Sentences with phrase «narrow the interest of»

When the interests of successive layers of management are «aligned» in this manner, the corporation may become so biased toward the narrow interests of its current shareholders that it fails to meet the requirements of its customers or other constituencies.

As such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groups.

How many noble causes are frustrated by quarrels that express the narrow interests of the parties more than genuine differences in belief about how to move forward!

Coontz misstates the historical record to give the impression that marriage has typically not been a province of law and only became such in an effort to preserve the narrow interests of certain powerful sects of society: wealthy parents in requiring parental consent, Catholic authoritarians in proscribing divorce, and Southern racists in preventing miscegenation.

Although the participants admittedly came to the table viewing football and concussion safety through the prism of their own experience and advancing the narrow interests of the organizations they represented, the roundtable was a valuable exercise, even though I'm pretty sure almost everyone left the meeting still hewing to the same views they had coming in.

Putting the narrow interests of the Conservative Party above those of the country, Cameron led parliamentarians to abnegate their responsibilities as elected representatives.

USAID established that «drug money skews political competition, giving advantage to capital and the narrow interests of drug traffickers over formal state institutions and the broader public».

The book's major thesis is that large - scale water projects are driven by power interests, purporting to serve national goals, while in reality serving the narrower interests of the wealthy.

Unionized collective bargaining might also have addressed those issues, but it would have been done mostly behind closed doors and would have been accompanied by provisions to protect the narrow interests of the unions at the expense of the public interest.

In the end, I remain confident that the needs of humanity will prevail against the narrow interests of a few short - sighted wealth holders.

In addition, when EV owners are encouraged to charge their vehicles overnight (such as with the Ontario government's recently - announced program to provide free overnight charging) the overnight surplus base - load power capacity offers a way to marry broad public policy and societal benefits to the more narrow interests of the individual, in the form of «free fuel» alternatives for making this environmentally beneficial choice.

And all of it is done in the narrow interest of business, which is to make money.

TreeHugger: In your speech to the conference you said, «Business is the most powerful force in our society today Business has incredible power and influence over our society, all of which [it uses] in the narrow interest of business, which is to make money We would not tolerate that from any other major entity in society, but it's okay for business.»

Alaska needs to lead the effort to combat global warming, not continue to protect the narrow interests of the extractive energy companies.

The Wall Street Journal - February 11, 1998 The Wall Street Journal reported on this case in which I successfully represented a shipping company, which defeated the narrow interests of insurance defense attorneys, in a lawsuit where attorneys for U.S. insurance companies were seeking to compel all foreign shipping companies to litigate claims, regarding damages to goods shipped by sea, in U.S. Courts, regardless of where the damage occurred, or the home country of the ship involved or of its owners.

As a result, strategy is fragmented and often reflects the narrow interests of powerful individuals, rather than the proactive pursuit of best opportunities available to the organization as a whole.

«Homes with pools can narrow the interest of buyers, particularly when they have young children, says Hannah.

Not exact matches

This generation's politicians believe they can finally turn the page on the narrow nationalist interests of past eras, and tackle their problems together — a task that is as laudable as it is immense.

Still, while those with less gold - plated resumes need to think more carefully, Kalt's piece is a refreshing reminder that talent generally shows through — and generally the best way to develop your talent is to follow you interests instead of trying to stick to a narrow, pre-described career path.

You'll notice there seemed to be a dip in interest in 2013, but that's because they changed the definition of podcast listening to a more narrow scope in their research.

«If you're creating unique, or highly stylized capital structures, the more unique that structure, the narrower the audience of people that would be interested in being part of that group.»

This list underscores the surprisingly narrow scope of even the White House's opening bid on tax reform, before the special interests swarm in to protect the deductions they use.

Asking them to spend a bunch of time with investors may not be in the best interest of your company, so I would limit that activity to once you've narrowed your search down to the firm you want to work with.

(Heffernan touches on the big - picture disservice in the media's insidious practice of narrowing our horizons for profit, rather than expanding them in the public interest: «[Media companies] know that when we buy a newspaper or a magazine, we aren't looking for a fight... The search for what is familiar and comfortable underlies our media consumption habits in just the same way as it makes us yearn for Mom's mac»n' cheese.»)

The tail - end of this period saw rapidly rising inflation and interest rates, but it's worth noting that the risk premium hasn't always been quite so narrow (stocks were up 10.5 % per year in that time).

Higher interest rates and compressing cap rates have increased the cost of capital and narrowed investment spreads for medical office - focused REITs, prompting Stifel to downgrade three...

