Sentences with phrase «financial backing from»

With its broader presence in the grocery industry through the Whole Foods deal, not only will we see Amazon more present in the real estate development world, but also when it is, we are going to see the financial backing from Amazon to make these deals profitable for current owners.

You can see tens of ICOs kick off around the same time, securing millions in financial backing from cryptocurrency enthusiasts and investors.

Politico reported that the site receives significant financial backing from Robert Mercer, a hedge - fund billionaire, and his daughter, Rebekah.

The Government Pension Fund Global is not a conventional pension fund, as it derives its financial backing from Norway's oil profits, rather than pension contributions.

By selecting a company who is a state admitted carrier, you will have chosen a company with financial backing from the government.

They have fully bilingual claims representatives and multiple locations throughout Texas, as well as financial backing from American County Mutual.

The case began in 2008, when Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press joined forces with SAGE Publications to file a civil suit against Georgia State University (GSU), with financial backing from the Association of American Publishers and the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC).

The KiOR venture also attracted financial backing from Alberta Investment Management, which manages money for the Canadian Province of Alberta.

«Subjecting entities that receive financial backing from taxpayers to NEPA could provide a hook for environmentalists to force greater scrutiny of actions by those entities that increase greenhouse gas emissions, including the underwriting of fossil fuel projects,» reported Carbon Control News (Sep. 26)

asked the advertisement, which was paid for by Kansans for Affordable Energy, a group that has received financial backing from a local utility, Sunflower Electric Power, and the world's largest private coal company, Peabody Energy.

India's Tata Power group just gained important financial backing from the International Finance Corporation, a branch of the World Bank, for its planned $ 4 billion, 4 - billion watt «Ultra Mega» coal - burning power plant complex in Gujarat state.

- Over at Venture Beat, they have a little piece on King.com's «American Idol» web game which meanders around:"King.com, a European company with $ 43 million in financial backing from Apax and individuals, has just released one of the more expensively developed games so far: American Idol.

In addition, the project has received financial backing from Reid Hoffman (Greylock Partners via Discovery Fund), David Helgason (Unity), and entrepreneurial investor Joi Ito.

Furthermore, additional reports say that players can actually use real money in the game, though it remains a mystery how the financial backing from the casino will be managed.

It was Bugsy Siegel who pioneered the transformation of this one - time desert stopover into a glittering tourist mecca, opening the $ 6 million Flamingo hotel on the fledgling Las Vegas Strip in 1946 with financial backing from Lansky.

Banks and other financial institutions make these loans without any financial backing from the federal government.

Banks and other financial institutions make private student loans without any financial backing from the federal government.

With the withdrawal of financial backing from the parent company, it's doubtful this issue will change going forward.

Founded by Futurist Ray Kurzweil with financial backing from former Microsoft CFO Michael Brown and media distribution giant Baker & Taylor, Blio, Inc. has built one of the most technologically advanced e-readers on the market.

Recently Txtr had major financial backing from 3M, which certainly helped contribute to this deal.

He did not have any financial backing from corporations, print advertisements, nor could he sell his books for as little as the «big boys and girls» did.

She received financial backing from a close friend, the daughter of a Pittsburgh steel magnate, and commissioned a float plane from one of the era's leading engineers, Igor Sikorsky.

It has financial backing from the business community, the Chamber of Commerce and retired Caterpillar, Inc. executives.

Informed speculation suggests that Beutner has the easiest path to a four - vote majority, and the core of that support would come from the four - member board majority elected with major financial backing from charter school advocates.

These parents helped lead the so - called «parent unions» that ran campaigns to overhaul their children's respective schools with guidance and financial backing from Parent Revolution, a Los Angeles nonprofit formed to promote California's Parent Empowerment Act.

Her group receives financial backing from the Gates Foundation and other philanthropies.

The Desert Sands school opened in Los Angeles County in 2001 with financial backing from two area businessmen.

With major financial backing from the National Education Association, California's largest teachers» union has launched an initiative to organize employees in hundreds of charter schools in the state.

Doyle Associates will produce a short book and a CD - ROM with financial backing from the Walton Family Foundation Inc., the Bentonville, Ark., philanthropy run by members of the founding family of the Wal - Mart discount - store chain.

With his business manager, Carol Jenson (Amy Ryan), he's spent a lot of time on the road but now he's been offered financial backing from The Lazarus Fellowship, a Christian church founded by Tony Lazarus (Danny McBride, Eastbound & Down), a sinner whose near death experience — while in the company of a hooker — inspired him to change his ways... and marry the hooker, Joylinda (Leslie Bibb, Crossing Jordan, The League).

Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra, all accusers of Harvey Weinstein, delivered a speech and introduced a montage that was all about the importance of diversity in movies — a message that was reinforced by del Toro's success later in the evening, and Frances McDormand's acceptance speech, in which she got all the women nominated for Oscars to stand up, calling for recognition, plus more financial backing from producers.

Reservoir Dogs received financial backing from LIVE Entertainment after Harvey Keitel agreed to star in the movie.

With financial backing from the Appalachian Regional Commission, Southern Research formed The Prosperity Fund in 2017 to accelerate small business growth and job creation in four Alabama counties hurt by the coal industry's downward spiral.

TESS was first proposed in 2006 as a privately funded mission with financial backing from several institutions, including the Kavli Foundation, Google and donors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to NASA.

Indian coal plants under the CDM received financial backing from the World Bank, sparking an outcry against that organization by groups that argue that the bank's support for the coal industry is inconsistent with its other efforts to tackle climate change.

[4] The two men launched Total Politics with some financial backing from the then Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, Lord Ashcroft, who in return owned a 25 % stake in the parent company Biteback Media.

It's unusual for challengers for seats in Congress to raise more money than incumbents, who can tap into an established fundraising network in Washington, D.C. and gain financial backing from special - interest groups.

The DCCC can certainly help McMurray with that, but in New York's most Republican congressional district, he will have to prove his campaign has real traction if he wants to get significant financial backing from the national Democrats.

But as the race progresses, she could receive financial backing from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

When Mandelson lost his post as business secretary after the 2010 general election, he set up the «strategic advice consultancy» with financial backing from WPP, the marketing services group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell.

I'm a classic case - I loved going away to University and believe it helped me develop as a person, but I would have found it very hard without financial backing from my family.

The Downers Grove Village Council unanimously approved the project last year, but the Park District — with some personal financial backing from Goodman — sued to block the development, saying it would irreparably harm the neighboring Lyman Woods ecosystem.

They have the opportunity to go play at the FCS level on scholarship because of financial backing from these types of games.

so you may be right regarding that... but wenger has said that he has the financial backing from the owner so i think kroenke is not the one to blame for not signing any outfield players.

As ESPN reports United are keen to secure another marquee signing with huge financial backing from recent sponsorship deals with Chevrolet and Adidas and view Bale as the ideal purchase.

At a time when clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City received huge financial backing from rich owners, Arsenal instead chose to invest in their long - term future by building the 60,000 - seater Emirates Stadium; a project of immense cost, which severely hit Arsenal's short - term financial capabilities.

The Gunners boss will be looking for significant financial backing from his board to help back his offer but given that Arsenal are one of the most successfully run clubs in Europe, with a transfer war - chest available to Wenger, then money shouldn't be an issue.

In fact, the company behind the food — which has received financial backing from the founders of Twitter and Silicon Valley venture capitalists KPCB — expects it to change the way we think about «meat» entirely.

The bidders for Yahoo's operations include Verizon Communications and AT&T, several private equity firms and a Quicken Loans co-founder, Dan Gilbert, who is getting financial backing from Warren E. Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway.

If Yahoo does sell, the leading bids for Yahoo or for pieces of Yahoo have reportedly come from: Verizon; AT&T; Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert with financial backing from Warren Buffett; private equity group Advent International; private equity group TPG; and private equity firm Sycamore in partnership with Vector Capital Management.