Sentences with phrase «public ownership of»

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Public ownership of real estate should surpass the $ 100 billion mark by the end of the year — that's up from $ 11 billion in 1992, according to Prudential Real Estate Investors.

I'm not aware of any ethical difficulties Slater & Gordon has experienced, or any accusations that have been made by clients or judges, that public ownership of the firm has corrupted its lawyers» professional duties or harmed their clients» interests.

There is an inherent conflict with public ownership of legal firms.

One need look no further than Australia where broad - based public ownership of legal firms is permitted.

Perhaps the reforms in England and Australia in terms of allowing public ownership of law firms will provide these firms with greater resiliency than partner - financed firms in similar downturns.

Outside investment in law firms will soon be permitted in England and a conference on the implications of public ownership of global law firms is scheduled at Georgetown University Law School next April.

I have previously written that Australian and UK legal reforms allowing public ownership of law firms could mean big changes in law firms and legal technology.

In the decision Commission v Germany, the Court dismissed an action brought under Art 260 (2) TFEU for failure to comply with the 2007 VW law judgment; and in Essent it found Dutch measures ensuring public ownership of gas and electricity transmission system operators justifiable on public interest grounds.

The decision Essent, dealing with the Dutch requirement of public ownership of energy transmission system operators, similarly points towards a differentiated understanding of the «golden share» case law.

Gubernatorial candidates make a host of promises: pipelines from the Great Lakes; water desalination plants; return to public ownership of previously privatized water systems; bringing in experts from the US West, formation of water resources planning councils, and more.

The NDP wants to return the power sector to complete public control, even though public ownership of the power sector has been a raw deal for ratepayers.

In 2000 The Nature Conservancy donated 8,500 acres of its holdings on Santa Cruz Island to the NPS resulting in 24 percent public ownership of the island.

He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.

Corbyn's team argue public ownership of the railways could save hundreds of millions of pounds but Patrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, said it was a «union - demanded, backwards - looking policy (that) would cost billions in wasteful spending, and would kill off investment».

Now Corbyn doesn't seem that bothered about Clause 4 in the interview, but maybe another look at it mentioning public ownership of some type for the basic infrastructure of the country may do for him what Blair's changes did for New Labour.

Empire State Development took public ownership of the project in 2001, but did not invest in its rehabilitation.

Much of the transport policy is a recycling of old ideas; for example, the public ownership of the railways, a fuel duty regulator, and rail electrification.

Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour could restore its historic commitment to public ownership of industry if he were party leader.

That's why Labour needs to offer hope: a living wage, for instance; letting councils build Britain out of its housing crisis; an industrial strategy to create the renewable energy jobs of the future; turning the bailed - out banks into accountable public investment banks; tax justice; and public ownership of our key utilities.

Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour could restore its historic commitment to public ownership of industry - known as Clause IV - if he were party leader.

Over the course of the following 10 years, no funding was allocated for this purpose, although elected officials went on record during that time to claim that they supported public ownership of the land as a park or historic site.

He also put forward a bold manifesto for change, including stringent rent controls to protect the poor against money - grubbing landlords and called for an industrial strategy which would embrace the public ownership of the railways and the Royal Mail.

Social democracy, by contrast, was democratic western Europe's postwar response to communism, with public ownership of the utilities and sectors of manufacturing, the establishment of welfare states, the sustaining of full employment by state economic management and redistributive taxation on an unprecedented scale.

Goldman notes that he does not advocate public ownership of the means of production, nor does he seek to abolish the profit system - both of which are defining characteristics of socialism.

His endorsement of socialist policies such as the public ownership of basic services and industries will have done little to endear him to Washington.

They do not support public ownership of the railways — or of much else for that matter — or the restoration of Treasury responsibility for setting interest rates.

Labour could be calling for democratic public ownership of the bailed out banks guardian.co.uk / politics / 2012 /...

The new version of Clause IV, though affirming a commitment to democratic socialism, [143][144] no longer definitely commits the party to public ownership of industry: in its place it advocates «the enterprise of the market and the rigour of competition» along with «high quality public services... either owned by the public or accountable to them.»

A vice-chair of CND and a columnist for the Morning Star, Mr Corbyn has frequently been at odds with his party over the past 20 years, opposing the Iraq war and other foreign interventions and backing public ownership of the banks.

Unlike Mary Creagh, demoted to Murphy's old job of international development secretary, he is not one of the Balls crowd and we can therefore hope he'll stand up more robustly to Balls on the public ownership of rail.

Hawkins» platform includes tax reform that would create a city income tax, anti-poverty initiatives, state - supported worker co-ops for poor and working - class people, public ownership of utilities and desegregation of schools and housing.

Asked about Labour's policy of allowing greater public ownership of the rails last month, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin insisted: «It won't work.»

Public ownership of the railways is fantastically popular.

[63] Hayek was defended by Professor Antony Flew who stated that the German Social Democrats, unlike the British Labour Party, had, since the late 1950s, abandoned public ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange and had instead embraced the social market economy.

One is a lack of belief in gods, the other is an economic and social ideology that promotes a classless society based on public ownership of the means of production.

The democratic capitalist wants to believe that we can have most of the dividends of socialism without actually moving to public ownership of the major industries.

That commitment was quickly applied to economics, meaning so - called public ownership of production, distribution and exchange — socialism — which became a pivotal plank 20 or so years after the party emerged.

More in tune with Schopenhauer than Zig Ziglar, he followed Georgist economic thought, with its public ownership of property, and embraced ascetiscism.

Not exact matches

That database, obtained from Panama City law firm Mossack Fonseca and made public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, showed Amin and Mansoor Lalji have an ownership position in the J.W. Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Rampart Casino, and brother Shiraz Lalji has connections to Oakdene Finance Ltd., a holding company based in the British Virgin Islands.

By transferring to the private sector ownership of Canada Post, the federal government can eliminate a major drain on public finances and move closer to the goals of eliminating the fiscal deficit and paying down public sector debt.

Yahoo is expected to reap an enormous windfall from its ownership stake in Alibaba, following its public offering, one of the largest in history, which will take place in the next few months.

The theme of the paper, co-authored by Commerce Secretary nominee Wilbur Ross and White House National Trade Council head Peter Navarro, an economist and University of California at Irvine business professor, is shifting the ownership and operation of public works to the private sector.

Mobilicity is one of three struggling smaller wireless carriers — the others are WIND Mobile and Public Mobile — in Canada currently being eyed for potential consolidation or new ownership.

«If a certain number of employees exercise their options, the company becomes a de facto public company, subject to securities laws,» says Corey Rosen of the National Center for Employee Ownership.

RIYADH, May 3 (Reuters)- The Saudi government has finalized terms to transfer ownership of the kingdom's glitzy $ 10 billion financial district in Riyadh to the finance ministry and Public Investment Fund (PIF), five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

RIYADH, May 3 - The Saudi government has finalised terms to transfer ownership of the kingdom's glitzy $ 10 billion financial district in Riyadh to the finance ministry and Public Investment Fund, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The project, owned by the kingdom's Public Pension Agency, has been plagued by construction delays, cost overruns and uncertainty about the future of its ownership.

Lahore and Karachi share a tattered public transport network (slightly less so in Lahore thanks to the Metro), weak rule of law, and high costs of vehicle ownership.

Legislation before the House of Commons requires British Overseas Territories such as the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands to set up public «beneficial ownership» registers.

A transportation study by the statistical analysis media site FiveThirtyEight showed that completing 85 percent of trips on public transit and 15 percent with Uber roughly equaled the cost of car ownership.