Sentences with phrase «fuel investment which»

Not exact matches

One is to regard capital as the fuel that is keeping our company alive for a finite period of time, during which one of two things will happen: 1) We prove our company to be a worthy proposition, which will bring it more investment or increased revenue and allow us to stay in business, or 2) we fail to create a worthy proposition, and it's time to move on.

Last month, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), which represents more than 95 percent of the U.S. refining sector, sent a letter to President Trump, in which it argued that refineries along the Gulf Coast have made substantial investments to process heavy crude, particularly of the Venezuelan variety.

Other big technology companies have created similar investment funds to fuel technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality, which are generating a lot of interest from investors and analysts.

Apple today announced a new set of investments to build on its commitment to support the American economy and its workforce, concentrated in three areas where Apple has had the greatest impact on job creation: direct employment by Apple, spending and investment with Apple's domestic suppliers and manufacturers, and fueling the fast - growing app economy which Apple created with iPhone (R) and the App Store (R).

«This deal will help boost the mid - to long - term fundamentals in renewable energy generation, especially solar, while making any further investments in fossil - fuels increasingly vulnerable,» said portfolio manager Thiemo Lang of Zurich's RobecoSAM, which owns solar stocks.

«We look forward to working with the purchasers to close the overall transaction, which we expect to support our technology investments, fuel our growth, and strengthen our corporate governance,» said an Uber spokesperson.

In that case any credit - fueled increase in investment would likely have resulted in a net improvement in China's debt servicing capacity, in which case, with government debt at well below 25 % of GDP, rising debt would not be a concern.

Behind Germany and ahead of some of the oil producers, it runs the largest current account surplus in the world, which means that it is exporting its excess savings in a world that has nowhere to put the money, and so the world must respond either with speculative asset bubbles, unproductive investment, debt - fueled consumption binges or unemployment.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

These trends have accelerated in the current decade and are fueling burgeoning interest in new paradigms in venture capital that better align the interests of investors and fund managers and that provide the potential for outsized investment returns for which the asset class is known.

BTCChina also announced that they raised over $ 5 million USD in investment capital yesterday which helped to fuel the price on the exchange.

The Dodd - Frank Act, which itself made matters worse rather than better in the wake of the government - fueled financial downturn of 2008, explicitly empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the agency to formulate rules relating to investment advisers who offer «personalized investment advice about securities to a retail customer.»

Until we understand this do not expect the global crisis to end anytime soon, except perhaps temporarily with a new surge in credit - fueled consumption in the US (which will cause the trade deficit to worsen) and more wasted investment in China (which, because it is financed with cheap debt, which comes at the expense of the household sector, may simply increase investment at the expense of consumption).

«Chinese buyers» global presence is fuelled in part by a strong Yuan and slowing domestic economy, both of which are encouraging Chinese investors to look further afield in an attempt to diversify their investments.»

Lower fuel bills will act as a tax cut to boost growth instead, said Mark Dowding, the co-head of investment - grade bonds at BlueBay Asset Management, which oversees $ 66 billion.

With the first close of the $ 30 - million goal already secured solely from private investors, the Fund is pleased to announce its first two investments: GreenMantra, which has developed a proprietary technology platform to convert plastics into chemicals and other fuels; and Smart Energy Instruments (SEI), which is on track to create low - cost energy sensors that form the backbone of a smarter grid by providing real - time, highly granular data measurements.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nor have we yet deployed a comprehensive set of policies to support the rebalancing of the U.S. economy toward a growth path based more on business investment, trade and broad - based income gains than the type of asset price gains and credit - fuelled consumption, which dominated the last business cycle.

Social development has already made a contribution to the economic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources».

Metcash attributed the fall in grocery earnings to price deflation of 1.3 per cent, which exacerbated operating deleverage, a 12.6 per cent increase in advertising and marketing investment, and intense competition in food markets, particularly the impact of excessive fuel discounts by the major chains.

National Energy Action (NEA) is the national charity which aims to eradicate fuel poverty and campaigns for greater investment in energy efficiency to help those who are poor and vulnerable.

You might as well say that the fuel duty (which is not progressive, which also hits users of public transport and which will bring in more than the 50 %) is either a victory for green politics (in which case why the further investment in North Sea oil?)

We need a # 110bn investment in our energy infrastructure, and a failure to invest now will lead to an increased dependence on imported fossil fuels, which are subject to volatile price spikes and security of supply issues.

We have increased our investment in measures to improve the energy efficiency of Scotland's homes which, in addition to making fuel bills cheaper, has also helped to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from housing, consistent with our ambitions to combat climate change.

