Sentences with phrase «by governments over the years»

Conversely though there have been several attempts by governments over the years to counter perceived bias by appointing their own supporters.

Other challenges, it said, included special schools, such as schools for the blind and the deaf, which were either closing down or about to do so, subvention not being released to the psychiatric hospital in Accra, nearly all statutory funds being in arrears and a significant number of public sector workers, including nurses and district chief executives employed by the government over a year ago not being paid.

Not exact matches

The 81 - year - old government - run financial institution, known as the Ex-Im Bank, provides much - needed to support to exporters through guaranteed loans and credit insurance, and by its own reckoning, it has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury over the last 20 years.

The government did pledge $ 47 billion to infrastructure spending over the next 10 years and extended the accelerated capital cost allowance for manufactures — a tax relief program for investments in new machinery and equipment — by two years, which means stock holders could get a boost if public companies are able to take advantage of this spending and savings.

He launched Canadian Hunter Exploration in 1973, a year characterized by an oil crisis abroad that led to shortages at gasoline pumps in the U.S. Closer to home, confrontations intensified between the federal and provincial governments over managing Alberta's energy resources.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

In 2007, The Laljis» company, Larco Group, struck a $ 1.7 - billion deal with the federal government to buy and then lease back seven Ottawa office buildings; the CBC reported in 2015 that the arrangement has been plagued by years of disputes between the two parties, including acrimony over repairs, contract tendering and even parking fees.

The government expects the anti-smoke move will increase federal tax revenues by $ 685 million in 2014 - 15 — a major piece of the puzzle in Tory efforts to balance the books over the next two years.

The five - year program, launched by the federal government in early January, proposes to make over 90 percent of the total U.S. offshore acreage available to oil and gas drilling.

Manley contends the explosion in sovereign debt caused by all the stimulus spending over the past two years is the biggest issue facing both the Canadian government and the world's other major economies.

A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office last year found the six largest financial companies, including Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, lost nearly $ 16 billion in their proprietary trading units in just over 12 months during the crisis.

And the other main source of economic growth over the next couple of years will come from government spending, led by the federal government's infrastructure program.

The cash - rich cartels, believed by the Mexican government to generate well over $ 21 billion each year, are an increasing threat to Pemex, which in 2016 reported revenue of about $ 52 billion and generates about a fifth of government income.

But the debate should be informed by fact — and the fact is that government's share of economic output has shrunk over the last 20 years.»

PARIS, Oct 28 - Executives from nearly 100 of France's biggest companies called on the Socialist government on Sunday to cut payroll taxes by 30 billion euros over two years to regain waning competitiveness.

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.

Tait's appointment is the latest in a series of moves the Liberal government has made at the public broadcaster that began in 2016, when it boosted funding to the CBC by $ 675 million over five years.

Over the past couple of years, Emirates» expansion into the US market has been met with pushback from a coalition lead by American, Delta, and United Airlines (the US3) that claim Emirates» growth has been fueled billions of dollars in government subsidies.

The issue came to the fore after Apple Inc. and the U.S. government clashed over whether federal authorities could force Apple to create software to unlock a phone used by a shooter in the San Bernardino attacks last year.

With the government's strategy over the past few months apparently focused on undermining the Wildrose Alliance by stealing from its agenda, many had expected the Tories would further woo disaffected right - wing voters with deep spending cuts in this year's budget, which was unveiled on Feb. 9.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Government - controlled parts of the country increased from 63 % earlier this year to 68 % in November and, Skovlund writes, the Afghan military's Operation Khalid «resulted in the deaths of over 100 Taliban commanders and 3,000 militants by the end of the summer.»

Negotiations between creditors and government officials over the $ 9 billion owed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as Prepa, have been taking place for more than a year.

First, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak builds his whole campaign around a promise to create one million new jobs in Ontario over eight years, then one of his first campaign commitments threats  is to reduce the number of Ontario government employees by 100,000, together with a wage freeze for every -LSB-...]

Over the last two years, Sharon Vogel and Bruce Reynolds have been at the forefront of change in Ontario's construction industry leading up to the fundamental amendment of Ontario's Construction Lien Act, which is currently under consideration by the provincial government.

