Sentences with phrase «big interest groups»

I complimented them on their concern for the public's interests, however, all I got is a stammer, long silent pauses, meaningless words of explanation but no substance when I suggested that other big interest groups serving the public such as banks, oil companies, trust companies, insurance companies and the like have certainly not captured their attention as much as CREA.

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Big private car retailer DVG Automotive Group has released its results for the 2015 financial year, showing a tightening economy had not significantly hit its sales ahead of the sale of a majority stake to Japanese interests.

The world's biggest beer makers have been angling to tap rising interest in the craft category, which generated $ 19.6 billion in retail sales last year and now accounts for 11 % of the total beer market, according to industry trade group the Brewers Association.

«Jeb Bush has a big interest in Latin America, and I expect he would follow in the footsteps of [his] father and brother in being more internationally focused on trade issues,» says Todd McCracken, president and chief executive of the National Small Business Association, a business advocacy group.

By throwing their support behind establishment Republicans in their disagreement with the Tea Party, big - business groups are making it harder to claim that they represent the interests of all businesses, small businesses included.

«Instead of working to protect American families, President Trump's plans put the interest of big - money special interests over people,» said Nat Mund, legislative director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, a Virginia - based advocacy group.

Since so much communication occurs through text messaging, we asked Klinenberg — who interviewed hundreds of people in focus groups for the book — what he found to be some of the biggest mistakes people make when texting someone they're interested in dating.

Juan Carlos Hartasánchez, Albright Stonebridge Group senior director, said energy isn't a big enough common interest to bring the NAFTA negotiations together but it could help.

Bluford Putnam, managing director and chief economist at CME Group, the world's biggest futures market operator, agreed that the Fed's near - zero interest rates and bond purchases helped stabilize financial markets and bolstered the economy — but only for a while.

«It will be interesting to see if the biggest company in the world for eyewear — Luxottica — will somehow will open its distribution platform to the brands that are producing outside its group,» he continued.

Aerospace and aviation are by far the biggest segments of IMP, a conglomerate with revenue of more than $ 1 - billion a year from interests spanning charter airline CanJet and private aviation firm Innotech - Execaire Aviation Group.

Hermes» biggest client is the pension fund of British telecoms company BT Group (BT.L) and Federated's interest was reported earlier by Sky News.

One big and very supportive interest group, workers on the provincial government payroll.

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And there are other big financial groups that are highly interested,» Phillips added, pointing out that many of these investors are still figuring out the regulatory framework and different sectors and opportunities in the cannabis space.

New York Times columnist William Safire said that «although Big Gambling's largess is buying influence in Washington, D.C., Grey's outfit has helped local citizens» groups keep beating the casino interests in state after state.»

And no special interest group has a bigger agenda than the believers, who are fighting to keep their mental illness from being recognized as just that.

Now, there is a big difference between the Open Air preaching and One to One witnessing, because in the open air, you are speaking to a large group of people and have to have just enough controversy to keep the interest of the crowd.

The author quotes apologist Lee Strobel as saying, «It wasn't too many years ago that scholars were writing off apologetics because we live in a postmodern world where young people are not supposed to be interested in things like the historical Jesus... The biggest shock is that among people who communicated to me that they had found faith in Christ through apologetics, the single biggest group was 16 - to -24-year-olds.»

And that includes the people that peddle religion because they are for sure a special interest group just like banks, wall street, big oil etc..

I am interested in making this for a larger group too... is there a converted recipe for a bigger serving size?

Group earnings before interest and tax from continuing operations rose 9.9 per cent to $ 1.43 billion as a strong rebound in Australian supermarkets offset losses from BIG W and weaker earnings in New Zealand.

The Victorian dairy group — Australia's fourth - biggest dairy processor collecting 900 million litres of milk per annum — said on Friday it anticipates earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the six months to 31 December to surge 100 per cent, compared to the EBITDA of $ 29.3 million reported for the same period last year.

Mr Perich, who is a BRW Rich List billionaire, is developing more than 8000 home sites and has one of the biggest dairies in the southern hemisphere, as well as a range of other interests including a big stake in Freedom Foods Group.

