Sentences with phrase «boards reported fewer»

Various real estate boards reported fewer listings and, subsequently, a drop in sales.

Not exact matches

«Exploration expenditures in the N.W.T. have languished over the past few years and could therefore limit the territory's options for growing its mining industry in the long term,» noted a recent report by the Conference Board of Canada.

As Elliott ramped up its pressure on Arconic, friends and colleagues of Kleinfeld, along with board members of Arconic, reported more suspicious run - ins: Others who live near the CEO were followed to a local restaurant by strangers who then approached the couple; they claimed to be considering investing with Kleinfeld, but first had a few questions.

The proposal has generated a great deal of often vitriolic debate over the future of the wheat board, and the C.D. Howe Institute recently weighed in with a report arguing that global grain markets have changed significantly over the past few decades, to the point that the CWB is more often than not a price taker.

Because boards tend to grow conservative over time, every year, the Amazon board gave a report of an organization that was diminished by the «institutional no» — doing more analysis and take fewer risks.

Yesterday, JPMorgan released a report from its Board of Directors that found [drum roll] that the Board was not culpable in the London Whale episode, it just needed to tweak a few things going forward.

A 1985 study reported that according to the Federal Reserve Board only two percent of all U.S. families Own «20 percent of all residential property, 30 percent of all liquid assets, 33 percent of all business property, 39 percent of all bonds, 20 percent of all stocks, and 71 percent of all tax - free financial holdings».3 It can be argued that the ownership of such vast portions of our capital by so few threatens our democratic system.

A brief, desultory debate followed the report at the Board of Managers» meeting, but it was apparent that few of the film's friends had any real enthusiasm for the film, and its critics prevailed.

I read a report a few weeks ago, saying that a Board member leaked information about Wenger being sacked if Arsenal failed to win the premier league this season.

This rumor, which had been reported a few days earlier on another paywalled recruiting site, is being discussed on the boards of Rivals, 247sports, the Ohio State site Eleven Warriors and MGoBlog:

It was one of only a very few issues our opinions differed Jon so I'm pleased your on board with Ivan.I believe he has had to go over Wengers head and straight to Kronke to get his way and this will explain the reported stand off in their working relationship.Wenger did not like being called into question.Shame it didn't happen a decade ago

To name a few of the areas where AHPD scored above recognition was in; Authority for Coordinating Public Relations, Comprehensive Board Policy Manual, Facility Development Planning and Information Reporting.

Interfax news agency reported three Russian warships with marines and amphibious vehicles on board plan to dock in Tartus in Syria in the next few days, raising concerns about

Broadly, the report paints a picture of an EFC that met privately to discuss a large, and ultimately controversial loan request that raised few questions by members of the board who relied on a staff analysis.

Other expenses include a few thousand on school supplies, which he handed out in his district a few weeks ago, $ 14,000 in contributions to other political campaigns, and $ 3,243 to the State Board of Elections for violation fees (Espada has a history of failing to file his campaign disclosure reports.)

Curran and Martins would increase funding and staffing for the county Ethics Board, which investigates complaints of misconduct by county employees but has issued few public findings or reports in recent years.

A few weeks later, the school's board of trustees voted to inform the Attorney General's office that it would not renew Bharucha's contract next year if it would help end the investigation, the paper reported.

The incumbent Southampton Democrat was leading the St. James businessman by fewer than 3,500 votes in New York's 1st District race, according to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections, but they did not include a reported 9,500 absentee ballots.

Gural told reporters he had no idea yet how he will change his proposal, saying he hopes the board's final report — expected to be issued in a few weeks — will give him a better sense of why his application was rejected.

As we reported last month, quite a few Lower East Side residents objected to language in a early draft of Community Board 3's guidelines, stating: «The Essex Street Market should be relocated to a superior site on a major street to accommodate a larger market with more goods and services.»

The board is so receptive to the concept, Gromack said, that the groups could report back with further recommendations within the next few weeks, and the council would seriously consider them for adoption.

