Sentences with phrase «federal demands for»

In its lawsuit, Microsoft said of the more than 5,600 federal demands for customer data it received between September 2014 and March 2016, nearly half were accompanied by secrecy orders that prevented Microsoft from telling affected customers that it had turned over their information to the government.

The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented to: Peter Nicks for his film The Force — This cinema verité look at the long - troubled Oakland Police Department goes deep inside their struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson and an explosive scandal.

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Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

The State Government has demanded Canberra hand over $ 339 million that has been sitting in Federal coffers for almost nine years for the now - abandoned Oakajee port project.

But if all goes well for the global recovery, central bank activity and speculative demand will put upward pressure on the loonie this year, especially if the Bank of Canada increases rates before the U.S. Federal Reserve does.

Some Democrats also demanded the removal of a provision that allows a massive increase in individual contributions to national political parties for federal elections, potentially up to $ 777,600 a year.

The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

On January 26th, when the Bloc released their list of demands for the 2011 federal budget, a $ 2.2 billion HST compensation package was chief among them.

Airlines» customer service practices have come under fire in recent months, and just last year, U.S. carriers were cleared in a federal investigation regarding exorbitant fare mark - ups in the wake of a deadly Amtrak derailment that drove up demand for air travel on some routes.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are visiting the Asian giant this week, and they've arrived with a list of demands for the Chinese government.

America's creditors might demand a higher return for their loans, and the Federal Reserve could be forced to hike up interest rates before the economy is strong enough to do away with cheap money.

While his Democratic predecessor Eric Holder told federal prosecutors to avoid seeking long mandatory minimum sentences when charging some lower - level drug offenders, for example, Sessions issued an order demanding the opposite, telling them to pursue the most serious charges possible against most suspects.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

On the demand side, individual investors and mutual funds are still buyers, as individuals experienced a somewhat modest tax cut overall (the top income tax rate fell from 39.6 % to 37 %, for example) and many are looking for protection from the tax man now that the federal deduction for state and local taxes is capped at $ 10,000.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver's only job strategy is to hope for a recovery in the U.S. Apparently, he believes there is nothing the federal government can do to strengthen domestic demand and job creation, except to stick to its plan to eliminate the deficit by 2015 - 16.

Citizens United lost a suit that year against the Federal Election Commission, and scuttled plans to show the film on a cable video - on - demand service and to broadcast television advertisements for it.

That bill would extend current federal spending into December, allowing time for further negotiations over key GOP priorities — including the Mexican border wall demanded by Trump.

The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to move away from its quantitative easing policy — in which the central bank creates billions of dollars to buy financial assets each month — comes amid signs the American economy is beginning to heat up, which would boost demand for Canadian imports.

We expect that additional U.S. federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that the U.S. federal government will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand for our product candidates or additional pricing pressures.

Some reasons for the fall include: the Federal Reserve lowering the Fed Funds rate, declining inflation, improved monetary efficiency, economic slack, the continued global demand for US assets, and relative stability in the US vs. other markets.

Today, thanks to IOER, ON - RRP, and other Federal Reserve programs and powers put into effect during the crisis, the demand for Fed balances has dramatically increased.

The council would be a national arm's - length funding agency for federal business innovation programming that is demand - driven and collaborative in nature.

The first effect is that rising inflation can cause the U.S. Federal Reserve — or any country's central bank, for that matter — to raise short - term interest rates to reduce the demand for credit and help prevent the economy from overheating.

Like a medieval petty lord demanding a toll for transporting goods across his territory, Coderre has claimed that his municipality can now override federal jurisdiction in blocking national infrastructure under the guise of «social license».

Given these forces, along with more structural considerations ---- aging populations, institutional demand for bonds and a dearth of supply ---- I expect that long - term yields will remain low even as the Federal Reserve (Fed) starts to raise rates.

