Sentences with phrase «which interests the public»

However as the recent scandal in the UK concerning the hacking of phones of celebrities, the bereaved etc shows, the public interest is not always the same thing as that which interests the public.

Not exact matches

VA Secretary David Shulkin said that there was a «public interest exception» for giving Cerner the contract without examining other bids, especially considering that the system would better be able to communicate with the Defense Department's EHR tech, which Cerner also worked on.

Google (googl) announced Thursday that Chrome 64, which will be made available to the general public at the start of next year, will only allow autoplay videos when the audio is muted, or when the user has expressed interest in the content.

In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the pPublic Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the ppublic interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the publicpublic.

Dyson also has little interest in seeing his company become as big as Apple, which is why he has resisted going public.

Telephone companies, for example, are considered common carriers and public utilities which, generally speaking, must operate in the public interest, and less from a profit motive.

Since then, additional high - profile studies have come out — including an article, published in the journal of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, which found no evidence that brain games improve everyday cognition — but the topic is still very much up for debate.

But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's proposed budget, which does away with federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other education - related cuts.

Pleasing fussy customers like health - care and research facilities has been crucial to that success, as has its participation in public - private partnerships (PPP), which are joint projects between government and private interests.

The case is important not only because Hogan wants $ 100 million, which could ruin Gawker, but also because it highlights how Gawker is alone among new media companies in waging the sort of public interest legal fights that were once second nature for traditional media.

«The other goes at the heart of what the media are supposed to be doing, which is informing the public about things that might be matters of interest to them but which corporate America might not be interested in sharing with them.»

Spotify's so - called direct listing, which valued the company at $ 30 billion at the opening trade, attracted so much interest because it bucked the traditional initial - public - offering process in several key ways.

«The public funds, at least in Pennsylvania, are structured to enable the bank to make a loan that they might not be able to make without the public debt behind them by enhancing the loan - to - value, reducing the risk to [the bank], and then passing on some benefits [to the borrower] in the form of lower interest rates, which help cash - flow issues.»

It could also be that the Law Societies in the 13 provinces and territories, which are entrusted with regulating the legal profession in the public interest, actually appear to be functioning more like cartels.

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

The Fiduciary Rule and PTEs followed an extensive public rulemaking process in which the Department evaluated a large body of academic and empirical work on conflicts of interest, and determined that conflicted advice was causing harm to retirement investors.

It is interesting that much of the growth in income of the top 1 % has come in the form of eageincome which is practically impossible to hide (because employers have reporting and withholding obligations in the tax system and, at least for large public companies, often have public disclosure obligations for their senior CEOs).

Better Markets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the public interest on Wall Street, says a potential promotion by Williams to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would reward failure - because the San Francisco Fed failed to prevent widespread customer abuses at San Francisco - based banking behemoth Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), which it's supposed to supervise.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

«We can define a conflict of interest as a situation in which a person has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties as, say, a public official, an employee, or a professional.»

This gain in credibility contributed to a rapid decline in long - term interest rates, which in turn significantly reduced public debt charges and contributed to stronger economic growth and government revenues.

Playboy, which had gone public in 1971, was taken private again in 2011 by Mr. Hefner with Rizvi Traverse Management, an investment firm founded by Suhail Rizvi, a publicity - shy Silicon Valley investor, who has interests in Twitter, Square and Snapchat among others.

They are to pay for their rising debt service not by taxing the population, but by selling public assets to the financial, insurance and real estate (FIRE) sectors — the very sectors which are receiving the growing interest payments on the national debts resulting from lowering taxes on wealth.

«The Deputy Commissioner made clear that Mr. Trump must divest himself not only of managerial control, but of all ownership interest as well,» Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland and three other Democrats said in the letter, which was made public on Wednesday.

The Sponsor submits that it is in the public interest to permit the development of the Trust, which will enable a new and compelling investment option to investors.»

Giving three extra seats on the board to the CEO was certainly founder friendly; that the expansion happened at the same time Uber accepted a $ 3.5 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which came with a board seat, suggests Benchmark viewed the board expansion as a way to protect its own interests and influence as well.

