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I did not give preferential treatment to employees I dated.
Publishers like NPR or ESPN tend to get preferential treatment.
Sri Lanka regained the GSP plus preferential treatment in 2017.
Some rules that gave British businesses' preferential treatment could evaporate.
That's the kind of preferential treatment he gets, it seems.
When is preferential treatment justified, and when is it wrong?
Other states have practiced their own forms of preferential treatment.
The feeling is Harrison might have gotten preferential treatment because he's a celebrity, but his lawyer, Steve Hofer, tells TMZ Ford was put through the ringer, and any notion of preferential treatment is ridiculous.
Belove denied that he gave preferential treatment to employees he dated.
This type of preferential treatment is par for the political course.
The FBI decision, Ryan said, "looks like" preferential treatment for Clinton.
Some rights groups had said the white track star got preferential treatment.
Immigrants from other nations said it was preferential treatment for one group.
All trade deals set conditions for products to qualify for preferential treatment.
MYTH: Affirmative action is about giving preferential treatment to people of color.
U.S. immigration law and policy have long offered preferential treatment for Cubans.
Additionally, the European Union could withdraw special preferential treatment for Philippine imports.
Some rights groups have said the white athlete has received preferential treatment.
Why should they get preferential treatment when their acts are far worse?
That barred internet providers from giving any site or app preferential treatment.
But do you think he'll get some kind of preferential treatment anyway?
Indian officials believe India could lose its preferential treatment in early May.
The European Union has said such preferential treatment violates its antitrust laws.
"I don't think anybody wants a handout or preferential treatment," he continued.
He also perceives preferential treatment for clubs that bring the most players.
They shared my Catholic values of a preferential treatment for the poor.
Throughout his school years, officials insisted he would not get preferential treatment.
Since this is Amazon's platform, Amazon's content gets preferential treatment in many places.
Those candidates received preferential treatment, bypassing JPMorgan's normal recruitment practices, the SEC said.
The Commons Brexit committee suggests that EU citizens should be given preferential treatment.
"Therefore, this SI will remove preferential treatment for EU27 exposures," the document said.
The court's primary objection was to the settlement's preferential treatment for active shareholders.
"  "Preferential treatment in return builds confidence as well as social and communication skills.
Also 2635.101(b)(8) bars preferential treatment, with obvious corollary for singling out.
The group said it wanted reassurances that no one would get preferential treatment.
Some rights groups have said Pistorius, a wealthy white man, has received preferential treatment.
Rights groups claimed Pistorius had received preferential treatment because he is white and wealthy.
Illegal aliens should not get preferential treatment because they happen to be illegal aliens.
Joe McCarthy improperly pressured the military to give preferential treatment to his former aide.
"There should not be any preferential treatment," AIOVA's lawyer, Chanakya Basa, said on Monday.
They could have then applied for citizenship, but would not have received preferential treatment.
Persky's critics allege that he gave Turner preferential treatment because of his privileged status.
Beginning in 2009, there was a move in Congress to curtail the preferential treatment.
Far from fretting about the appearance of preferential treatment, Mr. McConnell has embraced it.
DON PORTER Seattle To the Editor: For the left to complain that Donald Trump received preferential treatment over Hillary Clinton from Matt Lauer on Wednesday night is like a white person complaining that a black person received preferential treatment from the police.
Immigrants from other nations have argued the policy amounts to preferential treatment for one group.
But legacy admissions, which give preferential treatment to family members of alumni, exacerbate the imbalance.
Many locals in Ljusnarsberg are resentful about what they see as preferential treatment for immigrants.
Governments are forbidden from using their regulatory authorities to provide preferential treatment to their SOEs.
Despite this, Brian still thinks that the preferential treatment has contributed to the pull factor.
Cramer says he believes Trump is giving Heitkamp preferential treatment because she is a woman.
Companies know this and often negotiate aggressively with cities for preferential treatment, particularly on taxes.
Ivanka is getting preferential treatment, but that's not necessarily considered a deal-breaker in China.
This treatment reflects a longstanding preferential treatment of sovereign exposures agreed by the Basel Committee.
If the workers are white, injustice is more often defined as preferential treatment for minorities.
They even get preferential treatment when it comes to apartments—everything is paid for them.
But, true to Iceland's no-frills reputation, that's as far as the preferential treatment goes.
Other legal actions have taken on the alleged preferential treatment of prisoners of certain religions.
Everyone deserves clean water: Congressional offices shouldn't get preferential treatment over the households of Flint.
Full expensing will also help correct the tax code's preferential treatment of debt-financed investments.
The preferential treatment brought India an annual "actual benefit" of just $190 million, he told reporters.
The commission ruled that this preferential treatment of its own content is illegal and anti-competitive.
After all, favoring one network over another on your network sounds a lot like preferential treatment.
A Brexit vote means the loss of this preferential treatment for half of their current exports.
It also granted the Chuanqing preferential treatment in admission to universities, as other minorities are given.
Americans should be wary when government gives preferential treatment to some industries because of political considerations.
"The end goal is to help Indian companies get preferential treatment," the executive added, requesting anonymity.
Critics seized on the listing, saying that she received preferential treatment for questionable Native American heritage.
Still, given the high-profile nature of the case, the players could be given preferential treatment.
It helped watchdogs keep an eye out for malfeasance like Cheney's alleged preferential treatment of Halliburton.
"If you're giving preferential treatment to women, you're discriminating against them as well," Mr. Crouch said.
Still, the Weinstein case fed an impression that Mr. Vance's office gave the wealthy preferential treatment.
Yet media commentators have accused CNN of giving preferential treatment to Mr. Trump to lift ratings.
"You are distorting the market, damaging the environment and delivering preferential treatment to favored industries," Rep.
Jeb Bush called for Christian refugees from Syria to get preferential treatment because of their religion.
They also said there should be no preferential treatment for workers from the EU. The Financial Times said that while ministers backed the advisers' proposals, the idea of giving no preferential treatment to EU workers could change if Britain agrees a trade deal with the bloc.
Lindner said the ministry's preferential treatment of the Eurofighter underscored the problem affecting many large procurement programs.
Giving players preferential treatment, such as access to secluded spaces, flies in the face of that philosophy.
And it is natural to give preferential treatment to those with whom a deeply personal relationship exists.
And they provide no explicit evidence that Mrs Clinton gave preferential treatment to the family foundation's donors.
But on Wednesday, the Speaker said Clinton appeared to receive "preferential treatment," as one reporter put it.
The case had been sealed, leading people to think she was getting preferential treatment from the court.
Car wash owners have sued the city over the act, claiming it gives preferential treatment to unions.
Does the friend get some sort of preferential treatment, maybe surprisingly plum assignments or an unwarranted bonus?
Pliant outlets loyal to the government receive preferential treatment and better funding from local and central budgets.
She said it seemed that Ms. Castellano-Folk already gave parents in the gifted program preferential treatment.
But the 1997 deal tried to prevent any preferential treatment, no matter how big the companies became.
The country now receives preferential treatment, allowing more than 6,200 products to enter the bloc duty free.
But he does not want to give preferential treatment to Trump, the brash and controversial GOP frontrunner.
The number of goods qualifying for preferential treatment could be reduced, or the whole program could be withdrawn.
And industry players wondered whether Google might give its own tracking preferential treatment while boxing out other players.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, said on Wednesday it appeared Clinton received preferential treatment from the FBI.
Here's the reason one official gave: doping helped the Russians overcome preferential treatment given to Western athletes. 5.
"Hold on, wait a second, I am so sick of the 1% getting this preferential treatment," Sanders bellowed.
Good service is one thing, but preferential treatment, air-mile rewards and possible free upgrades are quite another.
A 1992 U.S. law affords Hong Kong preferential treatment in matters of trade and economics compared with China.
Propping up businesses through preferential treatment in the tax code is bad policy — and bad economics — for everyone.
Public interest advocates say that arrangement would allow AT&T to give preferential treatment to its own content.
The law included a 2202 percent rate reduction for corporations and preferential treatment for business income earned overseas.
The number of items qualifying for preferential treatment could be reduced, or the whole program could be withdrawn.
The suit claimed that Mr. Lerner hired women with whom he was romantically involved, giving them preferential treatment.
Rawitsch also says there's no "preferential" treatment for certain shows over others or Spotify shows versus other networks.
It's a claim to preferential treatment, to a consequence-free involvement in politics that secular nonprofits don't enjoy.
Or they do, but they give branded drugs preferential treatment with lower copays, hurting the generic's market share.
Internet service providers like Verizon and AT&T will get preferential treatment and can pay for faster access.
Such is the clout of the fund that it has been able to command preferential treatment at times.
Reflections on life after stonewall The actor urges challenging preferential treatment and helping the most disenfranchised create change.
The video claims that Google gives "preferential treatment to some of its own content," such as local listings.
Preferential treatment towards foreign firms goes back to 1994 when they were included under the country's general tax regulations.
A few were granted preferential treatment because they could read and write Arabic and looked "whiter" than other slaves.
Greater preferential treatment around taxes for keeping manufacturing in the U.S. And maybe tariff the hell out of them.
Fans on Reddit also argued that considering how important Beahm is to the platform, he should get preferential treatment.
A few were granted preferential treatment because they could read and write Arabic, and looked "whiter" than other slaves.
When Britain removed preferential treatment for exports from colonies in 1846, Canada sought a deal with the United States.
While Tencent blocks TikTok videos from being shared to WeChat, its own proprietary video app Weishi gets preferential treatment.
The army countered that the Wisconsin senator had sought preferential treatment for a subcommittee consultant who had been drafted.
That deal ultimately ended in disaster, thanks to questionably preferential treatment and unfinished software from education publishing house Pearson.
Szemerey did not reply to repeated emails seeking comment about the central bank funding and allegations of preferential treatment.
Celebrities really do seem to get preferential treatment, even when they're about to be arrested for a double homicide.
It is the insistence that some people—white American males—are inherently better than others, and deserve preferential treatment.
And I do like preferential treatment and emails and things of that nature because I like the relationship component.
Antitrust officials argue that the Irish government gave Apple preferential treatment on its local taxes from 1991 to 2007.
Providers could also give preferential treatment to their own content or websites that pay extra fees, consumer advocates said.
As in, get a new job, one where blatant preferential treatment combined with endemic P.T.O. stinginess isn't ruining morale.
In subsequent deals, Mr. Spiegel and Mr. Murphy retained voting control and did not grant preferential treatment to investors.
In return, India wants preferential treatment restored on some of its exports to the United States, according to reports.
"Google gives preferential treatment to its own services ... or companies have to pay more to be displayed," he said.
Donna Brazile's recent revelations of preferential treatment by the Democratic National Committee has only added fuel to the fire.
Could he wield threat of an expanded travel ban to ensure his hotels and condos get preferential treatment overseas?
In Snap's subsequent deals, Mr. Spiegel and Mr. Murphy retained voting control and did not grant preferential treatment to investors.
When the inspector general's office interviewed Wigginton, he admitted the relationship but denied he'd given the supervisory AUSA preferential treatment.
The admissions process at top colleges is sometimes further skewed by the preferential treatment given to family members of alumni.
Such a structure adds dark liquidity to lit markets through its preferential treatment of an order type that lacks transparency.
In response to concerns about preferential treatment, the Menlo Park Police Department told NBC Bay Area in 2015 that just .
That process, in which colleges give preferential treatment to children or other family members of alumni, predominantly benefits white applicants.
Some might have pause over content from Pocket Cast's new owners potentially getting preferential treatment and visibility over other podcasts.
In addition, Tokyo said it plans to strip South Korea off some preferential treatment in its trade ties with Japan.
The first ten embassies to relocate to Jerusalem would receive "preferential treatment", he said without explaining what that might entail.
The remarks follow a week-long episode where leaked DNC emails showed Democratic officials giving preferential treatment to Hillary Clinton.
Paris and Berlin also said they agreed to give preferential treatment to European companies for the launch of space rockets.
In many instances, the preferential treatment provided to donors was at the specific request of Clinton Foundation executive Douglas Band.
Consumerist also adds that just because pizzas are getting preferential treatment doesn't mean that they'll arrive before a certain time.
Besbris is quick to say that Google isn't planning to give preferential treatment to AMP pages in Google's search results.
An exposé revealing that first-class passengers on airlines get preferential treatment, knee room, free drinks and almost edible food?
Unable to do so, they instead went to countries such as Canada, which gave wealth and education strong preferential treatment.
Our government made the decision to give idle millionaires preferential treatment while the working class is left paying the bills.
Some U.S. law makers have raised questions about whether Trump's position as President could prompt preferential treatment of his businesses.
Investigators ultimately determined that no criminal charges were appropriate, outraging Republicans who say the Justice Department gave Clinton preferential treatment.
Abe has denied intervening in land sales to ensure preferential treatment for schools close to him and his wife, Akie.
The country now receives preferential treatment, allowing more than 6,200 products from the Philippines to enter the bloc duty free.
The people who invest in Opportunity Funds are able to minimize their tax burden through preferential treatment of capital gains.
Dr. Hadfield said the genus might have gotten preferential treatment because its snails are often the most striking to behold.
But there is no reason why Uber should get preferential treatment and not be forced to adhere to the rules.
The president has long suggested that Clinton was given preferential treatment because of her status as a prominent political figure.
"I don't think anybody wants a handout or preferential treatment, although that's what we give ourselves every year," Phoenix continued.
The policy gave "sons of the soil," as Malays and indigenous people are known, preferential treatment in education and employment.
He complained about preferential treatment for jailed Wall Street bankers and said he was afraid of being raped in prison.
"I'm so sick of the one percent getting this preferential treatment," he said, adding a familiar line from his stump speech.
Finally, because such an outcome only grants preferential treatment to the United States, it is in breach of China's WTO commitments.
