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The protest was aimed at putting pressure on the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voter register for the 2016 elections.

But she's succeeding at putting pressure on Cuomo — which is turning out to be a win for progressives in its own way.

Not exact matches

The constant pressure of running an efficient business and the emotional exhaustion of time spent on the job puts entrepreneurs at risk for serious mental health issues.

As Bloomberg pointed out last month, Spotify's recent deal to raise $ 1 billion in convertible debt valued the company at roughly $ 8 billion and put additional pressure on the streaming service to go public.

Amy Price, senior food and drink analyst at market research firm Mintel, told CNBC via email: «The deterioration in the exchange rate will put upward pressure on prices of imported goods, including wine.

Higher demand for food is also putting pressure on water resources, says Angelo Katsoras, a geopolitical analyst at National Bank and co-author of the report.

Williams, who will leave his current job as San Francisco Fed president in June to take over at the New York Fed, also said he expects the Fed's shrinking balance sheet will help steepen the curve by putting upward pressure on longer - term rates.

The wage demand, pushed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last week on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure on Mexico's low auto wages.

They think it will put pressure on companies by drawing attention to the growing inequality between compensation for workers at the top of the company hierarchy and those at the bottom.

Given the concentration in Canada's banking sector, it's likely that at least some of the banks will be designated as such, requiring higher capital levels and putting even more pressure on their return on equity.

The 2.9 % rise in December average hourly earnings «might put a little bit more pressure on the Fed to accelerate the path [of interest rate hikes], but I really don't think it's going to be that significant a push,» said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America.

«At a time when persistent high unemployment is putting enormous downward pressure on wages, such a minimum - wage increase would provide a much - needed boost to the earnings of low - wage workers,» EPI noted in a joint letter addressed to House and Senate leadership.

Policy makers now say it will take until the middle of 2018 before Canada's economy is generating output at a level that would put upward pressure on inflation, «materially later» than was previously expected.

The book is a «well - researched and provocative look at the history of romance, courtship, and marriage, putting into context the fantastic amount of pressure that our current ideas have put on our own love lives and partners.

The rising rates environment is also putting pressure on the commodity, said Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management.

«I think it will put pressure on the Fed to raise rates in the first half of next year by June, perhaps even March,» said Craig Dismuke, chief economist at Vining Sparks in Memphis, Tennessee.

So, the issue is not productivity and long hours, but the perception of productivity, and in competitive industries like law, banking, consulting or technology, this puts enormous pressure on employees to be at the office.

Seattle's new minimum wage law groups franchises with large businesses, putting the pressure on independent franchisees to increase workers» pay at an accelerated pace (a move that sparked a discrimination lawsuit from the IFA).

At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

«Given the huge amount of volatility next week in case of a Yes vote, the Bank of England would have put high pressure on the banks to move south for the purposes of preserving financial stability and confidence,» said Ronald MacDonald, a political economy professor at the University of Glasgow.

Marsha Dickson, a professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware, said that part of the problem is the pressure that big brands put on their manufacturers.

At times, Pruitt directly coordinated with the Oklahoma oil and gas industry to put pressure on the Obama White House in an effort to weaken clean air and water regulations or squash investigations.

Google is to introduce gender neutral toilets at its UK offices, putting pressure on other large companies in the City to modernise their approach to workforce diversity.

The neutral rate is a level that puts neither upward or downward pressure on inflation, at is at around 2.9 %, according to the most recent chart, or dot plot, of Fed members» outlook for interest rates.

In a post for Medium she detailed the sort of pressure that entrepreneurs experience from their investors to grow at all costs and how it pushes founders to put up a false front.

That will put downward pressure on wages and salaries at a time of rising costs.

In other words, at a certain level higher bond yields create real competition for stocks, particularly dividend stocks, and put downward pressure on multiples.

«The tight labor market is putting some upward pressure on wages, and this should continue as we look for the unemployment rate to trend lower,» said Ryan Sweet, senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

At the current stage of the expansion there are a number of factors that might be expected to put upward pressure on inflation.

The instantaneous availability of information and knowledge at buyer's fingertips puts pressure on B2B Sales to match their expectations when it comes to what we can call knowledge readiness.

Silver futures in the May contract settled last Friday in New York at 17.16 an ounce while currently trading at 16.45 hitting a two week low finishing down about $ 0.70 for the trading week all due to the fact that the U.S. dollar hit a four - month high today putting pressure on the whole precious metal sector.

At the same time, many argue the OPEC cuts still need to be extended because a $ 60 price signal will spur more shale drilling, putting downward pressure on the market all over again.

Novartis set the price for the one - time treatment at $ 475,000, right in line with low - end estimates and one that will put pressure on Gilead to rein in its own price for a rival therapy expected to be approved in the near future.

The Trans - Pacific Partnership trade talks appear to be making progress and could soon put pressure on Canada to make concessions of its own, namely slashing the exorbitant tariff walls that Ottawa uses to keep foreign milk and cheese at bay.

However, I think the awareness - raising effort is primarily directed at the public, and in particular those who can, by way of investment choices (whether as a shareholder or a tourist), put economic pressure on those decision - makers.

Whereas in most markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply of gold loans from central banks seeking to earn some return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range of 1 — 2 per cent (Graph B3).

For instance, holding it to close to the head can put too much pressure on the blade and result in cuts or razor burn, while holding it at the right angle allows the weight of the razor to make it glide gently and evenly over the face.

At even the most efficient budget carriers, the number of empty seats has been rising, which has put downward pressure on airfares.

Registered investment advisors are at a crossroads, with technology putting pressure on advisors to adapt or die, some analysts say.

The same shortage of assets that so vexes Warren Buffett is putting enormous downward pressure on bank loan yields and even relatively inaccessible assets such as GNMA MSRs, which are changing hands around a 9 % unlevered yield according to our friends at Mountain View.

They then seek to boost the value of their stakes by putting pressure on management to adopt a change in strategy — such as a spinoff, sale, or other organizational restructuring or changes in capital allocation — aimed at «enhancing shareholder value.»

«Falling oil prices really put those companies under tremendous pressure,» Neil Beveridge, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., said by phone from Hong Kong.

At first cleaning, I put the top on upside down and it wouldn't shave due to the pressure on the blade, forcing me to put it together correctly:) Great razor, I expect it to last a really long time.

Wakatabe told lawmakers that benefits of the easy policy are exceeding their costs, but prolonged easy policy will put further downward pressure on profits at financial institutions, and the BOJ must watch accumulative impact of easy policy.

As we mentioned in our recent reports, breaking this level will put the price under the negative pressure again with the first downward target at 112...

He engages in acts of conspicuous consumption, of extravagant display, and of debauchery, which put even heavier pressure on him to earn enough to pay for them and at the same time drain him of the energy needed to compete successfully.

The truth is that holding every man or woman we meet to the standard of marriage early on puts undue pressure on both the individual and the relationship at hand.

SCIAF is calling for action to ensure that people are put at the heart of business decisions and wants UK ministers to put more pressure on comapies.

Whatever their difficulties, at least they had the benefit of a social scene deliberately organized to bring women into contact with interested men without putting them under a lot of pressure to get too close too early.