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The updated figures now include ads posted on Instagram, which reached 20 million people, Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch told the Senate Intelligence Committee in a public hearing on Wednesday, adding that «the data on Instagram is not as complete.»

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It's encouraging to hear BlackRock (blk) CEO Larry Fink — whose company's $ 4 trillion of assets under management make it the 800 - pound gorilla in public markets — decry the short - term focus of many investors and call on companies to lay out a «strategic framework for long - term value creation.»

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has also requested Zuckerberg's testimony, while the Senate Judiciary Committee has been mulling doing so since two senators asked its chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, to bring the billionaire in for a public hearing.

But despite criticism at home and abroad, the eurosceptic PiS enjoys steady support among many Poles eager to hear its message of higher welfare, more Catholic values in public life and less dependence on foreign capital.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters have suggested that the now - notorious 2005 conversation made public by the Washington Post on Friday — in which Trump is heard making sexually explicit comments about women while TV personality Billy Bush eggs him on — was typical of the kind of harmless «locker room talk» in which men engage in all the time.

She said at the very least there should be public hearings on the project, adding she doesn't believe what's currently in place is transparent enough.

«Getting attention from the media is like getting free advertising on TV, in the newspaper, or via social media channels, allowing you to reach not only your current audience, but also people who may have never heard of you or your product,» says Wendy Duval, public relations and communications manager for The Vermont Teddy Bear Company.

CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov 28 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hear testimony from coal miners, lobbyists, environmentalists and others on Tuesday at a public meeting in West Virginia on the EPA's proposal to dismantle an Obama - era plan to slash carbon emissions from power plants.

Since no one has been heard to suggest that the funds acted out of sheer public - spiritedness during the crisis, it seems safe to assume that they were buying on Monday because their managers had spotted bargains, and were selling on Thursday because of chances to cash in on profits.

The Senate Special Committee on Aging has had quite a few questions for price - hiking pharmas over the last year; in April, the committee grilled Valeant's then - CEO J. Michael Pearson for at least 9 hours in advance of a public hearing on price increases.

«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

Though senators then called for a public hearing, Cohen ultimately was allowed to answer questions in private on Wednesday.

With that many dangerous, unruly dogs roaming our neighborhoods and streets, if pit bulls were really a public health threat we would be hearing about dog maulings on a daily basis in every city in America.

Commonwealth Bank's provision of the products will be examined in detail by the Hayne royal commission as early as next week at public hearings which begin in Melbourne on Tuesday, March 13.

This misjudgment (perhaps initially due to management downplaying the incidents) could explain why the board got engaged so late in the process, and why they did not impose penalties on executives until after the first scathing Congressional hearing and weeks of public outcry.

But in a public hearing in San Francisco on May 3, Waymo attorney Charles Verhoeven, took the claim a step further.

After hearing evidence and considering submissions for 180 days, the Board arrived on 209 conditions it deemed necessary to mitigate the risks and adverse socio - ecological effects associated with the pipeline and its associated infrastructure to ensure the project is in the public interest.

Lawmakers will hear public testimony Thursday on a bill that gives Foxconn $ 3 billion in incentives.

Although Commerce normally investigates and applies punitive duties on narrow categories of products from specific locations, at public hearings conducted by Commerce in May, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross articulated the issue in sweeping terms.

The commission committee that approved this proposal on a 6 - 1 vote in January heard well - founded criticisms from defense lawyers, public defenders and even the Police Chiefs Association.

After being introduced in the Washington Senate, it was referred to the Senate Commerce, Labor, and Sports Committee, which held a public hearing on January 25, 2017.

Or, most recently, you might have heard the rumor from Bryan Fischer, from Mike Hucakbee or a friend on Facebook, saying that God abandoned the children at Sandy Hook because, though children have every right to pray in public schools, those schools can not sponsor prayer events out of deference to religious freedom.

