Sentences with phrase «fund efforts by»

Under the program, NAR awards up to $ 3,000 to help fund efforts by local boards to educate their members about smart growth or get involved in local smart - growth activities.

Policymakers now are devising ways of helping to fund efforts by developing world as a way of persuading them to accept binding targets.

The Obama Administration has identified more than 5,000 schools in need of such improvement, and allocated nearly $ 17 billion dollars to fund the efforts by states and districts.

And the U.S. military's research arm announced it will fund efforts by several high - profile genetics labs to develop ways to reverse or limit the spread of an introduced gene if it should have unintended consequences on animals or an ecosystem.

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Mayfield resident Douglas Kampfer, who has spent the last two years fighting New York's SAFE Act — unsuccessfully — in court, acting as his own attorney and funding his effort by collecting bottles and cans, has already filed for a rehearing after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his case, accusing the court of bias against the AR - 15.

Bill de Blasio is also a go - getter and he's been shaking the trees pretty hard to fund the effort by Democrats to re-take the New York state Senate from an unholy alliance of aging Republicans who've been there since Nixon and some abomination called the «IDC.»

In early February, the Obama administration included money in its fiscal year 2011 budget proposal to fund an effort by the Department of Labor and the U.S. Treasury to ramp up investigations of employee misclassification, with potential audits of as many as 6,000 businesses.

Not exact matches

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

Airbnb is contributing to the effort by working with the NGO Vital Voices Global Partnership and the nonprofit Global Fund for Women to provide travel and free Airbnb accommodations to 160 women who are small business owners and activists.

The funding is expected to create or maintain 300 jobs by helping Bell and 18 industry and academic partners develop innovative technologies, including fully autonomous aerial systems along with efforts to reduce noise.

And the effort will finally launch this weekend with anti-smoking ad campaigns funded by industry giants like Philip Morris USA owner Altria Group and Reynolds, reports the Associated Press.

Union officials, who have vowed to fight any effort to reduce benefits to retirees and vested workers, claim the city has undermined the pension fund by outsourcing city services to workers who don't pay into the system.

Capital - intensive efforts to invent products that create whole markets, which are dominated by large corporations and VC funding, will slow during the recession, predicts Kind.

Ideally, it will raise revenues to help fund efforts to combat the speculators» ill effects, while also potentially shrinking the public hazards by reducing their prevalence.

Infrastructure spending could come, just as it did by the efforts of Van Rysselberge in Oklahoma City, from passing local sales taxes to fund those programs.

There are venture capital efforts that are trying, such as Matter.vc and the Knight Foundation's Enterprise Fund, run by Benoit Wirz.

H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

Underneath the claim was a genuine problem with the message, that people truly wishing to assist the protesters could do so simply by checking in rather than sending funds or supplies to support their efforts.

The news is an encouraging milestone in an ongoing effort by JPMorgan Chase, the country's biggest bank, to steer more of its corporate philanthropy toward revitalizing inner cities — particularly in Detroit, where the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund is part of a $ 150 million, five - year commitment by the bank.

Today, Microsoft is announcing the creation of Microsoft Ventures, a coordinated global effort that offers the tools, resources, expertise and routes to market by providing mentorship, technology guidance, seed funding, joint selling opportunities and other benefits.

In addition to featuring many individual mega-donors, we look at top leaders of both private and corporate foundations and explore women who are making an impact by catalyzing giving, through funding intermediaries or other efforts.

Wide distribution over the internet • Low cost, efficient, transparent capital • The «great equalizer «• Media / PR, awareness • Increase customer engagement and • Evangelize backers into investors (customer acquisition) • Reduce risk by getting feedback on new launches (product or ventures) • Market research Access to Capital Marketing Platform Validation • Raising funds via crowdfunding markets is a very public and transparent • Protect your IP and speak to a lawyer • Crowdfunding takes a lot of effort and commitment • The majority of Ideas fail to reach their funding goal • How will this affect your companies brand?

These campaigns take lots of marketing effort — but the end reward, should you raise your funds, is a startup loan and validation of your business idea by many potential future customers for your business.

