Sentences with phrase «interests of the state which»

Constituted, as that body is, of the delegates of confederated States, some such provision was necessary to guard against their mutual jealousy, since every proceeding against a representative would indirectly affect the honour or interests of the state which sent him.

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Time and again the Works Council, or Betriebsrat, which holds eight of VW's 20 board seats, has played a decisive role, mobilizing the support of the state government to get its way over the interests of private shareholders.

Further evidence comes from the interesting fact that the parchment version of the Declaration of Independence that is on display and kept in the United States National Archives wasn't actually written until July 19th; this being a copy of the approved text that was announced to the world on July 4th, with about 150 - 200 copies being made on paper and distributed on that date (26 of which are still around today, thus pre-dating what is now generally thought of as the «original»).

The fashion company is a subsidiary of Beckham Brand Holdings, which also represents David's business interests, and Victoria Beckham Limited's accounts state that the parent company will continue to stand behind it despite losses.

Those laws include state usury laws that limit interest rates and the Truth in Lending Act, which requires lenders to provide certain disclosures on total loan cost, said Stuart Rossman, director of litigation at the National Consumer Law Center.

Currently, registered investment advisors regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or state securities regulators are already held to a fiduciary standard of conduct under which they must act in their clients» best interests.

Home to eight NCAA Division I college football teams and many other professional sports teams outside of football, Ohio is a state invested in sports, which explains the high interest in ESPN.

The policy shift followed months of agonizing over the proposed takeover of two Alberta energy firms — Nexen Inc. and Progress Energy — by Chinese and Malaysian state interests, respectively, which were eventually approved.

Shareholders may also raise questions over the very high interest rates the bank charges to financially strapped customers who resort to so - called payday loans, which are in the sights of state attorneys general.

One of the more interesting inclusions in the finalized Clean Power Plan is the «Clean Energy Incentive Program,» which incentivizes states that move more quickly on meeting their carbon emissions targets.

Old Line State homeowners who want to refinance can look into the Home Affordable Refinance Program of Maryland, which offers low closing costs as well as interest and principal payment reductions.

Most courts considering laws that state governmental agencies have claimed are necessary for fiscal responsibility, which Chelan County claims is the purpose of this rate increase, have concluded that the laws are rationally related to a legitimate government interest.

His emphasis on hard power and intelligence - gathering as the primary means of pursuing Canada's interests is now echoed by the current administration in Washington, which has gutted the State Department, allocated record amounts of funding to the military and appointed military - minded men in key foreign policy positions.

The funds were from Y Combinator's new Continuity Fund, which supposedly would be making pro rata investments at < $ 250 million valuations in all of Y Combinator's startups gaining additional funding, but the question as to whether or not Y Combinator has reversed its previously stated policy for the fund is less interesting than the fact the firm is also moving up market.

«Again, and contrary to popular perception, a reduction of Chinese capital flows to the United States would not cause U.S. interest rates to rise...» So relieved the laws of supply and demand, which are very burdensome regulations, have been repealed.

«For instance, one of the FAQs states that investors may consider replacing their advisor with one who is willing to satisfy the «best interest» standard even as to taxable accounts, which aren't subject to the rule in the first place.»

Yields can be measured in a number of ways, including coupon yield, or the stated interest rate of the bond, and yield to maturity, which is the total rate of return when an investor holds the bond to maturity.

Under the first of those agreements, we generally will be required to pay to the Continuing LLC Owners approximately 85 % of the applicable savings, if any, in income tax that we are deemed to realize (using the actual applicable U.S. federal income tax rate and an assumed combined state and local income tax rate) as a result of (1) certain tax attributes that are created as a result of the exchanges of their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock, (2) any existing tax attributes associated with their LLC Units the benefit of which is allocable to us as a result of the exchanges of their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock (including the portion of Desert Newco's existing tax basis in its assets that is allocable to the LLC Units that are exchanged), (3) tax benefits related to imputed interest and (4) payments under such TRA.

Whether individuals or households will pay more or less will depend on a wide variety of factors, including whether they take the standard deduction, which reduces taxable income by a fixed amount, or they take targeted tax deductions, like subtracting mortgage interest or state and local taxes.

In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

It's no secret that by tying the phrase «State of the Union» to the phrase «State of the Nation» in the blog post Mark helped pique interest in the post (which in the interest of full disclosure, is for Dell, a TopRank Marketing client.)

For many homeowners, the combination of state and local real estate taxes and mortgage interest are enough to make itemizing deductions worthwhile, but it still pays to run the numbers both ways and see which way leaves you ahead.

