Sentences with phrase «announcement followed a week»

The announcement followed a week of speculation as to whether the coalition would accept the recommendations of the independent Committee on Climate Change in full.

The announcement followed a week of escalating pressure on Senator Skelos, who sought to stay on as the chamber's leader despite his arrest last week on federal corruption charges.

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Last week it followed with another announcement that would give it great goodwill with conservationists and improve its credibility with shareholders — acquisition of a modest share of one of the world's leading developers of wave energy power systems.

The moves followed Trump's abrupt announcement last week of a yet - to - be-arranged meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The good news on job openings follows the Labor Department's announcement last week that the U.S. economy officially recovered all 8.7 million jobs that were lost during the recession.

Victor Dodig will take over September 15, a transition time of just six weeks, after a search process that played out for three months following McCaughey's April retirement announcement.

It follows on the heels of a similar announcement from T - Mobile last week.

The agreement follows an announcement earlier this week from Spectra Energy and BG Group about plans to build a natural gas pipeline from northeast B.C. to the coast, joining a throng of companies aiming to export Canadian natural gas to Asia.

Following Chinese steel company Sinosteel's announcement that it had secured majority control in iron ore miner Midwest Corporation last week, questions have been raised regarding the potential of future acquisitions of WA mining companies.

That followed an announcement a few weeks ago by AT&T that it was introducing a «sponsored data» feature for smartphones that would allow websites and online service providers to pay for exempting their content from users» monthly data caps.

Northern Minerals» heavy rare earths project at Browns Range in the East Kimberley appears to be timed to perfection following last week's shock announcement of production cut backs by China.

The news followed an announcement the prior week that the company plans to support the Ethereum ERC20 technical standard, which is used by many tokens launched through the popular initial coin offering process.

A surprise mass layoff that last week chopped about 40 % of its staff was followed by an only slightly less surprising announcement on Sept. 23 that Fairfax Financial was an interested buyer.

The announcement followed Garcia Padilla signing a law this week authorizing him to take steps to avoid receivership at the GDB, the U.S. territory's primary fiscal agent, and prevent a run on the bank.

Bitcoin Food Ordering Comes To Mainland Europe Last week saw Germany's largest portal Lieferando add the virtual currency, news which followed a similar announcement from Poland's leader Pyszne and others.

Aluminium and alumina prices have surged in recent weeks following the announcement of US sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal.

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The value of XRP was relatively unaffected by the news, as the broader cryptocurrency market remained under pressure following a regulatory announcement by the South Korean government earlier this week.

The stock rallied over 6.5 % the week following the announcement, with the proceeds earmarked for Model 3 production with deliveries by the end of 2017 and bringing forward Tesla's 500,000 vehicle unit build plan 2 years from 2020 to 2018 (as in next year, 2018).

The announcement follows recent comments from ASIC Commissioner John Price last week when he...

Her comments followed an announcement earlier this week that she's retiring from the Vancouver - based company once the board finds a successor.

The changes follow other announcements in recent weeks that could raise loan costs for some borrowers.

Anyway, you can expect to receive an announcement release week (October 30), which will likely be followed by another long silence unless something major happens like I run for president or am invited on the Colbert Report.

It also follows an announcement two weeks earlier that a new 11.9 per cent value - added tax will be levied on foreign goods purchased via the internet.

5 May 2016 Media Statement Australian beverages industry responds to the Federal Budget 2016 Following this week's Budget announcement by Treasurer Scott Morrison, the Beverages Council has praised the Turnbull Government for delivering a budget that supports small and medium businesses in Australia as being at the nation's heart of future prosperity.

The ACCC has announced that ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, will also assume role of CEO of the ACCC from 3 Feb 2014 following last week's announcement by current CEO, Brian Cassidy, that he will retire on 23 May 2014.

Rice and the NFL took heavy criticism in the weeks following the announcement of his two - game suspension.

Following that announcement, the Patriots moved from -6 to -1 for their Week 1 matchup against the Steelers while the total dropped from 53.5 to 49.

For what it's worth, the Patriots Week 1 spread moved 6 - points (Pick»em to +6) following the announcement of Brady's suspension which seems to validate our research.

As an example, the Patriots moved from a pick»em to a 6 - point underdog for their Week 1 game against the Cardinals following the announcement of Tom Brady's four - game suspension.

They will warm - up for the competition with friendlies against Turkey and Australia before confirming their final 23 players, and then will take on Portugal in the final warm - up following the announcement of their squad in the first week of June.

Or so it seemed, until the colt's connections made the ominous announcement a few days after the Juvenile that Arazi would be spending six weeks at Paulson's 2,200 - acre Brookside Farm in Versailles, Ky., following surgery to remove what was initially described as «bone chips» from the colt's knees.

Following the announcement this week that their financial results will be postponed again, till after the play offs, there's only one conclusion that can be drawn: that Birmingham City are now a basket case in the Rangers or Portsmouth league, and only promotion back to the Premier League can save them from administration or worse.

It follows an announcement last year in which the government said that from April 2015 parents will have a fully flexible choice over how they split their 52 week parental leave entitlement - other than the first fortnight, which the mother must take.

«If you're unable to send an official birth announcement within the first few weeks after the birth, you can always send a short e-mail update or post a short social media message first and then follow up with a more formal, detailed announcement (electronic or paper) when you have time,» says Jessica Remitz at Parents Magazine.

YouTube said this week that it would tighten restrictions on some firearm videos, its latest policy announcement since coming under scrutiny following last month's mass shooting at a high school in Parkland.

The announcement came during a parliamentary hearing to impeach him, following a military takeover last week.

In the same way that Blair made some immediate policy announcements post 1997, Cameron and Osborne are using the weeks following their election victory to show what a majority Conservative Government really looks like.

It was the second startling announcement from the freshman congressman in a week following Wednes - day's bombshell that he would not seek a second term.

In the weeks following his announcement in October, 2007, Spitzer's favorability ratings dropped from 54 to 41 percent, and only 25 percent of voters said they would vote for his reelection.

Two weeks earlier — late October — was the last time Cuomo spoke to reporters in a traditional «gaggle» format following announcements for Roswell Park Cancer Institute and 43North.

It follows last week's announcement of a commission on the West Lothian question yesterday, which will examine how to solve one of the longest - running constitutional problems facing the Commons.

The announcement of Ms. Wiley's departure from City Hall followed that of a recently hired director of social media, Scott Kleinberg, who resigned on Saturday, just eight weeks after being hired to bring greater personality to the Twitter, Facebook and other online accounts associated with the mayor's office.

His comments follows the Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto's announcement last week that 745,000 jobs had been created under the first phase of the programme with the caveat that the jobs were «unofficial jobs.»

The proposed law follows on an announcement this week by Brooklyn's acting district attorney, Eric Gonzalez, that his office would seek alternative prosecutions for immigrants that would not affect their immigration status.

And Weiner's announcement comes just two weeks after another politician whose career was left for dead following an infamous affair, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, made a huge comeback by winning a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat.

Leaders in the City of Niagara Falls are not pressing the panic button following last week's announcement that the Seneca Nation of Indians would cease casino revenue payments to Albany.

(As you've probably heard or read, she's challenging Pedro Espada, Jr., who's had a miserable week following Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's announcement that he's suing him for allegedly stealing $ 14 million from his non-profit healthcare network.

President Trump told reporters during a summit in Manila that he would make a trade announcement following his return from a 13 - day tour of Asia later this week.

His announcement follows last week's reports about Ghana government partnering with Exclusive Events Ghana to stage the Miss Ghana @ 60 event.