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Over the past 35 years, reforms adopted in most states have dramatically improved the equity of funding from one school district to another.

This improves equity of workload for teachers and, over time, may reduce staffing costs.

Second, would racial integration improve the equity of learning outcomes in general and in the Louisville and Seattle districts that are the subjects of the Court case?

This is the last post in our series analyzing bike share research results from the Portland State University study «Evaluating Efforts to Improve the Equity of Bike Share Systems.»

This post is part of a series analyzing bike share research results from the Portland State University study «Evaluating Efforts to Improve the Equity of Bike Share Systems.»

This trial aims to improve equity of access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and further demonstrate the fundamental role that community pharmacists play in primary health care, strengthening the future for all pharmacists and contributing to a sustainable health system.

Not exact matches

Some extra cash as a result of revived corporate travel could be the key for improving equity prices.

«The global economic environment is very supportive towards the Chinese economy right now and you do need a stable and improving economy in China to achieve that objective in deleveraging,» said Andrew Swan, BlackRock's head of Asian and global emerging markets equities.

Because equity investors — that tend to get what they ask for — increasingly are saying enough is enough, and a lot of releveraging activity was front loaded, and with an expected more benign rate hiking cycle there is less urgency to pull the trigger on deals, we continue to think that corporate balance sheets (ex-energy, ex-materials) will improve in 4Q and into 2016.

This type of financing is not only a creative, flexible way to raise capital, but it may also improve a company's equity position.

Tal believes that improving participation rates in high - demand fields will likely require finding a way to identify emerging trends in labour market needs, as well as improved quality and equity of learning opportunities and increased resources.

Endeavour managing director Garry Garside said the company was established to provide health care practitioners with equity participation at a seed level as opposed to outright business acquisition and would secure improved patient care through better integration of services.

Your equity would be defined in each cashflowed home, cash flow of repairs outside of owned properties, as well as equity upon sell of some, or liquidation of all homes at any point as deemed most profitable timing as the market improves.

Japanese equities also should continue to see upside, thanks to a weaker yen, long - awaited domestic growth and increasing exports, a beneficiary of the improving global economy.

An Improving or High Return on Equity — Return on equity has often been offered as a measure of management's abilEquity — Return on equity has often been offered as a measure of management's abilequity has often been offered as a measure of management's abilities.

«Equity has substantially increased and people are seeing that they may want to improve or upgrade,» says Pava Leyrer, chief operating officer of Northern Mortgage, «as opposed to trying to find a house [in a market with] limited supply right now, even if they could sell theirs quickly for more.»

Here's the loophole: If you take out a new home equity loan or line of credit and use the money for home improvements, you're converting a home equity debt into an acquisition debt because the proceeds are used to «substantially improve» a qualified residence.

Looking at valuations overall, we have observed that earnings of many EM companies are gradually improving, in terms of profitability, margins and return on equity, after these variables came under pressure recently.

If you have gained in equity in your home or improved your credit dramatically in recent years, then you might be able to lower your monthly mortgage payment or even shorten the life of your home loan.

The bottom line: Investors are being offered better returns for taking risk in the low - return landscape, and a portfolio allocation to a broader, diversified mix of assets — including alternatives, global equities and emerging market (EM) assets — can potentially help improve returns, in our view.

If done correctly, with an eye not to achieving political or regulatory objectives but rather to eliminating financial distress costs, these can improve the enterprise value of the borrower; to the extent that the lender participates in the upside (and if the performances of the various equity positons emerging from these swaps are uncorrelated), the lender's net asset position can also improve.

However, despite this pick up in appetite and improved performance more recently, it is important that investors do not lose sight of the fact that EM equities have still lagged developed markets by more than 50 % over the last five years.

In our opinion, the most dynamic way for investors to position for these changes is through a diversified holding of well selected gold mining equities, which stand to benefit in a dramatic way from a better gold price environment and improved investor sentiment.

Edmonton, April 11, 2016 — Canadian Western Bank (CWB) is proud to have recently been recognized by Employment and Social Development Canada at the inaugural Employment Equity Achievement Awards in the category of Improved Representation.

Until there is better data and an improved understanding of the full market forces that have driven Vancouver's and Toronto's hot real estate markets, political action at this time could drive equity into the ground and impact ordinary Canadians, and the larger economy, in many unforeseeable ways.

The IRS noted last week that the interest on a home equity loan or home equity line of credit would still be deductible on 2018 returns in many cases if the loan is used to buy, build or substantially improve the taxpayer's home that secures the loan.

