Sentences with phrase «in public contributions»

Others set a very high standard in their public contributions to the sustainability movement.

Even Starbucks, which felt compelled to donate # 10 million to the Exchequer, apparently because it had listened to customers» concerns, has ended up paying remarkably little in public contributions.

Not exact matches

If you make a $ 200 contribution to public radio and receive a coffee mug in return, you must reduce your deduction by the value of the mug.

«Through both corporate and PAC contributions, where permissible, AstraZeneca supports candidates in both parties who share the company's perspective on the public policies that impact our business and the patients we serve,» she said.

West Perth - based iron ore explorer Atlas Iron Ltd will pay $ 15 million in port facilities charges to the Port Hedland Port Authority as an up - front contribution for the planned $ 225 million upgrade of the Utah Point public access facility.

Investors haven't been happy that Dorsey is trying to be the big man at two public companies facing intense competition in a warp - speed tech industry, but Dorsey disclosed in Square IPO filings a side of himself focused on a very big financial contribution that requires a much smaller piece of himself: Roughly 20 percent of his personal holdings in Square stock would go to the Start Small Foundation.

They know those contributions might become public at some point, and no company that sells a product wants to risk the kind of consumer reaction that engulfed Target in 2010, after it contributed $ 150,000 to a Minnesota group backing a conservative candidate opposing gay marriage.

And in the political sphere, finance has become the great defender of deregulating monopolies and «freeing» land rent and asset - price gains from taxation, translating its economic power and campaign contributions into the political power to capture control of public financial regulation.

WHEREAS, charitable contributions should enhance the image of our company in the eyes of the public.

Public debate in Ontario tends to frame sales - tax harmonization either as an unjustified «tax grab» or as a needed contribution to the deteriorating provincial budget.

«We believe there is an opportunity to act in the public interest and make a meaningful contribution to society by building sustainable technology that respects users and does not rely on the commoditization of personal data,» Acton wrote.

Dogwood's criticism of B.C.'s lax donation system began in 2001 with the group's advocacy for public disclosure of campaign contributions.

The extent of her contributions as producer - writer - director, for which she's gained respect within the industry, is still unknown to the general public — not to mention her talent for sketch comedy, which is on view in her movies.

Kesselman, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Finance with the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University, co-authored the 2001 study that laid the foundation for the TFSA introduced in 2009 with a $ 5,000 annual contribution limit.

He has also made huge contributions to the community as a volunteer board chair of numerous organizations, including the Centre in the Square, the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, the Waterloo Public Library and the BarnRaisers Council, and was recently appointed to the board of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

The Trucking Moves America Forward campaign launched in March 2014 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky to inform policymakers and the public about the many contributions trucking makes to our daily lives.

In a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contestIn a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contestin the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contests.

Providing much needed insight on Russia's global trading market and developments surrounding international sanctions, the conference will include contributions from Russia's leading corporates, financiers, insurers, public bodies and all supporting sectors involved in international trade finance.

Large contributions to employment growth over the past year were also made by the public sector and the property and business services industry, which has benefited from robust sales activity in housing markets.

I'll be speaking at the second one, at 10:45 in the same room, along with the national leaders of NUPGE (representing provincial workers) and CUPE (representing municipal workers) about the contribution of public workers to greater equality by improving the lives of marginalized Canadians — the unemployed, the homeless, single parents, recent immigrants, senior citizens, and others.

In the paper, Corporate campaign contributions and abnormal stock returns after presidential elections, forthcoming in Public Choice, we explore the stock market performance of top corporate contributors after the elections that brought Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, respectively, to poweIn the paper, Corporate campaign contributions and abnormal stock returns after presidential elections, forthcoming in Public Choice, we explore the stock market performance of top corporate contributors after the elections that brought Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, respectively, to powein Public Choice, we explore the stock market performance of top corporate contributors after the elections that brought Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, respectively, to power.

After joining the Institute for Research on Public Policy in 2001, Daniel earned the Policy Research Initiative's Outstanding Research Contribution Award for his paper «A Room of Our Own: Cultural Policies and Trade Agreements,» and produced, with co-editors Thomas Courchene and Donald Savoie, a major series of papers on North America after NAFTA.

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

The Frankel Fiduciary Prize was established to acknowledge individuals who have made significant contributions to the preservation and advancement of fiduciary principles in public life.

