Sentences with phrase «call for change on»

The incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Salaga South constituency in the Northern Region has launched his campaign with a call on the electorate to ignore the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s call for change on December 7.

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It's running a program for employers, of which about 60 have signed on so far, called 100 % Talent, to help them uncover gaps in pay and in opportunity, and to make changes where necessary.

For many, it was a wake - up call on their city's shortcomings that has led to changes, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Wheeler holds forth at length about his change in direction in an op - ed piece for Wired on Wednesday, describing his experience as the head of a tech startup called NABU in the 1980s as one reason for his change of heart.

In a coworking space, for example, it's easy to join in on topic - specific discussions, head to the gym to work out at any time of the day, grab coffee at all hours, change up your work surrounding, take important calls in sound - blocking rooms and even catch some Z's in a nap closet.

Trump called this claim a «joke» during a January appearance on Fox & Friends after Sen. Bernie Sanders pointed out the 2012 tweet but he quickly added that, «this is done for the benefit of China, because China does not do anything to help climate change.»

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have tended to agree on major issues when it comes to energy, such as calling for more clean energy and supporting aggressive plans to fight climate change.

On Tuesday, a Twitter account for Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, posted a series of tweets about climate change, an issue that President Trump has called a hoax while promising to promote the drilling and use of fossil fuels.

Other changes included a price cut on the company's rear wheel drive 70 kWh version of Model S, and the new offer of a «Ludicrous Speed Upgrade» for the 85 kWh, all - wheel drive Model S called the «P85D» — the company's most expensive model at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings as estimated by Tesla.

The CtW Investment Group has called for changes in Tesla and SolarCity's governance given there's only one person on SolarCity's board who isn't tied to Tesla.

May also called for big changes to who sits on boards so that they include employees, as is the case in some European countries: «In practice, [board members] are drawn from the same, narrow social and professional circles as the executive team and — as we have seen time and time again — the scrutiny they provide is just not good enough.

Shareholders worried about China, iPhone sales, and the Mac have been calling on Apple to make a game - changing acquisition for quite some time.

Here are some of the changes that accountants and planning experts are recommending clients make before the end of the year: Load up on SALT: Both the House and Senate plans call for the elimination of state and local tax deductions.

When asked about regulations they'd like to see eliminated, changed or created, many of the founders of companies on the first - ever CNBC Upstart 25 list called for regulations they'd like to see created, not stripped away.

On the other hand, it also calls for $ 100 billion from industrialized countries to help developing nations address climate change, which could be a hard sell in lean economic times.

Macron, in his remarks, called for the two countries to work together against Islamist militants, on North Korea and Iran, on «free and fair trade,» and on climate change.

The collective call to action: Let's put Hollywood on notice, call out bad behavior and start a movement for change.

President Jacob Zuma issued a brief statement on Wednesday calling for calm and expressing «hope that developments in Zimbabwe would not lead to unconstitutional changes of government.»

Keisling's organization, for example, held a call - in session Friday to provide advice to transgender people worried that changing their gender designation on federal and state identity documents might become more difficult in the new political environment.

«Recent events demonstrate the need for additional action on the part of responsible gun retailers,» Kroger said in a statement, calling the changes «common sense steps we can take immediately.»

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

«She had pressed her advantage on Washington experience and gamely parried our call for change by embracing the word.

«I'm not sure I see any scope for change on something like the so - called divorce bill.

The theme of this year's International Women's Day is «Be Bold for Change,» calling on all of us in business to take meaningful action that ushers in the greatest change for Change,» calling on all of us in business to take meaningful action that ushers in the greatest change for change for women.

And while Japanese society is homogenous and relatively unfriendly to outsiders, desperate circumstances could call for desperate measures and necessitate changing policies on immigration.

Lawmakers have been calling for Social Security to base its cost of living adjustments on changes in what's known as the chained CPI.

