Sentences with phrase «by public standards»

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Though hardly extravagant by financial sector standards, this champion of the public good owned a vacation home in Belize and led a lifestyle that placed him firmly within the ranks of the 1 %.

Environmental groups are employing the same strategy, in a less direct way, on the oilpatch, by raising public opposition to pipelines and low - carbon fuel standards for refineries in California and Europe.

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The partners had the help of leaks from staffers inside the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the entity created by Congress more than a decade ago to make sure auditors are doing work that meets regulatory standards.

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The federal government, meanwhile, is trying to tame the market by tightening mortgage lending standards and warning the public at every opportunity that Vancouver is a risky city for buying real estate.

He was hired by Standard Oil to organize a documentation project to show the public what the oil industry was really like.

In fact, a multi-year financial analysis revealed public companies recognized for high employee ratings outperform the Standard & Poor (S&P) 500 by 122 percent.

Think about the public calls by Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOG) for looser immigration standards — or companies like Apple (AAPL) offshoring jobs and then requesting that the government give them tax breaks to repatriate income.

The Audit Committee has also discussed with the independent auditors matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, «Communications with Audit Committees» issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

We discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers matters that independent registered public accounting firms must discuss with audit committees under generally accepted auditing standards and standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»), including, among other things, matters related to the conduct of the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements and the matters required to be discussed by PCAOB AU 380 (Communications with Audit Commitpublic accounting firms must discuss with audit committees under generally accepted auditing standards and standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»), including, among other things, matters related to the conduct of the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements and the matters required to be discussed by PCAOB AU 380 (Communications with Audit CommitPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»), including, among other things, matters related to the conduct of the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements and the matters required to be discussed by PCAOB AU 380 (Communications with Audit Committees).

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Neiman Marcus, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of July 28, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated September 18, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

That shouldn't stop exchanges concerned about their reputations and corporate governance standards from leaning against the fashion — perhaps by limiting dual classes to the first five years of public ownership, or capping nonvoting stock at, say, 25 percent of all shares.

A National Public Radio investigation last year found that they inconsistently apply Facebook's standards, echoing previous research by other outlets.

7) The Committee shall review and consider with the External Auditors the matters required to be discussed by the applicable standards of the Public Accounting Oversight Board.

Given that fundamental aspects of how the Internet works are being decided by the PMO, Shade and Moll say it's up to the public to get Canadian politicians «up to speed» on net neutrality the way the American public did in the U.S. To date, there is scarce indication that any of the major parties are thinking about the issue; McArthur says a letter to his Conservative MP in Edmonton didn't even generate a standard response letter.

However, to the government «s credit, it has adopted new accounting standards as issued by the Public Sector Accounting Board since first being elected in 2006

«If you're on the standard 10 - year plan or Public Service Loan Forgiveness, then you'd be on track [to have paid off your loans by your] early 30s with an undergrad degree or late 30s with a grad degree,» said Galen Herbst de Cortina, a financial planner with Buff Your Finances.

This change was made in response to new standards for the accounting of government revenues recommended by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB).

In addition, the universe of the Public Accounts and the Budget / Updates are much more comprehensive, having adopted the accounting standards recommended by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB).

In addition to its responsibility for accounting standards, the Commission is responsible for the approval or disapproval of auditing rules put forward by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a private - sector regulator established by the Sarbanes - Oxley Act to oversee the auditing profession.

The Audit Committee has discussed with Ernst & Young LLP, the Company's independent auditors, the matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB») Auditing Standard 1301, Communications with Audit Committees.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, the firm's judgments as to the acceptability and quality of FedEx's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)(the «PCAOB»), including those matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Commipublic accounting firm the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, the firm's judgments as to the acceptability and quality of FedEx's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)(the «PCAOB»), including those matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit CommiPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)(the «PCAOB»), including those matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees.

We have discussed with Deloitte & Touche LLP the matters required to be discussed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»), as adopted in Auditing Standard No. 16 (Communications with Audit Committees).

