Sentences with phrase «vote lead of»

Two of his most successful cases contributed to the elections of Orange County legislators; in 1995 he helped preserve the four vote lead of Michael Paduch and in 2012 did the same for Roseanne Sullivan.

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However, the distribution of the UKIP vote may lead to the Tories» piling up votes in areas where they are too far behind Labour for it to make a difference.

MILAN, April 23 - A judge ruled in favor of an appeal by Telecom Italia and its leading investor Vivendi to block a vote on some board director replacements proposed by activist fund Elliott at an April 24 shareholders meeting, a court document showed.

And Ripcord just got a massive vote of confidence from GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, the venture - capital arm of Alphabet — which just led a new investment of $ 25 million into Ripcord.

According to the latest polls Esquerra will get the biggest share of the vote in the region, 20.5 per cent, narrowly leading Junts per Catalunya, the new name for the party led by Puigdemont, on 19.3 per cent.

The Republican - led FCC voted 3 - 2 to eliminate the 42 - year - old ban on cross-ownership of a newspaper and TV station in a major market.

He has received recognition for his commitment to pro bono legal services, including his work as one of the lead attorneys in a successful federal civil rights lawsuit protecting the voting rights of Georgia citizens.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

Curry, the NBA's leading All - Star vote - getter in 2015, has been an advocate of private coaching, publicly pointing to it as a key to his success as a pro player.

Leading up to the election, questions were raised about the security of state computer systems that protect voting data.

Ahead of the Brexit vote, a Citi Global Economics research team led by Ebrahim Rahbari, Willem Buiter, and Tina M. Fordham expressed similar sentiments in a note:

«This gives us a mid-point prediction of an 8.5 % lead for remain, or a majority of around 2.5 million of votes cast.

The cases involve the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of African - Americans across the South and Supreme Court decisions that limited the use of race to draw electoral maps.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who leads major polls ahead of the July 1 vote, has threatened to abandon the $ 13 billion project, which is already...

With just over four weeks until Londoners cast their votes, an exclusive Opinium survey for the Evening Standard says Labour candidate Khan still enjoys a sizable lead and is more trusted than Conservative Goldsmith on the majority of key issues.

Nearly 2.6 million comments were filed in the lead - up to the FCC's vote to consider the proposal — many of those seem to have been spurred by John Oliver's call to keep the rules, but hundreds of thousands of others, many in favor of repeal, have likely come from bots.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

But a vote to Leave would almost certainly force a change of leadership in the Conservative Party and a new Prime Minister, given Cameron's leading of the Remain campaign.

In Europe, opinion polls show that the race to elect the next French president is too close to call with both leading candidates losing momentum ahead of Sunday's first - round vote.

«The fact that we have seen over # 1 billion worth of venture capital investment into London fintech companies since the EU referendum vote offers further proof that global investors still believe London will remain a leading fintech hub for many years to come,» Rajesh Agrawal, London's deputy mayor for business, said in a statement Thursday.

Stringer, who is leading the effort to vote down Mylan's current board, oversees New York City pensions that together own more than 1.1 million shares of Mylan stock.

JPMorgan lead director Lee Raymond, a former Exxon Mobil CEO, told shareholders at last month's meeting to expect management to reflect on the board's structure in light of the way the votes came down.

Angel Gurria, the secretary - general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned on Wednesday of the risk of other EU countries following the U.K.'s lead in holding a referendum and voting to leave.

«In a campaign cycle that has been nothing but a race to the bottom — at such a critical moment for our nation — and with so many who have tried to be respectful of a record primary vote, the time has come for Governor Pence to lead the ticket,» Huntsman told the Salt Lake Tribune.

This is the second report of the day suggesting No has a slight lead in the voting.

No vote on those has been scheduled yet, but with Pai and O'Rielly in control, it could lead to a rollback of the whole order.

James, likely to be the leading vote - getter in the East and thus one of the captains for this inaugural year, would have some tough choices.

MILAN, April 23 (Reuters)- A judge ruled in favor of an appeal by Telecom Italia (TIM) and its leading investor Vivendi to block a vote on some board director replacements proposed by activist fund Elliott at an April 24 shareholders meeting, a court document showed.

Justice Anthony Kennedy was the deciding vote in throwing out A) a requirement that police try to determine the immigration status of people they stop under suspicion of even minor crimes; B) a law that made it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek employment; and C) a law that let police arrest a person without a warrant if they believed the person may have committed a crime that could lead to deportation.

Farage was one of the main figures who led the successful push for the UK's vote to leave the European Union, commonly known as «Brexit.»

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

The AfD — led by Frauke Petry — made significant gains in all three states, particularly in Saxony - Anhalt where it finished second with 24 % of the vote.

She said the vote would be a referendum on legacy directors at Wynn, following the allegations of sexual harassment that led to the resignation of her ex-husband Steve Wynn as CEO.

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

My vote is that co-founders should pick one lead as the CEO and the other should have a functional role & title like Head of Sales & Marketing, CTO, VP marketing or whatever.

The Child DAO issue eventually led to an Ethereum hard fork, the result of voting to not let the attacker (who said he had legal right to his property through a lawyer) have his prize for his creation, and emptying the piggy bank to all those who lost ETH and laid claim to it.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

«There should not be unequal voting rights as they could allow management or minority share owners to override the wishes or best interests of majority shareholders for personal benefit and compromise accountability, leading to potential entrenchment issues,» Mary Leung, head of advocacy for Asia at CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, said in a statement.

A.M. Best Rating Services, an industry - leading rating agency, assigned Travelers an A + +, which is the highest possible rating and a vote of confidence for Travelers» financial stability.

We believe the Brexit vote will continue to be top of mind this week, as polls point to a marginal lead for those on the «leave» side.

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L. (Sept. 1, 2014), http://us.practicallaw.com/4-578-4485 [http://perma.cc/8XRK-A4YL](«It appears that ISS negative vote recommendations based on the perceived lack of board responsiveness to shareholder concerns (as evidenced by the failure to implement a successful shareholder proposal) was the leading factor associated with directors who failed to receive a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election in 2014.»)

Several Monday conversations with President Donald Trump, a meeting with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and reassurances about Afghanistan led Sen. Rand Paul to announce Monday evening that he would vote to support Pompeo as the next Secretary of State.

What if, at the start of the year, you had a crystal ball and you knew January and February would see severe stock market declines leading to the worst start of any year, Britain would shock the financial markets by voting to exit the European Union, and Donald Trump would be elected President?

Last time the ruling UMNO - led Barisan Nasional coalition received a minority of the popular vote, only winning a majority of the seats thanks to some creatively drawn electoral boundaries.

I guess the lesson of Travis Kalanick's resignation as chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc. is that you can be the visionary founder of a massive company, stay private to avoid the pressures of the public market, keep control of a majority of the voting power of the shares, and still be forced out in a boardroom coup led by activist shareholders:

Craig Newmark is the Founder of craigslist, Craig Newmark is Web pioneer, philanthropist, and leading advocate on behalf of trustworthy journalism, voting rights, veterans and military families, women in tech, and other civic and social justice causes.

The page paraphrases Ninou Sarwono, the firm's emerging technology lead, as saying, «All sorts of transactions — from stock and bond trades to voting — can be sped up, made more secure, and executed at lower cost using blockchain.»

Activists seeking to derail President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA are looking to Sen. John McCain to cast the deciding vote against her — assuming he is well enough to return to Washington.