Not exact matches
Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race
who is now the
executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made
against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»
As the proprietor of a so - called two - sided marketplace, Travis Kalanick,
who resigned Tuesday night as chief
executive of the $ 70 billion ride - hailing startup, spent years carefully balancing the interests of drivers
against those of passengers.
For example, I was recently working with an
executive recruiter
who did 90 % of his business in a single industry, where despite some success he was struggling to get a foothold
against larger competitors.
Speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, the closely - watched DoubleLine Capital LP chief
executive officer recommended a trade of shorting, or betting
against, Facebook while betting on gains in an exchange - traded fund that tracks oil and gas explorers and producers
who could benefit from rising inflation.
Wall recalls pushing back
against the senior
executive who thought she'd be better off with a resume that appeared male.
Chief
Executive Dara Khosrowshahi,
who is less than a month into his new job, has apologized to Londoners for the taxi app's mistakes and said Uber will appeal
against the decision.
Among the people
who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven
executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael,
who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2
executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program,
who was fired amid theft allegations made
against him by his former employer.
Executives who only a few days ago raged
against all the elements of the current compromise now say it is the only possible deal, way better than two more - BC Premier Gordon Campbell topped that at five more - years of uncertain litigation.
Republicans may rage at the CEOs
who appear before them, but they haven't given the Justice Department enough funding to pursue criminal charges
against corporations and
executives who violate the law.
Yet Mr. Trump's immigration order has been so unpopular with so many tech workers — many of whom are immigrants themselves and
who advocate globalization — that they are now exerting pressure on their chief
executives to push back forcefully
against the administration.
Uber investor Ashton Kutcher is defending Uber from comments that one of its
executives made on Friday, in which the exec casually threatened to launch a smear campaign
against a specific journalist
who had written negatively about the company.
David Zilberg,
who objects to NTN's
executive compensation levels when the stock price is down, said the company got a restraining order
against him after he repeatedly contacted management to complain.
NEW YORK (Reuters)- Viacom Inc's board of directors named Chief
Executive Officer Philippe Dauman as executive chairman, replacing majority owner Sumner Redstone, overriding calls for an independent board chief from Redstone's daughter, who voted agains
Executive Officer Philippe Dauman as
executive chairman, replacing majority owner Sumner Redstone, overriding calls for an independent board chief from Redstone's daughter, who voted agains
executive chairman, replacing majority owner Sumner Redstone, overriding calls for an independent board chief from Redstone's daughter,
who voted
against Dauman.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed
executive orders advancing the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access (DAPL) pipelines, prompting a tsunami of outrage and vows of bold resistance from the Indigenous activists, climate campaigners, and countless others
who have fought
against these projects.
It has had to address allegations of sexism in the workplace; it's grappled with the missteps of its chief
executive, Travis Kalanick,
who on Tuesday revealed he would take a leave of absence from the company; and it finds itself locked in a legal war
against Google amid accusations that one of Uber's former top engineers stole self - driving car technology from the search giant.
The conflict pits Cohn — a former Goldman Sachs
executive — and other pro-free trade advisers in the administration
against the hardcore America First advisers
who are staunchly in favor of the tariffs.
The primary issue is we have a sitting president in Obama,
who through his
executive order is forcing a directiive that goes
against religious freedoms.
Ed Stetzer, a Southern Baptist
who is
executive director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, has issued strong criticism
against Paige Patterson.
Mr Clarke,
who became Treasury's sixth chief
executive in four years after arriving from the United Kingdom just seven weeks ago, is in a race
against time as United States - based KKR seeks to capitalise on shareholder discontent with the Treasury board and a string of operational disasters to swoop on Australia's most famous wine brands.
Combined with the guys
who had one - off performances
against his team, this leads to one pretty big conclusion: as an
executive, Rivers seems to care a lot more about whether he once saw a player performing well than he worries about whether a player is actually any good.
When San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo filed suit
against the MLB, the very next day, my son
who worked at Google said, instead of a pile of Giants tickets, there were a pile of A's tickets on
executives desks.
Chief
executive Peter Storrie said in his programme notes ahead of Tuesday's Premier League 1 - 1 draw
against Sunderland: «I already have more than one interested party and am hopeful that we can finally find owners
who have the best interests of everyone at the club at heart in order to move us forward.»
However, contrary to this letter, and according to our sources, these
executives are
against the current ill treatment
against some party persons especially those
who have from time to time expressed their views on various issues affecting the party.
