Sentences with phrase «states public benefits»

The Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, a New York State public benefit corporation, was created to purchase New York State's share of the tobacco settlement revenues.

The Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, a New York State public benefit corporation, was created in 2003 to purchase New York State's share of the tobacco settlement revenues.

Energy efficiency programs focusing specifically on the industrial sector and administered by utilities, state public benefit entities and regional market transformation organizations are growing in response to rising energy efficiency goals.

Not exact matches

Unlike Americans, however, residents of New Zealand enjoy the protection of a robust welfare state including a public health system, 18 weeks of subsidized parental leave and benefits for middle - and low - income families with young children.

Though they admit comparisons are tricky, economists generally view public retirement benefits in the United States as less generous than those in many other wealthy nations.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

State and local employees» contributions to the two largest pension systems increased by 10 %, from 5 % to 5.5 % of their annual salaries and increased the retirement benefit age for new public employees, from 55 to 60 years.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

«While San Francisco policymakers pursue common sense regulation of standup electronic scooters to enhance the public benefit of this new shared mobility technology and to reduce potential harm to the public, state legislators seek to eliminate elements of the Vehicle Code that exist to protect the health and safety of members of the public including users of standup electric scooters,» Peskin wrote in his resolution.

In short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector funds.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

On the basis of the above facts, GEI acknowledged in its settlement agreement that the consulting agreements, even those pursuant to which no amounts were actually paid, violated the anti-bribery provision of the CFPOA, as they constituted agreements to provide, directly or indirectly, a benefit to a foreign public official so as to induce the official to use his position to influence decisions of a foreign state for which he performs duties and functions.

A report by the California Public Utilities Commission is due out this fall on the costs and benefits of rooftop solar that may help determine the direction regulators and lawmakers take on net metering programs in the state.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

The fate of several state policies that allowed SolarCity to operate had become more uncertain, thanks mostly to hostility from the entrenched utilities, and the company was forced to pull out of Nevada altogether after the state's public utilities commission voted to significantly cut benefits for homeowners with solar.

The Baltimore Sun filed a request under the Public Information Act seeking a copy of the proposal, which could reveal details on how much taxpayer money and other benefits the city and state were prepared to offer the Seattle company.

Malloy's proposed budget this year would bring more deep state cuts, either in staffing or pay and benefits to public employees, along with a shift of hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to cities and towns.

Although many of his latter - day prophets ignore this, Smith taught that the social benefit of the free market would be realized only in the wider public sphere, with the populace actively debating matters of common concern and expressing its will through the state.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

Nestlé has been doing a lot of defending of late, including against a viral video in Malaysia stating that it is 40 % sugar and deceptive about its health benefits, as well as against the Sri Lankan president's public tirade accusing the brand of increasing the sugar content in its drink packs.

Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world.

The benefits of omega - 3 fatty acids have been widely documented over recent years with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health stating that they are an essential contribution to the human body.

ACCC Chairman, Graeme Samuel, stated that «the ACCC accepts that the proposed arrangement is likely to result in an increase in the efficiency of the Port of Fremantle and a reduction in the number of trucks moving to and from the port, to the benefit of the surrounding community and the environment» while producing limited public detriments.

California Avocado Commission Created in 1978, the California Avocado Commission strives to increase demand for California avocados through advertising, promotion and public relations, and engages in related industry activities that benefit the state's nearly 5,000 avocado growers.

About the California Avocado Commission Created in 1978, the California Avocado Commission strives to increase demand for California Avocados through advertising, promotion and public relations, and engages in related industry activities that benefit the state's nearly 5,000 avocado growers.

Illinois is one of only a handful of states that require public information campaigns regarding the benefits of breast - feeding.

But in 1990, the Lake Michigan Federation convinced a federal judge that the state's sale of 18 acres of lake bottom to Loyola was illegal because the transaction would benefit a private interest rather than the public.

Trademarks that are located within or on the Website or a website otherwise owned or operated in conjunction with Orlando Stroller Rentals, LLC shall not be deemed to be in the public domain but rather the exclusive property of Orlando Stroller Rentals, LLC, unless such website is under license from the Trademark owner thereof in which case such license is for the exclusive benefit and use of Orlando Stroller Rentals, LLC, unless otherwise stated.

Article 11 (2) In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life

Why does one bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, hold exclusive contracts in 24 states to administer public benefits?

