Sentences with phrase «as our government says»

Do we really need to have as much of this surveillance as our government says we must have in order to be safe?

At least 20 unarmed men were executed by Syrian troops in Damascus, according to opposition activists, as the government said Monday that the country's chemical weapons were secure and would never be used against civilians.

If Apricot kernals are as bad for you as the government says they are, then why is it legal to buy them in the health food store as food?

The report's publishing is timely, as ministers are expected to publish plans on «fairer funding» for schools soon after the Spending Review, as the government says it wants to ensure that all areas are funded justly.

As the government said in Chin, an order of restitution amounts to a mere gesture.

The first time Facebook attempted to make its free internet service available in India, it failed woefully as the government said no.

Not exact matches

«Forget the money, forget the fines, this is about making an institution heel,» Cramer said, adding that the government is using events like the London Whale trading debacle as justification for its actions.

The U.S. market could become too hot as tax cuts and more government spending stoke an already strong economy, says Sim Moh Siong of the Bank of Singapore.

DowDuPont's agriculture business could get hurt if the government pressures Brazil as part of its anti-steel dumping campaign, Cramer said.

Defence Issues Minister Paul Papalia says Western Australia has been dudded in the federal government's $ 89 billion naval shipbuilding plan, of which WA will receive just over $ 3 billion of work, while the prime minister has lauded it as «unashamedly nationalistic».

Saudi's Attorney General said in November that the government estimated that «at least $ 100 billion has been misused through systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades» and said 208 individuals had been arrested as part of the crackdown, with seven released without charge.

Pompeo also said that the relocation of the American embassy to Jerusalem, a move set to take place on May 14, was «recognising (the) reality» of «Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the seat of its government.»

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

The same goes, as we said, for what legislation emerges from the federal government in the remaining years of the Obama presidency.

That's why Andre Dua, who counsels local governments and schools in his role as a director at McKinsey & Company, says there's plenty of opportunity for disruption in education finance.

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Finance Minister Vítor Gaspar said the ratings cut failed to reflect broad political support for the country's latest financial rescue program, and also a new income tax which he portrayed as «proof of the government's determination» to meet stated deficit targets.

Instead, they said they got them from state - run companies, neighborhood committees or government departments that handed them out as part of their «party building work.»

«We often malign government as bloated and inefficient, but at the end of the day it is the only collective expression of popular will that we have,» he says.

But in engaging in such denunciation, the Canadian government might be cutting off its nose to spite its face, as the saying goes.

Governments could also commit to collecting more gender - specific data in order to benchmark progress, she said, citing as an example Mexico, which tracks gendered data for all government - funded entrepreneurship programs.

He says the government established it as a means of inculcating youth with the same qualities and values that helped Eritrean fighters overcome their Ethiopian adversaries during Eritrea's War of Independence (1961 — 1991).

«Alarmingly the Auditor General said that while $ 200 million was the amount he could track, the processes were so poor he had no idea how much was being spent within individual government agencies as part of the project,» Mr Buswell said.

The U.K. government said that the meeting «will help to enhance our co-operation in tackling international challenges such as terrorism, extremism, the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen and other regional issues such as Iraq and Syria.»

«If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact on underlying JGB (Japanese government bond) yields as investors become concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.

Analysts said they weren't reading too much into what they described as a «backward - looking indicator» and were hopeful about the economic prospects given an upturn in recent indicators such as confidence and machinery orders, not to mention efforts by Japan's new government to revive growth.

In their letter, the senators said Icahn should be re-classified by the Trump administration as a special government employee, making him subject to ethics requirements.

The US bomber flight comes amid a series of Chinese military exercises, including live - fire drills, near Taiwan that a government spokesman said were meant to send a message to Taipei that Beijing would take further steps if Taiwanese independence forces continue doing as they please.

For now, the new rules are limited to specific defense contractors, but it may not be long before the government implements more regulations on all federal contractors as it pushes for companies to adopt higher security standards, cybersecurity experts said.

Reacting to the announcement, the Spanish ministry of education, culture and sport said the company was making a business decision to pull out of certain services but that the government remained open to negotiation about how it implemented what its statement referred to as a «Google tax».

«Ever since the new government took control, it feels as though Japan is filled with the spirit for economic revival,» Toyota executive Takahiko Ijichi said this month.

Canning MHR Don Randall says residential estates and businesses in his electorate are missing out on communications infrastructure and may not receive it for up to eight years as the Gillard government presses ahead with the national broadband network.

Interior Ministry spokesman Johannes Dimroth told a regular government news conference the figure included Turkish diplomats as well as their family members, but did not say if they had all been based in Germany.

«Under - emphasis of these (structural) policies relative to macroeconomic, trade and financial stability policies is a key reason for many governments» failure in recent decades to mobilize a more effective response to widening inequality and stagnating median income as technological change and globalization have gathered force,» the report said.

As one person said in a written comment: «Why should the government dictate where I look?»

As residents have poured out of rebel districts, including into areas under government control, the army has begun making arrests, Zughbi said.

The opposition Labour Party, which requested the figures under freedom of information, said they showed the government's «utter failure» in ensuring wealthy people and large corporations pay as much tax as they should.

Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank in London, said that «whether or not (the Portuguese slowdown) was related to the rising political risk... it does provide a stark warning: if leftist parties form a new government in Lisbon, as they are trying to do, they would have very little room for maneuver.»

«The markets at the moment really want to see a rate hike by the central bank, as a sign that it is still a credible institution; that it's taking its inflation targeting somewhat seriously and that it is prepared to stand up to government pressure,» Capital Economics senior emerging markets economist William Jackson said.

Pareteum Corp. fell as much as 25 percent as of 10:16 a.m. in New York, while Digital Power Corp. and LongFin Corp. each slipped more than 6 percent after South Korea's government said it wanted to clamp down on speculation, potentially by shutting down some exchanges.

«Since the federal government won't lead, Ontario will lead by developing a «made - in - Ontario» solution,» Finance Minister Charles Sousa said as he delivered the budget in the legislature.

Barclays CEO Jes Staley said earlier this month that operations will likely be shifted out of London as a result of the government's hard stance on Brexit.

If Russian and Chinese governments decide to accept Bitcoin as a partial alternative to the U.S. dollar, Bitcoin could easily triple to over $ 2,100, the bank said.

While Wynne's minority Liberal government said a CPP enhancement was still Ontario's «preferred approach» to strengthening the retirement income system, the new provincial plan was touted as the next best thing as governments deal with aging populations and people who aren't saving enough for the future.

The president said he approved the legislation to fund the government through September for national security reasons, as it authorizes a major increase in military spending that he supports.

He said the contractor has removed 50 per cent of costs from when it started production and is looking at how to remove another 50 per cent as it gets into full production, making it «an affordable airplane» to the U.S. government.

«There is an expectation the numbers will go up... as the weather gets better,» said a source familiar with the Canadian government's thinking.

In addition, they argued, the curve will likely steepen as the U.S. government runs a bigger deficit and issues more debt, they said.

Government has always been a risk averse institution, as it should be,» says Blumenthal.

Nicole Wong, who previously served as the White House's deputy chief technology officer, said tech companies would be reluctant to create a database of jihadists videos, even if it could be kept current enough to be relevant, for fear that repressive governments would demand such set - ups to pre-screen any content they do not like.