Sentences with phrase «for expansion efforts»

«As a global company, we evaluated multiple countries for our expansion efforts and ultimately Russia offered the best strategic partnership opportunity,» said Plastic Logic's CFO Rik Thorbecke.

On tap for 2014: With the cap gone on the number of charter schools that can exist in the state, expect more charter operators to look toward North Carolina as fertile ground for expansion efforts.

The rationale for the expansion effort is based on the report's assertions that charters do a better job of educating children than traditional public schools.

Not exact matches

To be fair, many of Avon's problems can be traced back to Jung's mistakes: there was a federal bribery probe that cost Avon $ 500 million and distracted management for years, stemming from overseas expansion efforts and deprived Avon of any viable China business.

However, continued output expansion by Libya and Nigeria, the two OPEC members exempt from the efforts, as well as from U.S. drillers, means that the re-balancing will not play out for some time, the IEA suggested.

Expansion efforts haven't been limited to the U.S.: Tim Hortons moved into the Middle East with an opening in Dubai in 2011 and plans for 120 across several Gulf states.

Amazon halts an expansion effort in its hometown as the Seattle City Council prepares to vote on a new tax that would be levied on large business to pay for affordable housing and homeless - assistance programs.

A look at Wal - Mart's previous efforts at global expansion provides good context for this latest foray.

Short - term business loans can be used for any legitimate business expense, from remodeling or business expansion to buying equipment to launching a new marketing effort.

said the meeting had historic significance because «for the first time since the multilateral trading rounds began after World War II, a trade expansion effort has ended in failure.»

, which we announced this morning, will accelerate the expansion of our delivery network and amplify our diner acquisition efforts, raising consumer awareness of online ordering and driving more volume for all restaurants across our platform,» Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney told CNBC in a statement.

GFI's Managing Director for Israel will serve as an independent contractor orchestrating the regional expansion of our efforts to replace factory - farmed products with plant - based and

GFI's Managing Director for Israel will serve as an independent contractor orchestrating the regional expansion of our efforts to replace factory - farmed products with plant - based and clean meat.

He has led SaaS (software as a service) and mobile - technology expansion efforts for the Grameen Foundation in South America and Africa, a global nonprofit that helps the world's poorest people.

Kinder Morgan's Alberta lobbying efforts over the past nine months focused exclusively on the Trans Mountain expansion, seeking, amongst other objectives, to «convey economic importance and benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil productexpansion, seeking, amongst other objectives, to «convey economic importance and benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil productExpansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil products.»

So, many of my arguments on this particular subject have been efforts on my part to get clear about what the expansion of the concept of marriage to include same - sex unions will mean for the social fabric.

The effort of the Council was to maintain Christian unity in the face of pressures for missionary expansion.

Expansion Opportunities Cal Dining's participation in sustainability initiatives is the starting point for the program's overall growth efforts.

My hope is that I will be around for years to come so that I can continue to supervise Southern's expansion efforts in the domestic and international markets.»

A: One of the biggest things to keep in mind is that these efforts also require the development or expansion of recycling infrastructure — which, in many of the markets where we operate, does not exist to provide an available or cost - effective option for recycling some or all of the materials in our waste stream.

GFI's Managing Director for Israel will serve as an independent contractor orchestrating the regional expansion of our efforts to replace factory - farmed products with plant - based and clean meat.

The Arlington Heights Park District board will present floor plans for the Camelot Park expansion at the end of the month in an effort to get community input on the project.

On Social infrastructure, President Mahama said with the efforts employed about eighty percent of Ghanaians have access to electricity and with the expansion of water systems Accra for instance currently has a hundred percent access to water, the first in the history of the country.

The «Too Good for Drugs» expansion is part of a comprehensive city effort unveiled on Staten Island Monday to combat opioid misuse deaths across the five boroughs.

Prevention efforts in his proposal include expansion of a Staten Island school prevention program Citywide, creation of a «Synthetics Task Force» with federal, state and city law enforcement and «develop [ing] clearer standards for prescribing opioids.»

