Sentences with phrase «high finance against»

And in a sense it is a war — a class war and simultaneously a war of American high finance against the rest of world.

Not exact matches

The dollar rallied as much as 2.5 % against South Africa's rand to 13.613, its highest since early February, after President Jacob Zuma fired finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle following days of speculation that has rocked the country's markets and currency.

When Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the latest changes to CMHC mortgage insurance last December, he also proposed forcing banks to hold more capital against mortgages in cities where property prices are high relative to borrowers» incomes — like Toronto and Vancouver.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

Investors should stick to larger companies at least until the end of June, as the enforcement of stronger supervision against the financial markets could raise their wariness for high - flying smaller firms, according to Wu Kan, a fund manager at Shanshan Finance.

FDR fought the battle against high finance decades ago, explaining:

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro was the star of the major currencies in January, as it soared to a 14 - month high against the dollar and a 33 - month high against the Japanese yen.

He says his group is also against some measures that could be more likely to pass, including public campaign financing, and a higher minimum wage in some cities in New York.

«This borrowing is underpinned by high house prices, which allow homeowners to raise finance against part of their property's value that is unencumbered by a mortgage.

With the civil case ended Marriette Brew Oppong was to prosecute the criminal case against Woyome case at the High court and called eight witnesses, including former Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Agyemang Manu and staff of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning as well as the former Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Yaw Osafo - Maafo.

Mr. Ghosio said he respected the work of Mr. Russell and those in the town's finance departments to put together a budget, but decided to vote against the budget because of comments made at public hearings by struggling North Fork residents who said the tax hike would represent a high burden.

Golub is a high - profile lawyer who has won multi-million-dollar cases and has represented not only the state employee union coalition, but also the state Democratic party in its ongoing legal battle against the State Election Enforcement Commission over the legality of financing of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election campaign.

(CNN)- Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee whose approval ratings have sharply fallen as the nation's economy sputters, will have to defend his seat against at least one high - profile Connecticut Republican.

Through a public - private partnership, the LDN Fund is expected to unlock new channels and higher levels of impactful financing for the fight against desertification and land degradation, thereby contributing to sustainable livelihoods in rural areas.

Michael Almereyda transposes William Shakespeare's seminal tragedy to the world of high finance as Ethan Hawke's brooding prince goes up against his slick CEO stepfather.

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In 2011, Chilean students staged massive protests against the country's education policies that they criticized as overly reliant on free - market principles — mainly that higher education institutions charged relatively high tuition and many students borrowed to finance their education.

Developed for middle school and high school students, Gen i Revolution is an online game that gives your students the chance to learn important personal finance skills as they play and compete against fellow classmates.

Its annual report puts the deficit down to «high expenditure that went unchecked against a background of weak financial controls and lack of transparency around the company's finances».

This is the auditorium of Rockville Centre's South Side High School on Jan. 13, where approximately 120 students, teachers and education advocates witnessed the latest front in what has been an all - out war against Common Core, the education reform created by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers and financed with more than $ 4 billion of «Race to the Top» funds as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

If, however, you do plan on financing your home reno project I strongly advise against using using high - interest loans, like those offered on credit cards.

However, that practice was scrutinized when it was found that dealers were illegally discriminating against certain demographics by charging higher markups based on factors outside of credit or finances.

On such an afternoon some score of members of the High Court of Chancery bar ought to be... engaged in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause, tripping one another up on slippery precedents, groping knee - deep in technicalities, running their goat - hair and horse - hair warded heads against walls of words and making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might... between the registrar's red table and the silk gowns, with bills, cross-bills, answers, rejoinders, injunctions, affidavits, issues, references to masters, masters» reports, mountains of costly nonsense, piled before them... This is the Court of Chancery, which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire, which has its worn - out lunatic in every madhouse and its dead in every churchyard, which has its ruined suitor with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress borrowing and begging through the round of every man's acquaintance, which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right, which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart, that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give — who does not often give — the warning, «Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!

He has acted for and against banks and corporates, including high profile entities across a range of sectors (finance, commodities, property and so forth) and high - net worth individuals in relation to these matters.

Certain personal finance opinions may advise you against using credit for your holiday shopping, since it can encourage going into debt and spending the New Year saddled with a high - interest balance.

Using only a $ 50 million down payment against a $ 1.8 billion purchase price, with financing including short - term, high - interest loans, they purchased the office - and - retail tower at 666 Fifth Avenue.