The push and pull over the control of the
economic development
spending comes after the arrests last year of prominent upstate
developers, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and an ex-top aide and confidant to the governor, Joe Percoco, in a case stemming from kickbacks and bid rigging related to key
economic development
spending in New York.
The push for those changes were prompted in part by the arrest last year of a formerly close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic, accused alongside prominent upstate
developers of bribery and kickbacks in
economic development
spending.
Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward - looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales of Blizzard Entertainment's titles, shifts in consumer
spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Blizzard Entertainment's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next - generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third - party
developers, domestic and international
economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated.
It is therefore in the best interest of Bitcoin
developers, bitcoin miners, bitcoin holders, and
economic Bitcoin nodes to implement changes that support the growth of the Bitcoin network while maintaining Bitcoin's key innovation as a decentralized solution to the double -
spending problem.