Civilian Complaint Review Board Chairman Richard Emery is being sued by the CCRB's
executive director, Mina Malik,
who claims she has been retaliated
against after complaining that he referred to her and another female attorney as «pu --- s.»
The list of the mayor's 2013 bundlers includes a real - estate
executive who cut a deal to testify
against crooked ex-pols Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — and another poised to take the witness stand in the NYPD corruption scandal.
Cenedella,
who is mulling a run
against Gillibrand, is the founder and chief
executive officer of TheLadders.com, which the company describes as «the world's leading online community for professional jobs and professional job.»
«I'm proud to join Senators Schumer and Gillibrand in supporting George Latimer for County
Executive,
who is facing a difficult race
against an opponent being funded by some of Donald Trump's most powerful allies,» said Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate.
Most of the nasty and personal allegations have been leveled
against Latimer as he faces the Republican incumbent county
executive, Rob Astorino,
who wants to win this race and possibly turn around and launch a second challenge to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018.
Suffolk County GOP Chairman John Jay LaValle,
who has become a frequent surrogate for his hometown would - be governor, Steve Levy, called in yesterday to push back
against reports that the Queens Republicans aren't united in their support of the county
executive.
Also on tap for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner,
who is running
against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester County
Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.
That sets up a situation where Lazio,
who has pledged to remain on the Conservative line through the general election, would be running
against a fellow Republican — or maybe party - switching Suffolk County
Executive Steve Levy — in the general election.
Any ex officio member of the
Executive Committee (District Leaders, past president)
who runs
against a VID slate or endorsed candidate will forfeit his / her seat on the
Executive Committee until the next annual vote for
Executive Committee members.
Cuomo,
who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and
against President Donald Trump's
executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.
Bloomberg is set to endorse Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Tom Barrett,
who's also the mayor of Milwaukee and is part of the New York City chief
executive's Mayors
Against Illegal Guns group sources confirm.
Also reacting quickly this morning was Common Cause / New York
Executive Director Susan Lerner,
who has repeatedly railed
against the fact that the Legislature has declined to take up any additional anti-corruption bills.
Hotel
executive Suraj Patel,
who is running
against Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the Democratic primary, posted «creepy» statements on social media joking about his attraction to Olympic gold medal gymnast McKayla Maroney — when she was just 16 - years - old.
Attacks
against observer missions
who monitored Kenya's polls are uncalled for,
Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance, Emmanuel Akwetey has said.
Gallagher defeated state Sen. Frank Lasee in the primary and will face off in November
against Outagamie County
Executive Tom Nelson,
who didn't have a primary.
In a general election contest
against Republican real estate
executive Paul Massey, Mayor de Blasio, 64 %, leads Massey, 22 %, by nearly three to one among registered voters in New York City including those
who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.
It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county
executive,
who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the Board's $ 450 million lawsuit
against Lou Ciminelli, for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.
Or, if they've a more elevated turn of mind:
who's the candidate more likely to stand up for the legislature
against the
executive?
Crowley,
who chairs the Democratic conference, equated the president's
executive order with his aggressive enforcement
against undocumented immigrants and his plans for a wall along the Mexican border.
A Hicksville manufacturer of power transmission parts and its chief
executive are being sued by a former vice president,
who alleges he was fired because he complained about abusive behavior by the CEO, including the frequent use of racial epithets
against minority employees.
Before I saw him, Christie was meeting with Phil Murphy, the next governor and a former Goldman Sachs
executive who cast much of his campaign on a referendum
against Christie.
We deeply regret the use of our platform to make the unverified claims
against Mr. Awuah - Darko
who was the Chief
Executive of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company.
«It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county
executive,
who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the board's $ 450 million lawsuit
against (developer) Lou Ciminelli for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.
Not Monroe County
Executive Maggie Brooks, a Republican
who is running
against Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter this fall.
The video captures the downward spiral in GOP's primary for county
executive that is expected to pit McLaughlin against deputy Christopher Meyer, who has the backing of most local Republican leaders and is a political ally of retiring County Executive Kathlee
executive that is expected to pit McLaughlin
against deputy Christopher Meyer,
who has the backing of most local Republican leaders and is a political ally of retiring County
Executive Kathlee
Executive Kathleen Jimino.
According to the eyewitness, police also believes that «some people in the party, like the
executives, were the ones
who led the youth to demonstrate
against the DCE.»
General News of Saturday, 12 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Angry residents protest oil exploration in Keta basin The Municipal Chief
Executive for Keta, Seth Yormevu, says the residents of Keta
who demonstrated
against an onshore oil exploration in the Keta Basin by a Swiss firm, will be probed and addressed accordingly.