We are challenging the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions» decision to change the basis on which certain public sector pension benefits, including teachers» pensions, are up - rated from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).

The point of public pension reform is to reduce the risk for New York taxpayers, who — in addition to their own financial concerns — now stand behind a constitutional guarantee of defined - benefit pensions for all current and future state and local government retirees.

In the years post war it established the NHS, legal aid, Welfare state, inc child benefit, Trades disputes act, public ownership, national insurance - progressive steps that made Britain a new kind of country.

While Trump's federal tax cut is causing headaches for some New Yorkers, Cuomo and regulators at the state Public Service Commission are working to ensure that utility customers in the state are able to reap some of the benefits as soon as possible.

This brief uses data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement5 to examine the importance of public pensions to black retirement security, and why the twin threats to public pensions — cuts to state pension benefits and the decline in public employment over the past two decades — particularly threaten the retirement security of African American workers.

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Commissioner for Special Duties in Ogun State, Adeleke Adewolu, has said more than 270,000 pupils in 1,510 public primary schools in the state are currently benefitting from the Federal Government's HomeGrown School feeding progrState, Adeleke Adewolu, has said more than 270,000 pupils in 1,510 public primary schools in the state are currently benefitting from the Federal Government's HomeGrown School feeding progrstate are currently benefitting from the Federal Government's HomeGrown School feeding programme.

Some of New York State's major transportation infrastructure projects are now benefiting from expanded use of the design - build process — but a costly pro-union rider has been attached to proposed legislation extending design - build authorization to public works financed by New York City, and could set a troubling precedent.

State Senate Democrats have reaped $ 85,000 in election - year campaign contributions from the state teachers union since they skipped last month's vote to cut pension benefits for new teachers and other public emploState Senate Democrats have reaped $ 85,000 in election - year campaign contributions from the state teachers union since they skipped last month's vote to cut pension benefits for new teachers and other public emplostate teachers union since they skipped last month's vote to cut pension benefits for new teachers and other public employees.

By re-evaluating the classic theories of the state, and developing a new framework for the relationship between states and citizens, this project offers a practical framework which can guide the distribution of the benefits and burdens of the modern state's public property.

Although most of the Eastern EU Member States have a relatively low level of public debt and their economies are back on the growth path, in Hungary and Poland the EU has become increasingly associated with unpopular immigration policies (which mostly benefit Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants).

By «submerged state» Mettler means a set of indirect government subsidies and benefits whose size and beneficiaries, indeed whose very existence, is largely invisible to the public.

Since historically, separationist rhetoric was used to pass Blaine Amendments that forced poorer Catholic parents to send their children to Protestant («public») schools, church - state separation may erroneously seem to exclude certain religious groups from the full benefits of citizenship.

Nearly 100 Capital District voters packed the auditorium at the Guilderland Public Library last Tuesday night for a panel discussion titled «Would New York State Benefit from a Constitutional Convention?»

Republican Eric Ulrich (CD - 32) testified about the benefits of the city's public matching system, which reform organizations have been pushing as a model for the state.

Public employee benefit costs in New York are incredibly out of line with those in the private sector, and impose enormous pressure on state and local government budgets.

In 2012, he pushed to reduce pension benefits for new public employees in exchange for allowing legislators to draw their own district lines, breaking a campaign promise to reformers and helping Republicans retain their grip on power in the state Senate.

Ans: Let me first correct an impression, I want to state it categorically that there is no personal disagreement or face off between the National legal adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire SAN and the National leader of our party, it is just a misconception which has been fueled from a number of quarters to the public, probably those who tend to benefit from the existence of the crisis between the two who would prefer that there should be a crisis.

A. «Affected State Entities» means (i) all agencies and departments over which the Governor has Executive Authority, and (ii) all public - benefit corporations, public authorities and commissions, for which the Governor appoints the Chair, the Chief Executive, or the majority of Board Members, except for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

It's practically an annual tradition for state lawmakers at the end of the legislative session: approving bills designed to expand pension benefits for public employees.

The NASUWT - the Teachers» Union has written to the Secretary of State for Education to demand that there is immediate implementation for teachers of the decision relayed to the NASUWT by HM Treasury to equalise adult survivor benefits in public service pension schemes for same - sex married and civil partners.