Yet, because of an extreme shortage of forensic pathologists — the country has fewer than half the specialists it needs, a 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences concluded — even physicians who flunk their board exams find jobs in the field.

The Kenyan film board banned Wanuri Kahiu's LGBT film Rafiki a few weeks before its Cannes Film Festival Premiere, Variety reports.

By comparison, fewer than one - third of the board members reported that business groups were «very» or «somewhat» active in elections in their districts.

A few titles in the new report's endnotes spell it out: «School Boards: A Troubled American Institution» (by Jacqueline Danzberger), School Boards in America: A Flawed Exercise in Democracy (by Gene Maeroff), and Beseiged: School Boards and the Future of American Politics (William Howell).

And though the authors of this report acknowledge the «countless intervening factors» that «no doubt affect a school board member's ability to influence district achievement» and which they haven't covered in this report, they nevertheless provide an invaluable guide to policymakers for making a few simple changes in board governance that could effect major improvements for student academic performance.

Among the board - certified teachers, 44 percent reported that the largest share of their students came from «well - to - do families with few if any financial problems,» while only 8 percent reported that the largest share came from «families who can not afford the basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter.»

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

Such thoughts come to mind in the wake of alarming reports on the achievement levels of many Colorado high school students and the fact the State Board of Education has less than a month to adopt guidelines for graduation mandated a few years ago.

I'm curious whether you have a survey report or other empirical evidence for the claim, «In all but a few districts, school boards make [the reelection] decision based on principals» or assistant principals» evaluations.»

A few blocks from School 4, in a grim sign of a cash - strapped city where half the households report yearly income under $ 34,302, a public library sits dark with plywood boards covering the windows, closed until further notice.

North Carolina public schools reported fewer overall incidences of crime and violence during the 2016 - 17 school year from the previous year, continuing a long - term decline in numbers of offenses, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's 2016 - 17 Consolidated Data Report presented Wednesday the State Board of Education.

Whether your statements reflect that or not, and even taking in account you only get a few pennies per book sold — even if all is reported perfectly correctly and above board — you're seeding an audience.

There were a few Australian economic reports that were released during the week, but only Australia's retail sales report had a noticeable effect on the Aussie's price action since gold was somewhat steady at the time but the Aussie got kicked sharply lower across the board.

Within a few weeks after the hearing, the property owner will get a written report on whether the appeal board reduced the valuation, and by what amount.

He has had her at in - board training for a few weeks, and within the first two weeks he reported back that she is an A + dog, ready for a new home!

Currently a 3DS exclusive (for the time being), we did report a few months ago how Resident Evil Revelations for the Xbox 360 had popped up on the Korean Ratings board.

For instance, according to Schneiderman's report, they started looking for a new president in 2010, and got as far as drawing up a list of finalists — but then, in the course of a single weekend in early 2011, a trustee phoned up Jamshed Bharucha (who was not one of the finalists) on the Saturday; the two had lunch in New Hampshire; Bharucha flew to New York; a few more trustees met him; and by Sunday evening the board had somehow managed to offer him the job.

Now, if you fly Japan's Nippon Airlines in the month of October, you just might hear those words too as the airline tries out its own experiment to lighten its passengers and thus it's load, reports the Environmental Leader.The experiment, which runs just through October, will ask all passengers to please use the restroom prior to boarding the flight in order to take a few pounds of weight off of the flight.

In the mid-1990s, concerned by reports of ocean pollution in other countries, a few scientists in the Environmental Health Division of the county's Department of Public Health asked for money to monitor the ocean water off our shores, but the Board of Supervisors consistently voted against them.

A few weeks ago, I noted here that an Oregon State Bar task force on limited license legal technicians issued its report recommending to the OSB's board of governors «that it consider the general concept of a limited license for legal technicians as one component of the BOG's overall strategy for increasing access to justice.»

While it is undoubtedly true that, across the board, some loans will be unenforceable, there are only a few reported cases in the higher courts in over 34 years of legislation.

There have been a few reports of ghosted - out stories making their away around Twitter, but it's unclear right now whether the feature is rolling out across the board or if it's only to a small percentage of test users for now.