Sentences with phrase «year by the president»

Jay Clayton, the attorney tapped last year by President Donald Trump to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, argued that the agency doesn't need Congress» help in prosecuting insider trading.

Solyndra was touted by MIT Technology Review as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world and was visited last year by President Barack Obama.

Bharara, who was fired earlier this year by President Donald Trump, has a book deal with Alfred A. Knopf.

Bharara, who was fired last year by President Donald Trump and now runs a popular podcast, has not said whether he'd join the pack expected to seek the top legal job in the state, but his silence hasn't stopped the Reform Party from starting a one - sided conversation.

At 5 p.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will be honored as the Person of the Year by President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals Dr. Ram Raju for her leadership on mental health, 125 Worth St., Manhattan.

The news of Asamoah Gyan operating an airline firm was broken in October last year by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

The ongoing review process of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) set in motion late last year by President John Mahama, has tabled a proposal that the scheme be restricted to a compulsory primary healthcare and maternal and child healthcare provision.

00, was named the National Teacher of the Year by President George W. Bush in a ceremony at the White House on April 20.

Students need at least one year of post — high school study to survive in today's marketplace, the goal wisely set this year by President Obama.

Former high - profile Trade Minister, Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu, was chosen last year by President Soesilo Yudhoyono to lead the restructured Ministry for Tourism and Creative Economy.

The game was first announced earlier in the year by president John Smedley for PC through Steam and PlayStation 4.

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On what he wants to see happen next: «I would advise [Obama] personally call for a special committee to review these interception programs, repudiate the dangerous «State Secrets» privilege, and, upon preparing to leave office, begin a tradition for all Presidents forthwith to demonstrate their respect for the law by appointing a special investigator to review the policies of their years in office for any wrongdoing.

Members of the Trump administration walked out of the White House Correspondents» Dinner Saturday night during a performance by standup comic Michelle Wolf, who attacked the administration's relationship to the truth as well as the past behavior of the president, who did not attend the event for the second year in a row.

Non-permanent workers such as freelancers have grown from 17 to 36 percent of the U.S. work force over the past 25 years and are expected to comprise 43 percent of the work force by 2020, according to Alex Chriss, vice president and general manager of Self - Employed Solutions at Intuit.

Frazier's resignation comes in the wake of a violent rally by neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, where a 32 - year - old woman was killed by a home - grown terrorist who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors — an act of hate - filled savagery that President Trump declined to squarely condemn.

At the University of Southern California this year, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chairwoman on several boards, not only spurred students to find someone to be passionate about — but also to expand their bandwidth of diversity by getting to know people with whom they have seemingly nothing in common.

Online sales rose 14.1 percent from the year - ago quarter, boosted by sales for Presidents Day and Martin Luther King, Jr Day,...

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

«Last year, the President kept his promise to end the TPP deal negotiated by the Obama Administration because it was unfair to American workers and farmers,» White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement Thursday.

Two years later, a panel on competitiveness led by Red Wilson, a former BCE president, said the same thing and added a lengthy list of additional benefits, such as increasing the number of sources for financing existing telecoms.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

According to the study, authored by Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian - American entrepreneur and academic, who is currently vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University, the proportion of immigrant - founded companies across the country has fallen nearly 4 % in the past seven years.

Former Liberal Party WA president David Honey's convincing by - election victory in the blue ribbon seat of Cottesloe was no accident; the strong Liberal showing was more than a year in the planning.

The House and Senate are currently working on separate tax overhaul plans in hopes of passing a bill for President Donald Trump to sign by year - end.

Organized by the Small Business Administration, this is the 52nd year in a row that the president of the United States has declared one week per year the official celebration of the Main Street entrepreneur.

And Jan Piercy, who led the charge for a student speaker at Wellesley's 1969 commencement, was appointed to the World Bank by President Clinton and served seven years as U.S. executive director during his administration.

Investors expect this to be accomplished by year - end, and President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to sign a bill by Christmas.