Over a year since it was forced through Parliament by the Harper government, Canadians will soon have a chance to finally overturn Bill C - 51.

Points raised in the blog post include the following: - Public operating spending by BC's provincial government has decreased over the past 20 years.

A statement released on the B.C. government's website says that BC Hydro's job cuts will cut expenditures by $ 800 million over the next three years.

Over 95 per cent of Canada's infrastructure is controlled by the provinces, territories and municipalities, for which the federal government already allocates significant amounts of funding through its New Building Canada Plan; a $ 53 billion plan spread over ten yeOver 95 per cent of Canada's infrastructure is controlled by the provinces, territories and municipalities, for which the federal government already allocates significant amounts of funding through its New Building Canada Plan; a $ 53 billion plan spread over ten yeover ten years.

«The government has aggressively tackled its direct operating debt (or «credit card» debt), reducing it by almost 80 per cent over the past 10 years.

When players choose the annuity option for their prize, the state lottery pays the prize out over 29 years (30 payments) by buying U.S. Government Treasury Securities, which earn interest and mature annually over the 29 years.

In the 2014 budget, the government forecast that the deficit would be eliminated in 2015 - 16 and this would be followed by modest surpluses over the next three years.

These announcements by the Prime Minister will cost the government over $ 5 billion a year beginning in 2015 - 16.

This reduced government revenues by about $ 14 - 15 billion annually or roughly $ 110 billion over the past nine years.

On Wednesday, a report published by Quebec's interim auditor general said the PQ's goal of achieving a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 was «to say the least, ambitious,» particularly if it rules out tax hikes and caps government - spending increases at two per cent over the next two years.

The government says under the existing deal, which also expires in March 2015, physician salaries in Quebec have risen by 70 per cent over six years.

My plan to reduce Ontario's 380,000 government regulations by a third over three years will free entrepreneurs to concentrate on succeeding, and make public services more efficient and affordable.

by The banking - government industrial complex has been pulling the wool over investors» eyes for years when it comes to getting the masses to keep their savings tied up in ever rapidly devaluing fiat currencies instead of intelligently converting them into the only real money out there — physical gold and physical silver — that has -LSB-...]

The provincial government has boosted school maintenance funding by more than $ 20 million over last year, and has increased the AFG for the first time since 2004/05.

But the budget office projects the government producing a $ 1 - billion shortfall in 2015 - 16 followed by smaller surpluses of $ 600 million and $ 2.2 billion over the next two years.

Public Eye has been supported for the past two years by a small group of readers who have made monthly $ 10 contributions to keep me filing freedom of information requests, poring over government reports and holding politicians of all stripes to account.

As illustrated in the figure above, the 10 - Year Treasury Note rate has increased by 67 basis points while the mortgage risk premium, which reflects the added risk of mortgage borrowers over the federal government, fell by one basis point.

Dwelling investment increased strongly over the first half of this year, supported by low interest rates and government programs aimed at boosting the housing sector.

Dr. Richard Swart, who heads the Crowdfunding Research Program at the University of California, Berkeley, has cited several experts who project that the size of the securities crowdfunding market will range from «$ 3.98 billion (Nest, Neiss, Stralser & Fleming 2013) to as much as $ 300 billion over the coming years depending on the level of enabling regulation adopted by governments.»

Earlier today the provincial government announced plans to increase B.C.'s minimum wage in two stages over the next year and a half, bringing the minimum wage rate to $ 11.25 (from $ 10.45) by next September.

Conservation groups across the country are applauding a major move by the Trudeau government to invest $ 1.3 billion over five years to help protect the environment.

«Over a year ago, our first iteration of Autopilot was found by the U.S. government to reduce crash rates by as much as 40 %.

ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Doubling up: Vale plans to ramp up spending next year Mounting concerns over Banco PanAmericano's liquidity sent its shares into freefall and prompted a government bailout.

Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.

That is why so many U.S. government records compiled by GATA over the years candidly discuss or advocate or describe controlling and suppressing the gold market.