Sentences with phrase «against the government as»

Cameron dares Labour to vote against the government as an act of «naked opportunism.

The polls appear to have moved against the Government as well.

She soon afterward filed suit against the government as the owner and operator of the park.

Not exact matches

As HuffPost reported on Tuesday, the judge who ruled against DAPA in 2015 had included among his reasoning the possibility that any DAPA applicants who offered their personal information to the federal government in exchange for protection from deportation could be at a heightened risk under a different presidential administration.

Other top government officials, like foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, have worked to water down the threat of further sanctions against Russia as well.

U.S. government bonds serve as a benchmark against which other bonds are priced — especially the Canadian variety, given the close ties between the two economies.

This would go against all economic logic, however, as the government should be putting additional money into a weakening economy, not taking it out.

The rationale was strength in numbers; its combined membership of 300,000 would be better poised to fight back against increasingly hostile employers, as well as governments that have neutered stoppages as a bargaining tool through back - to - work legislation.

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.

As a result, many small - business owners see the Tea Party as defending their interests against an overzealous governmenAs a result, many small - business owners see the Tea Party as defending their interests against an overzealous governmenas defending their interests against an overzealous government.

The federal government has made sweeping cuts to red tape as small and medium businesses grow more confident about the year ahead, but a growing number believes the state government is working against their best interests, according to the latest Sensis survey.

Emails anonymously provided to Chevron may show a «conspiracy against Chevron,» the oil giant claims, as well as leaks of confidential court materials to high - level Ecuadorian government officials in violation of court orders

The government agency also filed charges against a man who had raised $ 15 million by offering tokens known as PlexCoins.

But as a government official said, «It was a way of demonstrating that Singapore was prepared to stand up against the mighty America.»

But the Chinese e-commerce giant is not without criticism, as even the government in Beijing has admonished the platform's lax enforcement against the sale of counterfeit goods.

Eric Brammer, 30, an information technology specialist from Roanoke, Virginia, who describes himself as Democrat, said he expects tensions to continue over Russia's support of the government of President Bashar Assad in civil war - wracked Syria, where the U.S., Britain and France last week launched missile strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities.

Traders have been weary of regulatory signals recently as government ministers in South Korea and India have both upped their rhetoric against virtual currencies.

Trump on Monday railed against the recent string of attacks in Afghanistan, and ruled out any US discussions with the Taliban as part of the effort to seek peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgents.

But some government officials, including some of Pruitt's own aides, pushed back against the spending requests and reportedly were sidelined as a result, pointing to an agency staff in disarray.

Ackman's $ 20 billion Pershing Square Capital Management made a $ 1 billion short bet against Herbalife in 2012 and has seen the stock price fluctuate as other prominent investors got in and the government began investigating the company.

She joined Promontory from the Department of Homeland Security, where she served as the deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity and communications and led responses to cybersecurity threats against corporations, civilians, and the government.

As an entrepreneur, he now hopes to cut through the bureaucratic morass that prevents his and other talent - filled startups from competing for government work against entrenched clients like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Taking place in a California federal court, the case pits Apple against the U.S. government over control of the iPhone, with terrorism and privacy as the backdrop.

«For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection, Ecuador said in a statement, Press Association reported.

LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.

The Chinese government has already shut down exchanges in China, but it was recently reported to be taking even further measures against new forms of online trading as well as Bitcoin mining operations in the country.

At its core, Mitchell views these memes as a byproduct of fear and a sense by individuals that they are powerless to act against government surveillance.

We view long - term government bonds as useful diversifiers against volatility and equity market selloffs sparked by such shocks.

The prospect of a Harper majority appeared to fade as Quebec lashed back against his perceived insensitivity to the value of government support for culture.

It allows the US government to investigate and then take unilateral action against a country it accuses of using unfair market practices, such as the use of onerous regulations to discriminate against foreign start - ups.

In an emailed statement, James Fitz - Morris, a spokesman for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, said Canada is committed to righting historical wrongs committed against Indigenous people and that the federal government is working to resolve the matter out of court, as it did with the Sixties Scoop survivors» class action.

Given most governments» stance against cash, it is not hard to see why they dislike Bitcoin as well.

Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander's startup, IronNet Cybersecurity Inc., has raised a sizable round of venture financing as it seeks to leverage its founder's government experience to defend customers against sophisticated hackers.

Management Foreign Direct Investment FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.

But mostly what we do is actually something called a repo, which is we lend or borrow money from the banking system against collateral (normally a government security), but also bank paper as well.

(a) Share of total Australian dollar assets (per cent), subcomponents are the share of liquid assets (b) While deposits with other banks are a store of liquidity, they do not contribute to the stock of liquidity held by the banking system as a whole, since the recipient banks will, in turn, need to hold additional liquidity against these deposits; consequently, they are excluded from this table (c) Includes Commonwealth Government Securities and securities issued by the states and territories (d) Includes notes and coins, Australian dollar debt issued by non-residents and securitised assets (excluding self - securitised assets)

As a result, the Opposition parties will likely vote against the bill and the Harper Government will again use this against them during the upcoming election campaign.

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

We advocate a strategic allocation to government bonds, despite their low potential returns, as a buffer against equity market selloffs.

WisdomTree's yuan ETF is heating up as investors start making bets China's currency is heading higher against the dollar for all kinds of reasons, the latest a couple of reports suggesting the Chinese government is ready to let its currency start rising again.

As Bitcoin gains popularity, governments are slowly but surely starting to take stances against / for it.

But industrial capital as well as labor has come under attack in an internecine war of finance capital against industrial capital, and even against the power of governments to retain control over national economies.

Saskatchewan's government has vowed to match Alberta's actions in retaliating against B.C. as it supports the pipeline's construction.

Once dismissed by many European authorities, he and other whistle - blowers are now being courted as the region's governments struggle to fill their coffers and to stem a populist uprising against tax evasion and corruption.

For example, from: 1) the replenishment of foreign exchange buffers large enough to protect the economy against a protracted shock; 2) a significant reduction in government debt metrics; 3) a successful diversification of the economy and government revenues that will become less dependent on oil receipts; 4) continued improvements in governance and institutional strength which act as long — term constraints on Angola's rating.

The officials said Kelly portrays himself to Trump administration aides as the lone bulwark against catastrophe, curbing the erratic urges of a president who has a questionable grasp on policy issues and the functions of government.

The relentless campaign against the legislation has proven effective as it appears virtually certain that the government will now delay its implementation.

By midday Tuesday Mr. Snowden himself, in a Twitter message from his exile in Moscow, declared that «circumstantial evidence and conventional wisdom indicates Russian responsibility» for publication, which he interpreted as a warning shot to the American government in case it was thinking of imposing sanctions against Russia in the cybertheft of documents from the Democratic National Committee.

S&P has said the government filed the lawsuit against it as «retaliation» for its downgrade of the U.S. credit rating in 2011.

Further, Premier Klein continued to present himself as the candidate to stand up against the federal government and protect Albertans» interests.