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IUCN has been dealing with these sorts of issues for years now, and so stands uniquely poised to help regulate de-extinction science's future.

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In an essay penned for the March 2018 issue of Vogue, Dunham revealed that she underwent a total hysterectomy to remove her uterus and cervix, after «years of complex surgeries measuring in the double digits» and trying alternative treatments.

The issue of mandatory arbitration for harassment cases gained national attention last year when former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued network president Roger Ailes over alleged sexual misconduct.

The company's Pratt & Whitney unit halted deliveries of its Geared Turbofan engine for the Airbus A320neo for almost a month this year, but the issues are coming under control and «we feel very good about the supply chain and our ability to support Airbus requirements,» CFO Akhil Johri said in an interview on Tuesday.

While various forms of software that allow users to block online advertisements have been around for a while, it only really became an issue last year after Apple started allowing such apps on its iOS platform.

It was not informed of any issues with its monitoring program for a period of years.

Problems with one of the 2013 models led BRP, in February of this year, to issue recall notices for 5,165 units due to excessive heat and a potential fire hazard when rolling at low speeds in high heat.

«I've been talking about this issue of off - duty conduct, and especially social media, for years now,» says Stuart Rudner, a founding partner at the law firm Rudner MacDonald LLP that specializes in employment law.

A letter to Bains from the Great White North Franchisee Association, a group representing at least half of the franchisees, cited commitments to maintain franchisee relationships, the rent and royalty structure for five years and existing employment levels at franchises across Canada as issues.

According to a New York Times report, Honda, one of the companies using the bags, and Takata knew about the dangerous airbags for years before disclosing it to the public and issuing recalls.

On Monday, the yen slid towards 99 per dollar, its lowest in nearly four years, as markets prepared for the BOJ to start buying about 70 percent of debt issued by the government.

This week's American Inventor highlighted Michael Osayi, a 53 - year - old call center employee who had developed a version of the beloved national pastime that substituted numerals through nine for variously valued letters and called some legal issues into question.

«If one of [the government's] commercial officers abroad thought you had a great startup idea, they would issue you a letter, and you could get a work permit for two years,» he explains.

And while that issue is newly top - of - mind for many voters, some bedrock economic policy issues also deserve attention from the candidates during their last in - person exchange of the year:

For years now, the issue of internet sales tax has been a lit match held to a public policy fuse.

The dispute began last year when the IRS issued a sweeping summons for Coinbase to turn over a vast amount of customer data, including every customer account as well as detailed transaction records.

Two panels slated for next year's SXSW Interactive --» SavePoint: A Discussion on the Gaming Community,» and «Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games» — deal with the issue of harassment in the gaming world.

His latest effort is aimed at the issue of youth unemployment, which is stuck at 12 percent for people 16 to 24 years of age.

These requests are a standard part of the process and ask the applicant for more information, but between January and November of last year, the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services department issued about 40 percent more requests than in all of 2016, according to data from the department.

The notice, which calls on local authorities to «create and refine platforms for exposing defaulted borrowers» by the end of the year, was jointly issued by China's Supreme People's Court, the Chinese Communist Party's Publicity Department and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, according to the state - run Xinhua News Agency.

For years, Uber has found itself in the middle of scandals — from issues with drivers to infringing on privacy.

Tighter regulation on bond markets has crimped appetite for bonds in the region, he said, noting that subscriptions for three government bonds issued at the end of last year lagged expectations.

Shortly after Mitt Romney's loss to Barack Obama that year, Trump had his lawyers trademark the slogan, «Make America Great Again» for «political action committee services, namely, promoting public awareness of political issues and fundraising in the field of politics,» The Washington Post reported last year.

Sexual harassment has been an issue that the company dealt with for years, but it took the very public firing of its CEO for American Apparel to address the issue.

And for many years that's been left at the door of the government when it's actually a broader issue than that.

Also last year, the Congressional Budget Office issued a report suggesting the bank may cost taxpayers money after all, using the fair - value accounting method, which accounts for market risks of the loans the agency makes.