United is interesting because of the big kitty they have to spend but they'll still have to gel that group together if they bring in new players.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Interesting development on the Right: big donors seem to be encouraging Republican Independent Expenditure groups to move out of a TV - only organizing model.

The liberal special interest money machine is already rallying around their presumptive nominee... Big Labor, Trial Lawyers, MoveOn.org and other radical protest groups have pledged to spend at least $ 750 million to defeat Republicans and elect liberal Democrat Barack Obama president.

Big government for the sake of special interest groups and inactive population is only crony democracy and it is not worth a dime.

Winners take over - representing our strongest unions, our biggest special interest groups, and our most entrenched career politicians.

That either means begging friends, or a much easier route: Listen to a special interest group, agree to certain votes before even taking office, and get a big check.

Last week, in fact, the New York Public Interest Research Group ranked the coalition between 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association as by far the biggest - spending lobby in Albany.

«Independent expenditures tend not to be particularly as big in New York as say the LLC Loophole or housekeeping accounts,» said Blair Horner of The New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to political party accounts not subject to the same campaign finance limits as candidate campaigns.

Albany is broke and the budget is four months past deadline — but that didn't stop state lawmakers from hitting the links yesterday to shake down lobbyists and special - interest groups for big bucks.

Every Voice, a 501 (c) 4 group based in Washington, said it is endorsing Teachout «because New Yorkers and our country deserve more politicians in Washington who'll stand up to big money special interests to level the playing field and make our elections truly of, by, and for the people,» according to a statement from its president, David Donnelly.

They've become ineffective political puppets of big business and special interest groups because that is where they get their campaign money (and other things) from.

«It causes big money interests in the form of multi-billion dollar casino companies like Genting Group, Sands, Caesars, MGM Mirage and Wynn Resorts to be the agents of reform of our politics, not its further corruption.»

Unions and other major special interest groups usually write their biggest checks to directly to political parties or housekeeping committees, where the donation limits are higher.

Indeed as this podcast shows, when a Congressman is choosing between money from a big powerful interest group or the letters from his constituents, he'll choose the letters every time.

Benjamin (pictured above) says he sees indications that both new legislative leaders are more interested in listening to their members and willing to meet with groups that aren't the biggest donors.

His biggest donor was the Rent Stabilization Association's PAC and Neighborhood Preservation Political Action Fund, which shelled out $ 82,000 for him, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«Big money playing a big role now at all levels of elections is really sort of the way it works now in America,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research GroBig money playing a big role now at all levels of elections is really sort of the way it works now in America,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Grobig role now at all levels of elections is really sort of the way it works now in America,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

It causes big money interests in the form of multi-billion dollar casino companieslike Genting Group, Sands, Caesars, MGM Mirage and Wynn Resorts to be the agents of reform of our politics, not its further corruption.»

«[Litwin's] definitely become the biggest donor in the state,» Bill Mahoney, New York Public Interest Research Group's research coordinator, told the World.

Similar to Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot - measure committee, Gray has used the second campaign account to accept larger campaign checks from special - interest groups and big corporations that lobby the Legislature, including $ 35,000 from the California Independent Petroleum Association, $ 25,000 from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and $ 15,000 from tobacco giant Philip Morris.

According to the New York Public Interest Research Group, Cuomo's margin of victory was certain to be one of the ten biggest in state history.

But the July 15 fundraising report may prove even more crucial for Lazio's chances as potential big - time donors assess his ability to beat Cuomo, said Bill Mahoney, a researcher at the New York Public Interest Research Group, a not - for - profit focused on environmental and government - reform issues.

«Governor Cuomo is following Teddy Roosevelt's path, speaking softly and carrying a big stick,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

How Mr. de Blasio and his allies craft legislation that doesn't completely alienate either influential interest group remains one of the big political questions of the fall.

«Big data, while promising, interesting, and useful, is not synonymous with complete or representative data,» said Megan Price, director of research at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group.