Sentences with phrase «review of the standard of»

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NBC News chairman Andrew Lack sent a memo to employees on Wednesday in which he said a recent complaint that a staffer sent to the network regarding Lauer «represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company's standards.»

«We are confident that a thorough review of our track record over 30 years will underscore our commitment to upholding high broadcast standards, and will demonstrate that the transaction will not result in there being insufficient plurality in the UK,» the company said on Thursday.

In the realm of performance appraisal, HRM professionals must devise uniform appraisal standards, develop review techniques, train managers to administer the appraisals, and then evaluate and follow up on the effectiveness of performance reviews.

I would tend to give more credence to the competency of their views than those of housing bears who post analyses and charts at the click of a mouse, all the while unconstrained by due - diligence standards or even such things as the peer - review process that serves academia so well.

In a statement, the lender said it has published its own set of core principles for lending, and said it was «continuing to review and consider the best way to advance comprehensive industry - standards that take into account the full range of responsible credit products that serve small businesses.»)

While unions tend to be hesitant about automation, they are eager for training programs that can help advance their members» skills, says Daniel Wagner, the director of education, standards, and training for the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA), which reviews and validates training programs.

Panasonic's Eneloop batteries have long been the gold standard in this kind of tech, and they hold a 4.8 rating on Amazon after nearly 2,000 user reviews.

Scott Charney, Microsoft's corporate vice president in charge of making sure Microsoft (msft) products comply with security and privacy standards, wrote in a blog post that the new facility would give foreign governments in Asia «the ability to review our products and services, both manually and by running tools, but they can not alter what is delivered to customers.»

«We are disappointed by this decision in context of strong performance and good service we have delivered,» Keith Skeoch and Martin Gilbert, Standard Life Aberdeen's co-chief executives, said in a statement announcing the review.

The 11 billion pound merger triggered the right for Lloyds and Scottish Widows, which is part of the British bank, to review an agreement struck in 2014 for Aberdeen to manage pension assets on behalf of Lloyds» insurance and wealth units as Standard Life is a «material competitor» to both.

«The decision to close GBTC to new purchases is driven by concerns pertaining to suitability and eligibility standards of this product,» according to an internal memo the newspaper reviewed.

Reducing fuel efficiency goals for vehicles March 16 Trump ordered a review of federal fuel - efficiency standards for vehicles, which Obama finalized in January, well ahead of schedule.

The government has so far failed to clarify the standards of its foreign investment review process, which garnered headlines as the government rejected BHP's takeover of Potash Corp and became even more muddled in the aftermath of the CNOOC / Nexen and Petronas / Progress takeovers.

Given all the mystery and conflicting claims surrounding Trump's reluctance to comply with what's standard practice for presidential candidates, it's instructive to review the main features of the Trump tax controversy.

Establish an inter-component statistical review / appeal panel, made up of selected component representatives, to: 1) ensure consistent statistical quality standards throughout DOJ, and 2) decide appeals, if requested by components, of influential statistical information.

After careful review and consideration of the comments, the Department is issuing this final rule that will (1) extend the applicability date of the Fiduciary Rule, the BIC Exemption, and the Principal Transactions Exemption for 60 days until June 9, 2017, and (2) require that fiduciaries relying on these exemptions for covered transactions adhere only to the «best interest» standard and the other Impartial Conduct Standards of these PTEs during a transition period from June 9, 2017, through January 1, 2018.

Finally, because the Impartial Conduct Standards will become applicable on June 9, 2017, the Department believes that firms will make efforts to adhere to those standards, motivated both by their applicability and by the prospect of their likely continuation, as well as by the impending applicability of complementary consumer protections and / or enforcement mechanisms beginning on January 1, 2018, depending on the results of the Department's review of the Fiduciary Rule pursuant to the President's Memorandum.

Americans for Annuity Protection has engaged in active outreach to leaders of influence to establish the argument that the DOL's fiduciary rule should be returned because of the analysis performed by the department is flawed, inconclusive and arbitrary; it is not compatible with the Uniform Security Law or established insurance law, and the law has potential conflict with the Dodd - Frank requirements to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on reviewing a uniform fiduciary standard.

«We've always had a set of community standards that the public can see,» Facebook Vice President Monika Bickert told NPR's Steve Inskeep, «but now we're actually explaining how we define those terms for our review teams and how we enforce those policies.»

The social media company announced changes to its community standards, releasing internal review guidelines and allowing appeals of content removal decisions.

Audit Fees: comprise fees for professional services necessary to perform an audit or review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, including services rendered for the audit of IBM's annual financial statements (including services incurred with rendering an opinion under Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002) and review of quarterly financial statements.

