Sentences with phrase «over public finances»

Starting from very humble origins and with a view to disrupting government control over public finances, bitcoin has grown to become a powerhouse in the financial sector.

The continuing economic crisis in the U.S. and Europe is quickly sharpening the debate over public finances.

To replace the Treasury conducting its fiscal operations independently from the banking system, New York banks urged more power over public finances and to establish the Federal Reserve to increase the supply of money (a more «elastic» issue) in response to banking needs.

A math war is being waged over public financing of state political campaigns, one of the most contentious proposals to fight New York's epidemic of public corruption.

But the debate over public financing is a complex one for the Senate, with Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein facing pressure from liberal advocacy groups to deliver on the issue.

A lively Milwaukee Common Council committee hearing over public financing for a new basketball arena revealed a higher price tag for the city's contribution to the project and new opposition from the community activist group Common Ground.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.

The compromise on campaign finance appeared particularly uncertain on Saturday, after State Senator Jeff Klein, the co-leader of the Senate's governing coalition, said in a statement that negotiations over public financing were «not yet done.»

Still, the concern from business groups over public financing comes into relief with the alert with the worry that organized labor would be empowered by the move.

This week, negotiations over public financing fell apart and Cuomo hinted publicly (in response to an explicit request, privately) that he might campaign against Republicans as a replacement olive branch.

Not exact matches

Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats have stalled even though the program enjoys broad bipartisan support over the all - important issue of funding, with Democrats balking at proposals cut an Obamacare public health fund to finance an extension of CHIP.

Three consortia have been shortlisted to come up with detailed proposals for Western Australia's first public private partnership for schools, with the winner to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools over 25 years.

Before MetaReward, Erik was an investment banker with Robertson Stephens, where he helped manage over 25 public company financings.

The results: Over the course of their careers, Gouw and Fonstad's investments have resulted in a collective seven public offerings, 26 acquisitions, and more than 500 financing rounds in follow - on capital.

Over the last six months, Coin Center — the independent, non-profit, public policy research and advocacy center based in Washington, DC — has been busy addressing blockchain's national security implications with the congressional Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, spearheading the Blockchain Caucus on Capitol Hill, and moderating recent panels on legal strategy and regulatory developments and how they affect the crypto - space.

The need to obtain Parliamentary authority for new borrowings increased Parliament's oversight over government's finances and improved the transparency of government finances to Parliament and the public at large.

It also must commit to cutting back pensions and public spending by enough to step up its NATO spending to finance the bombing and destabilization of Syria and the Near East, and over and above this, to accept the cost of supporting all the refugees caused by US policy and its foreign legion in the form of ISIS, Al quaeda and Al Nusra.

Mr Fretwell has been a lawyer for over 25 years, providing corporate finance and securities law advice to publicly traded companies and to private companies proposing to go public.

This is sound policy as far as it goes, but the question arises as to how to finance significant deficits over a period of time without unduly increasing the public debt burden.

According to Goolam Ballim, group economist at Johannesburg - based Standard Bank, improvements in public finances over the past decade mean less revenues now go into debt servicing and capital repayment, opening the way for more national investment in infrastructure.

George Simmons § George Simmons has over 20 years of executive experience in Finance and in Operations at both public and private companies growing 30 % to 70 % per year.

It also examines financial management for entrepreneurs over the life of a business project, including financing start - ups, financial planning for smaller enterprises, going public, selling out, bankruptcy, and other related topics.

437 comments on an article concerning the foundational civil liberty to express one's worldview in a public and publicly financed (at least partially) forum and everyone's squabbling over religious tastes - those CNN editors are quite shrewd.

The debate over whether a part - public - financed museum can hang art that might be considered offensive is long since settled.

MANILA, Philippines — The effects of choosing milk formula over breastfeeding may have greater impact on the family's health and finances than what the public already knows.

The discussions over the resolution's language have been extraordinarily fluid over the last few days, with discussions centering around how far to go on the Dream Act, as well as public financing.

