Sentences with phrase «financial conflicts of interest in»

Willie Soon released a statement via the Heartland Institute's website following a complaint from the Climate Investigations Center that Soon «failed to disclose financial conflicts of interest in a newly released paper,» which he co-wrote with Christopher Monckton, David R. Legates, and William M. Briggs.

The biomedical research community is reacting with concern to a proposal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to clamp down on financial conflicts of interest in research.

In the past decade, ethical questions in science have made headlines on issues such as the patenting of human genes, financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research and risk assessments related to environmental exposure to chemicals.

The amendment's aim is to break the stranglehold on abortion counselling of certain groups which Dorries and Field say have a financial conflict of interest in advising women seeking terminations, and open up counselling to independent counsellers.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

A recent paper by two professors at the University of Massachusetts found that many financial economists who weighed in on the Wall Street overhaul signed into law in July failed to prominently disclose potential conflicts of interest.

In the U.S., we generally believe that publicly - held firms are to be managed for «shareholder value» (technically, the Securities Exchange Commission's Code of Ethics for CEOs only requires the firm to provide full, fair, accurate and timely financial reporting, and to flag any known conflicts of interest or violations of securities law, but state laws often impose stricter fiduciary duties on the firm's top managers).

A conflict of interest is a situation in which a decision - maker is entrusted with making important decisions on behalf of someone else, and in which that decision - maker has some further, «outside» interest (often, but not always, financial) which may stand to influence their decision making.

First, it eliminates any potential conflict of interest that would come from his continuing to have a financial interest in Exxon.

Their relationship and the financial settlement Katz received after their breakup led to allegations of many potential conflicts of interest in labor negotiations while Corzine was governor.

Investors and securities markets continue to benefit from common - sense reforms enacted in the wake of the financial crisis, including policies that increase transparency regarding the activity of advisers to private funds, enhance systemic stability, minimize conflicts of interests, and hold bad - actors accountable.

Still, Trump's deal with Carrier demonstrates the unprecedented challenge the president's conflicts of interest create: Unless he either puts his holdings in a truly blind trust or divests completely, a significant number of the decisions he makes will involve some level of financial incentive for himself as well as for the country.

For example, the Department of Labor delayed the full implementation of the fiduciary rule, which would have required anyone who handles retirement assets or gives financial advice to retirement savers to work in their clients» best interest and to provide disclosure of conflicts, when they exist.

The rule requires that distributors of financial products into retirement accounts proceed on the basis of a fiduciary relationship and is aimed at removing potential conflicts of interest in which distributors steer clients into products because of higher commission revenue — unless distributors operate under an exemption.

The conflicts of interest boil down to: It is in the financial industry's interest to steer investors into high - fee active funds rather than low - fee passive funds.

At a meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, held at the Treasury building in Washington, Perez noted that while «lawsuits have been filed» against the conflict of interest rule, «we will continue to fight those vigorously,» adding that he believes DOL is «on the right side of the law and history.»

Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez stated at the AARP event that «when it comes to financial advice, conflicts of interests can lead to bad advice and hidden fees that too often keep us from getting investment advice that's in our best interest.»

With the implementation date of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule looming large in April, all attention has been focused on how financial advisors and their Financial Institutions are making adjustments to manage their compensation conflicts of interest, to avoid breaching the fiduciary's fundamental duty of loyalty to act in the client's best ifinancial advisors and their Financial Institutions are making adjustments to manage their compensation conflicts of interest, to avoid breaching the fiduciary's fundamental duty of loyalty to act in the client's best iFinancial Institutions are making adjustments to manage their compensation conflicts of interest, to avoid breaching the fiduciary's fundamental duty of loyalty to act in the client's best interests.

While not illegal, the trading activity by Joseph Otting's money manager could violate the spirit of ethics rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest... Otting gave the OGE a tally of his investments in March 2017 and agreed upon his June nomination to unwind millions of dollars in financial stocks within 90 days of being confirmed.

Trump's business conflicts with America's national security interests can not be resolved so long as he or any member of his family maintains a financial interest in the Trump Organization during a Trump administration, or even if they leave open the possibility of returning to the company later.

If the proposed transaction or arrangement is one in which a director, officer or staff member, or their Related Parties have a «substantial financial interest» within the meaning of New York law, the Audit and Risk Committee must consider alternative transactions that do not give rise to a conflict of interest, to the extent available.

In this systematic review, the researchers investigate whether the disclosure of potential financial conflicts of interest (for example, research funding by a beverage company) has influenced the results of systematic reviews undertaken to examine the association between the consumption of highly lucrative sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) and weight gain or obesity.