Building such efforts into our tourism economy, I have assisted in the introduction and expansion of creative, low - impact forms of development, such as support for film production and agricultural tourism and the construction of the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center.

During a question - and - answer session with reporters after announcing an expansion of Geico in western New York, Cuomo pivoted back to his criticism of the state Legislature for questioning his economic development efforts.

«The Lewiston Queenston is a better option for the following reasons: the Peace Bridge currently has a high political profile because of bridge expansion efforts, the Lewiston Queenston is situated in a lower residential population density area and has more area for conducting inspections when exiting customs,» the state official wrote.

This effort is initiative 4.10 «Pursue the Expansion of Broadband Internet Access» in the Initiatives for a Stronger Community report.

Hartzog touted the city's «targeted, prudent investments» in the new budget, including the expansion of pre-kindergarten for more three - year - olds in the city, efforts to increase the city's affordable housing stock, funding to protect tenants from construction harassment, increased capital funding for the New York City Housing Authority, spending on mental health services and the full rollout of the NYPD's body camera program, among others.

MAYVILLE — The expansion effort of the Chautauqua County Landfill will take center stage for the Chautauqua County Legislature during it's November meetings.

MAYVILLE - The expansion effort of the Chautauqua County Landfill will take center stage for the Chautauqua County Legislature during it's November meetings.

«As a committed partner to New York, we will now double down on our efforts to further grow Resorts World Casino New York City and generate even more tax revenue for New York State while we pursue future expansion opportunities throughout the United States.»

I applaud the efforts of Residents for the Preservation of Lowman and Chemung and People for a Healthy Environment, Inc. to bring the issue of radioactive drilling wastes in the Chemung County landfill to the attention of the public, the DEC and the Chemung County legislature, which is currently considering a sizeable expansion of the Chemung County landfill to allow the landfill to take more drilling cuttings.

Green party candidate for Governor Howie Hawkins is calling for a massive expansion of public housing in the state in an effort to make housing more affordable.

Cary Goodman has spearheaded efforts to oppose AMNH's expansion, and is now running for city council.

In addition, the BOA also provided for some initial design efforts for expansion and upgrading of the Tifft Education and Visitor Center, to create a more sustainable facility.

Sunday's rally is a part of a larger effort coordinated by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and the Community Action Alliance on NYU 2031 to push the university's expansion to the Financial District.

But the expansion of space security was itself hampered by the war effort, and «the costs of the war also meant that very expensive space systems were competing for funds to day - to - day operations,» she added.

However, researchers are already seeing the benefit, with CNIC funds allowing for expansion of research efforts.

In an effort to extend the use of cord blood transplants to more patients, researchers are looking to identify specific molecules and culture conditions which allow for the ex vivo expansion of HSPCs before transplantation.

The new building planned as part of an expansion of the center will provide further critical mass for these efforts.»

Such work has become increasingly important given the expansion of genome - wide association studies identifying genetic risk factors for common diseases and corresponding efforts to commercialize genetic testing using these markers.

The research concentrates on the interplay of ecology and geography, as well as the expansion of military advancements and forecasts that choice for ultra-social institutions that allow for mutual effort in large groups of genetically unrelated individuals and large - scale sophisticated states, is better where warfare is more extreme.

The Stanceworks Track Expansion is now available for Project CARS in a continual effort by Slightly Mad Studios to keep the WMD - powered game feeling new with monthly content.

The evidence so far — mainly the career academy evaluations and a recent study (download) on math - enriched CTE — provides strong support for continued expansion of career academies, and for extension of the CTE college - and - career approach through efforts such as HSTW, programs of study that connect secondary and postsecondary education, and the Linked Learning initiative of the James Irvine Foundation.

At least two well - recognized Bay Area management organizations have recently decided against further expansion for the time being, and are instead starting consulting efforts or creating structured professional - development workshops and materials for district - run schools.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

Ultimately, the outcome of this convening includes actionable policy guidance for Hampden County, Massachusetts, and the nation — guidance to inform improvements to the quality of early learning environments as well as to inform expansion efforts.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?