Sentences with phrase «corporate money from»

«In spite of the influx of outside corporate money from American Crossroads GPS and the challenging atmosphere some incumbents are facing, Congressman Hinchey is in a strong position heading into the election,» Abacus Associates» David Scott wrote in the poll memo.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

Not exact matches

California Sen. Kamala Harris (D) has pledged not to accept money from corporate political action committees.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will no longer accept money from political action committees linked with corporations for her reelection campaign, she announced on Tuesday, citing the «corrosive» effect of corporate money in politics.

Michal Kauffman writes: By Stage 4, in addition to the panic the company may be feeling as a whole, all sorts of competing interests come out of the woodwork when it comes time to actually move forward with significant investments and real money: from the European tech team that is jazzed about the acquisition, to the U.S. tech team that's threatened by it, to the corporate VC team that hates it because it will undermine a competing investment in their portfolio, to the Services Division as a whole worried about their jobs if the acquisition goes through and much of their work gets automated, etc....

A traditional venture - capital firm raises money primarily from institutional investors and high - net - worth individuals, while corporate venture capital uses cash reserves from a parent company to fund new endeavors.

Jean and I had long conversations about how we could turn typical corporate philosophy upside down, moving away from solely handing out money to becoming a true partner for frontline organizations and leveraging absolutely everything the company possessed in order to drive progress.

(h / t Proud Money, which also has a list of its top 10 work - from - home corporate opportunities.)

With a background in physics, a decade of engineering wins in the corporate world and an admittedly swollen ego about his own abilities, Laberge became bored with Creo and left in 2001 with a comfortable pile of money from the company's success.

They are aware of the methods business owners use to legitimately and illegitimately take money from corporate coffers without inflicting payroll tax liabilities.

While corporations are prohibited from contributing to federal political campaigns, in 2013 46 of the top 60 TSX companies still gave money to candidates at the provincial level (where in many cases corporate donations are still allowed).

Now, with money from corporate donors, her group is able to bring that fresh produce directly to the neighborhoods and distribute it right from refrigerated trucks.

Then again, in our corridors severely undercapitalized but now successful founders have been rubbing elbows with another bootstrapper: Inc. descends from no - money - down origins, its 24 - year - old corporate roots traceable to a humble pamphlet on sailing.

The oft - repeated narrative of 2012 goes like this: Citizens United unleashed a torrent of money from businesses and the multimillionaires who run them, and as a result we are now seeing the corporate takeover of American politics.

But our democracy is still suffering from decades of darkness and secrecy, with Big Money pouring in from corporate bank accounts and lobbyists running amok.

The business rate will be lowered from 35 to 15 percent, and the trillions of dollars of American corporate money overseas can now be brought back at a 10 percent rate.

From tax reform and double - digit stock market returns to big corporate mergers, last year was an eventful one for our money.

Just follow the money from corporate insiders: The graphic to the right shows the ratio of insider sells to buys.

A court in Washington has ruled that the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) violated the state's finance disclosure law when it funneled millions of dollars in dark money from its major corporate members to the campaign that defeated a 2013 ballot initiative to label food containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

VICTORIA — After more than a century of unlimited donations, corporate cronyism and declining public faith in institutions, Big Money was finally banished from B.C. provincial and municipal elections today as bills 3 and 15 officially became law.

Kudlow and Moore have been pitching a plan they call «Three Easy Pieces,» which would — for 10 years — cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent, double the standardized deduction that millions of Americans claim in their taxes, and allow companies to bring money back from overseas without a significant tax penalty.»

If you do round up money from a load of small unsophisticated investors please make sure to get a great corporate lawyer with experience in doing VC deals to structure the deal to minimize the amount of signatures you need to get for approvals and to ensure that every angel has signed an accredited investor statement.

«A broad coalition of investors wants companies to tell stockholders and the public more about so - called «dark money» spent both in campaigns and on lobbying by groups that use corporate money and don't say where it comes from,» Welsh of Si2 said.

From corporate giants to small mom & pop shops, many ecommerce store owners are turning to open source ecommerce platforms to either save money or have greater control -LSB-...]

«Liquidity» is defined by economists as money available in all forms to be given out as debt, ranging from credit card debt to mortgage debt to large quantities of institutional debt typically used in complex financial transactions such as highly leveraged corporate acquisitions.

From January to March this year, higher money market fees in corporate trust helped increase BNY Mellon's issuer services fees to $ 244 million, from $ 231 million in the first quarter of 2015 and $ 199 million in the fourth quarter of 2From January to March this year, higher money market fees in corporate trust helped increase BNY Mellon's issuer services fees to $ 244 million, from $ 231 million in the first quarter of 2015 and $ 199 million in the fourth quarter of 2from $ 231 million in the first quarter of 2015 and $ 199 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.

