Sentences with phrase «at this initiative in»

Governor Andrew Cuomo's combined State of the State and budget message today included a promise to make permanent the historic property tax cap enacted at his initiative in 2011.

Pet Business took a close look at this initiative in the 2017 October issue.

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A source at ride - sharing start - up Lyft told Inc. there are at least two initiatives in the works that that will bring together policy (and potentially lobbying) efforts to the sharing economy.

Elizabeth Gore is the entrepreneur in residence at Dell, where she drives initiatives that support Dell's goals around helping small and medium businesses scale and prosper, fueling the expansion of global entrepreneurship, thereby creating jobs that will drive the world economy.

Also at GSK, she served as Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs for Oncology, in addition to providing regulatory leadership on a number of innovation and operational excellence initiatives.

He and his colleagues at Edward Jones are hedging their bets, expecting at least some volatility in the likelihood that a few of Trump's economic initiatives underwhelm investors» lofty expectations.

«It's not just about hitting that number in your class profile, it's about the broader initiative of changing the discussion at that boardroom table, changing the landscape of business,» says da Silva at Rotman.

The claim: «Walmart announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the United States just this year because of our various plans and initiatives,» Trump said at a news conference on Feb. 16.

Howard, 54, has already hired at least one person to work for him on initiatives in digital assets and plans to hire more.

Rasco: Well I think if you look at one of the initiatives for example, in India is the digitization plan.

This topic came up recently at a meeting where everyone was bemoaning the funding cutbacks in social services in many cities and the fact that outreach efforts, awareness campaigns and other marketing initiatives were among the first things to be dropped.

To keep the initiative rigorous, Moonrocks is working with Cheskin Research, in Redwood Shores, Calif., specialists in the market segmentation, to ensure that ideas picked up by Lunar are aimed at sufficiently promising and well - defined markets.

«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

Initiatives detailed in the White House fact sheet ranged from committing to the «Rooney rule,» a recruiting practice in which at least one woman and one minority are considered for each position, to more specific ideas and goals.

Ideally, Google hopes this initiative will decrease the popularity of those plug - ins that block all ads indiscriminately, improving the user experience at the expense of online content creators.

After modifying how its «Trending Topics» section works, rolling out a «disputed» tag and partnering with Craigslist's founder in a $ 14 million initiative aimed at rebuilding trust in journalism, Facebook's (fb) latest move to tackle the growing misinformation problem involves giving users basic news literacy tips.

In companies with forward - thinking leadership, customer experience improvement initiatives will need to start at the C - level and spread throughout the rest of the company.

He was addressing an intimate crowd at the StartUp Health Café in San Francisco about the White House Cancer Moonshot — the widely praised initiative he had begun leading just a year ago and that, only days from now, was slated to lose its potent «White House» prefix — when he began talking about his eldest son.

Presumably, the Airbnb initiative would be aimed at helping travelers unexpectedly stuck outside of the U.S.. On Saturday, travelers from restricted countries were detained in U.S. airports or blocked from boarding U.S. - bound planes.

Total revenue of small businesses included in the initiative grew at 10.8 percent on an annualized basis between in the two years studied, according to the report.

«More capital at the early stage is going to drive the breakthroughs that will drive costs down,» said Brian Deese, Obama's senior adviser on climate change who announced the private - public sector initiative to reporters in Washington.

For now, James says she is excited that the efforts are finally getting a voice — even if it is at CES (normally a launchpad for high - end refrigerators and new smartwatches, not for initiatives that hope to improve the lack of diversity in tech).

Krzanich introduced the investment at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, but it's James who was in charge of the initiative.

The state government has unveiled a number of initiatives aimed at boosting tourism in Western Australia, including changes to cruise ship gambling rules and a $ 7.2 million promotion deal with Qantas.

Since he took over as worldwide managing director in July, he's launched a dozen internal initiatives, ranging from cost - cutting measures (at a firm notorious for not taking its own efficiency medicine) to a new focus on marketing (a word that, by Barton's own account, draws gasps of horror at McKinsey).

This weekend pays tribute to a specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old - school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program designs, specially - designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.

CAW delegates have already voted in favour of the initiative at a convention in August; CEP members will cast their votes in October.

In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivitIn researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivitin terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

I've been pretty public about a failure that we had at the Case Foundation, which was a global water initiative in sub-Saharan Africa.

At the same time, Intel announced similar initiatives, such as its massive Diversity in Technology Initiative, which through a partnership with GirlsWhoCode is helping to provide more educational support to a greater number of young women.

In late October, for example, an initiative called Yellow Page Mountain dumped dozens of copies of the Yellow Pages at its publisher's Montreal doorstep, as part of a campaign to «hasten the discontinuation of the paper phone directory.»

Mexico and Canada began negotiating with the U.S. in August at the initiative of Trump, who's repeatedly said the NAFTA accord led U.S. companies to fire workers and move factories to Mexico.

As I said at the start of this post, LinkedIn is poised to expand in a huge way based on how these ambitious initiatives play out in the months and years to come.

Throughout his career, Paul has been a key contributor to Delta's strategies and has been instrumental in a number of initiatives, including the purchase of the Trainer refinery from ConocoPhillips; the balance - sheet initiatives that have resulted in nearly $ 7 billion in debt reduction; the structuring of $ 1.8 billion in revolving credit facilities, the expansion of the T - 4 facility at JFK and the recently announced capital allocation strategy.

The states are getting involved, too: New York recently announced a $ 650 million initiative aimed at boosting life science research in that state.

«What we would like to ask investors to look at is our initiatives, some of the new things we're doing — investing in the online - to - offline space in local services, digital entertainment.

- Any further initiative at the euro - area level, in particular those relating to steps towards a fiscal and banking union.

One is Katrina Jones of Accenture, who recently took a lead role at the firm in global inclusion and diversity that has her working on initiatives in the U.S., the U.K., and South Africa.

Lisa Jackson, Apple's VP of environment, policy and social initiatives, said on stage at an Apple press event that the company has reached the 100 % renewable energy goal in 23 countries.

The danger, Cook knows, is that he is now America's most high - profile gay, and there will be a desire for him to weigh in personally on ballot initiatives, speak at campaign events, and give time, talent and treasure to LGBT causes.

«The finding that generational differences in PWE do not exist suggests that organizational initiatives aimed at changing talent management strategies and targeting them for the «very different» Millennial generation may be unwarranted and not a value - added activity,» they conclude.

In his time at the Company he has been intimately involved in the accounting, capital raising and financial initiatives at the companIn his time at the Company he has been intimately involved in the accounting, capital raising and financial initiatives at the companin the accounting, capital raising and financial initiatives at the company.

As an example, the U.K. receives 0.2 % of GDP directly invested into startups, which would translate into $ 120 million in direct startup investments in Lebanon in a given year, and we are at $ 40 million this year, despite the well - known [Lebanese] Central Bank initiative.

The job also puts Gore in charge of Dell's global policy initiatives, empowers her to advocate for pro-entrepreneur regulations and has enabled her to reconnect with former colleagues at the U.N. «I've lived and worked in the humanitarian world for my entire career,» she says.

Promote the e-learning initiative in newsletters, e-mails, and brochures, on bulletin boards, and at staff meetings.

The initiative takes ongoing tests Macy's has been conducting at its «petri dish» of a store in Woodbridge, N.J. — such as mobile checkout in store and new lighting to make shopping more inviting to 50 stores this year — as a launching pad for a series of initiatives it can roll out to a much greater number of stores in 2019.

But it's in your best interest to understand what's at stake, help craft an overarching strategy, and stay on top of security initiatives — just as you would with any other major activity in your company.

«This growing gap will pose increasing competitive challenges for institutions that do not have the resources to invest in facilities, financial aid and other strategic initiatives at the same level as their wealthier counterparts,» wrote Pranav Sharma, the report's lead analyst.

The challenge in prompting change — broadening the classic definition of «infrastructure,» and investing in initiatives aimed at adapting to a turbulent planet — is heightened by partisan divisions over climate policy and development.

«In a small city, it will be easier to get to know the best service providers, such as lawyers, your banker may likely be someone you know, and you can more easily create a name for yourself,» said Chuck Sacco, assistant dean of strategic initiatives in the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel UniversitIn a small city, it will be easier to get to know the best service providers, such as lawyers, your banker may likely be someone you know, and you can more easily create a name for yourself,» said Chuck Sacco, assistant dean of strategic initiatives in the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel Universitin the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University.