The public uproar over the issue heightened Wednesday following an assertion by the Finance Minister Seth Terkper that allowances and pensions are being taxed under the new income tax law, Act 896, 2015, because they are all forms of income no matter how they are earned.

They represent a contractual arrangement over the long term by which the public sector transfers to the private sector all or part of construction, financing, operation, and maintenance responsibilities.

The deficit reduction programme takes precedence over any of the other measures in this agreement, and the speed of implementation of any measures that have a cost to the public finances will depend on decisions to be made in the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Mr. Afoko, who had been duly elected Chairman by delegates of the NPP in Tamale in April 2014, had been suspended by the National Executives Committee of the ruling party in October 2015 over accusations that Paul Afoko had discussed party finances in public.

Shockingly, the UK political establishment looks poised to loosen further what already looks like a very lax fiscal regime, at a time not only of straitened public finances and austerity (and a high burden of personal taxation), but also of extraordinarily high petroleum prices (2011 was the first year in history when the international price of crude averaged over 100 dollars per barrel, 2012 was the second, 2013 the third, and 2014 looks dead set to be the fourth).

ALBANY — Good - government advocates are pinning their hopes for passage of substantial ethics and campaign finance reforms on very public examinations of alleged corruption set to take place over the next six months.

But absent the full public financing of campaigns statewide, Benjamin said «my experience, over time is that money, like water, finds a path.»

The bill pitted public - employee unions against the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state - imposed county financial control board, over the issue of «step raises,» or salary hikes based on time on the job.

That financial study and actuarial projection entailed an assessment of the cost involved in providing public healthcare and financing same over a ten year period.

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Auditors examined PFI deals drawn up over 25 years under Tory and Labour governments, as well PF2, introduced as improved public - private financing deals set up under David Cameron's premiership.

With no new money committed to capital spending over that announced in March's Budget, however, the Social Liberal Forum is concerned that further cuts to current spending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic recovery.

Although current New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has declined to participate in public financing — citing concerns over the inadequate structure of the pilot program — his Republican challenger Robert Antonacci has said that he will op - in.

«An unusual and well - heeled coalition, trying to tap public anger over the flood of money into politics, is pushing to enact a public financing system for elections in New York State,» reported the New York Times in a front - page article on the New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD) coalition.

But liberal advocates have become increasingly frustrated over the bottling up of key bills in the Senate — including the public financing of political campaigns and the DREAM Act.

The resolution, approved earlier this month after some back - and - forth haggling over pre-Kindergarten spending levels, the public financing of political campaigns and the Dream Act, doesn't go into detail as to what the sales tax exemptions and adjustments would cost in revenue to the state budget.

As various proposals for a broader public financing system are floated, members of the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate, as well as advocates that have pushed the measure over the years, are telegraphing they won't support any agreement they deem watered - down.

Advocates remain restive over a March agreement with the Legislature that created public financing for only the state comptroller's race, which Republican comptroller candidate Bob Antonacci is participating in.

The case centred on the illegal and unlawful retirement of Shuaib over an allegation of criticizing a former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala in an opinion article on lopsided appointment in the public service.

Still, rank - and - file advocates remain unconvinced, especially over whether Cuomo will make a good - faith effort to create a system of public financed political campaigns, which is part of a tricky set of negotiations with the state Senate, divided between a coalition of Democrats and Republicans.

«Don't look at this vast hole in the public finances over there look at this pathetic piece of class war posturing over here.»

WFP State Director Bill Lipton crowed over the news that Klein et al would be forming a «new progressive majority coalition» that (theoretically) will enable passage of a host of blocked bills — from the Women's Equality Act to public campaign financing.

But, in reality, based on what I've learned over the past couple of months, I'm now a proponent of public financing.

Cuomo, to chants of «four more years», promised to deliver in his next term on a mostly progressive agenda, including enacting a number of items that were stalled in the State Senate over the past couple of years, like an abortion rights provision as part of a women's rights agenda and public financing of political campaigns.