Sentences with phrase «from utility interests»

In many cases, Brown and the publications fail to disclose that his organization receives funding from utility interests.

It was tabled after a protracted floor battle and opposition from utility interests like Duke Energy and the Edison Electric Institute, a trade group.

Not exact matches

Telephone companies, for example, are considered common carriers and public utilities which, generally speaking, must operate in the public interest, and less from a profit motive.

«The product experience is so revolutionary, and a huge leap in utility and usability, from both consumer and merchant standpoint, that it's attracting huge levels of interest.»

As an added benefit, regulated utilities are exempt from a provision in the tax law that places a cap on the tax deductibility of interest expense.

A four - page bill signed by the state's governor declares that the installation of energy storage by utility customers is in the public interest, and prohibits discriminatory charges or regulatory burdens from interfering with this.

Best says prime short targets are interest rate - sensitive stocks such as REITs, utilities and infrastructure, which have rebounded strongly from the November lows.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The big push for utility stocks came from interest rates, which unexpectedly dove in 2014 as the Federal Reserve's end of quantitative easing didn't have the rate - raising impact that most investors had believed it would.

Overall, the Strategic Total Return Fund remains positioned primarily to benefit from downward pressure on real interest rates and the U.S. dollar, but our overall exposure to risk is relatively conservative in all of the asset classes we hold - TIPS, precious metals, utilities, U.S. agency notes, and foreign government securities.

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This addition was considered because a) we wanted to increase the defensive tilt to the portfolio beyond the S&P index (lower portfolio beta), b) we liked the interesting growth prospects of some well - run, progressive utility companies so they could deliver both future growth and increasing dividends and c) we needed to deploy the dividends flowing in periodically from the DGI portfolio.

As of last week, the Market Climate for stocks was characterized by unusually unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market action (a deterioration from the prior week, primarily on the basis of interest - sensitive securities such as bonds and utilities, as well as measures of breadth and distribution).

The utility of Chambers for the Brownsville group was equally related to self - interest, «We didn't know anything except that nothing was to be expected in solving our problems from anybody but ourselves,» one who was present remembers,» and Chambers was just the man to tell us how much it was going to cost.»

It's really an interesting debate from another of standpoints far from only looking at it in regards to utilities.

For thinkers like Adam Smith, activity in the market operated according to the exchange of utility, and networks of cooperation could be built from individuals pursuing their own interests.

The resistance to tariff is due, partly, to the fact that consumers are paying for inefficiencies of utility companies especially costs arising from political decisions that had only served the interest of some political elites.

«The resistance to tariff is due, partly, to the fact that consumers are paying for inefficiencies of utility companies especially costs arising from political decisions that had only served the interest of some political elites,» the TUC said.

Why did a bunch of Connecticut lobbyists and state contractors — representing special interests ranging from utilities to banks, pharmaceuticals and insurance companies — recently contribute about $ 28,000 to the re-election campaign of Virginia's Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring?

It is debatable whether the middle classes should have gained quite so much from these benefits, but they can hardly look to the Conservatives as their saviours as they face higher university fees, more taxes, rising interest rates, bigger utility bills, a stagnant property market and a general tightening of their spending power.

He noted that the mess in which Ghana's economy finds herself is evident in the rising cost of living, skyrocketing levels of inflation, high bank lending / interest rates, and hikes in petroleum and utility prices, amongst others, which have left Ghanaians reeling from unprecedented levels of hardships and suffering.

In terms of strategic military use of L - points, «there are some interesting ideas (though from our side) about the utility of L - points as parking spots for reserve in - orbit spares and possibly for anti-satellites coming in from outer orbits, taking out GEOsats (geostationary satellites) and the like from unexpected angles,» Cheng said.

It tells you where everything is it every moment and you are supposed to be able to, it gives you all the tea leaves that you could read; but I went from that just the same way the rest of human history went of being interested in that kind of pseudoscience to actually seeing the pleasure in actual science, and the utility of it, too.

The things that we have demonstrated — such as the fact that the vertical nanowires can deliver any biological effector to any cell type in a spatially selected fashion — have drawn interest from many different people, and we have been working with stem cell institutes and others to demonstrate the unique utility of this particular platform.

«Working with traditional silhouettes and ideas that often come from utility or performance - based sportswear, I'm interested in creating new hybrids that combine different fabrics and shapes to create an unexpected yet wearable result.»

A senior once asked me, «If I were to take away all traces of technology from your life, how would you acquire knowledge on a topic of your interest or utility?»