In a reversal of roles, New York is urging the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to adopt the state's new best interest regulation, which extends fiduciary responsibility to life insurance.

There were also adjustments made in adjacent state requirements» five public interest category scoring weights, which could impact the siting of renewable energy systems inside or outside of Illinois..

That could push the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates faster than anticipated, which is part of what is making United States stock investors nervous.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

A wave of recent scandals at the state - run Chinese Red Cross, which suggested a young staffer had bought luxuries such as a villa and lamborghini with donations, sparked public interest in greater regulation of the non-profit sector.

Their excessive euphoria was further augmented by the banks which have kept local credit costs unchanged despite six interest - rate increases in the United States since the beginning of last year.

That is, given the current state of the economy, and given the objectives for policy (the inflation target and a preference for avoiding undue instability in real GDP), the model can be asked: what is the path for interest rates over the relevant horizon which will minimise the variance of the objective variables around their targets?

It depends on the interest rate of the United States Treasury bond, which is considered the «risk - free» rate because Congress can always tax people or print money to wipe out those obligations (each has its problems, but the theory here is sound).

The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States of America, which means that it's the agency that manages the country's currency, interest rates, and money supply.

The National Corn Growers Association, which represents the interests of more than 300,000 growers, said the United States needs to be «measured» in its approach to keep its trade doors open with China.

Specifically, the SEC's action alleges that a registered fund manager invested fund assets in two high - risk private technology companies he founded without disclosing the attendant conflicts of interest to investors, and in contravention of fund offering documents which stated that he would invest fund assets primarily in publicly traded securities.

The shocking truth is that less than 10 % of all financial advisors in the United States follow the fiduciary standard — which legally requires financial advisors to put your interests ahead of their own.

Congress should provide a direct - payment bond option, in which state and local governments receive direct federal payments to subsidize a portion of the taxable interest paid to private bond holders.

That is, Druckenmiller can clue you to the shocking truth about your self - interest, which to defend you will need to vote Republican at all state and national levels of government, at least until the population of the endangered species Fiscally Conservative Democrat rebounds sufficiently.

Furthermore, she had little grasp or even interest in the mechanics of the political process in the states about which she wrote.

By the same token, if the central bank reduces the interest rate to zero, investors will shift portfolios to stocks, everyone will feel richer, and consumers will spend more «which is more or less what happened during the past two quarters of putative recovery in the United States.

The major element in this innovation was the unusual legislation that Augustus initiated that, although aimed primarily at the elite, for the first time made «the private life of virtually every Roman... a matter of the state's concern and regulation», with the state taking upon itself the unusual role of not only arbiter but also prosecutor for crimes of immorality, crimes in which it had previously had no interest.

Here the Supreme Court began to set in legal concrete the notion that sexual morals and patterns of family life are matters of private choice or taste, not matters of public concern in which the state has a legitimate interest.

Interesting opinion by Mr. Prothero, but it flies in the face of various scriptures, including Amos 3:6 - 7 which states «When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble?

«Our reluctance to admit the integral survival of the past has its origin, then, in tile very heart of our psychical life — the unfolding of states wherein our interest prompts us to look at that which is unrolling, and not at that which is entirely unrolled.

The Rio Summit sought to build upon the past with the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among states, key sectors of societies and people, working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, recognizing the integral and interdependent nature of the Earth, our home, some excerpts will help.

Anyhoo, as I stated at the beginning of this post, it certainly is an interesting subject about which to speculate as the scientific data continues to challenge our traditional understanding on this highly personal as well as socially important subject.

There is no globalisation of political regulation, state or democratic institutions which provide guarantees and exert control over decisions affecting the various regions and populations of the world, in the general interest of the world at large.

«However, the Court also maintained that the state has an interest in protecting the life of a fetus after viability — that is, after the point at which the fetus is capable of living outside the womb.

It interests him not at all as a describable state of existence, but rather as the transcendent event, which signifies for man the ultimate Either - Or, which constrains him to decision.

For some related reading, a recent article at the Distributist Review offers a brief exposition of an interesting economic counter-movement, the «Catholic rural life» campaign, which had marginal success in the United States and United Kingdom in the 1920s and 30s.

This became painfully clear in 1996 when the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the Alaska Supreme Court's Swanner decision, which held that the state's interest in preventing discrimination against unmarried heterosexual couples is sufficiently great that it trumps the objections of landlords who believe they are forbidden by God to permit «fornication» on their property.

Although the compelling - ness test (which only accommodationists believe in anyway) gives us a standard for determining which state interests are so vital that a claim of religious requirement can not overcome them, we have no test for determining which religious interests are so vital that no state interest — not even a compelling one — can overcome them.