Sentences with phrase «biggest backers on»

Collins, one of President Donald Trump's biggest backers on Capitol Hill, has advocated for the GOP tax plan.

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In what has been my biggest success to - date in raising $ 44,000 on Kickstarter to start ReKixx cool sneakers 100 % recyclable, my first statement is, thank you to my 496 backers for believing in me, understanding my mission, and liking my sneakers.

In venture capital, a «zombie» is a start - up that raises money but fails to attract a buyer or grow big enough to go public, leaving backers without hope for a return on their investment.

Until the government stops pandering to their incumbent big business backers our economy will continue to rely on our abundant, but finite, natural resources.

CDI co-founders Phil McFarlane, Brendon McKeegan and Gavin Evans, along with their backers, initially had big plans to build a dairy empire on the border of Victoria and South Australia.

If we compare it to the average majority of all Labour MPs, we can see that Corbyn's backers in that contest do, just as John asserted, enjoy, on average, larger majorities, although whether the difference will automatically be big enough to save all of them is anyone's guess.

In an effort to crack down on the «vaping» craze, the Legislature is set to follow in the Big Apple's footsteps and ban e-cigs in public places, backers of the bill said Monday.

Can a party whose rationale for existing is to grow progressive economic movements throughout the country «where politicians are held accountable to working people, instead of big - money backers» really work for, endorse, and host on its line one of the greatest threats to its agenda within the Democratic Party?

Werritty, the group's UK director, was funded by a raft of powerful businessmen including Michael Hintze, one of the Tories biggest financial backers whose hedge fund, CQS, has investments in companies that have contracts with the Ministry of Defence; Poju Zabludowicz, chairman of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, who chairs a US munitions company; and the Good Governance Group, a private security firm set up by a South African businessman, Andries Pienaar, who also has an investment firm, C5 Capital, focused on the defence sector.

«Mr Simpson and Mr Woodley are due to retire, and will be replaced by one general secretary, who will have a major influence on the Labour Party, of which Unite is the biggest financial backer.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have been picked up by media across the world.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have prompted questions in parliament.

Public Advocate Letitia James - one of the biggest backers of Rep. Charlie Rangel's re-election - has endorsed Rangel's rival Adriano Espaillat in his own quest to hold on to his seat in the state Senate.

ApoB backers point to recent analyses that found high apoB levels better predicted patients» likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke and a genetic study that showed that reducing apoB had a bigger effect on cardiovascular risk than did reducing LDL cholesterol.

Meanwhile, CommUNITY's biggest backer, the AFT, has spent some $ 600,000 on the race.

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.

Some charter backers see an opportunity in New York's waning national influence to focus on the problems at home, and to build a bigger, fairer, less divided sector, with sustainable political ground game that can help charters notch incremental wins rather than just the dramatic victories they've come to expect.

We look at his fascinating albums / End of an Era: France's motor industry before WW2 — In the first of a two - part article, David Beare examines the offerings from French manufacturers at the 1938 Paris Salon, the last before the outbreak of war / Clipped Wings: the Aerocar — Douglas Blain samples a rare survivor of the marque established in Detroit by Henry Ford's first big backer / Back on the Road — Michael Ware describes the long - term restoration of an historic Grand Prix Bugatti, the ex-Count Czaikowski Type 51

In addition, this format means that backers don't get to use features found on the big crowdfunding sites.

The company is even promising free t - shirts to every backer if the fundraiser sells 1000 books, adding another really big cost to a project that already seems to be operating on some really thin overhead.

I still think that a 150 - 175 $ tiers could be a big success, and many 100 $ backers would upgrade to 150 $ if they could get these rewards: - Download of Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse - DRM FREE - PC (Windows and Linux) & Mac - Regular Developer Diaries, ideas Exchange Forum and Video Updates - Access to exclusive digital content: Game Artwork (inc. poster and wallpaper); Director's Commentary on previous Broken Sword games & Archive Videos - Android Version - Hi - Res Digital Comic Books of Broken Sword - The Serpent's Curse, Broken Sword: Director's Cut, and Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered - History of Broken Sword eBook - Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse digital Concept Art - character sheets, layouts etc. - Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Digital Soundtrack - Copy of any one previous Revolution game on GOG.com (Broken Sword or otherwise - PC only - Exclusive digital Game Design Content: Scripts of Broken Sword: Director's Cut, Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered, and Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse; Game Design Document for Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse; Archive of existing Game Design Documents for previous games - All Revolution game titles on GOG.com: Broken Sword 1 - 4, In Cold Blood, Lure of the Temptress and Beneath a Steel Sky (PC only)- Boxed Kickstarter special edition of the Game, includes: CD / DVD game with full packaging, Game Comic Book for Broken Sword — Director's Cut, Broken Sword 2 — Remastered, Broken Sword — the Serpent's Curse; game Poster; CD with full Soundtrack; Kickstarter Backer T - Shirt.

Shell, Nokia and Lego are among the big business backers of a World Bank movement to put a price on climate pollution.

Long - ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen, whom many consider a backer of the biggest logging group, Try Pheap, recently said he had authorized rocket attacks on illegal loggers.

Such plans, because they will make big money, have powerful backers: When Heather Zichal left her post as the Obama administration's climate czar, she accepted a $ 180,000 - a-year position on the board of the country's biggest gas exporter.

So, maybe the part requesting most creativity is being compliant with relevant laws in a way you do not cause a too big drop on the backers» side.