Sentences with phrase «issues raised every year»

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As to the question of when he and his party will develop a broad and substantive legislative platform to tackle the critical challenges America faces, McConnell has a ready answer as well: «If we're in the majority,» he says, «we'll be sitting down, intensely, a year from now on the very issue you've raised.»

Over the past few years, the Obama administration has made an effort to address the issue by proposing to raise the federal minimum to $ 10.10 an hour.

Up until now, this issue has mostly been watercooler fodder, but with the Federal Reserve having raised rates in December and Donald Trump's election victory causing the 10 - year treasury yield to spike by 19 % since election day, many investors are now reducing their exposure to these rate - sensitive sectors.

Last fall, the B.C. government also became the first foreign government to issue bonds into the Chinese RMB market, issuing a one - year - term bond that raised about $ 428 million Canadian.

Meeting the capital requirement is why many analysts believe Scotiabank is looking to sell its headquarters in downtown Toronto, and the bank could raise as much as $ 1.65 billion by issuing new shares this year.

But in an environment in which income inequality is becoming an important issue, and when Stumpf talks about the 5,300 employees who were fired from «good - paying jobs» were making $ 37,000 to $ 60,000 a year, the size of Tolstedt's compensation raises eyebrows.

«That's not to say that there aren't going to be some concerns and antitrust issues of you know, one distributor owning various content and it might somehow impact other distributors, but it doesn't raise the same challenges as some of those other transitions have brought,» Delrahim said last year.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

In the past year, Canadian securities regulators have raised the bar for exempt - market dealers, requiring them to be registered and bonded, issue an offering memorandum with every deal and provide audited financial statements to investors annually, says Sand, who supports this new layer of assurance.

Retail consultant Burt Flicking saw the move as part of a shift at Wal - Mart under Chief Executive Doug McMillon to pay closer attention to public opinion on social issues, noting the company had raised wages for entry - level staff ealier this year.

But the issue of raising taxes on the rich is most controversial in the U.S., where supply - side economics has over 30 years achieved the status of economic gospel, at least on the right of the political spectrum.

IH: I made a promise to myself about two years ago that I would do something every day to raise the issue of women in the workplace.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

In short, credit availability and cost are not issues and haven't been for many years, even with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates.

Any material issues raised by the most recent Public Company Accounting Oversight Board inspection, peer review, or independent registered public accounting firm internal quality control review or by any inquiry or investigations by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the audit firm, and any steps taken to deal with such issues.

We raised the issue of a structural deficit in our budget submission to you last year.

It would be foolish to select any companies from this list solely based on the fact management has issue raising payouts for over ten years.

We know a lot from various kinds of evidence: a) the experience of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance of foreign buyers at the top end of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).

«The fact that the company took approximately a year to notify impacted users raises red flags within this Committee as to what systemic issues prevented such time - sensitive information from being made available to those left vulnerable,» said Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, who convened the hearing.

Kirk Falconer PE Hub — IPO (Canada) Canada's initial public offering (IPO) market set a five - year record in 2017, with a total of $ 5.1 billion in proceeds raised by 38 new equity issues, according to a survey by PwC.

Over the past few years, green bonds have raised billions of dollars to help fund environmental and other sustainable development projects: rapidly growing from $ 1 billion issued in 2012 to more than $ 30 billion in 2014 globally.1

BEIJING (Reuters)- China raised with a visiting U.S. trade delegation the issue of a ban by the United States on its companies selling components and software to ZTE Corp for seven years, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.

said the issue raised by the Florida shooting is that the FBI could have prevented the shooting and added he thought Congress «will get something done this year» on the gun background check system.

Over the past couple of years, Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ: CLNE) has issued a lot of cheap stock to pay down debt and raise cash.

HSBC raised $ 30.9 billion for its clients in 175 bond issues last year in the UK, including several large British sovereign bonds.

Just as the global economy has exhibited the same symptoms as Japan's did in the nineties, starting with one lost decade for it already, several OECD researchers last year raised the zombie issue in the non-financial context (at least with regard to Europe).

Whether the company will need to raise capital this year has been oft - debated; it became a more critical issue after Tesla revealed that it burned through about $ 1 billion in cash in the first quarter.

Tungsten Mining reported last month it was raising $ 20 million by issuing new shares priced at 34c, with shares in the company being strongly bought in the months following an MoU being signed with major Chinese tungsten firm Xiamen Tungsten Co in November last year.

Among the issues raised were the $ 2 trillion valuation Saudi Arabia wants for the world's largest oil producer, the scale of dividends Aramco's prepared to pay and the impact of the shale boom on oil prices over the next few years.

Russia led last year's ranking in terms of value of DR capital raised, thanks to TCS Group Holdings (parent of Tinkoff Credit Systems), which raised $ 1.1 billion in the largest issue of 2013.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The pace of capital raising using depositary receipts has accelerated sharply from last year, and the pipeline of future issues is strong, DR bankers say.

In other words, the questions and issues I raise in the post aren't new; these questions and issues are recurring ones in American religious culture (though they have manifested themselves differently through the years) and have been inherited by my generation.

Theresa John, who has been clean of drink and drugs for four years, said the Alcohol Health Alliance's findings highlight how churches should help raise awareness of the issue.

This is, possibly, the most vexing issue raised by an agenda - setting book that will be the starting point of discussion and debate for years to come.

Some years ago James Smart observed that one of the reasons the Bible is «strangely silent» in congregations is because pastors are not able to bring a «critical» perspective on Scripture to bear on faith issues.5 With that in mind, I have attempted to address a biblically informed theological reflection to the key issues raised by transition in culture, church, and family.

I know you are going to argue the consenting adult issue but a 17 year old raised by gay parents will have a very different understanding of relationships than will a 17 year old raised by Christ's standards.

You said, «I know you are going to argue the consenting adult issue but a 17 year old raised by gay parents will have a very different understanding of relationships than will a 17 year old raised by Christ's standards.»

The right raises these issues every four years to create an atmosphere of fear.

I struggled for years with issues like birth control, authoritarianism, misogyny, & c. Raised my sons in the faith but they've both chosen secularism and I too am unchurched and happier now.

Whilst this certainly raises a relevant issue the appropriateness of displaying this to Catholic 14 year olds is surely a parental decision.

I would be less than honest if I did not admit that it pleases me that, after ten years, the issues raised by The Secular City still elicit avid response and spirited disagreement.

The key in the difference between the two broadcasting approaches lies in the economic basis and this, it has been noted, was the issue over which programming issues were first raised in the early years of television in the 1950s.

The controversy surrounding the refusal of a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, to issue marriage licenses so that she can avoid sanctioning same sex unions raises a whole host of issue which will be debated for some years to come.

In a situation of social pressure due to economic shortages and unemployment, there may be the tendency for social forces to raise issues of religion and target as in India against the Muslims and in Indonesia this year against the ethnic Chinese, many of whom were Christians and considered allied to the Suharto establishment.

Four years later, the restaurant's owner formed a board of directors and issued publicly traded stock to raise money to build a frozen food manufacturing facility, which opened in 1995.

Global beer giant SABMiller has completed its first ever Australian corporate bond issue, raising $ 700 million of five year debt from local and international investors.

Public submissions in regards to the draft national standard closed on December 9, with the issue expected to raised again early next year.

The point I raised is that we have the SAME issues as last year but you're acting like we've made giant leaps.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...