Sentences with phrase «first raised at»

After the matter of «lethal autonomous robots» was first raised at the Human Rights Council in May 2013, nations agreed in November 2013 to a Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) discussion mandate to address questions relating to the emerging technology of «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

Killer robots were first raised at the forum during a 2015 panel on technology.

-LSB-...] was first raised at CA shortly after the release of the Endangerment Finding — see tag and here.

As a simple exercise, I quickly revisited the everchanging Hansen adjustments, a topic commented on acidly by E.M. Smith (Chiefio) in many posts — also see his interesting comments in the thread at a guest post at Anthony «s, a post which revisited the race between 1934 and 1998 — an issue first raised at Climate -LSB-...]

The idea of «context not container» was first raised at Books in Browsers in 2010 by Brian O'Leary of Magellan Media Partners in his presentation «Context First», and it continues to inform and influence thought about books and publishing.

The proposal, which she first raised at the Aspen Institute, has received much attention, especially from the corporate reform crowd, who support it.

It might mean a re-worked system of intergovernmental relations, or even some kind of quasi-federal system, possibly involving realigning the House of Lords as a chamber of the nations and regions of the UK — something Ed Miliband first raised at the Labour Party conference in September 2014.

Miliband presses his «use it or lose it» clause, first raised at his party conference.

Not exact matches

Everyone who raises a first - time fund probably says it's really hard, but it's got to be easier if it's three people at Sequoia starting their own fund.

A source familiar with the White House emails on the Benghazi talking point revisions say that State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland was raising two concerns about the CIA's first version of talking points, which were going to be sent to Congress: 1) The talking points went further than what she was allowed to say about the attack during her state department briefings; and, 2) she believed the CIA was attempting to exonerate itself at the State Department's expense by suggesting CIA warnings about the security situation were ignored.

It wasn't the first time Sirois had raised eyebrows at one of Boyko's business ideas.

Jet previously raised $ 225 million at a $ 600 million valuation to take on Amazon — the most equity funding ever raised in the first 12 months by a US commerce company.

At the same time, employers in some industries paid markedly more to keep the most in - demand talent from leaving, most noticeably among younger Millennials and Gen Z. Consider: While all U.S. employees who stayed put in the first three months of 2016 saw an average raise that works out to 4.6 % annually, the 24 - and - younger age group almost doubled that, at 9.1 At the same time, employers in some industries paid markedly more to keep the most in - demand talent from leaving, most noticeably among younger Millennials and Gen Z. Consider: While all U.S. employees who stayed put in the first three months of 2016 saw an average raise that works out to 4.6 % annually, the 24 - and - younger age group almost doubled that, at 9.1 at 9.1 %.

The Fed raised interest rates last December for the first time in nearly a decade, and at that time projected four more hikes in 2016.

There is no way the Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates at Powell's first meeting as chair in March.

At first we thought, «Let's raise some capital!

The Ethereum foundation raised more than 31,000 bitcoin in July 2014, worth about $ 18.3 million at the time, when it first sold the first 60 million ether.

Top executives at Uber used the encrypted chat app Wickr to hold secret conversations, current and former workers testified in court this week, setting up what could be the first major legal test of the issues raised by the use of encrypted apps inside companies.

One of MSD's first investments was in an unknown, tech - focused private equity firm called Silver Lake, which at the time was raising its first fund.

Where were you when the U.S. Federal Reserve announced, at 2 p.m. Washington time on December 16, 2015, that it would raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine years?

The first woman to head the 212 - year - old company (DD), Kullman took over as a dismal 2009 began and by year - end had publicly vowed to raise earnings over three years at a 20 % annual compound rate.

At the end of 2015, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade after they'd previously been near zero.

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

Jet previously raised $ 225 million at a $ 600 million valuation to take on Amazon — the most equity funding ever raised by a US commerce company in its first 12 months.

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«I think it will put pressure on the Fed to raise rates in the first half of next year by June, perhaps even March,» said Craig Dismuke, chief economist at Vining Sparks in Memphis, Tennessee.

In her speech on Friday, she made headlines saying, «Based on my outlook, I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalizing monetary policy.»

The five - year - old Coinbase just raised $ 100 million in new funding, valuing the company at $ 1.6 billion — making it the blockchain industry's first «unicorn.»

It was one of the first big YouTube networks to make headlines, quickly growing to 300 million subscribers and raising almost $ 50 million in venture backing (including from Google, YouTube's parent company), valuing it at nearly $ 200 million in 2012.

First, Meg Whitman's nomination to HP's board was made at the behest of Ray Lane, the chair of HP's (hpq) board, circumventing the board's nominations processes, which raised concerns with ISS, a proxy advisory firm, and others.

They set up their first private - equity fund several years ago with $ 70 million in investment capital; they just raised another $ 100 million, to support a second pool aimed at their particular investment niche.

Among U.S. tech IPOs, 14 of the 25 biggest fell in their first year, including nine of the 15 to raise at least $ 1 billion in their listings.

Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, reckons that new legislation that drops the rate all the way to 20 %, and contains other levy - lowering provisions such as immediate expensing of capital expenditure, could raise EPS for the S&P 500 by 8 % in the first year.

For the first time, perhaps in their lives, these entrepreneurs may face a situation where they can not raise a clean incremental financing at a flat to up round.

CEO Elon Musk reiterates that Tesla is still on pace to make about 5,000 Model 3s in a single week

Tesla Inc. burned through cash at a greater rate than analysts expected during the first quarter, intensifying pressure on the Silicon Valley auto maker to raise more capital if it continues to...

Traders fully expect the Fed's monetary - policy committee to raise benchmark borrowing costs by a quarter percentage point at a meeting that starts Tuesday and culminates Wednesday with Powell's first press conference as chairman.

Despite a weak first quarter, respondents raised their 2018 economic GDP forecast at 2.8 percent.

She raised funding for a startup for the first time in 1998 at age 24, when she was the first outside hire at the company.

That's the question that confronts officials at the Federal Reserve and institutional investors everywhere ahead of March 15, when the U.S. central bank will decide whether to raise short - term interest rates for the first time since December.

For all of 2017 and the first two months of 2018 at the time of writing, Crunchbase data has captured a total of 527 venture capital rounds and ICOs raised by companies in its bitcoin, ethereum, blockchain, cryptocurrency and virtual currency categories.

At the same time, we invested heavily in the Women's Big Bash League, broadcasting matches in prime time for the first time and raising its profile significantly.

It seems to me if the Fed continues to give its first priority to price stability, manifested in decisions to raise rates under questionable decision rules that elevate inflation - fighting over full employment, it will be pursuing policy objectives at odds with the wishes of the American people.

They had also raised money from Howard Morgan at First Round Capital who if you check out his bio you will see is legendary.

First, Brookfield's use of listed entities to raise capital allows them to increase AUM at a faster rate than this competitors.

At the time of press, the campaign has raised over $ 8,500 and will end on the first of March.

Founder of industry publication Blockchain News, partner at ICO services collective CryptoAsset Design Group (helped raise over $ 200m +), director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) and ICO event organiser at leading industry event CryptoFinancing (first ICO event in Europe)- Richard Kastelein is an award - winning publisher, innovation executive and entrepreneur.

Combined with the first quarter, the publication said that total ICO funds raised during the first half of the year came in at $ 1.13 billion.

JC recently posted... One Raise at a Time The First of Many

When I first started out, I tried to raise money at the highest valuation I could.

First, firms may raise prices years after the original predation, or raise prices on unrelated goods, in ways difficult to prove at trial.