Sentences with phrase «opaque nature»

A top aide to the governor, Chief of Staff Linda Lacewell, testified this week at the trial about Cuomo's close relationship with Percoco as well as the at - times opaque nature of his public schedules.

«For the most part, I think they're a very positive step towards enhancing the transparency of the process,» says Macfarlane, who said an issue «with the old process and its very opaque nature» were gaps in the process when it came to «Canadians being able to get a bit of an understanding of the judges and how the court actually works.

That's a far cry from the prices American women must grapple with throughout the country (although admittedly those statistics are highly variable and hard to gather given the disparate and opaque nature of U.S. health care).

He acknowledges that the opaque nature of the graphite market makes it a «difficult» sector for investors to form valuation views.

The opaque nature of the department is problem enough in itself.

And then there's the opaque nature of the clubs» finances.

The opaque nature of final - average - salary DB systems, with their complicated eligibility rules, only reinforces this imbalance.

This trading pattern is probably explained by the rather misleading / opaque nature of the press release — hopefully not a sign of things to come... What was perhaps missed initially is that there's no KWG share issuance, KWG will remain listed, and Conwert is simply replacing Karl Ehlerding (and family, plus possibly another core shareholder, or two — it's not totally clear).

The opaque nature of Berkshire Hathaway, along with some opaque characters, is surely a bearish case.

I'm not saying Berkshire has mispriced risk like several insurance companies in the last decade; instead, I'm just saying the market should discount Berkshire Hathaway slightly due to its opaque nature.

Cataracts are spots in the eyes that have an opaque nature and normally form around the lens.

The lawmakers want to know exactly how big the bets are that these financiers are placing on lawsuits and are concerned by the opaque nature of the lending agreements and their impact on our nation's legal system.

It is in substance identical to Wednesbury unreasonableness, which has been subjected to sustained attack because of its opaque nature.

Despite the relative tax advantage, the high charges and opaque nature of ULIPs do not make them a superior investment product.

Tim Swanson, director of research for banking consortium R3, for example, has taken issue with the opaque nature of adoption numbers in the industry, and overall lack of visibility on key metrics.

The whole notion of a decentralised blockchain was meant to reduce the opaque nature of some transactions.