Sentences with phrase «majority of business leaders»
A majority of business leaders think the vote for Brexit is bad for them, and as a result plans for investment and hiring are being put on hold or scaled back.»
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Even in Russia, a majority of business leaders are saying that they feel they need to take climate change seriously.
In these strange times, we need the majority of business leaders to accept a higher level of accountability for reviving the economy, through commitment, innovation and a broader view of success that includes contributing to the island's social and economic advancement.
The majority of business leaders surveyed want our securities regulators to catch fraudsters with greater regularity, and want Canadian courts to impose tougher sentences on white - collar criminals.
Not exact matches
Surprisingly, the survey also found 41 percent of small - business leaders would be skeptical of artificial intelligence's ability to accurately help with their administrative tasks, even though the majority of them spent two or more hours per day on admin work.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., flanked by SBA Administrator Linda McMahon (left) and Sen. Jim Risch, R - Idaho, speaks at an event in the Capitol with small - business advocates to highlight the importance of tax reform to America's small businesses on Nov. 28, 2017.
Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.
«It's not surprising to anybody who knows Rob that he's avoided the squabbles and turf battles that have consumed so many others in this White House,» Brian McGuire, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, told Business Insider.
Despite this, a majority of US healthcare businesses lack a cybersecurity leader.
Xerox's plan to merge its business with Fujifilm of Japan looks to be increasingly in jeopardy, as its chairman, its chief executive and a majority of its board members said they would resign in favor of a slate of new leaders favored by shareholders opposing the deal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., flanked by, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, left, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R - Miss., speaks to a group of small business owners as Republicans work to pass their sweeping tBusiness Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, left, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R - Miss., speaks to a group of small business owners as Republicans work to pass their sweeping tbusiness owners as Republicans work to pass their sweeping tax bill.
Rule # 2: «The majority boast a strong visionary leader at the heart of the business, who excels at hiring and retaining the right people» OT: Many business centre operators have grown with the industry, evolving and adapting in - line with client needs.
Speaking at a party retreat, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told his colleagues that the party had spent too much time talking about the concerns of business owners and entrepreneurs and not enough about the concerns of that majority who were not (and in many cases did not want to be) busiMajority Leader Eric Cantor told his colleagues that the party had spent too much time talking about the concerns of business owners and entrepreneurs and not enough about the concerns of that majority who were not (and in many cases did not want to be) busimajority who were not (and in many cases did not want to be) business....
As Knickerbocker noted earlier today, this comes on the heels of the Senate Democrats» efforts to create so - called «councils» of labor, business and LGBT leaders, offering exclusive access to members of the majority conference for the low, low price of $ 50,000 to $ 25,000.
Nonetheless, foreign students are worth at least # 8 billion a year to the British economy, the fees they pay essential to the funding of the majority of our universities, with the added benefit of future links between foreign business, government and civil society leaders with the UK.
A range of business groups on Tuesday backed Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's push to make the state's cap on annual property tax increases permanent.
Tracking allows the majority leader — with unanimous consent or the agreement of the minority leader — to have more than one bill pending on the floor as unfinished business.
The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Sunday night told a group of statewide business leaders it was «not unreasonable» to ask New York City to pay more for transit given a $ 4 billion surplus.
Sen. John Bonacic, the lone member of the Republican conference to call for then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno to give up his leadership post after learning of the FBI's probe into his outside business interests, released a statement this evening calling Bruno's two - year sentence «appropriate.»
Daniel B. Walsh, the former Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly, joined The Business Council in May of 1987, and became President of the Council upon Mr. Schuler's retirement in 1988.
Although the team is a diverse mix of Republicans, Democrats, business, religious and community leaders, the county legislature's GOP majority already has compiled a list of 14 transition members who gave a total of more than $ 60,000 to Curran's campaign.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday also unveiled a package of tax cuts aimed at businesses and older homeowners.
His appointment to serve as Assembly Majority Leader will undoubtedly strengthen the voice of Upstate taxpayers and businesses,» said Unshackle Executive Director Brian Sampson.
Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»
New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ
Support for the main line project came just as Majority Leader John Flanagan was being pushed by a campaign launched by the business - backed Long Island Association and labor groups criticizing the lack of an agreement on the project.
