the part where my hips have widened and your temples are greying, and some dreams are languishing, and we've become better acquainted with the fruit of faithfulness and gentleness.

Let's tell them about the vast middle part of love, too, this part right now, the part that doesn't show up in movies and love songs, the part where my hips have widened and your hair is greying, and some of our dreams are languishing at the same time that others are coming true.