Sentences with phrase «against funds for»

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, on a wave of anti-Catholic sentiment, many states had passed prohibitions, constitutional and legislative, against funds for nonpublic schools, laws aimed at Catholic parochial schools.

Throne - Holst and Calone mentioned Zeldin's votes against funding for the Department of Homeland Security and student loans and Pell grants as signs that he is out of touch with the district, and Democrats have indicated they will attempt to paint the foreign policy hawk and only Jewish Republican in Congress as too extreme for the moderate swing district.

Congressman Gibson voted to support a measure banning abortions nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy regardless of the circumstances, and has voted against funding for Planned Parenthood in the past.

That remark — and votes against funding for Hurricane Sandy relief and the Zadroga Act — have left plenty of New York Republicans cold to Mr. Cruz.

Just like Horn advocated against funding for Head Start programs?

Not exact matches

Even Democrats» least controversial demand, for disaster funding, faced pushback in 2017, with many Republicans in the House voting against various packages for hurricane and wildfire relief.

Hargreaves Lansdown, a financial services company, also launched two bitcoin ETFs (exchange - traded funds) for its consumer investors in June — though it cautions against investing for most customers.

Hedge fund managers have warned that Chinese authorities could soon retaliate against U.S. tariffs and vastly escalate a global trade war that has simmered for the last few of weeks.

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

Inclusion also provided a compensation fund for those with harassment claims against Weinstein.

Einhorn, fund manager for Greenlight Capital, accused Apple of cash hoarding earlier last week and is encouraging shareholders to vote against Apple's proxy because he thinks proposition two will kill the option of Apple issuing preferred stock.

Chief of staff John Kelly phoned Trump from Capitol Hill to advise him against accepting the proposal, and the president summoned conservative Republican negotiators to help build a united front against the plan, which would have provided some border security funding as well as protection from deportation for immigrants brought to the country as children and now here illegally.

Hedge funds such as Elliott Management Corp and D.E. Shaw are still looking for up to $ 5 billion ($ 5.6 billion) in damages in civil suits against Porsche SE, which is now only a holding company that owns a majority stake in the VW group.

They seem to have gotten turbocharged by a ruling in 2007 that permitted people — in practice, mainly hedge funds — to buy shares after a merger has been announced and for the express purpose of voting against it and then seeking an appraisal.

Federal investigators are reportedly looking into possible manipulation of Herbalife's stock and have interviewed individuals hired by hedge - fund manager William Ackman, who has been running a campaign against the nutritional - products company for over two years.

That concentration of funding in rounds for just two enormous startups against a backdrop of a decline in the overall number of deals seems to indicate relatively grim times.

Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against much bigger investors in the global market such as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of investments.

Feeling intentionally misled, Principal filed a lawsuit against the hedge fund for as much as $ 66 million in damages.

Keystone has become a can't - lose battle for the environmental movement, with activists staging frequent protests against the pipeline and California billionaire Tom Steyer funding major advertising campaigns to move public opinion.

Since inception, the fund has significantly outperformed Bitcoin, delivering a 43.4 % return against 13.9 % for Bitcoin through April 29, 2018.

«And we are now at a decision point: sustained global commitments and recent funding cuts affect capacity and capability for a full - spectrum fight against a near - peer adversary.»

Cards Against Humanity's intellectual expansion «Science Pack» has raised over $ 578,000 for The Science Ambassador Scholarship, a scholarship fund for U.S. - based women interested in studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM).

Camden Fine told CNBC that comments by JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on the economy and regulation «reflect Wall Street's inability to take responsibility for the economic crisis it caused and the taxpayer - funded guarantee against failure it continues to enjoy....

Local growers have also helped to fund an international project that has sequenced citrus trees to hunt for more weapons against citrus greening,» writes the publication.

«For all 12 business support programs, no attempt has been made by the province to isolate the impact of provincial support against what would have happened without provincial funding,» the report said.

These work just like bank accounts: Employers contribute funds for each employee, and each employee can submit claims against the credit he or she has built up.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

Entrepreneurs get funded, co-founders meet and come together and deals are made, all against the backdrop of dust for days and almost - naked revelers.

The court will rule on a fast - track petition for a temporary injunction against the permanent euro rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the fiscal pact.

In June 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed civil charges against Corzine for using funds from MF's customer accounts for corporate purposes.

The extra funding not only provides a cushion against a margin call, but it provides the trader with greater room for error.

Hedge funds designed to protect against falling and volatile markets have made a strong pitch to investors: Trust us with your money, and we'll make lots of it for you when years of relatively smooth, positive stock returns inevitably end.

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The funding is a sign of momentum for Cohesity, which is competing against legacy players like Dell EMC and CommVault in addition to other startups.

Currently I would strongly advise against using MtGox as an exchange as you're unlikely to receive withdrawn funds in a timely manner and will pay a higher price for you Bitcoin.

Last week, Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world, said it was time for investors to put between 5 and 10 percent of their portfolio in gold as a precaution against global and domestic geopolitical risks.

Sources said that while Wag had originally looked for $ 100 million from venture capitals, SoftBank's fund convinced the startup to accept $ 300 million and use the funds to expand globally and compete against rivals, such as Rover.

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Investors should stick to larger companies at least until the end of June, as the enforcement of stronger supervision against the financial markets could raise their wariness for high - flying smaller firms, according to Wu Kan, a fund manager at Shanshan Finance.

The agency filed civil charges against Dominic Lacroix, his partner Sabrina Paradis - Royer and PlexCorps, for «misappropriating investor funds illegally raised through the fraudulent and unregistered» offer of PlexCoin.

Living up to expectations, Mr. Goelman announced a slew of enforcement actions over the past three years including a $ 120 million penalty against Goldman Sachs for interest rate product manipulation, a $ 250 million penalty against Citibank also for interest rate product manipulation and a $ 5 million penalty against Jon Corzine for unlawful use of customer funds.

In early May, Halifax - based Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund won an injunction against Rogers for misleading advertising in New Brunswick, where its high - speed fibre optic network managed to convince a judge that Rogers» claims were invalid there.

The forint fell to a record low against the euro last week after the International Monetary Fund and the European Union broke off talks on Hungary's bid for a bailout as Orban refused to withdraw new central bank regulations the institutions objected to.

The Vanguard Group will cheerfully compare expense ratios of its funds against other funds, because Vanguard largely markets itself as the popularizer of low - cost index funds.4 Here for instance is a little thing from Vanguard's description of its Total Stock Market Index Fund:

Beginning in 2016, researchers discovered a shift in North Korean operations toward attacks against financial institutions designed to steal money and generate funds for the Kim regime.

An index is a collection of specific stocks or bonds that the industry uses as a benchmark for investors (like mutual funds) to measure how their performance stacks up against the «overall market segment» performance.

For his part in the bet, Seides picked five funds - of - funds with interests in more than 200 hedge funds to go up against Buffett's Vanguard S&P index fund.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- A small hedge fund manager who has long been betting against Tesla Inc (O: TSLA) on Thursday redoubled his call for the stock to fall to zero, comments that...

Another rub for investors with hedging against inflation via ETFs is these funds are not great income generators.

I think the issue here is whether any amateur fund manager (which I think is what we all are — including those financial advisers who create their own «homegrown» portfolios using trackers and bond funds) can seriously manage a portfolio for income or for growth and control against downside risk (in equities or bonds) as well as a good active management group like Invesco perpetual or M&G.