It would have almost no impact on U.S. interest rates, except to the extent perhaps of a slight narrowing of credit spreads to balance a slight increase in riskless rates.

Higher interest rates and compressing cap rates have increased the cost of capital and narrowed investment spreads for medical office - focused REITs, prompting Stifel to downgrade three stocks in the space.

Once you've narrowed down a list of lenders to the few that offer the least expensive interest rates, it will require looking at other factors to make a final decision.

In addition, these low ownership thresholds would make it easier for stockholders with a special interest to use the company's proxy materials to publicize and campaign for their narrow agenda rather than the long - term best interests of all our stockholders.

Right now, as you approach full employment, the odds of having to raise interest rates are [narrowing], and so, if you want to get ahead of that and manage that risk [of having to move] late and steep, then you are going to have to start moving earlier.

The OCC's findings are consistent with more recent surveys: The Fed's October survey of senior U.S. loan officers found a growing number loosening standards for commercial and industrial loans, often by narrowing the spread between the interest rate on the loan and the cost of funds to the bank.

The normalisation of interest rates by the Fed is therefore expected to result in a narrowing of the interest rate differential between the two countries, especially at the short end.

The most effective way to weaken the currency is through a narrowing of the short - term interest rate differential between the US and Canada.

Canada needs to stand united as a country and to be more than just a collection of provinces, each focused solely on their own narrow interests.

Since March, however, the currency has fallen back to around the middle of its recent trading range as the degree of optimism about commodity prices receded and on the expectation that interest rate differentials relative to the US would narrow.

Preliminary results for 2012 suggest that total assets shrank slightly to 10.1 billion forints ($ 43 million), while operating profits dropped by 6 % as a result of lower interest income caused by narrowing margins and the early repayment of foreign currency mortgages.

Instead, he presents his proposal in the terms of a labor - union manifesto: «It is long past time for faculty members to rise above narrow self - interest, give up the doctrine of academic exceptionalism, and agree to the same terms of employment as everyone else in the workforce.»

Too many progressive Christian books I see, even if I find them agreeable, are imo just too shallow and narrow, as if trying to appeal to the same kind of shallow interests groups as those of of the mass pop Christian evangelical culture.

Voxovreeson The art, then, is to either find enough voters that share your narrow self - interests, or fake enough interest in the narrow self - interests of a large enough group to ensure being elected.

The explosion in information, the need for increasingly specialized skills to acquire or understand that information, and the resulting emergence of a professionalized faculty more interested in their narrow research programs than the general education of students: these have led, the canonicists argue, to a dangerous «dispersal of authority,» to a «loss of integrity in the bachelor's degree» (ICC; TM).

The introduction to process theology which David Griffin and I wrote together in 1975 as a summary of where we had come accurately reflects the interests and concerns that had dominated our reflection prior to that time.11 Political interests, in the narrower sense of political, were consciously omitted because we had not engaged them sufficiently to have anything distinctive to say.

If the economic reform measures in India have therefore been sponsored by a tiny, though exceptionally powerful and influential, minority which is pursuing them to safeguard and promote its own narrow interests, they are unlikely to be of benefit to the bulk of the people, in spite of claims that they are not only necessary and inevitable, but also in the national interest.

By prizing open spaces for all cultures - not patronizingly, but because they represent humanity's endowment - we can reverse the retreat into enclaves of narrow self - interest and the seclusion of identity politics.

They thought our political establishment adequate to their interests, and they toggled back and forth between Democrat and Republican on the basis of a fairly narrow range of issues.

For them the critical rhetoric may simply reinforce the narrow individualism and concern with self - interest that is the underside of the old American tradition, but now with few ethical restraints, because the older social justifications have lost their legitimacy.

Of course, one might argue that the home schoolers» activism is too narrow and self - interested to count as social capital.

Not drunkenness, adultery, or theft, but self - love, self - righteousness, self - seeking, the will to power and prestige, unkindness, anger and vindictiveness, irresponsibility, complacency before the suffering of the world, willful narrowing of vision to the interests of one's own family, community, race, or nation are among the major sins of most people.

When biblical scholars have interested themselves in ethical studies, they have tended to focus on rather specific, narrow topics: social justice, the status of women, war, vengeance, property rights, ecological concern for nature and the like.

Unless they are actively working to change things from within, which most are not, it is out of laziness and narrow self - interest (nice place for a wedding, pretty communion dresses for the kids) over caring about vital international aid issues and healthcare or gender equality.