• Andrea Calabrese, dressed as the character Cinderella, carries a sign on the picket line outside Walt Disney Studios on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. Hollywood's writers strike was declared over Tuesday night when board members from their union approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing the industry at least partly back from a historic halt in production. (wspa.com)
  • The man reported not having traveled outside the country in the last year, suggesting that he contracted dengue virus locally. (cdc.gov)
  • The Texas outbreak occurred in 2005, and this is an interesting case because the first case was actually a woman who contracted dengue in Texas and then travelled from Brownsville, Texas to Mexico for medical treatment and then was subsequently diagnosed with dengue fever across the border in Mexico. (cdc.gov)
  • Stephany Griffith-Jones, an economist, shared an article on how the global economy is expected to suffer the worst recession in a century. (pharmaceutical-technology.com)
  • Overall, the manufacturing PMI figures provide further evidence of a rolling recession, in which different parts of the economy contract at different times. (icis.com)
  • A convoy transporting a Spanish nurse who believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest leaves Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid, Oct. 7. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • A Spanish nurse has contracted Ebola after treating two patients who died from the disease at a Madrid hospital, the government said Oct. 6, in the first known case of transmission outside of Africa. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Also on Oct. 6, the charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced that a Norwegian employee had contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and would be repatriated shortly. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Healthcare workers caring for patients with Ebola were among those at highest risk for contracting the disease. (cdc.gov)
  • As the world's second largest economy after four decaddes of high and steady growth, it is no longer a poor country. (project-syndicate.org)
  • Despite being the world's 11th easiest economy to do business in, Saudi Arabia ranks 140th out of 183 economies in terms of enforcement of contracts. (wikipedia.org)
  • BEIJING -- Casting a pall over growth prospects for the world's second-largest economy this year, a survey by HSBC showed that Chinese manufacturing contracted in January, the first time in six months. (industryweek.com)
  • WASHINGTON - The U.S. Air Force has divided $739 million in launch contracts between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for six national security missions slated for 2021-2022. (spacenews.com)
  • SBIRS GEO-6 is an option on the ULA contract with a possible launch in fiscal year 2022 from Cape Canaveral. (spacenews.com)
  • When you contracted COVID, no treatments or vaccines existed. (medscape.com)
  • COVAX, set up by GAVI, CEPI and WHO in April last year, has now secured contracts of two billion doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, which we're ready to roll out as soon as the vaccines are delivered. (bvsalud.org)
  • I urge countries that have contracted more vaccines than they will need and are controlling the global supply to also donate and release them to COVAX immediately, which is ready today to roll them out quickly. (bvsalud.org)
  • While contract law is generally governed under Sharia law, many areas of modern business and commercial activities are not considered under Sharia law and are hence governed by the applicable regulations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Arbitration is business and contract agonistic and the benefits of having one in our contracts can be immense. (indiatimes.com)
  • A business contract is the foundation of a commercial relationship and also sets the guiding principles for operations. (indiatimes.com)
  • Since arbitration has become an important word for entrepreneurs, Manoj K Singh, Founder Partner of Singh & Associates, spoke to ET online about the importance of having an arbitration clause in contracts and how it can make life easier for ever business. (indiatimes.com)
  • This new member of the Contracting Business HVAC Hall of Fame follows the "just do it" approach. (contractingbusiness.com)
  • The occasion for my visit was to present Steve Miles with admission to the Contracting Business HVAC Hall of Fame, reserved for independent business owners who have devoted a lifetime to excellence in HVAC contracting. (contractingbusiness.com)
  • The main change in the new contract that Deliveroo had with its couriers, Todolí explains in his blog, is that it recognized them as TRADEs - a term under Spanish labor law which recognizes that the worker is self-employed, but dependent on one company for most of his or her income. (elpais.com)
  • It recognised and quickly responded to opportunities stemming from increasing energy and waste disposal costs and the demand for a circular and sustainable green economy. (investni.com)
  • Understand the circular economy gap and the pivotal role of global transparency in developing circular economy factors. (icis.com)
  • After opening investigations into the firm in Valencia and Madrid, operations in Barcelona are now under the spotlight due to the situation of its bicycle delivery couriers, whom the company considers to be self-employed , but whom labor inspectors argue should be on proper employee contracts. (elpais.com)
  • As per the provisions of the contract signed between the mayoralty and the investor, the entry to the beach shall be free of charge. (zawya.com)
  • Some said they wanted to get back to school right away, while others said they needed more time to study provisions of the contract. (truthout.org)
  • Christoffersen seeks authentic connections with people that sustain the natural resource base of the economy in ways that align with the law, local culture, markets, broader public values and ecosystem management best practices. (mmt.org)
  • LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months, while actors remain in negotiations to find a way out of their own strike. (wspa.com)
  • Meanwhile, nearly three months after their strike began, leaders of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists were back in contract negotiations with studios on Monday, a week after talks restarted. (wspa.com)
  • Wheeler says the co-op's union employees may also work without a contract until negotiations are done. (nhpr.org)
  • This is an economy which was growing in the middle of the year, which has now ground to a halt. (bikebiz.com)
  • Since most of the awarded contracts were signed during the second half of 2010 the Construction Contract Index (CCI), which was lagging during the first half of the year, shot up 101 points to reach 180.2 points between the first quarter and the fourth quarter of last year. (emirates247.com)
  • As mentioned in previous reports, 2009 was an exceptional year in terms of contracts being awarded. (emirates247.com)
  • But it noted that 2010 emerged as a solid year for the construction sector as infrastructure related sectors such as roads and water accounted for a higher value of awarded contracts compared to the previous two years. (emirates247.com)
  • A breakdown showed September was the busiest month last year in terms of awarded contracts, which totaled around SR31.9bn. (emirates247.com)
  • The five-year study by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission shows Northern Virginia would outrank all but California, based on the amount of non-payroll, defense and nondefense contracts being awarded. (wtop.com)
  • UK economy could contract by an unprecedented 14% if gov needed to impose a second lockdown this year. (pharmaceutical-technology.com)
  • The government has warned of 'deep-rooted problems' the country faces this year, including a mountain of local authority debt, which experts consider a serious potential drag on the economy unless steps are taken to rein it in. (industryweek.com)
  • In April, the International Monetary Fund predicted that the economy in sub-Saharan Africa would contract by 1.6% this year - the worst on record. (who.int)
  • This year, the theme "Human Rights in Times of Challenge: A New Social Contract" will be at heart of the forum. (lu.se)
  • So far, the fact that women are the main bearers of care activities has been implicit in the social contract. (unfoundation.org)
  • Industrialized countries and emerging economies must cooperate in order to decarbonize the emissions-intensive industrial sector and to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. (diw.de)
  • While Germany and the other G7 countries have committed to supporting emerging economies in their efforts to combat climate change via international climate finance, it remains to be seen how this support can be implemented successfully. (diw.de)
  • The economies of other countries in Europe are projected to contract at a lower rate compared to the UK. (pharmaceutical-technology.com)
  • At present, the largest producer in market economy countries is Canada, and production is intended almost entirely for export. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, the educated class, as well as the working class, has no hope, in some countries more than others, for any permanence of work or lasting contracts. (lu.se)
  • A $327 million Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the water treatment plant for Zuluf Central Processing Facilities was awarded by the consortium of Almar Water Solutions and Aljomaih Energy and Water Co. (zawya.com)
  • In many instances, CARI prevents contractors from making decisions that would affect current or future contracts and procurement procedures, primarily during pre-award activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Wallowa Resources launched a large sustainable ecosystem management program, including an effort to manage weeds on 1 million acres of private and public canyonlands that generated $480,000 in payroll and local contracts. (mmt.org)
  • Hopefully gradual individual and collective changes will slowly transform the economy into a sustainable, fair and humane one. (lu.se)
  • I hope people can start to realize that debt-based economies don't work . (japantoday.com)
  • The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, streaming services and production companies in strike talks, congratulated writers for their vote, saying in a statement that the contract "represents meaningful gains and protections for writers" and that it "is important progress for our industry that writers are back to work. (wspa.com)
  • Saudi Arabia awarded around SR107 billion worth of construction contracts in 2010 and more than one third of them were in the power sector, the Gulf kingdom's largest bank said on Sunday. (emirates247.com)
  • A Italian-Saudi joint venture has been awarded the design-build contract for a high-speed railway connecting The Line with NEOM's industrial hub Oxagon. (zawya.com)
  • Italian construction and engineering giant Webuild bagged three contracts in Saudi Arabia with a combined value of €1.8 billion ($2 billion) in May. (zawya.com)
  • On Thursday, 11 May, Webuild announced that with its Saudi joint-venture partner Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (SAJCO), it signed a €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) contract to design and build 57 kilometres of a high-speed railway in giga-project NEOM in Northwest Saudi Arabia. (zawya.com)
