In Russia and in Britain, the Lebedevs have advocated a press that is not aligned with or controlled by any political or business faction, and under them, The Standard has moved away from its former pro-Conservative stance.
If there were no set terms, Pulido would have been ousted and the pro-business faction would have had their majority on the AQMD board long ago.
The Republicans are currently beset not just by wars between factions (business versus evangelicals versus centrist McCainiacs, which could be patched up if electoral necessity demands it), but by fundamental philosophical divisions.
But to say that the divisions in the Republican caucus represent a coherent ideological debate between well-defined factions — business, populist, Freedom Caucus, libertarian — would be to assign to the process a dignity it doesn't merit.
The full-fledged support of the governor will be needed to bring Albany's many competing factions — business and labor, upstate and downstate, city and suburban — in line behind the plan.
He said the U.S. is essentially "one-party" system -- a business party with factions called Republicans and Democrats.
Between 1890 and 1910 in Oregon, Populist Progressive coalitions led by W.S. U'Ren and Governor Sylvester Pennoyer, a Democrat, battled business-oriented Republican factions based in Portland.
For instance, at the moment I'm working on a demerger, splitting a family business between two warring factions.
Behind the scenes at the Capitol, different factions from the business community are busy lobbying on this, with one saying the marketplace demands skilled laborers who don't necessarily want or need four-year college degrees.