The self - reversing nature of the Fed's repos and reverse repos, many of which are «overnight» rather than «term» agreements (that is, ones providing for repurchase a day after the original purchase) has caused the Fed to prefer them as a means for achieving temporary adjustments to the money stock, while treating outright security purchases as a way of providing for permanent monetary expansion, and especially for secular growth in the demand for Federal Reserve notes.

OTTAWA — The Federal Court has put aside for possibly another day whether Canada's parliamentary budget officer has a legal right to demand the government turn over information on its

British Columbia's demand for oil spill safety enhancements, by contrast, are capable of being designed so as not to usurp the federal government's authority over the approval of interprovincial pipelines.

The long - term outlook for domestic demand looks just as optimistic, says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Three times a year the Federal Reserve surveys bank lending officers about credit standards, loan pricing and the demand for borrowing.

The court had proved willing to adjust the boundaries of the federal system to accommodate demands for regulation.

State and federal courts and mediators are dealing with hundreds of Native American land claims, and indigenous tribes in the U.S. and Canada have filed suits demanding reparations for various crimes, such as the abuse of students in parochial and government - run schools.

The U.S. trend, of course, has resulted in overcrowding and a demand for larger state and federal corrections budgets to build more prisons and jails.

«Federal taxpayer subsidies are helping pay for over 1,000 health plans that cover abortion on demand, and [last week's] Supreme Court decision underscores that only Congress can put a stop to that,» said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).

Churches ASK for 10 % but don't DEMAND 10 % nor do they kick you out of church for paying 0 %... however, the federal government TAKES 30 % + and threatens jail... geez... love love love the new liberal ANTI CHARITY... just so incredibly insightful to the hate on the left...

More likely than not one of the next few federal elections will strongly favor the Democrats; this will not be a mandate for abortion on demand.

An explosive run as a rookie head coach at Louisville, demanding and then abandoning a 10 - year contract for the NFL in a moment that helped cement his heel persona, a superstar NFL player sent to federal prison, a midnight flight to take over a SEC program shortly after, an employee sex scandal that imploded a potential BCS title contender, and finally, a chance to keep his family together in one state and restart his career.

Finally, the report noted that state and local revenue gains from federal tax reform will be further offset by higher costs for state and local borrowing, resulting from tax reform, and greater demand for public services as charitable donations drop and federal budget cuts continue.

So the question, concerned parents, is this: Are you going to wait around for federal government action (which could easily take years and be watered down by the deep pocketed food industry) or are you going to demand action in your school district now?

Omishore said, «The attention of the office of the President of the Senate has been drawn to demand for more details regarding the earnings of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The ESD president said regardless of whether federal energy policies change, the demand for solar and clean energy is growinng.

And it is ironic indeed, that it is Germany and Merkel who are resisting a more federal role for the ECB while at the same time demanding some «limited» Treaty change (which will be on the table at the EU's December summit) so that stronger sanctions can be imposed on those breaking eurozone rules.

In the spring of 2009, Pakistan's provincial and federal governments accepted the Taliban's demand for enforcing a «system of justice» in the region to be run on the basis of their version of Islam.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that the federal Department of Transportation reverse its decision to derail new rules that would have required all railroad engineers to be tested for sleep apnea.

And if finances are shaky now, what happens when the company is entirely on its own, the federal tax credit for solar phases out and demand for panels — with oil cheap — remains weak?

Danner's family has called for a federal probe of whether her civil rights were violated, in addition to demanding a criminal investigation into Barry's actions.

Cuomo will be demanding federal budget relief from Senate and House members representing states whose public university systems, for the most part, charge higher tuitions than New York's.

Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Utica Democrat and congressional candidate, is demanding a federal probe into the state's facilities for the disabled following an Associated Press story that revealed the case of a man infested with maggots in a state - run group home.

Although he condemns his party's federal representatives for the partial government shutdown currently gripping Washington, Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota today endorsed one of their top demands: delaying the individual health care mandate.

The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged involved in the handling of the case of corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.