Sentences with phrase «arms funds at»

The governor stated that the anti-corruption commission had shifted attention to the finances of Ekiti State after what he claimed to be the failure of the commission to link him with the diversion of arms funds at the NSA's office under Dasuki.

Not exact matches

Caspersen, a 39 - year - old former managing director at PJT Partners» private - equity arm, Park Hill Group, was arrested in March and accused of defrauding a hedge - fund - affiliated charity and an employee of the same hedge fund.

This week, Uber's Chinese arm announced a $ 2 billion funding round valuing the unit at $ 7 billion.

F50 and Peakview Capital, the investment advisory arm of Shengjing Group and the largest global fund of funds (FOF) in China, hosted the F50 Global Capital Summit on Tuesday, March 29 at Sandhill Road in Menlo Park.

Sesame Workshop teamed up with the early startup investor Collaborative Fund to launch a new $ 10 million venture capital arm that will invest in tech startups aimed at children's education.

Over the course of his professional career Ricardo has worked at Banco Popular, where he was fund manager and head of the Quantitative Research Department of the bank's asset management arm, and Mutuaactivos, where he was head of the equity team and co-responsible for pension funds and managed mandates.

SDTC operates at arm's length and receives funding from the Government of Canada.

According to the Finance Minister «The CIDB will be accountable to, and partner with, government, but will operate at greater arm's length than a department — working with provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous and investment partners to transform the way infrastructure is planned, funded and delivered in Canada».

«We would like to see more asset - backed or corporate green bonds, since issuance has been limited, and we are interested buyers,» says Delmar King, fund manager at Praxis, the investment arm of Everence Financial of Indiana.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

«I encourage moms to hold the baby with one arm, like a football player might [hold the ball],» says Dr. Jeff Levy, a pediatrician and board member for the John La Conti M.D. Child Life Program Fund at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ.

NWFs are quite different from Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), even though both are state - owned and managed at arms length from the state.

Do yourself favor and move away from lock boxes and all that crap, because unless you have an armed guard watching the lock box, the Albany politicians will steal the money fund that funds like thieves in the night, they are expert at it and do it ALL THE TIME!.

Dr Ruben Reike is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute, where he is part of the ERC - funded project: «The Individualisation of War: Reconfiguring the Morality, Law, and Politics of Armed Conflict».

State Sen. Jim Tedisco of Glenville is proposing that proceeds from the sale of what he is calling a «Guardians For Schools,» license plate be used to fund armed guards — and other security measures — at needy New York state schools.

However, it appears that the United States spends much more of its government funding on its armed forces than its space program housed at NASA, so it may happen sooner if a majority of those resources were directed to this space combat program.

Is an effort by Suffolk County to tie funding for certain projects to attendance at a quarterly regional planning meeting an effort to get everyone on the same page, or strong arming by big government?

At the same time, spending has spiked out of a different nonprofit arm sharing the same Manhattan address, the NYPIRG Fund, a type of apolitical, charitable nonprofit designated as a 501 (c) 3.

Meanwhile, development emerging at the moment indicates that not all funds in Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) are related to arm procurement as being alleged.

The New York State Sheriffs» Association this week called on the Legislature to include funding in the next state budget for at least one armed school resource officer at every grade school and high school, which could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

A new report from Florida's school superintendents warns that despite a nearly $ 100 million increase in funding, there may not be enough money to post an armed school resource officer at each school in the state.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- As the New York State Sheriffs» Association requests the state legislature to include funding for at least one armed resource officer at every grade school and high school in New York State, they're finding support from New York State Senator - and former Erie County Sheriff...

He made the disclosure during the launch of the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

In a release signed by Steven Chilaka, its «National Secretary» on Sunday, they wanted the Chief of Army Staff to be included among those indicted in the ongoing probe of abuse of funds meant for the procurement of arms simply because he was the Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm, bought the Hotel Niagara in 2016 from JSK International Corp. for $ 4.4 million after previous attempts at restoring the hotel failed for lack of funding.

Last week, the New York State Sheriff's Association endorsed funding armed school resource officers at every grade school and high school in the state.

The New York State Sheriffs» Association is calling on lawmakers to include funding in the state budget to provide at least one armed school resource officer at every grade school and high school in the state.

Also at 11 a.m., 31st state Senate District candidate Marisol Alcántara will receive the endorsement of the New York State Immigrant Action Fund, the sister organization and political action arm of the New York Immigration Coalition, 31 West 33rd Street, Suite 610, Manhattan.

The New York State Sheriffs» Association on Thursday called on state lawmakers to approve funding for having at least one armed resource officer in New York schools.

The New York State Sheriff's Association is advocating for money in the state budget to fund at least one armed law enforcement officer in each school in the state.

The New York State Sheriffs» Association today called upon the State Legislature to include in the 2018 State Budget sufficient funding to provide at least one armed school resource officer at every grade school and high school in the state.

Managing Director at Ghana Growth Fund Company (GGFC,) the investing arm of GN, Kwame Asomaning, in a welcome address explained that, GN now owns a major stake in the factory and therefore has plans of expanding to other parts of the sub-region.

The New York State Sherriffs» Association is advocating for money in the state budget to fund at least one armed law enforcement officer in each school in the state.

Buhari said this in his remarks at the inauguration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration 2018 Emblem and Appeal Fund which was held in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

At CNIO, Wagner's group is funded by Fundación BBVA, the corporate responsibility arm of BBVA, a 150 - year - old global financial institution ranked as Spain's second largest bank.

Staying at arm's length from Brussels will be crucial to ERC's success, says John Marks, director of science and strategy at the European Science Foundation, a group of national funding agencies.

TRAFFIC, the arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature that monitors trade in wildlife, has claimed that the European Union needs to tighten up controls at its borders and to improve the training it gives to its customs officers.

There, at the seat of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, a system of Big Science funding that marries politics with scientific objectives, allows little transparency and exercises insufficient control has enabled the mess that the HBP has become.

Willie Soon continues to attend industry - funded climate denier events and detests questions that highlight the dirty energy companies funding his work: watch Dr. Soon shout at a student asking critical questions last April, at events run by the campus arm of CFACT, a well known climate denial organization.

On November 10, 2006, she died at home in her husbands arms, just a few days after speaking at a fund - raiser for the Heffter Research Institute, which funded Dr. Grobs study.

Armed with an absurd product pitch and short on the charisma or quick thinking needed to convince local businessmen of his sincerity, Jimmy soon finds himself out of funds, leaving him at the mercy of those who promise to help him stay in the place he's gambled away his entire livelihood to be.

Campaigners tend to respond by taking their call to arms straight to the centre, namely — for publicly ‑ funded schools at least — the Department for Education (DfE).

James Allen, head of policy at the Sport and Recreation Alliance, which represents sport governing bodies, said: «The funding is bound to be a shot in the arm for schools following the demise of School Sport Partnerships.

Sundorph said the DfE was included in this calculation: «This means 96 per cent of admin staff will become automated at DfE and its arm's - length bodies — the Education Funding Agency, Standards and Testing Agency, and The National College for Teaching and Leadership.»

It builds on the efforts of previous sessions to accelerate the expansion of charters, regardless of need through funding a pseudo - marketing / oversight arm, at Florida State University called the Florida Charter School Innovation Institute.

Initial funding of the project, which is a collaboration of the Church and various arms of the Italian government, was set at $ 51.6 million.

Just as some investors choose to invest in ethical funds (which avoid investing in arms trading, tobacco and so on) there are at least a few credit cards available which aim to have a positive impact on the world.

The Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, provides grants aimed at strengthening farm communities.