Sentences with phrase «from public bidding»

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But as of 2016, Scott, who was a hospital executive before launching a bid for Governor, had a net worth of nearly $ 150 million, according to his public financial disclosure forms, and he used funds from his personal fortune on his gubernatorial elections in 2010 and 2014.

Durban, who jokingly likens the deal to marrying off one of his daughters, and Andreessen are uncharacteristically mum when it comes to the juicy details of the negotiations, and Microsoft declined to make Klein available for the story, but clearly Microsoft was bidding not against another buyer but against the valuation Skype expected to secure from its public offering.

Gannett — which owns USA Today and a number of other prominent U.S. titles, including the Detroit Free Press and the Arizona Republic — reportedly sent its official bid to Tribune Publishing on April 12, but the media giant decided to make the offer public on Monday after getting what it suggested was an unsatisfactory response from Tribune management.

And in a turn that is likely to be most significant for his campaign, in 2014 he was indicted for corruption, on charges stemming from his veto of a $ 7.5 million appropriation for a public integrity unit, seen as a bid to pressure a district attorney to step down.

States and provinces have the right to exempt certain public agencies from competitive bidding under WTO rules, although Canada entered these NAFTA negotiations hoping to expand free trade for public contracts with the giant U.S. market.

In sprucing up their Amazon bids for Bezos, cities ranging from Atlanta to New York will need to take an honest look at whether housing stock and public transportation — both critical to a winning bid — are up to the HQ2 challenge.

Edwards, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, was found not guilty of campaign finance violations in 2012 after a donor paid $ 1 million to keep knowledge of Edwards's out - of - wedlock child from becoming public the year before his presidential bid.

Treasury Wine Estates is attracting interest from other private equity players following Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's $ 3.1 billion takeover bid, made public on Tuesday, with chief Michael Clarke's plans for turning around the troubled winemaker already winning early support from potential bidders.

Shares in Treasury Wine have rallied nearly 25 per cent since KKR's bid was made public, signalling investors are expecting a better bid from the US fund or for another player to soon join the auction with a price set at least above $ 5 per share.

Menora, which makes Wattle Valley dips and Peckish crackers and distributes brands like Cobram Estate Olive oil and Maille mustard, considered an initial public offer and entertained bids from private equity investors.

Michel: «My view is Jeremy Hunt was probably supportive of some of the arguments and he made those arguments public on plurality concerns that had emerged from the bid.»

«We, therefore, urge vice president, Osinbajo, not to join President Muhammadu Buhari in de-marketing our dear nation, in a bid to score cheap political points and divert public attention from their failure in governance.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroom.»

I set up a successful public operator to take over East Coast services and banned National Express from bidding for new contracts.

But Alexander Caro said Sunday that his soon - to - be ex, who runs a public relations firm called BluChip Marketing, did score no - bid contracts from Nassau County with Mangano's help.

The charismatic Rev. Michel Faulkner of Harlem, a former NFL player, has scrapped his own mayoral bid to run for controller, and Republican circles are buzzing about the possibility of J.C. Polanco, a Dominican - American attorney from the Bronx, launching a bid for public advocate.

Frank C. Smierciak II, a 26 - year - old from Lancaster running for public office for the first time, announced he plans to challenge Rep. Chris Collins, a fellow Republican, in his bid for a fourth term representing NY - 27.

Alcántara's Senate bid has received endorsements from State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Public Advocate Letitia James, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr, City Councilmembers Ydanis Rodríguez and Ritchie Torres, and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.

The defendant, from in or around March 2008 to in or around October 2013, in the County of Monroe, acting in concert with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, knowingly and intentionally entered into and engaged in and continued to engage in a contract, agreement, arrangement, and combination in unreasonable restraint of combination and the free exercise of activity in the conduct of business, trade, and commerce, specifically, to restrain competition in the bidding process of Monroe County for the Public Safety Contract, by means of bid rigging.

The bill will cover both the public and private sectors, requiring employers to develop anti-harassment policies and training and barring the state from awarding bids to any company that failed to comply.

Sworn in as public advocate in 2010, the city's second highest elected office, de Blasio's past work includes managing Hillary Clinton's first U.S. Senate bid from New York in 2000 and serving in the City Council for eight years, representing Brooklyn neighborhoods.

The stringent new rules, which come in the wake of the expenses scandal, are likely to provoke further objections from MPs, but all three party leaders have indicated their willingness to uphold them, in a bid to allay public anger over the allowances debacle.

The company does work with the New York government, but Bruno doesn't see that as a problem, as all of their contracts are achieved through public bidding and state legislators are legally barred only from lobbying after retirement from office, not from taking other types of jobs.

PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY New City, NY — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County's bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's reelection bid got a boost from the city's teacher's union, the UFT, which praised the mayor for his support of public education.

Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which emerged late last month as the surprise — and controversial — winner of a drawn - out bidding process to develop the Queens racino, is moving to smooth things over with the public by cutting ties with Darryl Greene, the partner who pleaded guilty to stealing $ 500,000 from city agencies in the 1990s.

