Sentences with phrase «operating practices of»

Not only do its founders and key execs (like Apple's former top lawyer) formerly hail from Apple, but it adopted many of the operating practices of Apple.

Regarding the operating practices of W2W, it is run out of a modest home in Joliet by a woman named Terri Bingham Crotty.

On Thursday, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer announced that his office had commenced audits of the financial and operating practices of four New York City charter school entities.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«We think this is one of the most egregious [conflicts of interest] we've seen in recent years, and it seems to be more widely practiced... To me, it sounds like a commission, and clients approach the adviser operating under the banner of fiduciary expecting those biases to not exist.»

The idea of slashing red tape and freeing teams to self - organize is certainly seductive, but in practice, few organizations can operate that way without devolving into chaos.

They often suffer from both mental and physical health problems at a higher rate than workers in other industries as a result of their working conditions, which include operating under hard - nosed management practices and getting yelled at all day by irate customers.

«In other words, I was operating conservatively within standard practices of photojournalism.

«All teams are operating under the same set of rules, so it is what it is, but it's hard,» Belichick said, adding, «It's hard to tell a guy, «This is what you should do,» but he really can't go out there and practice it.»

It's not really an equity stake (although it sort of operates that way in practice).

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At Franklin Resources, Inc. (operating as Franklin Templeton Investments), our track record of fiscal responsibility includes conservative balance sheet management practices, substantial liquid cash and investments, and access to additional liquidity.

Each partnership operates independently with a dedicated investment team, investors, pool of funds, and portfolio companies, but shares access to added - value services, best practices and insights.

«As a franchisee, you not only have to operate your own business, but [you have to do so] within the confines of the franchise system, so it is a compromise,» notes Fittante, who represents franchisors in his practice.

Even if a company doesn't meet best practices, this approach by investors gives the firm a chance to explain how it operates — more along the lines of the «comply or explain» model often seen in Europe, he explains.

Moreover, companies increasingly follow the practice of under - depreciating assets to pump up their operating earnings, writing down their assets instead as «extraordinary losses» which aren't included in that operating earnings number.

Barron's continues to report the S&P 500 P / E based on operating earnings - an ill - advised practice that the magazine started a couple of weeks ago.

The firm operates the Future Workplace Network, a consortium of senior HR, Talent and Learning leaders from Fortune 1000 organizations who regularly convene to discuss, debate and share «next» practices on the future of work.

Of course, it's common practice to mislead investors by focusing on operating earnings.

In contrast to other prominent banking institutions, some of which are interested in exploring other use cases for the blockchain, Carstens did not appear impressed by technologies related to digital assets: «In practice, central bank experiments show that DLT - based systems are very expensive to run, and slower and much less efficient to operate on conventional payment and settlement systems.»

While investors have become very sensitive to improper accounting practices, the greater danger is actually from «standard» but extraordinarily misleading accounting practices such as the use of «operating earnings» as a headline number.

The company first released a statement early Monday afternoon defending its decision to share the information with the third parties, stating that «the inclusion of HIV status information within our platform is always regarded carefully with our users» privacy in mind,» and that the company, like any other mobile app company, «must operate with industry standard practices.»

This paper notes the attributes of character, suggests relevant operating principles or premises for best practices based on these attributes, why these principles matter, and how they starkly differ from principles underlying common brokerage sales practices aggressively advocated by brokerage lobbyists.

Four out of five respondents agree that Canada's laws for dealing with companies involved in unethical or corrupt corporate practices should be similar to those in other developed countries, so that Canadian companies are operating on a level playing field with their foreign competitors.

Efforts to find shared value in operating practices and in the social dimensions of competitive context have the potential not only to foster economic and social development but to change the way companies and society think about each other.

Since the operating rules and market practices of Mainland A-share market are different from those in Hong Kong, before investing in A-shares through Shanghai - Hong Kong Stock Connect, you should understand clearly these differences, such as stock codes, corporate announcements and trading fees, etc..

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Rob was also a member of the Senior Operating Committee, which was formed to continually implement best practices across the organization.

Jurvetson, Stein and Stavropoulos sat on the management committee for DFJ's 12th early - stage venture fund, which operates quite independently of its growth practice, a fund that focuses on more mature companies.

The first of these communities has the reputation for being inclusive and the second for being exclusive, but, in practice both of them operate in almost the very same way.

Metz's practical fundamental theology «is a theology that operates subject to the primacy of praxis».22 This practice is informed by memory which leads to the imitation of Christ.

Those who practiced the earlier nature religions saw the natural world operating with some meaning and purpose because they unconsciously projected their own thoughts and feelings into the supposed gods of nature, including Mother Earth and the Sky Father.

By analyzing the structures and language of those practices, theologians can identify the basic convictions that operate within them and seek to subject them to analysis and criticism.

Counselors who operate in a genuinely «private» practice are not pastoral because they are not accountable; their ministry is not an extension of the Christian community of which they are a part.

This system involves cultural images and messages, as well as institutional policies and practices, which in the U.S., operate to the advantage of some and to the disadvantage of others.

In practice, as we have seen, they offer no real alternative but instead operate with many of the same assumptions and techniques as the psychological model.

He described the planning and scheming, the various competing and conflicting interests, the ulterior motives that operated behind verbal exchanges, the mixture of trust and mistrust, all of which provided, according to him, an unpromising environment for anyone who wanted to practice Christian love.

My wife and I operate an emerging Church in our own home Thursday nights and a counseling practice that more and more is becoming focused on freedom from the suffocating bonds of religion.

On the one hand, the top university programs in religion have not been interested in religious practices or practical theology, in fact, most first - rate university religion departments are militantly nonconfessional and operate in an ethos of objective research.

Avalon Organics leading hair care portfolio is now proud to carry the EWG VERIFIED seal, which signifies that these products avoid EWG's ingredients of concern, is committed to full transparency and operates under good manufacturing practices.

In Maitland, the proposed acquisition would result in Sonic being one of two private radiology companies that supply general diagnostic imaging services, with Sonic operating four out of five radiology practices.

As a result, the implementation of company - wide Best - Practice Operating Standards and the establishment of a Best Applicable Technology blueprint appropriate for the whole of the corrugated industry have been undertaken.

Fred & Virginia Miller, the owners / growers of Hill Top Farms, a Certified Organic Membership Farm in southern Wake County, practice sustainable agricultural methods by operating their version of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), you can find information about how it works and how you can join on their website:

She focuses her practice on a broad range of patent matters, including post-grant proceedings, due diligence investigations, freedom - to - operate opinions, and litigations, including those related to innovative production equipment.

«In particular, the ACCC is inviting feedback from consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders about the issues and topics the ACCC can provide guidance on to assist them understand how the amended misuse of market power prohibition, and the prohibition on anti-competitive concerted practices are likely to operate and how we'll approach those provisions,» Sims said.

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There are many codes of practice for the self - regulation of marketing communications for beverage alcohol: they operate at company and sector levels and as part of national self - regulatory codes which also apply to other products and services.

The Gold standard is awarded to truly cutting - edge organisations, operating at the highest level of people management practice.

Davis Family Vineyards Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit: Today, the award - winning and family operated, Healdsburg - based Davis Family Vineyards filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement and unfair and deceptive trade practices against Napa Valley newcomer Davis Estates LLC and others in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...

«We hope this project allows us to generate data to show that implementing regenerative agriculture practices results in improved outcomes — including economic resiliency and long - term benefits for farmers,» said Carla Vernón, president of the operating unit at Annie's, also owned by parent company General Mills.