Interest income from certain sources, such as bonds issued by utility service authorities and the District of Columbia, aren't taxable, but you still need to report it.

The utility sector has the most to lose from rising interest rates.

the area or activities to which the funds raised from a municipal bond issue will be directed and, in turn, the source of future bond interest payments and principal repayment; for general obligation bonds, funds raised may be for general purposes, both operating and infrastructure, and payments are secured by the general taxing power of the issuer — usually a state, town, or city; revenue bonds are categorized under terms such as «Utilities» or «Transportation»

Many dividend investors wonder if utility stocks are in a bubble today after benefiting from extremely low interest rates for -LSB-...]

The utility companies are thought of also benefiting from slower economic environments because interest rates tend to be lower and their competition to borrow funds is much less.

Credit scores affect day - to - day life including better interest rates, loans, deposits on utilities, lower insurance rates, or even receiving better rewards and benefits from your current credit cards.

This addition was considered because a) we wanted to increase the defensive tilt to the portfolio beyond the S&P index (lower portfolio beta), b) we liked the interesting growth prospects of some well - run, progressive utility companies so they could deliver both future growth and increasing dividends and c) we needed to deploy the dividends flowing in periodically from the DGI portfolio.

To help witnesses get a sense of where I am coming from on this, I am particularly interested in understanding why employers today are using credit checks, that is, what do they see as the utility of spending all the money for this particular good that they're purchasing from these credit card companies.

From an economic perspective, faster GDP growth historically benefits cyclical sectors, which include financials and energy, while the defensive sectors like utilities have historically underperformed in a faster growth environment due to rising interest rates.

The following transactions are excluded from earning points: BPAY transactions, payments to the Australian Taxation Office (effective 2/11/2015) unless made using a Business Awards card, balance transfers, cash advances (including a transaction treated by the Bank as a cash advance, for example, utility bills paid in person at a bank), purchases of foreign exchange, credit card insurance premiums, travellers cheques, interest charges, Qantas Frequent Flyer Direct fees, Bank fees, Card account payments, transactions deemed by the Bank to be for business purposes (excluding transactions on Business Awards, Business Gold Awards and Business Platinum Awards cards) and any other transactions which may from time to time be excluded by the Bank.

From purchase rewards to interest rates, most regular consumer credit cards will be a better option and provide more utility.

, the primary sponsors of HB 554 and SB 310 have received 2016 campaign contributions from some of the same fossil fuel and utility interests that have lobbied on their bills:

We are hearing a lot of interest from government supported agencies and utilities in the region to at least explore storage in the first step but in the long term commercially deploy it.

In his dispatch from the 2010 ICCC, Stacy praised presentations by climate deniers like Dr. Wei - hock «Willie» Soon, who for years secretly amassed funding from fossil fuel and utility interests like ExxonMobil and Southern Company.

As with most energy markets, it just took things coming together for the right projects to be built with the interest from the state utilities to purchase the power.»

According to Ohio's campaign finance database, the primary sponsors of HB 554 and SB 310 have received 2016 campaign contributions from some of the same fossil fuel and utility interests that have lobbied on their bills:

In 2013 the California legislature, bowing to pressure from these powerful interests, passed legislation to replace California's successful net metering program with a system that allows utilities to impose fees on solar producers and subjects them to time - of - use rates.

The battle at the American Legislative Exchange Council shows how utility interests are diverging from those of the oil and gas sector.

While working at the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Soon has received funding from fossil fuel interests including the American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil, the electric utility Southern Co., Donors Trust and the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, according to public records obtained by Greenpeace and the watchdog group Climate Investigations Center.

During the early stages of the bill's evolution, «people interested in bringing hydro from Canada said there were about 1000 MW of hydro that would not require any new transmission to deliver,» Rep. Haddad told Utility Dive.

Some electric utilities continue to back special interest groups — including the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, American Legislative Exchange Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Utility Air Regulatory Group — that mislead on climate science and / or oppose legal limits on CO2 emissions from power plants.

Newly released documents show that Soon has collected more than $ 1 million in funding from fossil fuel interests in recent years, told fossil fuel executives his papers are «deliverables» in return for their funding, and granted a major utility pre-publication review and anonymity.

BHI's reports mirror ALEC's model legislation attacking the Clean Power Plan, which was discussed at fossil fuel - funded events attended by Berman's partners and representatives from coal, oil, gas, and utility companies with a financial interest in blocking the EPA's new regulations.

«And we hear every day from community leaders, utilities, clean energy advocates and policy makers across the country who are interested in expanding access to affordable clean energy in their communities.