And there is, in fact, very little evidence that champions of ecclesial pluralism have bent over backwards to insure that their opponents are given a fair hearing on occasions of public debate, nor are they conspicuously tolerant or open - minded when they happen themselves to be in positions of extra-ecclesial authority — as journal editors, perhaps, or as deans of theology faculties.

Driving on the Solstice, tuning in to Public Radio, I heard a voice, legitimately trained, a little thin, but earnest; the soprano's every....

The church's prophetic word must be heard in the public sector, searing in judgment against those actions, both individual and systemic, which continue patterns of oppression based on strength or race or sex or tradition.

In 1984 the study committee held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.In 1984 the study committee held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.in Washington, D.C.).

Collins puts me in mind of Andrei Codrescu, whose essays can be heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

«I had not heard him speak that openly about his faith in a public setting prior to last night,» said Gary Marx, a former Romney aide who is executive director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, in an interview on Thursday.

And that we most of what we hear on the news or in church is heavily censored and meant to sway public or cult - like opinions.

Chances are you have never heard of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools or its textbook, The Bible in History and Literature.

I would not hesitate to go to a wedding, funeral, graduation, retirement party, baby shower, ballgame, courtroom, birthday party, family reunion, public hearing, town parade, school play, or other social function due to the presence or lack of a 1 - 2 minute prayer from a pastor, priest, rabbi, imam, valedictorian, mayor, police chief, council member, or 3rd grader who will play the Tree in the school spring play, nor would I feel it appropriate or necessary to make a social scene just so everyone could hear my opinion on the matter.

When looking at how much «risk» Romney wants to take on in picking a running mate, it helps to look at what kind of positive message Romney wants the public to hear in the fall campaign (that is distinct from the obvious negative message that Romney will run regarding economic....

why would a woman want to brestfeed in public, it's a very private moment, not to be shared by all, my church used to have a private area for new mothers and babys, they could still hear what was going on but were not disturbing the rest of the church..

The publication of The Five Gospels was heralded by a feature story on National Public Radio (the broadcast heard by my brother - in - law), and the charismatic Crossan has broken through to a mass audience by appearing on «The Larry King Show.»

I believe she is refering to the very Vocal Churches and Christians who have for 30 years been hollaring and screamin about the issues of prayer in public schools abortions and the anti- gay verbage we been hearing for so long... nearly every day somthing is beign said on these issues you must be mr. van winkle..

Although I've heard little to respect in any of her other public statements, I have to give her a pass on this.

It held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

Public hearings continue today in the Senate's inquiry into the impact of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

«If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving federal funds to different standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.

Not a week goes by in sports without the public hearing on ESPN about a profes - sional athlete who undergoes micro-fracture surgery.

During a public hearing on the issue, district officials explained the staff cut was based in part on the current number of students registered for school next year.

Homeowners in the vicinity of the former school land complained bitterly last week at a public hearing on the proposed annexation of the land.

Robin Kaplan: Here's a comment from one of our Facebook friends, this is from Shelley, and what she wrote was, «I posted this on the Leaky Boob as well, but with all the negative stories we've been hearing lately about nursing in public, I thought I'd share the wonderful breastfeeding encouragement I had a couple of weekends ago, from my 85 - year - old great uncle.

Robin Kaplan: And I think that - and I want to ask Daisy as well about her experience - but the thing that I want to point out is; I think that people, when they hear about nursing in public harassment, I don't think they realize the repercussions on the mom who is hearing this and the devastation and the way that it makes her feel.

Park District commissioners voted in May not to build a skate park on top of the reservoir after residents and Union Pacific officials testified at a public hearing that the site would be unsafe.

GLEN ELLYN — An 18.6 percent increase in the property tax levy is projected by Glen Ellyn Park District officials and the board of commissioners is expected to hold a public hearing on the proposal next month.

HIGHLAND PARK — Public hearings on the proposed merger of the three elementary school systems in Highland Park concluded Thursday in Waukegan after four days.

A public hearing on the issue will start at 7 p.m. in the Frick Center at Elmhurst College.