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However, this is the first time the chairman has been so clear in his prediction that Wendy Long would likely land Row C for the general election.

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The Federal Open Market Committee and the European Central Bank are not only no longer offering a combined stimulus, they are a net drain on liquidity for the first time since stimulus was first introduced by former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

It is not the first time Chilton has addressed this issue with the chairman.

Under Trump - appointed chairman Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission declared the wireless market had «effective competition» for the first time in eight years.

The numbers, which put the department store chain on track to post its first quarter of comparable sales growth in three years, are the start of an awaited payoff to years of investment in Macy's e-commerce firepower, says Macy's departing executive chairman and former long - time CEO Terry Lundgren.

Retailers» days could be especially bright this holiday season, as online sales are expected to hit $ 100 billion for the first time ever, Adobe Chairman, President and CEO Shantanu Narayen told CNBC.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1 - Google parent Alphabet Inc replaced long - time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt with board veteran John Hennessy, a former Stanford University president and one of search engine company's first users, it said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Finally, non-executive chairman was our tightest race, with Jim Skinner, Jim Sinegal, and Sam Palmisano in a battle for first the entire time.

Ten of the 17 major candidates for the GOP nomination qualified to make the prime - time debate stage Thursday night, but it's real estate mogul and chairman of the Trump Organization, Donald Trump, leading the pack, with 19 percent of Republican primary voters selecting him as their first choice.

The agency is now fully staffed for the first time since 2015 following the swearing in of new FTC Chairman Joe Simons.

Ebersol, by the way, is the son of McMahon's one - time business partner on the first XFL attempt: Dick Ebersol, the longtime NBC Sports Group chairman.

Now, though, we've got a new Fed chairman who is, for the first time in decades, not an academic by training.

Silvio Denz, Chairman and CEO of Lalique, says, «It is the first time Lalique has worked with a tequila brand and we are proud to partner with Patrón.

«We are excited for our relationship with MCE - DIA LLC and for MCE to bring Smashburger's better burgers to our hometown airport for the first time,» commented Rick Schaden, Smashburger Co-Founder and Chairman.

Chairman Dave Whelan is thought to want his new manager to share Roberto Martinez's football philosophy, giving them the best chance for promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Bernard Lapasset, World Rugby Chairman, is also very pleased about this new partnership: «We are delighted to welcome Puressentiel, as a first - time official sponsor, into the big Rugby World Cup family.

Metra's board of directors today named a new chairman to oversee the commuter rail agency, the first time the job has gone to someone from suburban Cook County.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Carl Paladino and Greg Edwards will appear for the first time publicly tonight as a ticket, at an event in Olean, NY with State GOP Chairman Ed Cox.

Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton has floated Sen. Marty Golden's name as a potential GOP contender — not the first time that has come up.

The Republicans took control of County Hall for the first time in more than thirty years in 2013 and Erie County Chairman Nick Langworthy would like to keep it.

Long said he met Maragos for the first time at a cocktail party / fundraiser hosted last week by his brother, Queens Conservative Party Chairman Tom Long.

Washington (CNN)- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele will be in the hot seat Monday when he faces, for the first time, the candidates seeking to replace him atop the cash - strapped party organization.

This is not the first time Silver has been criticized by newspaper editorial boards or unelected Republicans like state party chairman Ed Cox and it won't be the last.

Former US Senate candidate David Malpass declined during a CapTon interview today to join the call for state GOP Chairman Ed Cox to resign, taking the position that as a political newbie (this was his first time out as a candidate), he would prefer to leave such decisions to the experts.

Nana Akufo - Addo, who visited 6 churches in the Takoradi and Effia constituencies, on Sunday, February 14, the first Sunday of Lent, also asked for prayers for the NPP and for the families of the late Ben Kwaw, acting Chairman of the Western region, and the Hon. JB Danquah Adu, the late MP for Abuakwa North, so God consoles them in their time of grief.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer, meanwhile, is backing first - time candidate Darrin Green, 52, a Nassau correction officer from Brentwood, in the 3rd District race.

Legislator Bill Meyer, who was chairman at the time, said the Legislature allowed Mahoney wide discretion as she first filled out her staff to create new titles and bump salaries.

