Sentences with phrase «us government efforts»

Government efforts to break the venture - capital dominance of Northern California have not succeeded.

«We support industry and government efforts to exclude all people using diamonds for criminal activities and financing war.»

Signs on building throughout New York City are all that's left of a widespread government effort to shelter millions of people from the fallout of a nuclear attack.

I bring this up because this absence (or call it omission, if you like) underlies the staunch opposition of many conservative Republicans to the Affordable Care Act — and to previous government efforts to provide publicly funded health care and insurance coverage to their citizens going back to the passage of Medicare in 1965.

Japan this year became the first country to regulate exchanges at the national level, part of a government effort to exploit financial technology as a means of stimulating the economy.

Many times, they'll lend their services in ways that complement government efforts, for instance, by offering educational opportunities, supplies, and even useful technology.

Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.

Chinese phone maker ZTE hit back at U.S. government efforts to destroy its business in this country, saying a seven - year sales ban is «extremely unfair» and «unacceptable.»

Product sales generate income for the agents, which help overcome the high turnover that has plagued volunteer community health - worker initiatives and the fickle funding that has undermined government efforts.

Symantec 2010 Critical Infrastructure Protection Study Symantec conducted a survey in August 2010 to find out how aware critical infrastructure companies were of government efforts in this area and how engaged and enthusiastic private enterprise was about working with government.

The flip side of that, though, is that an increase in demand for prescriptions will only intensify government efforts to keep drug costs down.

Asked about the North Korea talks, Tillerson said he was in the midst of helping to coordinate US government efforts ahead of the high - level talks and working to prepare the President.

While government efforts to come to grips with digital money have been fraught, the more important trend may be the growing number of money managers who are looking at cryptocurrencies as an asset class for investment.

Whether or not it's fair, e-commerce companies will be the pawns in government efforts to force change around this issue.

RIYADH (Reuters)- Saudi Arabia's banks are preparing for muted lending growth this year, providing a reality check on the state of the country's economy and government efforts to stimulate growth.

It is fantasy to suppose data, the ultimate public good, will come into being without government effort.

(You will note in that story that the Globe is still clinging to the quaint notion that the Economic Action Plan ™ was a «catchphrase» related to government efforts in regards to the recession.

The Johor developments stem from Iskandar Malaysia, a government effort to leverage Singapore's success by building a new metropolis near the causeway that connects the island state to the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru.

This is not some nonpartisan, good government effort.

A court sided with the billionaire against government efforts to end his telecom dominance.

In contrast, hiring picked up and corporate profit margins improved, suggesting widespread government efforts to reignite growth are unlikely, it said.

But we worry government efforts to boost wages could crimp already low Japanese corporate margins if some Japanese firms aren't able to raise prices in response.

Analysts and investors in Moscow said the sanctions could consign Russia to years of low growth, frustrating government efforts to stimulate a rebound from a two - year downturn brought on by low oil prices and Western sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.

Aetna has benefitted in the past five or six years from industry and government efforts to tamp down costs and declining hospital inpatient admissions in favor of less costly outpatient services, he said.

New York government effort to examine the policies and practices of the major cryptocurrency exchanges.

For example, in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, hundreds of churches quickly formed the China Christian Action Love volunteer association to provide relief, which many disaster victims praised as besting government efforts in both speed and constancy.

Evangelical church at heart of interfaith and government efforts to provide relief and shelter.

And they are slightly more supportive than their elders of government efforts to protect morality...» Back in March of this year, The Pew Forum made news when it reported that 70 % of millennials are in favor of same - sex marriage.

Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2003.)

The respected human rights group Americas Watch has on numerous occasions condemned U.S. government efforts to distort the human rights record of both the Nicaraguan government and the U.S - backed contras.

Economists also saw that government efforts to control markets inhibited efficient use of time and resources.

Perhaps it is even more necessary, given current government efforts to obstruct the Church's outreach to the sick, the oppressed, and the outcast.

That it is intense is hardly questioned.42 And it grows year by year, largely as a result of government effort to use education as a unifying, pride - producing agency.

Referring to the success of U.S. government efforts to bias press coverage against Nicaragua, the organization Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) states: «By sheer force of repetition, the administration has driven home its anti-Sandinista propaganda themes in the media.

Yet over the past week I have visited the poor in Cambodia, and I can attest that while economic growth in Asia has been tremendous, government efforts are not enough to change the lives of the poor.

However wrong I was in expecting more rapid change to result from the civil rights revolution, a greater measure of government effort to promote residential integration directly was not the answer, and is still not the answer.

«We applaud US government efforts to eliminate these barriers and strengthen our competitiveness globally, including the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenge against Canada which seeks to ensure that British Columbia grocery store consumers can choose from the vast array of the world's great wines.»

These government efforts have been supported and supplemented by a constellation of nonprofit groups, often backed by philanthropists with deep pockets and an abiding commitment to addressing educational inequality.

Government efforts have not been without effect.

Eighty - nine percent of New Yorkers agree obesity is a somewhat serious or very serious problem among children and teenagers, but 54 percent feel government efforts to combat that problem accounts to too much «meddling» along the lines of a Nanny State.

Government efforts to deal with the problem baffled many observers when they focused on Labour's link to trade unions, although recent allegations around Unite's dealings in the Labour party have quelled some of the irritation around the proposal.

Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin - connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy.

It appropriately focuses on private sector led economic diversification, supported by government efforts to strengthen infrastructure and the business environment.

Senior figures in the British police force broke ranks last night, as they dismissed government efforts to end the rioting as «irrelevant».

He however revealed that government efforts are targeted towards easing economic hardship due to the country's recent exit from recession.

The First Lady indicated that children have dreams to go to school, and to realize their full potential, but they need a helping hand to achieve those dreams and that was the reason for the gathering which aims to raise funds to put up a six classroom block at Ayaakomase, near Nsoatre in the BrongAhafo Region to supplement governments efforts.

If we dredge and free the water ways and our people still dump refuge in the water ways, government efforts would be futile.

He however assured the people of government efforts to bring a lasting end to their plight.

It forms part of government efforts to widen opportunities for people and raise levels of social mobility.

«We believe the recruitment would assist in the government efforts to address security challenges facing the country.