Sentences with phrase «of issues in general»

As an academic myself I have seen that most of the Deciders in academia due to both age and disposition may be aware of the issues in some general way but lack any real direct experience with digital reading so they are ill equipped to set policy in any meaningful way even if they agreed with most of what advocates such as this author say.

Spokeswoman Isabelle Moses says the commissioner is aware of the recent FTC settlement and of the issue in general.

(CNN)- A top evangelical leader who is close to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign says the candidate's Mormon faith will be even more of an issue in the general election than it has been in the primary, predicting that the focus on Romney's faith will present a challenge to Romney.

Interviews were carried out with teachers, headteachers and other stakeholders and concluded that there are four main perceived challenges for schools when considering the introduction of postural health education and ergonomic furniture: There is sometimes a lack of awareness of the issue in general as well as about the ergonomic furniture options available.

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«So much interchange had occurred across the line by early December» that a general «issued a directive unequivocally forbidding fraternization,» writes Stanley Weintraub in Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.

«General Mills» decision to draw attention to the issue of declining bee populations marks the continuation of its commitment to purpose - based marketing, which means brands will go beyond traditional statements such as product benefit in order to align with what's really important to consumers,» Cossette chief creative officer Peter Ignazi told AdWeek.

In fact, 78 percent of millennials and 74 percent of the general population think more companies should take a stand on important social issues.

The study, which was published in the September issue of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, also indicated that one's perception of available time led powerful people to be, in general, less stressed.

In February 2014, General Motors issued a recall of the 2003 - 2007 model year Chevrolet Cobalt, Chevrolet HHR, Saturn Ion, Saturn Sky, Pontiac G5, and Pontiac Solstice.

High - profile attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who has handled compensation issues related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has linked 124 deaths and 275 injuries to General Motors» recalled ignition switches.

General participation in every possible social issue is not of much help to the bottom - line.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or Sigar, recently issued a damning report that found the task force, which has since been disbanded, spent $ 43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan when the project should have cost something in the neighborhood of $ 500,000.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

Back in November 2016, John Hudak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that if Sessions became attorney general, he would have the power to rescind the Department of Justice memos issued under the Obama administration that have allowed marijuana companies to exist without fear of DEA raids.

As Steve Blank recently pointed out in an article in Harvard Business Review, it was the failure to deal with this issue that led to many of General Electric's current problems.

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«Without strong action from the Department to ensure that DOJ employees meet the highest standards of conduct and accountability, the systemic issues we identified in our work may continue,» Horowitz wrote in a May 31 memo to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

«She's got this mix of blue collar and white collar, can talk tough issues and simple issues — and all in this disarming way,» says John Simon, the company's general counsel, who has worked with Williams for a decade.

Items recalled: General Motors issued a recall of 3,137 of its 2016 Chevrolet Malibus in the U.S. and 105 in Canada.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served in the Obama administration, said Thursday night that if Trump tried to «define or constrain» Mueller's investigation, it would create «issues of constitutional and criminal dimension.»

Marine generals are in some ways more like members of a company's board of directors, focusing on broader, long - term issues and leaving day - to - day management to the line executives.

It's an issue that extends beyond Facebook into general issues of bias in AI.

The issue arose in the Republican primary debates, and reportedly resentment of the abuse was a major contributor to Hillary Clinton's loss of Florida in the general election in the 2016 US presidential race.

Ontario's auditor general issued a similar warning last week, cautioning that despite Ontario's work to eliminate its deficit, the province's rising net debt — the difference between its liabilities and its total assets — could have a number of negative implications for its finances in the future.

And you don't have to take a side on the use of oilsands in general to regret an attempt to hinder, rather than foster, public clarity about an important issue.

This morning, we'll tackle that issue head on — in what I'm expecting will be a fun, raucous conversation with the always - engaged Chip Bergh, the charismatic CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.; Dr. Nicholas Gettas, chief medical officer of Cigna — who has some very cool and thought - provoking ideas on this subject; Amy McDonough, VP and General Manager of Fitbit Group Health and Rick Valencia, president of Qualcomm Life — both of whom have great insights into the technologies that may shift the wellness paradigm; and a full roster of Brainstorm Health delegates to join the discussion.

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More recently, in January 2018, Attorney General Sessions issued a Marijuana Enforcement Memorandum that rescinded the Cole Memorandum, and allows federal prosecutors to decide how to prioritize enforcement of federal marijuana laws.

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But he becomes increasingly anguished when we talk about Starbucks, not because of Schultz's missteps — he's proud of the company for taking a stand — but because it solidified to him how little support there is for black issues in general.

In response to a shareholder question at Barclays» annual general meeting on Tuesday, Staley said the bank was looking into cryptocurrency - related business but wary of regulatory and compliance issues.

The trifecta of the President, the FBI Director, and an Attorney General on the same page will put the Justice Department in a fighting mood on this issue.

Among the things that prompted the creation of the inquiries were: financial difficulties facing DB pension plans and related concerns about DB funding rules; long simmering and unresolved legal issues, the most prominent of which revolve around the use of surpluses in DB plans; ambiguity about how EPP regulations apply to new hybrid plans; a lack of harmonization among Canadian regulatory laws; and declining coverage by EPPs in general and DB plans in particular.

For a more general treatment of this issue of overconfidence and other ways in which economic agents depart from complete rationality, see Richard Thaler.

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Instead, Swanson focuses on the larger issue of the prevalence and easy access of guns in general.

Although the Auditor General concludes that the federal government's finances are sustainable over the long term, he raises a number of important issues in his report.

In March 2017, an Ontario Divisional Court ruling had sharp words for the province's Ministry of the Attorney General over issues with its assessments office.

She practices in the areas of insurance, general litigation and medical - legal issues and has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

When the Canadian Securities Administrators issued a call last summer for comment on the potential regulation of the proxy advisory industry, it was inundated with responses from general counsel, their companies, law firms, and others who seemed to have been waiting in the shadows for a chance to vent.

The general system of counting CEO pay includes multi-year stock awards, in their entirety, in the year they are issued, not when they vest.

And it did so only after the Auditor General of Canada brought this issue to light.However, it only released information relating to the federal government, even though it promised in 2007 to present analyses on the total government sector.

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However, these type of issues are ultimately what hurts the entire online community in general, meaning «bad link building practices».

The major issue, in the Auditor General's Spring Report, which captured media and public attention, was the revelation that only $ 9.8 billion of the $ 12.9 billion earmarked for the Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative (PSAT) could be accounted for, leaving an unexplained shortfall of $ 3.1 billion.

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«We've reached a tipping point with regard to this issue [of gun control] in the general society and companies that are worth their salt — and CEOs specifically — are constantly trying to read the tea leaves,» Klepper said.

While it appears that Quebec has been active in upgrading regulation and supervision, there are signs that British Columbia and Alberta have been slow to respond to issues they themselves identified in their own review of their regulatory framework, or that provincial auditors - general identified.