According to county Legislator Benjamin Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the Public Safety Committee, a $ 500,000 bond, which was discussed at a committee meeting for the first time on July 10, will likely be approved with unanimous support from lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.

Onondaga County Republican Committee Chairman Tom Dadey said the ongoing federal investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Upstate economic development projects has given Republicans hope that their party can win a New York governor's race for the first time since George Pataki won in 2002.

While incumbent Democratic District Attorney Thomas Spota, who is retiring, had major and minor party cross-endorsements, including from the Conservatives, in his last three elections, Richard Schaffer, Suffolk Democratic chairman, said it is the first time the Democratic nominee has ever received the party's endorsement in a contested district attorney race.

«I ran for governor the first time in 2001, and he supported me in 2001 as the chairman of Erie County, which I appreciated at the time,» Cuomo said.

Green Chairman Eric Jones said it is the latest and most publicized implementation of the tactic, but it's certainly not the first time this has occurred.

Meeting for the first time in eight years, the state Senate Ethics Committee punted over the issue of controversial stipends that were paid to noncommittee chairmen.

John Dramani came face to face with Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu for the first time since the NPP stalwart made scathing allegations against him.

And while Reps. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), Joe Crowley (D - Queens / Bronx)-- head of the Queens Democratic Party and House Democratic Caucus chairman — and Carolyn Maloney (D - Manhattan) are popular incumbents, they are facing challengers — mostly millennials — for the first time in years.

At the direction of the Chairman, the Legislature is in the final stages of installing public WiFi in the Chambers for the first time, allowing members to work from tablets or laptops instead of the thick session folders, which can contain hundreds of pages of paper.

While the state Democratic Party is neutral on the ballot measure and its standard - bearer and two U.S. senators are all opposed, Chairman John Burton gave a one - word answer to the San Francisco Chronicle back in April when asked at the party's convention what will bring out young, first - time Barack Obama voters again: «pot.»

«This is the first time in the City of Buffalo that a naval vessel is being commissioned,» Naval Park Board of Directors Chairman Don...

Thursday also marked the first time during the negotiations that the top four players - Madison County Board of Supervisors Chairman John Becker, Cuomo, Halbritter and Picente - were in the same room at the same time.

«I am pretty sure, and I am sure Gerry (Morrow) can back me, we've all been here almost three decades, that this is the first time we have passed a budget without amendments to the tentative,» said acting chairman Tom Scozzafava (Moriah) at the Dec. 5 meeting of the board.

Cairo, also first vice chairman of the Nassau Republican Committee, said, «If we said [OTB would make payment] during the fiscal year, we meant that at the end of the fiscal year, we would review our books, do our filings and then after seeing that everything was in order, we would then also remit to the county the money they were due within a reasonable period of time at the conclusion of the fiscal year.»

In a statement Wednesday, Nassau Republican chairman Joseph Mondello alluded to the wave that elected Democrats Tuesday as a natural blowback similar to the one that gave Democrats control of the county legislature for the first time in 1999, or when Republicans retook power in 2009 after President Barack Obama's policies had energized the opposition.

The Erie County Legislature is being led by a Republican majority for the first time in 36 years and the members elected Legislator John Mills as chairman for 2014 during the annual re-organizational meeting held on Jan. 2 at Old County Hall.

Vornado Realty Trust Chairman Steve Roth has for the first time publicly admitted his company may be selling its holding in the Kushner family's 666 Fifth Ave.. The Kushners are...

At present, a new Chairman isn't due to be elected until near the end of May - two weeks or so after the new Parliament convenes for the first time on May 18.

Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, the Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reform, said, «in the distribution of materials, this is the first election that INEC was on time in terms of pushing out both sensitive and non-sensitive materials to the different local government areas.

The INEC Chairman noted that this was the first time the Commission was paying special attention to building the capacity of Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs) at the Local Government level to deliver on the Commission's voter education mandate.

Indeed, Saturday's vote marked the first time in over three decades that the outcome of a vote for chairman was unknown when the balloting began.

(CNN)- A special House committee in South Carolina will formally consider an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next Tuesday, the Republican chairman of the committee told CNN Friday.