Sentences with phrase «as the committee did»

Of course, it should be noted — as the Committee did — that in several instances, the EU Courts have also given teeth to the Convention, in particular with regard to national courts of the Member States (see e.g. recently here).

Not exact matches

What we in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings may be.

«We are reviewing the Committee's request and, as we have and continue to do with similar congressional inquiries, we look forward to having an open and honest dialogue about drug pricing.»

«As long as they do not use the Olympic logo, the Rio 2016 logo or our look, there is no infringement,» said Sylmara Multini, director of licensing and retail for the Rio 2016 organizing committeAs long as they do not use the Olympic logo, the Rio 2016 logo or our look, there is no infringement,» said Sylmara Multini, director of licensing and retail for the Rio 2016 organizing committeas they do not use the Olympic logo, the Rio 2016 logo or our look, there is no infringement,» said Sylmara Multini, director of licensing and retail for the Rio 2016 organizing committee.

«I just think the White House does not vet their nominees so it leaves us as members having to look at their personal and leadership and other qualities,» said Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, a member of the Veterans» Affairs Committee.

Conservative Solutions, the pro-Rubio super PAC, raised more than $ 14 million in the second half of 2015, about as much as Rubio's campaign committee did in the fourth quarter.

The shareholder vote had been scheduled for last week but the special committee postponed it appeared as though Dell's offer didn't have enough support among shareholders.

I am here today to address several issues that have been specifically raised before this committee, and I appreciate the opportunity to respond to questions as fully as I am able to do so.

Adding insult, the receiver kept referring to their representatives as «the ad hoc committee» — «like we don't know what we're doing,» Hansen says.

«The Committee does not believe it is appropriate to count shares that have not been voted as having been voted in support of any particular alternative,» committee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial aCommittee does not believe it is appropriate to count shares that have not been voted as having been voted in support of any particular alternative,» committee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial acommittee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial agreement.

Auditors may not engage in what is known as «non-audit» services to management, without permission, as doing so compromises integrity of the audit and accountability by the auditor to the audit committee.

Shareholders also want the opportunity to nominate their own directors — known as proxy access — especially since they don't seem to like those put forward by the two members on Netflix's nomination committee.

Speaking at a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, he said he does not see bitcoin and its competitors as a threat to financial stability, though he does have other concerns.

Apple doesn't have a corporate political action committee that gives to federal candidates, so Cook has acted as the company's ambassador to leading politicians.

Asked by a committee member about the terms of the GSR App not specifying that the data would be used for political targeting, he said he didn't write the terms himself but added: «If we had to do it again I think I would have insisted to Mr Wylie that we do add politics as a use - case in that doc.»

While our Board does not anticipate that any of the director nominees will be unable to stand for election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and designated by our Board.

During one dramatic moment, a participant asked whether the committee would be willing to accept shooter Nikolas Cruz's inheritance money, as Cruz told a judge this week he wanted done.

As of this writing, we do not have an official analysis from Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation.

«If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability,» the Fed's announcement stated.

The FOMC's annoucement after their meeting on Wednesday affirmed the Fed's QE3 policy, offering no changes, while stating, «If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability.»

«It's worth noting that donations to political action committees and groups designated as 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organizations are not tax - deductible,» said Kay Bell, author and tax journalist for the blog Don't Mess With Taxes.

Known as Cfius, the committee reviews foreign takeovers of American companies, but critics say that its scope does not include smaller deals and that it has other weak spots.

Our directors do not currently receive any cash compensation for their services as directors or as board committee members.

Before I begin my remarks, let me note as I always do that the views I express are my own, not necessarily those of my colleagues on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors or the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

For auditors of public interest entities, such as banks, insurance companies and listed companies, the committee agreed that audit firms would have to provide shareholders and investors with a detailed understanding of what the auditor did and an overall assurance of the accuracy of the company's accounts.

The legislation enforces limits on discretionary spending until 2021, establishes a procedure to increase the debt limit, creates a Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve suchCommittee on Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve suchcommittee does not achieve such savings.

This hearing served as a check - in with Mr. Sloan for committee members to ask what Wells Fargo had done to change its corporate culture, rectify outstanding issues for customers, and comply with federal regulations.

None of those guys at hedge funds have a clue what Dave Camp is doing as chairman as the House Ways and Means Committee.

As in previous years, at the request of Mr. Smith and in light of his significant stock ownership, the Compensation Committee did not award him any restricted stock.

The Compensation Committee, however, does not set compensation components to meet specific benchmarks, such as targeting salaries «above the median» or equity compensation «at the 75th percentile.»

The Enterprise Compensation Committee discharges the board of directors» responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executives and directors; reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and performs other reviews and analyses and makes additional disclosures as required of compensation committees by the rules of the SEC or applicable exchange listing requirements; provides general oversight of our compensation structure, including our equity compensation plans and benefits programs, and confirms that these plans and programs do not encourage risk taking that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Hewlett Packard Enterprise; reviews and provides guidance on our human resources programs; and retains and approves the retention terms of the Enterprise Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensation experts.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, then a South Carolina congressman, opposed the bill, as did Ryan, who was serving as House Budget Committee chairman.

As my colleague Rick Newman pointed out, Warren and the committee didn't have authority to administer any real punishment, which made Warren look like an ineffectual grandstander at first.

In order to facilitate appropriate congressional oversight, the Executive Branch may entrust classified information to the appropriate committees of Congress, as it has done in connection with the Committee's oversight activities here.

