Sentences with phrase «minority business issues»

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Hughes» words, action and leadership issue a strong, clear and distinct call for full support of minority supplier development as an absolute business imperative for establishing and maintaining success in the global supply chain.

At issue were comments O'Luck made on the Times» City Room blog in February 2009, in which he said that if government programs that benefit businesses owned by women and minorities weren't around «white men and the connected would have access to nearly 100 % of all city, state, and federal government dollars spent.»

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), the only black female New York congressional lawmaker, told Observer that she was motivated by issues at the federal level which affect her community, including comprehensive immigration reform and minority - and women - owned businesses.

And as other people have already pointed out, this would be «good for business» because the market solution of catering to a minority for excessive profit would be wide open, while in no way, shape, or form actually doing anything to solve the social issue of widespread discrimination against a minority.

Comptroller Stringer discussed critical policy issues facing New York City — from the need to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour to increasing Minority and Women - Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) participation in city contracting.

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

Woodward's attempt to present the concern as an issue troubling only a minority of MPs was followed by Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, seen as Brown's deputy prime minister in all but name, who issued a statement through a spokesman in which he stressed that the prime minister «continues to have the support of his colleagues».

At 10 a.m., Sen. Diane Savino will hold a hearing to examine issues faced by minority and women - owned businesses seeking credit and capital.

«How do we streamline and improve the effort to get minority - owned businesses a fair shake in Albany County, not that they don't right now, but let's take a look at that and see how we can improve that as well, and just bring those issues to the forefront for me so that I have visibility on it after they caucus.

Ken Warner, upstate political director for Working Families, said Nicoletti has a long history of supporting progressive issues, including the hiring of minority and women owned businesses.

GOVERNOR CUOMO ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING MINORITY - AND WOMEN - OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE TEAM Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued an executive order establishing a team to explore ways to meet his goal of expanding minority - and women - owned business enterprise (M / WBE) participation in state contracting to 20 MINORITY - AND WOMEN - OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE TEAM Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued an executive order establishing a team to explore ways to meet his goal of expanding minority - and women - owned business enterprise (M / WBE) participation in state contracting to 20 minority - and women - owned business enterprise (M / WBE) participation in state contracting to 20 percent.

While traditional publishers (actually, the top end publishers) are fighting over business and legal issues, like any big business, you adapt and work with what works — eBooks still represent a minority in sales, but it is rapidly catching up to print, and by all accounts, has already passed hardcover (which has been in decline in a slow death since the advent of paperbacks and trade paperbacks in the 40s and 50s).

Though I'm a little astonished to see it's business as usual in the UK, considering the Kennedy loan issues in Ireland... But FRM's a small company — there's far more upside for David Kennedy to try raise new equity / rebuild the company (vs. screwing existing minority shareholders).

Our expertise includes advising officers, boards of directors, shareholders, and special litigation committees on a wide range of business disputes, including fiduciary duties, employment issues with minority and majority shareholders, executive compensation, corporate freeze - outs, direct and derivative claims by shareholders, internal investigations and other aspects of corporate governance.

At the beginning of 2018, he was selected for inclusion in the inaugural issue of the 2017 List of Most Influential Minority Lawyers in Chicago by Crain's Chicago Business Custom Media.

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