The order also states that the U.S. would provide preferential treatment to religious minorities facing religious persecution in the seven countries.
Past Cabinet picks have also given to confirming senators, and the donations do not necessarily mean they will get preferential treatment.
Most currently have service terms that specify they won&apost give preferential treatment to certain websites and services, including their own.
Jackie Gomez, a former office manager, said she recalled the same woman who got the promotion getting "preferential treatment" from Belove.
The situation could escalate further if Japan removes South Korea from a list of trusted trade partners that enjoy preferential treatment.
The feds were investigating whether the company used McAuliffe's political ties to get preferential treatment when seeking visas for Chinese investors.
The dancers, who are mostly black women, are protesting preferential treatment of club owners toward the "bartenders," who are mostly white.
One major question about the deal will be whether AT&T gives preferential treatment to streaming video from Time Warner's companies.
"We have agreed to give the Colombian auto industry the same preferential treatment given to the Argentine industry," the source said.
Members retain separate external tariffs and rely on rules of origin to determine whether an item is eligible for preferential treatment.
And just like the youngest siblings of large families, it has received preferential treatment — treatment some lawmakers say is unconstitutional.  Sen.
It also gave important bettors preferential treatment, including direct access to Michael Colbert, the company's director of risk management, prosecutors said.
Ms. Choi was also accused of forcing Ewha Womans University to change its regulations to give preferential treatment to her daughter.
It could also try to demonstrate that AT&T would give channels like CNN or TNT preferential treatment over their competitors.
No. Nor did it stop Halliburton from allegedly receiving improper preferential treatment from Cheney and the White House once in office.
Some people think that giving preferential treatment to members of your own ethnic kind is as bad as hostility to outsiders.
Net neutrality is intended to prevent companies that provide internet service from offering preferential treatment to certain content over their lines.
Although workers at the facility took selfies with the famous detainee, officials said the Brazilians did not receive any preferential treatment.
In March 2019, Smollett's 16 counts of disorderly conduct were unexpectedly dropped, setting off debate over whether Smollett received preferential treatment.
And it unjustifiably gave Cubans preferential treatment while Haitians and Central Americans who were fleeing far more desperate circumstances were deported.
"The problem is that Orthodox believers receive preferential treatment," said Galina Bova, a Russian-language teacher who was at the protest.
Hess, like some other affirmative action opponents, says he opposes preferential treatment for children of affluent families and donors in admissions.
Those researching and using organic fertilizer will also get preferential treatment on loans, taxes, power use and land rent, Zhong said.
"Until there's transparency with the U.S.T.R. exclusion process, people are going to think certain companies are getting preferential treatment," he said.
Obama added that Britain would not get preferential treatment over the EU when it came to negotiating a new trade deal.
In a statement, the group claimed that Google has given its own content "preferential treatment" over the information that is most relevant.
The EU NSFR proposals include preferential treatment for pass-through CVB programmes that are fully match-funded from the moment of issuance.
"I don't think anybody wants a handout or preferential treatment, although that's what we give ourselves every year," Phoenix said on Sunday.
The situation could escalate this week if Japan removes South Korea from a list of trusted trade partners that enjoy preferential treatment.
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan stood by his country's taxation system and told CNBC that Ireland had not given Apple preferential treatment.
In the vlog, Kylie revealed to her fans that even though she's the one dating Scott, it's Stormi who gets preferential treatment.
" These scores may determine which customers are "treated poorly"—refused the opportunity to return items, for example—and which receive "preferential treatment.
This will no doubt be dissected on the internet by those who believe Golden State was getting preferential treatment from the referees.
Most reasonable people would agree that our tax code should give preferential treatment to those who work for what they bring home.
Preferential treatment makes it hard for better firms to challenge them—so state-aid rules that cut them loose hugely benefit consumers.
Other wealthy English-speaking democracies, including Britain, Australia and Canada, have already moved away from a system granting family members preferential treatment.
The lobby group filed a similar petition against Flipkart in May, alleging violation of competition rules through preferential treatment for select sellers.
The Williams board sued, arguing that the new distribution plan gave preferential treatment to certain shareholders and therefore breached their merger agreement.
I would assume the President would like see positive and preferential treatment from those outlets and that would help the operation overall.
Abe has been forced to deny intervening in land sales to ensure preferential treatment for schools close to him and his wife.
Trump has also repeatedly attacked Amazon, one of his favorite punching bags, for what he calls preferential treatment relative to other retailers.
To support economic growth in the EU, the Commission approved in 2015 and 2017 preferential treatment for insurers' investment in infrastructure projects.
In 1503, a former R.S.S. member named Nathuram Godse assassinated Mohandas Gandhi over what he felt was Gandhi's preferential treatment of Muslims.
Big corporations, they argue, are being given preferential treatment compared with smaller businesses that are organized differently and known as pass-throughs.
She became a lightning rod for anger over social injustice for revelations that she got preferential treatment because of her mother's ties.
Activists concerned about preferential treatment complained that Ms. Guyger was not immediately arrested at the scene, and was initially charged with manslaughter.
Part of the president's order gives preferential treatment to Christian refugees from majority-Muslim countries who try to enter the United States.
The case sparked a series of protests and authorities faced allegations that Thompson received preferential treatment from his wife's law enforcement colleagues.
They include making it harder for countries like China to self-proclaim "developing" status, which affords them certain preferential treatment on trade.
The deal would decrease some tariffs on U.S. produce and bring back "preferential treatment" for a collection of Indian exports, per Reuters.
"Ghosn has not, and should not, receive preferential treatment," Adams wrote in the editorial, which appeared in the online edition of "The Diplomat".
It removes a section that granted preferential treatment to refugees from religious minority groups which was considered as evidence of discrimination against Muslims.
That would end preferential treatment for investment income in the individual code, and let the individual tax raise quite a bit more money.
And does the law — and those who carry out the law — give preferential treatment to the use of deadly force against black people?
Kjellberg accused Mogollon of having violated Twitch's terms of service many times before, implying that she'd received preferential treatment because she's a woman.
She said he told her not to apply for an internship with American Atheists because appointing her could be seen as preferential treatment.
Choi, 60, is also accused of embezzlement, forcing conglomerates to make massive donations to nonprofits, and getting preferential treatment from banks for loans.
"Nobody should be given preferential treatment," said Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat who visited the Cubans at the shelters in Costa Rica.
He told the BBC that Britain would not get preferential treatment over the EU when it came to negotiating a new trade deal.
"It's normal that he gets preferential treatment, with everything he's done," Benneteau, 36, told France's RMC Sport recently, according to Agence France Presse.
But by the same token, companies such as Gilead shouldn't price-gouge one group of consumers to subsidize its preferential treatment of another.
The executive order also creates a "religious test" of refugees, giving preferential treatment to Christians and minority religions in Muslim countries over Muslims.
The Mattis policy does not kick anyone out of the military for being transgender, nor does it give preferential treatment to transgender persons.
Foreign firms continually report difficulty in conducting business in China, the world's second-largest economy, and complain that Chinese companies receive preferential treatment.
They worry that investment deals will not get the scrutiny they need, and that those close to the administration might get preferential treatment.
That program gives foreign investors preferential treatment in obtaining permanent residency, in exchange for investments of at least $2150,000 in American development projects.
Mr. Ziobro said in an interview with Polish state radio in May that Mr. Polanski had received preferential treatment because of his fame.
The judge says prosecutors have argued students trying to get into USC do NOT get preferential treatment if influential people advocate for them.
In a statement, the company called the California law "biased and overtly political" for granting preferential treatment to an arbitrary group of industries.
The lawyers said they were avenging an attack in November by doctors and staff of the hospital, after the lawyers demanded preferential treatment.
Of the religious leaders I met in Iraq last year, not one ever asked that we give his community preferential treatment over another.
AT&T has given preferential treatment to its own streaming services and other telecom companies have throttled Netflix and YouTube access on consumer devices.
On the flip side, if you strike up a rapport, you might get some preferential treatment and some extra local tips when you arrive.
In those early days, perhaps it made more sense for Apple to cozy up to carriers and vie for preferential treatment for its products.
The central question in my opinion is did Hillary Clinton and her cronies get preferential treatment in her email server investigation for political reasons?
If passed, internet service providers (ISPs) will be able to give preferential treatment to services, blocking or throttling traffic to websites at their whim.
But prisoners apparently saw that as preferential treatment, possibly because convicts see sex criminals—and especially those who prey on children—as uniquely evil.
In February 2016 the central bank said it would cancel the preferential treatment for banks that didn't meet standards but maintain it for most.
Choi, 60, is also accused of embezzlement, forcing conglomerates to make massive donations to nonprofit foundations, and getting preferential treatment from banks for loans.
The government has also been contemplating reforms to the electricity sector that, among other things, would no longer give preferential treatment to coal power.
The European Commission fined it €2.4bn ($2.9bn) in 2017 for giving its price-comparison shopping service preferential treatment in search results over rival offerings.
And once trans people come out (or even before they come out, if they're perceived as effeminate), forget about any preferential treatment at all.
Amazon Alexa voice shoppers will still have preferential treatment later today, with a full two hours of access before the general public 4 p.m.
The lobby group filed a similar petition against Walmart-owned Flipkart in May, alleging violation of competition rules through preferential treatment for select sellers.
On Tuesday, Australia ordered an investigation into allegations immigration officials gave casino operator Crown Resorts preferential treatment by fast-tracking visas for Chinese gamblers.
There's no question that thin people get preferential treatment in our society — just take a look at the body types that flood the media.
The measure would still prohibit "preferential treatment," defined as using a factor such as race, gender or age to select a lesser-qualified candidate.
In 2013, the city's stock exchange cautioned underwriting banks against giving cornerstone investors preferential treatment or privileged access to information about a company's business.
Landlocked Mongolia, looking for alternative supply routes for its commodities, has already signed an agreement with the port that gave its exporters preferential treatment.
One complaint to HR for PDA, showing preferential treatment, or using words of endearment in public will at the very least trigger an investigation.
The planned new SUV is the latest move in Volkswagen's aggressive growth strategy in China, where electric cars are given preferential treatment by authorities.
In 2003, Americans United for Separation of Church and State sued an Iowa prison for giving preferential treatment to participants in a prison ministry.
The DOJ could perhaps take issue with some of the preferential treatment California is offering, such as faster approvals for more fuel-efficient designs.
Under Apple ownership, it's highly possible that Apple Music would at least get preferential treatment, if not become the lone streaming service on offer.
So it told the health plans that Medicaid applications would get preferential treatment if the insurance plan committed to selling marketplace coverage in 2018.
"I believe that this defendant, he is dangerous," Mr Howard told the judge during a recent skirmish over whether Mr McIver was receiving preferential treatment.
Christensen said the agency has not received specific orders to target ex-DACA recipients, but he added that those recipients don't receive preferential treatment either.
Even more important, was the Obama administration taking the high road when the FBI gave Clinton preferential treatment despite her sloppy handling of classified emails?
Rules designed to protect net neutrality—the idea that internet providers shouldn't be able to give certain content preferential treatment—seem likely to fall next.
American and other foreign companies have long complained that the Chinese government gives preferential treatment to home-grown businesses, especially conglomerates owned by the state.
It says Apple's arrangements with Ireland, which resulted in low-single-digit tax rates, amounted to preferential treatment, thereby violating the EU's state-aid rules.
As for why it's giving preferential treatment to the movie version of Cap over his comic book inspiration... have you read Captain America comics lately?
It prevented internet services providers (such as Verizon and Comcast) from charging more for certain types of content, or giving preferential treatment to certain websites.
Margrethe Vestager, Europe's top antitrust official, is expected to say on Tuesday that the Irish government gave Apple preferential treatment on its local tax arrangements.
The zones, the report said, contribute to a two-tiered system that "provides preferential treatment to Jewish Israeli settlers while imposing harsh conditions on Palestinians".
Doing it well would mean fixing the structural problems that induce a wasteful allocation of resources, favoring activities that have no claim for preferential treatment.
China does not need the "preferential treatment" on trade today that would've been justified decades ago, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC on Wednesday.
The proposed change came as a surprise, some experts and industry officials said, because the government has never given any preferential treatment for hybrid technology.
Many executives and managers feel those clubs receive preferential treatment because of it; or, more accurately, that their teams suffer for the lack of it.
Many Chinese migrated to Malaysia during the colonial era, and the feeling that they were given preferential treatment by the British lingers to this day.
"We will not give any preferential treatment in the renegotiation to those claims that have been the object of a judicial decision," the document reads.
But by criticizing the French Open, the WTA is making a pitch for preferential treatment for Maria that would not be made for other players.
This law gives Hong Kong preferential treatment in matters of trade and economics compared with mainland China by treating Hong Kong as a separate jurisdiction.
Jean's family argued that Guyger was given preferential treatment because she wasn't immediately taken into police custody and was allowed to remain free on bond.
These small colleges, like the largest ones, also give preferential treatment to applicants who excel in music, the arts and a host of other skills.
"Giving preferential treatment to one group in terms of providing humanitarian assistance or media advocacy could worsen the sentiment of the other group," he said.
Richard Blumenthal pushed for the Federal Trade Commission to crack open a new case against Google for preferential treatment of its own content in search results.
But the agreement limits investor-state dispute settlement to preferential treatment cases and certain sectors dominated by state firms, such as energy and telecoms and infrastructure.
Officials also reportedly offered Careem "preferential treatment" were it to share data, the Times added, though the company says it left the offer on the table.
Epstein's lawyers argued that these measures wouldn't be giving Epstein preferential treatment because he's rich, but instead would ensure he's not disadvantaged because of his wealth.
There's also the matter of preferential treatment: Will other teams and players be treated as second-class citizens for not getting in on the ground floor?
Public attention on this new attempt to give telecoms free reign over which sites get preferential treatment has seemed a bit more subdued this time around.
It's also part of an initiative to detect applicants who might falsely state they are from a country like Syria in order to receive preferential treatment.
For one, trending news curators were mandated to give preferential treatment to a list of media outlets such as the New York Times, Variety, and Time.
The Dutch finance ministry said it would cooperate with the Commission's investigation and said that it agreed tax rulings should provide certainty and not preferential treatment.
But some critics have said that plan will unfairly prop up Chinese companies as the government pays out giant subsidies and gives domestic firms preferential treatment.
Skeptics of the likely AT&T deal worry that the telecom company could give preferential treatment to the content it produces at the expense of consumers.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star even revealed to her fans in a YouTube video that Stormi gets preferential treatment from her father while traveling.
Exemptions for businesses worth more than 90 million euros will be abolished while preferential treatment for those worth more than 26 million euros will be reduced.
This, and the fact that it took police several days to arrest her, is raising questions about whether she's getting preferential treatment as a police officer.
Women's rights groups say Pistorius has received preferential treatment by the justice system compared to non-whites and those without his wealth or international celebrity status.
That was in exchange for concessions from the company in a deal with Rhone Capital that the fund said gave the private equity firm preferential treatment.
A source close to the matter told Reuters the Rome Treasury dislikes the idea because preferential treatment for domestic bonds would run counter to European rules.
It could also do unintended harm by exacerbating social tensions and putting minority groups at risk of targeted violence within their communities for their preferential treatment.
And doing so could be costly: United States businesses would lose easy access to the Mexican and Canadian markets, along with preferential treatment on investments there.
It could choose to reach a deal with AT&T that prohibits the company from giving preferential treatment to its own content or discriminating against competitors.
Abe has denied that he ever instructed officials to give preferential treatment for the establishment of Japan's first new veterinary school in more than 50 years.
Tokyo's halt to preferential treatment of the three materials would force exporters to seek permission for each individual shipment to South Korea, taking around 90 days.
Mr. Trump has denied any collusion by his campaign with Russian officials, and he has denied that his White House gives preferential treatment to Mr. Putin.
Two senators — Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Steve Daines of Montana — have argued the Republican tax plans give big corporations preferential treatment compared with pass-throughs.
But this approach might go awry if the European Union makes preferential trade access for Britain contingent on preferential treatment of migrants from within the union.
Among them is to make it illegal for internet service providers to give preferential treatment to certain websites and to penalize customers who access other content.
Many of the disclosures, such as the preferential treatment given to mostly white and wealthy "legacy students" (those with relatives who attended the university), look embarrassing.
In a meeting with Careem's chief executive, Mudassir Sheikha, Egyptian military intelligence offered preferential treatment in return for access to the company's customer and driver data.
Consider the net neutrality rules, which were put in place to prevent broadband companies from giving preferential treatment to content from their affiliates or business partners.
Renewable energy sources, particularly wind and solar, have enjoyed decades of subsidies and tax credits, as well as a decade of preferential treatment from state regulators.
" Ethics experts point to a law that says government employees are required to "act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual.
Dutch regulators said Thursday that they have opened an investigation into whether Apple has abused its market position by giving preferential treatment to its own apps.
For each of his confessions, Lucas was rewarded with special privileges such as fast food, being allowed to walk around without handcuffs, among other preferential treatment.
At best, Google will implement a soft version of this preferential treatment in its voice products, but that's not where most of Google's users are today.
As a result, Comcast is giving preferential treatment to its own service, while creating an economic incentive for customers to avoid rival services, the group argues.
Five women have filed a class action lawsuit calling out the Empire State for not giving tampons the same preferential treatment that male medical products get.
They embrace an elusive concept called network neutrality, and don't want Internet providers like Comcast and Verizon giving preferential treatment to the likes of YouTube or Spotify.
Those two key factors are: (i) strong public finance fundamentals relative to external finance fundamentals, and (ii) previous preferential treatment of LC creditors relative to FC creditors.
"I am so sick of the 1% getting this preferential treatment," Sanders cried, in character and on point, as rich passengers boarded lifeboats on a sinking Titanic.
But the prospect of losing preferential treatment under EU laws means they could lose value in the eyes of bank treasuries that buy them for liquidity portfolios.
They could be notched up from the Long-Term IDR if the legal framework changed to give preferential treatment over other senior obligations in a resolution scenario.
There's a really interesting book called When Affirmative Action Was White that looks at all the preferential treatment given to whites on school, jobs, mortgages, loans, housing.
He said the FCC "fails to offer a reasoned basis" for its view that giving preferential treatment to customers who pay for faster service is a problem.
The president also said in the order that Christians and other minority religions from Muslim countries should be given preferential treatment when entering the U.S. over Muslims.
The package of bills would ban preferential treatment for students related to big donors or alumni and alter the long-standing and sometimes loathed "legacy admissions" practice.
As Bloomberg reports, Dutch officials opened an investigation into the computing giant's alleged preferential treatment of its own products in the walled garden of the App Store.
Since transitioning under the open service policy, she can't recall a single instance when someone reacted negatively to her -- or gave her preferential treatment -- because she's transgender.
Others say the electricity does not end up on the grid because the network gives coal-fired plants preferential treatment over firms specializing in alternative power generation.
Those two key factors are: (i) strong public finance fundamentals relative to external finance fundamentals; and (ii) previous preferential treatment of LC creditors relative to FC creditors.
Obama routinely pushed policy that pleased the tech-savvy, including his successful effort to keep broadband suppliers from giving preferential treatment to bigger web companies over individuals.
Yet as a teacher, I see that the students who come weekly, sit in front, and ask and answer questions get higher grades and frankly, preferential treatment.
The scientists hoped to suss out what happens when both muscles and minds are stressed, and if one of those operations gets preferential treatment from the body.
The zones allow investors who comply with regulations still being worked out by the Treasury Department to reduce their tax burden with preferential treatment of capital gains.
Soon after the Sunflower Movement, Beijing began offering subsidies and preferential treatment to young Taiwanese who would go to China to work or to establish start-ups.
The bigger point is that, thanks to lower corporate rates and preferential treatment for pass-through entities, financial institutions are some of the new code's biggest winners.
By ending their participation in the rota system, they will no longer have to give preferential treatment to the British tabloids that have been unfair to them.
Studies have shown that white Americans often demonstrate preferential treatment of lighter-skinned blacks that leads to disparities in employment and hiring practices and in socioeconomic mobility.
One type believes that we can ban all forms of preferential treatment and, so long as we enforce existing laws against discrimination, still achieve equality of result.
That means a car could source up to 37.5 percent of its value from a country like China and still be eligible for preferential treatment under Nafta.
Lately, some streamers' bad behavior has prompted the community to wonder whether larger channels get preferential treatment simply because they're more important to the platform's advertising ecosystem.
But it's a departure from NAFTA in that it includes stricter rules for how autos made in the three countries can qualify for preferential treatment on duties.
Protection of Chinese firms Foreign companies in China also often complain that state-owned Chinese firms benefit from unfair advantages, such as government subsidies and preferential treatment.
Europeans are clearly troubled by Trump's apparent willingness to give new friends like Vladimir Putin -- whom McCain strongly campaigned against -- preferential treatment over the US's traditional allies.
Su Qingfeng, the head of ZTE's Venezuela unit, said in a phone interview that ZTE was not Cantv's biggest provider and received no preferential treatment with contracts.
Part of the delay was due to Shanahan being under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general for allegedly seeking preferential treatment of Boeing while at the department.
The content and timing of these decisions caught the attention of the FCC inspector general's office, which is investigating whether Pai improperly showed "preferential treatment" to Sinclair.
The scrappy startups: Smaller companies have more to gain from rules preventing larger competitors from getting preferential treatment and less to lose by getting into a political brawl.
The content and timing of these decisions caught the attention of the FCC inspector general's office, which is currently investigating whether Pai improperly showed "preferential treatment" to Sinclair.
Running water was restored on Wednesday to parts of India's capital region, after protesters sabotaged a major canal in a dispute over preferential treatment for certain social castes.
How it works: United will give preferential treatment to Neulasta because Amgen, which makes Neulasta, offered a bigger rebate than Coherus, which makes Udenyca, a source familiar said.
Shanahan had been under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general for allegedly seeking preferential treatment of Boeing while at the Pentagon but he was recently cleared of wrongdoing.
The fact that days elapsed before Guyger was taken into custody on Sunday inflamed accusations that police departments extend preferential treatment when one of their own kills someone.
Zero-rating opponents have criticized the practice on the grounds that they give preferential treatment to some apps while potentially boxing out smaller startups from gaining market share.
The FCC voted Thursday along party lines to remove net neutrality rules that prohibited internet providers from giving preferential treatment to some web content — or blocking it entirely.
Critics argue that a combined AT&T-Time Warner company would be able to give preferential treatment to its own programming while discriminating against that of its competitors.
Therefore no one, not even the president, should get preferential treatment from "sympathetic" prosecutors and be insulated from prosecutors who are objective and follow wherever the evidence leads.
Opponents of the repeal, however, say that it will allow internet service providers to give preferential treatment to certain websites, while access to smaller sites will be stymied.
While Young's punishment itself has been controversial since it was announced, some people have questioned the NCAA's timing and accused the organization of showing Ohio State preferential treatment.
While it seems like a great deal for customers on the surface, it's raising net neutrality concerns, as providers are beginning to give preferential treatment to certain services.
Yet they were granted preferential treatment in admissions because of the prevalent practice of allocating a number of admissions spots to athletes who might not get in otherwise.
By the height of the civil rights movement, America was already giving preferential treatment to educated, professional Asian immigrants, reinforcing the idea of Asians as pliable and studious.
Bits Net neutrality — the concept that no online content should receive preferential treatment — has long been viewed as something of an equalizer between telecom companies and internet companies.
The Competition Commission of India is looking into allegations by a New Delhi trade group that Amazon and Flipkart gave preferential treatment to some sellers on their platforms.
Yet despite the efforts to give preferential treatment to minority marijuana business, many still face stigma: some 86 percent of people who are arrested for marijuana are black.
The commission is looking into allegations by a New Delhi trade group that Amazon (AMZN) and Walmart-owned Flipkart gave preferential treatment to some sellers on their platforms.
In November 2014, China's State Council, the country's cabinet, directed local governments to evaluate and eliminate any preferential treatment, including subsidies and tax breaks that benefited multinational exporters.
Since joining the Trump Organization in 2001, moving quickly to learn the intricacies of financing and construction, he has said repeatedly that he does not expect preferential treatment.
Trade agreements are negotiated by the administration and given preferential treatment for speedy approval in Congress — that's why trade is an issue where presidents can have enormous influence.
And after lobbying to kill net neutrality, these industry giants have been given the green light to give preferential treatment to their own services while hamstring streaming alternatives.
He said ending net neutrality, which prevents internet service providers from giving certain content on the web preferential treatment, would negatively impact the internet for both startups and consumers.
We believe that policymakers do not intend to extend preferential treatment to programmes that are not match-funded on a going-concern basis, such as conditional pass-through models.
After people found out that Zuckerberg (and, presumably, other executives) could delete messages but the average user couldn't, they called out Facebook for providing preferential treatment to higher-ups.
Mr. Abe's biggest headaches still remain back in Tokyo, where he is fighting off allegations that he helped friends at two educational institutions gain preferential treatment from the government.
As a new EU country report noted last month, this "creates perverse incentives in publicly funded hospitals, where preferential treatment of privately insured patients adds to doctors' private revenues".
GOP nominee Donald Trump and other Republicans have stepped up their attacks connecting the emails to questions over whether Clinton gave preferential treatment to donors to her family's foundation.
Now, those who challenge these groups are increasingly finding their efforts hampered, according to Amnesty researchers, as government officials often give preferential treatment to ultranationalist demonstrations over their opponents.
But Tovah Lazaroff, deputy managing editor for the Jerusalem Post, said that male journalists received similar "preferential treatment" when U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley visited the Western Wall in June.
And the way the partnership works is once our students complete the curriculum and have the credential, then they receive preferential treatment, both in terms of internships and jobs.
Without net neutrality telecommunication, internet providers like Verizon will be able to charge companies for preferential treatment, putting at a disadvantage any company or person not able to pay.
Many observers had assumed that Anbang would receive preferential treatment, thanks to strong political connections (its chairman is married to the granddaughter of Deng Xiaoping, a revered former leader).
Instead of trying to level the playing field by piling subsidy on top of subsidy, Congress and the administration should remove all preferential treatment for energy sources and technologies.
The rules, enacted by the administration of President Barack Obama in 2015, prohibited internet providers from charging more for certain content or from giving preferential treatment to certain websites.
The EU is, however, very worried about how non-EU countries like Switzerland or the United States would react if it gave preferential treatment to the City, Browne said.
Educational opportunities and internships, critical to establish a foothold in today's workforce, are often disproportionately obtained by the upper-middle and upper classes through preferential treatment, regardless of merit.
Automakers have already complained that China's regions are distorting the market by giving preferential treatment to local champions, and Beijing has promised to take action against "blind" sector growth.
Some bank lobbyists have raised concerns about whether Mr. McWatters, who has asked the consumer bureau to exempt credit unions from examination and enforcement, would give them preferential treatment.
Microsoft was sued in 33 by a former employee alleging systemic discrimination in pay between men and women and preferential treatment given to men in promotions and job reviews.
Microsoft was sued in 2016 by a former employee alleging systemic discrimination in pay between men and women and preferential treatment given to men in promotions and job reviews.
Some bank lobbyists have raised concerns about whether Mr. McWatters, who has asked the consumer bureau to exempt credit unions from examination and enforcement, would give them preferential treatment. .