The Audit Committee has also discussed with EY the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, «Communications with Audit Committees» issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board («PCAOB»).

The C.D. Howe Institute is an independent not - for - profit research institute whose mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public policies.

Show your employees that you care about them and their ability to do their jobs well by arming them with tools and technology delivered through multi-tenant, public cloud systems — the ones that do the best job of keeping current with consumer - grade standards.»

Because the standard VC fund charges an annual fee of 2 % on committed capital over the life of the fund — usually 10 years — plus a percentage of the profits when firms successfully exit, usually by being acquired or going public.

The report, released Wednesday by executive compensation and governance research firm Equilar, examines pay of the 100 largest public companies by revenue, and comes in advance of broader CEO pay rankings that typically arrive later in the spring and analyze the companies of the entire Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index.

Winner of the Daily Mail's Enterprising Young Brit award and labelled one of Britain's Most inspiring entrepreneurs by the Evening Standard, Jessica enjoys an international public speaking career and sits on Glamour Magazine's Power List as one of the UK's most influential women.

The Estimates should adopt the accounting standards recommended by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB), with respect to scope.

The accounting policies underlying the Budget primarily follow those recommended by the Public Sector Accounting Board and we would recommend that the Estimates follow these accounting standards as well.

Although governments are considered sovereign entities, which can set their own accounting standards, the Budget and Volume I of the Public Accounts primarily follow the accounting standards recommended by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB), which recommends the adoption of accrual accounting.

More visible to the outside world than modernizing our Membership model, we also strive to lead by taking public stances on issues that impact businesses across Greater Vancouver, and thus our communities and the standard of living we aspire to have for our families.

Conversely, standard — or traditional — monetary policies used by central banks include open market operations to buy and sell government securities, setting the overnight target interest rate, setting bank reserve requirements and signaling intentions to the public.

We strongly support putting the Estimates on the same accounting basis as used in the Public Accounts / Budget by adopting the accounting standards recommended by PSAB.

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees.

The libertarian threat to higher education in the name of productivity is seen in the «public policy» think tanks influencing Republican governors to «disrupt» higher education by holding it to the standard of measurable competencies, sometimes beginning and ending with salaries offered to graduates.

Even if they thought McCain was wrong, the median voter would hardly doubt that he was sincere and informed (by the standards of public officials.)

Seperation of Church and State Courts have ruled can; t teach ID / creationism in public schools in US Nrw science standards (stem) created by 26 states for 2013 Those are FACTS.

The best way of making certain you pay the least taxes possible is to take them to certified public accountant (CPA), a designation used only by accountants who have passed a very difficult exam and are held to high standards of ethics.

The median Swedish family has a standard of living rough iv comparable with that of the median U.S. family: wages are if anything higher in Sweden, and a higher tax burden is offset by public provision of health care and generally better public services.

What is required is the public regulation of the mass media, by reference to standards of worth, in such a manner as to prevent their arbitrary employment for the advantage of private interests, either through deliberate manipulation or through giving the public what it thinks it wants.

If they prove themselves worthy of public confidence by maintaining high standards of competence, if through professional associations and voluntary accrediting agencies they discipline themselves in matters of knowledge, skill, and character, independence of political control can be assured, and unwarranted interference and coercion can be successfully resisted.

Speaking at a Mass at St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham, he said: «It is simply unacceptable to suggest that the resources of the faith communities -LSB-...] can work in cooperation with public authorities only if the faith communities accept not simply a legal framework, but also the moral standards at present being touted by government.»

By the standards of public opinion research, these results are quite impressive, and are worth a little more exploration.

By accepting the humanists» standards of subjectivity and the relativity of values as a given — that is, as a premise and not as a problem — the liberal religionist has gone a long way toward betraying the grounds for public order.

As a result, the poor are forced to send their children to public schools, many of which are failing, by any standard, to provide a useful education.

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