Sentences with phrase «on boards increase»

One must ask, «Why does boosted gender diversity on boards increase the level and quality of CSR?»

Parents on Board Increase parent involvement in school with this program for grades K - 7.

That study concluded that «when the number of women on the board increases, firms act with greater social responsibility.»

Parents on Board Increase parent involvement in school with this program for grades K - 7.

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Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

Jason is an Independent Director on the board of Australia's Sleep Health Foundation where he assists the national charity in its aim to increase community awareness of the importance of sleep for both physical and mental health.

«But in fact, the new «activist» investors pushed for seats on boards and pressured management into policies that were viewed as more «shareholder - friendly» — meaning friendlier to short - term investors — including increasing dividends and buyouts.»

With the goal of increasing female - owned business survival rates and further fueling the growth of female entrepreneurship on the whole, hundreds of women such as Gore are gathering at today's inaugural Circle Board summit.

On - boarding programs have been shown to increase retention by 50 percent, a key factor in improving employee performance.

The deal is already favourable to the French: the agreed - on strike price for Hinkley C's electricity — around $ 150 per megawatt hour — is double current energy rates and could increase further if another U.K. nuclear plant currently on the drawing board is not built.

Those reforms include removing Kalanick's super-voting rights on the board, increasing the company's board size to 17, and adding new independent directors to the board.

(On the plus side, the tech industry saw a 13.5 % increase since 2015, with women accounting for 40 % of the board seats filled.)

Uber directors on Tuesday voted to allow Japan's SoftBank to invest in the ride services company and approved a series of governance changes that increases the independence of the board and decreases the influence of former CEO Travis Kalanick.

U.S. companies have been under pressure to increase the role of women and minorities on their boards and top management.

The researchers noted that even a 10 % increase in female directors on a board is linked to an increase in the likelihood of engaging a top - ranked advisor.

The plane was climbing past 32,500 feet when indicators on the left engine started falling to zero and vibration significantly increased, said National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt.

It means that when we discuss policies to increase the number of women on boards, we're not arguing about where we're going — we're just arguing about how to get there.

Instead of quotas, chief executives preferred softer measures to increase female participation on boards.

The company won't comment on whether the National Transportation Safety Board ruling on the Michigan leak — which calls for stepped up operational scrutiny and increased oversight — will delay the approval process for its various projects.

«Republicans always wanted to raise spending on defense, Democrats wanted to raise spending on the rest of the discretionary budget across the board, and Republicans supported increased spending on a lot of those line items as well.»

The most recent to change in course was the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which on April 7 added an $ 18 general admission and aims to increase revenue by 17 percent this year, Matthew Gutwein, the museum board's vice chair said last week.

One more thing a good business plan does for a startup, it helps to increase confidence of the other stakeholders — whether that be conventional banks or private capital, or even key executives you want to early bring on board.

The pressure on Tribune's controlling shareholder, Chicago - based entrepreneur Michael Ferro, increased after the company's second - largest shareholder — investment fund Oaktree Capital Management — sent a letter to the company's board advising it to «engage Gannett immediately» about the takeover bid, calling it «the only possible conclusion consistent with your fiduciary duty.»

• Governance reform: Uber's board approved governance reforms that are contingent on completion of the SoftBank deal, including the removal of super-voting rights that gave Kalanick and his allies outsized power, adding new independent directors, and increasing the size of the board to 17 people.

Aspiration evaluates mutual fund companies across three categories — social, environmental, and governance programs — and will choose to work with them only if they have committed to more employee training to reduce safety violations on site, reducing their carbon emissions, or increasing gender diversity at the board level.

NEW YORK, March 22 - The board that oversees major airports in New York and New Jersey voted on Thursday to consider phasing in a minimum wage increase to $ 19 per hour by 2023, affecting about 20,000 workers.

As Ogundipe's contractions increased to just two minutes apart, it quickly became clear she would have to have the baby on board.

As the MBA - toting population has increased in general, a growing share of corporate board members and CEOs have the degree on their resumes.

However, FAL's board maintains that after adjusting for non-recurring items, profit has increased by 5.6 per cent, declaring a 43 cent dividend payable on April 22.

She has now brought her considerable experience to a new federal committee aiming to increase female representation on corporate boards.

To further increase the possibility that all borrowers have a fair opportunity to request a foreclosure review, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should enhance the readability of the request - for - review form on the independent foreclosure review website so that it is more understandable for borrowers, such as by including a plain language guide to the questions.

The second part of SegWit2x, which would increase the size of blocks that underpin bitcoin's network, is set to go into effect next month and not everyone is on board with the proposed change.

With the increasing reliance on tax data for business surveys, I fear for the quality of GDP estimates — and just look at what the Conference Board's error on the China LEI did to the markets this week.

As demand increased, his mother, grandmother, and other family members came on board to help with production.

Last week, The Vancouver Board of Trade submitted additional feedback to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) regarding proposed regulatory changes that would increase the involvement of women on corporate boards and in senior management positions.

Now that Trian Management founder Nelson Peltz is on the board of consumer - goods giant Procter & Gamble, Breakingviews has created a calculator to show how the market value of the $ 230 billion group could increase if revenue growth and margins improve.

«There is no evidence to warrant an about - turn, but plenty of evidence to show the voluntary regime is working, as each and every month the percentage of women on FTSE boards increases,» the report says.

We sell our units on a continuous basis at initial offering prices of $ 10.00 per Class A unit, $ 9.576 per Class C unit, and $ 9.186 per Class I unit; however, to the extent that our net asset value on the most recent valuation date increases above or decreases below our net proceeds per unit as stated in the Company's prospectus, our board of managers will adjust the offering prices of all classes of units to ensure that no unit is sold at a price, after deduction of selling commissions, dealer manager fees and organization and offering expenses, that is above or below our net asset value per unit as of such valuation date.

As it grows, and especially once outside investors are involved in the company, the board will add outside directors who have increased influence on how the company is run.

«Our committee has been focused on seeing the government return to pre-2009 / 10 debt - to - GDP levels, not increasing taxes for businesses, and controlling spending,» said George Kondopulos, Tax Partner at KPMG LLP and volunteer Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee.

In a recent speech to the St. John's Board of Trade, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge made a strong case that Canada should concentrate on increasing productivity, so that we can have sustainable economic growth and rising standards of living in the future.

An offer from TransCanada to build a new natural gas line to the province seems good on the surface, but considerably less magnanimous when you consider it's asking the Ontario Energy Board to approve a 52.3 per cent increase to the rates it charges to some of its customers.

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) today announced that its Board of Directors approved an increase in the company's quarterly dividend to $ 0.625 per share of common stock, or $ 2.50 per share of common stock on an annual basis.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

2016.02.24 Royal Bank of Canada declares dividends Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) announced today that its board of directors declared an increase to its quarterly common share dividend...

Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) announced today that its board of directors declared an increase to its quarterly common share dividend of four cents per share, or five per cent, to 87 cents per share,...

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Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) announced today that its board of directors declared an increase to its quarterly common share dividend...

The Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, approved this increase in the base - year EPS in order to exclude the impact of the company's stock repurchase program on a prospective basis, thereby making subsequent adjustments of EPS in future years unnecessary for purposes of the FY2015 - FY2017 LTI plan.