Sentences with phrase «of public appetite»

After World War II the Society suffered from financial problems and a lack of public appetite for reform.

The defeat at the polls had set the party back 30 years, Lord Hutton said, blaming the lack of public appetite for an «old school socialist menu».

Not exact matches

With favorable market conditions and investor appetite, companies are lining up to go public — 168 of them, to be precise.

What are the requirements to be a director of a major public corporation, where you are required to oversee and approve complex financial statements, compensation packages, business risk appetite, internal controls and regulatory compliance?

The appetites of public market investors are constantly changing in the search for short - term profits.

Former SEC chair and current Carlyle senior advisor Arthur Levitt recently told Bloomberg that taking away investors» right to sue «could diminish the public appetite for Carlyle stock» and «companies that consider going down this road take a perceptual risk which, in terms of an IPO, is probably not a risk worth taking.»

The exchange's move to loosen its requirements is expected to trigger a spurt of initial public offerings this year and next amid growing appetite across global public markets for new technology companies.

FIVE Don't Buy New Issues, But If You Must... Obviously all growth stocks were at one time new issues, and the new issues market is frothy at times because of the public's appetite for that «pot of gold.»

The federal government has tested the public's appetite for a Netflix tax, a new smartphone app for streaming Canadian content and spending on «moonshot» projects like placing a network of balloons on the edge of space to boost Internet access.

The federal government is testing the public's appetite for a variety of potential policies, including a tax on digital content providers like Netflix to help fund Canadian cultural industries.

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

A quantifiable response to investor's becoming less selective are the number of private companies which become attracted to the high valuations the stock markets appetite may award them with, and the lower quality threshold the stock market demands for an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

In the public relations game plan of responding, with the whole world watching, to relentless activists possessed by an insatiable appetite for vengeance (a.k.a. closure), the bishops adopted the alien vocabulary of «zero tolerance» and «one strike,» a vocabulary in which there is no place for words such as conversion, repentance, soul, and redemption.

Its statement went on to say: «This has already been a 12 - year journey, instigated by the public boards, and we don't have much of an appetite to spend more on legal defence.

One of the country's biggest pork producers is in front of fund managers testing market appetite for a potential initial public offering post reporting season.

The Australian operations, which include Manassen Foods, fruit exporter Mildura Fruit Company, and Western Australia cheese and yoghurt maker Mundella, are a central part of a future public listing in Hong Kong, with the group having already tested the appetite of potential IPO investors.

However, there is little public appetite for a boycott of the World Cup in England, which has been reflected in comments by England manager Gareth Southgate (who has argued England should definitely participate) and also in media comment which has pointed to the danger England could be excluded from future FIFA competitions if a political boycott was imposed by the country's leaders.

«The public's recreational appetite today is highly sophisticated,» said Gary Buczkowski, director of planning and development for the Park District.

The Harvard School of Public Health says,» It's hard to argue with the health benefits of a diet rich in vegetables and fruits: Lower blood pressure; reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and probably some cancers; lower risk of eye and digestive problems; and a mellowing effect on blood sugar that can help keep appetite in check.»

With the increased trust of consumers in building societies and credit unions after the banking collapse, it seems there is a public appetite for the co-operative alternative and a belief that it is possible to combine social justice and economic efficiency within the firm.

It also revealed even greater anxiety about the future of public services, especially the NHS, while recent polling hints that voters» appetite for austerity may be waning.

It was heartening to hear the genuine appetite for new approaches to involving members of the public in politics.

Another thing working against both men: There is strong appetite, particularly in the New York delegation, for the next attorney general to be a woman given the abuse scandal that led to Schneiderman's downfall after he made himself a very public champion of women's rights in the era of the #MeToo movement.

There is a public appetite that I certainly would feel very strongly about which is that we have to end the policy of local corporate welfare in the city of Albany.

They argue there is no appetite among the public for further independence and a referendum would be a waste of time and money.

