Sentences with phrase «funded by private corporations»

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The sectoral results for the 2013 survey indicate that Australia's aggregate net foreign currency asset position was held principally by non-bank private financial corporations (other financial corporations), with non-financial corporations and the public sector (including the Future Fund and the Reserve Bank) also holding small net foreign currency asset exposures (Graph 5).

By the same token, he says, private equity firms face stiff competition from strategic buyers and a growing number of other financing options, including pension funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs).

Global bond funds invest in a wide variety of bonds issued by various public and private entities around the world, including sovereign governments, international agencies, state and local authorities, and private corporations.

The final bill also requires that, by June 30, 2016, the Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC) submit a report «detailing: (a) the total amount of public funds committed by this program annually; (b) total amount of private funds committed annually and, if applicable, the amount of such funds that has been invested by such parties; (c) the location of each area receiving investments under this program and the goals for each such area; (d) planned future investments by both public and private parties; and (e) such other information as the corporation deems necessary.»

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

The campus foundations are private, not - for - profit organizations designed to raise and manage money and real estate donated by alumni, parents, community members, family foundations, university employees and corporations to fund approved university activities and scholarships.

He also wants to modernize the Corporation Business Tax to raise $ 110 million, and tax «carried interest» — or performance fees earned by hedge fund and private equity managers — to generate roughly $ 100 million.

It's no coincidence that golden rice, which has been tragically caught up in the larger uproar over GMOs, was developed not by a private corporation, but by foundation - funded academic researchers and a nonprofit organization supported by governments and philanthropies.

Presented by ITVS, the series is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people, with additional funding from PBS, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the National Endowment foCorporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people, with additional funding from PBS, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the National Endowment focorporation funded by the American people, with additional funding from PBS, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, was inspired by a serendipitous discovery of mine while I was engaged in some consulting work for the International Finance Corporation, the private finance arm of the World Bank.

Most of the expense is covered by the partner school districts, but Bard does also receive some private funding from groups like the Carnegie Corporation.

They support vouchers that would allow public funds to be spent on private schools — even those with religious orientations — and charter schools, which are frequently run by private corporations.

It is funded by private foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York and The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.

Legislation pending in Congress would create new opportunities for corporations and successful investors to earn huge profits by transferring public funding to private schools, according to a report released today by AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

Buffalo ReformED is funded in part by the Oishei Foundation, set up by John R. Oishei, founder of Trico Corporation, whose factories making windshield wipers are Buffalo's largest private sector employer.

There are a number of new offerings in the private student loan arena, and Raise — stylized as ^ raise — is one of those newcomers to private student loans that is making an impression.What Is Raise?Raise's loans are funded by Cognition Lending, the loan department of Cognition Financial Corporation.

Neither the Private Investment Management service nor any of the securities purchased as part of the Private Investment Management service are guaranteed or covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, HSBC Bank Canada, or any other investor protection fund or deposit insurer.

There was an obvious solution, and it was seized upon by public fund managers everywhere in Buffett's position: shutter the corporation and become a private equity fund.

He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.

TLCAD is funded by private & government grants, foundations, individual businesses & corporations, and individual donations.

Public Art Fund is supported by the generosity of individuals, corporations, and private foundations including lead support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, and major support from the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, The Marc Haas Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and The Silverweed Foundation.

He questions links between corporate culture and artistic practice, a real concern for artists in Turkey, where the current artistic boom is funded by private money from banks and large corporations, with no support for cultural activities from the state.

Like many countries worldwide, Turkey's current artistic boom is funded by private money from banks and large corporations, with no or very limited support for cultural activities from the state.

This project is a public private partnership managed by Terra Global and funded by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Conservation Innovation Grant program and Entergy Corporation, an integrated energy company, through its Environmental Initiatives Fund.

Ask them why they think they're threatened by government when we have large corporations funding private investigations and smear campaigns against people who speak against them.

It only says «CCAP is funded by several diverse sources, such as private foundations, U.S. federal, state, local, and international governments, individual donors and corporations.»

I think the other point — you mentioned that not all the reserves are controlled by private corporations from which we can divest — that is really the other issue that Ben alluded to, which is that for a lot of these companies (you mentioned Exxon specifically), we have data to prove that as little as about 2 years ago, Exxon was actively funding climate change deniers about a mile and a half from where I am sitting here at MIT.

The project, part - funded by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a U.S. federal agency, had originally promised to light homes in the West African nation.

Well, in the last day or so the World Bank has withdrawn a loan to one of Brazil's cattle giants; and Brazil's three - largest supermarket chains (one of which is Wal - Mart) have announced that they will suspend contracts with cattle companies associated with deforestation: Up to $ 90 Million in Funding Pulled The action by the World Bank comes via its private lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, and pulls the last $ 30 million of $ 90 million loan from Brazilian cattle firm Bertin.

«We've got a bunch of players that are already in there, and they can continue to fund by way of additional capital contributions the advancement of those projects without having to trip over any new Investment Canada rules,» says Craig Hoskins, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Calgary and an adviser to public and private corporations.

Shadow mortgages lenders in Canada — identified by Postmedia through a review of B.C. civil court filings, lending documents and regulatory filings — include mortgage investment corporations, hedge funds and private lenders such as realtors, crowd funding companies, real estate lawyers and mortgage brokers.

Ginnie Mae: Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA); a government - owned corporation overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ginnie Mae pools FHA - insured and VA - guaranteed loans to back securities for private investment; as With Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the investment income provides funding that may then be lent to eligible borrowers by lenders.