• Do we still have to think global and act local?

    FORBES: What The World Needs Now: Global Brands For The Global Generation

  • Less easy to justify are Daft's take-it-or-leave-it orders requiring longtime employees to move to far-off Detroit or Cincinnati as part of his "Think local, act local" plan, designed to push more authority over marketing, advertising and pricing down to the regional level.

    FORBES: Gone Flat

  • In 1935 London's regional planners proposed the Metropolitan Green Belt and the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act encouraged local authorities to protect the land around towns and cities from building.

    BBC: What would Britain look like without a green belt?

  • The defamation action would be possible thanks to the Localism Act 2011 which grants local authorities the power to act like an individual.

    BBC: Leicester

  • Congress' 1996 immigration reform act expressly forbade local participation in immigration enforcement without federal authorization and supervision.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Furthermore, act like a local, not like a tourist, he says.

    FORBES: Your Basic Guide To Business Travel Abroad

  • Under the terms of the Housing Act 2004, local authorities must assess the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers and identify where new pitches should be located.

    BBC: Dorset gypsy sites consultation begins

  • As well as the changes to business rates relief, the act has given local authorities the power to increase the council tax on homes that have been empty for a year or more by up to 100%.

    BBC: Empty shops

  • "There are lots of forbidden acts at the Western Wall: Do not spit on the wall, do not pee on the wall, no slaughtering of animals at the wall, and among those one cannot perform a religious act contrary to local customs at the wall, which pretty much only applies to women because there are no local customs men are forbidden from taking part in, " Hoffman said.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The new powers were given to all traffic commissioners by the Local Transport Act 2008.

    BBC: Arriva buses at Derby bus station

  • One example of her impact on society was the inclusion of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988.

    BBC: What is Thatcherism?

  • The College of Arms said nothing could be done because the edict was part of the Local Government Act of 1972.

    BBC: Deal town and football club coat of arms 'unlawful'

  • The possible future Ceredigion mayor would join a colourful cast of figures who have entered town halls across England since the Local Government Act 2000, gave electors the powers hold referendums on directly-elected mayors.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Mayor's power over services

  • This is laid down in the Audit Commission Act, which gives local electors a temporary right of access to the detailed financial records of English councils and police and fire authorities (including contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts).

    BBC: The Wallis files: What the police can and can't find

  • The Brent decision hinged on the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act, which says local authorities must provide a "comprehensive and efficient library service", and may determine how far other local authorities can go with their planned closures.

    BBC: Library cuts: The battle of the bookshelves

  • And by the way, here in Florida, you are a gateway for this huge Latin American market that's growing. (Applause.) Which is why, during the Recovery Act, we helped local communities revamp their ports and their roads, so that we can move more products onto those container ships that are sending goods down to Brazil and Mexico and other parts -- Argentina, and all across our hemisphere.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Local purchases would act just like purchasing from companies elsewhere except you would have to pay 10% more.

    FORBES: We buy local produce because it is better, not because it is local

  • Instead, some companies have been asking provincial and local authorities to act on their behalf, and this has had some results.

    ECONOMIST: New moves to protect foreign companies

  • There are some options for first-time buyers under which a local authority will act as guarantor for the top slice of the mortgage, requiring a deposit of just 5%.

    BBC: Interest rates and your finances: Expert views

  • They may act global but they think local.

    FORBES: Is Any Other Audit Firm Vulnerable Besides Ernst & Young?

  • They can provide data and transparency, research and evaluation, and political cover that permits local leaders to act, and they can scour their books to strike rules that hamstring hard-charging principals and superintendents.

    FORBES: The Limits of Education Policy

  • As a result of a variety of investments made under the Recovery Act, including state and local energy grants, we're on pace to upgrade the homes of half a million Americans by this time next year -- half a million Americans: boosting the economy, saving money and energy, creating clean energy jobs that can't be outsourced.

    WHITEHOUSE: Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency and New Jobs

  • If local authorities are to act effectively against traffic growth, they will need both instruments.

    ECONOMIST: Transport

  • The Marketplace Fairness Act would allow consumers to buy local, and keep the taxes local, should they wish.

    WSJ: Best of the Web Today: Nobody's Laughing Now

  • Inside, red curtains hang over the stage which features a different local avant-garde act every night of the week.

    BBC: The City of Light becomes the city of design

  • "There is utter revulsion in the local community at this act, " he said.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | IRA men 'beat our son to death'

  • In fact, things were going smoothly for Rubio until Arizonans passed a law intended to deputize state and local police officers to act as surrogate immigration agents.

    CNN: Rubio's troubling immigration flip-flop

  • Here in the United States, the Patriot Act helped federal, state and local law enforcement dismantle the "Portland Seven" terrorist cell in Oregon, as well as cells in Seattle and New York, and alleged terrorist financers in Florida and Texas.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Happy birthday, Patriot Act!

  • Holder, that tests the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires state and local governments, primarily in the Deep South, with a history of discrimination to obtain "pre-clearance" from the Justice Department before making any changes affecting voting.

    CNN: 48 years after MLK march, voting rights still vulnerable

  • The meeting also requested the development of a stakeholder engagement strategy for IPBES. It is expected that the scientific community, civil society, the business and industry sector, as well as representatives from indigenous peoples and local communities, will act both as contributors and end users of the Platform.

    UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

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