Sentences with phrase «leader of the city of»

But Joseph Chamberlain in the 1870s Birmingham City Council and Herbert Morrison in the 1930s London County Council were not directly - elected, nor in the 1980s were Shirley Porter leader of the City of Westminster and Ken Livingstone leader of the Greater London Council, and yet they were highly visible leaders in their localities.

«I don't see how you can call yourself someone progressive, the leader of the City of New York, and not come out or at least consider the prospect of legalizing marijuana, given the adverse impacts on communities of color,» James said.

Not exact matches

«We all know about the stresses that are going on in this city at $ 40 - a-barrel oil,» he said as he accepted the Distinguished Business Leader Award from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and the Haskayne School of Business.

The hereditary leader of Ford Motor Co. sees cars dominating the suburbs for a long time but crowded cities will drive innovation in how we get around.

Willem spends much of his time on the road reporting from major European cities and beyond, speaking to business and political leaders about Brexit and its implications, US - Europe relations, and international security.

«We love jobs, we love technology, and we love convenience — but what you're looking for will impact every part of our cities,» the leaders wrote to Amazon.

«We continue to work with the state of Nevada and look forward to joining Governor Sandoval and legislative leaders tomorrow [Thursday] in Carson City,» Tesla representative Alexis Georgeson told Entrepreneur.com.

Like many Catalan independence supporters, including Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, Rufian wears a yellow ribbon to highlight the continued imprisonment of separatist figures Oriol Junqueras, the leader of Esquerra, former interior minister Joaquin Form and civil society leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart.

City leaders in Braddock, located east of Pittsburgh, have submitted an application with the state in hopes to land a license that will allow for a new cannabis cultivation facility.

This week starts with a meeting of the world's top leaders in New York City and ends with a look at how the U.S. labor market fared in September.

«What you want to avoid is anything that might «pierce the corporate veil,» says Sandra E. Mayerson, leader of the national bankruptcy practice of law firm Holland & Knight LLP, who is based in New York City.

Some farmers and city leaders worry that the fracking boom is consuming too much of a scarce resource, while others see the push for production as an opportunity to make money by selling water while furthering the nation's goal of energy independence.

The gang The Warriors are accused of killing one of the biggest gang leaders in New York City.

It was supposed to be «how - to» guide for leaders in Italy at a time when every city was fighting every other city and the entire region was full of mercenaries, inquisitors, and other unsavory types.

To truly be a global leader in digital technology, innovation needs to become a significant part of the city's identity — how the world sees it and how it sees itself.

In mid-March, as part of a world tour to promote the company's new menu of «experiences,» Chesky stopped in on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business world.

«It's hard to put your hand into a car's engine when the car is still running, but that's what disruptive innovation is — changing the way things are done before your business is backed into a corner,» said Williams, who spoke to a crowd of 800 business leaders at the World Innovation Forum in New York City last week.

When the collection of major works housed at the city's world - class Detroit Institute of Arts Museum was in danger of being liquidated to pay off municipal debt, the federal mediator, Judge Gerald Rosen, city emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, and other civic leaders leaned heavily on community and national foundations, lawmakers and the museum itself to put their money where their masterpieces were.

Leaders from nearly three dozen tech companies, including Salesforce, Yelp, AT&T, Comcast, and Square, signed off on a letter to local officials last week, urging them to consider a development proposal that would add seven million square feet of commercial space and 4,400 housing units to the small city, according to the San Francisco Business Times.

But when you have smaller groups of people pulling off surprise occupations in cities across the world, then each one of those projects will naturally have leaders.

But the runaway leader (before the city shut the forum down) was «Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts.»

The leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, added: «We are excited that Manchester has the opportunity to be at the forefront of trialling this cutting - edge, app - based cycle hire scheme in the UK.

Says Mitch Roschelle, partner and real estate advisory leader of PWC, about the top second - tier cities: «Survey respondents told us that there are two key drivers that enable small business success: lower cost of doing business and access to skilled talent.»

«While leaders on the ground in Michigan and the city's creditors understand that they must find a solution to Detroit's serious financial challenge, we remain committed to continuing our strong partnership with Detroit as it works to recover and revitalize and maintain its status as one of America's great cities.»

The official did not give further details over the arrest but noted it had come just as Turkey prepares to host world leaders for the G20 summit in its southern resort city of Antalya on Sunday and Monday.

