Sentences with phrase «foreign land holdings»

This month, in a new report, GRAIN found that investment in foreign land holdings, purchases that the group calls «land grabs,» remains prevalent around the world.

Not exact matches

Malaysian carmaker Proton finally landed a foreign partner in Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding, but not all analysts were convinced the deal marked a turnaround point for the one - time national powerhouse.

This patchwork approach to regulating the nature of foreign owned residential real estate allows subregions in Switzerland to create policies that respond to the particular pressures they face, whether it be foreign investors holding land but not building, or foreign investors purchasing large lots that when developed significantly impact the traditional esthetic of the area.

It is both humbling and terrifying: I am the lens through which he sees the world, the interpreter that holds his hand in this foreign land.

When Morris From America heads into its final stages and both the characters and the film take their true form, significant emotional and physical revelations take hold and there's a spiritual congruency that emerges between father and son; these two token figures living in a foreign land.

The hand - held Leica allowed him ease of movement while attracting minimal notice as he wandered in foreign lands, taking images that matched his bohemian spontaneity with his painterly sense of composition.

The rationale behind the inclusion of cases within the priority areas, was, in many cases, the need to hold the state to account, check the exercise of executive power and to ensure that power is exercised responsibly... That need for legal assistance is no less in the case of a non-resident and arguably, in a foreign land speaking a foreign language, all the greater (Lord Bingham in A) cited Lord Scarman (in ex parte Khawaja [1984] AC 74, 111 - 2):

A foreign person wishing to dispose of an agricultural land holding must offer it to the Minister who will have a right of first refusal to acquire ownership of such land.

The Bill, if enacted in its present form, will have far reaching consequences on the agricultural sector, affecting all owners of agricultural land and in particular, foreign nationals and owners of agricultural land holdings determined to be in excess of «ceilings» for land ownership, which excess will be available for redistribution, with or without expropriation.

In New York so far this year, foreign investment into office properties has accounted for 31 percent of the total volume; as well as 10 percent of all multifamily; 29 percent of land purchases; 27 percent of retail deals; and 62 percent of hotel purchases, although Latham noted that the recent purchase of the Waldorf Astoria from Hilton Worldwide Holdings by a Chinese insurance company for $ 2 billion has «obviously skewed that figure.»

Foreign investors who buy, sell, or hold a direct or indirect interest in U.S. agricultural land must report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.