The legendary B.C. development family saw their president of nearly 10 years, David Negrin, leave the company for a new opportunity — building and managing residential projects on the billion dollars» worth of land owned by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil - Waututh First Nations.

Xi did not name President - elect Donald Trump by name, nor did he specifically say his comments were directed at the U.S., or for that matter at the U.K., which last year voted to exit EU trade agreements.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in January received Momcilo Krajisnik, a wartime Bosnian Serb leader who was released after serving two thirds of a 20 - year jail sentence handed down by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague.

He will be succeeded by Mark Hunter, 51 years old and most recently CEO and president of Molson's European business.

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

In currency markets, the euro held at two - year highs following remarks by ECB President Mario Draghi last week, while the dollar remained weak ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the week.

Several hundred marched near Disney World in October and in December Orlando workers rejected a company proposal to boost the lowest wage by $ 1 over two years to $ 11 an hour because it would still leave new hires at $ 10, according to Jeremy Haicken, president of Unite Here Local 737, which represents food and housekeeping workers.

Kislyak reportedly orchestrated the meeting between Kushner and Gorkov, who was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in January 2016 as part of a restructuring of the bank's management team, Bloomberg reported last year.

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Fed Governor Jerome Powell, President Trump's nominee to succeed her, will take over when her four - year term as chair expires on Feb. 3.

Meanwhile, the 2015 repeal of a 40 - year - old ban on crude oil exports - passed by a Republican - controlled Congress and signed by former President Barack Obama - has made strategic shipments overseas possible.

The AT&T - Time Warner deal has become a political flashpoint because Republican President Donald Trump vowed last year as a candidate to block it and because of his frequent sharp criticism of news network CNN, owned by Time Warner, including in a new tweet on Wednesday.

Comey, 56, was nominated by President Barack Obama for the FBI post in 2013 to a 10 - year term, though that appointment does not ensure a director will serve the full term.

Government officials believe that the personal phone of John Kelly, President Donald Trump's chief of staff, was compromised by hackers months ago — possibly as early as December of last year.

Nearly five years ago, then Industry Minister Maxime Bernier struck a panel led by Lynton «Red» Wilson, the former president and CEO of BCE, to review Canada's foreign ownership laws.

Excluding items, the company reported earnings of 78 cents per share, which included a 13 - cent impact from tax cuts signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump late last year.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The combined effects of President Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget - busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $ 1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

«The good news, which is the mantra of my office and community board No. 4, is there will be, yes, by law, 35 years of income - restricted affordable housing,» Gale Brewer, the former City Councilwoman for the area and current Borough President of Manhattan, said at the time.

The Hyundai Motor Group said it plans to lift U.S. investment by 50 % to $ 3.1 billion over five years and may build a new U.S. plant — the latest auto firm to announce fresh spending after President - elect Donald Trump threatened to tax imports.

The 39 - year - old president, a newcomer to international diplomacy, will meet many of his counterparts for the first time over the next few days at the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital followed by a G7 summit in Sicily.

«Fiscal 2018 was a record year for Xilinx with revenues of $ 2.5 billion as we realized 8 % annual growth driven by broad - based strength across multiple markets, reflecting our concerted efforts to accelerate top line growth,» said Victor Peng, President and Chief Executive Officer.

The PSLF, established by President George W. Bush in 2007, allows student loan borrowers who pursue government or non-profit public service jobs to wipe out their remaining debt after 10 years of on - time payments.

Though «Daily Show» host Trevor Noah's ratings ticked up in the first quarter of the year and «The President Show» resonated with audiences, if not with some critics, network representatives still remember fondly Stewart's and Colbert's domination of the 11 - t0 - midnight time slot among key demographics pined over by advertisers.

President Xi Jinping, who often travels abroad on a Boeing 747 operated by Air China, is unlikely to start flying on the C919 soon, as it will be at least a couple of years before it goes into mass production.