Sentences with phrase «against the measure on»

A long list of environmental groups in New York is urging voters not to call a constitutional convention, adding their voices to a growing list of organized groups allied against the measure on November's ballot.

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The rising trend for taxes on sweetened drinks has prompted beverage industry giants like PepsiCo and Coca - Cola to spend billions of dollars on advertising and lobbying campaigns against the measures.

The following measures are used by the Company's management to evaluate financial performance against historical results and establish targets on a consolidated basis.

Internally, the Company's management uses these measures to evaluate performance against historical results, to establish financial targets on a consolidated basis and for other reasons, which are discussed below.

Pensioners demonstrate to protest against deep cuts to pensions and measures included in the government's draft 2018 budget, on November 23, 2017 in Athens.

Meanwhile, investors will also be assessing developments between Russia and the U.S.. On Friday, the Kremlin told Washington it needs to cut 755 of its staff members in Russia and further measures could be taken as a result of new sanctions against Moscow.

Today's must - read story is from Fortune «s Tory Newmyer and it looks at labor federation AFL - CIO's decision to lift a freeze on political contributions that it imposed in March in a move meant to pressure Democrats to vote against free trade measures.

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

China's ambassador to the United States explained to CNBC on Tuesday evening why his country was striking back against U.S. trade measures.

People protest in New York City on Dec. 2, 2015 against austerity measures forced onto the severely indebted island of Puerto Rico.

Instead of measuring employees» performance against a static list of criteria, they are graded on a curve — i.e. individual performance is evaluated on how it stacks up against everyone else's.

The measure that strips out the volatile prices of energy and unprocessed food, was 1.1 percent year - on - year in April from 1.3 percent in March and against an expected 1.2 percent rate.

The president's recent comments on the possibility of new gun control reforms must be measured against his pledges to gun advocates in the past.

MOSCOW, April 25 - Moscow is holding off on taking retaliatory measures against the United States for imposing sanctions on Rusal, hoping the EU can persuade Washington to ease restrictions against the world's second largest aluminium producer further, sources told Reuters.

Lawmakers have also been working on other measures, including devising a banking plan for the industry as well as voting against allowing cannabis businesses to deliver their products via drone.

The jury's still out on whether these measures have been a success or not, but for now, it appears as if banks are hedging against their own policies.

Among other questions, Reuters asked about the cartels» impact on the refineries, Pemex's security measures and how the company responds to extortion and violence against its employees.

Republican House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday cautioned against the U.S. imposing «indiscriminate» tariffs against China and he encouraged a wider public discussion before the U.S. takes new trade measures.

On Thursday, China's Ministry of Commerce cautioned against the U.S. taking measures «detrimental to both sides».

The ranking was based on five factors: Tier 1 capital compared with risk - weighted assets; nonperforming assets against total assets; loan - loss reserves to nonperforming assets; deposits to funding; and efficiency, a measure of costs to revenue.

As a rule, salespeople are keen on measuring themselves against their peers.

In the rapidly evolving world of sustainability, it's ok to be just starting out on your carbon - cutting journey as long as you state clearly where you are, set goals on what you want to achieve, and measure yourself against them.

The only way to know for certain that your content is holding up its end of the bargain is by agreeing on goals early on and using the right tools to measure your work against those goals as you go.

«The barometer of success should never be measured against an on - demand drug for men.

Value - based care is an emerging payment model that focuses on measuring a patient's health outcome against the cost of delivering the outcome.

The Alaska measure led by about 52 - 48 percent with all precincts reporting preliminary results early on Wednesday, and groups for and against the initiative said it had passed.

MOSCOW, April 25 (Reuters)- Moscow is holding off on taking retaliatory measures against the United States for imposing sanctions on Rusal, hoping the EU can persuade Washington to ease restrictions against the world's second largest aluminium producer further, sources told Reuters.

Besides simply viewing meetings as «a big company thing,» entrepreneurs are «constantly pushing, and always on, they don't consider the important of cadenced checkpoints to measure the progress against their goals, and reevaluate that their previously agreed goals should continue to be their goals,» he writes.

The meetings are not expected to discuss further punitive measures against Moscow because Britain, France, Germany and Italy are members of the 28 - nation European Union, which must agree collectively on what steps to take, said two diplomats briefed on the meeting.

Eight Democrats from states Trump would go on to win in 2016 voted against the measure: Tester, Brown, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

SHANGHAI — A Chinese regulator announced on Friday that it had taken disciplinary measures against the Anbang Insurance Group, a financial behemoth that has tried to invest tens of billions of dollars overseas, for the improper sale of two investment products.

Lighthizer told fellow lawmakers on Thursday that China will likely retaliate against the new measures by targeting U.S. agricultural goods.

Tax professionals will likely need to review the bill text manually and measure their organization's specific circumstances against it to assess the impact of the provisions and their holistic effect on their organization's bottom line.

Uber and Lyft left Austin last year after losing an expensive fight against a ballot measure that would have required the ride - hail companies to conduct fingerprint background checks on drivers.

BEIJING The Chinese industry body which recommended targeting scrap aluminium in retaliatory trade action against the United States is already exploring what other measures could be taken, an official said on Monday.

«I wouldn't be surprised about discussions on very severe measures against the Venezuelan government.

Even measured against this bull market's impressive results, technology stocks have been excellent investments, outpacing the 19.4 percent annualized return of Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index by four percentage points per year, on average, since...

At home or on the go, customers can see how they measure up against family, friends, and find out how much they can save when they take control.

The measures come as President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond «forcefully» to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians.

But if success is measured on softer outcomes and against strategic benefits, then Bali is worth the PM's time.

This additional yield on a riskier credit bond is called the credit spread, and it's measured against a similar duration U.S. Treasury bond.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday recommended that Trump impose measures against foreign suppliers of the metals in the name of national security, the latest sign of a tougher stance on trade by the administration.

However, if China pushes too hard on this front the U.S. could retaliate with similar measures against Chinese firms in the U.S. and / or encourage U.S. firms to migrate to lower - cost countries at a faster pace than is already occurring.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

On October 12, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Index, against which many investment returns are measured, closed at a nominal high of 14,693.

To date, we do not see a systemic threat from leveraged lending, since broad measures of credit outstanding do not suggest that nonfinancial borrowers, in the aggregate, are taking on excessive debt and the improved capital and liquidity positions at lending institutions should ensure resilience against potential losses due to their exposures.

The measure, which halts litigation against the issuers of Puerto Rico's government and quasi-government debt to allow an orderly restructuring process, passed the Senate on a vote of 68 - 30.

or you just want to use it as measuring stick on how you rank against your competition.

The measures would mark Mr. Trump's most aggressive move yet against a fast - rising economic rival that he has accused of preying on the United States.

On trade policy, he wanted tougher measures against China but faced opposition from National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO.