Sentences with phrase «against the funding of»

we aren't anti Christianity, we're against the funding of hate groups, which is what CFA does with its money.

NPP's Communications Director, Nana Akomea, says it has a recording disclosing that the NDC would be advancing huge monies to the UPP ahead of the November 7, elections — but Odike says there is no law in Ghana against funding of a political party after denying knowledge of the purported tape in the NPP's possession.

To determine how valid the objection against funding of human embryonic stem cell research is because of its use of human embryos, it's important to understand two key aspects of hESCs» unique biology and derivation.

We see three primary arguments against the funding of phantom students: First, by continuing to fund phantom students, states ensure that districts won't restructure expenditures for smaller enrollments.

This information is used to assist the United States government in the fight against the funding of terrorism and money - laundering activities.

Not exact matches

Against a background of more volatile markets and worries that some of the biggest hedge fund managers are nursing losses this year, many in the audience focused on the smaller, better - performing investors like Oleg Nodelman.

Charney has spent most of 2015 lobbing lawsuits related to his dismissal against his former employer, its board members and the hedge fund that took it over after his departure.

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.

It's not just about a single case — it's about a multi-year plan to fund multiple lawsuits against Gawker in the hope of shutting it down.

David Ganek, whose hedge fund Level Global shut down in the wake of an insider trading investigation, said his lawsuit against prosecutors is about «transparency» and «accountability.»

Sohn is one of the most anticipated hedge fund events of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

Similarly, against the backdrop of new data, funding and policy being implemented to address the opioid epidemic, we have an opportunity to further expand patient access to VIVITROL, increase utilization and drive growth.»

Their declining currencies against the dollar (8 - 9 percent over the past 12 months), falling stock market values since the beginning of the year and high (India) and rising (Brazil) bond yields are reflecting their funding difficulties.

Activist hedge funds are launching more campaigns against larger companies this year, according to ActivistMonitor, a division of research firm Acuris.

Even after the remaining funds were frozen, no charges were filed against Ding, Gao, or the players with them, so Philippine police didn't make any arrests, says Sergio Osmeña III, a former senator who last year was a member of the inquiry panel.

Later chapters offer a detailed peek into how the Canadian media sausage is made, detailing the challenges of offsetting public funding with ad sales, the overwhelming importance of NHL hockey to the CBC's operating budget, Ceeb - style office politics and the uphill battle against the private channels of Corus, Rogers and Bell.

If you're doing assessment of your mutual funds, you want to be able to take a look at the decisions that were made, compare against benchmarks, and get a report.

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.

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.

Zimmer explained that when motivating employees of Lyft to work hard against Uber — which has six times the funding of Lyft, and is the highest - valued private startup in the world — he focuses on the company's «humanity:» the fact that it values person - to - person interaction.

Special needs trusts can also protect against the financial abuse of a disabled person and provide oversight to make sure funds are spent wisely.

In February, the agency filed a lawsuit against RD Legal Funding LLC, alleging that the lawsuit lender had scammed 9/11 responders by paying high - cost advances on settlement payouts and lying about the terms of the advances.

Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates told CNBC that he is looking at a possible beat against Netflix and other entertainment content providers.

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.

Citation Resources has appointed KordaMentha as voluntary administrators, while the oil and gas company continues to pursue recovery of funds through a civil action against former director Peter Landau.

The corporate watchdog has begun civil penalty proceedings against Padbury Mining and two of its directors over statements made last year claiming the company had lined up $ 6 billion in equity to fund construction of a port and rail network at Oakajee north of Geraldton.

Litigation funder IMF Bentham has announced it will fund a shareholder class action against former directors of collapsed miner Kagara, which went into administration in 2012.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider this week a closely watched insider trading case that could limit the ability of prosecutors to pursue such charges against hedge fund managers and other traders.

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.

On Monday, Cramer wanted investors to keep an eye on the risky, leveraged funds that enable traders to bet against volatility, defined as the amount of uncertainty in the size and direction of changes in the market and most commonly tracked by the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX.

PARIS, April 17 - France's Vivendi is asking Telecom Italia investors to trust its long - term strategy ahead of a leadership showdown against activist fund Elliott.

Speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, the closely - watched DoubleLine Capital LP chief executive officer recommended a trade of shorting, or betting against, Facebook while betting on gains in an exchange - traded fund that tracks oil and gas explorers and producers who could benefit from rising inflation.

YouTube has come under fire from advertisers in the past few weeks after the Times of London reported that ads were appearing against — and therefore potentially funding — videos promoting hate.

These include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained bond funds with short positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private equity funds, emerging market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.

The ranking was based on five factors: Tier 1 capital compared with risk - weighted assets; nonperforming assets against total assets; loan - loss reserves to nonperforming assets; deposits to funding; and efficiency, a measure of costs to revenue.

The fund's performance is measured against a benchmark, and that's where the majority of actively managed funds fail.

Ackman, who runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP, has been betting against Herbalife shares since 2012, claiming the company is a pyramid scheme — where new investors unwittingly fund the profits of older investors.

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.

The start - up founder had, it seems, conceived of his postings as a way to help other company founders understand what a funding round looks like from the inside, and the effect was that the investment firms began bidding against one another.

Elliott does not seem to share those qualms: On at least three occasions, according to both court testimony and the accounts of seven people who spoke with Fortune, children of people facing the hedge fund's attack have been pulled into the fray in some way, in an apparent bid to gain either information on or leverage against their parents.

The move follows a May 2015 lawsuit against four sham charities, including Cancer Fund of America and Cancer Support Services, that alleged that cumulatively, the four organizations scammed donors out of more than $ 187 million.

Too often (95 % of the time) fund managers endorse the current board, they vote against other shareholders» proposals and they fail to introduce proposals of their own, Bogle says.

Sohn is the most widely anticipated hedge - fund event of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

Still, a line of credit against the value of their home is how Ricci, his wife and two kids fund a portion of their admittedly frugal lifestyle, particularly when paycheques become sporadic.

He was careful to say he was speaking generally, and not specifically about venture capitalist Peter Thiel's funding of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker — though the Gawker suit was the subject of the original question from Mossberg.

We voted against the other two proposals because both would erode the funded component of Chile's retirement system.

«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.

Among the others who could be out big bucks are the funds of John Paulson, who made billions betting against the housing market, and activist investor Jeff Ubben, whose ValueAct fund had been selling shares of Valeant this year but still owned nearly 15 million shares of the company as of the middle of 2015.