The Government has come under fire in recent months from a section of the public, particularly the opposition, for these policies that have been adopted in a bid to address the country's economic concerns.

Following outcry from gay and lesbian and women's groups — and harsh criticism from her former colleagues in the City Council — Public Advocate Letitia James downplayed her endorsement of social conservative Councilman Fernando Cabrera in his failed bid for a State Senate seat.

Company founder and former CEO Louis P. Ciminelli is under federal indictment, along with two of his executives, for alleged bid - rigging and bribery in a public corruption case that stemmed from the state's Buffalo Billion project at RiverBend.

His bill would restore audit powers that Cuomo took away from his office in 2011 and restrict the ability of public authorities to sign contracts through not - for - profits, like those used by former SUNY Polytechnic Institute Alain Kaloyeros before his arrest in the alleged bid - rigging scheme.

ALBANY — Companies involved in bidding for casino licenses in New York State spent nearly $ 11 million on lobbying and campaign donations in 2012 and 2013, and are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign committees through holding companies, according to a new report from the New York Public Interest Research Group.

There would also be a «pay - to - play» bill that forbids elected officials from accepting campaign contributions from anyone bidding on a public project — and prohibits the winner from donating to campaigns for six months after securing a contract.

The Commons» public accounts committee is critical of financial planning for the Games after the government increased its estimate of their cost from just over # 4 billion at the time of the bid to # 9.3 billion in March 2007.

I know that those who carelessly condemn him in public, clandestinely go back to heal wounds knowing what the man represents, his affability, readiness to listen and reluctance to get emotional easily no wonder after years of intense condemnation, Prof Martey openly praised him for his humility and assured him of his constant prayers to succeed.In our bid to get our parties to office, we must also consider the safety of our nation and the cohesion we've enjoyed so far.I don't think the Npp in its current state can manage its internal issues if elected into office let alone manage the nation.Our democracy shouldn't be toyed with in the name of political extremism and unworkable promises.We don't need a leader who will establish himself by intimidation and force, who will choose henchmen around himself, create secret police and abandoned all pretence of consulting the wishes of the masses but will only expect regimented YES from us on all national issues like we seeing in the Npp today.

The bill was published with supportive comments from a wide range of political figures, including the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the general secretary of the TUC, in a bid to bolster support amid a largely negative public debate.

The certified public accountant from Lake Placid, New York announced that he's making a second bid for Congress.

Frank C. Smierciak II, a 26 - year - old Republican from Lancaster running for public office for the first time, announced in a news release that he plans to challenge Collins in his bid for a fourth term representing New York's 27th congressional district.

But the Procurement Policy Board, an obscure agency if ever there was one, has decreed that the competitive bidding rules «shall not apply to contract awards made from line item appropriations and / or discretionary funds to community - based not - for - profit organizations or other public service organizations identified by elected city officials other than the mayor and the controller.»

Stein later dropped out before the primary and briefly tried a bid for public advocate against City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Mark J. Green, City Councilwoman Susan Alter, and State Sen. David Paterson, but withdrew from the race after a few weeks.

Varghese questioned Stern's background, highlighting a slew of crimes in his plea deal, from installing a bathtub in a public housing unit to defrauding Citibank and asked if he had agreed to cooperate with the government in a bid to bargain down the prospect of a 455 - year prison sentence.

But even though most varieties don't generate that kind of income, public universities often opt for overly restrictive intellectual property agreements in a bid to protect potential earnings from their use.

In August, the agency solicited new bids for the project, due next month, that explicitly require public engagement from the outset, including staff that will remain on site day to day to hear local concerns.

This platform allows companies to run a free registration via email to receive daily subscriptions of interest on tenders published in any website or public sector in the Official Journal of the European Union; to receive alerts on any novelty concerning selected tenders and to access electronic notifications from the contracting bids.

It will welcome bids from a range of groups including teachers, charities, local authorities, social enterprises, public sector organisations and co-operatives.

SUPES Academy, a company related to ProAct, is under investigation by the FBI over a no - bid contract it received from Chicago Public Schools.

The information comes from a regulatory filing made public on Tuesday, in which Laziridis said he won't pursue a bid to buy the company, and as a result had cut his stake to roughly 4.99 percent of the ailing Canadian smartphone maker.

He declined yesterday to grant Samsung's bid for an injunction blocking Apple from making public statements that the Galaxy infringed its design rights.

Even if a public business were willing to sell itself cheap enough to Buffett, Buffett doesn't want the bidding war that will erupt from others that want to buy it more dearly.

In a bid to give a voice to the thousands of people who suffer in their health from the vicinity to wind turbines, the North American Platform Against Wind Power (NA - PAW) presents to the public twelve - year - old Jordynn Stom, whose already delicate health is being threatened by a wind farm project.

In Australia, where the controversy is reaching new heights, a wind industry executive has been singling out Dr Sarah Laurie in a bid to make the public forget the many other health professionals who alert the public to the dangerous effects of wind turbines: «[T] he largest public relations issue for the industry at the moment is the theory of an ex-doctor that infrasound or low frequency noise from wind turbines is likely to make anyone within 10 km of a wind turbine sick» (2).