She worked at Yahoo for more than a decade, fighting off a copyright infringement suit from Sony BMG, helping the company navigate issues of online privacy and working on deals like a Microsoft search agreement (which was just revised this year).

While the show has successfully taken on a number of issues important to the left in recent years, such as help for Puerto Rico following the devastating hurricane last year and warning against the prospect of a President Trump, the tactics used to respond to the Apu controversy largely came across as tone deaf.

Around this time last year, when Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, attempted to introduce «Qwikster,» a Netflix spin - off that would, essentially, just cost more money for customers, he addressed complaints, abandoned the effort, and he, too, issued an apology.

«Automakers have been working to mitigate distraction in vehicles since we developed the first set of distraction guidelines in 2003 — years before this issue entered the broader public debate and a full decade before NHTSA published its guidelines for vehicles,» said the Alliance of Automotive Makers, an automotive trade group made up of 12 car and light truck manufacturers including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM and Toyota.

David Madani of Capital Economics, who has issued warnings about the overpriced Canadian market for years, says more data would help, but adds the nature of Tal's paper is equally worrying.

Bank shareholders will need to ponder these issues, among others, as they weigh a set of proposals the AFL - CIO office of investment is now adding to bank proxies for next year.

In Pittsburgh, for example, the city council just assembled a housing task force this year to investigate the housing problem and issued a slate of recommendations in May, one that includes many of the strategies listed in the Furman Center report.

In the last year, the complexity of the issues we've seen has outstripped our existing processes for governing the community.

A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self - defeating drama that accompanied their far noisier retreat on the issue late last year.

But the policy issue boils down to this: CCPC owners can defer paying taxes on far more income, passively invested by their small businesses, than the upper limit of about $ 26,000 a year in RRSP contributions allowed for salary - earning taxpayers.

If the U.K., Germany and France, alongside Congress, don't fix these issues by May 12, he said, America will withdraw the pact and sanctions will be reinstated — although this would not be done for a number of years.

Legal issues aside, the tweet could be viewed as a heavy - handed move for a company already under scrutiny after an earlier Medium post by a 25 - year - old employee identifying herself as Talia Jane, who complained of low wages and poor treatment in her customer service role at Yelp food delivery subsidiary Eat24.

As Brexit draws closer — Britain's split from the European Union is scheduled for March 2019 — the issue remains contentious nearly two years after British people voted 51.9 % to 48.1 % in favor of leaving the EU.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told CNBC last month at the United States Conference of Mayors that the broader Texas «red state» reputation is an issue, especially given the tech industry's focus on social tolerance, but he stressed that Dallas is «a blue city in a red state,» which has scored 100 on the LGBT Index for the past three years.

The grant announcement comes weeks after the Canada Industrial Relations Board issued an interim order for the airline to stop recruiting pilots through two - year leaves of absence to fly for its new ultra-low cost carrier Swoop.

(In November of that year, for example, Shop.ca issued a press release announcing the site had its first «million - dollar day,» meaning more than $ 1 million in revenue earned over 24 hours.)

In the past year, Canadian securities regulators have raised the bar for exempt - market dealers, requiring them to be registered and bonded, issue an offering memorandum with every deal and provide audited financial statements to investors annually, says Sand, who supports this new layer of assurance.

Retail consultant Burt Flicking saw the move as part of a shift at Wal - Mart under Chief Executive Doug McMillon to pay closer attention to public opinion on social issues, noting the company had raised wages for entry - level staff ealier this year.

Earlier this year, CEI issued an opinion article criticizing the expansion of EPA's authority to regulate toxic chemicals and questioning the need for an asbestos ban.

«When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that's of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for, for years in this country,» Feinstein said.

- One of the sturdiest rules for CEOs has long been to stay out of highly charged political issues, especially in election years.

While it probably wouldn't change Sessions» mind on the issue, the CBO found that in an oddly backhanded way, requiring women to register for the draft would actually save the government tens of millions of dollars in the years ahead.

This wasn't quite as big of an issue in America, but for many years, the Burberry brand was the standard issue dress as a status symbol of thugs and gangs all across England.