Public appetite for reform of the banking sector extends well beyond Britain's shores, according to an international poll by Ipsos Mori released today.

In a contest which is fundamentally about risk and the public appetite for a jump into the unknown, the news of a mother being killed in the street seemed to affirm a sense of chaos and impending darkness.

The lack of appetite from civil servants to become part of a «mutual» is proved today by the announcement the next in line for part - privatisation is a small team wedded to the Cabinet Office's ideology, the Public and Commercial Services union said.

On individual policies I've seen Corbyn supporters taking succour from polls showing, for example, that a majority of the public support rail nationalisation or much higher taxes on the rich and drawing the conclusion that there is a public appetite for much more left wing policies.

There is a big public appetite for curbing businesses that behave badly and rejecting performance - related pay in the public sector — two of the great causes of Labour's Left and trade union leaders.

Members, in spite of unhappiness with public splits within the PLP, say there is no appetite for deselection of MPs.

It is clear that there is a public appetite for the representation of women in the most high - profile roles of Labour's shadow cabinet.

Such a proposal presents a number of constitutional and procedural problems, but more importantly, with the MPs» expenses scandal still fresh in people's minds, is there public appetite for such a system?

Whilst a recent Fabian poll suggested the public's appetite for fairness is increasing - 75 % support the new top tax rate - they remain less enthusiastic about the notion of equality.

Given that the entire public sector is facing sharp restraint in spending, the appetite among MPs for increasing state funding of political parties will not be high.

That left the Liberal Democrats, who through a spokesperson for their leader Nick Clegg reiterated their lack of appetite to take on the wrath of public opinion by proposing more money for political parties in the current climate.

Unfortunately, a series of Supreme Court decisions unleashing a flood of private money to campaigns in recent years has knocked the moral props from beneath public financing programs like Connecticut's, instilling even in reformers a ravenous appetite for more campaign cash to stay competitive.

Cuomo listed public campaign finance reform as a goal in his election campaign, and mentioned it in his State of the State message, but recently cast doubt on the bill's chances for passage this year, saying that in an election year, there's not a «tremendous appetite» for it.

It gave me a certain level of confidence that the public is: A, underserved in science programming; and B, has an appetite that previously was never recognized.

IT IS one of the planet's last true wildernesses, yet a handful of the world's wealthiest nations are plundering its riches to satisfy the appetites of luxury consumers — all with the help of billions in public money.

By the first week of April, however, it was clear that the weary and impoverished French public lacked any appetite for ambitious schemes to restore the glory of the empire.

If there is one lesson to emerge from the BSE crisis and the first generation of genetically modified foods, it is this: science can not reasonably expect the public to develop an appetite for novel foods unless they offer clear and fundamental benefits in terms of taste and nutritional value.

«Given price competitiveness of wind and commercial - scale solar and the public and corporate appetite for clean, renewable energy, an increasing fraction of U.S. electricity will be generated renewably.»

Although the public's appetite for this tacky subgenre seemed to know no limits, I quickly tuned out the endless string of copycat movies and TV shows about Horrible Inhuman Serial Killers, the kind that exist to derive sadistic pleasure from inflicting pain and suffering.

Instead of coming up with more to meet public appetite, Phillips just gives them more of the same.

Nine years after the enactment of No Child Left Behind, the public's appetite for standardized tests appears undiminished.

These changes, although perhaps not fully up to the insatiable appetite for resources of public school personnel, follow precisely along the lines traditionally suggested by public school decision makers.

One year later came the Mustang II concept, and this lightly altered version of the upcoming production car really whetted the public's appetite.

The 2015 Volkswagen Golf R will make its official public debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, and to whet your appetite for the hot hatch, the German automaker has released a new set of photos and a video of the Golf R.

There's no end to the bodystyle machinations possible these days - and Land Rover is taking full advantage of the public's insatiable appetite for peacocking by launching its new Range Rover SV Coupe at the 2018 Geneva motor show.