Sentences with phrase «as private sector companies»

Kaloyeros has previously defended his contracting practices as necessary to make government as rapid and nimble as the private sector companies who use SUNY Poly facilities.

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In general, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), individuals can't volunteer services to for - profit, private - sector companies unless the activity benefits the employee, such as in the case of an unpaid internship.

As a result, society increasingly is turning to the private sector and asking that companies respond to broader societal challenges.

That is because banks, private - equity firms and institutional investors have continued to pour money into the sector even as oil companies slashed billions of dollars in spending from their budgets and laid off more than 100,000 workers.

In order to build up the private sector as a means for fighting government health care reform, AMA leaders designed the insurance company model.

His prior experience includes private equity funding of start - up telecommunications and Internet services companies, as well as strategic and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, and managing finance and accounting activities for both domestic and international businesses in the telecommunications and Internet services sectors.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

The company said salaries paid to its workers were among the highest in the logistic sector and that it also provided some benefits such as private medical insurance or money to pay for training programs.

During his 2012 campaign, Mitt Romney used his 25 - year experience in the private sector to position himself as a Washington outsider and noted that his time spent as CEO of Bain Capital helped him learn how America competes with companies in the international arena.

Second, private companies «go public» via IPOs, spreading total profits in the economy, as well as earnings in individual sectors, over a larger and larger base of shares.

A robust private sector is necessary to create and foster successful companies such as Apple, held in our All American Equity Fund (GBTFX) and Holmes Macro Trends Fund (MEGAX).

His understanding and connectivity in the GCC in both public and private sectors is unparalleled and uniquely positions him as an ideal expert in the examination and selection of companies that are viable for growth in the market.

Doug Rothwell has worked as an executive in the public, private and non-profit sectors having worked for three state Governor's and two Fortune 500 companies.

As a profitable Crown corporation that operates on commercial principles, EDC works together with private - and public - sector financial institutions to create greater capacity for Canadian companies to engage in trade and investment.

To summarize, this unbiased report was produced by an organization, who has as its board member, the proponent of the research who also happens to be the CEO of the Crown Corporation which is proposing the radical changes, furthermore, this CEO was also the president and CEO of a company that has a private sector mail service that may benefit from these changes, and he is paid close to 520K per year by the Crown / governor in council who appointed him, of an organization that is fasely reporting losses.

Vikram has gained extensive private sector experience in the field of International Marketing, having worked with auto component manufacturer handling South Asia region and in the field of Consulting as Director of an Independent company.

It is mostly private companies that specialize in this type of financing, with programs designed for specific industries, such as the motor - vehicle, aircraft and industrial equipment sectors, although some banks can provide export - leasing services through subsidiaries.

As a profitable Crown corporation that operates on commercial principles, EDC works together with private and public - sector financial institutions to create greater capacity for Canadian companies to engage in trade and investment.

But rather than supporting the idea that all Canadians should have comfortable retirements — say, by reforming CPP, and protecting private sector employees against company bankruptcy — the authors see public sector pensions as just more «premium.»

Executives who have run large, profitable private sector companies should be welcomed as candidates, but they should also be aware of the political liabilities of their backgrounds.

Jeevika Food Machine Private Limited (JFM), a Chennai based company, has firmly established itself as a trusted name in the food processing machinery sector since its inception just five years ago.

Rather than private companies getting these brand spanking new prisons and letting us down we want to make sure that they're treated the same as the public sector and sharing best practices.

The PSMP aims to accelerate private sector workplace investments in malaria prevention as it will support employers by facilitating cost - effective Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) distribution plans while providing workplace malaria education sessions for company staff and community members.

I have no objection to private industry being involved in building schools etc under public sector management, but, as has been detailed time and time again, the financing issues are simply a licence for banks and investment companies to print money.

Throughout the collection, we were keen to showcase the different parts of the UN system, not just its structures and programmes, but also the various actors who make up what is often lazily referred to as «the UN»: member states, staff and the host of groups — NGOs, academics, private sector companies, foundations, regional organisations, etc. — with which it works.

Schroeder, 57, spent 25 years in the private sector, working for two food companies before moving into electoral politics in 2001 as part of a political organization lead by Brian Higgins.

