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The FSC also held a meeting at the National Federation of Banks on Tuesday to announce its anti-money laundering policies.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - VitalSource Technologies Inc., an Ingram Content Group Company and a leading educational technology company that provides digital solutions to the higher education market, is showcasing new accessibility features of its VitalSource Bookshelf ® platform at the National Federation of the Blind National Convention, July 5 - 10, in Orlando, FL..

Ian Henning, technical manager at the National Federation of Roofing Contractors, explains why it's imperative that all roofs on UK educational establishments are well designed and maintained to help reduce the financial burden on local authorities» stretched budgets.

Ian Henning, Technical Manager at the National Federation of Roofing Contractors, explains

With Victor Trucco (Honor President at AAPRESID) and Lourdes Huanca (President at National Federation of Rural Women Workers, and Indigenous Artisans of Peru)

Over at the National Federation of Independent Business, the conservative lobbying group, tax counsel Chris Whitcomb says that the most urgent business in Washington is to postpone the tax cuts for everybody.

Not exact matches

Carvin argued unsuccessfully against the ACA at the Supreme Court level on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business in 2011, and successfully for George Bush in Bush v. Gore during the 2000 election.

The Royal Canadian Mint this week displayed its crypto - currency called Mint Chip at the annual National Retail Federation's Expo in New York.

«If you've got a staff of five and one person leaves, that's 20 % of your workforce,» says Corinne Pohlmann, vice-president of national affairs at the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.

With Halloween - related expenditures at an eye - popping $ 2.96 billion, according to the National Retail Federation, customers are definitely not afraid of spending at this time of year.

And Georgetown's Ellen Davis is the Senior Vice President of Research and Strategic Initiatives at the National Retail Federation, where her claim to fame is coining the phrase, «Cyber Monday.»

«The retailers need to know how much of the beacons they want to use and figure out whether they should crawl, walk or run (with the technology),» said Schafer, who is a director at the National Retail Federation in the U.S. and author of Branded, a book about retailers and social media.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

But it did break the plans down into their individual components, and at least one conclusion will cause dismay among business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

U.S. consumers surveyed about the event reported spending an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses on Saturday Nov. 24, according to the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from National Federation of Independent Business and American Express.

According to a survey released last week by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a strong majority (two - thirds) of small businesses think Capitol Hill politics are «at the heart of the country's economic problems» and 76 % believe the current regulatory environment doesn't favor someone looking to start or grow a business.

U.S. wholesale inventory data for September will be announced at 10 a.m. ET, and the National Federation of Independent Business will reveal its Small Business Optimism Index for last month at 6 a.m. ET.

U.S. Soccer has terminated goalkeeper Hope Solo's national team contract and banned her for six months after her controversial comments at the Olympics, the federation announced Wednesday.

Here at the National Retail Federation, we are forecasting that holiday retail sales will grow 3.6 percent this year over last year.

Last holiday season, the National Retail Federation said it expected one of every three gift recipients to return at least one item.

The new venture probably won't affect the polarized healthcare debate in Washington, but could alter the dynamics of the issue down the line if the companies come up with some innovative ideas, said Neil Trautwein, a vice president at the National Retail Federation trade group who lobbies Congress on healthcare issues.

«Our National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation told us that every time they had their lobby in Ottawa, Conservative Cabinet Ministers and Tory Members of Parliament refused to meet with them, whereas in previous governments at least the Minister in charge of seniors would meet with the seniors» delegation.

What's happening at National Wildlife Federation this week?

Monique Moreau, director of national affairs at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which represents more than 109,000 small businesses in Canada:

The most recent monthly Index of Small Business Optimism, conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), came in at 107.6, the second - highest reading in the survey's 45 - year history.

That same month, during an interview at the National Retail Federation conference, Visa chief executive Alfred Kelly said the digital currency market was «still evolving» and that crypto payments aren't credible payments.

«I hate to say that it's difficult for Congress to walk and chew gum at the same time, but sometimes it is,» said Rachelle Bernstein, vice president and tax counsel for National Retail Federation.