  • Contract law in Saudi Arabia is governed by the conservative Hanbali school of Sharia law, which adopts a fundamentalist and literal interpretation of the Quran. (wikipedia.org)
  • Conclusions-We conclude tobacco farming households contract with tobacco companies to meet perceived economic benefits. (who.int)
  • While some progress has been made in the implementation of time use surveys, innovative solutions are pivotal to make care visible and central to a new social contract, as asked for in the UNSG's Common Agenda. (unfoundation.org)
  • It's time to put control of the economy back in the hands of the people. (japantoday.com)
  • Every time the company has had some kind of administrative or judicial setback," Todolí explains, "it has argued that this was a past model, based on a contract with the riders that was now no longer in force in the company and that, as such, these setbacks did not affect the company as it had a new model and a new contract with the riders. (elpais.com)
  • Arbitration clauses in commercial contracts allow disputing parties to resolve their dispute through arbitrators in a time-bound and cost-effective manner without having to resort to long-drawn litigation. (indiatimes.com)
  • The Italian economy shrank by 0.8% between April and June, slightly more than previously estimated, official figures have shown. (reason.com)
  • Britain's economy contracted last month, official figures showed, dealing a blow after a series of indications that the UK was doing better than expected. (goodwordnews.com)
  • Most of the value of awarded contracts were driven by heavy spending sectors such as power, water and residential real estate. (emirates247.com)
  • Moreover, it discusses how international carbon contracts for difference (CCfDs) can support the decarbonization of the steel industry. (diw.de)
  • Fresno, Calif.-based Outback Materials has teamed with CarbonCure Technologies, a developer of carbon dioxide-sequestering processes, on one of the initial contracts for the high-speed rail project linking northern and southern California. (concreteproducts.com)
  • This study uses data from the 2016 Agricultural Resource Management Survey to describe producers' use of futures, options, and marketing contracts as risk management strategies, with a primary focus on corn and soybeans. (usda.gov)
  • Generally, tobacco farmers enter into contracts with tobacco companies because they have a "guaranteed" buyer for their tobacco leaf and receive the necessary agricultural inputs (fertilizer, seeds, herbicides, etc.) without paying cash up-front. (who.int)
  • A political economy lens is needed to understand the current situation of Bangladesh. (thedailystar.net)
  • Chile's economy grew a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in the third quarter from the second quarter of 2011, slowing from a downwardly revised 1.3% in the previous quarter. (mercopress.com)
  • This paper studies an economy where the labour market does not necessarily clear because real wages are sticky. (rba.gov.au)
  • The economy is in a downward spiral where job losses beget job losses and the federal government emergency relief checks will not be enough to turn the tide," said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • Linda Yueh, economist at University of Oxford, shared an article on how the UK economy is expected to suffer the most damage among all other developed nations in the world, according to a report by the OECD. (pharmaceutical-technology.com)
  • Then, there is the procrastination over the TPP, which Japan desperately needs to increase spending and to make the sales tax hike mean something for the economy. (japantoday.com)
  • in return, China would make its economy more open and transparent, and play by international rules. (project-syndicate.org)
  • Care and its fair distribution are essential components of any new social contract in the post-pandemic world. (unfoundation.org)
  • Events and trainings give businesses the opportunity to ask questions and forge new connections in the world of government contracting. (nheconomy.com)
  • It is expected that the economy will rebound by about 4% in 2021, with private consumption and investments increasing 4.3% and 7% respectively. (sdcexec.com)
  • He believes that Biden "can and should revise the decades-old contract to account for changed realities. (project-syndicate.org)
  • The purpose of the article is to establish the presence and outline the boundaries of such a specific entity as international contract law on the basis of a study of the main options for regulating contractual relations of a private nature. (atlantis-press.com)
  • The report said nearly 70 per cent the contracts were awarded in the second half of 2010 as was the case in previous years. (emirates247.com)
  • heavy spending sectors like power, water and petrochemical will continue to absorb a large portion of the value of awarded contracts," the report said. (emirates247.com)
  • Nearly 60,000 home purchase contracts were canceled nationwide during August, according to Redfin's report. (inman.com)
  • This report summarizes studies completed on potash under contract and is presented as a project overview. (cdc.gov)
  • The writers' new contract runs thorough May 1, 2026, three years after their previous contract expired and they went on strike. (wspa.com)
  • The author concludes that international contract law is not a fiction but a real regulatory system, the object of legal regulation of which are cross-border contractual relations. (atlantis-press.com)
  • Perhaps Wallowa Resources' greatest accomplishment is its role in helping to evolve the region's culture toward a new, can-do economy based on sustainability principles. (mmt.org)
