Sentences with phrase «at federal investments»

For the youngest children, Duncan was pleased at the federal investment during his tenure, which topped $ 1 billion, but was frustrated he couldn't persuade congressional Republicans to do more.

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«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 %.

Before NEA, Yanev was a Senor Investment Officer in the Bush and Obama Administrations, where he focused on investing in new cutting - edge technologies at the Federal Loan Program, a $ 150 billion investmenInvestment Officer in the Bush and Obama Administrations, where he focused on investing in new cutting - edge technologies at the Federal Loan Program, a $ 150 billion investmentinvestment vehicle.

In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projects.

«But, because the business is so highly regulated on a state level and the threat of federal as well as state prosecution for violation remains, potential investors will want to take a long, hard look at the operations and the people involved in any investment opportunity.»

Take a look at the specific language of the government's amendments in the last federal budget to the Investment Canada Act (Bill C - 60).

The Trump administration is preparing to release an infrastructure plan in the coming weeks that reportedly includes at least $ 200 billion in federal spending that would jumpstart investment from the private sector, and state and local governments.

«What the market may be reflecting is the possibility that the [Federal Reserve] could still be on the table for this year,» said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors.

There are several reasons for the recent volatility, says E. B. Tucker, an analyst at Baltimore's Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, but the main culprit is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program.

Under normal market conditions, the Near - Term Tax Free Fund invests at least 80 percent of its net assets in investment grade municipal securities whose interest is free from federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax.

Mr. Kushner has consulted with at least one lawyer and believes that by forgoing a salary and putting his investment fund, his real estate holdings and The New York Observer into a blind trust, he would not be bound by federal nepotism rules, according to one of the people briefed.

That's why the Steelworkers urged the federal and provincial governments to make their support at NAFTA and the WTO contingent on investments in job creation, industrial diversification, upgrading, training and communities here in Canada.

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailOTTAWA — Clare Demerse, federal policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following comments in response to the federal budget released Wednesday: «We're pleased that the new federal budget makes smart investments for clean energy and climate action in Canada.

«Recent federal and state investigations and litigation have raised questions as to whether the investment in unconventional assets in retirement accounts may jeopardize these accounts» tax - favored status and place account owners» retirement savings at risk.»

At the same time, we faced a progressive tax system where we had to pay a 39.6 % Federal tax rate plus a 3.8 % Net Investment Income tax plus a 0.9 % Medicare tax plus an Alternative Minimum tax plus a 13 % State tax plus Social Security tax plus Sales tax plus retroactive State taxes to pay for government overspending.

In order to stimulate the creation of a series of Canadian venture investment funds, at little cost to government, CATA proposes that the federal government borrow a page from the Israeli play book, with the structure proposed by VC expert Stephen Hurwitz6.

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.50

Aaron Brickman, senior vice president for strategy and development at the Organization for International Investment (OFII), a nonprofit trade association, also founded SelectUSA, a federal program to promote foreign direct investment Investment (OFII), a nonprofit trade association, also founded SelectUSA, a federal program to promote foreign direct investment investment in the US.

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The SBIR program was created to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy... one business at a time.

John LaPann, brings more than 30 years of high - level investment and planning experience to his role as Chairman at Pathstone Federal Street.

He's got a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, he's a CFA charterholder, and he's worked at the Federal Reserve bank in Atlanta, and he currently works in the research department of a large investment manager here in San Francisco.

«Repatriation has little effect on real investment in the United States,» said Alan Viard, a tax expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a former senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

What the federal government has done is extend the capital cost allowance for manufacturers for investments made after 2015 and before 2026 (it was set to expire at the end of 2015.)

It is tragic, therefore, that in the United States today, federal infrastructure investment, net of depreciation, is running close to zero, and net government investment is lower than at any time in nearly six decades.

«An individual should sit down with a financial professional to look at their whole picture if the windfall is of any size,» said Alexis Hongamen, a money manager at Federal Retirement Investment Advisers in Orlando, Fla. «For small windfalls, it may be best just to pay off credit card debt and promise themselves never to fall into that trap again.»

