Sentences with phrase «big federal investment»

And this still happens today, despite a big federal investment.

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The federal government is betting big on investment in innovation, science and R&D.

But a Wharton - professor - turned - mortgage - consultant is now putting a more upbeat spin on that idea: If you play your cards right, your house could produce a bigger retirement income than a lot of other investment alternatives, with a federal guarantee behind it, to boot.

Novo Nordisk also spent $ 3.2 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in 2017, its biggest - ever investment in directly influencing U.S. policymakers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

I'm a big fan of Congressman Jim Clyburn's 10-20-30 plan, steering 10 percent of federal investments to neighborhoods where 20 percent of the population has been living below the poverty line for 30 years.

Posted by Erin Weir under big business, C. D. Howe Institute, federal budget, foreign investment / ownership, Jack Mintz, taxation, Terry Corcoran.

Google's venture investment arm, GV, is among those pumping cash into Intangible's coffers, alongside some other big venture capital players, hedge fund manager Stan Druckenmiller, and former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh.

Those that didn't go along were marginalized - no federal jobs, no jobs with investment funds, no work on big projects or in certain cities.

The SolarCity construction project, the biggest part of the Buffalo Billion, is embroiled in a corruption scandal as federal prosecutors alleged the $ 750 million state investment was awarded to LPCiminelli through a bid - rigging scheme.

He congratulated the department for using $ 4 million in federal grant money for professional development but stressed a bigger investment would be necessary as teachers and students adjust.

De Blasio's biggest concerns were federal infrastructure investments and funds for counter-terrorism.

Federal records show he has made big investments in real estate and other business ventures continually since he entered Congress.

The military practically abolished Nigeria's federal system in favour of a unitary, distributive economy in which we all shared proceeds of oil; they created more and more states eroding sub-national economic viability; they nationalized and indigenized banks and declared that government would hold the «commanding heights» of our economy, marginalizing investment and the private sector brought in «big government»; they implemented «Udoji awards» and other elements of oil and FX subsidies that Nigeria battles to overcome today; and the about - to - depart government of Murtala / Obasanjo took the first $ 1billion jumbo loan that set Nigeria on the path to debt peonage!

As a fellow, he works on Big Data policies and programs, participates in a coordination and leadership group on cyberinfrastructure investments, and works to advance the data - intensive science and high performance computing communities supported by NSF and other Federal agencies.

FAPESP has the biggest budget of all the regional agencies, but that does not reduce federal investments in the state, says Clelio Campolina, the minister of science, technology and innovation.

«Even with a constrained federal budget, more resources are needed for HCV surveillance and monitoring,» Crowley said, adding, «Relatively modest investments, however, can have a big impact toward eliminating HCV.»

It's part of an ongoing effort to persuade federal policymakers that making a bigger investment in graduate education will create more jobs and strengthen the economy.

And it tweaks the rules governing existing activities, from the fledgling Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy at DOE to long - running training programs at NSF, with the goal of getting a bigger economic payoff from federal investments.

Some of the biggest investments are for regional restoration, so check individual federal and state websites for water initiatives.

That's an impressive return on investment at a time when local, state, and federal officials are trying to squeeze out the biggest bang for their limited bucks.

Return on federal investment in genomics is big, but updated estimate is smaller than figure that Obama cited in State of the Union

Wall Street is one of the biggest backers of charter schools these days, because they're investing in — they make — there's something called the new markets tax credit, where they get — and Juan González wrote about this — they're able to make a tremendous return on their investment in charters, because of write - offs on federal taxes by investing in charters.

With unprecedented federal investment in failing schools through the multi-billion-dollar School Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efforts.

It will be a big investment for a school that took in a total of $ 2.7 million in federal, state and local education dollars for the 2011 - 12 school year, according to DPI funding estimates.

Families, states and the federal government all make big investments in our kids, as revealed by the steep costs of anticipated school supplies and the amount that's being spent per student by the government.

Corporations, cities, states, the Federal government, foreign governments, and other entities issue bonds to raise money to pay for big investments of their own.

A recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics, Richter was a signatory on a letter from 34 Nobel laureates to Obama last year pushing for a big and sustained rise in the federal investment in energy research.

Now if only this issue, and the students» push, could get some coverage from George Will, who claims to be a big fan of federal investment in science (unless it threatens his worldview).

A big question surrounding home solar energy storage systems has been whether or not the battery storage components qualify for the Federal 30 % Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

He did take a big step when he noted that, unlike the federal loan guarantees that have become so unpopular in his political party, the PTC is based on performance and is a proven way of leveraging private investment.

BIG NEWS: US Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has been extended for 2016 to 2022!

In 1945, Bush urged for a bigger and more sustained federal investment in science, writing that «since health, well - being, and security are proper concerns of Government, scientific progress is, and must be, of vital interest to Government.»

Unless you were living under a rock (or working extra hours to pay your outlandish rock rent), you probably heard about the massive bailouts that the federal government rolled out over the past few years to help keep a few of the «too big to fail» investment companies and financial institutions afloat.

It is federal budget season again, and President Barack Obama is pushing for big investments and changes in early education, proposing healthy increases in spending on home visiting, preschool and Head Start.