Sentences with phrase «officials reached a deal»

State and federal officials reached a deal to reopen the Statue of Liberty and nearby Ellis Island, a day after the federal government shutdown forced it to close.

Not exact matches

The biggest guarantee that Greece and its creditors will finally reach an agreement on its debt burden is the upcoming payment deadlines that will force through a deal, an IMF official has told CNBC.

Earlier this summer, Nike reached a deal worth $ 169 million over 11 years to replace Adidas as the official sponsor for the University of Michigan's sports teams.

As a result, U.K. officials have already approached the World Trade Organization to see what they can do in case they can not reach a deal within the two - year deadline.

American troops will remain in South Korea even if a deal is reached to formally end the Korea War, a South Korea official said.

Italy just reached a «bad bank» deal with European officials, allowing banks to offload bad loans, but there is still some concern over the likely success of the cleanup operation.

Both western and Iranian officials hinted that they might be willing to go past the June 30 deadline if a deal is within reach.

In a short and bad - tempered conference call on Tuesday, officials from the IMF, the European Central Bank and the European Commission complained that Greek officials aren't adhering to a bailout extension deal reached in February or cooperating with creditors.

If officials can not make more progress in revising the North American Free Trade Agreement next week — the meetings in Washington starting Wednesday are the fourth of seven scheduled rounds of negotiation — the odds of reaching a deal will decrease even more.

The top Russian officials are attending the World Energy Congress in Istanbul, which will be the venue for informal OPEC and non-OPEC meetings with ministers discussing the deal - to - make - a-deal reached in Algiers last month.

Like the remarks of OPEC members» leading oil officials in recent days, Putin also expressed optimism that a deal can be reached.

Prior to the 2017 baseball season, Boulevard reached a 5 - year deal with the Kansas City Royals to become the club's official craft beer — the first pact of its kind between an MLB franchise and a craft brewery.

The report claims that the teenager hasn't yet penned an official deal with the Red Devils but a «gentleman's agreement» between the two clubs has been reached to push through the deal at the end of the season.

The University of Michigan has reached an agreement in principle with NIKE to become the Wolverines» official athletic footwear, apparel and equipment provider to 2027, with an option to extend the deal to 2031.

The French forward was close to agreeing a # 30 million deal with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian last week, however according to a brief statement appearing on Cologne's official website on Wednesday, neither side could reach an agreement for the player.

Gazzetta dello Sport report that Inter have reached an agreement with Zorya Luhansk, Lunin's current club, to sign the youngster in a deal worth $ 6 million, with an official announcement expected as early as next week.

Both Library Board members and city officials questioned how and when a decision was reached to scrap the latest deal.

NFL appears to be close to reaching a deal with officials to end their labor dispute after presidential candidates weighed in on the controversy yesterday.

Harry Wilson has released what I believe is his first official policy statement since his failed bid for state comptroller last fall, or, at the very least his first of this election cycle, in response to the supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit reduction deal.

But the deal quickly reached between Communist Party officials and the striking journalists shows that the system of media control is still very resilient.

It is particularly painful to make this announcement because last night our negotiators had reached agreement — but Mayor Bloomberg blew the deal up in the early hours today, and despite the involvement of state officials we could not put it back together.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito have reached a deal to add 1,300 new officers to the NYPD, a city official confirmed tonight — a significant win for the Council, which had sought 1,000 new officers, and a concession from the mayor, who had argued for more than a year that the department's headcount was high enough.

In addition, self - dealing and conflicts of interest by public officials, formerly chargeable as honest services fraud, are now beyond the reach of that statute.

Genting issued a statement saying that company officials «continue to want to invest in New York and plan to do so for years to come,» but that the uncertainty surrounding Mr. Cuomo's efforts to push through a constitutional amendment to create a framework for casinos in the state made it difficult to reach a deal.

Both lawmakers said the deal would not include funding for Trump's proposed southern border wall, but White House officials have pushed back, saying a deal was never reached.

With the personal involvement of Governor Andrew Cuomo, chaos for LIRR commuters was averted on Thursday as the MTA and union officials reached an agreement on a deal averting a Long Island Rail Road strike.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Democratic officials are pushing the party's warring factions in the state Senate, meanwhile, to reach a deal and unify by the spring.

«We are trying to figure out how to deal with it,» said Borough President James Oddo, who has reached out to both city and state officials about the unsightly situation that is chiefly visible in the Awestbound direction.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced last week that they'd reached a deal to speed up the closure of Rikers Island by creating or expanding jail facilities in every borough except Staten Island, it seemed to be a clear sign of a productive partnership between the administration and local elected officials.

At a press conference this morning, David Cameron's official spokesman has expressed confidence from within Downing Street for reaching a deal with the unions over public sector pensions by the end of the year.

The Hunts Point Produce Market and its 2,400 employees will remain in the Bronx for at least three more years as city officials expressed confidence that they were on their way to reaching a long - term deal with the cooperative that would include a revamp of the market.

ALBANY — New York officials have reached a deal on legislation to establish tighter online oversight of prescription drugs to help curb the black market fueled by painkiller addictions and doctor shopping.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made official Thursday night that the state budget deal he reached with Legislature leaders includes a $ 15 an hour minimum wage.

But with the current session scheduled to end on Thursday, and lawmakers eager to return to their districts to mount re-election campaigns, officials predicted that no other major deals would be reached before lawmakers left the capital.

In New York City, where $ 300 million in state aid is at stake this year, city officials say they feel confident that they will reach a deal before Cuomo's deadline, and union leaders say constructive discussions are back on track after a nearly monthlong hiatus following Hurricane Sandy.

The Manhattan Beach Unified School District and its teachers» union reached a tentative agreement on a contract late Thursday but would not provide any details until the deal is ratified, officials said Friday.

The city could lose nearly $ 60 million in federal aid for its failing schools after officials were unable to reach a deal with the teachers union on instructor evaluations.

Many citizens may not even realize how much money a former President or other elected official can make in speaking and publishing, and both the President and First Lady are already projected to secure book deals for their memoirs that reach well into the tens of millions of dollars.

There's no word yet on what the company's first project will be, but we'll likely have more details later this year when an official deal is reached.

While UN officials remain publicly optimistic that a political deal can be reached here this week in Copenhagen, others aren't convinced.

But as administration officials pointed out after the deal was done, the agreement reached in Paris was constructed with a view to making it safe from Republican attacks — which was one reason negotiations were so difficult.

Looking ahead: As we continue to deal with the tragedy of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, I encourage each one of you to reach out and communicate with your elected officials.