The business - backed Long Island Association and labor unions are planning what sources described as a «sizeable» ad purchase to criticize Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan over the lack of an agreement for a $ 1.9 billion project to upgrade the Long Island Railroad.
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos confirmed that he's the target of an investigation, after the New York Times reported that US Attorney Preet Bharara has convened a grand jury that is looking into some of the Senator's business dealings, as well as those of his son.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, over a four - day period, repeatedly ducked and dodged after The Post asked the simple question of whether he's representing legal clients who have business before state government.
For nearly an hour, assistant U.S. attorney Tatiana Martins told a jury of nine women and three men of the power Dean Skelos, the former senate majority leader, had amassed in Albany and how he used his position to «strong - arm businesses that depended on his vote in the Senate.»
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos confirmed that he's the target of an investigation, after The New York Times reported that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has convened a grand jury that is looking into some of the senator's business dealings, as well as those of his son.
Delivering the business statement for next week on the floor of Parliament, Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, indicated that the House will take a decision on Mr. Amidu's nomination next week.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The deputy majority leader of the New York State Senate said Thursday he does not think the Senate will pass a $ 15 an hour minimum wage this year because it would hurt small businesses.
State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle of Irondequoit, a Democrat, and State Sen. Pam Helming of Canandaigua, a Republican, say the package includes $ 15 million for residential property owners, $ 25 million for small businesses, farms and some other categories and $ 25 million for municipalities.
Kaminsky won an April special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted after he was found guilty on charges of using his official power to aid his son's business interests.
Kaminsky was first elected in a special election in April to fill the unexpired term of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican who was ousted after being convicted on charges of using his official powers to aid his son's business interests.
GOP senators want a number of issues to be part of any minimum wage package, including lowering workers compensation and unemployment expenses for business, providing tax breaks for small companies and excluding some kinds of employers from the wage increase mandates, said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.
The founder of the struggling environmental services company at the heart of the federal corruption case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, testified at their trial yesterday that days after Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, the senator provided valuable business intelligence that the company felt would be helpful.
The Long Island Association, the region's largest business organization, is shuffling the speakers» roster for its annual «state of the counties» breakfast on Jan. 13 with the Nassau and Suffolk county executives in favor of State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and two town supervisors.
Speaking while unveiling a road project in Modele - Mathew Street and solar powered street lights in Modele - Mathew Street, Randle Avenue and Fred Anyiam Street in Surulere, constructed by Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, Ambode said the hospitality and entertainment business which the area had always been known for, would be revived and scaled up to actualise the plan for the massive development of the axis.
But even an intense bipartisan lobbying campaign from fellow elected officials, business leaders and members of Congress did little to sway the Republican majority in the State Senate.
- Ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R - Rensselaer) got hundreds of thousands of dollars through consulting companies he controlled from firms doing business with the state.
According to the Albany Times Union, earlier this week the chairman of the state Association of School Business Officials sent a letter to Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, explaining that flat funding due to low inflation could lead to layoffs and program cuts.
Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan was cool to the potential of packaging a business - based tax cut with a hike in the state's minimum wage on Tuesday, calling for a «full - blown separate discussion» on the issues.
Said Heather Briccetti, acting president and CEO of the Business Council of New York, «The Business Council commends Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Silver for coming to a bipartisan agreement that will encourage job creation and economic development, reduce the tax burden on middle - income New Yorkers and small businesses, and assist those communities devastated by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Already, 100 business leaders supported the continuation of austerity in The Telegraph, but a clear majority of the leading economists does not, instead arguing that it harms growth.
Top, federal agents seized records from the Soundview HealthCare Network in the Bronx as part of an inquiry into business and political activities of the Senate majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., above, who defended himself against civil charges.
Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu, who is in charge of government business in the House, in a recent interview on TV3 expressed skepticism government will be able to fulfill all its promises within four years.
Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo joined Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown, members of the Western New York State Delegation, Erie County Legislators, Buffalo Common Council Members, representatives of diverse sectors including tourism, business, education, cultural institutions, health care and developmental disability advocates at a rally at Kleinhan's Music Hall to voice their support for enabling ridesharing companies to operate throughout New York.