In a keynote address at the Toronto Region Board of Trade last week, Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak pitched Toronto as a city «falling farther behind.»

The reclusive leader is purported to have made only one public appearance, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq's second - largest city of Mosul, as seen in a video posted online in June.

In her comments at the «Fortune Most Powerful Women Evening With...» dinner in New York City Tuesday night McKinsey & Co. «s Joanna Barsh was talking about the importance of corporate women leaders helping middle managers.

Tony Hsieh, a cult - like figure and the CEO of Zappos, is reportedly stepping down as leader of his $ 350 million project to transform Downtown Las Vegas into a city built entirely for entrepreneurs.

Second City Works recently surveyed a group of North American full - time employees to pinpoint the habits that in their minds separate loathsome supervisors from great leaders.

«Juan Trippe of Pan American was the quintessential example of a charismatic leader,» Good to Great author Jim Collins said in a speech at the Inc. 500 conference in Salt Lake City in 1998.

That project was spearheaded by noted economic development expert Ed Morrison along with area business leaders — in particular, Charles Van Rysselberge, who headed the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce at that time.

(One of the sport's leaders, Canadian Sarah Burke, is in a coma after a bad fall during halfpipe training in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 10.)

When Amazon announced in January that Nashville had made the list of 20 finalists being considered for its second North American headquarters, city leaders cheered.

When Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM (ibm), strolled across the atrium connecting her company's New York City office building and Trump Tower for a meeting with the President - elect's incoming administration and tech industry leaders last month, she had a report in hand.

Second, in many cities, the Amazon bid brought together unprecedented coalitions of government officials, startup community leaders, and corporate executives.

Chapman's list of speaking engagements includes Conscious Capitalism events, the 2016 US Congressional Retreat, WorldBlu, CEO Global Leaders Forum, International City Managers Association, the AME International Conference, Institute for Healthcare Consumerism Forum, TEDxScottAFB, Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence International Conference, HERO Forum for Employee Health Management, Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership's International Conference, St. Louis Business Journal's Salute to the Top 150 Privately Held Companies and to numerous Fortune 500 company leadership teams.

The city, like the rest of the U.S., was stuck in a decades - long entrepreneurial slump that had left its economy dependent on a handful of big, staid corporations — corporations that were pulling up stakes to head overseas at a rate that alarmed local leaders.

A week after Amazon sent cities across North America scrambling to compete for the e-commerce giant's second headquarters, Philadelphia government leaders are beginning to settle on three locations to pitch most forcefully as the nucleus of a vast regional presence for the Seattle company: The Schuylkill Yards and uCity Square sites in West Philadelphia and South Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

a table for students) and PC Leadership breakfast), Chamber of Commerce luncheon ticket (Enbridge), Oilers tickets (Cenovus, ATB Financial, Ferus), State of the City address ticket (Edmonton Chamber of Commerce), PC Leader's Dinner (KatchKan), Stampede 2016 tickets (Encana), State of the City Lunch (Capital Power).

After visiting the capital city of Bamako last fall as part of the IMF's ongoing review of its credit program there, Boriana Yontcheva, the leader of the IMF team, said in a prepared release that «the macroeconomic outlook remains broadly positive, but the economy faces increasing downside risks going forward, notably due to the volatile security situation.»

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The first of these stores is set to open in early 2017 in Baltimore, MD, where Starbucks has been working with local community, civic and business leaders with the collective goal of addressing the opportunity gap facing the city's young men and women.

EMERYVILLE, CA and NEW YORK, April 23, 2018 — Harvest Properties, a full service commercial real estate investment, development, and management firm («Harvest») and an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. («Cerberus»), a global leader in alternative investing, announced today that they have acquired DC Station, an office property located in Daly City, California.

Today the Ontario Federation of Labour and CUPE Ontario published calculations I prepared of how Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak» s promise to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs will be felt at the local level, on cities and communities across the province.

As founder and organizer of the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summits (held in eight cities around the world each year), Jim is the undisputed leader in marketing metrics.

The City of Calgary encourages all Calgarians to look to their neighbours, colleagues, community leaders and local organizations or businesses for those who could qualify as recipients of the Calgary Awards.

He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as «Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year» (2011); and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017).

But nationalism against the backdrop of massive overcapacity, a depreciated Chinese currency, and widespread frustrations about environmental degradations (for example, heavy smog in a number of cities)-- to mention just the more salient issues — has the potential to lead to backlash against Chinese leaders.