Sentences with phrase «of federal attention»

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Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

As fears of a global trade war capture the attention of investors, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is turning a watchful eye to something that has been largely swept under the rug: the Federal Reserve's unprecedented monetary tightening and the impact it could have on markets.

Those lackluster test scores have caught the attention of the federal government, and the Trump Administration has proposed $ 200 million in STEM - focused grant funding.

In the States, U.S. stocks came under slight pressurearound Europe's market close, as investors turned their attention to a testimony from Jerome Powell, the new chair of the Federal Reserve.

In a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reports.

Despite that reversal, UPS maintains that its denial of Young's light duty request was lawful at the time and that its policy change is voluntary and not required by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.The Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief supporting UPS, calling attention to companies that offer pregnant employees «more than what federal law compels them to provide.»

Other popular indicators of this sort include the skirt - length indicator and the attention paid to the ties worn by Alan Greenspan (the Federal Reserve Board's former chairman).

The threat of a global trade war, which has caught the attention of investors in a big way, is also a concern for the Federal Reserve.

We're now approaching the end of that «next term,» and the budget is pretty close to being balanced, so we're now seeing increased attention to TFSAs as we get closer to the 2015 federal budget.

Tyco picked up half the bill for the Roman - Empire - themed 40th birthday party on the island of Sardinia, attracting the attention of federal prosecutors in Manhattan, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2002.

When the Federal Reserve Board released data from its 2013 Survey Consumer Finance (SCF), most of the attention focused on the growing gap between rich and poor.

When accountants get a reputation for inept audits or less - than - pristine standards, state and federal tax authorities may focus their attention on all of the firm's clients.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal blog Independent Street, she outlined Magic's qualifications, as summarized by reporter Kelly Spors: «He's started a string of successful businesses, could draw celebrity attention to a stodgy federal agency, cares about helping the disadvantaged and urban revitalization and aligns himself with smart people.»

HERERA: And, Bill, those rising costs are likely catching the attention of those Federal Reserve policymakers as they began their two - day meeting on interest rates.

The provision of the bill that has garnered the most attention is one that would raise the threshold at which banks are subject to certain federal oversight, including stress tests that measure a bank's ability to withstand an economic downturn.

That's why the collective attention of the federal political parties is increasingly turning to setting the stage for the October 2019 campaign — including talk of updating Canada's election laws.

In an otherwise ho - hum statement from the Federal Reserve, economists and strategists have focused their attention on the introduction of the word...

It has come to my attention that some economists claim that our sovereign federal government is more or less powerless to kickstart the economy because of our great dependence on the United States and therefore should do next to nothing: «Mr. Orr and other economists urged Ottawa to ignore pleas to boost stimulus spending further -LSB-...]

In 1969, it came to the attention of the federal government and the public that there were 155 tax return filers with incomes of $ 200,000 — equivalent to an annual income of more than $ 1.3 million in today's dollars — who paid no federal income tax.

Kaplan echoed those sentiments in February: ``... as we make further progress in removing accommodation, I believe we should be turning our attention to a discussion of how we might begin the process of reducing the size of the Federal Reserve balance sheet.»

He does so in front of school kids and that's a clue: Primary education is a provincial responsibility, but it was symbolic of where much federal attention is focused these days, on funding matters in, or of relevance to the provinces.

Except that in his Tuesday budget speech, Morneau told the story of Joan, from Algonquin College, and thus another tip to federal attention — higher education, which also happens to be a provincial and constitutional responsibility.

The Federal Reserve's (Fed) widely anticipated decision this week to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade has garnered plenty of attention, especially from those concerned over the possible negative economic impact of rate increases.

Market attention was focused on forecasting the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) path for raising interest rates while expecting other central banks to continue to be accommodative, specifically the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan.

The threat of a trade war loomed over Jerome H. Powell's inaugural speech as Federal Reserve chairman on Friday in Chicago, even as he tried to focus attention on the fundamental strength of the American economy.

-- Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, and Bank of England governor Mark Carney take part in a panel discussion at an ECB forum in Portugal; Wall Street will also pay attention to May pending home sales, May personal spending figures, and earnings news from General Mills, Monsanto, and Pier 1.

The previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37 - page letter last year that triggered the internal probe and drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who are still investigating.

