Sentences with phrase «calls have increased»

Over the past year since the report was issued, much of the debate over fully autonomous weapons has focused on the weapons» potential role in armed conflict, raising questions over whether the weapons would ever be able to comply with international humanitarian law, also called the laws of war, but calls have increased in recent weeks for the human rights concerns to be taken into account.

In the past two years these types of calls have increased.

Calls have increased about 25 percent at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, while Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, has gotten at least 100 calls from men and women citing the Jolie news.

Dockery said every year the number of calls has increased in large part due to the outreach they do with people like Irvin, plus their work with other groups like the NFL Legends, the NFL Players Association, the Off The Field Players» Wives Association and others.

The rather large percentage of people using Messenger for calls highlights the work Facebook has done with the technology, fulfilling a promise CEO Mark Zuckerberg made last year that the quality of calls would increase as more people used the service.

Response rates still generally suck - averaging about 1 % - but the quality of my inbound calls has increased.

Not exact matches

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Valeant Pharmaceuticals» infamous price hikes for a pair of heart drugs called nitroprusside and isoproterenol — whose prices were increased by 310 % and 720 %, respectively — had significant downstream effects on patient care.

A free market guy would favour — call me crazy — an actual free market solution to the problem, such as increasing competition by allowing foreign carriers to enter the market on equal terms.

The issue of marijuana has become a hot potato politically, as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau calls for legalization of recreational marijuana, and the Conservatives oppose the move, saying it would only increase use, especially among youth.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had directed the Justice Department to propose a ban on devices that modify guns, such as so - called bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic firearms.

It will also have to negotiate increased pressure on labor costs, with unions having called for a strike on Feb 22 to support demands for a 6 percent pay increase.

Already, brokers have been fielding calls from Canadians about locking in their mortgages to guard against future increases, for example.

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CNN used the word more than once in its reports on Trump, and even the normally cautious New York Times has shown what appears to be an increasing willingness to call a lie exactly that.

Gordon is curious about an untested policy called «price - level targeting,» which would refocus monetary policy on achieving an absolute increase in prices over time, rather than the current emphasis on the rate of change.

In recent days, Chinese officials have expressed increased frustration with the U.S., with the foreign ministry on Monday calling talks «impossible» under current conditions.

Joshua B. Freeman, labor historian and CUNY professor at Queens College in New York said he would call the contract a win for the union, while noting the increasing rarity of a strike of that size and length.

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He also wrote that one of the main production bottlenecks, the delicate and complicate front - facing facial recognition camera called True Depth, had been mostly solved, and increased his previous fourth quarter iPhone X shipments estimate 10 % -20 % higher.

While Apple has been able to justify its move in the past, increasing scrutiny on softness in the smartwatch market and on Apple Watch sales, in general, might call into question Cook's strategy.

When President Bill Clinton had a suspicious mole removed in 2001 and saw an increase in his cholesterol level, his doctor said he wasn't in as good of shape as he would like, calling his results «fairly normal.»

By the end of the year, the company's revenues, customer numbers and call traffic had increased significantly.

Such innovations are particularly important to millennial customers: 39 percent of them have said on surveys that they think technology increases a brand's value, and 33 percent have called themselves more likely to recommend brands employing the latest technologies.

Long gone are the days when Saudi Arabia acted as the so - called «swing producer» in the global oil market, when it would increase or decrease production to keep prices stable and profits high.

If these increases occur, this will be the sixth consecutive year in which Telus has increased its divided by 10 per cent or more in what Entwistle calls a multi-year dividend growth program, which remains a priority for the company.

Incentive pay, also called flight pay, will increase for all officers, with those who have over 12 years of service potentially seeing the biggest boost, up to a maximum of $ 1,000 a month.

Hammond, who has faced calls from fellow cabinet ministers to scrap the 1 % freeze on public sector pay increases, said that the government must continue the «right balance» between what is fair for workers and taxpayers.

I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.

Big U.S. banks have been vitalized by increased market activity prompted by the so - called «Trump trade.»

The current scandal may be the country's worst yet, with Prime Minister Najib Razak facing increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing last month to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

Shake Shack — which generated nearly $ 79 million in so - called «Shack sales» for the first nine months of 2014 — has grown fairly quickly though sales increases at the company's existing locations have slowed.

The restrictions «really did have a minor impact on our throughput and so consequently, I don't anticipate seeing a tremendous increase in our throughput once it's lifted, based on some of the changes we've made already,» said TransCanada's head of liquids Paul Miller on a conference call.

«We already have seen an increase in interest from travelers who are more aware of terror attacks in different areas who are looking to us to buy policies with terrorist coverage,» says Rachel Taft, a Squaremouth spokeswoman, who estimates that nearly a dozen people have called in the last few days.

UniQure, for example, has developed a drug called Glybera, which is essentially a virus that reverses the effects of LPLD, a disease that prevents people from breaking down fats and can cause increased risk of pancreatitis.

When you increase your confidence in the sales process you will have more conversations and convert more cold calls into warm leads, which will then lead to more sales.

It would also increase opportunities to test interest from investors prior to a fundraise, in a so - called test the waters phase.

Barclays analyst John Aiken said it was a solid quarter for CIBC, noting he had not been calling for an increase to the dividend.

The National Chicken Council has started to push back against criticisms, releasing a study this week that called out the increased environmental impact of slower - growth chickens.

On the company's earnings call, chief financial officer Ruth Porat said that that increase reflects the fact that mobile search and programmatic advertising have higher TAC.

On a federal level, the Harper government has steered clear of calls for increasing mandatory employee - employer contributions to the CPP in favour of a policy that enables voluntary contributions under professional management.

He has called for a wall on the border with Mexico, but the plank that matters most for tech is his plan to increase mandated wage levels for workers arriving with H - 1B visas, and to require that companies prioritize hiring Americans.

Growth has been fueled by many of the key levers that King called out, including a 60 % increase in sales for «originals» and running footwear for the first half of the year.

Officials did say staffing has been increased at call centres by about 50 per cent.

The White House has repeatedly called for increasing the minimum wage, a move which would increase labor costs for many small businesses.

Trump has ratcheted up his criticism of China's massive trade surplus with the United States — calling it «embarrassing» and «horrible» last week — and has accused Beijing of unfair trade practices, fueling worries of increased tension between the world's two largest trading countries.

While he has called for an increase in the minimum wage, he has also supported lower taxes as a means to encourage investment in the country.

As Britain enters negotiations to leave the European Union, the odds of a so - called «hard Brexit» have increased, and entrepreneurs across the euro zone could stand to suffer.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

The branch has boosted pay, increased bonuses, changed training requirements, and called for retired pilots to return — all to entice fliers to stay in uniform and to be able to meet mission needs.

High - profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube's headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead.