Sentences with phrase «report at the association»

He said that was even less than what he reported at the Association for a Better New York breakfast last month — that only 5.3 percent of $ 14 billion the city spent on goods and services went to MWBEs.

Not exact matches

According to an American Psychological Association study, «Almost all employees (93 percent) who reported feeling valued say they are motivated to do their best at work.»

And an exhaustive look at Canadian experience in the peer - reviewed international public - health journal the Millbank Quarterly reported «no association between income inequality and mortality in Canada.»

HAVING spent three days at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) confer - ence in Brisbane last week, it is probably appropriate for me to report on the state of the nation, insofar as financial planners are concerned.

In fact, the National Association of Realtors reports that since the mid-1990s, single women have purchased homes at nearly twice the rate of single men.

According to new research from Vantage Point Performance and the Sales Management Association, 44 percent of executives surveyed reported that their organizations were ineffective at managing their companies» sales pipeline.

However, a recent report by the College Savings Association showed plans were successfully funded at a rate of 93 % in 2011 — up 2 points from the prior fiscal year.

A separate report from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed mortgage applications last week rose to their highest level in nine weeks as interest rates on 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages hovered at their lowest level in more than a year.

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners annual report, nearly half of all small businesses experience fraud at some point in their business lifecycle.

Another 2016 report from the National Venture Capital Association and Deloitte University Leadership Center for Inclusion found that 11 percent of investment partners at 217 firms are women.

Franzel, in a speech at the American Accounting Association annual meeting in early August said that, despite the fact auditors have been making some progress in improving their audits of internal controls over company financial reporting, the regulator continues to see auditors having trouble meeting the standards and some firms still have significant work to do to meet the requirements of PCAOB auditing standards.

A coalition of at least 74 investors have filed proposals at 50 companies asking for lobbying reports that include federal and state lobbying payments, payments to trade associations used for lobbying, and payments to any tax - exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.

Quantum Leaps, the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and the National Association of Women's Business Owners (NAWBO) jointly released the Roadmap 2020 report at WBENC's 11th Annual Women in Business National Conference and Business Fair before some 2,500 corporations and women business owners in attendance.

Donations to the National Rifle Association's political fund tripled in the days after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to reports.

The National Venture Capital Association has reported that, in 2014, venture capital investment in the life sciences was at its highest level since 2008: in biotechnology, $ 6.0 billion was invested in 470 deals and, in life sciences overall, $ 8.6 billion in 789 deals (including biotechnology and medical devices).

While the crowdfunding market is growing, it's «noticeably smaller» compared to the U.S. and the U.K. and expanding at a slower rate, says the inaugural industry report being released on Tuesday by the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA).

CPA reports that companies have thus far disclosed at least $ 83 million in previously hidden payments to politically active trade associations, and 68 companies are either disclosing or restricting such payments.

The National Association of Realtors separately reported last month that inventory ended 2012 at an 11 - year low.

Because mortgages are such big dollar amounts — the Mortgage Bankers Association reported the average loan request in March 2017 hit an all - time high at $ 313,300 — even a fraction of a percentage point can make a big difference in your monthly payment and how much you will spend on your home in the long run.

Monday's existing home sales report from the National Association of Realtors showed a year - over-year decline of 1.2 percent with existing sales posting at a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.60 million units in March...

The hedge fund lobby leapt at the report, with Managed Funds Association CEO Richard Baker saying it «tracks with MFA's view that hedge funds currently do not pose a systemic risk.»

The Association of Theological Schools (ATS), which includes more than 270 institutions in the US and Canada, found that extension enrollment has dipped by about 26 percent over the past decade, according to self - reported and adjusted figures, while online numbers have more than doubled.

In a survey reported by the American Public Health Association, 78 percent of the gay respondents reported that they have been affected by a sexually transmitted disease at least one time.

The complete report is now available to Wine Market Council members and will be discussed at the association's upcoming Annual Membership Meeting taking place on May 11 at The CIA at Copia in Napa, Calif..

I previously reported on the Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality award that was presented at the Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) annual trade show in Portland, Oregon late last month.

Access to the report is available on the American Beverage Association website at www.ameribev.org and the Alliance website at www.healthiergeneration.org

The report is available from the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and was announced at an...

The Soil Association's recent report about GM cotton in India was launched at the Textile Exchange sustainability Conference in Washington DC last week.

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), established by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), today unveiled its 2006 Progress Report indicating a 24 percent increase since 2004 in the number of California wineries and vineyard businesses working to adopt practices that are sensitive to the environment and society at large.

We included prospective studies that provided hazard ratios (HRs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for at least three categories (including the reference group) of milk consumption in relation to mortality from all causes, overall cardiovascular disease, or overall cancer, We omitted studies that only reported results for total milk products or combined non-fermented and fermented milk because non-fermented and fermented milk may have different associations with mortality.

I previously reported on the Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality award that was presented at the Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) annual trade show in Portland, Oregon late last -LSB-...]

Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers» Association, has come under fire tonight after comparing the «plight» of convicted rapist Ched Evans to that of the families of the 96 Liverpool fans who were killed at the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield more than two decades ago, report the Mirror.

The rules in question govern the transfer of players from outside the European Union, and the Guardian reported at the time that players were likely from Cameroon and South Korea; the Press Association have today reported that ten players are involved.

