Sentences with phrase «by activists who»

The outcome was greeted with disappointment on Twitter by activists who had worked to assemble a coalition of tech and retail companies to stop patent trolling:

According to the book's description, a «cult of progressive environmentalism» has «swept the globe,» and modern climate science «has been seized by activists who put their political agenda ahead of scientific rigor and objectivity.»

Exhibit # 3 is a long account published at the US National Association of Scholars website, that describes the self - righteous silencing of dissent by activists who believe colleges shouldn't buy stocks in fossil fuel companies.

Well that all depends on where you prefer to place your trust: on reality or on computer models concocted by activists who desperately want the polar bear to retain its status as the ursine victim of the man - made global warming apocalypse.

First, the IPCC insiders who draft the SPMs are selected by a non-transparent process by the activists who founded the IPCC and their like - minded chosen successors.

Salinas, the pet store owner, reiterated Friday that he's been unfairly attacked by activists who let emotion trump the facts.

This is a point that is frequently ignored by activists who believe that «adoption is the only option».

As with other peaceful protests throughout American history by activists who weren't actively opposed by governments, the protests of those activists would have been just as meaningful even without the threats to their lives.

The mayor forcefully denounced anti-police rhetoric espoused by some activists who were planning protests, and said he would veto a City Council bill to criminally ban the use of chokeholds by police officers.

And yet, as crazy as the game was, perhaps the most interesting thing that happened Monday night was a staged protest by activists who rappelled from the upper deck of Bank of America Stadium to unfurl a banner directing attention to Bank of America's funding of a North Carolina energy company.

Even the Democratic Party in 2012 removed the «rare» qualifier from their platform, moved by activists who want to erase any sense that abortion should be minimized any more than another medical procedure.

He'd love to see Cuomo battered if not beaten, especially by an activist who would run to the left of Cuomo and make him look like a relative centrist.

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And I'd been guilty of perpetuating this sort of prejudice by perpetuating stereotypes of psychics as shifty, exotic people or as being unreal, unable to be found as mothers or neighbors or activists like Emily, who's active in social justice - based causes, particularly the fight for transgender equal rights.

May 2 - Xerox Corp said its CEO and several board members will step down to settle a suit brought by activist shareholders who had opposed a $ 6.1 billion deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings.

As for Anthony Weiner, he was targeted by the late provocateur Andrew Breitbart and fellow Right - wing activists who used fake email addresses and pretended to be underage girls.

Xerox has been targeted by activist investor Carl Icahn and shareholder Darwin Deason, who joined forces last week to push Xerox to explore strategic options, oust its «old guard», including its CEO, and negotiate better terms for its decades - long deal with Fujifilm.

Forty - four major law firms and 55 corporate legal departments are teaming up to boost diversity in the legal profession by drawing on two inspirational figures: the late Dan Rooney, beloved owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arabella Mansfield, a 19th century women's rights activist who became the first American woman admitted into the legal profession in 1869.

By guaranteeing such a high level of anonymity, Tor lends itself well to information freedom activists, libertarians, and those who simply want to take their Internet safety to the extreme.

This follows a lawsuit by activist investor Darwin Deason, who along with fellow Xerox shareholder Carl Icahn has said the deal substantially undervalues Xerox.

as created by online activists who were trying to share content using the most private methods.

Airbnb is contributing to the effort by working with the NGO Vital Voices Global Partnership and the nonprofit Global Fund for Women to provide travel and free Airbnb accommodations to 160 women who are small business owners and activists.

The Liberal leader, who owes her thumping electoral victory in large part to fear of public - sector job cuts promised by the opposition Progressive Conservatives, has promised to govern from the «activist centre.»

The change is a win for Wintergreen Advisers LLC, a firm run by activist investor David Winters, who despite a tiny stake in Coke, has loudly agitated against the stock - compensation plan, saying it was a «raw deal» for investors.

The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people in sensitive positions in Iran, where Telegram is used by some 20 million people, said independent cyber researcher Collin Anderson and Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who have been studying Iranian hacking groups for three years.

Iraq's liberation from Saddam Hussein and his criminal underlings by the coalition of the willing last year has breathed life into many Labor activists — including Federal Labor leader Mark Latham — who are afflicted by anti-Americanism and / or pacifist inclinations.

BEIJING (AP)-- U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, who oversaw the handling of potential crises over the flights to U.S. diplomatic missions by a persecuted legal activist and a high - profile police chief, said Wednesday he will step down early next year.