The last thing I'll say is third, what I'm going to call «volatility navel - gazing,» because it can cause us to lose focus on what's most powerful for investors, and that's the persistent and unrelenting force of technological change in the future.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

The most substantive GDPR - related change announced by Facebook to date is the shuttering of a feature called Partner Categories — in which it allowed the linking of its own information holdings on people with data held by external brokers, including (for example) information about people's offline activities.

But in March, facing crises on multiple fronts, top officials convened a call for reporters to insist that Uber was changing its culture and would no longer tolerate «brilliant jerks.»

Among the likely changes to Dodd - Frank: raising the threshold for tougher oversight from the current $ 50 billion in assets to $ 250 billion; exempting small banks from the so - called Volcker rule, which currently bars them from speculative trading; reducing the amount of financial reporting, particularly racial and income data on mortgage holders; lowering the frequency of regulatory exams; and easing the conditions of stress tests.

Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this «once - in - a-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

It modeled the implications for the company of a requirement for emissions to decline to levels consistent with a so - called «2 °C world» after 2030 and also looked at a number of alternative scenarios based on divergent ranges in global growth and trade, geopolitics, technological innovation and responses to climate change.

Last week, New York City comptroller Scott Stringer called for similar changes in Facebook's board structure on behalf of the city's municipal pension fund, a significant investor in Facebook.

Chipotle shareholders Amalgamated Bank and Change to Win Investment Group called on Nov. 1 for the company to strip co-Chief Executive Steve Ells of the chairmanship and install an independent director in the role.

One of the most high - profile resolutions — co-sponsored by nine chambers or boards of trade from across the country — called on the federal government to refrain from changing the current governance model of Canada's ports and major airports, given that they are economic drivers for our national economy and crucial pieces of transportation infrastructure.

Senator Doug Black is pleased that the National Finance Committee has taken on the task of reviewing the Government's proposed tax changes, as he called for in August.

A major reason for the FOMC's overly optimistic forecast for economic growth and its incorrect view of the effectiveness of quantitative easing is the reliance on the so - called «wealth effect», described as a change in consumer wealth which results in a change in consumer spending.

During this information - packed 70 - minute call recording, Jack shares ideas for leveraging others to get more done, reaching more prospective customers without spending a fortune on marketing, motivating your team and staying flexible and positive in the face of change.

So keep your ears open for commentary on iPhone sell - through during the company's earnings call — but also for shareholder - friendly changes to Apple's capital return program.

As a result of this focus, and given the clear impact the operations of the banking sector have on the country's economy and individual consumers, calls from all stakeholders for a significant cultural and behavioural change in the industry are growing.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

After vigorous debate, participants issued statements condemning the Gulf war, passed on others to the WCC Central Committee calling for sweeping changes in South Africa, the Baltic states, and other hot spots, and embraced the WCC's own «new world order» scheme.

Naomi Klein will lead the Holy See's meeting, called «People and Planet First: the Imperative to Change Course» on July 2nd, alongside the Ghanaian President of the Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice, Cardinal Peter Turkson.

Mr Tatchell now says he's changed his mind and has called for Ashers to be acquitted of discrimination when its appeal hearing starts on Wednesday.

Given the presence of Naomi Klein at People and Planet, and the fact Pope Francis has already delivered an extensive message on climate change with his encyclical, it is possible the meeting will be much more policy - focussed, calling for very specific and detailed changes.

His comments followed hundreds of thousands of people who protested in cities across the country on Saturday to oppose gun violence and call for change.

It's amazing and encouraging to see the advances made in getting our stories out there, and letting the truth of what happened shine light on abuse and call for justice and change so that what happened to us doesn't happen to others.

The interests on which the leaders were called to rule vary in different areas, places, and conditions, making it allowable for the successors of the original leaders to review the position in the light of new circumstances and to make a new decision if the changed situation requires it.

An estimated 2.5 million pilgrims have descended on the city of Mecca for the Islamic Hajj, but with the rising threat of climate change, there are now calls for both pilgrims and authorities in Mecca to reduce the environmental damage wrought by this yearly influx of travelers.