Sentences with phrase «public takeover of»

Advised on the # 1.3 + billion public takeover of the Priory Group by US healthcare group Acadia.

James Marshall Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Advising a leading investment bank on the antitrust aspects of various international foreign exchange investigations; advising confectionary giant Ferrero on the worldwide merger control aspects of its public takeover of Thorntons; advising Thames Water on all regulatory, competition and broader strategic matters across the business.

Wisconsin Public Schools have seen a billion dollars cut since 2011, as well as a 2015 public takeover of MPS that was snuck into the last state budget and met fierce resistance and eventually was defeated.

Not exact matches

The British government said on Thursday it would refer Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of European pay - TV group Sky to regulators to decide if the deal was in the public interest.

(Block points out Sino - Forest went public through a reverse takeover on the Toronto Venture Exchange long before the current wave of companies.)

He also has short positions in a range of Chinese companies that have gone public through reverse takeovers in the U.S. «Almost all of them have odd - looking financial statements,» he told Bloomberg Television recently.

The past couple of years has seen a spate of Chinese companies going public through reverse takeovers — a somewhat murky process in which a private firm purchases a shell company that already trades on a foreign exchange.

The British Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally nixed 21st Century Fox's $ 26 billion takeover of media company Sky, saying it may not be in the public interest as it would put too much power in Rupert Murdoch's hands.

«Instead, misconfiguration and the use of default passwords left the devices completely exposed on public networks, available for takeover and use.»

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Friday the huge volume of responses to a public consultation on the takeover, said to exceed 100,000 submissions, would delay the approval process.

Under U.K. takeover rules, Kraft's public withdrawal of its offer precludes it from reviving takeover talks with Unilever for six months.

As the candle of hope for a free and public internet begins to flicker in the winds of corporate takeover, Coin Center represents a vanguard for securing the freedoms of the next evolution of the internet.

Alixe concentrates her legal practice in the areas of initial public offerings, follow - on offerings, reverse takeovers, capital pool corporations, qualifying transactions, mergers & acquisitions, secondary listings and exempt market financings (more).

«To ensure public shareholders are not disadvantaged, any takeover bid would need to be put to a shareholder vote and any recommendation by the board would have to be based on an appropriate premium as well as safeguards for future probity given past track records of the businesses controlled by the Murdoch family», said Kieran Quinn, chairman of Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).

Despite legitimate efforts of believers to reserve a place in the public square, the followers of the secularizing ideologies have historically found ways to thwart such efforts, while, paradoxically, accusing the believers of trying to launch a theocratic takeover.

Schiller, Herbert I. (1989) Culture, Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression, New York: Oxford University Press.

Grant Chamberlain, head of mergers at Bank of America Merrill Lynch: «One of the key trends this year has been the resurgence in larger transforming deals and public takeovers, both of which were rare in 2013.

In an issues paper made public on Tuesday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - which is helping the tribunal - rejected Murray Goulburn's claim that its takeover of WCB would cause no significant lessening of competition.

«It is sad to note that elements associated with this current administration attacked public institutions, forced out workers of these institutions and in many instances physically assaulted these lawful employees all in the name of «political takeovers.

In light of this, the BskyB takeover finds Miliband where he is most comfortable as a politician while also being in tune with the public.

The conference's lack of support for public financing of elections, meanwhile, has been cited by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as among the reasons why he's pushing for a Democratic takeover of the chamber.

There have been suggestions ministers could scupper the takeover on the grounds that it is not in the UK's public interest to allow Pfizer to take control of the British - Swedish firm.

In my column last week, I noted that current public opinion data and recent election results point to a likely Democratic takeover of the House in the fall.

Some press coverage (particularly this Evgeny Morozov piece on ForeignPolicy.com, which the author later reconsidered) seized on the appearance of protest - tagged messages on Twitter to make a bold claim: that Moldovan youth relied on the micro-blogging tool as the main way to organize public actions that began as sit - ins but that morphed into street protests and the temporary takeover of the country's president's office and parliament building.

Although state legislation authorizing mayoral control of the Buffalo Public Schools still lacks a Republican sponsor in the GOP - dominated Senate, that hasn't stopped city power brokers from quietly plotting what a takeover of the troubled district would look like.