They will lobby for higher hospital payments from the government and insurers and for other preferential treatment, often arguing that we need to retain the "good" jobs hospitals offer.
"Likewise, those bonds or loans aimed at improving a company or entity's environmental footprint, including expanding their taxonomy-related activities, might benefit from preferential treatment of investors," it said.
The rules, enacted by the administration of President Barack Obama in 2015, prohibited internet providers from charging more for certain content or from giving preferential treatment to certain websites.
When Sharapova returned to competition in 2017, many players, including Wozniacki of Denmark, were critical of her receiving wild cards and other forms of what they considered preferential treatment.
"Worse than this, some of those countries have taken matters related to human rights as a hostage while discussing assistance or economic preferential treatment extended to Cambodia," he said.
In many cases, she says, the agency might be unable to use antitrust law against broadband providers that give preferential treatment to their own content or to that of partners.
Yet Greece's asylum service processes applications at a glacial pace, and refugees of some nationalities are given preferential treatment over others, who may face just as much danger at home.
" Jones responded that the alleged preferential treatment predated his time at Cinefamily, but "if this happened in the way described then it should have resulted in discipline and likely termination.
Mathers said she is breaking her silence about the accident to let the public know they were sealed because of the suicide attempt, not because her family received preferential treatment.
Individuals interviewed anonymously by The New York Times told the outlet that Martins has a reputation for giving preferential treatment to company dancers who engage in sexual relationships with him.
This week the White House announced it would end preferential treatment for India and Turkey under a decades-old trade regime intended to promote growth and prosperity in poorer economies.
The U.S. parent company told the board it had to apply equal rates to loans extended to its affiliates and couldn't give GM Korea "preferential treatment", the board member said.
And since the Swiss watchmaker makes a point of not showing preferential treatment to celebrities: No matter who you think you are you still have to wait for the call.
What's more, the current proposal seems to suggest that the government is looking to prevent the distribution of cannabis for smoking purposes while giving preferential treatment to inhalers and capsules.
That sounds very conceptual but basically it means internet service providers (ISPs) like Comcast or Verizon can't slow down specific sites and charge companies for preferential treatment for internet access.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the Rossiya 24 TV channel the government was considering how to reconfigure the tax system to end what he called preferential treatment for high earners.
The terms of the order establish preferential treatment for refugees identified with "minority religions" in their country of origin and does not specifically mention "Christianity" or any other religious minority.
The backdrop: The FCC voted Thursday along party lines to remove net neutrality rules that prohibited internet providers from giving preferential treatment to some web content — or blocking it entirely.
Michael says it's not that an A-lister like Amy doesn't get preferential treatment -- it's just that there's a way to do it, and Michael says Amy should know that.
The police arrested a man at an airport in New Delhi on Monday who they accused of dressing up as an airline pilot in an attempt to get preferential treatment.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump put pressure on the World Trade Organization on Friday to change how it designates developing countries, singling out China for unfairly getting preferential treatment.
If these women placed truly equal value on both ourselves and also the males in our society, we would not want entitlements or preferential treatment on the basis of gender.
If intercollegiate athletics, under the auspices of the N.C.A.A., wants to continue to receive such preferential treatment, it has to adhere to the educational goals that it purports to represent.
But it's very hard to say that China as now the world's second largest economy needs the same sort of preferential treatment that might have justified to have decades ago.
Bieber, who shoved Desiigner at 1OAK before Desiigner was ejected for stepping on Bieber's shoes a few days ago, probably hates it when people single him out for preferential treatment.
Shanahan had been under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general for allegedly seeking preferential treatment of Boeing while at the Defense Department but he was cleared of wrongdoing in April.
Japan's halt of preferential treatment for the three materials used in consumer electronics forces exporters to seek permission for each individual shipment to South Korea, which takes about 90 days.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, passed in 1977, forbade American companies from participating in a scheme to reward a foreign government official in exchange for material benefit or preferential treatment.
The Commission said it had doubts whether the exemption on finance income earned by offshore subsidiaries complies with EU state aid rules forbidding preferential treatment of some companies over others.
But I am not so benighted as to suppose that, in the greater scheme of things, they are more deserving than other people's offspring, and generally entitled to preferential treatment.
Spouses and immediate relatives of U.S. citizens get preferential treatment when it comes to green card applications, which means much shorter waits compared to the spouses and relatives of green cardholders.
His comments during the visit made for uncomfortable listening at times with Obama saying that if the U.K. left, it should not expect any preferential treatment from its long-term ally.
Robin Martin, head of market infrastructure at the World Gold Council, said EOS shareholders would not get any preferential treatment in terms of fees paid to use the new LME contracts.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), who asked Hunt to determine whether the Trump-era FCC's actions showed "a pattern and practice of preferential treatment" toward Sinclair.
They argued that by refusing to participate in Peru's already established process to pay legitimate holders of the so-called land bonds, Gramercy was seeking preferential treatment compared to other creditors.
As part of China's efforts to put an end to what it calls "one-size-fits-all" anti-pollution measures, cities that performed well in last year's campaign received preferential treatment.
The watchdog is concerned that the lack of clarity on fees makes it harder to check if TRs give preferential treatment to some customers because they use other services as well.
The FCC is expected to approve a plan today to repeal net neutrality rules that will let internet service providers give preferential treatment to some web content or block it entirely.
And in the wake of recent overtures to investigate the impact of foreign-made steel on the U.S. economy, you can be sure domestic steelmakers will be given preferential treatment here.
The Chicago-based energy company wants Pennsylvania to give nuclear power megawatts the kind of preferential treatment and premium payments that are given to renewable energies, such as wind and solar.
One concern is that the agencies that own data businesses, including IPG, Publicis, and Dentsu, might give preferential treatment to their own advertising clients and cut off access to non-clients.
The alleged relationships also lent credence to the notion that the former speaker had long engaged in questionable behavior, using his influence to dole out preferential treatment in return for favors.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has ordered an investigation into allegations immigration officials gave casino operator Crown Resorts preferential treatment by fast-tracking visas for Chinese gamblers, the attorney general said on Tuesday.
The measure would still prohibit "preferential treatment," but it would repeal the state's ban on affirmative action, one of the nation's first when it was voted into place two decades ago.
The police arrested a man at a Delhi airport Monday who they say dressed up as a pilot and tried to use his status to get preferential treatment like free upgrades.
A Cuban immigrant who reaches the U.S. is not sent back to Cuba and can become a legal resident after a year – a preferential treatment that doesn't apply to other Latinos.
ISPs could similarly give preferential treatment to services they directly profit from while throttling—the act of intentionally slowing down an internet connection—those they don't (like this article, for one).
Net neutrality refers to the concept that all internet traffic should be treated equally (or neutrally) by internet service providers, so that no type or source of content gets preferential treatment.
"Generally, public servants should be impartial, not give preferential treatment to anyone, and avoid endorsements," said Scott Amey, general counsel for the government ethics watchdog Project on Government Oversight in Washington.
"You are creating a class and race issue, essentially rewarding and offering preferential treatment to landowners and folks that are more wealthy," Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview on WNYC.
Those firms, also known as SOEs, receive preferential treatment from the government such as priority to get financing — and that special treatment distorted competition in many industries, according to the report.
But opponents said the removal of a section that had granted preferential treatment to victims of religious persecution was a cosmetic change that did nothing to alter the order's prejudicial purpose.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department's inspector general on Thursday concluded acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan did not seek preferential treatment of Boeing Co, his former employer, while at the Pentagon.
The first is by offering their own products on platforms they control: Amazon giving preferential treatment to its house brands, or Apple promoting its own apps inside the iOS App Store.
The governing National Front alliance is dominated by Mr. Najib's United Malays National Organization, which has safeguarded preferential treatment for the Malay majority in areas ranging from government jobs to university places.
They said that they would give preferential treatment to any applicants named Bill, Randy or Dave—although that didn't stop a man named Stan from getting in touch with them almost immediately.
In addition, about 8719 in 22014 Arabs complained of heavy discrimination in Israeli society against Muslims, the largest religious minority, while 22015 percent of Jews questioned said Jewish citizens deserved preferential treatment.
Rights groups in a country beset by high levels of violent crime against women say Pistorius has received preferential treatment compared to non-whites and those without his wealth or celebrity status.
For their most recent stop at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Jenner revealed to her fans that even though she's the one dating Scott, it's Stormi who gets preferential treatment.
I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave.
While on the island, Grandi also denounced "the tendency to classify people along the route by nationality," and singling out Syrians and Iraqis for preferential treatment while blocking Afghans, Somalis and Palestinians.
Two Democrats want the FCC's independent inspector general to look into whether FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has shown a "pattern and practice" of given the right-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group preferential treatment.
The Treasury Department said those sanctioned included Benjamin Bol Mel, who has served as an adviser to South Sudan President Salva Kiir and is suspected of getting preferential treatment in government contracts.
It has nonetheless prompted some Hungarian media outlets and opposition politicians to allege New Wave received preferential treatment because it is owned by businessmen with close ties to Matolcsy and his family.
Szaraz did not address Reuters questions on the NBH funding and allegations of preferential treatment, but said it was his idea to launch the media group, which started with a tourism site.
Back in 2012, the New York Times spoke to some disgruntled parents who alleged that Lenox Hill Hospital in New York gave Beyoncé preferential treatment to the detriment of its other patients.
Ross Gerber, president of a Santa Monica, California wealth management firm Gerber Kawasaki Inc, which owns about 25,000 Tesla shares, is irked by what he sees as preferential treatment for bigger shareholders.
Incompas, which lobbies on behalf of smaller service providers, said the FCC should take up a new rule that would effectively ban rental property owners from giving preferential treatment to certain companies.
The plan also eliminates four long-standing problems with the tax system — double taxation, the corporate lock-in effect, the personal lock-in effect and preferential treatment of capital gains and dividends.
Hamilton was then given the preferential treatment, making his pit stop after Lap 41, while Rosberg stopped after the next lap, returning to the race behind Hamilton, but still ahead of Ricciardo.
The blanket preferential treatment for Cubans, most of whom don't face the dangers and harassment that entitle people to refugee status, is unjustifiable when Central Americans are fleeing far more desperate threats.
"It's very hard to say that China as now the world's second largest economy needs the same sort of preferential treatment that it might be justified to have decades ago," Ross said.
Prosecutors had demanded a seven-year jail term for Choi on charges of obstruction of business and links to Park in order to force a university to give her daughter preferential treatment.
The Trump administration wants to give preferential treatment to refugees based on those likely to achieve "successful assimilation" in the United States, according to a report to Congress obtained by VICE News.
In the net-neutrality realm, paid prioritization refers to letting a content company (like Netflix) pay an ISP for preferential treatment on the network, whether that means faster speed or lower latency.
There is a common misconception throughout all sports that siblings or children of coaches are given preferential treatment, but if anything, his relationship with Firas only made his training sessions more grueling.
Japan said last week it would stop preferential treatment for shipments to South Korea of three materials used in the production of semiconductors and smartphone screens - photoresists hydrogen, fluoride fluorinated, and polyimides.
Rights groups in a country beset by high levels of violent crime against women say Pistorius, 31, received preferential treatment compared to non-whites and those without his wealth or celebrity status.
To bolster his case, Mr. Kahlenberg quoted President Barack Obama, who once said that his two daughters should not be given preferential treatment in college admissions because they came from privileged backgrounds.
In a pending lawsuit filed last year in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, Mr. Stoll argued that "favoritism and preferential treatment" has long existed between the police and Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish communities.
This decision to not only host and transport goods but to also directly make and sell them gives rise to a conflict of interest, positioning Amazon to give preferential treatment to itself.
Cavalcanti said JBS received preferential treatment from Brazil's development bank BNDES, and recommended including among defendants with Batista Brazil's former Finance Minister Guido Mantega and former BNDES Chief Executive Officer Luciano Coutinho.
Rick Eckstein, a professor of sociology and criminology at Villanova University who has written extensively on college sports, said that universities had enabled the scheme by giving athletes preferential treatment in admissions.
"I think light-skin privilege is when light-skin people, like myself, are given preferential treatment or seen as softer, more feminine, or more approachable than our darker-skin peers," Ashley Edwards explains.
"I'm certainly not looking for special treatment or preferential treatment, but to say that a symbol of equality is offensive — I have a real problem with that," Hurn told local ABC affiliate KMGH.
But while some were frustrated with Smollett's alleged preferential treatment, others like Van Cleve were angry at city officials, including the mayor and police superintendent, for the intensity and framing of their responses.
Kyodo News reported that Japan will decide on August 2 to remove South Korea from a list of countries that enjoy preferential treatment and buy products that can be diverted for military use.
Shin allegedly received bribes of about 3 billion won ($2.6 million) as requests for preferential treatment for brands in Lotte Duty Free stores, one of the prosecution sources told Reuters earlier this week.
As part of the new push, online travel sites that sell airline tickets will be prohibited from giving preferential treatment to certain airlines when they show available flights unless they disclose the bias.
These include preferential treatment for U.S.-based intellectual property that generates global returns, a shift to the global standard of territorial taxation, a lower and internationally competitive corporate rate, and strong investment incentives.
Yet, in addition to undermining the city's autonomy, Beijing is exploiting the preferential treatment given to Hong Kong to circumvent U.S. export controls, customs duties, sanctions, and to conduct influence and espionage operations.
But it also involves an array of more unconventional proposals, like protecting the use of domestic subsidies and preferential treatment for companies with eco-friendly practices from challenges at the World Trade Organization.
Some of those ideas involved practices that wouldn't be allowed under Title II, like giving preferential treatment to Netflix so data used for Netflix wouldn't be counted against a customer's monthly data cap.
