Sentences with phrase «encouraging developments in»

There have been some encouraging developments in the commercial real estate industry this week.

To help us think through answers to these questions, we can, once again, look to encouraging developments in other jurisdictions.

And yet, despite some encouraging developments in renewable energy and some breakthroughs in international leadership, carbon emissions continue to rise at a steady rate, and for their pains the scientists themselves — the cruelest blow of all — have been the targets of an unrelenting and well - organized attack that includes death threats, summonses from a hostile Congress, attempts to get them fired, legal harassment, and intrusive discovery demands so severe they had to start their own legal - defense fund, all amplified by a relentless propaganda campaign nakedly financed by the fossil - fuel companies.

I think one of the most encouraging developments in the past year are the actions by leading corporations to take climate change seriously — more seriously than the current administration in Washington.

U.S. stocks traded sharply higher on Tuesday on continued momentum from strengthening oil prices and encouraging developments in the Euro zone.

Critics have said the program provides a misguided tax subsidy to coastal and river valley property owners, encouraging development in flood - prone, often environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands.

A particularly encouraging development in treatment resources is the growth of industry - sponsored programs.

The National Farmers» Union, which recently said the dairy farming community was in «meltdown», said the Tesco scheme was «the most significant and encouraging development in the dairy industry for a very long time».

But the NFU said it was «the most significant and encouraging development in the dairy industry for a very long time».

Since the toy is essentially multiple toys in one (which is a plus), it will teach your child about independent play and encourage development in different areas such as alphabets recognition, counting and coordination.

You may be wondering whether there are any steps you can take to encourage development in premature babies.

«Our understanding of a Pilot [Payment in Lieu of Taxes] is that it is a tool to encourage development in a community that is economically in need, where the particular project is desired and that will create jobs,» he wrote on behalf of the town board.

They are an important component of our system and we continue to encourage their development in this budget.

The idea is to improve the sewage system in Geddes and encourage development in places like Radisson Industrial Park.

The Toray Foundation was set up by Toray Industries to promote and encourage development in science and technology in Malaysia.

Wray says the new evidence for water is an encouraging development in the search for life, but he points out that there is much we still don't know — «how deep the water goes, how low the temperature gets and how high the salt concentration gets.

Finding cognitive benefits from even less - than - perfect adherence to the MIND diet is an encouraging development in our quest for body and brain health.

Furthermore, the institution provides courses funded by the government to encourage development in specific areas, which is a great example of nationally - oriented strategy for improving education outcomes.

To encourage development in these distressed communities, investors in Opportunity Funds are given significant tax benefits for holding their investments for five, seven, and ten years.

Encouraging development in the areas that need to be reinforced and expressing the benefits of changing certain behaviors will only strengthen the process of meeting your end goal.

The Center on the Developing Child, housed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has just released a highly usable collection of resources aimed at helping educators reinforce these skills — or encourage their development in vulnerable children.

The USDA Rural Housing program was created as part of the Housing Act of 1949 to encourage development in areas that are often less - appealing to mainstream home buyers, says Gene F. Thompson, III, President of InterLinc Mortgage Services in Houston.

It is also a cautionary note about more such flooding on the way, even as the United States — like some other countries — continues to encourage development in areas known to be inundated on occasion.

Encourage development in dialogue, guiding organizations to transcend dysfunctional dynamics.

Critical thinking Professional Personnel Trainer with fresh, seasoned insights encouraging development in inquiry, reflection, dialogue, and shared understanding.

Great ECEs are enthusiastic about encouraging development in young children and find it rewarding to watch a child begin to understand a new concept, demonstrate responsible behavior and work well with other children.

The subsidies within that program, in the view of critics, encouraged development in risky areas and led to costly claims after catastrophic events, payouts that were borne largely by those paying market rates.

This trend of a rising underlying market accompanied by stabilizing foreclosure prices is the first encouraging development in the housing recession, according to FNC Senior Research Economist, Dr. Yanling Mayer.

Not exact matches

CASIS's mission is to encourage «use of this unparalleled platform for innovation» — and Merck is taking this to heart by experimenting with drug development in the realm of microgravity.

For example, in some places, including Canada, tax breaks are effective at encouraging more spending on research and development; in other countries, direct subsidies appear to be a better approach.

In some places, you can still find it used by itself, which can encourage the development of resistance.

Finally, investing in professional development for employees impresses customers and encourages your team to deliver better service.

These developments correspond with the objectives of Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSXV and, in particular, TSXV's CPC program, which encourages experienced corporate investors and managers to raise capital and provide expertise for emerging businesses.

The executive's time away from the office will not only encourage individual development and proactivity but will also strengthen bonds among team members as they effectively address challenges in his or her absence.

China has rolled out two new long - term visa schemes to encourage foreigners to live in the country in a bid to strengthen its economic development.

Facade improvements were funded through a matching grant program to encourage commercial development in Albany.

To further encourage developers, the company created the $ 1 - million Clio Development Fund to invest in start - ups working on the platform and offers a $ 100,000 prize to the developer who can create the best new Clio integration product.

Both Abu Dhabi and Dubai are encouraging the development of theme parks to help boost foreign tourist arrivals as oil prices slump, causing an economic slowdown in the region.

RIM has tried to encourage developers in recent years, but it still lags badly as an app - development platform.

The pictures showed Li being escorted by Gou around the facilities and the State Council statement saying that Li encouraged Gou to further invest in its high - end research and development as well as in supply chain production in China.

You can encourage the development of a community in your own social spheres (and on your site) by creating a forum, engaging with your customers regularly, rewarding customers for engaging with others, and encouraging more brand engagements with contests, questions, and requests for user - submitted content.

Tegu's entire business is built around 2 goals: Encouraging free play by updating arguably the oldest toy in the world — blocks — with magnets, and pursuing profit through sustainable economic development in the company's Honduran manufacturing hub.

Burge encouraged him to launch it as part of a new startup development course he planned to co-teach in the fall with another engineering professor.

The failure to encourage such a development in the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy was a missed opportunity.

The CEC has encouraged COAG Energy Council to support the further development of the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG) in its meeting on Friday.

That bill would, among other things, help establish a system of «rewards for information leading to convictions related to terrorist use of digital currencies,» and «a FinTech Leadership in Innovation Program to encourage the development of tools and programs to combat terrorist and illicit use of digital currencies.»

Yet we hear precious little outcry from the public or in the media, and this relative silence only encourages those controlling the levers of power to continue this development.»

«If cities are able to use the mechanisms at their disposal to encourage the development of the missing middle, we will see a meaningful impact in access to rental housing in the region.»

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.in the Russian Far East.50

While growth in the core product line has been encouraging, it appears that many investors feel a more significant rebound will eventually come from M&A activity of business development deals.