[1] Public pressure shortly forced News Corporation to cancel its proposed takeover of the British satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

Cuomo, at the time of receiving the party's endorsement, pledged to support a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate and measures like public financing, the Dream Act and a $ 10.10 minimum wage.

It plans to review the range of regulatory factors considered in company takeovers and is encouraging members of the public to nominate laws or regulations they want to see scrapped.

There had been speculation that the business secretary would use his powers to prevent the takeover after consultation with media watchdog Ofcom as a matter of public interest if it was thought the takeover would damage the plurality of the industry.

Cuomo on Saturday was endorsed by the labor - backed WFP and at the same time announced his support for a Democratic takeover of the Senate, as well as a package of liberal measures including the public financing of political campaigns.

The Education Fund is the nonprofit research and public education affiliate of Citizen Action, which has a political action committee that works to support Democratic takeover of the state Senate, and is a key player in the labor - backed Working Families Party.

Further, her call for a state takeover of far more of the cost of public schools may yet resonate with New Yorkers as they begin to feel the impact of cuts in staff and services to schools and local governments, experts said.

Anti-reformers have trotted out the hoariest bugbear in New York politics — the evil of Wall Street — and constructed a hilarious lie: that the education reform movement is actually camouflage for a hostile takeover of the city's public schools.

Construction Takeover Cuomo: The governor's budget proposes the creation of «The New York State Design and Construction Corp.» that would be given oversight of public construction projects worth over $ 50 million.

But the governor's public pledge — as part of his endorsement deal with the WFP — to support a Democratic takeover of the state Senate has given many in the business world, including Sampson et al, pause.

J.H.S. 162 in the Bronx — the only public school threatened with a state takeover since the establishment of the receivership program — is caught in a power struggle between the governor and the state Education Department.

UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds testified before the New York State Assembly Committee on Education regarding Gov. Cuomo's proposal to implement state takeovers of public schools.

It seems the takeover of the NPP by CPP elements is now complete — with Mr. Blay as Chair and Abdul Malik Kweku Baako leading the Public Relations case for the coup!

He also said Freddie Blay who is now the acting chairman of the NPP means «the takeover of the NPP by CPP elements is now complete — with Mr. Blay as Chair and Abdul Malik Kweku Baako leading the Public Relations case for the coup!»

«The public and indeed Nigerians are hereby requested to disregard rumours and speculations on the alleged takeover of the command and control of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and continue to support the fight against terrorism and insurgency.»

A funny thing happened to New York progressives on their way to a total takeover of politics and public policy in the Empire State on Tuesday.

Matthew Cordaro, a former Long Island Lighting Co. executive who is now a LIPA trustee, said the additional pension costs point to the potential pitfalls of the public - private partnership under which LIPA has operated since its 1998 takeover of the electric grid.

The Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps has said tests are in place to make sure that any takeover of AstraZeneca by Pfizer is in the public interest.

On Saturday, February 11, VID put together a solid group of supporters for the Rally Opposing the NYU2031 Plan, NYU's aggressive, tower - heavy 20 - year construction proposal to jam our low - rise community with structures of inappropriate size, height and bulk (including a huge hotel), which will mean the takeover of public space and the influx of a concentration of more thousands of students, staff and faculty.

The decision to appoint someone with no education experience and with no apparent public search prompted weeks of protest by lawmakers and parents as well as a failed lawsuit to halt her takeover.

New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the takeover of failing public schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed at deeming the statute unconstitutional.

«We will continue to stand with teachers and public school advocates to 1) oppose the corporate takeover and privatization of education and 2) expand education funding to meet our children's needs and so that teachers can teach,» said Howie Hawkins.

The Democratic takeover of the Erie County Water Authority has triggered a messy breakup with the public relations firm that toiled to protect the agency's image while in Republican hands.

On Tuesday, the Republican Senate whip, Jon Kyl of Arizona, called Democrat Kent Conrad's proposal for cooperatives in lieu of a public option «a Trojan horse» for a government takeover of health care.