Sentences with phrase «by foreign persons»

For years, these professionals had complained that the Act made the acquisition of land in The Bahamas by foreign persons cumbersome and that it acted as a deterrent to legitimate investment.

The repeal on the 1st January, 1994 of The Immovable Property (Acquisition by Foreign Persons) Act drew a sigh of relief from many attorneys and real estate agents.

Historically, disregarded U.S. entities (such as limited liability companies) wholly - owned by foreign persons were generally not required to file any U.S. tax or...

Historically, disregarded U.S. entities (such as limited liability companies) wholly - owned by foreign persons were generally not required to file any U.S. tax or information returns.

Reports distributions of dividends and capital gains, and US federal tax withheld under chapter 3 or chapter 4 (FATCA) as well as distributions from retirement accounts held by foreign persons.

The Treasury Department agency notes on its website that its mandate is to «review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person («covered transactions»), in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States.»

How does a 1031 exchange impact the transaction and FIRPTA reporting requirements are all questions a Title Officer or Attorney will face prior to the closing on real property interests owned by a foreign person.

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Jonathan Miller, Channel 4's foreign affairs correspondent, investigates footage taken from thousands of videos circulating online, with the aim of determining whether or not there is prima facie evidence of widespread and systematic torture being carried out by the Syrian state on its own people.

Foreign companies operating in China «should respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, abide by China's laws and respect Chinese people's national feelings,» Lu said.

Responding to the latest pro-unionist march in Catalonia, Raul Romeva, the region's foreign affairs minister, told CNBC on Sunday that there had been a larger pro-independence response from the Catalan people and that needed to be addressed by Madrid.

And with all of the confusion caused by President Donald Trump's recent immigration ban, people may not realize how much of the items they own or services they use can be credited to foreign - born entrepreneurs.

Running illegal gambling operations, including recruiting people for foreign gaming junkets, was their main business, according to previously unreported court documents in China obtained by Bloomberg Markets as well as interviews with family members and former business partners.

The legislation is stricter and offers far less clarity than expected: it expands the definition of state - owned enterprises (SOEs) to include any company that is «influenced, directly or indirectly» by a foreign power or, for that matter, any person under government direction.

He also addressed the issue of the «unmasking» of US persons caught up in surveillance of monitored foreign agents — the process by which it was revealed that former national security adviser Michael Flynn had been speaking with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, during the presidential transition period.

Yesterday, foreign exchange reserves data from the People's Bank of China showed holdings fell by more than $ 512 billion in 2015 to stand at $ 3.33 trillion dollars at year - end, the lowest level in more than three years.

The team out of the University of California, Berkeley and University College London tested how people mentally estimate distance and travel times by having 20 foreign students in London draw, in detail, the neighborhood surrounding their residence.

It's his passivity about the very real lack of women in tech and the undeniable uphill battles faced by foreign entrepreneurs that ought to make people mad, not his ineloquent delivery.

People, person, or persons as used in this Constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this ConstitPeople, person, or persons as used in this Constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitpeople, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitution.

Unlike the nationalism of more culturally monolithic nations that tends to exclude foreign - born citizens, in Canada it's immigrants like Abdul - Rahiim and Tura — people who live here by choice, not happenstance — who tend to be the biggest patriots.

A company can't have more than 30 % foreign ownership and no more than 10 % of a firm's shares can be owned by one person, says Lau.

Yet a day after Mateen killed 49 people and wounded more than 50 others in a gay nightclub, President Barack Obama and FBI director James Comey said Monday that he was likely inspired by foreign terrorist groups.

A foreign promoter attending the electronic music festival who was at an event in another Playa del Carmen location during the shooting, said many people who came to town for the festival had been unnerved by the bloodshed and left for Tulum to the south.

When asked later in the event by a news reporter if he was specifically asking a foreign government to hack Clinton, Trump brushed aside the question, telling the person to «be quiet» and «let the president talk to [the Russians].»

Lu said that China welcomes foreign companies to invest and conduct business in China, but they should respect China's sovereignty and integrity, as well as the Chinese people's feelings and abide by China's laws.

It had 24 foreign correspondents in 2003, and by 2012, it still had 10 foreign bureaus, most consisting of just one person.

a person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person (i) is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) in Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund,

Therefore a scheme developed by two or more persons to bribe a foreign public official that is later not followed through can still result in the violation of the CFPOA.

The NSA is required by law to target only non-US persons without an individual warrant, but it can collect the content and metadata of Americans» emails and calls without a warrant when such communication is with a foreign target.

