Sentences with phrase «at a fund for»

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«We hear concern that the current Court of Appeals lacks someone with a background in commercial issues,» said Dennis Hawkins, executive director at the Fund for Modern Courts, an organization that works to improve the state court system.

His deputy will be Katharine Lister, who joins the IE operation straight from a stint at Fund for America — one of the primary progressive soft - money vehicles operating currently.

about As New Rochelle Power Couples Laud Each Other at Fund for Educational Excellence Gala, Their School Taxes Go Unpaid

He has supported legalized marriage for gay couples and has opposed efforts to chip away at funding for Planned Parenthood.

Researchers at the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME) in Nottingham, have just finished the first stage of development, which draws on research showing that human skin cells produce chemicals called cytokines when exposed to chemicals that are irritants.

By Renee Boss, Initiative Director at The Fund for Transforming Education, and Amy Spicer, Director of Professional Learning at The Colorado Education Initiative What happens when teachers trade isolation for collaboration?

Reggie is a 19 year old male Bobcat who was rescued and is cared for by our friends at Fund for Animals Wildlife Center.

Funding for food and care is paid by site sponsors and distributed to animals in need at the Fund for Animals» renowned animal sanctuaries, pet shelters supported by the Petfinder Foundation, amazing International Fund for Animal Welfare programs that save animals in dire situations worldwide, Rescue Bank, and other worthy animal care facilities and programs supported by the GreaterGood.org foundation.

Margo started her animal career at the Fund For Animals Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in 1994, where she cared for orphaned, injured and ill native wildlife.

The cuts to climate change research in this bill are in line with the spending priorities laid out last month by Paul Ryan and the House Budget Committee, and with earlierefforts to chip away at funding for climate change research.

Rassart J. en Goossens E. are Ph.D. fellows at the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO).

Not exact matches

I'm not saying this couldn't be good for a sophisticated investor, someone willing to look at a particular fund to see what's inside it and whether it fits their needs.

My dad worked for 35 years at Stelco in Hamilton, before watching a once great company dragged into bankruptcy, in large part because of a pension plan it could no longer fund.

The fund hopes to buy the shares back at a later date for a cheaper price before returning them to the original owner, pocketing the difference minus fees.

We had the rare opportunity last week to sit down at 1871 with Joe Mansueto, the founder and CEO of mutual fund tracker Morningstar, for a fireside chat.

«The current pace of repricing in fed funds is not immediately problematic for the Fed and there is yet time to price more into the curve, though we'd argue that at the June meeting, it's likely the markets will have to come to grips with the possibility of a fourth hike in 2018 and price more appropriately,» Lyngen said.

One could say that private equity funds have, at least in their thirst for assets and their run - of - the - mill returns, begun to resemble grubby, conventional mutual funds.

Approximately 60 percent of U.S. actively managed large - cap funds are beating their benchmarks for the year to date, the best performance through April for any year since at least 2009, according to research from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

By contrast, traders (hedge funds) and small investors are expressing historically high levels of bearish sentiment (both groups are known for following trends and being wrong at turning points).

The trust fund is paid for with receipts from the federal fuel tax, and with gas prices at low levels, an increase in the tax might be part of a more extended program.

Also, a bond fund is only going to have so much cash on hand, so if the investors in a certain fund all want to redeem their shares of the fund at the same time, it will pose problems for the fund manager trying to meet redemption requests.

In response to a Twitter question aimed at Graham from David Heinemeier Hansson, founder of open - source framework for programmers Ruby on Rails and project management software Basecamp, Altman provided a preliminary look into the fund's position.

The new regime at the money - losing retailer, backed by a hedge fund, may have had more in mind than just changing the optics around a brand best known for its sexually provocative — some would say sleazy — advertising.

Some look at the funds in the bank as rainy day reserves instead of looking for a return on investment from a formal campaign.

It's called the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and funding for it technically expired at the end of September (although states do have enough money to keep it going for a couple of months).

Previously, he managed a fund at Legg Mason that beat the S&P 500 for 15 consecutive years through 2005.

Robert Walker, vice-president of ethical funds and ESG Services at NEI Investments, says banks are recognizing the need for fair compensation.

Late last year, she accepted a job as a senior consultant on ocean governance for World Wildlife Fund Canada, which provides her with new mentors, new skills and the chance to go home at the end of the day.

Anzu Partners closed its debut fund at $ 128.4 million to back «hard tech» start - ups working on tech for industrial use.

«They were banking on their employers paying for their degrees and then saw that funding revoked,» says Séan Corbishley, the schools's director of EMBA and custom programming at the school, adding that mining firms are looking to save money.

«A lot of M&A actually destroys value for shareholders, not adds value... acquisitions are quite risky, they can be distracting, they have to be integrated effectively,» Sue Noffke, fund manager at Schroders said.

(Lewis used to work for Thiel as the vice president of marketing at Clarium Capital, a hedge fund run by Thiel.)

«He may believe (possibly correctly) that the next day, trade ministers will be lining up in Washington to negotiate bilateral FTAs, ready to accept U.S. terms, thus handing him another victory,» Oonagh Fitzgerald, director of the international law program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and Hector Torres, a member of the International Monetary Fund's executive board, wrote in an op - ed on January 30.

«I think many states would have a serious challenge in providing 80 % of funding for viable infrastructure projects,» said one lobbyist closely involved in tracking the issue, referring to the component of the White House plan that caps federal investment at 20 %.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

But if deposits dwindle at a bank, it might have to pay a lot more for funding from other sources, or it might have to curtail lending, which would crimp its profits.

Rudd's $ 43bn fast web gamble The global recession has forced Kevin Rudd to scrap plans for a high - speed national broadband network funded by the private sector and wager at least $ 21.9 billion of taxpayers» money to fund his election pledge to bring internet speeds into the 21st century.

Take a look at the infographic below generated by San Francisco - based startup organization Funders and Founders for more stories of how many of the most successful entrepreneurs got started by looking at their own problems and finding a solution.

Not only did WhatsApp co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton work together at Yahoo, but the $ 250,000 in seed funding that enabled them to launch the messaging app that Facebook bought for $ 19 billion came from five former Yahoo friends.

For example, just by building an emergency fund with at least 30 days of living expenses in it will make most of these problems go away.

But, at least in the venture capital world, funding for companies focused on tackling heart disease, respiratory disease, and other mass population conditions — i.e., those that afflict millions upon millions of people — has dropped sharply in the last decade.

So if it can get customers to buy its currently offered 25 - months CD at 2.75 %, it locks in this source of funding for two years at a lower overall rate.

For the newbie technology - driven Fintech entrants (entrepreneurs) For the new entrepreneurs aiming at offering value - driven services to demystify finance as a domain, and to raise quality funding from both angels as well as VCs, More's suggestion is to build a commercially viable and solid business proposition, then focus on customer experience and efficient execution.

Prosper, another online lender, has been looking to raise a new round of funding in exchange for equity at a price that would slash its market value by more than 70 %, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it will create a 100 billion won ($ 85.8 million) fund to compensate cancer - stricken workers and their families, and for efforts to prevention such diseases at its chip and display factories.

It raised $ 4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund over the course of several months; bought the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building for $ 850 million to serve as its new headquarters; is adding a second headquarters at the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco; led a $ 32 million funding round in New York startup The Wing; and has bought several other startups, most recently spending $ 200 million on Meetup.

Whereas Silicon Valley has been at it for at least three decades, the funds in Chile have only been investing for the past five or six years.

Snapchat is valuing itself at $ 16 billion to $ 19 billion for its latest funding round, according to a new report.