Sentences with phrase «number of state governments»

Inc. paid out more than US$ 20 million to settle a class action and consumer protection claims brought forward by a number of state governments, over the health benefits it attributed to its yogurt and a dairy drink product (In 2013, it settled a similar class action proceeding in Quebec, where it is known as Danone Inc., for an estimated $ 1.7 million, without admitting any wrongdoing).

In addition to these federal programs, an increasing number of state governments are establishing incentives for solar — and other forms of renewable energy.

Not exact matches

The federal government still classifies marijuana as an illegal drug, even as a growing number of states are legalizing its use.

Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, doubts about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, the need to obtain additional funding, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

The state government has invited the public to have a say on red tape reform through its #ShredTheRed campaign, while highlighting a number of efficiency improvements in the transport sector.

Claims of a massive cost blowout for Perth's new stadium have been denied by the state government, which says the latest estimate of $ 1.6 billion simply reflects a different way of presenting the numbers.

The state government has introduced a number of red tape cuts expected to save Western Australians about $ 150 million over the next five years.

The WACA has revealed the nine - figure number it has asked the state government to contribute for a proposed $ 207 million redevelopment of the East Perth cricket ground.

The state government has awarded building and construction contracts to a number of local businesses, including Perkins Builders, with the combined value of the contracts worth about $ 37.3 million.

The state government has unveiled a number of initiatives aimed at boosting tourism in Western Australia, including changes to cruise ship gambling rules and a $ 7.2 million promotion deal with Qantas.

The company is now present in 19 states in India, and is working with state governments to reduce the rising number of underemployment and unemployment workforce.

A number of senior officials in the Trump government, however, argue that WikiLeaks is not a press organization at all, but a «non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia,» as CIA director Joe Pompeo referred to it in a recent speech.

Additionally, a number of states such as Colorado and Louisiana require contractors to use the program in order to receive government contracts.

But there no question of any EU «boots on the ground» in Libya, which has become a main launching point for people traffickers since being plunged into chaos with two rival governments and a significant number of Islamic State militants, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said last week.

Well, although a number of states have stringent concealed carry laws, Illinois was the only state in the nation with such a sweeping ban, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The information did not include highly sensitive information like Social Security numbers, and much of it was publicly available voter - registration data provided by state government officials, a company spokesman told Business Insider on Tuesday.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Quebec's Liberal government adopted the requirement in 2011 that boards of state - owned enterprises include an equal number of women and men, thereby legislating «gender parity» for that group.

(12) According to research from National Australia Bank, whose numbers contradict the government's, of new housing stock in Victoria (the state containing Melbourne), 18.1 per cent went to foreign buyers and in New South Wales (the state containing Sydney) the share was 13.1 per cent.

Finally, the Speech from the Throne stated that the Government would «work with provinces and territories» in a number of areas, including credential recognition, labour market mobility, removal of trade barriers, among others.

Asked to comment on its escalating number of foreclosures and the weakened state of the government insurance fund, CIT spokeswoman Gina Proia provided this statement via email: «We service reverse mortgage loans in accordance with HUD guidelines and when there are changes to those guidelines, we adapt our process to align with the requirements.»

One feature hindering investment in both the NSW and Queensland coal industries is the fragmented ownership of the supply - chain assets; a large number of mines share mostly state - government - owned rail and port infrastructure.

One forum for this type of discussion is the April 2013 Pacific Energy Summit, co-sponsored by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and the U.S. - based National Bureau of Asian Research, that will bring together private sector, government and policy leaders from a number of Asian countries, as well as the United States and Canada, to discuss how to forge trans - Pacific co-operation for this new energy era.

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.

In its paper, the BPP Group raises a number of concerns regarding the hard regulatory approach suggested by the Directive proposals and calls upon the European Commission, Parliament and national governments to support the proportionate, principles - based approach to service supplier oversight overwhelmingly supported by shareholders that is embodied in the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis, stating that «unwarranted or disproportionate legislation may inhibit the provision of independent information and services that assist investors in the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.»

HPE declined to disclose the size of its business in Russia, but Russian government tender records show ArcSight is now used by a number of state firms and companies close to the Kremlin, including VTB Bank and the Rossiya Segodnya media group.

The committee will be chaired by the Special Secretary (Economic Affairs) and will include a diverse group of representatives from a number of government bodies including, but not limited to: the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the State Bank of India, and Indian policy think - tank NITI Aayog.

