Sentences with phrase «economic initiatives»

Below are just a few reasons why the mortgage insurance write off continues to be one of the most important political and economic initiatives in contention today.

My view is that the federal government should approach the use of new resources for important economic initiatives with an open mind.

The model we choose to drive economic initiative is crucial.

The 2014 energy reform is the landmark economic initiative of President Enrique Pena Nieto.

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) and two challengers for his seat said they are emphasizing economic initiatives for northeast Queens ahead of next week's primary election.

That vote, as well as the Administration's actions, have demonstrated that comprehensive patent reform is a legislative priority for 2014 — and, in fact, appears to be the one major economic initiative upon which Congress is in bipartisan agreement.

He also detailed other economic initiatives.

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

Bellah and his colleagues contend that the Lockean ideal of the autonomous individual was originally embedded in a complex moral ecology that included the family and the church on the one hand, and on the other a vigorous public sphere in which economic initiative was expected to engender public spirit.

He and his colleagues at Edward Jones are hedging their bets, expecting at least some volatility in the likelihood that a few of Trump's economic initiatives underwhelm investors» lofty expectations.

Prior to that, Matt worked in policy development, assessing the impact of various tax and economic initiatives on competitiveness and investment attraction.

The Office of the Chief Economist is responsible for recommending economic initiatives that address the state of the nation's rural areas and fiber and food systems.

Unfortunately, the government's marquee economic initiative is in tatters and Premier's Clark job creation promises remain entirely unfulfilled.

In that spirit, we welcome this week's announcement by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of the «Beyond the Border Action Plan» — a package of joint security measures and economic initiatives aimed at improving border efficiency and further strengthening U.S. - Canada trade and investment.

It will, accordingly, afford constitutional protection (or the equivalent, among the rights tacitly retained by the people) to the fundamental human right to personal initiative, including economic initiative.

As a Southampton Town Board member, Ms. Fleming says she's helped to eliminate a budget deficit, thereby restoring the town's credit rating; focused on proper staffing and controls in the town finance department; and spearheaded economic initiatives such as the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homes.

He promised to address «very high unemployment among young minority males, black and brown,» which he called «just unacceptable,» adding, «We have to make special economic initiatives there.»

The photo was taken during sunnier times for Cuomo's Upstate economic initiatives, years before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation raised a cloud of suspicion.

In the latest indication of the Buffalo Billion's woes, state officials unexpectedly postponed approving an infusion of nearly $ 500 million for the SolarCity project last week, as legislators in Albany hinted they would exercise more oversight of the governor's banner economic initiative.

As with another major Western New York economic initiative in SolarCity, Young believes the state has struggled to get approval from authorities in a timely fashion.

Federal investigators, probing state - backed economic initiatives, are seeking information regarding companies and New York State agencies, according to a source and some of the entities themselves, include those listed below.

Miner is erecting barriers to a project that was the signature economic initiative of her first term, a project she executed after years of failure by previous mayors.

After the revealing of the federal charges, Cuomo handed the reigns to these multiple economic initiatives to Empire State Development.

He brings with him experience as a trustee of the massiveNYCERS pension fund and a track record of spearheadingpopulist economic initiatives, including the New York City Taxpayer Receipt, a website that allows constituents totrack their tax dollars.

This is one of the few major economic initiatives Congress can pass into law this year.

The special status of Crimea's jurisdiction offers an opportunity to experiment with economic initiatives before implementing large - scale projects on federal level.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lauded the program as a departure from the secretive «pork barrel» spending of the past — «It's a waste of money, we did it for a lot of years, it failed,» he told Politico New York in February — the program has come scrutiny by lawmakers and fiscal watchdog groups as at best, overly optimistic and at worst, lacking oversight and tainted by scandals that have marred other economic initiatives, including the Buffalo Billion.

Recent polls have shown the probes into those close to the governor, including former Cuomo top aide Joseph Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, as well as a number of his upstate economic initiatives, have yet to take a toll.

The strong bipartisan vote today in the House of Representatives sends a very clear signal to the Senate that patent reform is a bipartisan priority, and one of the few major economic initiatives that Congress can pass this session.

In time, he thinks Haiti will attract more private investors, as well as partnerships with nonprofits that recognize the importance of economic initiatives.

On January 12, the president - elect announced that Powell would get a White House job as senior counselor for economic initiatives, saying she would focus on «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of women.»

Clearly, if women are there for economic reasons, then a wide range of economic initiatives are going to be important to make sure their basic needs are being met.

Funded by $ 1.2 million from the Illinois Department of Transportation, plus a 10 percent local match, the program's focus is to develop an economic initiative for the south suburbs.

They're also waiting to see the proposed details of the second phase of the Buffalo Billion economic initiative, even though it was fully - funded in Monday's extender bill.

Using $ 50 million of Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion economic initiative, IBM agreed to locate in the city while promising to create 500 new jobs.

But a recent filing by one of the defense attorneys shows the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan, which is prosecuting the case, collected an extensive set of banking and electronic records from numerous others who were involved either in the administration's economic initiatives or the defendants» personal finances.

With Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration coming under investigation for its economic initiative in Buffalo, we're taking a closer look at another state project, the planned overhaul of LaGuardia Airport.

The CDBG program — which the city of Syracuse has used to fund a number of social programs and economic initiatives — is facing its end in President Donald Trump's latest budget proposal.

Construction jobs grew temporarily in Buffalo amid the building of Solar City factory project — a key element of the governor's economic initiatives — but now have «wound down.»

Acknowledgment of the investigation comes just days after federal prosecutors subpoenaed Cuomo's «executive chamber» — the official name of his office — regarding projects involved in the «Buffalo Billion» economic initiative and a proposed power plant in the Hudson Valley.

Established in 2008, ChinaSF is an economic initiative of San Francisco in close partnership with the San Francisco Center for Economic Development.