Sentences with phrase «of issues of interest»

The REALTOR ® University Research Center, based in Washington, D.C., will be conducting research on a wide range of issues of interest to real estate practitioners.

This is an invaluable source of up - to - date information on a range of issues of interest to teachers and Boards of Management.

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Issuing bonds is one of the most routine things that happens in today's financial system; governments and companies get a sum of money today and pay interest on it over time, before paying back the principal at some agreed - upon future date, when the bond «matures.»

According to the 2013 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Customer Satisfaction Report, just released by the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute, Express Scripts was ranked by its customers lowest in overall satisfaction and second to last in delivering promised savings and having no conflict - of - interest issues.

Workforce Management is a business magazine that reports on issues of interest to human resources professionals.

It aims at providing a venue where energy regulators and other energy market stakeholders may discuss issues and experiences of common interest.

There was also the report recently issued by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre that found internet and other telecommunications services are unaffordable for a large number of Canadians.

Fuel rods are an interesting proposition but surely if the issue is that there will be protests why don't we go the path of least resistance and kick start the solar industry which is sustainable and could employ large numbers of unemployed or under employed.

Shareholders are starting to see the benefits of employee and customer satisfaction, and with the growing concern of environmental issues and social responsibilities, younger generations are backing companies who align with their interests.

Having had the sublime pleasure of riding in a robot car a few years ago (and writing about it again recently), it was with great interest that I read the cover story in the latest issue of Wired.

But the discussion over this issue will be keenly watched, because reducing the interest rate on reserves was proposed to reduce the attractiveness of the yen as a safe - haven in December,» said Ikawa.

It then reached out to those entrepreneurs to see if they had any interest in having MBAs Across America spend a week at their business helping them with a key issue, says Michael Baker, chief operating officer of the organization and one of the original Harvard MBAs.

The first issue evokes the phenomenon of smartwatches, if we can call it that, which have so far failed to spark much interest simply because they don't do much that smartphones don't.

Daniel Horgan, executive director of the youth service enterprise generationOn, said teens may also be interested in global service opportunities around an issue like human trafficking.

The Reserve Bank of Australia chief's speech addressed a subject of increasing interest: does it intend to issue a digital form of the Australian dollar?

If you're interested in going deeper on the issue of Facebook abandoning the news industry, I highly recommend this essay by the French media observer Frederic Filloux.

New features such as facial recognition and virtual reality herald Apple's vision for future smartphones, but other issues such as the lack of augmented - reality apps have cooled buyer buyer interest in those technologies.

«Jeb Bush has a big interest in Latin America, and I expect he would follow in the footsteps of [his] father and brother in being more internationally focused on trade issues,» says Todd McCracken, president and chief executive of the National Small Business Association, a business advocacy group.

«Economic numbers» could encompass a range of issues, from inflation and interest rates to the number of jobs created during his tenure.

Tillerson's selection raised potential conflict - of - interest issues because Exxon has business interests around the globe, including Russia.

The United States Department of Labor tackled this issue another way in April, by saddling advisers with fiduciary duty, meaning they must act in the best interests of their clients.

«Since Day 1, we've put aside three months» worth of operating expenses in a high - interest account to use in the event we have cash - flow issues.

But in an interesting twist, a developer who was hired by Reddit to work on the idea of a «crypto - currency» — a form of Bitcoin that users could receive in exchange for contributing content, or as a way of distributing some of the shares that were issued in the site's fundraising round — said in a post on Medium that he was working on a plan to de-centralize Reddit in just this way before he was let go.

Perhaps most importantly, interning can also push you to discover new interests and bring your attention to real - world issues outside of the college bubble, says Miles Bird, director of business development for the Kairos Society, a San Francisco - based non-profit that provides support to budding entrepreneurs.

Analysts are up in arms about everything from the stock price to the start of production for the company's Model 3 car to issues with Tesla's batteries, and Cramer is not interested in being caught in their crossfire.

Long - term low interest rates have added further complexity to the issue of superannuation and the aged pension.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

There's a long history of Apple being secretive about new product announcements, and also about explaining some of the back - end issues (you could argue this protects the company's interests).

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

While this may be the least interesting element of yesterday's news, the FBI's stunning lack of diversity remains one of the more serious issues facing the agency — and the country it serves — in the long term.

Yet interest, fees, credit limits and benefit specifics do vary somewhat by card brand, and, in the case of MasterCard and Visa, by issuing bank — which means business owners need to do their homework.

As head of the IMF, Strauss - Kahn isn't allowed to comment directly on French politics, but he came pretty close during a Paris G20 press conference, addressing issues that would appear to be of more interest to French voters than the content of the international economic gathering.

So I read with interest the statement it issued after it was ordered to pay $ 532.9 million to Smartflash LLC for willful infringement of three U.S. patents.

Of particular interest to investors, REITs issue units that trade like common stock.

The conflicts of interest law — which carries federal criminal penalties — avoids those issues by exempting the President and Vice President from its provisions.

A Pentagon spokesman told Defense News that while the US «values its defense relationship with Sweden,» it has discouraged countries from signing on to the ban, which has measures that «could potentially affect our ability to cooperate with parties to the treaty on issues of mutual interest.»

At issue is whether the federal government has violated the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which prevents the government from substantially burdening individuals of faith, unless it can prove a compelling interest.

While smart watches or other pieces of wearable technology are interesting concepts, the issue lies in getting a whole lot of people to see why they need these devices — and why on earth they'd be caught dead wearing them out in public.

«Not because simply Haiti needs it, but we feel that it would be in the interest of both countries as Haiti is putting in motion its development plan based on the catastrophe of the Earthquake in 2010 and a set of other issues that came up along the way that has slowed down our reconstruction process.»

BERKELEY, California - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John C. Williams participates in a panel discussion on interest rates at the 2017 Clausen Center Conference on Global Economic Issues - 2100 GMT.

Those of us interested in cybersecurity were underwhelmed by the amount of air time the issue got during most of the 2016 campaign, but worse was the empirical evidence that the Democratic candidate — famous for an email security problem — was clueless about cybersecurity.

Most interesting about the Locationary news is that CEO Grant Ritchie (also the co-founder of CanadianHotelGuide.com) wrote an opinion piece for TechCrunch last September entitled «5 Big Map App Issues Apple Must Solve.»

Even though you most likely don't have the resources of a large company, it's interesting to see how they tackle customer experience issues.

The possible conflicts of interest inherent in the intersection of real estate investments and political power have been a repeated issue for members of the Trump family.

The fact of the matter is that boards, as self - policing bodies, may be incapable of solving the renewal issue on their own because of entrenchment and self - interest.

Until recently, he has focused on more tangential issues for the Fed — like the regulation of scandal - ridden Libor interest rates, financial innovation, and housing policy.

But given consumers» interest in knowing what's in their food, the FDA issued two sets of guidelines for manufacturers who wish to voluntarily label foods with genetically modified ingredients.

Your ideal assistant would have a natural interest in these topics and would spend time on the job reading about them so he or she can give you a sense of larger trends and issues that might affect your business.

And corporations have spent the last decade issuing longer - term bonds to take advantage of low interest rates.