The collective collapse of stock markets and commodity prices has turned attention back to the Federal Reserve and the possibility of a U.S. rate hike in September.

The threat to the Union and the necessity of financing a huge war tended to center more attention and power in the hands of the Federal Government.

Worse, their several visits to Richard Butler's Aryan Nations compound drew the attentions of the federal government.

The founding of the Federal Council of Churches in 1908 received considerable attention, and the CENTURY reported its activities on behalf of social justice with sympathy and appreciation.

In support of The Federal Government of Somalia, on Tuesday the United Kingdom and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened an event in London to draw urgent attention to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the need for a swift and substantial response.

Bush even draws attention to the unique difficulties that present itself to the federal government as a democratic body that represents a constituency with diverse moral worldviews and that therefore has a «duty to exercise responsible stewardship of taxpayer funds».

As a result, U.S. companies exploring the expansion of food product lines into Brazil must give special attention to the complex federal, state and local regulatory schemes.

And while there has been media attention directed toward Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison for their opposition to the Chinese sale, there has been support from the Greens for a more rigorous assessment of foreign investor sales of agriculture.

In early 2004 and again in 2006 Animals Australia investigators visited Kuwait and brought the brutal treatment of sheep and cattle in Kuwait at the Shuwaikh abattoir and the Al Rai livestock market to the attention of the Federal government and live export industry.

Oddities tended to attract an undue share of public attention: there was amusement over the King and Queen of England eating hot dogs while visiting President Roosevelt at Hyde Park; outrage when the President changed the date of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23; excitement when Al Capone was released from a federal penitentiary after serving more than seven years for income tax evasion.

But that doesn't seem to stop most of them, until, at least, their claims attract the attention of the Federal Trade Commission.

I get it that JO has brought more attention to the school food issue, but it is so often the wrong kind of attention, the kind that seeks to blame those lowest on the food chain — the cafeteria ladies, the local schools, the local nutrition director — for problems which are coming from the top — the criminally low Federal funding that forces schools to rely on cheap processed food; the thicket of government regulation which must be followed no matter how senseless, and hoops which must be jumped through to get the pitifully low reimbursement; the lack of ongoing Federal funds to pay for equipment repair or kitchen renovation, forcing schools to rely on preprocessed food instead of scratch cooking, unless they can pass the hat locally to pay for a central kitchen to cook fresh meals.

They make up a third of the nation's cash crop receipts — 50 percent of receipts if floriculture and greenhouse plant sales are counted — and, until now, they haven't drawn much federal money or attention.

The novelist meant to call attention to the working conditions of the immigrant but instead his work helped pressure the federal government into the Meat Inspection Act and eventually the beginnings of the Food and Drug Administration in 1930.

In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast - feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention - grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast - feed.

Advocates also brought attention to the fact that any cuts to HFNY funding would disqualify New York from applying for millions in federal aid for home visiting because the state is required to show a Maintenance of Effort in order to receive federal funding.

Omishore said, «The attention of the office of the President of the Senate has been drawn to demand for more details regarding the earnings of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The jury in the Joe Percoco federal corruption trial resumes its work today, after appearing to focus much of its attention last Friday on the low - show job given to Percoco's wife, Lisa, by a Maryland - based energy company, Competitive Power Ventures, which is behind a controversial new power plant in Orange County.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, has assured oil producing communities of Federal Government attention in response to their genuine complaints.

Long's release snarked that Gillibrand «took a break from her book club» (part of her Off the Sidelines campaign to get more women involved in politics) to tackle trade in hopes of deflecting attention from skyrocketing gas prices, the high unemployment rate, the growing federal deficit and lack of a federal budget for the past three years — the entire time Gillibrand has been a sentor.

According to the Minister, the Federal Government through the Ministry wants to pay attention to and resolve as many of such issues as possible in order to ensure that important life impacting projects are delivered on time for the benefit of the people.

Malliotakis sought to focus attention on recent testimony of de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz in the federal corruption trial of Norman Seabrook, in which Rechnitz said he donated large amounts of money to Mayor de Blasio in exchange for special treatment.

The incredible natural calamities occurring around the world have understandably taken away public attention from important policy decisions, such as the Trump Administration's move to end federal policy protecting the children of undocumented immigrants.