The Washington - imposed economic policy of economic growth via mass - immigration shifts wealth from young people towards older people, it floods the market with foreign labor, spikes profits and Wall Street values by cutting salaries for manual and skilled labor offered by blue - collar and white - collar employees.

-- Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Defense to develop, prepare, coordinate, or, when authorized by the President to do so, conduct a military cyber operation in response to a malicious cyber activity carried out against the United States or a United States person by a foreign government or an organization sponsored by a foreign government or a terrorist organization.

The People's Republic pledged to raise ownership limits for foreign financiers by the end of the year, and quadrupled the daily stock trading quota with Hong Kong.

The memo begins by making a grandiose claim: The FBI's use of surveillance power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the 2016 campaign was «a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related to the FISA process.»

Facebook recently admitted that its News Feed — the most essential part of Facebook's website and apps, which are used by 1.3 billion people every day — had been gamed by foreign actors in an attempt to manipulate the election.

In April, BGC Partners» money broking joint venture in China, China Credit BGC, is granted product licenses approval by the People's Bank of China to offer interest rate swaps, bonds and interbank cash deposits products to Chinese and foreign banks in China.

PNC's Shanghai office is prohibited from engaging in any form of operational business activities in compliance with the People's Republic of China on Administration of Foreign - funded Banks released by the State Council.

Among changes to be implemented by June 30 is allowing foreign firms to take majority stakes in local JVs, People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday at the Boao Forum on the southern island of Hainan.

The fund, Shanghai - based NIO Capital's first dollar fund, will complement its onshore investments by focusing on foreign tech start - ups and Chinese firms using overseas structures such as variable - interest entities, the people said.

When Israel forsook the Lord's commandment they themselves were treated like the midianites and the people they had driven out, and were put to the sword by foreign conquerers just as they had done to others.

The famous band led by Sir Mick Jagger rocked out with tens of thousands of people in the capital Havana - a historic event given that foreign rock music had previously been banned under the Communist government for several decades.

Acknowledging this, however, would call into question the revelation vouchsafed to another of the new environmentalism's ideological allies, the population - control movement: namely, that people are a pollutant» a pernicious idea, born of the earlier progressivist eugenics movement and brought to a popular boil in the Sixties by evidence - light propagandists like Paul Ehrlich, that continues to affect U.S. foreign - aid policy to this day.

What we meant to model was the sending of one of our number to be a foreign missionary — to learn a new language, to understand a local culture, to sacrifice the amenities of affluence and to live knowing that he or she is always being watched by seekers — while the rest of us stay here as lifetime local missionaries, learning to speak the language of the unchurched, understanding secular culture, sacrificing the amenities of affluence and living as a «watched» person in a society that is skeptical of Christian spirituality until it sees the real thing on display.

We must always remember that the Jews were under the pressure of being a people living under the occupation of their country by a foreign power.

For this will is the eternal order that governs all things, that brings you into union with the dead, and with the men whom you never see, with foreign people whose language and customs you do not know, with all men upon the whole earth, who are related to each other by blood and eternally related to the Divine by eternity's task of willing only one thing.

The tithe was brought to the storehouse by the people to supply the priests and the orphans, widows and the foreign residents in the land.

Because the devices he installed in people's homes allowed them to receive foreign news, Jalal was targeted by the Iranian authorities.

Although undoubtedly motivated by deep Christian commitment, Nyerere's form of «African socialism,» called Ujamaa, ruthlessly uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and, despite massive foreign aid, drove Tanzania into a beggary from which it has never recovered.

Our old hometowns, once filled with familiarity so entrenched within us we thought it would never leave, can suddenly feel like foreign lands, occupied by a new generation learning to grow into the people God made them.

The stamina behind his views is not foreign, however and is represented by our nation whether people have a religious perspective or not.

about people who experience same - sex attraction trying to live a Christian life, this fuller exposition of his thought on the new ideologies presented a fascinating look into the way in which colonialism — discredited by liberals and to lesser extent many conservatives as well — has gone away from the actual military and political rule seen in previous centuries, to a stealthier and subtler form of the exertion of foreign power.

The President and others who recognize the shortcomings of the colonization of peoples by more powerful foreign nations would do well to heed the words of Pope Francis — for whom the President often expresses admiration — about the new form of colonization, holding foreign aid as a hostage when their nation's views reflect a different understanding of the human person, one held by many Americans as well.