Investment volatility in these types of private real estate investments is limited to changes in net asset value and interest rate unlike public REITs, which are also subject to stock market volatility, which moves independently of the other two factors.

A committed leader with an interest in both business and education, Cardenas is a board member of several organizations including Discover The Palm Beaches, the Florida Atlantic University College of Education and the bi-partisan Council of Community Leaders, which seeks to shape public policy.

This amount of consistent media coverage shows that Start - Up Chile is both a disruptive public policy and a first mover in entrepreneurship to which audiences worldwide are interested in.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic oupublic trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic ouPublic Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic oupublic offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

But each crash has brought in a cavalcade of media attention, which in turn has brought in new interest from the public and, as a result, fresh record highs in the ensuing recoveries.

For that reason, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which had sued the FDA over menu labeling delays, put their lawsuit on hold in September.

[24] We can not fail to praise the commitment of international agencies and civil society organizations which draw public attention to these issues and offer critical cooperation, employing legitimate means of pressure, to ensure that each government carries out its proper and inalienable responsibility to preserve its country's environment and natural resources, without capitulating to spurious local or international interests.

With jittery public markets, growing interest by large healthcare systems and an increased appetite to make plays in the regulated space (which may demand more resources), the consensus is that we should see more strategic investments and acquisitions and potentially consolidation in the coming year.

The company, which recently airdropped a massive cache of XRP into US public school coffers is hoping to stimulate interest in the creation of applications that use its currency and blockchain, which has attracted a lot of interest as a back - end technology in the banking industry, but has only been adopted by one other Coin thus far — the somewhat mysterious Allvor.

Also, your interest rate may be lower than your loans (depending on whether your loan is public or private), and you can file bankruptcy on a HELOC should you get in financial trouble which isn't as easy for a student loan.

There is huge interest by the public and there are more areas in which the public can invest, even in bitcoin, so you could just see an expansion in the entire space,» Nerayoff told CNBC on Monday.

Only after intense public criticism, the Liberals came up with «five conditions» that must be met in order to approve the project — conditions which largely already exist in law, and do little to actually protect B.C.'s interests.

There were also adjustments made in adjacent state requirements» five public interest category scoring weights, which could impact the siting of renewable energy systems inside or outside of Illinois..

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

Twitter's successful debut is likely to stoke interest in other up - and - coming consumer Internet companies such as ride service Uber, scrapbooking site Pinterest, accommodation service Airbnb and the payment start - up Square, all of which boast private - market valuations well north of a billion dollars and could go public in the coming years.

Lastly, Mr Prentice can promise to ask Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson to terminate Mr Berger's contract because it violates Alberta's conflict of interest rules that require a one year cooling off period before a former government minister can work for the public service in an area in which he's had significant dealings.

Ms. Gray is also Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal, a role that coincides with her position as chairperson of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, which is reviewing the Election Act, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, the Conflicts of Interest Act, and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act.

A wave of recent scandals at the state - run Chinese Red Cross, which suggested a young staffer had bought luxuries such as a villa and lamborghini with donations, sparked public interest in greater regulation of the non-profit sector.

Whereas traditionally a start - up with a promising idea would sell its business plan to interested angel investors, later commit to sequential funding rounds in which venture capital investors would provide scale - up financing in return for a slice of equity, before eventually pursuing an initial public offering (if very successful) to sell some or all of its shares to the general public, the ICO can offer a novel and much faster approach.

In the public market, CIT, which provides financing and advisory services to small businesses and middle - market companies, sold $ 1 billion of senior unsecured notes due 2019 at an interest rate of 3.875 %.

That's important since 2017 might be the year a lot of said tech startups finally go public, with possible moves from Airbnb, Snapchat and more, which is obviously of great interest to investment banks like Goldman.

This capacity has been further enhanced by a change in operating procedures, which has seen public announcements of every change in the official cash rate — the key policy interest rate — since January 1990.

Here the Supreme Court began to set in legal concrete the notion that sexual morals and patterns of family life are matters of private choice or taste, not matters of public concern in which the state has a legitimate interest.