Sentences with phrase «foreign ownership of»

The contentious issue of foreign ownership of real estate in the Metro Vancouver area is back in the spotlight with B.C. Premier Christy Clark weighing in on the issue.

Foreign ownership of property has become a key touchstone in the debate over national security, especially as government agencies and contractors are regular tenants in buildings controlled by non-U.S. investors or owners.

The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) was enacted in 1980, initially as a response by Congress to concerns about increasing foreign ownership of farm land in the United States.

These bills, the Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act, would have amended FIRPTA to allow more foreign ownership of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

Ukraine has already passed laws to allow foreign ownership of real estate in order to boost foreign investment.

Some Chinese Miffed About Foreign Ownership of Alibaba Users of Chinese microblogs have taken issue with the fact that Japanese and American companies own more than half of Alibaba, the Middle Kingdom's preeminent e-commerce site, which recently filed for an...

But even if a deal involving Alibaba, DST and Silver Lake makes financial sense for Yahoo — the company fired its CEO last month and says it is exploring strategic options for the business — it could get scuppered by regulators unhappy with the idea of foreign ownership of a major internet company.

In the early days of online legal research, when everything was uncertain, governments and law societies were legitimately concerned about the prospect of foreign ownership of Canadian legal information.

Smartmatic had to sell (or pretend to sell) Sequoia over concerns about foreign ownership of election companies.

The Canadian government has always been concerned about foreign ownership of the book publishing industry.

As regards to property ownership (real estate and companies) there are no real restrictions on foreign ownership of UK assets, so there is no reason why EU citizens or entities will be worse off in this regard after Brexit.

In order to underpin the project, the team was required to review UAQ's legal framework, a process which led to the drafting of 20 new laws covering areas such as foreign ownership of property, investor protection and developer and broker regulations.

Indeed, CMHC recently reported that foreign ownership of Canadian real estate is less than 3 percent nationwide and only as high as 5 percent in Vancouver and somewhat less in Toronto Central.

Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg had the fewest number of foreign condo owners, at 0.1 %, while Calgary's foreign ownership of condos was just over 0.2 %.

Bank chief executives are weighing in, calling for action to restrict borrowing, and would - be homeowners, egged on by anecdotal media reports, seem to perceive all can be fixed by just limiting foreign ownership of homes.

In 2015, Russia passed a law limiting foreign ownership of Russian media companies to 20 %.

CHMC did a survey last year on foreign ownership of condos.

Regulations were unveiled in March that outlawed foreign ownership of online publishing services.

Many countries (including Mexico today, and England when the American colonies were being founded), severely restrict foreign ownership of land.

For that reason, the legal rejection of foreign ownership of petroleum resources (the ability of international companies to «book» reserves) is likely to remain intact irrespective of any future shifts in the ideological complexion of the Iran regime.

I imagine China carries a lot of clout: «As of October 2008, Chinas Treasury securities holdings were $ 653 billion, accounting for 21.5 % of total foreign ownership of U.S. Treasury securities, making it the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries (replacing Japan in September 2008).»

After the prime minister's comments, Fitzgibbon ruled out a change to the rules governing the FIRB but committed to a National Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land from 1 July 2014, «commencing with a comprehensive stocktake of existing overseas ownership».

While Australia has been held captive by the potential foreign ownership of Australia's largest landholder, S.Kidman & Co, quietly in the background a shrewd billionaire from London has taken a grip on the country's second largest landholder — the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo).

While there are public concerns about the foreign ownership of land and water, the Greens believe that the debate about the future of the Kidman property goes beyond this.»

They might also push for an end to rules that limit foreign ownership of Canadian telecom companies, or push for tighter restrictions on Canadian beef and pork exports.

It also anticipates further FDI inflows when the emirate's new Federal Foreign Investment Law, which grants full foreign ownership of companies, is implemented.

Foreign ownership of Santos under Harbour Energy's takeover proposal looks set to be weighted more towards China than the US, which is expected to be of keen interest to FIRB.

But they really don't — foreign ownership of Japan's equity market is quite high.

Beijing is removing caps on foreign ownership of automaker ventures, widening access to its critically important, high - margin car market.

Foreign ownership of Saudi stock was prohibited before June 2015, and the fund's continued ability to invest is subject to limitation and review by the country's regulators.

Mr. Yi did not go into details, but he said that restrictions on foreign insurers and on foreign ownership of securities would be loosened by the end of June.

Further, in respect of foreign ownership of agricultural properties, we expect to see limitations / conditions being placed on such ownership.

FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.

BEIJING (AP)-- Facing the risk of a trade fight with the United States, China announced plans Tuesday to allow full foreign ownership of automakers in five years.

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that the failure of non-U.S. citizens to register their shares on a separate stock record, which we refer to as the «foreign stock record,» would result in a suspension of their voting rights in the event that the aggregate foreign ownership of the outstanding common stock exceeds the foreign ownership restrictions imposed by federal law.

To comply with restrictions imposed by federal law on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws restrict voting of shares of our capital stock by non-U.S. citizens.

China has announced plans to allow full foreign ownership of automakers in five years, ending restrictions that have strained relations with Washington and other trading partners.

In the meantime, limits on foreign ownership of electric vehicle producers will be eliminated this year, the Cabinet's planning agency said.

To comply with restrictions imposed by federal law on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws restrict voting of shares of our common stock by non-U.S. citizens.

The financial account measures 1) changes in domestic ownership of foreign assets and 2) foreign ownership of domestic assets.

Competitors argued it violates Canada's limits on foreign ownership of telecom companies.

Management Foreign Direct Investment FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.

The issue of foreign ownership of residential properties in Metro Vancouver has only continued to gain popularity over the past year.

In this same survey 72 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that there was too much foreign ownership of real estate in Vancouver.

Indeed, the World Economic Forum in its recent competitiveness ranking lists the UK among the top three countries in the world for «the most technologically - ready» economy, quality of scientific research institutions and management schools, strong intellectual property rights, and at the very top for foreign ownership of companies.

It is APF Canada's belief that a constructive and inclusive dialogue on the issue of foreign ownership of residential real estate in Vancouver be predicated on hard data and corroborative facts.

Now, China's government has made an auto - related announcement that might go some way toward pleasing the U.S. president: China is going to allow full foreign ownership of automakers on its turf, within five years.

Any bid will test the federal government's shifting stance on foreign ownership of telecommunications companies.

China will allow full foreign ownership of car manufacturers within the next five years, its government has promised.

This foreign buying has motivated a former city councillor, Peter Ladner, to put forward the idea of restricting foreign ownership of real estate.