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He added that the extra revenue would wind up as a boon to filmmakers, with studios investing more money in film budgets and making more movies overall.

A sharp increase in air freight demand has been a boon to passenger airlines as well.

As the details emerged, several CEOs put out statements saying they believed the agreement would be a boon for renewable energy and that business would play a big role in the energy transition.

The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life sciences community as a major advance in medicine and a boon to children and young adults with a certain form of leukemia (the group for whom the gene therapy is approved).

A bit of caution proved a boon to Canada in other areas as well.

Since it takes several rounds of discussions to understand something as complicated as drug development, this was a boon to fledgling biopharma companies, and VC funding in the space was booming by 2013.

With President Trump deliberating U.S. involvement in Syria, markets see the rising tensions as a boon to oil.

Meanwhile, tax reforms, which are expected to be a boon for tech companies, have hit speed bumps in Washington D.C., as the focus turns toward to President Donald Trump and his interactions with former FBI Director James Comey.

With the advent of the smartphone came a boon for the gaming industry, and new niches within the indie - gaming scene have created a whole new lens through which games can be viewed; we are more aware than ever that games can teach us or exist as experiential art in addition to the entertainment they provide.

Those savings would be such a boon to Teva, it would be as if the company had launched another blockbuster drug, «with exclusivity extending into perpetuity,» analysts at investment back Cowen wrote in a research note.

In the last few years, diversity has become somewhat of a buzzword, and having a diverse group of people working together is seen as a boon.

Even if it winds up being little more than a marketing stunt, the move may prove to be a boon for PepsiCo, as soda sales in the U.S. have been flagging recently — carbonated soft drinks have seen their sales plummet 14 % in the past nine years.

Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.

To have a partner who believes in you, no matter what, is a boon we as a couple are blessed with.

As the NRA and gun manufacturers dumped millions into Trump and the Republican Party in 2016, Clinton may have been a boon to the industry as presidenAs the NRA and gun manufacturers dumped millions into Trump and the Republican Party in 2016, Clinton may have been a boon to the industry as presidenas president.

In fact, because it includes a wide - range of occupations, a growing care economy should be a boon for men as well as for women.

The monumental new tax law signed late in 2017 — the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)-- has been hailed as a boon for big business.

While equity crowdfunding has been targeted as a boon for startups and small companies in need of early stage funding, a growing number of businesses are comprehending that offering shares, in a transparent manner, to consumers familiar with the brand or company can be very effective.

A rise in positive media coverage would be a big boon for the cryptocurrency, particularly if more major retailers can be convinced to take it as payment.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

-- Having the Blue Jays in the race for the World Series at the same time as the federal election has been a bit of a boon for the Conservatives, given that they share the same colours.

Perhaps it is now time to recognize that the third world - changing scientific achievement of the last century is not the unmitigated good that much of Western culture claims it is — and that treating the sexual revolution as a unambiguous, indeed undeniable, boon to humanity can lead to a lot of personal unhappiness, homicidal ghouls like Kermit Gosnell, and the deployment of coercive state power in ways that threaten civil society and democracy.

The desire of growing numbers of women to seek autonomy through activities outside the household can be a great boon to children if, alongside this trend, there occurs a corresponding move to bring men into the household — to involve them as fully as women in child care and child nurture.

He had consulted with the older counselors, who apparently retained some sense of political realities, if not actual memory of events in the reign of David; but he accepted the view of the young fellows of the court, his boon companions reared, like himself, in the diseased artificiality of the harem - infested court and doubtless for long anticipating the day when with his enthronement they should do as they pleased.

I do not like Romney, but the thing is he never brings up his Mormonism, primarily because he isn't preaching it however he can not just leave the lifestyle that he grew up in, it is something he is used to and will always be, but he's not using it as a boon for his campaign, not that it would be one but still

SCHAUMBURG — A boon in suburban skating rinks is raising caution flags among some owners or operators as supply of ice time catches up with demand.