People who say women have it easier these days say women get preferential treatment in job opportunities, and those who think men have it easier say they have better pay and job opportunities.
Complaints of elitism and preferential treatment have mounted as politicians, celebrities and pro athletes have received tests without having symptoms or any known contact with an infected person — requirements under some testing guidelines.
First, state Medicaid programs would be allowed to establish drug formularies — tiered systems that give preferential treatment to certain drugs over others and which private insurers use to negotiate prices with drug companies.
"It's blatantly clear that YouTube has preferential treatment for large creators because that's what keeps their business running," Christopher Boutte, a creator and author of a book on YouTube culture, told The Verge.
A world in which libraries and other noncommercial enterprises may be limited to the internet's "slow lanes" while high-definition movies can obtain preferential treatment undermines a central priority for a democratic society.
Trump's move to end the preferential treatment of Indian goods comes just a few weeks after US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pulled out of a trip to the country at the last minute.
The clause in the order that gives Christians preferential treatment will be seen as confirming the Islamic State's apocalyptic narrative that Islam is in a fight to the death against the Christian crusaders.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is pushing through a proposal that would repeal the legal framework for the rules, which prohibit internet service providers from blocking, slowing or giving preferential treatment to certain sites.
The EU concluded Monday that Ireland helping Apple to reduce its tax rate in this way amounted to illegal state aid in the form of a "sweetheart deal" because Apple received preferential treatment.
Now, another financial backer for Relativity is suing him, claiming that Mnuchin helped to give his own bank preferential treatment, allowing it to rescue funds from the media company before it declared bankruptcy.
"I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave," Cooley said.
Japan said last week it would stop preferential treatment for shipments of the three materials to South Korea, requiring exporters to gain permission each time they want to ship, which takes around 90 days.
BOSTON — An internal report prepared for Harvard administrators in 2012 showed the university's preferential treatment of athletes and the children of donors and alumni predominately benefited white students, to the detriment of Asian Americans.
Fallout at the Sheriff's Office Shortly after the shooting, critics questioned Bates' qualifications as a volunteer deputy -- and wondered whether his close personal friendship with then-Sheriff Stanley Glanz helped get him preferential treatment.
Comments made by French player Julien Benneteau to a radio station suggesting Federer is given preferential treatment by tournament organizers, particular in Grand Slams, also threatened to disturb his week at the O2 Arena.
Some Turkish-American-owned contractors who do business with the schools have been targeted in state and federal investigations over allegations they received preferential treatment, according to current and former members and legal documents.
Some property developers in Xian have delayed new home sales, offered bundle sales and give home buyers who pay in cash preferential treatment, the Xian housing authorities said in a statement separately on Saturday.
In a setback for industry groups, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a number of challenges to Obama-era "net neutrality" regulations that barred internet service providers from giving certain customers preferential treatment.
David played a wealthy man claiming that he should get a spot on a life raft, and Sanders comes out to say: "I am so sick of the one percent getting this preferential treatment!"
The reports also alleged an Asian crime syndicate laundered money through the Melbourne-based company's casinos, and that the company received preferential treatment from immigration officials which resulted in fast-tracking Chinese gamblers' visas.
To see the full picture, whiteness must be understood in light of our national history, specifically the use of state power to engineer preferential treatment for whites and deliberately impose cumulative disadvantage on blacks.
In both votes, immigration and race clearly played a central part, as did the conviction of many white voters that they were being left behind by globalization and the supposedly preferential treatment of minorities.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should not give preferential treatment to European Union workers in its post-Brexit immigration system but should prioritize the higher-skilled, a report commissioned by the British government said on Tuesday.
Williams's legal dispute, however, focuses on a transaction Energy Transfer recently made that gives certain unit holders, notably Mr. Warren, preferential treatment at the expense of investors in the soon-to-be combined company.
The upper class also disproportionately benefited from Trump's tax cut, while the working class is getting no such preferential treatment—on Thursday, Trump announced plans to cancel a pay raise for civilian federal workers.
But over the last few weeks, leaks of tampered files and previously missing documents are raising sharper questions about whether Mr. Abe helped friends at two educational institutions gain preferential treatment from the government.
Japan will stop preferential treatment for shipments of these three materials to South Korea, requiring exporters to seek permission each time they want to ship, which takes about 90 days, the ministry official said.
With testing in short supply in the U.S., politicians, celebrities and N.B.A. teams have obtained coronavirus tests without exhibiting symptoms or having known contact with an infected person, leading to accusations of preferential treatment.
The antitrust decision related to Google's online shopping service, which the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, said had received preferential treatment compared with those of rivals in specialized search results.
Some affirmative action critics, when asked why preferential treatment for racial minorities is wrong but giving a leg up to wealthy students, children of donors and legacy admissions is OK, say both are dubious.
Under chain migration, relatives of immigrants with legal status receive preferential treatment, and the diversity visa lottery program, which provides visas to people from countries that have relatively few immigrants in the United States.
As Libby Nelson wrote for Vox earlier this week, colleges might say they care about grades, references, and extracurricular activities, but the children of alumni and major donors get preferential treatment, as do athletes.
So she issued another FOIL request to see all communications — emails, vendor contracts, meeting minutes — between Department of Health employees and Ancestry to find out how and why Ancestry's FOIL was seemingly given preferential treatment.
The new order also includes an exemption for current visa holders and removes a section that granted preferential treatment to religious minorities, which some say was designed to keep out Muslims while allowing in Christians.
Since 1971 it has given preferential treatment in everything from education to investing to bumiputeras—people of indigenous descent, who are two-thirds of the population but poorer than their ethnic-Chinese and -Indian compatriots.
Aurora's acquisition of the mines was held up in the media as an example of how well-connected members of the political elite get preferential treatment in Africa's most industrialized economy, especially under Zuma's presidency.
Some players have bristled at what they feel is preferential treatment for draw card Sharapova, who reigned as the highest earning female athlete in the world for 11 years in a row, according to Forbes.
Investors in the SEZs get preferential treatment such as removal of import duties for manufacturing of export goods, as well as easier land and employment rules, including allowing expatriates to own properties within the zone.
"ACM will investigate, among other aspects, whether Apple acted in violation of the prohibition of abuse of dominance, for example, by giving preferential treatment to its own apps," the Dutch enforcer said in a statement.
The legislation also asks for a comprehensive, multi-year strategy to promote development and supports extending the country preferential treatment under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences program, as long as it meets relevant conditions.
Perhaps most upsetting to Williams's shareholders, though, was a private placement that gave certain Energy Transfer unit holders, notably Mr. Warren, preferential treatment in case the company's distributions, which are similar to dividends, were cut.
The Irish government's decision comes a day after Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, said that the tech giant would also appeal the European Commission's ruling, which argued that Ireland had given Apple preferential treatment.
Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee reported out the companion to Cicilline's bill, which would make permanent the two dozen currently designated manufacturing communities and give those communities preferential treatment for federal economic development funds.
Google must now end its preferential treatment of its own services within 90 days or face daily penalty payments of up to 5 percent of the average daily worldwide turnover of Alphabet, Google's parent company.
This at least is on the record and relatively straightforward; whatever Facebook's sins during the election cycle may have been, it does not appear that preferential treatment of the two major campaigns was among them.
WASHINGTON — The internal investigator for the Federal Communications Commission has found that the agency's chairman, Ajit Pai, did not give preferential treatment to Sinclair Broadcast Group in the company's effort to merge with Tribune Media.
As of Monday, six months after the Federal Communications Commission dismantled regulations that the Obama administration enacted in 2015, internet providers can charge more for certain content or for giving preferential treatment to certain websites.
Besides the preferential treatment he received, he shot to a stardom of sorts, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans as eager investigators lined up to talk to him about unsolved murders that stymied them.
But they do get some preferential treatment on planes and in some hotels and restaurants, and here's the key for pro tennis players: Emotional support animals can often go to tournaments that otherwise bar pets.
Then, last Friday, Zapata was arrested on charges of illegal enrichment, influence-peddling and money laundering, related to her lobbying the government on behalf of CAMC, including letters allegedly demanding preferential treatment for the company.
Prosecutors have been investigating four people since 2016 on suspicion of preferential treatment of works council members and, on the basis of those investigations, prosecutors decided to investigate Osterloh, who had previously been a witness.
I stood in line and I went through the line so really what the illegals are demanding is preferential treatment over the millions of other people who have to play by the rules to get here.
Now the parents of another student are suing Manhattan's Avenues: The World School — which sounds like the setting of a Young Adult series — claiming that the Nickelodeon star received preferential treatment because of her star status.
The EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee report also concluded that offering preferential treatment to EU nationals, compared to non-EU nationals, would likely secure a better deal for Britons looking to live and work in Europe.
These enterprises have developed their technological capabilities and business acumen through market mechanisms both inside and outside China, and adopted the same business practice and competed with their Western counterparts without preferential treatment from the government.
Another is Gary J. Aguirre, a former S.E.C. lawyer who was fired from the agency after he refused his supervisor's demand that he give preferential treatment to a Wall Street banker that the S.E.C. was investigating.
And just days earlier, while Scott was performing in New York City, Jenner revealed to her fans in a YouTube video that even though she's the one dating the rapper, it's Stormi who gets preferential treatment.
Trump has also accused asylum seekers of using children to get into the country and receive preferential treatment, despite the fact that children and adults alike face the same inhumane treatment in U.S. immigration processing centers.
It was announced last week that the basis for which publications will be given preferential treatment will depend on a survey sent to users regarding their subjective impression of how "trustworthy" that source or domain is.
"As part of these communications, General Flynn may have struck an agreement or implied future cooperation with Russia and President Vladimir Putin regarding sanctions relief or some form of preferential treatment," McCaskill said in the letter.
Apple has responded to Spotify's claims that it is intentionally rejecting the streaming service's app to prevent it from competing with Apple Music, saying Spotify is asking for "preferential treatment" in the App Store's approval process.
The white paper follows a report by the Migration Advisory Committee in September which recommended Britain should not give preferential treatment to EU workers in its post-Brexit immigration system but should prioritise the higher-skilled.
On Monday, the EU Executive ordered Belgium to recover 700 million euros ($763 mln) from 35 large companies in taxes not paid because of a model that gave multinationals a more preferential treatment than smaller firms.
Because it appeared to be based on the Muslim ban that Trump had proposed during the campaign, and because it gave preferential treatment to Syrian Christians, it arguably violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Japan is stopping preferential treatment for shipments of these three materials to South Korea and will require exporters to seek permission each time they want to ship, which takes around 90 days, a government official said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer said he is sick and tired of complaints that he receives a favourable playing schedule after his latest U.S. Open victim suggested on Friday the five-times champion gets preferential treatment.
Intel's record fine was overtaken in June by a €2.4 billion penalty against Google, in a case that accused the search giant of giving preferential treatment to its internet shopping service over those of its rivals.
" Judge Tymkovich wrote in the order that Judge Murguia gave "preferential treatment" and "unwanted attention" to certain employees, sometimes through "excessive, nonwork-related contact, much of which occurred after work hours and often late at night.
As late as Sunday morning, he made clear that his concern was for Christian refugees, and part of his order gives preferential treatment to Christians who try to enter the United States from majority-Muslim nations.
Japan will stop preferential treatment for shipments of these three materials to South Korea and will require exporters to seek permission each time they want to ship, which takes around 90 days, a government official said.
The white paper follows a report by the Migration Advisory Committee in September which recommended Britain should not give preferential treatment to EU workers in its post-Brexit immigration system but should prioritize the higher-skilled.
The move, which wasn't previously outlined and is likely one of the final foreign policy decisions of Obama's term, terminates a decades-long policy that many argued amounted to preferential treatment for a single group of migrants.
In a setback for industry groups, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced that it would not take up challenges to Obama-era "net neutrality" regulations that barred internet service providers from giving certain customers preferential treatment.
The source points out that if there are massive layoffs at the EPA, it could have a big impact on military veterans employed by the agency, since vets are given preferential treatment in the EPA hiring process.
Lawmakers in Georgia passed a bill Thursday that denies Delta Airlines millions of dollars in tax breaks, just days after the Atlanta-based airline announced it would no longer give preferential treatment to the National Rifle Association.
The firm has said the new combined organization will work closely with all major plane builders and there would be no preferential treatment between the likes of Boeing and Airbus as the aircraft would be "platform agnostic."
The president selected which working group recommendations to adopt and announced a future apology, the renaming of buildings, an institute to study slavery, and preferential treatment in admissions for descendants of the 272 slaves, among other things.
WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump put pressure on the World Trade Organization on Friday to change how it designates what are developing countries, singling out China and other countries for unfairly getting preferential treatment.
The decision has largely been decried as a move that undermines innovation, making it harder for startups and younger companies to compete with existing corporations that can afford to cover the costs for preferential treatment from ISPs.
BRUSSELS — The European Union is expanding its battle with Google, alleging that the technology giant is rigging the global market for mobile apps by making sure its Android operating system gives preferential treatment to its own products.
Using the GI Bill as an example, King would often remind people that the U.S. government adopted a policy of preferential treatment for World War II veterans when it paid for their college educations through the bill.
When 85033 percent of people reading this would be in jail if they similarly mishandled classified information, opening up top-secret data to hostile foreign actors, there's a word for that sort of significant preferential treatment: Bias.
Yanase, now a senior official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, repeated an earlier assertion that he had not given Kake Gakuen any preferential treatment, and that Abe had never told him to do so.
While there is no evidence that Mr. Rodham got preferential treatment, his ventures were quickly inflated into rumors, heard often on the streets and airwaves, that the Clintons had been busy buying land in Haiti for profit.
An approach giving preferential treatment to hobbyists has clear and adverse implications for the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System, homeland security, public safety and the efficacy of future Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management systems.
