Sentences with phrase «earlier push for»

A paper by Xizhe Peng of Fudan University in Shanghai dissects China's 2010 census and paints a portrait of a country that is rapidly aging, due to the sharp «one child» course correction after Mao Zedong's earlier push for large families (a fascinating bit of history explored in Tim Flannery's book «Here on Earth «-RRB-.

He had earlier pushed for the audit.

ALBANY — The leader of the state Assembly expects early pushes for gun control and election overhaul when lawmakers convene at the Capitol next month.

The major companies that drove the early push for consumer VR — Facebook, Valve / HTC, Sony, Samsung and Google — continue to lead the market today.

Not exact matches

Trump publicly sided with the Saudis and Emiratis early in the crisis, but is now pushing for a resolution to maintain a united front against Iran.

Activist investment fund Jana Partners acquired a 5 % stake in Time Inc. earlier this year, and the fund is said to be interested in pushing for either an improvement in the company's financial picture or a sale.

The two automakers are gearing up for a merger showdown, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pushing for a combination that General Motors (GM) rebuffed earlier this month.

Chick - fil - A, another distinctly Southern chain, was able to beat out KFC for greatest total U.S. sales earlier this year and is currently pushing expansion in urban areas.

«I give [AWS] credit for pushing the cloud earlier than others,» Guthrie says, «but I don't think this is a market that's winner take all.»

This naturally pushes early stage investing to smaller investment sources; angels and government sources like SBIR's, economic development funds, and state focused specific funds for a start - up's first round of investment.

Activist investor Jana Partners LLC began pushing for a sale after disclosing a 9.9 percent stake in PetSmart in early July.

Earlier in July at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting, where he made the comment referenced in Zuckerberg's Facebook Live session, he also pushed for tighter regulations.

The campaign, created by New York - based agency Arnell Group, was also one the best early efforts to push viewers online for additional, extended editions of the TV spot.

Whole Foods hired the advisory firm Evercore Partners earlier this year to defend itself from pressure by activist shareholder Jana Partners, which announced in April it had amassed an 8.3 percent stake and pushed for changes to the Whole Foods board of directors.

If you set the precedent early that you're willing to do more than what they're paying for (because you want to please them, after all), they'll continue to push that.

With this in mind, James says her next big goals are to make the funding situation more equitable for local women and to push local early - stage startups toward commercialization.

Earlier this year, he backed the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance in its push for regulators to adopt rules making it easier for large shareholders to nominate company directors.

Perhaps the complete survey findings, due for release in early 2012, will change considering the Small Business Administration's huge push to make is easier for small - business owner's to get funding.

Early in his term, he pushed through a $ 1.6 billion tax cut for businesses, offset by $ 1.4 billion in tax increases on individuals — including taxing pensions and Social Security benefits.

The company's highest shipping volumes since late 2008 helped push adjusted net income to $ 46 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, reversing a net loss of $ 47 million in the same period a year earlier and higher than the $ 31 million forecast average from Thomson Reuters analysts.

The reason the S&P 500's recent performance looks so good is that earnings cratered for six quarters (stretching from that peak in late 2014 to early 2016), thanks to a collapse in oil prices that pushed earnings for energy giants deeply into the red.

Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run - rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.

Moving viscous Canadian oil in tank cars used to be «more of a temporary fix» to transportation bottlenecks that earlier this year pushed prices for Western Canada Select to US$ 40 below the West Texas intermediate benchmark, he said.

Looking years out at the election calendar, Trudeau's strategists pushed early for federal - provincial initiatives like Canada Pension Plan reform, a health accord and the framework for fighting climate change.

NEW YORK (360Dx)-- Biotech firm Berg continued its push into cancer diagnostics with the presentation of several posters earlier this month at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research and the preparation of a forthcoming publication detailing an assay for distinguishing between prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia.

We have no shortage of entrepreneurs who are finding innovative ways to push social progress or tackle environmental problems while making profits, but there was a gap in the market for early - stage funding.

Earlier this month Denham told MPs on the DCMS committee that's investigating fake news that her office would be pushing for increased transparency around data flows and disclosure rules for digital political advertising — suggesting a code of conduct is needed to regulate the use of social media in political campaigns, referendums and elections.

The prospect for an earlier - than - expected Fed hike pushed interest rates higher last Friday.

President Trump's campaign promises for tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and deregulation sent consumer confidence soaring earlier this year, pushing stocks to record highs amid hopes for a range of economic stimulus.

The clinical hold had been expected to push back Juno's earlier plans to pursue FDA approval next year for JCAR015.

«Consumer demand is the driver for this combination,» then - US Airways CEO Doug Parker told Congress while pushing the merger with American Airlines in early 2013.

The German foreign ministry welcomed his comments and ministry officials underscored the Saudi role in pushing for an Arab peace initiative as early as 2002.

Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that changed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected in Katrina relief — including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.

Major technology companies such as Cisco and Apple reported strong earnings reports last week, pushing the U.S. technology sector up over 4 % and the NASDAQ Composite Index to its highest level since early 2000 for the week.

But in early March figures revealed that a resurgence in production in US shale fields had increased US crude inventories to record levels, which pushed a leading benchmark for oil prices below US$ 50 per barrel for the first time this year.

The conference call was originally scheduled for Tuesday morning, but was repeatedly pushed back until early Wednesday afternoon, ultimately getting rescheduled more than half a dozen times.

If it's the case, as some argue, that policymaker approaches around the world are evolving in that direction, then that provides yet another basis for valuations to get pushed higher, just as it provided a basis in our earlier example for a depositor to keep money in a bank despite being paid a paltry rate.

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This evidence that two separate Greek versions circulated in the early third century pushes the likely date for the composition of the Gospel of Mary back to the late second century.

If we want to take it even further back (and look through our «it all happens for a reason» glasses), my personal health struggles which came to a pinnacle in my early 20's, which finally pushed me to learn about how I could HEAL myself with FOOD, without dieting, determined to be «fed» AND «fit,» it also becomes apparent how those difficulties were absolutely necessary.

The success of Australian wines in China, according to Lucas, is a result of Australian wineries» push for brand awareness — led early on by Penfolds — and improved Australian wine quality seen by the high export value per bottle.

Yes it's early — but these are wins we should be earning and are going to need later this season if pushing for a playoff spot.

He's funny without being childish, gets down on himself without expressing his temper as outwardly as you would expect a teenager to on the court (with the exception of an embarrassing and impulsive display earlier this year that left a chair umpire injured, which he publicly apologized for) and would be just as believable as a teenager whose family pushed him into male modeling, or a loafing next door neighbor who mows your lawn.

They cheered Austin, who was acquired with guard Charles Smith from the Miami Heat in a trade for guard Brent Barry two days earlier, mainly because they thought he could help push their dreadful Clips toward respectability.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is closing in on moves to bring in a trio of talents as he continues to push for his summer transfer business to be conducted early.

At the same time, Texans head coach Gary Kubiak pushed the panic button by pulling starter Case Keenum in the third quarter for Matt Schaub, the guy who he benched earlier this year.

Facing the prospect of a lengthy delay for a race that had already been pushed back nearly six hours because of rain earlier, NASCAR smartly declared the AAA Texas 500 official.

After Arsene Wenger described the 20 - year old as one of the big surprises of the season, praising his mentality for pushing on and showing mental strength after some early struggles as well as the quality of his recent performances, the young Gunner has reinforced his position at the club with his warm words.

Chelsea failed with an early bid for the versatile youngster but the Daily Mirror claims that whilst the bidding may see Stones» price - tag push up as high as # 34m, a sum greater than any Premier League side has previously paid for a defender, the Blues are reading to foot the bill.

But of course we made it hard for ourselves early in the second half when Olivier Giroud over-reacted to a little push in the back, and the ref had no hesitation sending the Frenchman off after he appeared to headbutt Onouha.