• In Australia, Hosking et al. (2010) found an association between fathers» leave - taking and being more likely to look after children on their own at weekends (Hoskings et al, 2010); and Huerta et al (2013) reported that Australian fathers who had taken 10 or more days off work around childbirth were more likely to be involved in childcare - related activities when children were 2 to 3 years old.

TLT: Almost two years after the National Restaurant Association announced its Kids Live Well initiative to improve children's menus, CSPI's has issued a new report indicating that nearly all of the kids» meals at America's top 50 chain restaurants are of poor nutritional quality, with 97 % of meals failing to meet CSPI's own nutritional criteria and 91 % failing to meet the Kids Live Well nutritional criteria.

I / we agree that if any material change (s) occur (s) in my / our financial condition that I / we will immediately notify BSHFC of said change (s) and unless Baby Safe Homes Franchise Corporation is so notified it may continue to rely upon the application and financial statement and the representations made herein as a true and accurate statement of my / our financial condition.nI / we authorize Baby Safe Homes Franchise Corporation to make whatever credit inquiries / background checks it deems necessary in connection with this application and financial statement.nI / we authorize and instruct any person or consumer reporting agency to furnish to BSHFC any information that it may have to obtain in response to such credit inquiries.nIn consideration of the ongoing association between Baby Safe Homes and the undersigned applicant (hereinafter u201cApplicantu201d), the parties hereto have entered into this Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement.nWHEREAS, in the course of its business operations, Baby Safe Homes provides its customers products and services which, by nature of the business, include trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, and other matters deemed material or important enough to warrant protection; and WHEREAS, Applicant, by reason of his / her interest in Baby Safe Homes and in the course of his / her duties, has access to said secrets and confidential information; and WHEREAS, Baby Safe Homes has trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information, including procedures, customer lists, and particular desires or needs of such customers to which Applicant has access in the course of his / her duties as an Applicant.nNow, therefore, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the parties agree as follows Applicant shall not, either during the time of his / her franchise evaluation with Baby Safe Homes or at any time thereafter either directly or indirectly, communicate, disclose, reveal, or otherwise use for his / her own benefit or the benefit of any other person or entity, any trade secrets or other confidential or proprietary information obtained by Employee by virtue of his / her employment with Baby Safe Homes, in any manner whatsoever, any such information of any kind, nature, or description concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Baby Safe Homes business, or in the business of any of its customers or prospective customers, except as required in the course of his / her employment by Baby Safe Homes or except as expressly authorized Baby Safe Homes Franchise Corporation, in writing.nDuring any period of evaluation with Baby Safe Homes, and for two (2) years thereafter, Applicant shall not, directly or indirectly, induce or influence, divert or take away, or attempt to divert or take away and, during the stated period following termination of employment, call upon or solicit, or attempt to call upon or solicit, any of the customers or patrons Baby Safe Homes including, but not limited to, those upon whom he / she was directly involved, or called upon, or catered to, or with whom became acquainted while engaged in the franchise evaluation process of a Baby Safe Homes franchise business.

This report, by ALCI member Denise McGuinness IBCLC and Clinical Midwife Specialist (Lactation) at The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, is from the International Lactation Consultants Association Conference in Toronto, in July 2017.

At the 2011 School Nutrition Association national convention in Nashville today, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a comprehensive, groundbreaking report on the current state of farm to school efforts around the country.

In a New York Times Magazine investigation into the politics behind the current school lunch battle, it is reported that SNA's CEO Patricia Montague, invited Pat McCoy, vice president for sales at the $ 3 billion Schwan Food Company, to address the SNA members drafting the association's legislative positions, along with the executive board.

If some infants had sleep positions that were more variable than reported at 1, 3, and 6 months, our estimates of association could be biased toward the null.

Multivariable Poisson regression28 was performed to report crude and adjusted rate ratios as a measure of relative risks for the association between Baby Friendly status and breastfeeding initiation, any breastfeeding at 1 month and breastfeeding continuation to 1 month.

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

The report, by FRAC and the National Association of Elementary School Principals, provides guidance for principals interested in implementing Breakfast in the Classroom at their schools, and insights into the leadership they can provide to build a strong and sustainable program.

If the» prom draft» story wasn't enough to turn your stomach, consider this statistic: One in five high school seniors reports binge drinking at prom, according to a 2013 Journal of the American Medical Association study.

The Hagstrom Report (subscription only) reports that Stan Garnett, former director of child nutrition at the Agriculture Department, «has resigned from the School Nutrition Association over its efforts to encourage members to lobby Congress to pass a bill requiring the USDA to waive healthier school meal requirements to any school that says it has lost money in the program for six months.»

The American Pregnancy Association looked at the most commonly reported first signs of pregnancy.

Nestlé's baby milk marketing was also raised by Mike Brady at the Nestlé shareholder meeting on 16 April, when he showed shareholders a picture of a child that died after becoming sick through unsafe formula feeding, one of the case studies in a 2014 report from the Bangaldesh Paediatric Association.

According to reports by the Center for Environmental Health, the New York Times, and the Canadian Broadcasting Association, baby bibs imported from China and available for purchase at Toys «R» Us stores in the United States contain high levels of lead.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

Monday 16.00 - Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment: Women on Boards, Karen Jochelson, Director of Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); Scarlet Harris, Women's Officer, Trades Union Congress (TUC); and (at 5.00 pm) Liz Murrall, Director, Corporate Governance and Reporting, Investment Management Association, and Joanne Segars, Chief Executive, National Association of Pension Funds Ltd (NAPF).