Sentences with phrase «central issues of our day»

He drew attention to the central issues of our day - the big questions: by what values do we live?

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To try and overcome many of these issues we held all company meetings twice / year where we paid for EVERY employee (executive assistants, customer support staff, interns) in the company to come to a central location for a day - and - a-half of team building & fun.

Specifically, the LCR specifies that, when a bank issues an unsecured wholesale liability of 30 days or less, it must hold between 25 and 100 percent of the amount in the form of either central bank reserves or sovereigns.

The three - day Central Economic Work Conference is expected to set major changes in economic indicators to reflect more on the quality of the economic growth rather than mere growth speed, while tackling specific issues such as mounting debts, poverty and pollution.

Later that day, the Iran Front Post reported that the country's central bank had issued a statement relating that it does not recognize the legitimacy of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within Iran's borders.

For example, in the latter days of the 2011 election campaign, as Jack Layton's orange wave was gathering momentum, Harper and then - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty jumped all over Mr. Layton for allegedly violating the sacrosanct principle of central bank independence. Layton had responded to a reporter's question about interest rates, indicating it would be better for Canada's economy if they stayed low. Harper and Flaherty denounced this statement violently, calling it a «rookie mistake» that threatened the independence of the Bank. Layton quickly issued a clarification confirming that he, too, accepted the doctrine of central bank independence.

My greatest issue is when big brother steps into the frame, which is why I brought up Kenneth Rogoff, because I think that he would like to see cryptocurrencies not be anonymous such that central bankers were capable, this is the scariest thought I could possibly come up with, of tracking our every single buying transaction, our every purchase consideration and knowing what we are buying on a day - to - day basis.

http://ghanapoliticsonline.com Nana Addo's «one district, one factory» has been a serious issue for discussion — speaking in the Central Region as part of a 5 - day tour of the region, the NPP flagbearer, said his government would establish a factory in each of the 216 districts as part of plans to industrialize the economy.

Instead the party struggled in vain with what then seemed to be the real issue of the day, the relationship between the state and «austerity» — that was not in any way the central concern of Blue Labour thinkers.

Financial issues are also central to the Russell campaign, but the supervisor says he and the other Town Board members made difficult decisions during the early days of the national economic meltdown to lessen the blow on local taxpayers.

The meeting continued the following day with presentations, workshops, and working meetings on human rights issues central to the mission of the Coalition.

Through my work with women at Flo Living, I have discovered that one of the central issues facing couples today is the fact that both the man and the woman are living in their masculine energy all of the time, every single day.

It is in fact by referring to the political positioning on policy issues that are central to the concept of globalization, such as markets» integrations, sovereignty limitations, participation in regional organizations, acceptance of supranational orthodox policies and to the adoption of universal standards, that we can best understand the present - day political dichotomy.

An individual who holds an active National Board Certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and is assigned as a building administrator, a supervisor in a central office position, or a teacher who is teaching less than 50 percent of the regular school day shall be excluded from the incentive awards.

One of the issues we'll be looking at during the 30th November Author Day event from The Bookseller (opening The FutureBook Week in central London) is proper credit and metadata inclusion of translators, something AmazonCrossing excels in, with consistent front - cover credit to translators and careful cultivation and selection of these specialists for its work.

The central work in this show is 04.09.2014 (2014), a monumental archive of all the newspapers issued on a single day across the UK and Channel Islands.

«E.P.A. has nearly 18,000 employees and all of them are free to — and many do — publicly express their views on issues of the day, including issues that are central to E.P.A.'s mission,» Scott Fulton, the agency's general counsel, said in a statement.

At the end of the day, the central issue is not what number government picks, but what steps will be taken towards a lower - emissions economy.

Pope Francis arrives in the United States on Tuesday, and climate change — an issue he's called «one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day» — figures to be a central theme in his message to Americans.

At his blog Decision of the Day, Robert Loblaw reports on a student speech decision issued yesterday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wisniewski v. Board of Education of the Weedsport Central School District, coming close on the heels of the Supreme Court's June 25 decision in Morse v. Frederick, better known as the «Bong Hits 4 Jesus case.»

If the present growth momentum of Bitcoin maintains its stride in days to come in terms of infrastructure, user base, trading volume, transaction volume and adoption by big financial bodies, then nothing can stop Bitcoin from posing as a big threat to the government backed fiat - currencies issued by central banks.

David Harris, head of commercial innovation at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), said that he looks forward to a day when central banks will issue their own cryptocurrency.

In a keynote address at the third annual London Blockchain Summit today, Harris told a crowd of about 150 global bankers, insurers and technology providers that he looks forward to a day when central banks will issue their own cryptocurrency.