Sentences with phrase «billed as an opportunity»

Yet, Amazon and Google clearly see the reauthorization bill as an opportunity to advance their goal of using drones to deliver packages from warehouses to doorsteps.

For the moment, it looks like Republicans will be able to avert a total collapse in deep - blue states: The GOP governors of Maryland and Massachusetts, Larry Hogan and Charlie Baker, both used the tax bill as an opportunity to loudly distinguish themselves from the national Republican Party — and both appear poised to win reelection in November.

It should be billed as an opportunity for a mature and serious debate about some very grave issues and concerns, away from the media frenzy.

The event is billed as an opportunity for the Connecticut State Department of Education to «provide a vision for the second year of the Alliance District program, including a description of Year 2 priorities and how the CSDE plans to support districts.

The listening sessions are billed as opportunities for members of the public to influence myFutureNC's work.

Consumers and the U.S. economy would bear the burden of this energy policy, but GE and other companies view the bill as an opportunity legislate profits.

Not exact matches

«Today, after Sen. Marco Rubio said he can't vote for the new tax bill and other Republican senators might be balking too, the market took a hit... how many of you took this moment and treated it as a buying opportunity?

As Western Australia prepares to have the Community Titles Bill introduced to parliament, join us for an indepth discussion and opportunity to hear about and learn what can be possible with such reform.

Billionaire Chipotle investor Bill Ackman spoke about the chain during a conference Tuesday, suggesting there were a number of opportunities for improvement for Chipotle, including introducing desserts and breakfast options as well as extending store hours and introducing more drive - thru windows.

Others viewed the bill's collapse, more charitably, as a teaching opportunity.

That ignorance led to some embarrassing missed opportunities, such as when Senator Bill Nelson of Florida used the example of chocolate — as opposed to, say, a more personal product like underwear — to discuss the company's rampant use of ad retargeting, in which a user searches for a product online, only to see ads for that product follow them from platform to platform and site to site.

When opportunities like this present themselves, you need a source of income outside of the stock market to generate cash for you to take advantage of the situation, as well as insulate you from the painful possibility of having to surrender your stock certificates at a fraction of their true worth just to pay the electric bill.

It can provide you with streams and sources of funds to deploy when opportunities present themselves as others scramble to pay their bills.

Using the conference as an opportunity to make the bill more fiscally responsible would require taking the best from each bill.

Bill Miller, CFA is the founder of Miller Value Partners, and currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer1, and co-Portfolio Manager for Opportunity Equity and Income Strategy.

But it wasn't until this century, when the Court invented the theory that the Bill of Rights limited states as well as the federal government, that the opportunities for judicial government exploded.

«By taking an early position as co-branding partners, we were able to find new opportunities where our customers were looking for sustainable solutions, and this type of material actually fit the bill of what they were looking for.»

It may well prove an opportunity missed, given that Isco has a well - publicised release clause of just # 17m, which will begin to look like an absolute steal if the youngster lives up to his billing as the new Andres Iniesta.

Obviously Billings will also have a better opportunity in a 4 - 3 to make some kind of impact as a pass rusher.

This seems like an excellent opportunity to buy low on the Bills, as they're also offering contrarian value and have been hammered by sharp money.

Why you should care: SmackDown bills itself as the land of opportunity in WWE, and it's done a great job of delivering on that promise.

Bill Connelly used to use something called Adjusted POE (points over expected), but he's concluded that it isn't as useful as once believed and has swapped Adj. POE out for Highlight Yards and Opportunity Rate.

The bill, largely the same as the version introduced last Congress, would give school districts and food service administrators the tools and resources they need to prepare meals that meet the updated USDA school food standards by providing loan guarantees for kitchen infrastructure and equipment upgrades, authorizing grants for small but critical equipment purchases, and supporting innovative training opportunities to strengthen the school food service workforce.

Next you'll notice the Bills Portal, which lists every bill before Congress (via thomas.gov and gives you the opportunity to vote as if you were voting yes or no on the bill and to indicate on a scale of 1 - to - 4 how important that bill is to you.

Southern Tier Solar Works (STSW) launched its Community Shared Solar (CSS) non-profit program that offers the opportunity for those who can not install solar, such as renters and businesses, a way to get discounted solar electricity credits on their NYSEG bill.

As the Welfare Reform and Work Bill makes its way through parliament and the government makes its spending decisions, it is vital this is not a missed opportunity to make employment support work for disabled people.

I am therefore delighted that the Localism Bill contains a new discretionary power to levy business rate discounts, thus giving councils the opportunity to support key local services such as rural pubs and post offices.

She quickly recovered however, describing her vote as a response to combination of supporting the enhanced penalties included for killing a police officer and the quandary of the bill presenting an infrequent opportunity for a minority member to get any legislation passed.

That's an opportunity to create leverage for bills such as the online gambling bill.

«As a co-sponsor of the bill in 2010 to create an independent redistricting commission with fair and defined criteria and opportunities for public engagement in the map - making process, I urge my former colleagues to move forward on this long overdue reform,» Padavan said in a press release.

Lord Rix, president of Mencap, wanted confirmation that the bill would not be used as an opportunity to deny disabled children access to mainstream education in an academy if that was their wish.

The opportunity to dine with the defence secretary was grandiosely billed as the chance to «walk in the footsteps of Churchill».

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In New York's 23rd congressional district, Democratic candidate Bill Owens is capitalizing on Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava's last - minute decision to drop out of the special election as a final opportunity to tie Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to former President Bush.

Undecided voters like Bill Hosley viewed the first presidential debate as an opportunity to solidify their opinions of the two candidates.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, on Thursday, Ambode was quoted as saying the rejection of the bill was a missed opportunity.

«A yes for the bill would have provided an opportunity to truly reflate the economy and empower Lagos State in serving as home to more than 21 million Nigerians and as hub to the largest volume of businesses and foreign direct investments in Nigeria.

«Today we have the opportunity to complete the great unfinished business of our society and pass health insurance reform for all Americans as a right, not a privilege,» Pelosi said before the House approved the bill, which first passed the Senate on Christmas Eve.

«Bill's continued and tireless commitment to our community has never wavered as evidenced by the monthly community breakfast he sponsors which gives hundreds of residents the opportunity to regularly interact and have problems addressed by governmental, business, and community stakeholders,» stated Legislator Peter Savage.

«If this bill was about those children who arrived here as infants, and providing them an opportunity... we'd be having a different discussion.

Announced just three evenings in advance and billed then as a «community forum,» the event gave about 200 residents the opportunity to submit cards with questions for Mr. Zeldin (R - Shirley).

As this bill reaches parliament we trust they won't try to deny voters the same opportunity.

Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula issued a statement, that said in part: «President Trump's remarks were divisive and disrespectful to the entire NFL community, but we tried to use them as an opportunity to further unify our team and our organization.»

Stewart - Cousins was in Orange County to give the keynote address at the committee's annual gala, an appearance that comes as Democrats have stepped up their criticism of Republican Sen. Bill Larkin, whose seat they consider to be a potential pickup opportunity next year.

She said the focus should be on the bill and not the mayor, but Public Advocate Bill de Blasio took it as an opportunity to jostle for the mayor's seat and criticize Quinn and Bloombbill and not the mayor, but Public Advocate Bill de Blasio took it as an opportunity to jostle for the mayor's seat and criticize Quinn and BloombBill de Blasio took it as an opportunity to jostle for the mayor's seat and criticize Quinn and Bloomberg.

Our hope is that the Bills would embrace this as an opportunity,» Higgins said.

He also took the opportunity to slam the mayor for not doing more to protect neighborhoods such as Prospect - Lefferts Gardens, saying that not one zoning change to limit height and density in a neighborhood has been approved since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office.

Confirming a strategy he had been executing for several months, Mayor Bill de Blasio said this afternoon he would cut down on the number of opportunities City Hall beat reporters would have to ask him questions — opting instead for more radio and TV interviews, as well as town halls.

But despite being billed as the final opportunity to for the public to offer input on the projects that could receive $ 10 million in state economic development funding, the meeting actually focused on rolling out the tentative list, as selected by the local planning committee.

It gives De Blasio (as well as Bill Thompson, who will also be a significant factor in 2013) an opportunity to strengthen his argument that a Quinn mayoralty will essentially be a Bloomberg fourth term.

The Government has an ideal opportunity to see this proposal through as it prepares its Modern Slavery Bill.