If you are a beginner, the cotton sateen is a good choice as it's smooth silky texture makes it easier to adjust and the cool fabric is a boon for baby in warm weathers.

I think that he still sees the West as the enemy, rather than the friend, and consequently sees terrorism unto the West as a boon to Russia in this «Second Cold War.»

Mr. Cuomo had also spoken highly of Dr. Kaloyeros, depicting him as a visionary in the field of nanotechnology, which Mr. Cuomo has heralded as a potential boon for the state economy.

The process, which involves blasting a mixture of chemicals and water underground in order to extract gas underneath, is seen as a potential economic boon for the upstate region, but environmentalists fear it could damage public water supplies.

Others see the co-located charter schools as a possible boon, as long as the public schools are not hurt in the process.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans are bound to run into political trouble by trying to sell their tax legislation as a boon to the middle class when most of its direct benefits will in fact flow to corporations and wealthy individuals.

Maloney praised Weprin's work as chairman of the Finance Committee when he was in the Council and said his financial aptitude would be a boon in Congress.

The county executive described the years - long dispute over what to do with the Ulster & Delaware rail line — expand tourist rail versus make it into a rail trail along the Ashokan Reservoir — as having culminated in a successful compromise between the two approaches where tourist rail was given a little bit more room, two miles, to grow and a coming - soon world - class rail trail will be both an economic and recreational boon to Ulster.

Canada's participation in the construction of the TMT on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, is also seen as a boon to industrial development.

When retail giant CVS Caremark unveiled its announcement this morning that it will no longer sell cigarettes or other tobacco products in its stores it was rightly hailed as a boon for public health, even netting public praise and a thank you — from the White House.

As life science and technology startups are coming off an unprecedented boon in growth and investment, professors are tapping consulting allowances, participating in entrepreneurial training, and negotiating leaves of absence to create and manage commercial ventures — and experimenting with new methods to make it all work.

Urbanization and the resulting shrinkage of green spaces in cities can be considered a boon for mosquitoes that transmit diseases, such as Aedes aegypti (dengue) and Culex quinquefasciatus (lymphatic filariasis).

In a boon to stem cell research and regenerative medicine, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a «roadmap» for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodieIn a boon to stem cell research and regenerative medicine, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a «roadmap» for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodiein the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodiein our own bodies.

Unlike paleontologists and archaeologists, who condemn amateur hunters and merchants for destroying excavation sites, many meteoriticists see the commercial traffic in meteorites as a boon — even a necessity — to science.

Thoroughly examining these two stars requires expensive new instruments and many nights on the world's best, most in - demand telescopes — boons just as elusive as Alpha Centauri's planets.

This technique, published in the journal Nature, not only uses existing plant waste but consumes large amounts of CO2 and could be applied to other types of chemical manufacturing as well — a boon to our increasingly CO2 - saturated atmosphere.

That would be a huge boon for therapy by allowing doctors to combine visual imaging, such as MRI scans, of tumors with knowledge of their genetic make - up, says experimental oncologist Janusz Rak of McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada.

In the past ten years, a boon of research has yielded connections between the health of your gut and maladies such as obesity, diabetes, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, autism, mental wellness and even aging.

Its seed extracts have been shown in studies to target and destroy inflammatory chemicals such as interleukin, giving it the ability to reduce inflammation, swelling and joint pain — making it a boon to those with osteoarthritis.

This attribute has been a boon for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases, as explained in Health Impact News.

«Fermented foods, ranging from sauerkraut to yogurt, are increasingly being seen as a boon to the gut — and in turn to benefits not only for digestive health but possibly also for allergies and even weight loss»

Often, this wealth is treated as a boon, proof that we live in a time of plenty — but are endless options really that good for us?

In other words, Motorway is a stunt film whose stunts are less conventionally compelling than they are thoughtful, a distinguishing quality that's as much a boon to the film's overall quality as it is a liability — and unfortunately the latter ends up winning out.