-- State Attorney General Xavier Becerra on the federal government report filed Monday detailing numbers of Dreamers who have been able to renew their status — and are guaranteed two more years of DACA protection: «As a result of the nationwide injunction we secured, at least 30,000 Dreamers who have renewed their DACA status — our colleagues, our classmates, our teachers — can go home to their loved ones at night and keep helping build a better America.

Christians are «targeted by the highest number of governments in the Asia - Pacific region, where 33 countries harassed Christians in 2015,» Pew stated.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR number 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars and physicians... lawyers, so crime per physicians can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!of lawyers or what are liars and physicians... lawyers, so crime per physicians can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!!!

Indeed, the list of Third World governments committed to the goal of shaping the demographic pattern of their societies seems to cover the political spectrum, including not only dictatorships and one - party states (Haiti, Indonesia), but also monarchies (Morocco, Nepal) and a number of genuine constitutional democracies (such as Barbados and Botswana).

COMING NEXT... LEARN TRUTH ABOUT DAVID DUKE OR OBAMA OR RATHER US GOVERNMENT — 70 YEARS OLD NEWS (including Eastern European Ethnic cleansing for the sake of Slavic super state or Soviet Union number two).

This is almost exactly equal to the number of Afrikaners spread all over the country but concentrated in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, the high veldt of the northeast, the center for mining, finance, and government administration.

Financing for the CBDOs» work comes not only from state and local governments, but from private financial intermediaries whose work has been characterized as a «curious blend of social investment and business discipline» and that have grown steadily in the «80s in numbers and sophistication.

Due to this, a number of avowedly Marxist governments in the twentieth century, such as the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, implemented rules introducing state atheism.

A number of good examples already exist, whether that is Marine Stewardship Council's longstanding focus on regional fisheries as the certification unit, the Alliance for Water Stewardship's approach to watershed - level management, Rainforest Alliance measuring conservation outcomes across regions with a prevalence of certified enterprises, or the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil partnering with state - level governments to move whole jurisdictions towards certifiable production.

A number of state and territory governments have invested in public education campaigns to reduce food waste.

There are a number of agreements in place between the Commonwealth and state governments around the use of Commonwealth environmental water.

According to the report, governments and organizations across Europe, Africa and the United States have taken a number of notable steps over the past year, but — considering the enormous scope of the food loss and waste challenge — much more is needed worldwide.

If a state government tried to fine the NCAA, the organization could retaliate in any number of ways.

If you are involved in a private youth sports program which plays on publicly - owned fields, diamonds, rinks, or courts, or are in local government, you have probably been hearing a lot lately about what is being dubbed the «power of the permit»: the authority municipalities and towns around the country are using to condition use of their athletic facilities by private programs on compliance with state concussion safety laws from which they would otherwise be exempt, or, in an increasing number of instances, to fill gaps in their state's law.

Every state and the US government releases annual statistics on the number of births and the number of neonatal deaths (not to mention a myriad of other health issues).

I've filed as a sole proprietor with the State of MN and have been given all the nifty government IRS numbers to pay taxes.

The Government's statement issued today states that: The Finance Bill introduced in March 2017 provided for a number of changes to tax legislation that were withdrawn from the Bill after the calling of the general election.

And this Al - Monitor (a media site focused on Middle East which was accused of following «the agenda of the Iranian and Syrian governments and Hezbollah») article details a bit more the military budget and the growing trend of Iran's military spendings, although it does not state the current total defense budget and its numbers are considerably lower than SIPRI's for the past years, maybe because the fiscal year used in this article begins near 20th March:

This doesn't begin to account for the large number of Catholic Majority countries that will have their citizens petition their governments hard to rally (The United States is one of the few Christian Majority Nations with a Catholic Minority... the rest are usually reversed).

«We demand that the governor of Lagos State should direct relevant government agencies to adequately compensate these traders as anything short of that, Ndigbo will henceforth, consider Ambode, as their arch-enemy number one.»

At the same time, the number of jobs have not recovered to pre-recession levels, regulatory reform is being implemented at a sluggish pace and the state and city governments are increasingly relying on the revenue generated by Wall Street.

Second, a number of opposition MPs — who might have been expected to oppose legislation that empowers government censorship — backed the bill, against the stated position of their party leaders.

• Rightsizing Government: Saying that redesigning New York State government is essential to rebuilding the state's economy, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 2Government: Saying that redesigning New York State government is essential to rebuilding the state's economy, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 20 perState government is essential to rebuilding the state's economy, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 2government is essential to rebuilding the state's economy, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 20 perstate's economy, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order creating the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 2Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission to make state government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 20 perstate government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 2government more accountable and efficient by reducing the number of agencies, authorities, and commissions by 20 percent.