And, you see, we can't think
about our infrastructure in silos.
TALK: LUCA POZZI, DANIELE ORITI, JOAO MAGUEIJO, SOLVEJ HELWEG OVESEN, PAOLO CHIASERA A talk
about the infrastructure in art and science on the...
A talk
about the infrastructure in art and science on the occasion of «Messages of Gravity» - the exhibition with Italian artist Luca Pozzi opening Thursday, February 28th
Not exact matches
Elliott, who worked on Google Shopping and its Buy Button before coming to Express, says that now that the
infrastructure is
in place, that's
about to change.
Russia is certainly cognizant of this fact, and has occasionally made (not very well thought - through) noises
about setting up its own internet
infrastructure,
in order to mitigate the threat posed by western states to Russian websites.
Whenever somebody mentions the cloud, especially
in this country, the inevitable concerns
about infrastructure come up.
President Donald Trump is slated to speak
about his $ 200 billion
infrastructure plan
in Ohio on Thursday,
in his first public appearance since begrudgingly signing a $ 1.3 trillion spending package last week.
They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining
about the lack of investment
in U.S.
infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.
Arrington says he chose to denominate the fund
in XRP, which is the third or fourth most valuable crypto - currency,
in part because he likes the financial
infrastructure that Ripple has build up around it (you can read all
about Ripple and XRP here).
Decmil Group has won
about $ 40 million worth of work at Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron ore project
in the Pilbara, building on its portfolio of port, rail and fuel
infrastructure work already under way at the site.
«But without huge upgrades it's hard to think
about an increase
in ridership because you can't squeeze any more trains on the existing
infrastructure,» Puentes said.
Alan Joyce, Qantas Airways CEO, talks
about the company's recovery strategy as it becomes the first carrier to connect every continent with Australia non-stop, invests
in infrastructure, and leads the world as the safest airlines.
But the guest of honor at the conference was astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who shared his excitement
about the growing space tourism industry and PayPal's involvement
in helping develop a payment
infrastructure.
At a House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee hearing on oversight of airline customer service, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz and other airline executives answer lawmaker questions
about how to improve employee empowerment
in tricky situations.
«Think
about this as a software stack that lets you build and consume things
in the cloud or on premises,» Urs Hölzle, Google's senior vice president of technical
infrastructure tells Fortune.
Federal coffers are set to dole out $ 186.7 billion
in infrastructure money over the next 12 years, but the most recent federal budget indicated
about one - quarter of planned spending between 2016 and 2019 was being moved to future years.
Jim Danahy, chief executive of consultancy CustomerLab, said while the deal will give Tim Hortons access to the
infrastructure and expertise it was seeking, the new management structure that puts 3G and Burger King
in charge raises questions
about Tim Hortons's future.
«Some EU members, especially Germany, are concerned
about Chinese investment
in the so - called periphery of the union, as well as
about the acquisition of strategically sensitive
infrastructure such as ports, power plants and key technologies,» Igor Rogelja, a researcher at the Lau China Institute at King's College London, said.
When Fortune wrote
about infrastructure stocks
in March, we had only an inkling of how important the issue would become during the U.S. presidential campaign.
«We talked
about tax, we talked
about trade, we talked
about infrastructure, we talked
about women's issues... we talked
about jobs
in terms of training people
in technology,» he said.
In thinking
about improving the country's
infrastructure, and provoking real action, Bledsoe and others say, language matters.
He argued that the new government's perceived approach to Brexit is not only
about leaving the EU, but also fundamentally changing the British economy, saying: «Basically its rewarding people who voted for Brexit, its
about infrastructure, its
about the productivity gap, its
about the regional divide, rebalancing the economy — the stuff that was talked
about in 2008, but nothing happened.
I recently sat down with a lawyer friend who specializes
in this stuff and he explained that the
infrastructure is just
about in place and, more importantly, some players
in the field are taking bold initiatives, which is going to force the issue.
We made it clear we need to make significant investments
in infrastructure and middle - class families, so we talked
about reducing the tax rate for middle - class families and increasing the child tax benefit to deal with the rising costs and anxieties.
«The president talked
about infrastructure improvements
in roads and rail lines — these are all types of projects that get lots of small business involved,» said Charles Green, the executive director of the Small Business Finance Institute.
A decade ago, residents of northern European countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden were going online at a faster rate than
in just
about any other area
in the world, thanks
in part to substantial investments
in broadband
infrastructure.
