Sentences with phrase «group big influence»

A small stake could give Paul Singer's group big influence thanks to investors» faint support for top shareholder Vivendi.

Not exact matches

«Small investment but big profit return — that maybe the biggest influence for VW group to roll out» Lamborghini's SUV, says Boni Sa, senior consultant at IHS Automotive in Shanghai.

But the big questions now are what influence will Walmart have on the group?

Wang Jianlin, the Chinese tycoon who just agreed to acquire the co-producer of «Jurassic World» for $ 3.5 billion in cash, signaled bigger deals may be in the works as he builds Dalian Wanda Group Co.'s influence in the global film industry.

New York Times columnist William Safire said that «although Big Gambling's largess is buying influence in Washington, D.C., Grey's outfit has helped local citizens» groups keep beating the casino interests in state after state.»

«Relatively few people participate in the Iowa caucuses, so it's ideal for a group of highly committed activists to have a big influence,» says John Green, an expert on religion and politics at the University of Akron.

If you prefer to eat real food instead of chemically - altered versions of real food, it's probably a good idea NOT to listen to government agencies influenced by «Big Food» lobbying groups.

Bob Houghton was a big early influence and there were a group of us who were friends — Lennie Lawrence, Micky Kelly, Dario Gradi, Keith Blunt — people connected around Surrey and south London football.

It's such a big (and often hidden) economic behemoth that it's impossible for any politic group or party to be completely extraneous to its influence, be it for tangible economic advantage or for pure electoral strategy.

The Localism Bill does not just devolve power to local councils but it also ensures that local citizens and community groups will have the power to shape and influence the places where they live and work and thus fully play their part in building the Big Society.

For the good - government groups, the money was intended to fund reports critiquing the influence of big money in New York elections.

But the groups note that the «outsized» influence of big money in campaigns has reduced everyone's voice in the democratic process.

The groups have criticized the influence of big contributors in state politics and are seeking public financing for all statewide and legislative races.

The state's ethics commission released the top spending lobbyists to try to influence state government during the 2015 legislative session, and found that education and real estate groups were the biggest spenders.

Eldridge runs an investment firm that has backed Hudson Valley artisanal food companies, and he's had one foot in politics for years — he was a leader of Freedom to Marry, the marriage equality advocacy group, and in 2012 launched Protect Our Democracy, a PAC that unironically deplored the influence of big money in elections.

Unlike GOP primaries, where a handful of big spending conservative groups can influence races, the Democratic grass roots — including liberal groups like the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America, which is pleading with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - Mass.)

Curiously, when a Big Man from an external group acts as an observer, it does not have the same positive influence on cooperation.

Her level of influence is well established, and after the Michigan law passed the state House of Representatives, a press release from DeVos's group, the Great Lakes Education Project, noted that lawmakers «were successful tonight in preserving choices and options for [students] and their families -LSB-...] Despite efforts by some of the elites and big city bosses who believe they know what is best for children.»

Choice B: Young college grads with degrees in their desired career area — who complete 5 weeks of education training which includes teaching a class 1 hour daily and a small group 1 hour daily, pass the state required tests, continue basic education classes after they begin teaching, are hired with the district paying a minimum of $ 5,000 per teacher to a private organization, are paid salary and benefits negotiated by the district's union, are sought by big corporations, banks, and Wall Street because of their service and skills gained from 2 years of teaching, after 2 years get discounts and benefits from grad schools and employers, after 2 years receive $ 11,000 toward further degrees in education or that initial career choice, and after 2 years are now «experts» in education seeking positions in government to influence education policy.

Having access to big data and using it to target specific groups of people allows libraries to build larger audiences of supporters and, in turn, influence voters and local politicians who hold the purse strings to a well - funded library.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (big pdf file) and other climate - research groups have largely rejected the hypothesis that variations in the sun's behavior could have played a big role in warming since 1950 (the period in which the panel and the vast majority of climate specialists see abundant evidence that a human - caused buildup of greenhouse gases is the main influence).

Invite friends and community members to join you — the bigger your group, the more influence you might have.

As my book appeared in the bookshops, the big beasts of the NSW Right came out to monster me because I have said they are too close to Communist Party front groups and agents of influence.

The Big Ask co-ordinated by national Friends of the Earth groups is engaging hundreds of thousands of people across Europe and empowering them to influence decisions taken by both national government and the European Union.

Regardless of the varying influence of groups like ALEC and CSG forging Big Business state laws, ExxonMobil is getting what it wants.

Another theory on why they are caving so early comes from The Nation's Johann Hari, whose explosive piece «The Wrong Kind of Green» hypothesized that the influence of corporate money has damaged the credibility of many of the US's biggest green groups.

Some say that the addition of Becker and Pearce will restore balance, while others, like business groups, fear their influence on the board will cater to unions on big issues.

The younger group has a big influence on the housing decisions of their older parents who typically move from other states, Vaughn says.