A Sports Illustrated article earlier in the day cited anonymous sources, including former and current Seahawks, that described the state of the locker room as negatively affected by the belief that Wilson receiver preferential treatment from Carroll.
Thirty years later, even after the native communities were granted autonomy over the lands and given preferential treatment under the law, critics say a new land grab is underway as the Sandinista government looks the other way.
Paul To the Editor: The firing of Peter Strzok for trashing President Trump in text messages reveals a secret world of partisan politics, preferential treatment and tomfoolery within an agency that is supposed to be fearlessly independent.
The rule basically prevents broadband providers from offering preferential treatment to some content online — it blocks Comcast from giving, say, a speed boost to a streaming video company that can afford to pay over one that cannot.
Even just the impression that having a "special" last name such as Clinton gets you preferential treatment, by the most famous law enforcement agency in the world no less, is music to the ears of the Kremlin.
Highlighting the pervasiveness of China's infiltration into U.S. institutions, Pompeo related that the U.S. stock exchanges give preferential treatment to Chinese firms by excusing them from the reporting and accountability requirements that all U.S. entities must meet.
Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and a member of Trump's evangelical advisory board, said Christians are more persecuted than other faiths and should be given preferential treatment, as the president has pledged to do.
In late July, U.S. President Donald Trump put pressure on the WTO to change how it designates developing countries, singling out China, with which the United States is engaged in a trade war, for unfairly getting preferential treatment.
From the user's point of view, they'll experience a monolithic list of organically sorted apps they can browse and try for free: no gatekeeping, no preferential treatment and transparently open to every developer who connects to the API.
Norway is concerned, among other things, about the fate of Norwegians living in Britain after Brexit; fisheries policy; what kind of terms would be given to Britain after Brexit and whether Britain would get preferential treatment over Norway.
"The strongest reform of the shadow banking system that I have seen is the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act," Miller said, referencing Elizabeth Warren's legislation—supported by Sanders—that eliminates the preferential treatment for derivatives contracts in bankruptcy.
Ongoing disagreements concern Britain's demands for protections for non-eurozone EU members (France is unhappy at what it sees as an attempt to secure preferential treatment for the City of London) and rules governing spousal visas for immigrants.
Wade also hits a few girls (because remember, women don't get preferential treatment in Deadpool world); Colossus (an enormous, silvery male CGI X-Man) fights Angel Dust (Gina Carano), who's basically a perfect match for him, strength-wise.
But universities could do a lot of things short of preferential treatment for conservatives and evangelicals — for example, vigorously seeking out qualified people with these views, and making it clear that they and their views will be welcomed.
More fundamentally, Comcast is using its position as the nation's largest broadband ISP and the nation's largest video distributor to give preferential treatment to its own services at the expense of competing video services, content creators, and viewers.
AT&T could make it more expensive for its competitors to gain access to Time Warner's content or give preferential treatment to its own programming, said John Bergmayer, senior counsel at Public Knowledge, a digital rights advocacy group.
Deloitte's Vedi said this was why many banks were planning for the World Trade Organization (WTO), or "hard-Brexit", scenario which assumes Britain gets no preferential treatment and will rely on the WTO's global system of trade tariffs.
When I met Alexey Zbruyev, the club's athletic director, I asked whether Yavara-Neva might enjoy preferential treatment because of its connection to the President—for example, in financial donations from businessmen or in zoning approvals from bureaucrats.
If a two-tier internet is put in place, it could allow internet service providers [ISP] to pick and choose which sites and applications get preferential treatment, which could seriously hamper innovation and the growth of new businesses.
When you compare what Sharapova says to reality, it seems clear that being pitted against Williams has helped her benefit from their feud, in the form of lucrative endorsement deals, magazine spreads, and preferential treatment at professional tournaments.
Unsurprisingly, Scottish nationalists who have long pushed for the whole of the United Kingdom to remain within the European Union customs market, are fuming at what they view as preferential treatment for one part of the United Kingdom.
Deductibility of home mortgage interest, of charitable contributions, of state and local taxes, of employer contributions for health insurance and preferential treatment of carried interest are just a few of the tax preferences that reduce the tax base.
Prosecutors allege Shin received bribes of about 3 billion won ($2.6 million) as requests for preferential treatment for brands in Lotte Duty Free stores, a prosecution source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters earlier this week.
In 2013, the White House Correspondents' Association and 37 news organizations, including The New York Times, lodged a formal complaint with the White House over what the group said was preferential treatment that excluded journalists from documenting history.
Renowned for an ascetic lifestyle and recognized by his long white beard and traditional black cap, Edhi was a hero to the poor but infuriated some religious leaders for his refusal to give preferential treatment to Muslims above minorities.
Brooke Schreier Ganz, the founder of the nonprofit group Reclaim the Records, has filed a lawsuit against the New York state agency handling the records, calling into question whether it engages in backroom dealings or preferential treatment with Ancestry.
Fans complain that YouTube can't seem to make up its mind about what kind of company it wants to be, a sentiment that is worsened by the perception that the Paul brothers are given preferential treatment by the platform.
How about the fact that I'm in the state senate and I want my buddy to be the guy who builds the parking garage behind the courthouse, so I give him preferential treatment in the bidding of that contract?
Intel Corp has been hit with a lawsuit by a Korean-born software engineer in California who claims he was denied a promotion after complaining about the tech giant's preferential treatment of workers of Indian and South Asian descent.
California's pending net neutrality rules only allow ISPs to zero rate content if an entire class of content is exempted from usage caps (say, video or games), but prohibits ISPs from giving specific companies (including their own) preferential treatment.
A dispute between Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative allies in Bavaria, who had pushed for preferential treatment for heirs, and the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens had delayed an agreement which missed the mid-2016 deadline set by the court.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied on Wednesday that he had intervened to secure preferential treatment for a friend's plan to set up a veterinary school despite new reports he had discussed the matter with the friend.
Other main Indonesian export products such as fish, coffee and textiles would also get preferential treatment under the deal, in exchange for greater access for the main products of the EFTA countries, such as gold, medicines and dairy products.
Gigaba's unusually strong comments came the day after power utility Eskom suspended its chief financial officer Anoj Singh pending an investigation into allegations that he granted preferential treatment to firms linked to the Gupta family, business friends of Zuma.
Police didn't immediately take a mugshot of Kelly, but Cross County Sheriff David West -- for whom Kelly's husband works -- told CNN affiliate WMC that it wasn't because of preferential treatment but because of a "medical issue" during her booking.
One source said Unilever had been given "preferential treatment" to complete the deal but did not have exclusivity in negotiations, so it was possible GSK might re-open talks with Nestle if it could not agree terms with Unilever.
"The idea of NASA ever giving SpaceX preferential treatment over Boeing is simply giggle-inducing to industry insiders," said Greg Autry, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California who served on the Trump administration's NASA transition team.
Last Monday, Tomic accused Hewitt of a litany of misdeeds as Davis Cup captain, including giving preferential treatment to players with whom he had management deals and continuing to play doubles tournaments and in the Davis Cup as well.
Instead of arguing that people of color are given preferential treatment over more qualified white students, the case against Harvard centers on Asian-American students, to attack affirmative action on the grounds that it hurts people of color too.
According to the Journal, the FBI investigators believed they had enough evidence to merit an aggressive investigation, using subpoenas and other powerful tools, into whether donors to the Clinton Foundation had received preferential treatment from Hillary Clinton's State Department.
Japan will stop preferential treatment for these three materials for South Korea, meaning Japanese exporters will need to apply for export permission for each time they want to ship to South Korea, which takes about 90 days, the paper said.
Rules of origin - the eligibility criteria for goods to get preferential treatment within international trade deals - can have a similar effect to tariffs in distorting the flow of trade, said Paola Conconi, professor of economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
After white supremacist groups and members of the alt-right traveled by train into Washington, DC, for Sunday's "Unite the Right 2689" rally, the local transit authority faces outcry for providing what some observers say was preferential treatment for rallygoers.
For one thing, some trans women say, being treated like a man while feeling like a woman causes sustained psychological distress — not the self-confidence boost that men who feel themselves to be men might get from the same preferential treatment.
Without these rules, the door is open for internet service providers like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast to potentially favor or discriminate against certain content and services, accept money for preferential treatment, or even charge users more for better access.
Fears that telecommunication companies will soon implement internet fast lanes to provide some websites with preferential treatment are widespread, and Republicans have already proposed Trojan horse legislation that would only serve to further entrench the substance of the FCC decision.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece lost a fight to set a lower excise tax on two traditional spirits tsipouro and tsikoudia versus imported products after Europe's top court on Thursday backed the European Commission's view that such preferential treatment would breach EU laws.
Now, leading Democratic lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce committee want to know if Trump's FCC is giving Sinclair "preferential" treatment by reinstating the so-called "UHF discount," which will allow the company to gobble up smaller rival Tribune Media.
Do you really want to be a part of a trend toward a consumer environment where one master corporation has the potential to set prices and even give its own products preferential treatment in a system used by basically everyone?
"Disclosure would serve the public interest of clarifying President Trump's conflicts of interest in office, the potential for him to personally benefit from tax reform, and ensure that he is not receiving any preferential treatment from the IRS," the letter states.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday said lawmakers are examining whether there is any action they can take over Hillary Clinton's email practices while secretary of state, saying it appeared she had received preferential treatment from the FBI.
Still, Young's suspension could have packed much more of a punch at any other point during the season, and many of Ohio State's naysayers have used the "light" sentence as evidence that the program receives preferential treatment from the NCAA.
If the UK finally leaves the European Union at the end of October as Johnson has promised, it will be reliant on the US for a swift bilateral trade deal to help offset the loss of preferential treatment to European markets.
The United States should help nurture the small but growing culture of corporate compliance in China and elsewhere in Asia by providing assistance and incentives, such as giving preferential treatment to companies that refrain from illicit business with North Korea, Inc.
Some pigs bound for Japan get preferential treatment, like dining on rations spiced with mint and ginger, or receiving 12 times more rest before slaughter than pigs destined for other markets, to ensure stress does not turn the meat dry.
We're covering the federal government's efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic, a promising milestone in China, and accusations of preferential treatment in testing in the U.S. And, lest we forget, today is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
Even more states are, for the first time, trying to regulate middlemen who play a crucial role by managing drug benefits for employers and insurers, while taking payments from drug companies in return for giving preferential treatment to their drugs.
It financed the project with about $190 million in loans, including $50 million through the so-called EB-5 visa program, which gives foreign investors preferential treatment in obtaining permanent residency if they invest at least $500,000 in American development projects.
Mr. Vance's critics have said his office's support of Mr. Epstein's motion was yet another example of Mr. Vance's office giving preferential treatment to wealthy defendants — this time to a man accused of being a serial predator who targeted minors.
Judge Murguia "gave preferential treatment and unwanted attention to female employees," including "sexually suggestive comments, inappropriate text messages, and excessive, non-work-related contact, much of which occurred after work hours and often late at night," according to the file.
He has repeatedly denied involvement in two corruption scandals, in which his administration is accused of providing preferential treatment to schools operated by allies of Mr. Abe, and he has shielded his defense minister, Tomomi Inada, from criticism of her competence.
This time, though, Republicans were going on the offensive -- accusing Hillary Clinton, during her time as secretary of state, of rewarding political donors with preferential treatment as the Obama administration considered the sale of a uranium mining firm to Russian interests.
Beyond headline-grabbing issues such as Google's treatment of competitors in search and the Google Play Store, lawmakers requested documents that could show whether Google (GOOG) gives preferential treatment to online publishers that speed up article loading times using Google's technology.
Even though traffic regulations now give preferential treatment to pedestrians and cyclists, there is a disturbing paradox: Despite being the lowest in the official hierarchy of street users, the drivers of motor vehicles are the No. 1 beneficiaries of government spending.
Some locals are angry at what they perceive as preferential treatment for the asylum seekers, many of them well educated, in a poor, rural society, and some of the detainees have come under attack when on release from the camp.
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules, which required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content without charging consumers for higher-quality delivery or giving preferential treatment to certain websites.
A few months later, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged him with market manipulation, by giving preferential treatment to several big investors who wanted to redeem their money and borrowing $113 million from the hedge fund to pay his personal taxes.
He also lobbied for the removal of far right outlet Breitbart News from the list of publications that receive preferential treatment on the company's News Feed, and opposed partnering with the Daily Caller, founded by Fox News's Tucker Carlson, for fact-checking.
China is widely seen as the principal target of Trump's anger, so getting it to acquiesce to tougher WTO rules on subsidies, state-owned firms and preferential treatment could be key to achieving the "shape-up" of the WTO that Trump has demanded.
"The FCC, under your leadership, has taken numerous actions that call into question your independence in the matter, and at the very least demonstrate the appearance of preferential treatment for Sinclair," said Representative Mike Quigley, a Democrat, at a House hearing on Thursday.
Washington (CNN)One of the most senior ranking Republican senators is asking the Trump administration for clarification and demanding assurances that no one will be given preferential treatment after the family of Jared Kushner used his name in raising investments overseas. Sen.
So when one buyer gives preferential treatment to any one supplier, there's a chance it could serve its own bottom line — which is rooted in the aggregate interests of all of its clients — but not necessarily that of any of its individual clients.
Instead, researchers measure racial resentment using questions on preferential treatment for blacks, such as strong disagreement with the statement that "generations of slavery and discrimination have created conditions that make it difficult for blacks to work their way out of the lower class".
It pointed out that India's exports to its free-trade partners had not outpaced its exports to the rest of the world and that at best only 25% of the trade that could benefit from preferential treatment actually benefited from the lower tariffs.
"As long as Facebook is hiring editors who lean left politically, those stories are going to get preferential treatment," Erick Erickson, former editor in chief of the conservative website RedState and founder of another conservative site called The Resurgent, said in an email.