  • With only money finance, such effectiveness exists only if the economy has sufferred from an exogenous supply shock. (rba.gov.au)
  • CARI maximizes competition for government requirements and encourages absolute integrity in all dealings with the private sector while promoting economy, efficiency and effectiveness. (cdc.gov)
  • The contract also covers viaducts, road bridges, and road and rail underpasses to facilitate train speeds up to 230 km/hour. (zawya.com)
  • A CarbonCure equipment installation at Fresno headquarters, he adds, will improve the environmental impact and overall integrity of the rail contract concrete. (concreteproducts.com)
  • The recovery is looking less V-shaped by the day as the deeper we fall, the harder it will be for the nation to climb back out of this deep hole the pandemic has dug for the economy. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • MANILA -- The Philippines' billion-peso stimulus package against the coronavirus pandemic is 'good enough' for now, the socioeconomic planning chief said Monday, adding that it was 'possible' for the economy to contract should the crisis persist until June. (abs-cbn.com)
  • The article notes that the global economy is expected to contract by 6% due to the pandemic and by 7.6% if there is a second wave of infections. (pharmaceutical-technology.com)
  • It will touch upon on the theme of " Human Rights in Times of Challenge: A New Social Contract ", paying special attention to the effects generated by the global COVID-19 pandemic at local and regional levels. (lu.se)
  • If the labor inspectors get their way, Deliveroo will have to sign up hundreds of workers with the Spanish Social Security system and pay their monthly quotas, plus a fine of 20% on what is due, meaning a potential cost for the company of €1.31 million for contracts of around 18 months. (elpais.com)
  • Lawmakers approved before dawn on Tuesday a response package that will, among other, provide P5,000 to P8,000 monthly aid for 2 months to poor families, P100,000 for every health worker who contracted COVID-19 and P1 million for every health worker who died from the disease. (abs-cbn.com)
  • ULA will receive $441.76 million under a fixed-price contract to launch SBIRS GEO-5, SBIRS GEO-6 and Silent Barker, a classified space situational awareness mission. (spacenews.com)
  • Two contracts worth €408 million ($439 million) for constructing and operating a water treatment plant for Aramco's ZULUF onshore oil facilities were bagged by subsidiary Fisia Italimpianti. (zawya.com)
  • The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. (ereaderiq.com)
  • The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. (ereaderiq.com)
  • What he hears often: The legacy of past management activity - heavy logging, overgrazing and mismanagement of water, combined with the current drought cycle and declines in federal funding - begs a new social contract between rural communities and urban and suburban populations. (mmt.org)
  • Social Security is a vital program, but the implications of this shifting debate run even deeper, to the future of the social contract itself. (truthout.org)
  • A number of government programs embody our social contract. (truthout.org)
  • But perhaps no program in this country reflects the social contract more clearly than Social Security. (truthout.org)
  • If this program - funded by its participants, financially self-supporting, and forbidden by law from contributing to the national debt - can be cut, it means that no aspect of the social contract is sacrosanct. (truthout.org)
  • Social Security, like the social contract ideal which spawned it, enjoyed a long period of growth and evolution. (truthout.org)
  • True, the social contract always had its opponents. (truthout.org)
  • Mot teoretisk bakgrund av den sociologiska teorin om social acceleration samt genom kritisk diskursanalytisk metod (CDA) genomförde vi en analys av samtidens arbetsdiskurs. (lu.se)
  • This study measures the economic impact of southeast Alaska 's mining industry, one of the fastest growing components in the economy of the region. (cdc.gov)
  • Results-Tobacco farmers generally experience small margins per acre, with contract farmers operating at a loss. (who.int)
  • JEDDAH - The Jeddah Mayoralty announced the cancellation of the investment contract for South Obhur beach, known as Jeddah Creek beach, three weeks after its opening last month. (zawya.com)
  • Recent government contract awards to Orange County. (latimes.com)
  • Join us for a conversation on the 1099 economy and its implications for workers, employers, and society. (constantcontact.com)
  • The balance of the market economy production outside the United States is accounted for by Europe and the near east (specifically, through brine recovery from the dead sea). (cdc.gov)
  • Advanced manufacturing and engineering is a priority cluster identified by the Department for the Economy in its 10X Vision as it is an area where Northern Ireland has the potential to be a global leader. (investni.com)
  • Let's not waste the opportunity to protect the lives of those most at risk and ensure all economies have a fair shot at recovery. (bvsalud.org)
  • The ONS said that the economy had contracted 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2010, following four consecutive quarters of growth. (bikebiz.com)
  • Q3 GDP growth hides broadening vulnerabilities in the US economy. (ssga.com)
  • Meanwhile, the French central bank has said it expects the country's economy to contract in the third quarter. (reason.com)
  • Economists are estimating the economy contracted as much as 10.8% in the first quarter, which would be the steepest drop in gross domestic product since 1947. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
  • The economy was on a steady recovery until the tax hike. (japantoday.com)