Since its creation in 2001, the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has raised close to $ 2 billion from a vast global network that includes corporate titans, political donors, foreign governments and other wealthy interests, according to a Washington Post review of public records and newly released contribution data.

And many of these people should stay in the workforce where they can represent Christ in the public square while making major contributions at their church.

I don't minimize the importance of his insights on the role of religion in the public square, but I suspect his greatest and most enduring legacy will lie in his contribution to the unity of the Church, for which he fervently prayed.

His contribution seems out of place in a magazine dedicated to the idea that religion adds value to public discourse.

Public humiliation, like Yvonne endured in the reactions to her childhood rape, which may be a part of the dismissive practices surroundign sexual violation must take place with appreciation of the victim - survivor's contribution of a counterpublic voice as a valuable societal contribution.»

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

In his review article of Hartshorne's Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method (PS 2:49 - 67), Robert Neville remarks that «one of Hartshorne's most important contributions» has been his concern to deal «with problems as formulated by public discussion, usually that of analytical philosophers.»

Mr Diamond claimed Mr Ngole's comments were presented in a «private / social as opposed to professional» setting, adding: «Mr Ngole's expression of his beliefs was a genuine contribution to an important public debate.»

It is not irrational or irrelevant to consider the elimination of public acknowledgment of religion a likely contribution to the loss of moral seriousness in our civic life.

Despite living in separate areas called aljamas and being barred from public office, the Jews made an important contribution to society, especially in the fields of medicine, trade and banking.

No such statement is perfect and I would want some changes — especially in connection with the definition of torture — before signing this one, but «An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture» is an exceedingly valuable contribution to a public debate of which we dare not tire.

But we also have good tidings and great joy to offer — important contributions to the public square that are currently being drowned out by attention - grabbing billboards claiming «nobody» needs Christ in Christmas.

If the readers of texts in both the Jewish and Christian communities took their responsibilities seriously and understood that they were making a significant contribution to worship, we too can recapture the enthusiasm for public reading which the early Christians enjoyed!

Grateful and public acknowledgement of the Afghan people's vital contributions in the dark days after 9/11 will show them the respect needed to strengthen our bonds with them.

An increasing number of news stories are centered on issues rather than personalities; for one thing, there seems to be a shift in the public's attention from personal scandal to issues of campaign financing and contributions.

I was especially dismayed by his reading of my assessment of the real contributions of evangelicals and Roman Catholics in U.S. public culture; my point (more an aside, really) was simply that, for various reasons, they can not replace the kind of service to civil society that the mainline provides — not that they do no service at all.

What hope is there that this still very large but mostly confused and silent religious center of the American population may yet rouse itself and make a contribution to public civility worthy of what it made in the past?

Where Christianity is highly differentiated and pluralistic in relation to the public sphere, as it is in voluntary forms of Christian religion, the contribution of religion «has been almost entirely directed to peaceful reconciliation internally and peace in foreign affairs.»

Still, it is impossible to believe that any form of public contribution that is secured in exchange for reward will, deep down in their souls, fool America's young men into believing that they are truly shouldering their manly responsibilities.

Karl Ludwig Schmidt demonstrated that the order of events in the Gospels is not based upon a memory of the order of Jesus» public ministry inherent in the material, but rather is largely the contribution of the redactional process, which assembled unrelated stories, sayings, and small individual collections for devotional purposes, and then arranged them topically or theologically without any serious interest in chronology or geography.

Graham's visits to Hungary and Poland changed his emphasis in regard to the communist nations, and he states in a public letter in the Other Side (January 1981): «It is out of a deepening sense of Christian responsibility, therefore, that I have sought after my visit to Hungary in 1977 to make whatever contribution I can to building bridges of understanding and peace....

She praised the contributions of «healthcare workers, first responders, police, neighbours, the public, faith leaders and many more», particularly how they «came together to show the resilience of our communities in the face of terrorists.»

For contributions of process theology to discussion of public issues in the seventies see Note 1 to the Preface.

They teach much the same curriculum as that in the public schools, but they do not have to minimize the role of the Christian faith in history or disparage its contribution.

At the very least, as Amy Black points out in «For the Sake of the Children» (a 1995 contribution to the Crossroads Monograph Series on Faith and Public Policy), there are public - justice issues invPublic Policy), there are public - justice issues invpublic - justice issues involved.

William M. Sullivan has made an important contribution in this direction in his Reconstructing Public Philosophy (Berkeley: University of California Press, forthcoming).