Sentences with phrase «years of conflict in»

THE MOTIVE In a study of more than 900 years of conflict in eastern China, a team of researchers has tested the hypothesis that cold spells fuel the social instability that leads to war.

He said: «Their suffering underscores how over seven years of conflict in Syria, the international community has failed to protect the innocent.

Over the past 18 years of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 250,000 troops have suffered such injuries.

Not exact matches

But 100 years later, the Christmas Truce remains a bright spot in an otherwise bleak conflict that ushered in many aspects of modern war.

Acting U.S. Secretary of State John Sullivan called on Moscow to stop creating impediments to peace in Syria and to play a role in ending the seven - year - long conflict.

«We think this is one of the most egregious [conflicts of interest] we've seen in recent years, and it seems to be more widely practiced... To me, it sounds like a commission, and clients approach the adviser operating under the banner of fiduciary expecting those biases to not exist.»

After discussing the arms sales, Trump suggested that the United States could soon extricate itself from Middle East conflicts after years of involvement in Iraq and Syria.

As I've been mentoring and training some young adults lately at a college, suddenly I've seen conflicts up close and personal, a reminder of the time I worked in the corporate world for about a ten year period.

Lukashenko's re-election five years ago led to mass protests and the imprisonment of leading opposition figures, but support for his 20 - year - old regime has risen after he cast himself as the guarantor of stability in the face of economic crisis and a pro-Russian separatist conflict in neighboring Ukraine.

This conflict has been rampant in companies for years, but with new advancements in technology, companies are beginning realize what the true impact of marketing is on sales.

According to a 2015 study from former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, conflicted advice was costing consumers about $ 17 billion in retirement earnings each year.

The decision comes as policy makers including IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warn of a global trade conflict that could undermine the broadest world recovery in years.

In recent years, investors have had to cope with plenty of uncertainty: three summers worth of the Greek default crises (2010, 2011, 2012); the US «fiscal cliff» in early 2013 and the government shutdown that October; the Ukraine - Russia conflicts; the collapse in oil prices; China's slowdown and currency devaluation; and now, BrexiIn recent years, investors have had to cope with plenty of uncertainty: three summers worth of the Greek default crises (2010, 2011, 2012); the US «fiscal cliff» in early 2013 and the government shutdown that October; the Ukraine - Russia conflicts; the collapse in oil prices; China's slowdown and currency devaluation; and now, Brexiin early 2013 and the government shutdown that October; the Ukraine - Russia conflicts; the collapse in oil prices; China's slowdown and currency devaluation; and now, Brexiin oil prices; China's slowdown and currency devaluation; and now, Brexit.

Syria peace talks due to begin in Geneva this week look set to struggle with the sides showing no sign of compromise over the issue at the heart of the five - year - long conflict: the future of President Bashar al - Assad.

Odgers has been shifting in this direction for years — a strategy that became a growing source of conflict in Canada.

Last year Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, resigned from Kushner Cos and sold his stake to a family trust as part of an effort to avoid conflicts of interests in his White House role.

The fight for Afrin, a once stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever greater role of foreign powers in the seven - year - old conflict.

The fight for Afrin, a once - stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever - greater role of foreign powers such as Turkey in the seven - year - old conflict.

Apart from the destruction and loss of life, Saudi Arabias oil reserves are bombed, the U.S. is poised to enter another Middle East conflict and, in the end, Irans nuclear capabilities are only set back by a couple of years.

Many of these commenters stressed the Department's determination in the final rulemaking that, under the current regulatory structure, investors lose billions of dollars each year as a result of conflicts of interest, and argued that delay would compound these losses.

EPI derived its estimate using the methodology the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) used in its 2015 report, which estimated that the aggregate annual cost of conflicted advice is about $ 17 billion each year).

So unlike brokers, we have no conflict of interest pushing us to recommend high volumes of trades whether we believe in the potential of those trades or not We have no perpetual bias for a bull market as most of Wall Street has to be (to justify the heavily - weighted stance of «buy» vs. «sell,» a stance that always persists even in harshest bear markets) Instead of all of these kinds of anti-investor establishment motivators, we will sell our products on subscription, with a customer - friendly, overwhelming motivation to deliver an experience that will win very profitable renewals for many years to come.

«Based on the extensive public comments and evidence garnered during that process, the department determined that such conflicts of interest are widespread and could cost investors in individual retirement accounts (in one segment of the market alone) between $ 95 billion and $ 189 billion over the next 10 years,» wrote the Justice Department lawyers.

Those stocks have enjoyed sustained growth in recent years, regularly reaching record highs despite the relative chaos of the daily news cycle dominated by the Russia investigation and fears of conflict in North Korea.

Obama cited statistics released the same day in the White House's new report from his Council of Economic Advisers which show that conflicts likely lead, on average, to 1 percentage point lower annual returns on retirement savings as well as $ 17 billion of losses every year for working and middle - class families.