As the Senate adjourns for Thanksgiving, I wanted to update you on what I am doing regarding the proposed changes to Small Business Tax and the hearings that the Senate National Finance Committee have started.

To do so, each year they look at hundreds of companies (and formally recommend dozens to the investment committees), have more than a thousand meetings and discussions with management teams, and also consult countless other knowledgeable sources, such as customers, suppliers and former employees to supplement their analysis.

He has also served as Delaware counsel for directors and board committees for such corporations as ABB, Ltd., Adelphia Communications Corporation, Airgas, Inc., Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., AMF Holdings, Inc., Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc., Applied Materials, Inc., Ashworth, Inc., Bank of America Corporation, BarnesandNoble.com, Biosite, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corporation, Caterpillar, Inc., Citigroup, Inc., Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Coeur Mining, Inc., Computer Associates International, Inc., Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc., Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Cysive, Inc., Danfoss A / S, Dreamworks Animation SKG, Duncan Energy Partners, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., EON Labs, Inc., Epicor Software Corporation, Erickson Air Crane Inc., Fairfield Communities, Inc., FEDEX Corporation, First Franklin Financial Corporation, Fox & Hound Restaurant Group, FTI Consulting Inc., G.P. Strategies Inc., Gemstar International Group Ltd., Genencor International, Inc., Golden Telecom, Inc., Goldman Sachs, Google Inc., Health Management Associates, Inc., Hewlett - Packard Company, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Houlihan's Restaurants, Inc., Huntsman Corporation, IGEN, Inc., ImClone Systems Incorporated, infoUSA, Inc., Insituform East, Inc., Intel Corporation, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., iPass, Inc., Kenetech Corporation, Levi Strauss Associates, Inc., Liberty Media Corporation, Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc., Lorillard, Inc., Maytag Corporation, Micro General Corporation, Motorola, Inc., National Amusements, Inc. (majority stockholder of Viacom), National Steel Corporation, Net2Phone, News Corporation, NRG Energy, Inc., OEC Corporation, Online - City Search, Inc., PeopleSoft, Inc., Pharmacia Corporation, Phonefree.com, PLM International Inc., Printcafe Software, Inc., Pure Resources, Inc., Quest Software, Rent - A-Center, Inc., Rental Service Corporation, Republic Industries, Inc., Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc., Siliconix Incorporated, Simon Property Group Inc., Softbank Corp., Sotheby's, Space Imaging, Inc., Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc., Suntory Holdings Limited, Take Two Interactive Software, Inc., Teppco Partners, L.P., The Hertz Corporation, The Talbots, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., The Vanguard Group, Inc., The Walt Disney Company, TicketMaster, Todd A-O Corporation, Triad Hospitals, Inc., Unico Corporation, UTStarcom, Inc., Utz Quality Foods, Inc., Venoco, Inc., Veterinary Centers of America, Inc., VMWare, Inc., Walmart Stores, Inc., Walter Industries, Inc., Wheeling - Pittsburgh Corporation, Whistlepig, LLC, Wynn Resorts, Ltd., Zynga, Inc..

Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on NBC's «Meet the Press» that he questioned «the use of this really sketchy firm Cambridge Analytica,» but Facebook «blew that off» as they did other concerns over Russia's actions.

The fraud issue lies as far outside the scope of the financial committee meetings as does the question of how the economy should cope with its unpayably high mortgage, state and local debts in the face of its inadequately funded pension obligations.

As a member of our Investment Committee, the work ACG does helps shape our near - term tactical and longer - term strategic views.

Presidents of both U.S. parties rely on Wall Street for major political campaign contributions, as do heads of the key Senate and Congressional banking and finance committees.

Among other factors, the Talent and Compensation Committee considers the level of representation of women in executive officer and managerial positions when making appointments and considering succession planning; however, the Company does not have a specific target number or date by which to achieve a specific number of women, as it considers a multitude of factors in determining the best person for any position.

If forced to make prognostications, the two of us would predict a Party Congress that does not break any major taboos (e.g. scrapping tacit age or term limits for Politburo Standing Committee members), but one that also portrays Xi as powerful and thoroughly in command of the Party (e.g. following previous leaders in having his wisdom included in the Party's constitution).

The chief Rabbi of wartime Rome had been sheltered by Jesuits, and he later paid eloquent and generous tribute to Pius XII and his collaborators for their rescue efforts, as did Dr. Raffael Contoni, head of Italy's wartime Jewish Assistance Committee and later president of the union of Italian Jewish communities.

The Ethics Committee dropped its final charges against Gingrich not long before he resigned as speaker, despite finding that Gingrich had in fact violated one rule by repeatedly using a political consultant paid by GOPAC to develop the Republican political agenda, because there was no evidence he was continuing to do so.

You don't love committees and probably think of them as the unwilling asked by the unable to do the unnecessary.

In the search - committee setting, people often come together initially as strangers — people who do not know one another well enough to discuss complex and sensitive issues such as sexism.

When the committee realized that Buffalo had no real plan for dealing with rodents, it researched what was being done in cities such as Rochester and New York.

But the adulation that came Seeger's way in recent decades had less to do with his mastery of the five - string banjo and his song - writing than with his status in certain circles as a living martyr: the man who stiffed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), found himself blacklisted, and was reduced to performing on college campuses for a while.

One university divinity school dean told me that he himself values the writing his faculty does for laypeople in the church, but tenure decisions are made by a universitywide committee, and chemists, economists and other scholars will dismiss more popular writing as «obviously not scholarship.»