When asked about the campaign by a journalist, one of the unnamed activists remarked the «campaign is not meant to harm the gay people who live in the nine cities» [in unprotected states] that are bidding for Amazon's foothold.

The move is part of a renewed national groundswell of action to prevent further gun violence, inspired by the student activists who survived a recent school shooting in Florida

She wanted to acknowledge activists like Diane Nash, who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Annie Lee Cooper (played by Oprah Winfrey), who has been called the «Rosa Parks» of Selma's push for voting rights.

«I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.

As if Nooyi wasn't facing enough pressure, she soon had to contend with a major activist investor: Nelson Peltz, who took a stake in the company and began agitating for PepsiCo to undo its merger of Pepsi and Frito - Lay, just as Kraft (KRFT) had spun off Mondelez after a similar campaign by Peltz.

Unlike the activist firms run by Bill Ackman or Dan Loeb, the fund Paul Singer founded has raised an army of activists who can influence corporate fiefdoms everywhere.

Documents obtained by the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley show the US channeled funding... [that]... vigorously supported activists and politicians who have fomented unrest in Egypt, after autocratic president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in February 2011.

A recent survey on corporate reputation conducted by the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA) showed that nearly 50 % of the companies who responded had been targeted by activist citizen groups, and now engage with these non-governmental organizations in order to help improve public perceptions.

While reporting on a protest by a group of activists who had just forced the university's president to resign, he was pushed and harassed by the demonstrators, as well as by a faculty member.

We've seen litigation by coastal communities, railway activists, tribal communities, and even conservatives who claim our state is not for the explotative profit by companies from outside our state.

«Despite the continued support of attacks by activist hedge funds by the Chair of the SEC, and many «Chicago school» academics who continue to rely on discredited statistics, there is growing recognition by institutional investors and prominent «new school» economists of the threat to corporations and their shareholders and to the economy of these attacks -LSB-...]

Actors Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore are showing their support for student gun control activists by penning «excuse» letters for those who walked out of class on Friday support of gun control and to protest gun violence.

In 2015 the organization, Lesbians Who Tech, honored her work as a technologist and activist by naming a coding scholarship to recognize her work and her part in the Supreme Court striking down DOMA (The Defense of Marriage Act).

Duperreault arguably owes his new job to pressure put on AIG by activist investor Carl Icahn, who has been agitating for new management to join the company and move to split it up and sell the parts to unlock value for shareholders.

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A new study by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace are home to rapid job and population growth — but some local officials and activists say too little is known about what kinds of jobs are being created in the area, and who is benefiting.

The new Canada Child Benefit (CCB) unveiled in the 2016 federal Budget has been widely supported by progressives and anti poverty activists who have long favoured the expansion of income tested child tax credits.

The condemnation descended on the president a day after he told reporters in a defiant news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan that «alt - left» demonstrators were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville last weekend as the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who instigated protests that led to the death of a 32 - year - old woman, struck down by a car driven by a right - wing activist.

The proposed «Bring Business to Texas and Fairness in Disclosure Act» (the «Texas Act») is purportedly intended to «foster and promote the immediate and full disclosure of the individual ownership of persons who are activist investors» and «prohibit discrimination by a proxy advisory firm.»

His views were shared by many other portfolio managers who turned belligerent about CP's Board and wondered why no activist fund had yet spotted the opportunity offered by CP.

According to the New York Post, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is preparing for a potential proxy battle against activist investors, including Starboard Value, by hiring advisers who specialize in defense against «cage - rattling shareholders.»

«Following the pounding of Todd Akin by the GOP kings and lieutenants in the last 36 hours, I've come to the conclusion that the real issue is the soul of America,» wrote David Lane, an evangelical activist who's influential in the Republican Party, in an e-mail to fellow activists Thursday morning.

No More Page 3 was launched in 2012 by activist Lucy - Anne Holmes, who was «sad that the most prominent photograph of a woman in the widest circulation British newspaper is of a young woman in just her pants».

Among those who took a turn at the microphone was Nezar Hamze, South Florida executive director of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, viewed as a leading activist organization by the Muslim community and as an arm of militant Islam by its critics.

Like these evangelicals, who point to genuine hardships suffered by Palestinians under occupation, those church activists cited often genuine injustices by the U.S. and its allies in their struggle against the Soviet Bloc.