Canadian Western Bank (CWB) is proud to have recently been recognized by Employment and Social Development Canada at the inaugural Employment Equity Achievement Awards in the category of Improved Representation.

2018 Outlook: «A decade of extraordinary central bank policy support will begin to end in 2018, but a favorable economic environment and improving corporate fundamentals could allow European stocks to play further catch - up with US equities.»

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

«If the home equity loan was not used to build, buy or improve your home, you won't be able to deduct that in 2018, regardless of when the loan was taken out,» said Luscombe.

Positive corporate governance changes have the impact of improving access to investment, allowing the company's to access facilities of equity and debt.

Crescent Capital, a private equity firm which owns nearly 50 % of the company's shares, has appointed a new management team which can now focus on improving the business's performance

Sponsored by: Center for Value Investing and Investor Academy Location: Guiollettstraße 14, 60325 Frankfurt am Main 08:00 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Registration and Welcome Tea 08:30 a.m. - 09:30 a.m. Robert Miles, Author & Conference Organizer & Host [USA] Topic: «The Warren Buffett Manager: Making Investments In The Right Partner» 09:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Hendrik Leber, Managing Director, Acatis [EUROPE] Topic: «How to Value a Business» 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Mid Morning Tea 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Patrick Dorsey, Author & Director of Equity Research, Morningstar [USA] Topic: «Using Economic Moats to Improve Investment Returns» 11:45 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Alexis Eisenhofer, Founder and Director, ATACAMA Capital [EUROPE] Topic: «Criteria for Selecting Stocks With Substance: Consider the Value Premium and Value Timing» 12:45 p.m. - 13:45 p.m. Conference Lunch 13:45 p.m. - 14:45 p.m. Prof. Max Otte, Author, Professor and Lecturer [EUROPE] Topic: «The Fallacy of Growth and How to Test for Franchises» 14:45 p.m. - 15:45 p.m. David Pastel, Founder & CIO, Pastel & Associés [EUR] Topic: «Margins of Safety: The Concept with a Thousand Faces.

Initially the thought was that Home Equity Lines of Credit would no longer be deductible but the IRS recently issued guidance that as long as the line is used to buy, build or improve your home it remains deductible.

In addition, rotating performance is one of the reasons international equities improve your portfolio's diversification.

Global equities continued their advance on increasing evidence of improved US economic growth and rebounding inflation.

European equities are not that cheap anymore by a number of valuation metrics; they are trading at an average of about 17 times earnings, which is not a wide undervaluation.1 In my view, the main reason to invest in European equities is the potential for, or the expectation of, a rise in corporate earnings that would be driven by the improving economic environment.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

There is significant opportunity in improving protein quality on - premise in terms of increasing traffic, brand equity, purchase intent and willingness to pay more per item, as well as reversing restaurant avoidance due to negative protein quality perceptions

Mirrabooka Investments has posted a healthy 22.8 per cent return for the year to June thanks to improving share prices of companies including James Hardie, Equity Trustees and iProperty Group.

The Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia With Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) aims to improve food security and gender equity, and alleviate poverty through optimizing productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice production systems.

Whole Kids commits 1 % of sales to a non-profit organisation called One Percent for Our Kids to help fund and support projects and programmes to improve the health, environment and social equity of children.

Breastfeeding, Social Justice, and Equity is a highly readable volume that increases our understanding of the forces that influence breastfeeding, and outlines steps we can take to improve outcomes for both mothers and babies

The intersection between the nonprofit donor milk movement and this year's themes for World Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month, and Black Breastfeeding Week centers around equity while clearly touching on other themes, such as ecology, economy, data collection, improving infant mortality rates in communities of color, and more.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

It's called «Equity by Design,» and will focus on how sustainability and social justice can improve the quality of life for people in our community.

In a statement from Rebuild New York Now President Mike Elmendorf, the group calls for equity in how upstate taxpayers are benefiting from state investment — namely in the form of spending on improving highways and bridges in the state.

Turning rhetoric into reality will be a tough call — public spending cuts show no sign of letting up and the combination of rising demand for school places, lack of accountability and cuts to education budgets in real terms will need careful consideration if we are to improve standards and equity in education within the next administration.

«Improving our schools, putting New Yorkers back to work, advocating for our city's veterans, fighting for tax equity for co-op and condo owners and preserving our quality of life are the issues that made me want to run for City Council from the very beginning,» Silverstein said in a statement.