Sentences with phrase «voting decisions by»

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A potential deal for Tribune, first reported by Reuters, could come as soon as Monday, just weeks after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to reverse a 2016 decision that limits the number of television stations some broadcasters can buy.

The company has recently faced headwinds in other areas, such as United Continental's decision to defer deliveries of 61 planes and a vote by the House of Representatives to bar the sale of commercial aircraft to Iran.

By an accidental irony, the vote as President Donald Trump nears a decision on whether to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord.

As far as some Canadian CEOs are concerned, the voting public made the right decision in electing another Conservative federal government over a Liberal one, according to a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc..

Either way, this process has a long way to go: This comment period will last until August 16, then the FCC will make a decision and likely hold a final vote by the end of the year.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

A second problem: Nobody wants decisions made by people who don't understand what they're voting on.

By 335 votes to 244, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the government's key Brexit bill to give Parliament decision - making power on the outcome of negotiations with the EU — including the power to call off the divorce.

Merkel was weakened after a September election as voters angry with her decision in 2015 to open Germany's borders to more than a million asylum seekers punished her conservatives by voting for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far - right party.

The employees characterized the process as «the polls never close,» meaning once a decision seemed to be made, it could be changed by more «voting,» or discussion.

British companies reduced their investment plans in the month after Britain voted to leave the EU, a survey by Lloyds Bank showed on Monday, a further sign the decision is likely to have a lasting impact on the economy.

You also need to determine the voting rights of the partners — normally a simple majority vote of the partners decides what happens and what doesn't, but you can agree that important decisions be made by a «supermajority» vote of two - thirds or more of the partnership percentages..

We have a long way to go, but by organizing people in their home communities, building voting blocs in key ridings, mobilizing around key decisions, slowly reframing big stories and fighting to lock in systemic changes, we are fundamentally re-balancing power in British Columbia.

The firm, created for the sole purpose of lobbying Taseko to replace two directors and give it a say in key company decisions, had no choice: by the meeting's cut - off date for advanced voting, with 50 % of the votes in, shareholders had voted a resounding 94 % against the dissident's proposals.

Institutional investors aren't as reliant on proxy advisers to make voting decisions as some business groups and other critics might think, according to a new survey by consultancy Morrow Sodali Global LLC.

Should these decisions be made by lawmakers and technocrats or popular votes and referenda?

Had the vote taken place three years earlier, the Ethyl Corporation would have had to abide by the decision.

It is getting tiresome hearing everyone on the radio yapping about how voters were conned by the slick campaign machinery to vote NDP; or that we voted against the PCs rather than for the NDP; or that we were angry and so made rash decisions that we will promptly regret because everyone knows what a hash the NDP have made wherever they have reigned.

Last week's historic decision by British voters to pursue Brexit — the termination of their 43 - year - old relationship with the European Union — by a 52 % to 48 % vote was shocking and provocative.

The school of today is a far cry from the original days as the Faculty of Business, which was created by a narrow margin of just one vote in a General Faculty Council decision in May of 1967.

They emerged as the industry consolidators, using high levels of gearing to pay mind boggling prices for assets (in 2007, APN was the target of a bid by a private equity consortium that was blocked by a shareholder vote at $ 6.20 per share, a decision which cost them a lot.

In a news release Tuesday, the council said the decision follows a vote on Monday by all bargaining committee members to recommend ratification of a proposed mediation - arbitration process.

Because CTK confer no governance rights or shareholder voting rights of any kind with respect to the CRYPTYK platform or the Company, all decisions involving the Company's products or services within the platform or the Company itself will be made by the Company at its sole discretion.

Especially when we keep losing national elections, we have to confront our fellow citizens with the de facto constitutional decisions they keep making by voting for the Democrats.

I worked in a small church in Kansas once, and after about 3 months I figured out that all the real major decisions, including if the pastor got paid that week, were not made by the elders, the board or congregational vote.

This interpretation of consensus departs from the Church's tradition, in which decisions are made by majority vote or public acclamation.

Many of those most affected by the decision were excluded from the vote, for only 230 of the 2,644 delegates (8.7 percent) were women.

In contrast, decisions of legislatures and executive officials can be reversed by majority vote — a much easier process, notwithstanding inertia and entrenched political interests.

Few votes are taken, and decisions are arrived at by consensus.

Ireland's recent decision to approve same - sex marriage, by popular referendum, has left the country's Catholic reputation in ruins.Of course, this shift didn't come about overnight — secularization has been in the works for some time — but the vote reinforces the feeling of a dramatic break with Ireland's Catholic heritage, and a step into an uncertain future.

The decision will conclude with a 5 to 4 count with old reliable Clarence Thomas, joined by Antonin Scalia, Sam Alito, John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy casting the deciding thumbs down vote on gay marriage.

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

While the Coptic Church appoints leaders by copying how the 12th apostle was picked after Judas» death (Acts 1:23 - 26), other churches rely on either voting by members (to varying degrees) or on the decision of existing leaders.

At Vatican II there was heated debate on whether to prepare a separate document on Mary, but by a close vote the decision was made to treat Mary in the context of ecclesiology.

For one thing, its method of reaching decisions by voting creates the general impression that the majority is right.

«As there were a number of pig producers who voted against this decision, we have justifiable concerns at their willingness to comply with this voluntary phase out even by 2017.

In between In - Person GAs the membership of IFOAM - Organics International takes decisions by Electronic Vote, so called Electronic General Assemblies (eGAs).

The 2nd Circuit reinstated Brady's DeflateGate suspension in April by a 2 - 1 vote, overturning a federal judge's decision to vacate his ban.

(When a previous committee voted to install both the international three - point line and a wider, trapezoid - shaped lane in 2003, the uproar from coaches was so great that the decision was later reversed by an oversight committee.)

Most U.S. Olympians opposed Carter's decision, but the public rallied behind the President, and he pressured the USOC board to back him up, by about a two - to - one vote.

The SFA, in an unprecedented unilateral decision by its «urgency committee», has dismissed the arbitrators chosen by the Serbian Players Union and appointed officials with links to the biggest clubs, Red Star and Partizan Belgrade, as the chamber's chairman and vice-chairman, who typically will have the casting vote in disputes.

Commissioner Larry Newton, who is often in the minority on votes and opposed Peck's hiring, said he was not completely surprised by Peck's decision given recent developments.

Should disagreements occur about what constitutes WHO Code compliance, The National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (NABA REAL) Code Help Center shall be consulted and a decision shall be determined by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

The Park Board voted Tuesday night to ask the Village Board to reconsider and make a decision regarding annexation of the 115 - acre farm, which occupies an unincorporated site surrounded by Mokena.

But many parents find that they prefer to make decisions by consensus rather than by simple majority vote.

It's why, though they might have been impressed by Clegg in the leaders» debates, their decision about where to place their own vote wasn't as dominated by the big picture.

When a decision, that needs to be made, has broad implications on large parts of a society, the overall priorities of a society can only be reflected in a vote (even if some of those priorities are not identified by experts).

The President of the Republic shall become permanently unavailable to serve by reason of any of the following events: death; resignation; removal from office by decision of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice; permanent physical or mental disability certified by a medical board designated by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice with the approval of the National Assembly; abandonment of his position, duly declared by the National Assembly; and recall by popular vote.

Staten Island Sen. Diane Savino knocked the decision by businessman Joe Ricketts to shuttering the local news sites in New York City that he owned just days after its staff voted to unionize.