Sentences with phrase «business lobby»

How we were going to get the small business lobby?

The hotel will feature the brand's refreshing business lobby, lobby bar, a casual dining restaurant, flexible meeting space and recreational facilities including a swimming pool and fitness center.

Its right here right now, only political and business lobbying stands in the way of a solution to this crisis.

Most of those cases were filed this year, according to a study released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business lobbying group.

The West seems desperately eager to give Iran nuclear capability — perhaps from the pressure of business lobbies and perhaps out of America's panic - stricken need for a «legacy.»

In hindsight, Carney would have been wise to heed a particularly prescient warning by the Confederation of British Industries, the country's largest business lobby group, issued the month before his arrival in London.

The Federal Governments» «Developing the North» economic development agenda, which has clearly been influenced by business lobby groups and will have severe impacts on Aboriginal land rights law, employment, and in the long run the wellbeing of communities.

The endorsement is the second one issued by the state's largest business lobbying organization for governor, which in 2010 also gave Cuomo its nod over Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

DUFFY WATCH — Lieutenant governor explains that he withdrew from business lobbying job of his own free will — Democrat & Chronicle's Brian Sharp: «I stepped away on my own,» said Duffy, who insists he learned of a vacancy at the Rochester Business Alliance from a newspaper article, that he clipped..

Bate joined others, such as Fred Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform — key strategist of Newt Gingrich's Republican Party faction), Fran Smith (editor of Consumer Alert - a corporate funded «consumer» magazine) and a number of other business lobby organisations, in taking a skeptical view on the issue of global warming.

More than 80 % of members of a U.S. business lobby in China say foreign companies are less welcome than in the past, a survey released on Wednesday showed, with most saying they have little confidence in China's vows to open its markets.

Lighthizer downplayed the potential imposition of tariffs on China in his remarks to the most powerful U.S. business lobby, which has opposed tariffs to try to force changes in China's trade practices.

The small - business lobby wants us to separate risk - taking entrepreneurs from the salaried class.

Aetna made an issue last year of its presence in Connecticut when it joined other businesses lobbying Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly to roll back proposed tax increases.

Republican candidate for governor of New York Rob Astorino received a mostly polite reception from the state's biggest business lobby at their annual meeting in Lake George.

Juan Pablo Castanon, head of Mexico's powerful CCE business lobby, which is representing the private sector, told reporters the automotive and labor issues were among the areas least advanced in the negotiations so far.

The National Association of Manufacturers, one of the most influential business lobbying groups in Washington, has been pressing Mr. Trump and his economic team to open negotiations with the Chinese on a free - trade agreement, an ambitious move that many trade experts doubt would bear fruit, given the past struggles of American negotiators who have tried to secure far more limited agreements with China.

Mayor Paul Soglin, pictured in November after the announcement that Oscar Mayer would close its Madison headquarters, blasted the state's job - creation agency and top business lobby for not contacting Kraft Heinz after its merger was announced last March.

At the same retreat, Cantor and the House Republican leadership demonstrated that, while they are trying to learn to talk about the concerns of employees, they are practically focused on doing the bidding of the Washington business lobbies.

The government must use its final budget before the election to improve Britain's battered fiscal credibility and to find new ways to help businesses still reeling from the deepest recession in decades, the CBI business lobby group urges.

Canada's small - business lobby disliked the federal budget.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state government's plan to remove the payroll tax exemption for employees undertaking training has secured the support of the Greens and The Nationals WA, despite strong opposition from the Liberals and the state's leading business lobby group.

(Adds comments from Canada's foreign minister, Mexican business lobby, Mexican source on talks, U.S. attorney general)

The inclusion of broader business lobbies is «an attempt to graduate to a new level of urgency» for policymakers to arrest the problem, said Jonathan Grella, a U.S. Travel vice president.

Travis, I agree and was indeed trying to highlight the neoliberal solidarity that exists among business lobby groups, which may also help explain the CMEâ $ ™ s intervention on this issue.

There has been strong pressure from US business lobby against use of the Jackson - Vanik Trade Act of 1974 for denying MFN status to China.

I would rather business lobbies supported their members to be successful in the 21st century than spend their time defending an Edwardian system.

New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox today called for the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption to investigate the circumstances of Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy seeking the leadership post at a Rochester - area business lobby.

Business groups took offense earlier this month because Cuomo unveiled his «Fight for Fair Pay» campaign while they held their small business lobby day at the capitol.

The state's main business lobbying group praised the long - sought passage of three free - trade agreements in Washington today, saying the accords will help New York's struggling manufacturing base.

Any increase would likely be opposed by Republicans in the state Senate and Cuomo has worked hard to build good relations with the state's business lobby over the last year.

The Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the state's chief business lobbying group, has not taken a stand in the race.

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy's pursuit of a lucrative new job with a private business lobbying group in Rochester raised concerns that he was potentially violating the Public Officer's Law by not first informing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and recusing himself from matters involving economic development in western New York, according to a person close to the group's executive search committee.

Before the window shut, powerful business lobbies signaled that they would fight updating some aspects of S - K.

Nearly $ 1 million in outside election spending came from state business lobby Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

There is no need for you to vaccinate your dog or cat nearly as frequently as the AVMA and the powerful veterinary / business lobby suggest.

The Courtyard also offers the Refreshing Business lobby environment, where guests can enjoy an open and bright area outside of their rooms.

It happens that there's a huge propaganda offensive carried out by the major business lobbies, the energy associations, and so on.

One party's economic agenda is dominated by business lobbies, but the policy proposals that come out of the Chamber of Commerce — GOP nexus are so unpopular that they are stillborn in Congress as soon as the hideous opinion poll results are known.

The president of Britain's largest business lobbying organisation will today attack the government's «parade» of education reforms and its «fixation» on exams, and demand that a new education commission take control of the sector.

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been endorsed by the state's largest business lobby for his re - election bid.

Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino received a mostly polite reception from the state's biggest business lobby at their annual meeting in Lake George.

«In the coming 10 days we can really have a new agreement in principle,» said Moises Kalach, head of the international negotiating arm of the CCE business lobby, which represents the Mexican private sector at the NAFTA talks.

-LRB-...) Keidanren, the largest and most influential business lobby group, seems willing to recommend that its members prepare for the first increase in base salaries since 2008, when they enter spring negotiations with labour unions.