Jack Kleinhenz, the chief economist at the National Retail Federation, does not discount the magnitude of the transformation that is occurring in retail, but cautioned that the monthly job figures are also highly subject to temporary vagaries.

«Businesses, whose sales are not increasing at the same pace as wages are increasing, are going to face difficult decisions,» said Jack Mozloom, a spokesman for the National Federation of Independent Business.

China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers» Index came in at 50.1 in April, unchanged from March, according to data released Friday by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the National Bureau of Statistics.

The organisations at the base are regularly informed of policies and the Federation tries to translate their aspirations, their visions to the national level.

After ten years of teaching medieval thought at Yale (mostly in the philosophy department), I was selected by the Lutheran World Federation to be a delegated observer to the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 65), and since then have done most of my research and writing in the context of participation in national and international ecumenical dialogue, mostly with Roman Catholics.

Their group - created strategy included these actions: establishing cooperative links with other churches and groups committed to ecology; developing a Center of Ecology Information and a paperback book table at the church; devising methods to reach decision - makers in the community; exploring the development of a coordinating council of all ecology groups active in that community — Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Zero Population Growth, League of Conservation Voters, Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, World Population, GASP (Group Against Smog Pollution), Planned Parenthood, etc..

However, at the high school level, football is far and away the most popular sport according to a recent report by the National Federation of State High School Associations, which found that more than 1,085,000 students played during the 2015 - 2016 season.

Agri - TNCs Network - Philippines, MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura), KMP (Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas), PNSFP (Philippine Network for Food Security Programs), SIBAT (Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya), HEAD (Health action for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sri Lanka

Gaffney continues: «We're pleased to work with William Grant & Sons, both at Girvan and Glenfiddich, who are playing an active part in the work and duties of The National Cooperage Federation.

The Kapiʻolani Community College culinary team captured silver (third place) at the American Culinary Federation National competition.

As one of the American Culinary Federation's newly minted Certified Master Chefs, Joseph Leonardi, Director of Culinary Operations at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., is an avid competitor who has amassed numerous awards at the regional, national and international levels.

Each year, the National Restaurant Association surveys nearly 1,300 professional chefs — members of the American Culinary Federation (ACF)-- to explore food and beverage trends at restaurants in the coming year.

She represented UVU at a series of regional American Culinary Federation contests, then went up against other regional winners to become one of five competitors to cook for the national Student Chef of the Year title at the group's annual convention.

She has held various public and private sector roles, including as «Director of Tax and Trade Policy at the Business Council of Australia and General Manager of Policy for the National Farmers» Federation.

Mr Hartsuyker spoke at the National Farmers» Federation and Soils for Life event in Canberra today where National Agriculture Day was celebrated with a showcase of local produce.

The American Culinary Federation (ACF) honored three culinarians and two companies with special presidential awards at the 2007 ACF National Convention in Orlando, July 21 - 24.

He is a Founding Member of the Research Chefs Association; former National Ethnics Co-Chairman of the American Culinary Federation; Past President of the Professional Chefs Guild of Central New Jersey - ACF; Culinary Liaison to Greece and Cyprus for the World Association of Cooks Societies; former Culinary and Hospitality Artist in Residence at Princeton University; Development Director for SkillsUSA - NJ; inducted in Les Amis d'Escoffier Society; Maitre Rotisseur with the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs; and has earned the title of Archimagiros from the Leshi Argimagiron, Greece.

Plugrá ® European - Style Butter named Stephan Schubert Pastry Chef of the Year at the 2014 American Culinary Federation (ACF) National Convention on July 30.

In the span of approximately three months, the team went from dropping lines at the aquatics complex to sending two students to the Student Angler Federation National High School Championships in Florence, Alabama.

According to a 2012 survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations, volleyball is the third - highest sport for female participation at the high school level behind basketball and outdoor track and field.

Participation has declined at the high school level, but not nearly so precipitously — a 2.5 percent decline since 2008 - 09, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.

The three risk - minimization additions were among 10 rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee at its January 18 - 20, 2013 meeting in Indianapolis.

game officials be given, and a power conferred on game officials by laws at the state level in only 12 states, and by rule at the high school level by the National Federation of State High School Associations