Sentences with phrase «short life of this government»

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As tax revenues have shrunk, the city's financial obligations have grown — mainly to an ever - expanding pool of 30,000 retirees, promised life - time pensions and health benefits by short - sighted government officials over decades who consistently failed to fund those future obligations.

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.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; 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.

The announcement is the latest attempt to sway the B.C. government, coming on the heels of Alberta's short - lived ban on importing British Columbia wine.

The only governmental or quasi-governmental notes were those issued by the short - lived first and second Banks of the United States (whose shares were 80 % in private hands) and by state - government - owned commercial banks in a few frontier states.

One manifestation of Finance's power has been the increasing tendency to use the tax system to deliver social and industrial policy — a quick glance at the Department of Finance's annual, ever - expanding Tax Expenditures report (first introduced under the short - lived Joe Clark government) tells the tale.

Improvements to current national standards for live export will form part of the terms of reference for a «short, sharp» federal government review into the industry.

«It is nothing short of a national scandal that those who are dedicating themselves to giving a future to children and young people are seeing their own lives damaged by the failure of government and employers to take their health and welfare seriously.

Mr Gallagher was one of the leading figures in Cool Britannia, a short - lived government - inspired cultural phenomenon during the very early stages of New Labour's time in power.

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

On the economy, too, he said the government was making «steady progress» and that «Nigerians will definitely get a new lease of life a short while from now».

The charges focus specifically on Mr. Silver's use of the U.S. mail system and wire exchanges, which give the federal government and Mr. Bharara jurisdiction for the charges, to allegedly send fraudulent documents in his effort to perpetrate the scheme and to conceal it from the legislature's Ethics Commission and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's short - lived anti-corruption Moreland Commission.

«The action which the Iranian government has taken gives them a blaze of favourable publicity which is going to be short - lived, and it's not going to alter the difficulty of addressing these major issues, like the nuclear question, and is not going to give Iran any leverage in them,» he told the BBC.

After the first military coup of 1966 and under the short - lived administration of the then Head of State General Aguiyi Ironsi, Decree 34 of 1966 was promulgated abrogating the federal system of government and substituting same with unitary system of government.

«AV is a little short of proportional representation» Interviewed on Channel 4 News, Nick Clegg told Jon Snow the government was bringing two things together: giving people a say on whether they want a different electoral system, and secondly, making sure that your vote is worth the same value, wherever you live.

In the short - lived minority Labour government of 1924 she served as parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Labour.

The Heath government's trade union legislation was ill conceived compared with that of the Thatcher government and the flirtation with «hiving off» state - owned activities was short - lived.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned the Federal Government to put in place short - term measures to cushion the effect of the current economic crisis on the Nigerian masses or risk the lives of the people before he completes his reforms.

This exploration reveals how, in the wake of media attention, public fascination with appearance and government policies pushing for change, generations of Americans will live shorter lives.

Overview Fully electric car is surprisingly refined and is pretty easy to live with Pros It uses absolutely no gas (zero emissions), refined operation, cheerful personality, government rebates make Leaf more affordable, and in many cities, you get preferred parking spots and access to HOV lanes Cons Lack of charging infrastructure (not a huge issue if you have a short commute) Value for money Good (especially with government incentives) What would I change?

Natural living has reached the mainstream: we are now far more concerned about the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the chemicals that surround us, and recognize that government regulations all too often fall short of safeguarding our health.

That fairy - tale story is short - lived, as the government is threatening Martson's family unless John helps locate Bill Williamson, an old «friend» of John's and member of his old gang.

Prior to his government service he was Senior Fellow and Director of International Climate Policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., where he advised the Center's founder John Podesta, and worked primarily on comparative mitigation ambition, transparency, climate finance, and mitigation of short - lived climate pollutants.

The existing land line telephone system, its infrastructure, regulations, the entire industrial halo of the telephone corporations (a near monopoly, despite the failed trust busting attempt of an earlier era) stifled and constrained North American mobile phone adoption, short - sighted governments taxed infant cell companies rather than freeing them of the uphill struggle they faced, and as a result, the average North American is backwards compared to the average denizen of an emerging economy when it comes to mobile life.

Long - term sustainability for the maximization of human survival has been eclipsed by global business for the expediency of large gains in short - term periods, where mostly tactical activities predominate in both emerging and developed markets, instead of focusing on strategic alternatives and activities that would sustain life on earth in a symbiotic, negentropic relationship between global business, Nature as Earth, government, and consumers or the general public.

They prefer to condemn billions of mankind to short lives of death, disease and early starvation by regulating energy production to to benefit of the governments that pay them their hundreds of billions in project monies every year.

Because of a government policy that provided free coal for home and office heating to residents of the north from 1950 to 1980, life expectancy there was 5.5 years shorter than in southern China in the 1990s.

Instead, until the income tax was expressly authorized constitutionally in 1913, the federal government was financed mostly with customs duties and to a lesser extent some select excise taxes (also here and here), with several exceptions, some direct property taxes from 1789 to 1802; a short lived Civil War era income tax on the very affluent (1861 - 1872), which was reimposed briefly from 1894 - 1895 before being declared unconstitutional; and some estate taxes, either on the theory that they were excise taxes, or in parallel to the income taxes, until the 16th Amendment's authorization of the federal income tax was found to extend to authorization for federal gift and estate taxation.

If you want to wait for the government Open Enrollment Period (OEP), or if you need coverage while waiting for an employer - provided plan or a life - qualifying event, you can also purchase short - term health insurance — a temporary policy that can provide valuable stop - gap coverage and peace of mind in the event of an illness or accident.

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The recent drop in Bitcoin price, fueled by a short - lived positive performance of Chinese yuan, the government decided to review the cryptocurrency platforms.

«The Turnbull Government has provided no new money to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians faced with shorter life expectancy and dramatically higher incarceration rates.

«The regular upheaval of major policy changes, significant budget cuts and changing governments in the short election cycles at all levels, are major impediments to improving life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Even though most practitioners wouldn't have been affected by the federal government's short - lived telecommuter policy of earlier this year, the fact that the U.S. Labor Department was even looking at home - office health and safety issues sent off alarms in real estate offices.