This difference could be explained by a potential bias in the design, analysis, or interpretation of the results obtained in the SRs, depending on whether the authors reported having any financial conflict of interest or not.

We know that the committee will take efforts to avoid conflicts of interest; many of the committee members have current or former financial ties to schools or conference that will be involved in the discussion, and those committee members will have to recuse themselves from discussing those teams.

``... financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest;»

[3] WHA Resolution 49.15 1996 Preambular para: «Concerned that health institutions and ministries may be subject to subtle pressure to accept, inappropriately, financial or other support for professional training in infant and child health» urged Member States to ensure that «financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest.»

Ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmers and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflicts of interest.

«ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create CONFLICTS OF INTEREST».

World Health Assembly resolution 49.15 expresses «Member states should ensure that the financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest, especially with regards to the WHO / UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.»

WHA Resolution 58.32 calls for action to «ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create CONFLICTS OF INTEREST».

IBFAN notes that the World Health Assembly has addressed the issue of sponsorship in Resolution 49.15 from 1996 and again in Resolution 58.32 from 2005 where it stated care was needed: «to ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflict of interest».

The World Health Assembly has addressed the issue of sponsorship in Resolution 49.15 from 1996 and again in Resolution 58.32 from 2005 where it stated: «ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflict of interest».

As Janet Poppendieck, Chef Ann Cooper and others have long noted, the fact that the Agriculture Department is both a promoter of U.S. farm commodities and the overseer of the NSLP means that our children's best interests are often in direct conflict with the financial concerns of food producers.

(2) to ensure that the financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest, especially with regard to the WHO / UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative;

Resolutions WHA 58.32 calls for action «to ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflict of interest».

To avoid conflict of interest, health professionals working in infant and young child health should not receive financial support from infant food companies.

We respectfully request that the CPS not form any partnerships with formula companies and suggest that the CPS familiarize itself with its own obligations under the Code, specifically WHA Resolution 49.15 which states «financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health [should] not create conflicts of interest.»

Resolution WHA58.32 2005 Urges Member States: «to ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflicts of interest».

(4) to ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young - child health do not create conflicts of interest;

NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray incorrectly reported on Conflict of Interest Board financial disclosure forms in 2015 and 2016 that her and Mayor de Blasio's ownership of two Brooklyn rental properties.

Such provisions are generally for the good, because they hold developers to their promises — but in this case, it adds to the conflict - of - interest potential, given that one legislator might have a financial incentive to keep another happy.

Russ Haven, general counsel for the New York Public Interest Research Group, an Albany - based government watchdog group, said in an email Saturday that such financial disclosure gives the public useful information about candidates» work, assets and potential conflicts of iInterest Research Group, an Albany - based government watchdog group, said in an email Saturday that such financial disclosure gives the public useful information about candidates» work, assets and potential conflicts of interestinterest.

Strictly investigate the cases of conflict of interest (i.e. when the politicians have financial or carrier interest in certain industries)

The 20 - page Tomlinson Report, which Business Secretary Vince Cable has passed to the Financial Conduct Authority, details what is terms a conflict of interest in the lender's relationship with small firms and its property arm West Registery.

The statement signed by the President of SOKAD — USA, Dr. Freeman Kamuru, its Secretary, Danlami Ngboze and Financial Secretary, Saidu John, reads: «The decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) of the Federal Government of Nigeria to set up a Sub-Committee to visit the frontline States «involved in herdsmen / farmers conflict and hold consultations with the stakeholders and interested parties on how to end the conflicts», is a good and welcome move that is long overdue.

The agency recently drew criticism for failing to flag potential conflicts of interest in Percoco's financial disclosure form, including substantial payments he reported from the Syracuse - area firm COR Development while on leave from the government.

It has been argued that, following a series of high - profile political scandals over the Code (David Blunkett resigned for a second time over a conflict of interest; and Tessa Jowell's husband was implicated — separately — in a furore over his financial dealings), that it should be administered by a more impartial figure than the Prime Minister.

In 2017, authority officials failed to complete any financial disclosure forms meant to monitor and prevent conflicts of interest by key players and policymakers.

And his wise call for greater financial disclosure from local officials in the wake of recent conflicts of interest exposed in local governments was a clear reference to the indictments of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.

Financial disclosure statements from a former senior aide and campaign manager to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, currently at the center of an investigation involving improper lobbying and conflicts of interest, show that he earned at least $ 70,000 in consulting fees in 2014 from two entities that do business with the state.