The cooling relationship with Washington is already pushing Islamabad closer to China, which is investing
about $ 60 billion
in infrastructure in Pakistan.
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 wi
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 wi
infrastructure companies were of government efforts
in this area and how engaged and enthusiastic private enterprise was
about working with government.
The Allianz survey found that a very prudent 12 % of people surveyed were concerned
about travel
infrastructure in Cuba.
Among the events being planned for T3's new Innovation Studio are a saké tasting and a panel discussion
about what Boston needs
in terms of
infrastructure to attract more innovative companies to the city.
«If the president and Congress are serious
about rebuilding the nation's aging
infrastructure, it is vital to avoid artificially pushing up the cost of materials that go into these projects,» Stephen Sandherr, chief executive of the Association of General Contractors, said
in a press release.
If we consider how increasingly weaponized ad targeting has become, especially since this past summer when Google and Facebook consolidated our browsing histories into their user IDs, and we think
about how anybody
in the world could target anyone else
in the United States with surgical precision by their susceptibilities and propensities, maybe this election was similar to a 9/11 moment, but non-violent and invisible, where we realize that our commercial
infrastructure was used against us, and we don't realize it until after the catastrophe?
Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake
in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technolog
in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding
infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with
about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player
in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technolog
in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93
In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technolog
In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.
What also was expected universally fifty years ago — indeed, until
about 1980 — was that governments would play an increasingly important economic role, not only as forward planners but as direct investors
in infrastructure.
Overall, this budget adds new details
about how Ottawa will spend some of the $ 93 billion
in new money the Liberals had already set out for
infrastructure — $ 11.2 billion will go to affordable housing over the next 11 years, less than the $ 12.6 billion over eight years the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says was needed.
All over the country we've heard
about infrastructure rotting away — bridges collapsing
in Minnesota, roads
in disrepair, levees breaking.
«Given the substantial amounts of taxpayer dollars that will be invested
in Puerto Rico for rebuilding after Hurricane Maria, these findings raise grave concerns
about PREPA's ability to competently negotiate, manage, and implement critical
infrastructure projects without significant independent oversight,» they wrote
in a memo Monday to committee chair Rep. Rob Bishop (R - UT).
The outgoing Auditor General expressed concerns
about a number of significant and emerging pressures facing the Government, including an ageing
infrastructure, and ageing population and insufficient progress
in addressing Aboriginal pressures on reserves.
One Australian minister is raising concerns
about the sustainability of
infrastructure developments
in the Pacific.
Inadequate flood protection
infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides
in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave
about 3 million m3 of silt
in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.
But with the Senate still locked
in negotiations over what to do
about Obamacare, an
infrastructure deal looks as if it's months if not years away.
Earlier
in the year, I was excited
about Trump's ambitious
infrastructure agenda, which would have greatly boosted domestic demand for base metals and energy.
Kevin Milligan on what economists are thinking
about when politicians promise investment
in infrastructure
Individuals living
in Japan, the United States, or Germany don't worry
about rampant inflation, a national
infrastructure that is at the point of collapse, or the availability of basic
«I intend to spend the coming months talking
about issues that affect the everyday lives of Mississippians — issues like jobs, making health care more affordable, and
infrastructure,» He wrote
in one.
A few things
in the discussion surprised me, and it also forced me to think a lot more
about oil
infrastructure in this country and to put some numbers to the question, «What would it take -LSB-...]
In this session, Author Kim Zetter will talk
about Stuxnet and the security issues around the digital systems that control our critical
infrastructure — trains, planes, water treatment plants and the power grid — as well as the products of our daily lives, including cars and medical equipment.
In addition to carbon capture and storage laws, Mr. Hill's registration filing states he's speaking to the government
about natural gas
infrastructure projects, harmonizing provincial and federal greenhouse gas reporting regulations and cap and trade issues.
After the interim Liberal leader had expounded on the «absurd situation» before us — a cabinet minister unable or unwilling to stand
in the House and explain his actions
in helping divvy up millions
in «border
infrastructure» funds for bike racks and gazebos
in his riding — the Prime Minister stood and restated the script
about this having been «thoroughly aired» and there being «process improvements» to be made and so forth.
He talks
about Klein's $ 1.3 billion reduction
in infrastructure spending from 1994 to 1997 and his $ 18.9 billion spending on
infrastructure from 1998 to 2006 without any reference to the need for even more
infrastructure because (1) Klein failed to maintain schools, roads and hospitals (
in fact he blew the hospitals up) and (2) Alberta's population ballooned by 500,000 during that period.