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Business Definition for: Nominee
- a financial institution, or an individual employed by such an institution, that holds a security on behalf of the actual owner. While this may be to hide the owner's identity, for example, in the case of a celebrity, it is also to allow an institution managing any individual's portfolio to conduct transactions without the need for the owner to sign the required paperwork.
Wiktionary Definition for: Nominee
- #A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
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- Trying to get a read on Ruth Ginsburg; most observers give Supreme Court nominee high marks for thoughtfulness and thoroughness; she is seen as being 'a bridge between conservatives and liberals.'
- Most observers give Supreme Court nominee high marks for thoughtfulness and thoroughness; she is seen as being |a bridge between conservatives and liberals' Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a nonideological "centrist" wi Most observers give Supreme...
- Research articles 1993-06-21
- An unprecedented effort by Indian tribes to oppose a judicial nominee may not have kept 9th Circuit Appeals Court nominee William Myers III form being approved 10-9 in the Senate Judiciary committee April 1.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
- AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT by Indian tribes to oppose a judicial nominee may not have kept 9th Circuit Appeals Court nominee William Myers III from being approved 10-9 in the Senate Judiciary committee April 1. But all nine committee Democrats did vote against Myers' confirmation. ...
- Research articles 2004-04-02
- Groups to Brief Press Feb. 3 on Controversial Judicial Nominee William Myers
- News Advisory: Tribal, Environmental, Civil Rights Groups to Brief Press on Controversial Judicial Nominee William Myers WHAT: Teleconference on Judicial Nominee William Myers In advance of Wednesday's scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding controversial Ninth Circuit Appeals Court nominee William G. Myers III, representatives from Earthjustice, Leadership Conference on...
- Research articles 2004-02-02
- Senators Block Anti-Environmental Judicial Nominee Myers; Forty-Four Senators Oppose Effort to End Debate on Controversial Nominee
- WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the U.S. Senate blocked the confirmation of President Bush's most anti- environmental judicial nominee to date, attorney William G. Myers III, who had been nominated to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The effort to cut...
- Research articles 2004-07-20
- Has any case against a lower-court nominee been weaker or more disgraceful than the Democrats' case against Leslie H. Southwick, Bush's nominee for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals?
- Has any case against a lower-court nominee been weaker or more disgraceful than the Democrats' case against Leslie H. Southwick, Bush's nominee for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals? Even though he received the highest rating from the American Bar Association--hardly a friend of the administration--Southwick is being slandered as...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- Waiting game.(Federal Communications Commission nominee-in-waiting Jonathan Adelstein)(Brief Article)
- Speculation is growing that the FCC won't fill its fifth seat until after the 2002 elections, possibly not until 2003. Nominee-in-waiting Jonathan ... Speculation is growing that the FCC won't fill its fifth seat until after the 2002 elections, possibly not until 2003. ...
- Research articles 2002-05-27
- Tony Lake, marked man. (Central Intelligence Agency director nominee Anthony Lake)(Lexington)(Column)
- Lake may not be the best nominee for the position of CIA director, but not for the reasons Republican legislators give. Lake has never managed an organization as large as the CIA or demonstrated the type of leadership the organization needs.Lake may not be the best nominee for the position...
- Research articles 1997-02-22
- Hundt offers new specifics to Senate. (FCC nominee Reed Hundt)
- Washington - Attorney Reed Hundt, President Clinton's nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission, offered few clues to his stands on specific cable issues during a Senate confirmation hearing last Tuesday. Key Democratic communicat Washington - Attorney Reed...
- Research articles 1993-09-27
- Democrats dislike nominee's enviro record.(News)(Column)
- Byline: Bruce Geiselman Senate Democrats blocked a confirmation vote for a Bush-administration judicial nominee, accusing the former Interior Department official of being anti-environmental. Republicans, meanwhile, defended the nominatio Byline: Bruce Geiselman ...