Southeastern Asset Management, another institutional investor, worked with Mr. Icahn on another offer to buy Dell, and also supported an effort by Barington Capital Group, a hedge fund, to shake up the retailer Dillard's.

These efforts include the Asian Bond Fund initiatives by the EMEAP central banks and the Asian Bond Markets Initiative, established by the Asian Development Bank and ASEAN +3 nations.

Funding delayed (p. 126 and 150): Last year, Ottawa promise $ 2 billion over two years, starting this year, for a Low Carbon Economy Fund to support emission reductions efforts by provinces and territories.

In August 1972, more than a year before the military coup, the CIA funded a 300 - page economic blueprint which it supplied to the country's military and some of the most ambitious business families in an effort to hasten the overthrow of Salvador Allende's socialist government, which had been elected by a small plurality in 1970.

Morningstar rating: In an effort to classify funds by what they own, as well as by their prospectus objectives and styles, Morningstar developed Morningstar Categories.

The Canadian Forces sent helicopters to assist in the effort to contain the blazes, and outgoing B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced of a C$ 100 - million fund, to be administered by the Red Cross, to aid those who've been displaced.

It is an effort by the left to defund the right, which the former assumes is funded by big corporations.

In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.

By Inc.'s count, there are currently about two dozen early - stage female - focused financing efforts, representing about $ 100 million in funding annually.

I offset my carbon footprint by making donations to Geoversity and Earth Train, helping to fund their efforts in Centro Mamoní, Panama.

He was co-founder of a healthcare startup funded by Rubbermaid and led its marketing, new product development, and commercialization efforts from inception through maturity.

2017.09.11 RBC commits US$ 300,000 in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts Today, RBC announced a funding commitment of US$ 300,000 to support organizations providing relief and humanitarian efforts for those affected by the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Irma in many Caribbean countries and the state of Florida in the U.S....

Hedge funds are also joining the lending effort to fill the void left by traditional lenders, aiming to prevent a total collapse of economic structure in the United States and around the world.

The letter continued: «Our ad reminds viewers that Kim Jong - un and his army of hackers have been stealing billions of dollars of Bitcoin and other digital currencies for the past few years, funding their rogue nuclear weapons programs and thwarting efforts by the rest of the world to sanction this behavior.»

By funding the relief efforts of organizations in the Caribbean, there's potential to build stronger response capacity so that these organizations are better equipped to face future challenges.

If you sue the United States government, your settlement will be paid by the same fund used to pay the Iranian government $ 1.3 billion in interest, part of an effort to end a financial dispute between the two countries and hasten the return of five Americans being held in Tehran (including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian.)

There are all kinds of efforts in this direction — Govt supported Institute based technology incubators, Private business incubators started by industry veterans and startup accelerators supported by companies and VC funds.

The deal, which was spearheaded by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Polosi, will keep the government funded and provide much needed appropriations to the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

In addition to its corporate efforts, Marriott Vacation Club Owners and guests at its seven Central Florida resorts will also soon be able to get involved by rounding - up their final folio balance to the nearest dollar, with the additional funds supporting the campaign.

The funds generated by these actions would help to support efforts to return about $ 90 billion in capital to shareholders by 2018.

Japanese and Canadian venture capital firms will be adding to the funding promised by the government and British companies, in a concerted effort to stave off the threat from the growing AI sector in China, which aims to become the AI world leader by 2030.

«This funding will allow us to together rebuild safe, resilient schools in areas most impacted by recent natural disasters to keep children safe, but also to ensure that these communities are not forgotten when the emergency response efforts are complete.

Corporate Bond — A long term bond offered by a corporation in an effort to raise outside funds.

Postmates, the San Francisco startup best known for food delivery, has hired the investment bank founded by famed Silicon Valley dealmaker Frank Quattrone to advise it on fund - raising efforts or a possible sale, according to three people familiar with the arrangement.

Once initial relief work is complete, this fund will transition to support longer - term recovery efforts run by vetted, local organizations.