Sentences with phrase «by financial power»

The systematic rape of the Earth by men blinded by financial power are depriving communities of their rights to live in peaceful, luxuriously rich and abundant green environment and natural surroundings.

By Thomas Palzer The success and acceptance of social websites, platforms and online forums is not determined solely by the financial power of the people who run them.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

One of the Sarkozy's moves was to relaunch the stalled merger between the state - owned gas company and the electric and gas utility Suez SA that is partially owned by Power Financial and partner Albert Frere's holding company.

A report by Lloyd's and the University of Cambridge, which studied the insurance implications of a cyber attack on the U.S. power grid, paints a financial, economic and public health nightmare.

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

The financial powers behind Toys «R» Us — among them KKR & Co., Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust — had all but given up by then.

«By committing significant financial resources to these offsets, we're building into our business a strong incentive to pursue shared rides and the displacement of gasoline - powered vehicles,» Zimmer and Green wrote.

After all, despite being led by respected corporate lawyer Purdy Crawford, the market restructuring committee in question was put together to find a solution acceptable to institutional investors and the financial community, including the power brokers who built the ABCP house of cards in the first place.

Or will you hit it out of the park by putting the power of financial education behind every swing you take?»

Bill S - 5 proposes to improve the consumer protection framework by enhancing the supervisory powers of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, FCAC.

The legislation would also strip power from the Financial Stability Oversight Council, an interagency agency group now led by Mnuchin, to label financial firms that are not banks, such as Metlife, «too big to fail» and subject them to tougher regulatory oFinancial Stability Oversight Council, an interagency agency group now led by Mnuchin, to label financial firms that are not banks, such as Metlife, «too big to fail» and subject them to tougher regulatory ofinancial firms that are not banks, such as Metlife, «too big to fail» and subject them to tougher regulatory oversight.

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Many have expressed particular concern over a provision that would curtail the powers of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and reduce its independence by having its director report to the president.

Now COPE 378 is calling for provincial regulators to help BC Hydro out of its financial morass by raising the rate the power company will be allowed to charge British Columbians.

It was not powered by industrial engineering as much as by «financial engineering,» manipulating corporate balance sheets in a Japanese zaitech - style.

«By taking charge of their earning power, rather than waiting for governments, financial institutions and employers to «right themselves,» the baby boomer generation now has the power and access to put their skills and abilities on the global market regardless of where they live or work now,» he says.

Ever since she discovered the transformative powers of financial literacy, her mission has been to teach others how to take control of their lives by taking control of their money.

What they do not realize is that by fighting against government power to check financial hubris, they are paving the road for centralized financial planning by Wall Street.

The fact and the matter is I had too much of Power Corp ever since I started buying its Power Financial company, which is 66 % own by POW.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

U.S. - registered mutual funds distributed by Putnam Retail Management A Member of the Power Financial Corporation Group of Companies ™

Impact investing is an exciting and rapidly growing industry powered by investors who are determined to generate social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.

One consequence has been the establishment of a «certain dependency» on the constraining rules of the commercial banks, «antagonistic and incompatible with the system of financial solidarity of the community banks that promote different financial services, strengthened by local power and guaranteeing an investment in the capacity of the most poor.»

The scandal - hit fund is seeking to ease its financial woes by selling power assets it bought for $ 2.8 bln.

This prompted Chinese officials to counter U.S. attempts to blame it for running a trade surplus by retorting that U.S. financial aggression «risked bringing mutual destruction upon the great economic powers.»

The agency added that «we assume the majority of cryptojacking is carried out by cyber criminals, but website owners have also targeted visitors to their website and used the processing power of visitors» CPUs, without their knowledge or consent, to mine cryptocurrency for their own financial gain.»

IFA FinPlan, powered by eMoney, is a robust technology where IFA clients can keep their financial accounts, investments and spending organized in one easy - to - use personal financial management dashboard, and dedicated IFA Wealth Advisors can in turn produce comprehensive and personalized financial plans.

Developed by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and its American Savings Education Council (ASEC) program, Choose to Save ® utilizes the power of the media to promote the idea that saving today is vital to a secure financial future.

Yet most discussions treat the balance of payments and exchange rates as if they were determined purely by commodity trade and «purchasing power parity,» not by the financial flows and military spending that actually dominate the balance of payments.

Portag3 Ventures is a Canadian - based venture capital firm sponsored by Power Financial Corporation, IGM Financial Inc., and Great West - Lifeco Inc..

«Canadian banks have made significant commitments to technological investments by digitizing their services and channels in recent years,» said Bob Neuhaus, Financial Services Consultant at J.D. Power.

FinTech Trends The launch of the blockchain - enabled asset trading platform Nasdaq Linq, Goldman Sachs» filing of a patent for a securities settlement system based on a new virtual currency called SETLcoin, and the continued rise of blockchain banking consortium R3 all point to a race by financial institutions to harness the power of the blockchain.

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As explained by Murray Rothbard (America's greatest economics historian), these pre-Fed financial panics «were a result of the arbitrary credit creation powers of the banking system.»

Powered by ATB Financial, the Network includes more than 30 Alberta - based podcasts covering a wide - range of topics.

A number of transactions have already been reportedly executed through the CitiConnect ® for Blockchain connectivity platform and the Linq Platform powered by the Nasdaq Financial Framework.

Asia's sovereign bonds will likely be less endangered by rising interest rates and less vulnerable to Western policies of financial repression, which erode the purchasing power of their citizens» savings.

By connecting and powering cross-border payments between financial institutions such as LianLian and their customers across the globe, Ripple believes it can help money move the same way digital information moves — instantly.

In our asset management business, net sales of our long - term mutual funds continued to increase through 2009, demonstrating the power of our distribution network, rising financial markets, and the confidence that clients have in our fund management expertise, as well as the benefits of our acquisition of PH&N, which was named fund company of the year by Lipper.

«While Wang has lost his power, his position and his freedom, the real losers here are investors who play by the rules, and our nation's financial system, which is diminished with every one of these schemes.»

«Financial markets have been rattled by the growing risk posed by potential radiation leaks at the stricken nuclear power plants in Japan,» said Lee Hardman, an analyst at The Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ.

By providing financial services that are more convenient and «democratized» than physical money, every person around the world can enjoy the power of banking — all in the palm of their hands.

Cryptocurrencies threaten to disrupt the West's economic power by decentralizing the operation of the financial system outside sovereign states» control.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), the country's financial intelligence agency, has approved an application by Blockbid in accordance with the new regulatory powers given to the agency.

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed memos that instruct the Treasury Department to suspend two powers given to regulators following the 2008 financial crisis pending reviews by the agency.

Wealthsimple is backed by $ 165 million in investment from the Power Financial Group, a leading financial holdingFinancial Group, a leading financial holdingfinancial holding company.

In 1914 the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed, however, resting its judgment heavily on the fact that the church had never validated its patronage by any significant financial subsidy (university lawyers pointed out that the church had expended more on the lawsuit than it had contributed to the university before the controversy had arisen) and that during the first three decades of Vanderbilt's existence they had never asserted their supervisory powers.

In recent years, the Church has been blighted by financial misdemeanours, abuses of power and sex scandals.

The economic victimization of the people, — Minjung, communities and consumers, — will be absolute and limitless in the global market and dominated by the mamonism of the giant corporate entities, led by the global financial corporate powers.