Sentences with phrase «general public values»

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Many of the problems in the economy and job markets we see today are a direct result of large corporate failures to invest in the future and create long - term value for all stakeholders, including employees and the public in general.

Land is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lend.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic oupublic trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic ouPublic Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic oupublic offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Blake was general counsel for a manager and distributor of alternative investment products, including an externally managed, public, non-traded business development company, and a senior lawyer for a manager of hedge funds and separately managed accounts employing relative value and macro fixed income and equity strategies.

Any business that thinks long - term and follows sound business principles creates value for shareholders and for society through its activities e.g. in terms of jobs for workers, taxes to support public services, and economic activity in general.

«We look forward to working with the Malta government as it is forward thinking and shares many of our same values: the most important of which are protection of traders and the general public, compliance with Anti Money Laundering and Know Your Customer standards, and recognition of the innovation and importance of continued development in the Blockchain ecosystem.»

The extent of the mining value chain's evolution bears out the value of these use cases to the worldwide general public.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

That simply shows what is the value in the general public, especially young people.

It is the onus of those who want to legalize the drug to show what value it will bring to society, and so far, I have yet to see a good reason to legalize marijuana to the general public.

Permitting the Destruction of Life profoundly influenced the values of the general public and the ethics of the German medical and legal communities — to the point that a 1925 poll of the parents of disabled children reported that 74 percent of them would agree to the painless killing of their own children!

Election returns and public - opinion studies indicate discontent with some serious imperfections in recent liberal political policies and programs; studies also show that the general population does not want to give up the values of such programs and still wants additional selected government services.

the program would afford an unparalleled opportunity to dramatize the interest of the Christian Church in the creative process in the arts, would encourage the production of films and programs of the highest standards, would give public support to those individuals in the film and broadcast industries who are striving to lift the general level of production, would present the Church in a positive rather than a negative stance in relation to these media, and would provide the opportunity for the Church in general and the B.F.C. and its members in particular to enter into significant conversations with the entertainment industry on standards, values, and goals.

French Catholics and Russian Jews and Dutch Protestants could teach morals and values wholly unembarrassed by the fact that the general public might not agree with every emphasis and particular, and therefore they were able to form coherent moral personalities in a way that a diverse and open civic culture can not and should not even attempt.

This lineup is being supplemented with new, developing programs that include Good Food Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming system.

This, being a Monday Night Football game, also means increased attention from the general public (and additional value for sports investors).

Since the general public believes that underdogs coming off a loss would offer value to bettors, we hypothesized that the exact opposite would be true.

Historically, games with a national «focus» or «audience» draws more interest from the general betting public — and provides more of an edge for «value» sports investors.

For the general public, the image of the suckling three - year - old provides the shock value.

It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.

«From LGBT rights to public transportation to criminal justice reform, Eric Schneiderman has always stood up for our values and delivered — that is why I am supporting him for attorney general,» Mendez added in a statement released by the senator's campaign.

In the section of his paper addressing criticisms, he doesn't directly address the criticism that open primaries threaten freedom of association by opening up candidate selection to the general public (who may or may not share the values of the party).

«Further to our press statement of yesterday, we are pleased to inform our valued customers, stakeholders and business partners as well as the general public that the CBN has re-admitted us into the Foreign Exchange Market following our remittance of all NNPC / NLNG dollar deposits.

On the one hand, the presence of «expert» legislators should foster practice of some of the deliberative democratic ideals that both the general public and more scholarly contributors deem to be of value.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who is not seeking re-election after two terms, said control of Congress and the General Assembly is crucial to preserve values protecting women, minorities, immigrants and working - class families, as well as public safety.

The company wields a Ghana Minerals Commission license that permits gold dealership; by way of its sales and purchase from the niche market; sourcing from the licensed small scale miners and the general public for purposes of value addition (refine) and process into finished products, package and put up for sale on domestic market or exports».

I aspire to bring these values to the State Senate, with the same seriousness of purpose and fundamental decency that has always characterized the Attorney General's public service.»

Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA, said that the symposium aimed to bring together different stakeholders including public institutions, private partners and donors along with scientists, researchers, industry partners, farmers and other stakeholders across the value chain to draw a roadmap for a sustainable cocoa sector in the region.

