Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla)., the only Republican presidential candidate to address the issue formally, has said he'd offer small tax breaks to companies that offer paid leave -- an approach unlikely to have much impact, except perhaps to help well-off workers.
The decision to speed up the handover, however, was not driven by any such challenges but came about after Mr. Harrison and the board recognized that giving Mr. Dimon the top job would formally acknowledge what has been Wall Street's worst-kept secret for many months: that Mr. Dimon is already running the show.
The report suggests that giving up the goal of EU membership, even if not formally, would have consequences "for democracy, inter-ethnic relations and for long-term economic investments".Luckily the western Balkans will shortly acquire one new ally in Brussels: Federica Mogherini, the Italian who is to be the EU's high representative for foreign policy.
The UN has said it would formally request Syrian permission for humanitarian air drops if it was unable to reach areas via land convoys, but has yet to make such a request for Madaya.
Earlier China had announced it would formally ratify the Paris accord with President Xi vowing to "unwaveringly pursue sustainable development".
The abuse scandal in Ireland — which Benedict addressed in a letter last month — continued to reverberate: The Irish Catholic, the country's largest selling Catholic weekly newspaper, reported that Bishop James Moriarty, who handed in his resignation on Dec. 23, would formally announce on Thursday that Benedict had accepted his departure.
This would get around the six-month rule because, formally, AstraZeneca would have voluntarily waived the protections of the code and requested Pfizer to make an offer.
That follows Gardner's announcement that Trump has agreed to back legislation that would formally sanction state-level legalization.
That legislation would formally create "civil partnerships" for homosexual couples who wished to have their relationships recognized by law.
