Sentences with phrase «be in the public interest for»

And he was asking them to hold back, in this case, specifically because it's in the public interest for them to do so.

Additionally, they wrote, «it is in the public interest for the pipelines to be in closer proximity to each other, so as to maximize monitoring resources and increase the efficiency of response times» with «issues that may arise with either pipeline.»

«The Government intends to retry the defendant and believes it is in the public interest for that re-trial to occur promptly,» Kim recently wrote to the lower court judge.

He overrode the judgment of the information commissioner and the information tribunal that it was in the public interest for the minutes of two Cabinet meetings in the run - up to the Iraq war to be released.

Is it in the public interest for incarcerated people and their families to pay exorbitant sums to speak to one another on the phone?

Is it in the public interest for AT&T to buy Time Warner, creating an even larger and more powerful media company?

It's in the public interest for private schools to be accountable.)

According to the Indianpolis Star, the judge «soon dissolved Todd Academy's nonprofit status, saying Todd was «entirely unaware» of how to run a nonprofit, and it was in the public interest for the school never to be allowed to operate again.»

The decision report states that «The Joint Panel finds that the KOS Project is in the public interest for the reasons set out in this report.

Section 12 (4) provides that the court must have particular regard to the importance of the Convention right to freedom of expression and where the proceedings relate to journalistic, literary or artistic material or to conduct connected with such material, the court has to have regard to the extent to which the material has, or is about to become available to the public, if it is or would be in the public interest for the material to be published, and any relevant privacy code.

It is impractical for parents to keep children under constant surveillance or supervision, and it would not be in the public interest for the law to impose a duty upon them to do so.

She argued that it is in the public interest for leave to be granted.

(2) Without limiting section 13 of the Act, the real estate council may refuse to issue a personal real estate corporation licence if the real estate council considers that it would not, in the circumstances, be in the public interest for real estate services to be provided by the corporation.

Not exact matches

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

Many Chinese government offices have been public about their interest in taking advantage of the blockchain technology for tasks like tracking people and products moving through industrial supply chains.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«This Order is necessary, in the public interest, and for the protection of consumers,» the Commissioner claimed.

Telephone companies, for example, are considered common carriers and public utilities which, generally speaking, must operate in the public interest, and less from a profit motive.

SecondMarket is the largest centralized marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets, such as asset - backed securities, auction - rate securities, bankruptcy claims, collateralized debt obligations, limited partnership interests, private company stock, residential and commercial mortgage - backed securities, restricted securities and block trades in public companies, and whole loans.

Since then, additional high - profile studies have come out — including an article, published in the journal of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, which found no evidence that brain games improve everyday cognition — but the topic is still very much up for debate.

It's tempting to see tacit support for education as a win - win, a move that's both in the public interest and in the interests of corporations.

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

Investigators are said to be interested in Trump's public appeal in a press conference on July 27, 2016, for Russia to recover deleted emails of Hillary Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee.

This public shaming is problematic for a final - term president interested in building his legacy.

Public market investors generally want to understand your company as a whole — what your main businesses are, what your prospects for growth are — while strategic buyers may be more interested in specific parts of your company that are complementary.

The case is important not only because Hogan wants $ 100 million, which could ruin Gawker, but also because it highlights how Gawker is alone among new media companies in waging the sort of public interest legal fights that were once second nature for traditional media.

«His books for the public seemed to show great respect for his audience, assuming that, even if they didn't fully understand him, they still would be interested in what a cosmologist had to say about the universe in all its wonder and strangeness.»

Add to that the fact that proper functioning of corporate governance (and hence of capital markets) is clearly a matter of public concern, and you have at least the beginnings of a public - interest argument for interference in what would otherwise be a private matter.

«I do not believe that public opinion in the Philippines or the national interest of the Philippines would support the relinquishing of Philippine rights, territory or sovereignty, and I can't imagine that is President Duterte's intention,» Daniel Russel, the US's chief diplomat for East Asia, said.

The family are trying to come to terms with this situation and although they appreciate the wide public and press interest in this matter, can I appeal for the press to cease contacting the family at their home.»

Ross Rubin, principle analyst with Reticle Research, said that a major challenge for smart watch makers — Apple included — will be to rekindle public interest in buying watches.

Jeff Cronin, the director of communications for the Center for Science in the Public Interest and a litigant in the case, tells WTOP that this settlement is good news for consumers.

Amazon isn't so much interested in taking over what's called the «last mile» of the delivery trek as it is in making the process more efficient for the company and public entities that aid in delivery.

«CHX justifies the proposal by stating» [T] he Exchange submits that the proposed rules for LTAD are designed to operate in a manner that is consistent with the Act in that they are designed to protect investors and the public interest, are not designed to permit unfair discrimination, and would not impose any unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.»

But given his anti-regulatory, anti-science rhetoric, we're on high alert,» said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington.

It is interesting that much of the growth in income of the top 1 % has come in the form of eageincome which is practically impossible to hide (because employers have reporting and withholding obligations in the tax system and, at least for large public companies, often have public disclosure obligations for their senior CEOs).

«Sometimes, you are berated for disturbing the reporter or offering them a story they aren't interested in,» says Lauren Littlefield, president of Field Public Relations in Indianapolis.

If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

(Heffernan touches on the big - picture disservice in the media's insidious practice of narrowing our horizons for profit, rather than expanding them in the public interest: «[Media companies] know that when we buy a newspaper or a magazine, we aren't looking for a fight... The search for what is familiar and comfortable underlies our media consumption habits in just the same way as it makes us yearn for Mom's mac»n' cheese.»)

For some reason, the Minister Flaherty does not seem to be interested in the long - term fiscal sustainability of the total public sector in Canada.

There's a strong public interest in regulating the sale of housing to people who don't live and work in the Vancouver region, because non-local buyers make housing less affordable for everyone else.

My obligation as the Director of the Consumer Bureau is to act for the protection of consumers and in the public interest.»

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WYATT: When you combine what we «re looking for, that is interest in public service, not needing public recognition for your successes, not being able to share often some of your successes with the people you most love and respect.

Disclosure is consistent with public policy, in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders, and critical for compliance with federal ethics laws.

The Career & Technical Education (CTE) Working Group is focused on creating public dialogue around programs of study pathways for students interested in entering the STEM workforce.

«Also, as public and government appetite for deepwater offshore drilling ebbs, interest in onshore, safer oil extraction operations is set to increase.

After hearing evidence and considering submissions for 180 days, the Board arrived on 209 conditions it deemed necessary to mitigate the risks and adverse socio - ecological effects associated with the pipeline and its associated infrastructure to ensure the project is in the public interest.

Notwithstanding its potential environmental burdens, the JRP ultimately concluded that the NGP is in the public interest, citing various societal benefits including primarily jobs and job - training for Aboriginal communities but also «research, monitoring, and planning initiatives and techniques with relevance beyond the project» and economic benefits, first and foremost the importance of «opening Pacific Basin markets» (NGP Report, Volume II, Chapter 2, s. 2.4.3 and 2.4.4.).