Part of munis» appeal as an investment is that they are tax - free at the federal level and often the state and local levels.

Here at home, the federal government's infrastructure investment plans should focus specifically on diversifying Canada's exports - aside from resource development and transport, investment in telecommunications, clean energy, and bio-tech infrastructure would be well worth the effort.

Our energy relationship with Asia should be framed within the context of a broader Canada - Asia strategy that champions stronger diplomatic relations, trade and investment agreements with key Asian partners, engagement with Asian regional institutions, and market diversification strategies at the federal, provincial and sectoral levels.

Look to to the bottom of the top one percenters, where folks are easily paying 34 - 35 % marginal income taxes at the Federal level — that's with charitable deductions, mortgage deductions, long term cap investment gains, yadda yadda yadda.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in an armchair discussion highlighting the federal budget's investments in Canadian innovation at the University of Ottawa in March 2018.

Also at 1 p.m., Rep. Brian Higgins, will be advocating for Western New York neighborhoods to be nominated as federal Opportunity Zones, under a new program that provides tax incentives to encourage investment in designated economically distressed areas, 1021 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Buffalo.

The state Department of Taxation and Finance is working on an unincorporated business tax that might allow partners at law firms and investment banks and similar high - paying places to get around the federal limitation on deducting state and local taxes.

He says he's pushing hard at the federal level for infrastructure investment.

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, right, stands with Mayor Bill de Blasio, and other local elected officials and transportation advocates, as they urge increased federal transportation investment in vital infrastructure in New York, on Nov. 24, 2015, under the Amtrak Rotunda at Penn Station in Manhattan.

It is a wise investment for the federal government,» Cuomo said at a news conference in New York City.

The Empire Center broke the news this week that the state Department of Taxation and Finance is working on an unincorporated business tax that might allow partners at law firms and investment banks and similar high - paying places to get around the federal limitation on deducting state and local taxes.

At the federal level, we took some heat for voting to bail out General Motors, but I knew we weren't just helping GM, I was investing our Western New York workforce and our investment is paying huge dividends.

A former top NYPD cop, Phillip Banks III, received up to $ 500,000 in investment income from a real estate firm run by one of two Borough Park businessman at the center of a federal probe into possible police corruption, city records show.

The plant was commission by President Denis Sassou N'Guesso, with the Federal Government of Nigeria represented at the event by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Solid Minerals, and Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment.

Also at 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul joins Rep. Brian Higgins in highlighting state and federal investments in workforce development on Buffalo's East Side, Northland Training Center, 638 Northland Ave., Buffalo.

The proposed $ 500 million in statewide investment joins at least $ 170 million earmarked by the Federal Communications Commission.

But Republicans have insisted the bill, which adds nearly $ 1.5 trillion to the federal deficit, gives many if not most middle - class Americans a tax cut at the same level as the 21 percent corporate benefit, boosting investment, job creation, higher wages and offsetting tax revenues.

Dangote said that the group would also continue to engage governments at the federal and state levels where there were great potential to explore investment opportunities.

From left, Rep. Nita Lowey, Rep. Peter King, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy joined other elected officials, labor leaders and investment bankers at a news conference in Manhattan to discuss the push for federal dollars for the state and region in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

«That you Stephen Oronsaye a.k.a. Mr Steve Oronsaye on or about 30th December, 2014 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory whilst being the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force and in such capacity entrusted with certain property to wit: the sum of N100, 000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira) committed Breach of Trust in respect of the said sum by converting it to your personal use through the investment of the said sum of N90, 000,000.00 in Access Bank Plc's Bankers Acceptance for a tenor of 90 days at 12.0 % interest rate each in violation of the extant financial regulations».

While at ITIF, he tracked federal energy R&D investments and innovation activities, and authored several white papers and policy briefs exploring the role of innovation in solving the nation's energy and climate challenges.

It is of grave concern to the research community that President Trump's budget proposal — which would fund the agency at a 15 - year low — values investments in defense above all other federal expenditures.»

Both Acts called for a doubling of the Federal investments in basic research at the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science to maintain the United States» position at the forefront of global innovation.