Sentences with phrase «backed by an interesting»

Somewhat like Courtney's writings, Walker's YA material is backed by an interest in youth culture.

In 2012, it came to light that the company's CEO had received loans that were backed by his interest in the natural gas wells the company also owns.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

All the coverage and crazy claims could hardly be satisfied by the actual Segway, though a more savvy (read: scaled - back and informative) marketing strategy could have generated interest and delivered on its promises.

CytoSport's innovative pipeline in recent years has been powered by Hormel Foods (hrl), which paid $ 450 million to acquire the sports - nutrition maker back in 2014 in a deal intended to help the company reach younger consumers as well as those interested in adding more protein to their diets.

The Weinstein Company said it had received a letter of interest from Inclusion Media, a potential bidder backed by Broadway producer Howard Kagan, after the bid deadline.

If you're interested, we'd suggest action fast as the deal is for a limited time only — Microsoft says it's gonna jump back up by $ 50 on June 17.

Non-performing loans are loans made by banks or shadow banks to companies or citizens that haven't been paid back, or where interest payments haven't been made.

The bank will get its money back on fees and interest and, in the extreme case, by repossessing the equipment.

By tapping up on the directional - pad, I was easily able to switch between Senu and Bayek — while playing as Senu, you can mark enemies, treasures, and places of interest, which then applies to Bayek when you switch back.

«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public interest groups),» the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.

With short - term interest rates going up, now's the time to trim financing costs by cutting back on adjustable - rate loans.

Crudely put, the theory states that when inflation rises above a prescribed level (typically around 2 %), central banks must respond by raising interest rates, which quells consumer demand and causes inflation to fall back to «acceptable» levels.

ISS is expected to publish its view on whether Michael Dell's offer, which is backed by equity financing from buyout firm Silver Lake, is in the interest of Dell's shareholders as early as next week.

I try to «give back» by devoting an extra fifteen minutes to female founders by providing advice and feedback regardless of investment interest.

The projects generate revenue by selling the electricity they produce, which then allows the investors to get paid back with interest.

The other day I read an interesting book called Entrepreneurial DNA, by Joe Abraham, the founder of BOSI Global, an operating partner to venture - backed and owner - operated companies.

The down payment could be protected by a priority lien and would accrue interest at a regulated rate that could be paid back into the employees retirement account by the mortgage holder.

«The interest rates you could charge someone are so low that you can test the waters on whether they would pay you back by talking about a repayment plan,» says Gamel.

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

The only production that could be brought back on line fast is shale oil, but without the extremely low interest rates caused by government meddling, shale drilling will be much more expensive in the future.

As far as excess reserves are concerned, B&K argued back in 2016 (when the IOER was a mere 0.25 %), «the only potential loans that would have been affected by the Fed's payment of interest are those with risk - adjusted short - term returns between precisely zero and one - quarter percent — surely a tiny fraction of the total.»

In June, the company also announced plans to acquire SolarCity, the solar energy company backed by Musk and his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive, but the deal was questioned by investors over fears of cash burns and conflict of interest.

Treasuries are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government so repayment of principal and interest is never going to be an issue.

Caused by worries of a summer interest rate hike and uptick in the U.S. dollar, gold and silver both stalled in May but have since rallied on the back of Brexit and with government bond yields in freefall.

Cobb had told White House Chief of Staff John Kelly several weeks ago that he was interested in stepping back from his role as the lead lawyer within the White House handling requests from Mueller, but the timing of his replacement took some by surprise.

I dabbled in the cryptocurrency space in 2011 by messing around with mining bitcoin, but back then I was more interested in it from a technological perspective vs. as an actual investment asset class.

Posted by Arun DuBois under asset backed commercial paper, banks, federal budget, interest rates, monetary policy.

After a long, strong run, equity investors are spooked by growing uncertainty, political cray - cray, interest rates coming back from the dead (though still historically low), a new Fed chair, and who knows what else?

The government is called on to bail them out by issuing bonds, and to pay the interest charges either by raising taxes or cutting back spending programs.

Posted by Arun DuBois under asset backed commercial paper, banks, economic crisis, financial markets, global crisis, interest rates.

Back in those dark days, Carney took the unprecedented step of guaranteeing low interest rates for 15 months, a market - calming innovation copied this year by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Your MAGI (modified adjusted gross income) is calculated by taking your AGI and adding back certain items — including student loan interest, IRA contributions, passive income or loss, and 1/2 of self - employment tax.

Your MAGI is determined by taking your AGI and adding back certain items — including foreign income, student loan interest, qualified tuition expenses, rental losses, and IRS contributions.

Back in 2010, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg predicted email's demise and put the reasoning in the simplest possible terms, completely separate to any vested interests held by the company she works for.

Their underlying worth is determined by the central banking system and the government, through a series of federal guarantees, the setting of interest rates and so on (money used to be backed by physical gold in Fort Knox, but that hasn't been the case since the 1970s).

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Interest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fundInterest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fundinterest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fund's rate.

Most cryptocurrencies which are backed by a strong development team, a growing community and a number of interested investors...

Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Foreign - Exchange Strategist Shaun Osborne says the Canadian dollar is poised to rally to C$ 1.20 versus its U.S. counterpart by year - end, from C$ 1.2683 at 12:35 p.m. Tokyo time Wednesday, as traders who've been reducing expectations for a third BOC interest - rate hike in 2017 begin to price one back in.

The company, which recently airdropped a massive cache of XRP into US public school coffers is hoping to stimulate interest in the creation of applications that use its currency and blockchain, which has attracted a lot of interest as a back - end technology in the banking industry, but has only been adopted by one other Coin thus far — the somewhat mysterious Allvor.

«Whereas companies routinely reward their shareholders with higher dividends, no company in the history of finance, going back as far as the Medicis, has rewarded its bondholders by raising the interest rate on a bond.»

NEW YORK (AP)-- The problems at Wells Fargo and its overly aggressive sales culture date back at least 15 years, and management had little interest in dealing with the issue until it spiraled out of control resulting in millions of accounts being opened fraudulently, according to an investigation by the company's board of directors.

More than eight in 10 millennials said they were interested in sustainable investing, according to a recent survey by Morgan Stanley.1 Given that millennials are expected to have $ 19 trillion to $ 24 trillion in assets by 2020, sustainable investing may have some wind at its back.2

Nor has Synchrony's recent jump in total net interest income (by 13 % on a year - over-year basis in Q2), on the back of encouraging growth in purchase volume from its cardholders.

Although some critics are skeptical of this approach, the securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and earn interest, which is reinvested in the trust fund.

But next year, single - family home price growth could slip back to just 2 % and condo values fall by 2 %, as the market goes through a soft landing once interest rates start to rise, according to the report written by TD Economics.

5) When the banks, flush with the huge profits stemming from the carry - trade opportunities provided by many years of limitless access to near - zero - cost short - term credit, pay back the TARP money with a smidgen of interest, declare the whole exercise to be a resounding success for taxpayers and the economy.

Some of the binary options robots are even backed by brokers now, where it is in their interest for you to lose money.

MAGI is calculated by taking the adjusted gross income from you tax forms and adding back deductions for things like student loan interest and higher education expenses.