Sentences with phrase «substantial commissions for»

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The affiliates did not clearly disclose the «substantial» commissions they received from the company for every sale they generated, the FTC said.

Sales commissions and fees for REITs can run as high as 10 %, which adds up to a substantial amount of earnings that you're handing over.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The peer - reviewed study, commissioned by the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) and conducted by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), measures the environmental impacts of a 1 kg industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2010 and shows substantial improvements over the industry - average product manufactured in 2006, as reported in the industry's first baseline LCA.

He also «promoted the product as, among other things, an effective treatment, cure and preventative for cancer, heart disease, arthritis and diabetes, and as a means of achieving substantial weight loss of up to 80 pounds in eight months,» according to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Proposals from Erie County's Salary Review Commission for substantial pay raises for four of the county's top elected officials crashed and burned unanimously on the floor of the Legislature Thursday afternoon.

Liberal Democrats should press the government to propose substantial reforms in Europe: a smaller European commission whose members are individually accountable to the European parliament for their conduct of their office; a council that meets openly whenever it debates legislative matters; a core of human and social rights embodied in the next amended treaty.

The Justice Brobbey Commission was formed by President Akufo - Addo under Constitutional Instrument (CI) 105 to, among other things, inquire, into the need and substantial demand for the creation of new regions which include Northern, Volta, Western and Brong Ahafo Regions.

A substantial minority of the British public say they could never see themselves voting Ukip, a survey commissioned by ComRes for ITV News has found.

The CRC, as openDemocracy has previously reported, is a secretive group which has refused to disclose its donors, its members, or to deny allegations that it had to pay a substantial fine of # 6,000 to the Electoral Commission last month, the reasons for which remain unknown.

Following its review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire the Boundary Commission for England recommended substantial changes to the constituency boundaries in Sheffield, to add part of the Sheffield Hillsborough to the whole of the Sheffield Brightside constituency (other than a handful of houses in the corner of Walkley).

And our work with our towns, with the Berkshire Planning Commission to highlight for FERC the substantial environmental, economic, health and safety concerns of that pipeline.

That move was championed by Republican leadership and the Texas Public Utility Commission and has opened the possibility for renewables as a substantial part of the energy portfolios for multiple cities, said Thomas Edgar, a professor of engineering and chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.

To this day, candidates for Clark County and other area commission seats get a substantial amount of their political contributions from the building and development industry.

The 2009 «Banerjee Report», commissioned by the Department of Health as part of the NDS, examined the use of antipsychotics for people with dementia, concluding that the drugs had a «substantial clinical risk» associated with them and that their overuse «must not be allowed to continue.»

The multibillion dollar project to develop high - definition television for Europe should be abandoned, unless the European Commission agrees to substantial subsidies for broadcasters using the technology.

A consensus for change is developing, but as Bridget Terry Long points out in a new policy proposal commissioned by the Hamilton Project, reform efforts often sidestep substantial questions about how to improve academic preparation and — importantly — help students avoid remedial placement altogether...

Head to www.malingo.co.uk for competitive prices.Many teachers have already started using the site to save substantial amount of money.We don't have to pay commission, therefore we can charge lower prices without compromising the quality of the resources.

The Bradley Commission on History in Schools, meeting in Reno late last month, issued a call for a substantial increase in the amount of history teaching at all levels of precollegiate education.

The proposed legislation, which hits the House floor this afternoon, would have two key effects: prohibit the possibility of engaging in a new, substantial mechanism to compare NC students» academic performance with that of students in other states; and authorize the creation of a review commission composed of parents, educators, and other stakeholders to review alternative standards and recommend them for adoption.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau (Bureau) will provide a $ 152.2 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), at 2.84 % with a term of 35 years after substantial completion for the I - 15 Express Lanes Corridor Project (Project).

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced on July 20, 2017, that the Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau will provide a $ 152.2 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to the Riverside County Transportation Commission, at 2.84 % with a term of 35 years after substantial completion for the I - 15 Express Lanes Corridor Project.

Previously responsible for one - off coachwork commissions on existing models like a two - door Bentley Mulsanne coupe and the distinctive Mercedes - AMG G 63 - based X-Raid, Project Panther represents the most substantial project yet for the coachbuilder.

For the foregoing reasons, the Commission concludes that the regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Leaving aside for the moment that a substantial number of bestsellers are not the work of first - time authors submitted over the transom, but are instead commissioned before they are even written — meaning that there wasn't ever any real opportunity for a «rejection» in the first place, or at least not a comparable one — one must recognize that there's more than one kind of «bestseller» out there.

E-Trade's cost is particularly attractive for active traders; investors who make between 150 and 1,500 trades per quarter qualify for a reduced commission rate of $ 7.99, which is a substantial $ 2.00 off the normal fee.

The range for standard commission prices for standard equity trades at Canadian bank - owned brokerages now stands between $ 6.88 (HSBC InvestDirect) and $ 24.99 + (Scotia iTRADE), an almost 4-fold difference; even the difference between $ 6.88 and the current industry standard of about $ 10 appears to be substantial.