The worldwide push for government entities to drop investments in fossil fuels comes home to roost in the Empire State: this week New York legislators, led by Senator Liz Krueger, introduced the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act, which would require Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to divest the Common Retirement Fund's holdings in the top 200 fossil fuel companies by 2Fuel Divestment Act, which would require Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to divest the Common Retirement Fund's holdings in the top 200 fossil fuel companies by 2fuel companies by 2020.

If he accepts that savings can be made through investment in insulation, why, when households will face higher tax bills for years to come, is he resistant to our policy, which would give every home in the country an entitlement to # 6,500 - worth of immediate energy efficiency improvements, paid for from the savings that people make on their fuel bills?

Mr. Terkper also cited investments in oil and gas, which he said will be fueling the growth of the economy.

As Schellnhuber puts it: «Heavy investments in fossil fuels have led to big profits for shareholders, which in turn leads to greater investments in technologies that have proven to be profitable.»

Of its investment in Orano, JNFL said: «We believe that we can further strengthen our cooperative relationship with Orano which has excellent technical capabilities related to reprocessing and mixed - oxide (MOX) fuel processing and know - how cultivated through years of safe and stable operation.

Societies with a strong middle class make greater investments in public goods such as education, which helps fuel their future economic success.

Projects were selected through the FTA's competitive Fiscal Year 2011 Sustainability Initiative, which includes funding from two FTA programs: the Clean Fuels Grant Program and the TIGGER III (Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction) Grant Program.

GM officials said cutting back on less successful fuel - efficient systems will allow the company to focus on new technologies — including the plug - in series system hybrid underlying the Chevy Volt — which will require a significant investment.

The plan included a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 21 %, which is expected to result in higher corporate profits and fuel a potential increase in hiring and investment.

The chief drivers have been high current account deficits fuelled (literally) by oil - the sluggishness of the Indian economy driving out foreign investments, which had been impacted by the tapering of the quantitative easing program of the Federal Reserve Read more -LSB-...]

A good resource for seeing which funds have fossil fuel investments is As We Sow's Fossil Free Funds site: https://fossilfreefunds.org/

Revenue growth generates increased float, which fuels increased investment, which fuels revenue growth, which generates increased float, and so on...

Investors are ignoring the unreal circus atmosphere in Washington, D.C. and continuing to focus on economic growth, which is fueling their thirst for good investments.

When we talk about investment products, we often mean stocks, options and mutual funds, which many people consider use to fuel their longer term goals.

A second probable cause was the great expansion of investment trusts, public utility holding companies, and the amount of margin buying, all of which fueled the purchase of public utility stocks, and drove up their prices.

While manufacturers may be garnering the most interest from private - equity firms, some key investments have been made at the distributor level, which has fueled a high rate of consolidation under the growing Phillips Pet Food & Supplies and Animal Supply Company umbrellas.

Although Bennett spoke during a workshop titled «Cultural Districts as Engines of Urban Transformation,» he was there largely to pour cold water on the advisability of building cultural districts, which are being fueled by a quarter trillion dollars of investments worldwide.

The 6 MW wind farm helps reduce the country's dependence on imports of diesel fuel, freeing up funds for investment in infrastructure (which could include infrastructure that is climate change resilient).

Rapidly declining costs of wind and solar energy technologies, increasing concerns about the environmental and climate change impacts of fossil fuels, and sustained investment in renewable energy projects all point to a not - so - distant future in which renewable energy plays a pivotal role in the electric power system of the 21st century.

The company, which describes itself as «the world's largest private - sector coal company and the only global pure - play coal investment», claims that it fuels approximately 10 % of the electricity generated in the United States and 2 % of electricity generated throughout the world.

Traditional fossil - fuel investments account for a big chunk of those energy bets, which has sparked a showdown between student activists who say it is morally wrong to support an industry contributing to global climate change, and colleges and universities under pressure to raise funds for financial aid and facilities.

«Diversifying away now from fossil fuels, including oil and gas which face an uncertain future, reduces risks in its investment portfolio whilst allowing growing exposure to renewables — one of the fastest growing business sectors in the world.»

The UCL study was also propitiously timed to assist the February 13 - 14 «Global Divestment Day» campaign, which aims to pressure institutions and investment funds to divest from fossil - fuel companies.

The coalition has been urging the Council to introduce a more ambitious and timely carbon «fee - and - rebate» policy, which would put a fee on fossil fuel energy and re-invest the revenue into the D.C. community with rebates to residents and strategic investments in clean energy solutions.

The task force's recommendations are aimed not only at big fossil fuel companies, but at the banks, insurance companies, investment managers and shareholders, who «sit at the top of the investment chain and, therefore, have an important role to play in influencing the organizations in which they invest to provide better climate - related financial disclosures,» the report said.

To create this guide we used an American website called FossilFreeFunds.org, which allows anyone to easily access information on investment funds» fossil fuel holdings.