Private health insurer NIB Holdings has made no secret of the fact that it may require more capital following the prudential regulator's pending review of capital standards.

Audit Fees, Supplemental comprise of fees for professional services necessary to perform an audit or review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, including services rendered for the audit of the Company's annual financial statements (including services incurred with rendering an opinion under Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002) and review of quarterly financial statements.

After an extensive review of the standard form documents in use in the early - stage investing market, we feel that these documents are the most mechanically sound and present the most balanced terms for both investors and entrepreneurs.

A while back I realized that the razor review section has been neglected somewhat and since then I have been picking up razors of all kinds — the Merkur Progress, the Black Standard, a bunch of discount razors from AliExpress that I am still waiting for, and the subject of today's review the RazoRock Super Knurl DE Safety Razor from the Italian Barber — all in order to build it up.

7) The Committee shall review and consider with the External Auditors the matters required to be discussed by the applicable standards of the Public Accounting Oversight Board.

109 For most of the last century, enforcers reviewed vertical integration under the same standards as horizontal mergers, as set out in the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act.

The following chart presents our standard review of economic activity, drawn from a broad range of regional Federal Reserve and purchasing manager's surveys.

Although subsequent administrations have continued reviewing vertical mergers, the Chicago School's view that these deals generally do not pose threats to competition has remained dominant.139 Rejection of vertical tie - ups — standard through the 1960s and 1970s — is extremely rare today; 140 in instances where agencies spot potential harm, they tend to impose conduct remedies or require divestitures rather than block the deal outright.141 The Obama Administration took this approach with two of the largest vertical deals of the last decade: Comcast / NBC and Ticketmaster / LiveNation.

Given the «significant changes to retirement saving since the passage of ERISA,» the Coalition said, «it is entirely appropriate for the DOL to reevaluate the 40 year - old - rule defining the fiduciary standard for those financial professionals providing investment advice to retirement savers,» adding that the Coalition urges OMB to complete its review of the rule «in a timely fashion.»

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Based on our Business VoIP research, we created the ChooseWhat Market Standard, to which we compare the features of all the Business VoIP services we review.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, the firm's judgments as to the acceptability and quality of FedEx's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)(the «PCAOB»), including those matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees.

Our reviews of the biggest mortgage lenders will help you find what you need, whether that means a lower down payment, better interest rate or higher standards of customer service.

The website's 360 - degree product views are a standard feature, as are how - to videos, promoted expert reviews and hundreds — even thousands — of user reviews.

Consistent with this review and these standards, the President has determined that declassification of the Memorandum is appropriate.

The only other comment I'd have is that whilst he meets a much higher standard of scientific approach than the snake oil dressed as financial advice elsewhere, the core testing methods used are opaque and (as far as I can tell) not peer reviewed or made available for scrutiny.

Aldo has also spent two years as an independent risk consultant with a focus on internal controls and due diligence for fund of funds as well as reviewing transparency standards for fund of hedge funds.

The court also found that the «amended complaint in this case sufficiently pleads that Elliott was a controller with respect to» the sale, thus implicating a higher standard of review.

The purpose of the study is to show the size and nature of the UK's advice sector two years after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was implemented and commission - based sales were banned.The RDR had several aims — to improve the investment management service to clients, to increase the standards of professionalism for advisers, and to clarify the way advisers are paid for their services.

In order to research for this review we used the account of the standard type.

Kudos to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFPB) which announced last week it will review its standards of conduct over the next year or so.

The standard of review for questions of procedure is (at para 70) «correctness with some deference to the Board's choice of procedure».

Clearly the more deferential the standard of review the more difficult it will be for Burnaby to convince the FCA that it should grant leave.

This review aims also to serve as a tool for international institutional investors to better track the evolution of market accessibility in individual countries as well as for regulators to be informed of the areas perceived as not meeting international standards and for which some improvements may be welcomed.

Are these laws the standard, peer reviewed, and generally accepted views of the majority of scientists?

On September 7, the publisher of the journal, the Council of the Biological Society of Washington, released a statement retracting the article as not having met its scientific standards and not peer reviewed.

This worthwhile collection, the outcome of a «Trinity Summit» held in New York at Easter 1998, differs from standard current books on the Trinity (see previous review) in two ways.

The Second Vatican Council is briefly mentioned in only two of the eight texts I reviewed; it is not mentioned in the 250 pages of the national history standards.

Memoir is a complicated and very personal genre, as you acknowledge, and I have found myself unable to write a standard review of it.