Euphemistically called a «secure college» the proposed facility is, in reality, an enormous new prison built to save costs by warehousing children and contracting out its running to private sector companies such as Serco and G4S.

Since 2007, he's been in the private sector, as CEO of Connect Support Services, an IT company which, incidentally, was founded by Adam Afriyie.

Percoco has acknowledged accepting money from the companies, but said he did so legally as a private - sector consultant, while he was with Cuomo's campaign organization.

It then uses this new money to buy assets, such as government bonds, from private sector businesses including high street banks, pension funds and insurance companies.

Oladeji further called on the parents to have reading time at home as she urged companies in private sector in the state to build and donate libraries to shools and communities as part of their corporate social responsibility.

And I will take a hard line, too, against any attempts to replicate the mistake of skewing the market against public sector providers, effectively bribing private companies by offering them more money to do exactly the same job as you.

The commissioner also lauded some landlords and companies in the state on the level of their compliance with the land use charge, said: «Comrade Oshiomhole has asked me to convey his appreciation and gratitude to the good people of Edo State as well as members of the private sector for their voluntary compliance with the Land Use Charge.

Companies making it into the GC 100 are to serve as role models for the private sector and provide a forum for corporate Ghana to interact with the government at a high level.

But Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial information company Markit, expressed pessimism on the country's employment prospects, saying: «The unemployment rate is likely to continue to rise in coming months as job losses in the public sector are accompanied by lower payroll numbers in private sector services and construction.

A private finance initiative (PFI), also known as a public private partnership (PPP), is a government programme that is funded and operated through a partnership between the government and one or more private sector companies.

Adonis added: «I think he is going to have to go because, as he is forced to defend a massive bailout to the private sector, the question will be asked by the public accounts committee and the National Audit Office — why didn't you adopt the alternative course which was to set up state companies to avoid the need for a bailout?

He has worked as an information technology professional with several large private sector companies, and currently works in information technology with Queensland's Education Department.

One hot topic in public health funding, he said, is the idea of working with the private insurance and reinsurance sectors to begin insuring against pandemics in the same way that these companies insure against natural disasters such as hurricanes.

Obama also gave a shout out to Subra Suresh, marking his first day as director of the National Science Foundation; plugged the Administration's spending on STEM education; and highlighted a private - sector initiative, called Changing the Equation, in which hundreds of companies and organizations are adding their dollars to public investments in science education.

Whereas the ETAN report «didn't find any outstanding universities getting things right,» and the Helsinki Group turned up «no individual countries that stood out» as being especially conducive to women's involvement in science and engineering, looking at the private sector, there are a number of companies that are «on the path of changing their organisation and culture,» notes Rees.

Gig.U is holding a request for information (RFI) from September to November to solicit ideas from the local service providers for building out new networks, which would ultimately be funded by Gig.U members as well as any non-profits and private - sector companies interested in the project.

While about 70 per cent of the manufacturing for any given ISRO mission is done by India's private sector, it is unlikely that a single commercial firm will step in to the space race, as several companies have done in the US.

However, in its latest annual report, Peabody Energy Corp., the largest private - sector coal company, cited divestment efforts as a business risk.

Although federally - funded R&D yields hard - to - quantify benefits such as students educated, degrees conferred, companies started, patents and copyrights granted, developmental partnerships formed, and private sector investment inflows, there are many indicators of the impact of this investment.

We also nurture start - ups for scientists so that they can bring medical inventions to market, and we've partnered with leading biotechnology and technology companies such as Genentech, Pfizer, GE and Samsung to leverage the best public and private sector expertise to solve the biggest problems in health.

BDC is part of Bridgepoint, one of Europe's largest private equity investors which has invested in a range of companies in different sectors over the last 25 years including well - known names such as Cruise.co.uk, Fat Face and Prêt A Manger, Cambridge Education Group and Infinitas Learning, publisher of content and e-learning materials for primary and secondary schools and FE colleges across Europe.

It will work with private sector companies such as IBM, Deloitte and Bank of America.

Private - sector financial institutions — such as banks or insurance companies — can apply for a licence to run the funds.

Part of the thinking, such as it is, behind the comparisons is political and philosophical — some folks are opposed to the FHA for the very simple reason that it's a government mortgage insurance program which competes with mortgage insurance companies in the private sector.