For small investors, who face substantial trading frictions and commissions, rebalancing once a year is more practical due to the lower costs involved.

This release contains forward - looking information that involves substantial risks and uncertainties about the intention to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of a minority ownership stake in Pfizer's Animal Health business, including the anticipated timing of such a transaction and the potential benefits to Pfizer.

Recent projects and publications include: «Proposals for Liverpool», The Fifth Floor, Tate Liverpool (2008); «Proposals for Barcelona», Centre d'Art Santa Monica (2008); «Proposals for Brussels», with the British Council for the Europalia Festival (2007); a commission for COMMA at Bloomberg SPACE, London (June, 2009); and several substantial commissions.

In addition to building substantial audience and collector exposure for the artists, the residency and exhibition provided incredible peer - networking among the artists, who received increased exhibition opportunities, commissions of new work, and have formed collaborations among themselves as a result of their experience.

Mike Whiting received his MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in May of 2002, and has since developed a substantial profile as a contemporary artist of our times through his solo exhibitions at Plus Gallery, numerous group exhibitions across the US, and a number of monumental outdoor works commissioned for entities across the US, including Denver's iconic «Rhino» sculpture at the intersection of Larimer and Broadway.

Alongside a substantial visual catalogue of Oursler's archive, organized by the artist, this publication gathers a large number of newly commissioned texts by scholars, historians and fellow enthusiasts for material that certainly lies outside the mainstream.

(06/10/2010) The E.U. today moved to establish environmental standards for biofuels used in Europe, requiring biofuels to deliver «substantial reductions» in greenhouse gas emissions and not result in conversion of forests or wetlands, according to a statement from the European Commission.

In its guidelines against deceptive pricing, the commission tells retailers that a product can be advertised as being sold at a reduced price if the former price was «a bona fide price at which the article was offered to the public on a regular basis for a reasonably substantial period of time.»

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German Data Protection Authorities, Jan Albrecht, the rapporteur at the European Parliament for the General Data Protection Regulation, and Jacob Kohnstmann, Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party publicly stated that there was a «substantial likelihood» that the Safe Harbour was being violated (Commission Communication).

In July of 2015, an institutional investor with a substantial stake in MDC's common shares commenced a proposed securities class action against MDC and certain of its officers under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») Rule 10b - 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the «U.S. Securities Class Action»).

A privilege is likely to be recognized, for example, in connection with the disclosure of information that is relevant to public health or safety, or to the commission of a crime or tort, or to other matters of substantial public concern.

There is reason for greater optimism for potential claims relating to allegations of Forex manipulation, for which UK and US regulatory bodies have imposed substantial fines on banks and which is currently subject to a European Commission (EC) investigation.

Judge Keller has been assessed a $ 100,000 fine as a civil penalty by the Texas Ethics Commission, but she should also face criminal charges for failing to disclose in her sworn filings substantial property wealth, income and board positions.

Managing a redundancy process, and defending a substantial claim relating to commission payments for an IT technology consulting corporation.

There is substantial legal authority for the conclusion that Judges ethics regarding official judicial duties can only be reviewed by the Judicial Conduct Commission.

The FCPA includes substantial criminal penalties for both businesses and individuals found to have made prohibited payments, and also gives both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to pursue civil enforcement actions.

For instance, while we welcome Quebec's recent decision to strike a provincial Commission of Inquiry on the Protection of the Confidentiality of Journalistic Sources, the many reports of police surveillance of journalists in Quebec that gave rise to the Commission are a reminder that Canada still faces substantial challenges in its efforts to protect a free and independent press.»

Although the regulations offer no formula for calculation, regs 6 and 7 state that an agent is entitled to compensation for: - the damage he suffers as a result of termination of the relationship; and - the damage is deemed to have occurred if the termination takes place in circumstances where: - the agent is deprived of commission which would have been due had proper performance of the agency continued while providing the principal with substantial benefits linked to the agent's activities; and / or - in circumstances which prevent the agent from amortising the costs and expenses incurred in the performance of the agency on the advice of the principal.

Notably, amongst life insurance agents, the strategy of replacing a life insurance policy with a loan for another one is the primary approach to execute a life insurance loan rescue... in part because the life insurance agent often has an opportunity for a substantial commission on the replacement policy.

These commissions form a substantial part of the premium that is being charged from the customers and is one of the major factors for high premiums during offline sales.

The ATSISPEP commend the Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Nigel Scullion for enabling the ATSISPEP and for his ongoing responsiveness but warn the suicide crisis and the underlying issues require a whole of government approach, require substantial dedications of funding, and ultimately require either a national inquiry or Royal Commission.

The Commission has welcomed the substantial financial commitments for Indigenous health made under the COAG National Indigenous Reform Agreement and the COAG National Integrated Strategy for Closing the Gap in Indigenous Disadvantage.