Sentences with phrase «calls by activist»

The pet supply retailer agreed to be purchased by a private equity consortium following calls by activist investors for a sale.

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Huntsman abandoned its $ 20 billion merger with Clariant under pressure from activist investors led by Keith Meister's Corvex (through a vehicle called «White Tale»).

Rather than circulating reports among fund managers and investors behind closed doors, so - called activist short sellers are adept at deploying «shock and awe» campaigns by publicizing information and allegations on Twitter.

Although Ottawa and industry associations continue supporting it, a consortium of activist groups called the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability has begun campaigning for an ombudsman reminiscent of that proposed by Mackay years earlier.

The activists said they were beaten over the protest, while top SNS officials called them «fascists» and «hooligans» and demanded that they be punished by the authorities.

She wanted to acknowledge activists like Diane Nash, who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Annie Lee Cooper (played by Oprah Winfrey), who has been called the «Rosa Parks» of Selma's push for voting rights.

After being contacted by ProPublica, another anti-Islam activist, Pamela Geller, also posted an attack on Kirchner, calling her a «senior reporting troll.»

And it also sparked discussion about the validity of demands by black activists and others at a number of universities for what some have called «safe spaces» — that is, a space without intrusive or divisive elements like the media.

HOFFMAN: Usually hairpin turns like this are delayed by turf wars, fights in the boardroom, activist shareholders circling in and calling everyone morons.

Usually hairpin turns like this are delayed by turf wars, fights in the boardroom, activist shareholders circling in and calling everyone morons.

From the «I can't believe my eyes and ears» file: A group called Majority Action ¯ which describes itself as being «led by veteran Democratic activists and [having] a leadership board that consists of prominent political figures, including several former Members of Congress,....

Writing on his website, Scott Lively said that «pressure and harassment by LGBT activists», was the reason it was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual back in 1973, but called for it to be put back in.

That will not stop the activists, but for the time being they have been denied the victory they won by being able to call the shots at the beginning and middle of the process.

The second definition would be Black Lives Matters a decentralized movement that maintains its momentum by having local organizers and activists take on a clarion call to people in their own spaces.

«Another objection to moral relativism is called by Fred Feldman «The Reformer's Dilemma,» which describes the situation of an activist who sees a society in need of improvement and feels compelled to propose some alteration for its citizens.

Indeed, some activists are calling for the genocide label to extend beyond Iraq and Syria to anywhere affected by Islamist extremists.

Last week, the Iranian government rounded up activists after Karrubi and Moussavi called for supporters to gather at Azadi Square - the site of mass protests by Iran's opposition movement after the disputed 2009 presidential elections.

The mobilization had been called by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, one of the first such efforts by the activist group now known as Clergy and Laity Concerned.

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN)- Activists presented a petition Tuesday to the United Nations Human Rights Council calling on Pakistan to free a Christian mother of five from being put to death on the charge of blasphemy.

Those are strong words, written by the Czech activist Václav Havel in his essay «The Power of the Powerless,» one of the twentieth century's great calls to «living in the truth» against a culture based on violence, manipulation, and lies.

But Reed, who formerly led the Christian Coalition, charges that the controversy around calls for abortion bans without exceptions for rape or incest --- he says anti-abortion activists generally support abortions to save a mother's life - has been blown out of proportion by Democrats and liberals who want to paint the GOP as extremist.

Amid the furor over Akin's comments - for which he apologized this week, even as many Republican leaders have called for him to end his campaign - many anti-abortion activists have stuck by their stance against abortion rights in the case of rape.

(CNN)- Televangelist Pat Robertson is raising eyebrows, and cheers from activists who are usually his opponents on political issues, by calling for the legalization of marijuana.

One of her biggest roles as an activist, she says, is keeping the names alive of those who have been killed by hanging banners off freeway overpasses calling for justice in their name.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

(And then my comments section was flooded by pro- and anti-GMO activists and I had to call a cease - fire.)

Cuomo's call for the state attorney general to review the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into a sexual assault complaint against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was hailed by victims» rights activists but left open questions about how the review will play out.

In her first major environmental proposal, Nixon called on New York State to commit to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050 — a benchmark that has been something of a Holy Grail for activists concerned about the warming of the planet as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.

The event, called Candles for Clemency, was attended by various social justice activists and family and friends of prisoners.

Activists have also utilized hashtags created by Starbucks to criticize the company's labor practices, by Vodafone to call attention to the firm's alleged tax avoidance, and by SodaStream to note that the company's principal manufacturing facility is located on an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Labor activist Jonathan Tasini, one of five Democrats who unsuccessfully tried to oust Rep. Charlie Rangel in the Sept. 14 primary, is the first to call on the embattled Harlem congressman to step down after he was found guilty of 11 of 13 ethics charges by a House committee earlier today.

The organisations also backed the call on the President to step aside and go on another medical vacation to look after his health as canvassed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and other activists.

Activists groups, like El Grito de Sunset Park, have highlighted such arrests — which statistics show primarily involve non-white residents — as the route by which undocumented residents become known to federal authorities, even in so - called sanctuary cities like New York.

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

Activists point to how Cuomo has enabled Republican control of the State Senate by failing to use the State Democratic Party to support Senate Democrats and actively supporting a group of breakaway Democrats called the Independent Democratic Conference that has empowered Senate Republicans in exchange for a say in policy and perks they wouldn't enjoy as part of the minority.

Surrounded by a phalanx of supportive fellow City Council members and activists from the Real Affordability for All coalition outside City Hall today, Council Member Costa Constantinides called for more affordable units in the proposed 8.7 - acre, 1,723 - unit Astoria Cove rezoning that reached the Council last week following its approval by the City Planning Commission.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) called a meeting with prominent New York gay elected officials and activists amid concern over whether a provision sought by same - sex couples will be included in the immigration reform bill, POLITICO has learned.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat.

Over 100 HIV / AIDS activists, community leaders, and elected officials gathered outside City Hall this past Thurs., Jun. 18th to call for New York City to allocate $ 10 million for local HIV prevention and treatment programs that will advance New York State's Blueprint to End the AIDS Epidemic by 2020.

Using the mic check style of call and response made popular by the Occupy movement, Brown says he and other activists will stay night and day to pressure lawmakers to add the funds.

Corbyn had none of that: even his astonishingly successful campaign, primarily a social media operation, was organised by a group called Red Labour, spawned by a Facebook page started by a Brighton - based Labour activist whom Corbyn had never met.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.

He showed real leadership this week, managing to head off a call to scrap Trident by activists in the face of a resurgent Russia.

Here is a call for action by Gabonese activists to the French president.

Admittedly the lounging leaders were surrounded by hundreds of Grim Reaper Amnesty activists calling for justice and accountability in Sri Lanka.

Transportation advocates called on frustrated subway riders to become activists by tweeting their frustrations with the system directly to Cuomo.

A local group of activists called «Save North Cove» issued a statement Tuesday saying authority chairman Dennis Mehiel should recuse himself from the vote because he has patronized marinas run by Farkas's company.

A coalition of electoral reform activists were joined by Democratic state lawmakers during their annual pilgrimage to the New York State Capitol Tuesday to call for legislation that would remove barriers to the ballot and ensure that eligible New Yorkers are provided more opportunity to vote.

A group of activists, residents and politicians also plans to march around Park Slope on Monday night to call for safety improvements to all streets in the city after three children were killed by drivers in the borough so far this year.

The protest, planned by NYC Shut it Down and Millions March NYC, kicked off in Washington Square Park with speeches by local activists urging unity and greater community engagement in the outer boroughs and calling for the firing of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.