A recent investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found 54 % of all tickets to hot concerts are set aside for industry insiders or presale customers before they are offered to the general public and that brokers looking to offer tickets way above face value often illegally deploy «bot» software that allows them to buy thousands within seconds of their going oGeneral Eric Schneiderman found 54 % of all tickets to hot concerts are set aside for industry insiders or presale customers before they are offered to the general public and that brokers looking to offer tickets way above face value often illegally deploy «bot» software that allows them to buy thousands within seconds of their going ogeneral public and that brokers looking to offer tickets way above face value often illegally deploy «bot» software that allows them to buy thousands within seconds of their going on sale.

Its goal is to enable the general public to become aware of the value and the quality of public tap water through a non-scientific and publicly involved competition.

The value of all this free time, if you tried to pay for it using the old model of 30 - second paid TV ads, can't be measured, but it's surely greater than the $ 84 million in public financing received by John McCain for the general election.

Union president Jeffrey Rozran blasted Cuomo in a statement: «Why is he treating her with the disrespect one would expect from an attorney general to an evildoer, instead of the respect due to a valued public servant?»

In some cases, Slingo said, «governments see this data as having commercial value» that may make them reluctant to make it available to the general public.

While the general public is finding it increasingly difficult to notice or care about what Disneynature has to offer, the documentaries continue to boast a good amount of value.

His decision to have unrestrained violence achieve his film's resolution is much less endearing, the sign of a lazy filmmaker determined to meet expectations and content to value the base desires of his core fan base over the interests of sound storytelling and the tastes of the general moviegoing public.

As indicated earlier, the threats are real and a number of very high profile data breaches have caused dramatic drops not only in stock value but also in the confidence that clients and the public in general have in very well known business organizations.

How can we expect corporate giants — or even the general public — to value that which comes so easily and so cheaply?

While teachers» priorities and values largely reflect those of the general public, their efforts to convey that knowledge to students are falling short of their own expectations.

Understanding that state education policy makers may be unresponsive to the teacher evaluation policy preferences of both the general public and teachers, I also included two uniform survey questions to understand the value state education policy makers placed on various voices.

Finding # 1: Policy makers are unresponsive to policy preferences of the general public, but they value the voices of constituents.

The tax benefit is structured in ways that many find perverse, both in who gets the deduction and how much value is provided for the general public.

I testified that this, in and of itself, was problematic, given much of what should have been accessible and retrievable, for example, via the website of New Mexico's Public Education Department (PED), via the internet in general (e.g., about developer Pete Goldschmidt's value - added model), and via my attempts through contacts throughout New Mexico to gather the particular information for which I was looking, was not available to the public via any of these Public Education Department (PED), via the internet in general (e.g., about developer Pete Goldschmidt's value - added model), and via my attempts through contacts throughout New Mexico to gather the particular information for which I was looking, was not available to the public via any of these public via any of these means.

In terms of general preparation of teachers, we may not agree with what appears in the media, but we can agree there's a common theme: the public's lack of value for current practices.

I think most countries have some kind of official or well know appraisal organizations which give official book values for vehicles which are used by the general public as a guideline for buying and selling, and by insurance companies for calculating payouts when cars are wrecked.

While these cars sell in greater numbers and are better known among the general public, the Mazda2 still has plenty of fans thanks to its driving dynamics and reliability, as well as the value - for - money it offers.

A source of recommendable value for authors, publishers, librarians, booksellers, and the general reading public, long after my time on Earth is done.

Fair Market Value is a price in which the general buying public would be willing to pay.

Art's Obedience is committed to the promotion of responsible dog ownership and the general education of dog owners so that their canine companions can become valued household members and well - behaved public citizens.

In so doing, to promote relevant health screening across all relevant breeds and to provide greater substance to the perceived value of a Kennel Club Registration Certificate in the eyes of the general public.»

On the issue of how public and private sectors can create synergy between Silk Road tourism and Belt and Road initiative, lead speaker of the Session Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary - General of UNWTO and Honorary Chairman of GTEF said, «Culture and tourism public and private sectors should work together towards promoting governance models and initiatives and also promoting culture as a means to add value to the tourism experience.»