Bucking the trend, Crown Resorts dropped 1.9% to its lowest since June 24 after the attorney general ordered an investigation into allegations immigration officials gave the casino operator preferential treatment by fast-tracking visas for Chinese gamblers, the attorney general said on Tuesday.
One of the complaints involved iCandy Philadelphia owner Darryl DePiano, who was caught using the n-word on tape: Other complaints involved bars and clubs denying entry to nonwhite people based on vague dress codes, and white male patrons getting preferential treatment.
LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Sunday to end preferential treatment for European Union migrants, as opinion polls showed his Conservative Party has the highest level of support since 2017 ahead of next month's election.
The German government spokeswoman said a simpler way to break the link between lenders and governments would be to eliminate the preferential treatment of sovereign bonds, by forcing banks to hold capital against them and introducing a cap on exposures to individual states.
What they pretend they are: Exposés on the disparity in how men and women are treated in the eyes of the law and media, and scenes of women who attempt to use their femininity for preferential treatment, who summarily get shut down.
In your study, the story you tell about why we prefer to marry or befriend deontologists is that, naturally, if I'm looking for someone to marry I'm going to want someone who'll give me preferential treatment over a stranger in another country.
There is a lingering sense among some at City that Liverpool is offered preferential treatment by the news media, has a larger contingent of former players in television studios than is easily justified and receives rather more coverage than its recent achievements warrant.
An IRS filing from Epstein's COUQ Foundation shows a $50,000 donation to Edge in 2007, just months after the New York Times had published a story questioning whether prosecutors had given Epstein preferential treatment in the face of allegations involving underage girls.
Democrats want to know if the company got preferential treatment because Novartis paid President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen $1.2 million in early 2017 for health care consulting work — though there's no indication Cohen played any role in the Kymriah deal.
Her real beef, it seems, is not so much with billionaires but with the tax system that gives preferential treatment – through the lower-capital gains tax and other provisions – to entrepreneurs, executives and investors who make money from money rather than wages.
COURT WON'T REHEAR TENNIS CHANNEL'S COMCAST COMPLAINTS: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ended a long running case in which the Tennis Channel accused Comcast of unlawful discrimination by giving preferential treatment to its own networks in the channel lineup.
Unlike some private companies, Snap has had no trouble raising money on the private markets, so investors were not given preferential treatment regarding how many shares they will get in the event of a public offering, according to corporate documents filed in Delaware.
China is widely seen as the principal target of Trump's ire, so getting it to acquiesce to tougher WTO rules on subsidies, state-owned firms and preferential treatment could be key to achieving the "shape-up" of the WTO that Trump has demanded.
"We hope this letter will serve as an opportunity to respond to reports suggesting you have failed to exercise adequate independence as FCC Chairman and that may have resulted in the agency giving unusual and possibly preferential treatment to Sinclair," the Democrats wrote.
In the world of Verhoeven's film and the Robert Heinlein novel it's based on, the military permeates every aspect of life, the government give preferential treatment to veterans and the constant, thrumming fear of "the other" keeps people pacified, afraid and pro-military.
"Legacies," such as Ivanka Trump, who attended the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of business just like her father, also get preferential treatment, so even if their GPAs and SAT scores aren't on par with the school's average, their chances of getting in are higher.
David Cole, national legal director of the ACLU and Georgetown University law professor, and others have argued that by showing "preferential treatment" for Christian refugees seeking asylum over Muslims or by seeking to "disfavor a particular religion," the executive order would violate the Establishment Clause.
That scene at Chin Chin restaurant with the kids, getting preferential treatment because he's been seen on TV even though the staff doesn't actually even get his name right, is very suggestive of how the trickle-down effect of his fame affected his family.
Outright military attack, an economic blockade, illegal acts of sabotage, attempts on Fidel Castro's life, brain drain, the preferential treatment of Cuban immigrants, crop and livestock plagues, and wild rumors have all been used — unsuccessfully — to try to bring the revolution to its knees.
Indians abroad have special interests such as in urging India's government to lobby for preferential treatment for visas to America or Britain, or in encouraging easier remittances (these reached some $69bn to India in 2017, says the World Bank) and investment policies in India.
But with the news of how service went Sunday, local activists and transit workers have once again ramped up their criticism of the Metro system, arguing that the police response and train service amounted to preferential treatment for those attending a white supremacy rally.
" For the handful of people who actually purchased a Hydrogen One, Jannard said that to help combat customer frustration "every Hydrogen One owner will get significant preferential treatment for the Hydrogen Two and/or new Cinema Camera model, both in delivery allocations and pricing.
Under the new plan, which is expected to be adopted next month, internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast would be able to block or slow down consumers' access to certain content and strike deals to give preferential treatment to some content companies.
Solomon, the lawyer, said private equity deals where there is a sibling on both sides didn't happen often, but that there was nothing wrong with that sort of situation so long as it was disclosed and there was no preferential treatment in the transaction.
The introduction of the blue checkmark created a tiny minority of users who enjoy both the status symbol of being declared a Very Important Person and preferential treatment from the company's product and engineering divisions, which devise special features for those with large followings.
And both plans would only benefit a handful of highly coal-intensive utilities like First Energy and coal-mining companies like Murray Energy, whose CEO Robert Murray recently gave $1 million to the Trump's campaign PAC while explicitly lobbying for preferential treatment of coal.
Even though the officers were off duty and in a club late at night, and even though nothing good happens after midnight, it appears the FOP thinks the nature of these men's day jobs entitle them to preferential treatment from the district attorney. Weird!
Mr. Rechnitz, the wealthy son of a real estate developer, testified in a previous corruption trial that he had a close relationship with Mr. de Blasio, bragging that his donations to the mayor had won him access to City Hall and preferential treatment from officials.
But even as he and other officials signaled their acceptance of the fundamental findings of Mr. McLaren's investigation, they were largely unconciliatory, suggesting that cheating to benefit Russia had served to offset what they perceived as preferential treatment for Western nations by global sports authorities.
Though the director has the power to waive rental fees for Cooper Hewitt rooms, the short time between her wedding and the LongHouse meetings "created an appearance that Baumann gave preferential treatment" and "that these actions were a quid pro quo," the report said.
Almost 2202 in 2628 Americans say "social media companies have at least some control over the mix of news people see," according to a Pew Research survey released Wednesday, while 28500 percent believe social media sites provide preferential treatment to some news organizations over others.
"We hope this letter will serve as an opportunity to respond to reports suggesting you have failed to exercise adequate independence as FCC Chairman and that may have resulted in the agency giving unusual and possibly preferential treatment to Sinclair," the three Democrats wrote.
J.), Mike Doyle (Pa.) and Diana DeGette (Colo.) — sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai asking him to explain what they see as "preferential treatment" toward Sinclair from the agency, which in April cleared a regulatory roadblock that would have impeded the deal.
The NYC Stripper Strike began with dancers who experienced discrimination calling out clubs that gave preferential treatment to lighter-skinned dancers and that allowed social media "startenders" to take dancer tips without having to pay the same club fees that dancers are required to.
And yet the IG report confirms that exactly the opposite happened, a very light touch where Hillary Clinton got preferential treatment, limited use of a grand jury, limited use of subpoenas, immunity agreements handed out like candy to witnesses that destroyed evidence and lied to the FBI.
Not good for PR. Worse, it has exposed rifts in the administration, with key players saying they were not properly consulted, and divisions among Republicans, who say such barriers are un-American or that they detect a religious test in the decision to give Christians preferential treatment.
For example, they could give preferential treatment to services they directly profit from and block those they don't, all the while charging internet companies like Netflix additional fees for speedier access to consumers—costs that you can count on being reflected in your monthly billing statement.
"State agencies generally have a preference for large corporations rather than individuals because there's always a revolving door between state agencies and corporations that are in the same area," Oliver speculated, though he said it's unclear why any preferential treatment to Ancestry might have been given.
The Justice Department announced on Monday it will award more than $98 million to local police departments, giving preferential treatment to 80% of the recipients because they'd agreed to let federal immigration officers inside local jails and notify federal authorities about undocumented immigrants in local custody.
In their letter, Berners-Lee, Lessig, and van Schewick also called on regulators to close loopholes that would allow telecoms to discriminate against certain services to manage traffic flows and give preferential treatment to so-called "specialized services" including self-driving cars and remote medical operations.
Rights groups in a country beset by high levels of violent crime against women say Pistorius, a gold medal-winning athlete known as the "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetics, received preferential treatment compared to non-whites and those without his wealth or international celebrity status.
A follow-up report released by the Science Council in 1973 suggests that it had all but abandoned the concept of a Canadian-owned network utility, moving towards incentive structures for Canada's computer industry, such as preferential treatment for Federal contracts and import tariffs on foreign technology.
Her arrest followed days of rising tensions in the community, accusations of preferential treatment for the police and questions about what role race may have played in a deadly encounter between a white police officer in uniform and a black man startled in his own home.
" A former senior intelligence official dismissed the notion that Pierson would have shown preferential treatment for Schiff and the Democrats in her briefing on election security, instead suggesting that Trump's response indicates that he and the intelligence community "are still unable to communicate on this topic.
He signed legislation last Wednesday that called for the United States to scrutinize the actions of officials in Beijing and Hong Kong more closely for possible human rights violations and to assess whether Hong Kong should keep its preferential treatment on trade and export control issues.
At Yale, where I went to college, the central focus of gossip for the first month of freshman year was who was and wasn't a "legacy" — in other words, who had preferential treatment in admissions thanks to parents being alumni and who had made it there on their own.
Trump wants to prioritize refugees who can "assimilate" Trump wants to prioritize refugees who can "assimilate" The Trump administration wants to give preferential treatment to refugees based on those likely to achieve "successful assimilation" in the United States, according to a report to Congress obtained by VICE News.
Get the VICE App on iOS and Android Georgetown University in Washington, DC, will move to address its history of slavery by offering the same kind of preferential treatment to descendants of slaves seeking admission that it shows toward family members of alumni, the New York Times reports.
The commission concluded that Irish rulings in 1991 and 2007 artificially lowered the tax Apple was due to pay, and that although the firm did not break any law, this arrangement was in breach of EU state-aid rules preventing member states from offering preferential treatment to particular firms.
"It's essential that when we restore net neutrality federally, that it includes a prohibition on the type of zero rating practices where an ISP is giving its own products and affiliated services preferential treatment if we want to promote affordability and an open wireless Internet market," Falcon said.
"The circumstances of this contract award, and what appear to be CertiPath's efforts to obscure Mr. Robert Trump's financial interest in the company even as it trades on the Trump name, present the appearance of preferential treatment for those who are close to the President," the letter said.
The Interior Department's inspector general, Mary Kendall, found "no evidence" that Mr. Zinke gave Utah State Representative Michael E. Noel preferential treatment when the agency last year shrank the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in a way that excluded a parcel of land owned by Mr. Noel.
While Ms. Henderson was reprimanded by a city ethics board after leaving office for giving preferential treatment to powerful people who wanted to place children in preferred schools and was censured for seeking donations for a nonprofit that supports public education, she did an outstanding job in the district.
"We do see jurisdictions where it looks very clear that homeowners are getting preferential treatment," said Marion Mollegen McFadden, who ran a disaster-recovery grant program at HUD during the Obama administration and who is now senior vice president for public policy at the nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners.
"Was it preferential treatment at the highest level, or is it that the Manhattan district attorney's office is not run well enough to ensure that sex crimes are investigated and taken seriously?" said Sonia Ossorio, the president of the New York City arm of the National Organization for Women.
He denied being any of those things, and argued that no person or group was above criticism, especially those who, in his view, lacked talent and covered themselves in mantles of race, ethnicity, gender or sexual identity and used them to claim preferential treatment in the marketplaces of culture.
The authors find that 43% of white students who were admitted to Harvard's graduating classes of 2014 to 2019 received some sort of preferential treatment because they were "legacy students" (those with relatives who attended the university), athletes, on the "dean's interest list" or the children of faculty.
"It is unheard of for the Department's top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case," said the letter, published on the website Medium.
A recent working paper by three economists, one of whom was an expert witness for the plaintiffs, shows that 43% of white students attending received some sort of preferential treatment in admissions (because they were legacies, recruited athletes, on the "dean's interest list" or the children of faculty).
Competition Commission of India (CCI), the local antitrust body, highlighted a wide gamut of issues, including the arrangements between smartphone vendors and e-commerce platforms to sell certain handsets exclusively online, and e-commerce firms apparently giving preferential treatment to certain sellers, and said these allegations merit an investigation.
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Hedge funds who own debt at Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank are accusing the bank and the island's governor of giving preferential treatment to local creditors under a law designed to restructure GDB's debt, signaling a breakdown in a tentative restructuring deal the sides reached earlier this month.
She describes a culture where women were regularly groped, a company-wide meeting where a director compared his latest film to "a big-titted blond who was difficult to nail down," and an open environment of preferential treatment for men, who were given resources and opportunities not available to women.
At the time, the so-called banana wars were seen as a test of the sustainability of the newly formed World Trade Organization, as Europe and the United States fought over whether Europe could give preferential treatment to bananas imported from former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific regions.
Maia clearly isn't comfortable with the privilege that comes with her parents' being Chicago power players: She grimaces when a partner at the firm, David Lee (Zach Grenier), gives her preferential treatment, and she looks downright queasy when her mother, Lenore (Bernadette Peters), suggests that she should have her own office.
In 2017, Josh Hawley, then the Republican attorney general of Missouri and now a United States senator, launched the first state antitrust investigation following a European Union commission's decision to levy a record $2.7 billion antitrust fine against Google for giving preferential treatment to its own online shopping service over others.
