Sentences with phrase «for big backers»

Let's keep pols out of the marketplace, too — so they can't pick favorite industries to help, dictate wages, set up contracts for big backers or hand out subsidies to friends.

The stock surged, making it a victory for big backer Carl Icahn... and loss for rival hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.

Not exact matches

In what has been my biggest success to - date in raising $ 44,000 on Kickstarter to start ReKixx cool sneakers 100 % recyclable, my first statement is, thank you to my 496 backers for believing in me, understanding my mission, and liking my sneakers.

In venture capital, a «zombie» is a start - up that raises money but fails to attract a buyer or grow big enough to go public, leaving backers without hope for a return on their investment.

The sale would be far from a big win for Lytro and its backers.

We saw in 2008 how weak links in the mega banking chain spilled out across Wall Street because of the invisible linkages to other banks and financial firms unknown to the public — like the fact that the big insurer, AIG, was the backer for tens of billions of dollars of credit default swaps while having no money to pay off the bets it had accepted from the biggest Wall Street firms.

I would imagine the biggest backers for him around here don't consider him a top 5 QB.

United rarely ventured into the Liverpool half so we can't really criticise their finishing but the fact that they did struggle to find some creativity and carve out some openings is a big concern for any United fan or backer.

Collins, one of President Donald Trump's biggest backers on Capitol Hill, has advocated for the GOP tax plan.

«Wine in Grocery Store» has been defeated year after year for many years because people recognize it is NOT GOOD for NYS grape growers, wineries or the public, no matter what big - box backers may claim.

The union was one of de Blasio's big backers and Mark - Viverito was once an organizer for the group which represents healthcare workers.

Can a party whose rationale for existing is to grow progressive economic movements throughout the country «where politicians are held accountable to working people, instead of big - money backers» really work for, endorse, and host on its line one of the greatest threats to its agenda within the Democratic Party?

Those same forces, big financial backers of Cuomo, are also huge players in the fight for control of the Senate and they are spending enormous sums of money to maintain or even strengthen Republican control of the chamber.

I asked Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy, a big Paladino backer since the beginning, for his reaction to the news that Wilson and Donovan might jump ship if his candidate wins tomorrow.

A Labour constituency party has been placed in special measures after allegations that one of the party's biggest backers, the Unite trade union, tried to rig candidate selection for the seat.

NYC is Not for Sale was largely financed of handful of contributors who were also big de Blasio backers.

Labour MP Eric Joyce's conviction for assault left a vacancy from 2015 in his Falkirk constituency that the Unite trade union - Labour's biggest financial backer - was determined to fill with their own man or woman.

A Labour constituency party has been placed in special measures after allegations that one of the party's biggest backers, the Unite trade union, tried to rig candidate selection for the seat.

That brought outside fundraising for Tuck nearly even with outside fundraising by the California Teachers Association, the biggest financial backer of Supt. Tom Torlakson.

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION Reformers sweep LAUSD school board elections laschoolreport.com/reformers-swee… Big night for charter school - backed LAUSD candidates as Melvoin, Gonez win seats scpr.org/news/2017/05/1… Charter backers win their first L.A. school -LSB-...]

«I always cite Florida as, really, the furthest along in terms of providing the widest range of choices and the greatest access to those choices of any state in the country, and from a political standpoint, having real bipartisan support for these choices,» she said in an interview last year with Ed Pozzuoli, a South Florida attorney who's a big backer of charter schools.

[25] potential conflicts of interest for the legislation's biggest backer: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article84723537.html

Treasurer Janet Cowell warned of potential conflicts of interest for the legislation's biggest backer, a builder who stood to profit in facility - starved Robeson County, and swelling debt burdens for taxpayers in poor counties.

Big, big thanks go out not only to the backers in general, but specifically to all backers who helped test the ebook files before their general release, to Dara who did all of the layout for the PDF, and of course to Kiri Moth for providing me such amazing cover aBig, big thanks go out not only to the backers in general, but specifically to all backers who helped test the ebook files before their general release, to Dara who did all of the layout for the PDF, and of course to Kiri Moth for providing me such amazing cover abig thanks go out not only to the backers in general, but specifically to all backers who helped test the ebook files before their general release, to Dara who did all of the layout for the PDF, and of course to Kiri Moth for providing me such amazing cover art!

In February, Bertrams, the UK's second - biggest book wholesaler, was sold to private equity backer Aurelius for half the sum it originally bid for the business (which itself seemed like a knock - down price for a business with sales of more than # 200m); last week the UK's biggest high street book chain Waterstones was sold to activist investor Elliott Advisors for a sum thought to be considerably less than its Russian owner Alexander Mamut once wanted; and this week the UK's biggest printer of black and white books, Clays, with sales of # 77m, was sold to Italian printer Elcograf for # 23.8 m.

They took to Kickstarter to try and raise funds for the game and it proved to be popular, raising $ 311,502 thanks to 14,749 backers and proving to be one of the site's biggest successes.

«We had to release an early Alpha version for the selected backers, then the Beta for a bit bigger bunch.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR BACKERS: If you pledged $ 25 or more, we'll provide you with all future aditional Project Giana content for free!

I still think that a 150 - 175 $ tiers could be a big success, and many 100 $ backers would upgrade to 150 $ if they could get these rewards: - Download of Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse - DRM FREE - PC (Windows and Linux) & Mac - Regular Developer Diaries, ideas Exchange Forum and Video Updates - Access to exclusive digital content: Game Artwork (inc. poster and wallpaper); Director's Commentary on previous Broken Sword games & Archive Videos - Android Version - Hi - Res Digital Comic Books of Broken Sword - The Serpent's Curse, Broken Sword: Director's Cut, and Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered - History of Broken Sword eBook - Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse digital Concept Art - character sheets, layouts etc. - Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Digital Soundtrack - Copy of any one previous Revolution game on GOG.com (Broken Sword or otherwise - PC only - Exclusive digital Game Design Content: Scripts of Broken Sword: Director's Cut, Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered, and Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse; Game Design Document for Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse; Archive of existing Game Design Documents for previous games - All Revolution game titles on GOG.com: Broken Sword 1 - 4, In Cold Blood, Lure of the Temptress and Beneath a Steel Sky (PC only)- Boxed Kickstarter special edition of the Game, includes: CD / DVD game with full packaging, Game Comic Book for Broken Sword — Director's Cut, Broken Sword 2 — Remastered, Broken Sword — the Serpent's Curse; game Poster; CD with full Soundtrack; Kickstarter Backer T - Shirt.

Now the Alaska Wilderness League has sifted the financial backers for Mr. Gingrich's campaign and released a list of donors that it says shows Mr. Gingrich's push for drilling is «funded by Big Oil, for Big Oil.»

The Kochs have been among the biggest backers of ALEC and the member organizations, think tanks, and advocacy groups that aid ALEC for decades.

The last time I heard from my «Big Oil» financial backer was when they gave me a # 15 Argos voucher for my loyalty card.

Larry Sonsini, the chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was among Meg Whitman's biggest individual backers from the law firm community in her bid for California governor — which she lost in Tuesday's election to Jerry Brown.

With big backers such as Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures Polychain definitely has added a whole new level of credibility for the Initial Coin Offering scene.

Of course, you can use Bluetooth to connect the earbuds to your phone, but the fact that you have the option not to makes these a big draw for some consumers (especially those 16,000 Kickstarter backers).