With corporate bonds, a company is borrowing money (usually a minimum of $ 5,000 and going up in increments of $ 1,000 from there).

With the corporate tax rate falling from 35 percent to 21 percent — representing the biggest one - time drop in U.S. history — pass - through businesses catching a break, and overall tax reductions expected for most Americans through 2025, business owners considered the best move to make with their newfound money.

You can earn money from helping people to plan social and corporate events in exchange for some fees.

As for the remainder, it has said only that the money will be used for general corporate purposes, meaning anything from working capital to acquisitions to dividends and buybacks.

Corporate financial managers, for example, can raise their company's stock price simply by buying back shares from investors — financing the move by borrowing money.

Before I retired from corporate America last year, I decided to sign up with Personal Capital, a free wealth management tool online that keeps track of my money and sends me notifications of my net worth.

Corporate buyout specialists generally raise money from big investors and then buy undervalued or underappreciated companies.

If you're carrying out a money transfer, confirm the service holds your funds in client accounts that are separate from the company's corporate accounts.

Assets are invested in any eligible U.S. dollar - denominated money market instruments as defined by applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations (Rule 2a - 7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940), including all types listed above as well as commercial paper, certificates of deposit, corporate notes, and other private instruments from domestic and foreign issuers, as well as repurchase and potentially reverse repurchase agreements.

It's for those who want to escape from corporate life, build something of their own to support their families, or just find a way to make more money.

BC is one of few provinces with no limit on corporate donations (as is Saskatchewan, whose leading political party appears to have benefitted handsomely from vast sums of money from Alberta - based fossil fuel corporations over the last decade).

More significant for members of Congress, surely, is the question of who would benefit from repeal: while those who will actually benefit from estate tax repeal are few in number, they have a lot of money and control even more (corporate C.E.O.'s can now count on leaving taxable estates behind).

There should be no corporate logos at that site, including the cross, which is just a corporate logo for the charletans who make money using it to enrich themselves and take from their flock (or better yet, marks).

Trump has been scandal - ridden for his entire career — from alleged affairs with porn stars, to hush money payoffs, to alleged corruption in his corporate dealings — and still enjoys an approval rating of over 79 percent amongst white Evangelical Christians.

Robert McNamara, capitalist par excellence and former head of the World Bank, smugly rejected development from below, maintaining in Poland, for example, after the fall of communism, that only corporate executives knew how to use money and to invest.

@Arsenalman365 What he did is a standard way of taking money from a company under the cover of a form of corporate jargon.

it's time for this club to put it's money where it's mouth is... no more half measures, no more settling, no more making money hand - over-fist with little to show for it, no more excuses and no more hiding behind the idea that this is «small» club that can't compete with the «big boys»... the only real difference between them and us is what the manager demands and what the owner is willing to give... we play in the League with the richest tv contract in Europe, we have one of the largest home venues with some of the highest ticket prices on the continent, we have several major corporate sponsors, we have one of the largest fan bases in the World whom purchase a ridiculous amount of merchandise, we rake in coin on tour each and every preseason and we have banked countless millions from qualifying for and participating in various competitions at home and abroad

His search for the audit figures was spurred by a plan to repay more than $ 200,000 from the golf course fund to the recreation and corporate funds, a transfer he said will leave the golf course without enough money to make it through the winter.

Many of my fellow food advocates have pointed to the fact that the SNA takes a significant amount of money from corporate «patrons» like ConAgra and PepsiCo, and they therefore allege that SNA's entire effort is being directed by Big Food.

Commissioner Mike O'Neill, Park Board treasurer, said the golf course will no longer be subsidized with money from other Park District funds, such as the corporate fund or the land fund.

Some of the money has come from corporate or private donations, as well as aldermanic and state contributions.

The recent revelation of his non-dom status sent the left - wing blogosphere into a predictable preelection frenzy, despite Labour also receiving non-dom money and an Electoral Commission investigation which ultimately ruled donations from his company Bearwood Corporate Services were permissible.

The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), passed by Congress in the early 1970s, had made it a federal offense for PACs to accept money from corporations, and Viacom — the corporate owner of Colbert's network — feared that it would face accusations of making illegal in - kind contributions should ColbertPAC become a fully functioning money - raising PAC.

Schneiderman's likely Republican opponent, little - known corporate lawyer Manny Alicandro, hasn't even formally announced his candidacy, but that hasn't stopped the incumbent Democrat from trying to raise money off him.