An investor receiving conflicted advice who expects to retire in 30 years loses at least 5 % to 10 % of his or her potential retirement savings due to conflicts, the memo states, or approximately one to three years» worth of withdrawals during retirement.

In a Jan. 13 internal memo to senior White House advisors that was obtained by ThinkAdvisor, Jason Furman, chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, states that the redraft «represents a middle ground,» and that he agrees with DOL that the current regulatory environment allows brokers to give «conflicted» advice, which costs retirement savers more than $ 6 billion a year.

Roper and other consumer advocates argue that conflicted advice is deeply engrained in the brokerage business model, echoing the concerns outlined in a recent leaked White House policy memo in which officials concluded that «the current regulatory environment creates perverse incentives that ultimately cost investors billions of dollars a year» in the form of unnecessary rollovers of 401 (k) plans into costly IRAs, and «excessive churning (repeated buying and selling) of retirement assets.»

One year after the rule's publication, in April 2017, the «broader definition of fiduciary will take effect, but to take advantage of the BIC exemption, firms will only be required to comply with more limited conditions, including acknowledging their fiduciary status, adhering to the best interest standard, and making basic disclosures of conflicts of interest,» DOL states in a fact sheet released Tuesday detailing some of the final rule's changes.

Zients noted on the Tuesday afternoon call that a little over a year ago President Barack Obama «called for action to crack down on conflicts of interest in retirement advice, which costs American families billions of dollars every year.»

The 27 - year - old program, approved by a Democratic Congress and signed into law by Republican President George H.W. Bush, shields eligible immigrants from deportation during periods of conflict or natural disaster in their home countries.

When Mr. Icahn took on the advisory position this year, critics complained that it was a conflict of interest because he owns a big stake in an oil - refinery business called CVR Energy.

By the second quarter of 1952, the price increases had petered out as it became clear that the Korean War would not spread into a worldwide conflict and with the sharp slowdown in economic growth recorded in that year.

Start with the bloated senior management ranks: a CEO pulling down a cool half - million a year, now caught in an embarrassing conflict of interest, as it happens, over the new cutback plans.

In the last year, Russia has become increasingly politically and economically isolated from the West, following its annexation of Crimea and its part in the conflict in east UkrainIn the last year, Russia has become increasingly politically and economically isolated from the West, following its annexation of Crimea and its part in the conflict in east Ukrainin the conflict in east Ukrainin east Ukraine.

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.

Ironically, while all our attention for years was focused on getting the SEC to act, adoption of the DOL Conflict of Interest Rule was the first real success in this area.

In addition, conflicts of interest are cited as leading to $ 17 billion of losses every year for working and middle class families.

In key respects, the debate over fiduciary duties ended last year with the DOL Conflict of Interest Rule win.

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.

From machetes to maps: How a red line eased conflict in Bolivias Amazon After years of dispute on the edge of a national park, CI and government partners helped competing land users find common ground through a map they drew together.

The Jesuit engineered 30 Years» War was one of the most sav.age conflicts in the history of the world and no slaughter of such magnitude appeared until WWI.

Dr Williams, who is Chairman of Christian Aid which is providing humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, said: «The recent escalation of violent conflict in Juba since July 7 has caused yet more appalling suffering for the people of South Sudan who have over the past two and a half years endured the terrible consequences of a return to war and the bitter disappointment of hopes denied or deferred.

At the base of the world's highest sea cliffs, the Belgian missionary spent sixteen years ministering to exiled lepers quarantined on the inaccessible peninsula, bringing order and peace to a lawless and lonely leper colony; his reputation outside of Kalaupapa since his death from leprosy in 1889 has risen and fallen in changing tides of adulation and conflict.

Too often in recent years, separation has come into conflict with the more central principle of religious freedom.

Thus the antecedent field of the Reform Bill passage is about two years long, or from the accession of the Duke of Wellington as prime minister in the Spring of 1828 (when the issue of Reform was first broached) to the first meeting of parliament after the elections of summer, 1830, when Reform became the focus of political conflict.

It's a slow, arduous process that we began two and a half years ago in a time of conflict; it will take another 18 months for us to complete, with the promise of more conflict along the way.

For example, the overwhelming majority of Iraqi refugees didn't start arriving in the States until about five years after the beginning of the conflict in Iraq.

Sudan — where northern Christians experienced greater vulnerability after southern Sudan seceded in a July referendum, and where Christians were targeted amid isolated military conflicts — jumped 19 places last year from its 2010 ranking of 35th to 16th.

After a few years of wilderness wandering (you should expect that, by the way — look for the manna; look for the water from rock), I found myself in the Episcopal Church, which is no less riddled with conflict and shortcomings than any other Christian tradition, but which introduced me to the sacraments that have managed to sustain my ever - complicated, ever - faltering faith.