Sentences with phrase «effort based in»

Efforts are being focused on programs that provide research opportunities for Native Americans in high school and at Tribal Colleges and for research efforts based in their communities.

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All of these efforts are in response to Amazon's plan, announced last month, to build a second headquarters that would be «fully equal» to its Seattle home base.

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He's based in New York, leading efforts for Kraken's over-the-counter trading shop.

After selling Trader Classified Media in 2006, John MacBain has been focused on philanthropic work, founding the Geneva - based McCall MacBain Foundation, which grants funding for efforts in education, health and the environment.

PICI (pronounced «pie - sea»), as it's called by its member scientists, is doing something unprecedented in academic medicine: combining and coordinating the efforts of six of the top cancer immunology centers in the country — MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Penn Medicine, Stanford, UCLA, and UCSF — in order to greatly expand and, more important, to accelerate our understanding of why some immune - based treatments work miraculously in some patients and not at all in others.

Going back to the sudden upswing in forecasts, I always ask my clients what they are basing the improvement on, excluding increased effort on their part.

They expend extra effort to compensate for these handicaps when hiring sales managers and reps.. It's the only way they know how to ensure they have people in place who can craft and execute a sound sales strategy based on proven strategies and performance metrics.

In the meantime, other experts recommend that small business owners seek lenders that have developed a relationship - based focus for their lending efforts and work to build up their credibility and creditworthiness.

«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

«Tomorrow the president will announce the actions he has decided to take based on USTR's 301 investigation into China's state - led, market - distorting efforts to force, pressure, and steal U.S. technologies and intellectual property,» White House official Raj Shah said in an emailed statement ahead of the announcement.

This two - day activity - filled event includes a Day 1 hands - on workshop to continue the company's efforts in building and expanding end - user base among medical and dental healthcare providers, but also provide organizations with how - tos to become early adopter and users of 3D printing and bio-printing technologies.

In addition, you'll have the capability to segment email automation efforts based on target audiences, locations or other parameters which you set.

Thanks to recent efforts to consolidate its mining operations in the Northwest Territories and some savvy decisions on Gannicott's part, the Toronto - headquartered diamond producer is quickly becoming Canada's answer to Luxembourg - based De Beers.

Launched on Thursday, the Vector Institute is based in the city of Toronto, which already has a reputation as one of the strongest AI hubs in the world, largely as a result of the research efforts at the University of Toronto.

After selling Pixamo in 2007, the two focused their efforts on developing Lexington, Mass. - based HitBliss, which launched in private beta earlier this year.

Nashville, Tenn. - based MetaMorph uses MacroFab to produce the open - source hardware it is building for Google's Project Ara, a development effort for an affordable smartphone that lets users buy and plug in the modules they want, such as a camera, sensors or extra-large battery.

The SNB also cut interest rates deeper into negative territory, by 50 basis points to negative 0.75 percent, in an effort to help cushion the blow.

Their lobbying effort will begin once MPs start debating the government's budget implementation bill, which in its current form would apply the taxes to all but a small group of cannabis - based drugs.

Europe - based Bershka is another effort from Zara's parent company, Inditex, and it's testing a retail presence in the U.S. in New York's SoHo neighborhood.

In an effort to get that deal, the U.S. appears to have backed away from one of its most contentious demands and is no longer insisting that 50 per cent of cars be made in the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salarieIn an effort to get that deal, the U.S. appears to have backed away from one of its most contentious demands and is no longer insisting that 50 per cent of cars be made in the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salariein the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salaries.

The maintenance and shutdowns crew, which does major repair work for a hydrogen production facility and metals refinery in Edmonton, also added to the company's revenue by spearheading an effort to expand the department's customer base.

T - Mobile is not able to forecast net income on a forward looking basis without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability and difficulty in predicting certain items that affect GAAP net income including, but not limited to, income tax expense, stock - based compensation expense and interest expense.

Whenever I write about how success is often based on outworking other people — both in terms of effort and in terms of hours spent — many people respond with righteous indignation.

While corporate employees can afford to bury themselves in very specific, rigidly segmented responsibilities, small business employees succeed or fail based on the collective efforts of the entire group.

The difference lies in whether we assume skill is based on innate ability or on hard work and effort.

Swiss drug giant Novartis is partnering with California - based Science 37 in an effort to expand clinical study participation (while lowering the costs of such studies) through «virtual» trials.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

For the US, bombing would focus on daytime raids against strategically valuable targets — factories, ports, military bases, and other infrastructure involved in the war effort.

The patch of ocean where efforts to find Flight 370 are focused is based, in part, on data from the British satellite company Inmarsat.

Savannah's Air National Guard base has been heavily involved in hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico.

Ford, for example, invested $ 1 billion in Pittsburgh - based Argo AI in its effort to develop a self - driving car by 2021.

«Tomorrow the president will announce the actions he has decided to take based on USTR's 301 investigation into China's state - led, market - distorting efforts to force, pressure, and steal U.S. technologies and intellectual property,» White House official Raj Shah said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

Boston - based GE is divesting about $ 20 billion in assets in an effort to reduce costs and boost profits as part of a three - year restructuring plan under...

The company's top managers also told analysts in a conference call late Thursday that 2018 would be difficult too, due not least to spending on Cloud - based infrastructure and services, along with marketing efforts.

Congrats to the team for getting our new TV on the Web listings launched today, along with the fantastic coverage of Web - based video we are launching in the Life Section news columns (See today's story on Tom Hanks and Jerry Seinfeld's efforts to create online - only TV shows).

He will also be responsible for recruiting more talent, an effort that the San Francisco - based company has beefed up in recent months.

The private, Kirkland, Wash. - based company last week announced a new video game console, operating system and game controller that, other than a pure commercial play, could be interpreted as the PC - focused company's effort to arrest ongoing declines in PC gaming generally.

Communication is key and sometimes it takes extra effort to keep team members based in different locations feeling engaged and connected.

The tech giant acquires the Toronto - based data - mapping startup in an apparent effort to beef up its Maps app.

Admittedly, it does seem counterproductive to minimize your potential client base when attempting to grow your business.However, often catering to a niche client base will help you succeed in your efforts to grow your business, not the reverse.

But whenever I write about how success is often based on outworking other people — both in terms of effort and in terms of hours spent — I get indignant emails from readers.

«Despite attempts to combat corruption around the world, the majority of countries are moving too slowly in their efforts,» the Berlin - based organization said.

The Times details how former judge Tahani el - Gebali, former adviser Shawki al - Sayed, and Naguib Sawiris, a billionaire and an outspoken foe of the Brotherhood, all pitched in cash and organizing efforts to wear at the base of the Morsi regime.

If you're interested in benefiting from your social media marketing efforts, be sure to offer people who follow you something of value on a regular basis.

For example, some companies have torn down their cubicle walls in an effort to make a more open, team - based workspace.

But, if in the end, your customer base grows, the effort will be well worth it.

Cultivation of coca, cocaine's base ingredient, is also booming in Colombia for a variety of reasons, including decreased eradication efforts and increased economic incentives.

In an effort to recognize employees» changing family dynamics, the New York - based professional services firm announced this week that it is offering up to 16 weeks of paid leave for employees to care for a family member — regardless of whether it's for a new baby or sick relative.

Touchco In an effort to compete with Apple's iPad, Amazon acquired this New York City - based startup whose touchscreen technology could power a more robust version of the existing Kindle with full color and multiple touch points.