" The 10th Circuit report released last year found: "Judge Murguia gave preferential treatment and unwanted attention to female employees of the Judiciary in the form of sexually suggestive comments, inappropriate text messages, and excessive, non-work-related contact, much of which occurred after work hours and often late at night.
Harris' plan states that, as president, she would use an executive action to force any company looking to bid on federal contracts of more than $500,000 to comply with the new standards and, for smaller contracts, companies will be given preferential treatment if they are in compliance with the equal pay standards.
Most sensible people would agree that after all this time together in the European Union single market, London and Brussels should try to preserve as much preferential treatment as possible by entering into a high-quality free-trade agreement, and not revert to trade only on WTO terms if there is no deal.
Considering he wants a wealth tax so that "some part of that wealth that has been built up and continues to be built up and receives favorable preferential treatment in the tax code must be taxed for our common benefit," he should think about the portion of his millions he gives away.
"When clients book with me, I'm their advocate," said Shari Levy, a travel adviser with Protravel International, based in Woodmere, N.Y. She monitors future promotions from the cruise line to determine if an updated booking would save more money, and stresses that her relationships with cruise lines get her clients preferential treatment.
The problem is that right after this backslapping flyby, Pompeo went on to New Delhi, where he was joined by Mattis, and where their clearly preferential treatment of India set the scene for aggravated tensions between India and Pakistan that certainly could not have made Khan's hopes for an accommodation easier for him domestically.
A conservative-leaning watchdog organization is asking the State Department's inspector general to open a probe into what it claims is "preferential treatment" given to the daughter of Secretary John KerryJohn Forbes KerryA lesson of the Trump, Tlaib, Omar, Netanyahu affair Trump's winning weapon: Time The Memo: O'Rourke looks to hit reset button MORE.
"Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department's top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case," they wrote.
"The people of Missouri have decided, as a matter of state constitutional policy, that public funds may not be directed to churches", the brief notes, and there are good reasons for the rule: "ensuring that no religious denomination receives preferential treatment over another by the state, respecting taxpayers' concerns of conscience, and protecting religious institutions from heightened government control".
Apple Faces Dutch Antitrust Probe Over Favoring Its Own Apps Aoife White reports that the Netherlands are considering antitrust action against Apple based on a recent complaint from Spotify: The Netherlands' Authority for Consumers & Markets will examine whether Apple abuses a dominant market position "by giving preferential treatment to its own apps," it said in a statement on Thursday.
One former director, who asked to remain anonymous because she wasn't at license to discuss the brand, told me that any PR-client relationship is built on tit-for-tat expectations, and though Weinstein's clout did earn Marchesa preferential treatment at times, it was in ways they would also extend to other clients, for other reasons.
The order temporarily bans any refugees from entering the U.S., indefinitely bans refugees who hail from Syria and temporarily bans citizens from several Muslim countries from entering the U.S. The president also said in the order that Christians and other minority religions from Muslim countries should be given preferential treatment when entering the U.S. over Muslims.
"In Ireland here, the Revenue Commission have always been completely independent of the state since 1923 and they are quite adamant and quite clear that there was no preferential treatment and no special deals, no sweetheart deals and that Apple paid the taxes that were due on their profits generated here in this country," Kenny told CNBC.
Apple hardware giving preferential treatment to Apple services isn't exactly a surprising turn for the company, but building a smart speaker that asserts fantastic audio as its central premise while ignoring any shred of support for playing songs from the most popular streaming service seems a little anti-consumer and out of Apple's best interests, as well.
This will give ISPs the ability to cut deals with major companies for preferential treatment — a move that net neutrality proponents warn would be the first steps toward ruining the open internet and turning it into something akin to cable TV. Aside from the major website takeovers, various other pages will feature smaller calls for action.
"We found no evidence that Noel influenced the DOI's proposed revisions to the GSENM boundaries, that Zinke of other DOI staff involved in the project were aware of Noel's financial interest in the revised boundaries, or that they gave Noel any preferential treatment in the resulting proposed boundaries," read the cover letter to the report, obtained by The Hill.
As a result, we're still hopelessly in the dark about what happens to abuse reports; who inside Twitter sees them; how they're prioritized; and what, exactly, counts as harassment (Twitter points everyone to its guidelines for this, but high-profile users have received preferential treatment against abuse that may not qualify as abuse when flagged by regular users).
Showing the cost constraints within the industry, John Leech, who heads up the automotive team at KPMG and works with some of the country's biggest carmakers, said JLR could not afford to give preferential treatment to a more expensive product even though it is owned by Tata Motors - part of the same family of companies as Tata Steel.
To be clear, the president is saying publicly that he would have wanted prosecutors to give preferential treatment to his political allies—which, incidentally, is the same sort of favor that former FBI Director James Comey accused Trump of seeking in private when the president asked him to go easy on disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The Pound fell by more than 1% against the dollar Monday, in anticipation that May's strategy will give up preferential treatment for British exporters in Europe for the right to block European emigration to the U.K. What we're watching: All eyes are on Britain's prime minister, and how she will describe plans for the U.K's post-EU trade policy.
Investigators concluded there was also no evidence that Mr. Zinke or other Interior staff "were aware of Mr. Noel's financial interest in the revised boundaries, or that they gave Noel any preferential treatment in the resulting proposed boundaries," according to a November 21 letter Ms. Kendall wrote to David Bernhardt, the deputy secretary of the Interior.
"I certainly think if you look at the history of the company, in terms of where we have studios and where we have chosen to expand, they have been places where it makes sense for us to expand in terms of preferential treatment for our industry," said Jennifer Kolbe, the head of publishing for Rockstar Games.
The officer, Amber R. Guyger, 30, who has been charged with manslaughter, could face additional charges in a case that has led to accusations that the officer received preferential treatment and debate about whether race may have played a role in the deadly encounter between a white police officer and a black man in his home.
Michigan's 29 teams represent about 3% of its.) In "Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values," Bill Bowen, the former president of Princeton, proved in painstaking detail that recruited athletes (as a group) at selective universities got preferential treatment in admissions despite lower academic credentials, that they underperformed throughout college, and that they chose easier majors.
Report: Amazon Facing Antitrust Probe in the EU Over Its Use of Marketplace Merchant DataThe European Union is planning an antitrust investigation into e-commerce giant Amazon over its…Read more ReadAccording to the report, Amazon's retail team pressured A9 engineers to favor Amazon's private-label products for years, arguing that they should receive preferential treatment in search results.
"Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department's top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case," the letter said.
Moreover, it's hard to imagine that his recruits are immune to feeling entitled, or a little less than ravenously hungry: Alabama brings in heralded five-star prospects year after year, and many of them are from out-of-state, the types of players most often predisposed to expecting preferential treatment and a glide path to success.
The text, which is still subject to minor changes, calls for the freezing of preferential treatment for Turkish agriculture exports to the EU. As a last-resort sanction, it also urges the suspension of the EU customs union with Ankara, a measure that would hit the 200-billion-euro ($222.3 billion) annual trade between the 28 EU nations and Turkey.
In nearby Dallas, residents have voiced several concerns about the city's police department, concerns that were only intensified by evidence of preferential treatment given to police revealed during the recent trial for former police officer Amber Guyger, and the fact that she was only sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing Botham Jean, an unarmed black man, in his own apartment.
Cato was black, the car was driven by Hasidic Jews, and the crash set off three days of riots in Crown Heights, pitting the neighborhood's Hasidic population against its African American and Caribbean residents — a culmination of long-simmering suspicions that Jewish residents had reserved preferential treatment from the city in many areas, from housing to medical services to police protection.
The rules would require internet companies to crack open their black boxes to reveal if and how they give preferential treatment to their own products, disclose how search rankings are determined, be more transparent with businesses about policies that affect their ability to sell through the platform, and set up internal services to handle complaints from vendors regarding unfair activity.
Zero-rating, which was essentially banned in the United States between 2015 and 2017 amid the Federal Communications Commissions' short-lived adoption of net-neutrality regulations, is the commercial practice whereby an internet service provider such as AT&T offers preferential treatment to a specific app or service by not counting it toward the general data-volume limits imposed on its subscribers.
Why it's not normal: The unusually speedy approval has raised red flags among ethics experts who worry that any sort of preferential treatment President Trump might be receiving in his trademark application process would put him at odds with the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, according to AP. The regulation prohibits government employees from financial gain at the hands of foreign countries.
The argument that the group use for its projects—creating a gigantic bronze statue of Baphomet for the lawn of the Oklahoma State House, opening city council meetings with Satanic incantations, distributing coloring books featuring the dark lord to schools across the country—is a simple one hinging on the desire to ensure no single religion receives preferential treatment from the government.
In the case of Epstein—the registered sex offender who died last week of an apparent suicide while in federal custody—a group of New York lawmakers have now asked State Attorney General Leticia James to investigate Vance's role in what looked like preferential treatment in the years between Epstein's 22018 guilty plea and his July arrest on sex trafficking charges.
Second, both parties have their own ideologically driven reasons for finding the subject of spurring startups uncomfortable: For Democrats, the venture capital sector so vital to the success of new businesses is a convenient and frequent political target; for Republicans, the preferential treatment of startups in the tax code smacks of intrusion into the free market and the picking of winners and losers.
Elizabeth EstyElizabeth Henderson EstyConnecticut elects first black congresswoman Former aides alleging sexual harassment on Capitol Hill urge congressional action Rising Dem star in Connecticut says people like me 'deserve a seat at the table' in Congress MORE (D-Conn.), raised a question: How are you going to drum up the private investment if we eliminate the preferential treatment of the private activity bonds?
When the press uses language and messaging to favor police officers — by mentioning how they weren't obeyed, or by turning a focus to what was in the home or in the cars of the people they killed — it slowly builds a public image and perception of these events, in a society where police are already given preferential treatment and the benefit of the doubt.
Trump's executive order, called the "Muslim ban" by critics, temporarily bans any refugees from entering the U.S., indefinitely bans refugees who hail from Syria, and temporarily bans citizens from several seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The president also said in the order that Christians and other minority religions from Muslim countries should be given preferential treatment when entering the U.S. over Muslims.
The FAA could give preferential treatment to compliant operators when processing waiver applications for those wishing to fly drones beyond the current regulations; increase airspace access for voluntarily compliant operators; or even offer financial rebates for manufacturers or reimbursement for the knowledge exam taken by aspiring commercial drone pilots that have successfully completed a recognized practical training course that adheres to remote ID standards.
In 2010, then-director Terry Vermillion resigned after a whistleblower alleged he inappropriately worked from his home in Hampton, Virginia, asked OCI technical staff to help with personal projects at his home, failed to address allegations of sexual harassment in a field office, and scrubbed reports alleging certain agents received preferential treatment because they had worked at the Secret Service, where Vermillion previously worked.
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday said that White House budget chief Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Chris Wallace becomes Trump era's 'equal opportunity inquisitor' Appropriators warn White House against clawing back foreign aid MORE should resign over comments suggesting he gave preferential treatment to lobbyists who had donated to his campaigns. Sen.
In that spirit, an official instruction to Air Force officers tells them to: …balance constitutional protections, for their own free exercise of religion, including individual expressions of religious beliefs, and the constitutional prohibition against governmental establishment of religion…They must ensure their words and actions cannot reasonably be construed to be official endorsing or disapproving of, or extending preferential treatment for any faith, belief, or absence of belief.
In late January, Trump signed the executive order that temporarily bans any refugees from entering the U.S., indefinitely bans refugees who hail from Syria and temporarily banning citizens from several Muslim countries from entering the U.S. The order would also require a "religious test" of sorts for refugees attempting to enter the U.S., giving preferential treatment to Christian and other religious minorities who live in Muslim countries over Muslims.
"We found no evidence that Noel influenced the DOI's proposed revisions to the GSENM boundaries, that Zinke or other DOI staff involved in the project were aware of Noel's financial interest in the revised boundaries, or that they gave Noel any preferential treatment in the resulting proposed boundaries," Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall wrote in a letter to Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt that was obtained by CNN.
" Among those policies and practices: "Incorporating official prayer into myriad school events,""allowing staff and guest speakers to proselytize students during school events,""subjecting students to religious iconography via displays in classroom and other locations,""holding school events at religious facilities,""using instruction materials, such as movies, that feature proselytizing and promotion of religion,""and granting preferential treatment to the Fellow of Christian Athletes, a religious student club.
On June 27th she announced that she wants Google, the online-search giant, to pay a fine of €2.4bn ($2.7bn) for having given its price-comparison shopping service preferential treatment in its search results over rival offerings—abuse of market dominance, says the EU. The fine is more than double the largest amount ever imposed in a European antitrust ruling and around twice as large as experts watching the progress of the case were expecting.
Both U.S. companies have spent billions trying to capitalize on India's market, and Amazon has more job openings in India than in any other country outside the U.S. "Within the last nine months, we have seen a significant shift towards more protectionist policies, data localization, and preferential treatment towards domestic companies," Nisha Biswal, president of the U.S.-India Business Council at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in an interview with CNBC.
CAVUTO: Yes, I can see your point, Leeza, beginning about if you control all the piping and the stuff, and if you&aposre an AT&T, or you own DirecTV and you own the means by which the cables and the fiberoptic lines, you get all this stuff, and then you have stuff to put on those, the fear would always be you&aposre going to give preferential treatment to your stuff.
When asked about the speed at which some celebrities were able to get access to the coveted tests, President TrumpDonald John TrumpNorth Korea asking for aid, while denying any coronavirus cases: report Iranian official maintains Tehran has 'no knowledge' of American hostage's whereabouts Unemployment claims surge to 22020 million as coronavirus devastates economy MORE said Wednesday he didn't agree that professional athletes and wealthy individuals should get preferential treatment to coronavirus testing.

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