Sentences with phrase «activity by political party»

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The political parties are feverishly engaged in hour - by - hour activity.

«Registration with the Charities Bureau is one existing mechanism that can help shed light on 501c4 organizations engaging in this political activity, though campaign communications and expenditures by veiled third - party entities and individuals should be disclosed in a manner similar to candidate campaign committees.»

How could Party leaders be consistent with the values (fiscal restraint, social conservatism — e.g., high moral code) they have professed for 30 years and nominate someone with zero performance in reducing expenditures even on a local level, someone tainted by giving and receiving political favors as a Commissioner on the Port Authority, and someone linked for 20 years by business and marriage to mobster activities?

Unlike Okudzeto Ablakwa who conveys the impression in his articles that constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law mandate that I should have protected the crimes and graft I exposed simply because of membership of a political party, I take the right and correct view that the constitution enjoins every citizen to uphold and defend it by exposing any activity of any person or group of persons who abuse Article 55 on political parties for criminal purposes.

De Blasio's political activities are being scrutinized by federal investigations over the method of helping Senate Democrats take over the chamber in 2014 — namely through a series of massive donations to county party committees, which then disbursed funds on behalf of individual candidates.

This is little surprise as the report appears more focussed on the Chakrabarti Inquiry and Labour Party antisemitism than offering new recommendations - despite noting that «the majority of antisemitic abuse and crime has historically been, and continues to be, committed by individuals associated with (or motivated by) far - right wing parties and political activity».

The loyalty clause, which was added in 2002, prohibits the following activities, by a committee member, involving candidates other than the party's endorsed candidate: circulating nominating petitions; appearing in advertising; permitting the committee member's name to be used in advertising or on stationery; directly or indirectly contributing financially to a campaign; and appearing at political functions, meetings or support groups organized by a rival candidate.

The delegation, led by the Electoral Commissioner of DR Congo, Nangaa Yobeluo Corneille, sought to acquire from Ghana how activities of various institutions and systems including Ghana's faith - based organisations, the National Peace Council and Political Parties impact on the electoral process of Ghana.

We shall select a three - member committee to coordinate party activities at the regional level by gathering updated information from all the former MMDCEs in the region about political and developmental issues to the Central Coordinating Unit (CCU) to be used by the National Executive Committee to formulate strategies, programmes and campaign messages for victory 2020 and beyond.

Senate Republicans have received the LLC legislation coolly, insisting other areas are ripe for reform, such as boosting penalties for those who violate contribution limits by donating through party committees — part of an investigation into Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio's political activities.

According to Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey, «registration with the Charities Bureau is one existing mechanism that can help shed light on 501 (c)(4) organizations engaging in this political activity, though campaign communications and expenditures by veiled third - party entities and individuals should be disclosed in a manner similar to candidate campaign committees.»

This was criticized by Syriza and DIKKI as inappropriate interference by the courts in party political activity.

«We would have wished that much as the C.I 91 grants this activity of the Commission in consultation with political parties, the parties would have been duly notified / consulted before any such decisions are taken,» NPP pointed out in a statement signed by its Acting General Secretary, John Boadu.

According to Momentum, the festival will feature more than 160 hours of workshops, debates, live music, art exhibitions, children's activities, plays, and parties, including a «political games corner», interactive art exhibitions, pop up think tanks run by various groups including «Mums for Corbyn», a four day Hackathon tasked with building the tools needed to win the next election, workshops on how to make a viral video, a play telling the stories of striking miners and live streams of the Labour Party Conference.

Walsh is charged with theft of government funds and wire fraud for collecting more than $ 80,000 in pay and overtime pay by allegedly claiming that he was working for the sheriff's department when he was actually golfing, gambling, working on party political activities, being fitted by his tailor for clothing or relaxing at home.

In this case, Mr Hunter did not distinguish clearly enough between his Parliamentary and party political roles and as a result I conclude that he breached the rules by using the Communications Allowance, albeit largely indirectly, to support his party political or campaigning activities.»

Spokesman of the opposition political parties in the state, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna said that after a critical study of Mallam Nasir Ahmed El - Rufai's activities and programmes as regard the local government elections in the state and SIECOM's activities directed by governor El - Rufai, it was very clear that the governor is not interested and willing to conduct local government poll within the period of his administration.

The League Against Cruel Sports has been censured by the Charity Commission for abusing its charitable status to engage in party political activity.

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption to thoroughly investigate circumstances surrounding the arrest and release of the Innoson Motors boss, Dr Innocent Chukwuma by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure that needed investors were not scared away by the activities of the ant - graft agency.

Frank Sparaco was known to play a major part in the decision - making of what the Journal News has referred to as the «legal racket party» formerly «chaired» by Sparaco's mother - in - law, who previously served time in jail for her political activities collecting petitions.

According to the Source, «we drew his attention to Section 221 of the constitution which prohibits political activities by associations other than registered political parties.»

From Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln» as adapted by Kushner and directed by Steven Spielberg, the movie «Lincoln» focuses on one principal activity, which was the president's role in convincing a sharply divided House of Representatives to vote for the Amendment already passed by the Senate because Lincoln's party had the numbers there.

The bill doubled the amount of money private donors could give to political parties, removed the cap on how much political parties could spend to support candidates participating in the public finance system and created a massive loophole by allowing candidates, in this case Malloy, to better coordinate their activities with political parties and other political action committees.

Other senior fellows of the institute have been deeply involved in political activity Preston Manning is the founder of the right - wing Reform Party in Canada, which later merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the new Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper who became Prime Minister in 2006.

These cases have exposed and challenged critical legal and evidentiary practices, including undercover police surveillance of civil rights organizations, the exclusion of prospective jurors based on previous political activities, the use of post-arrest psychiatric examinations by prosecutors when seeking the death penalty, and the exclusion of evidence of third party guilt by courts in capital cases.