- Research articles 2004-08-02
- Refining Capacity Review Is Top Priority for FTC Nominee
- WASHINGTON -- Deborah Majoras, the Bush administration's nominee to head the Federal Trade Commission FTC, vowed Wednesday to review "any basis for reduction in US refining capacity" in an effort to answer concerns about rising gasoline prices. WASHINGTON -- Deborah Majoras, the Bush administration's...
- Research articles 2004-06-04
- Triple threat.(FCC nominee Kathleen Abernathy)(Brief Article)
- FCC nominee Kathleen Abernathy has spent over a decade as a regulator, lawyer and lobbyist Kathleen Abernathy, one of three people slated by President George W Bush to fill open seats on the FCC, can boast a long list of relevant ...
- Research articles 2001-04-23
- Pro-consumer FCC prospect.(Gloria Tristani is a possible nominee for the Federal Communications Commission)
- Potential nominee is New Mexico regulator with history of aggressive stances Gloria who? That's what broadcast and cable industry lobbyists had to say about Gloria Tristani when the New Mexico regulator's name surfaced last month...
- Research articles 1997-09-01
- The President and Attorney General Nominee Deserve Praise, Not Scorn, Says Former U.S. State and Defense Department Official
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Fred Gedrich, a Former U.S. State and Defense Department Official, on Attorney General nominee Judge Alberto Gonzales: WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Fred Gedrich, a Former U.S. State and Defense Department...
- Research articles 2005-01-05
- DEMOCRAT EPW COMMITTEE MEMBERS BOYCOTT EPA NOMINEE VOTE
- In an unprecedented move, Democrat members of the Senate Environment and Public Works EPW Committee boycotted last Wednesday's hearing to vote whether to confirm EPA Administrator nominee Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt R, arguing that more time is needed f In an unprecedented move, Democrat members of the Senate...
- Research articles 2003-10-06
- Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer refused to talk specifically about TV violence and the First Amendment. (at Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing) (Brief Article)
- Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer refused to talk specifically about TV violence and the First Amendment at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. However, he did say there is a "core" cluster of spee Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer refused...
- Research articles 1994-07-25
- Chairman's vote.(Former FCC Chairman Jim Quello gave his blessing to Jonathan Adelstein nominee for the vacant fifth)(Brief Article)
- Over lunch at The Palm in Washington Last Thursday, former FCC Chairman Jim Quello gave his blessing to Jonathan Adelstein above, nominee for the vacant fifth seat on the FCC. Quello, who has many friends at the FCC and on ... Over lunch at...
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- Nominee Ray has retail field to itself.(Million Dollar Baby and The Aviator, nominations for Academy Awards)(Universal Studios Home Entertainment)
- For the second year in a row, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will be the only studio with an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture available on DVD at the time of the ceremony. Ray Charles biopic Ray, which streets Feb. 1, will be the only B ...
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- Breyer gives initial hint of his must-carry views. (Supreme Court nominee Steven G. Breyer; must carry rules)
- WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Steven G. Breyer's views on must-carry are not a total mystery. Four months before President Clinton announced the appointment of the Boston federal appeals court judge, Breyer participated in a University of P WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court...
- Research articles 1994-07-11
- Chong:' demerits' may reduce TV violence. (FCC nominee Rachelle Chong) (includes related article Where the Nominees Stand)
- FCC nominee Rachelle Chong cares deeply about the issue of violence on television, and she would like to see the FCC do something about it if the networks don't tone down their programing. Chong told a Senate panel last Wednesday that voluntar...
- Research articles 1994-05-16
- Senate Goof Forces Delay of Martin's Confirmation.(Federal Communications Commission nominee Kevin Martin)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Republican Federal Communications Commission nominee Kevin Martin can't be sworn into office until July 1, owing to a mix-up in confirmation papers approved by the Senate on May 25. Sources said Senate confirmation documents stat WASHINGTON --...
- Research articles 2001-06-04
