Sentences with phrase «funded by the makers»

And critics point out that we need more independent studies evaluating safety — that is, studies not funded by the makers of genetically modified (GM) seeds.

There has been little scientific evidence of the relative effectiveness of these drugs, because most studies compare one against a handful of others or a placebo, and are often funded by the maker of a particular drug, which can bias the findings in its favor, the researchers note.

It makes sense that the game is a great Crossy Road - like game: the Australian developers at Prettygreat were funded by the makers of Crossy Road!

Not exact matches

Musk made the offer in response to a comment made on social media by Mike Cannon - Brookes, the co-founder of Australian software maker Atlassian (team), who said he would be willing to line up funding and political support if Tesla could supply batteries that would solve South Australia's problems.

Consumer products maker Newell Brands has agreed to add three independent directors to its board, including one proposed by hedge fund Starboard Value, ending a months - long proxy fight with the activist investor.

In the United States, for example, a trust fund protects vaccine makers from being destroyed by lawsuits while also compensating patients who fall ill from them.

Business software maker Slack confirmed that it has raked in an additional $ 250 million in a Series G funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund.

A German court has acquitted the former CEO and CFO of sports car maker Porsche of manipulating the company's share price during its takeover battle with Volkswagen 0.09 %, dealing a serious blow to a seven - year battle for compensation by U.S. hedge funds.

The report singles out a $ 65 million September funding round led by Disney (DIS) in VR camera maker Jaunt as one of the year's top investments.

Another caveat is that the research was funded in part by chocolate maker Hershey's, so normally I'd take the results with a certain degree of skepticism.

• Maxwell Financial Labs, a Denver - based B2B digital mortgage cloud software maker, raised $ 3 million in funding led by Anthemis Group and was joined by investors including Route66 Ventures and Assurant Inc..

Prior to trading in the secondary market, shares of the fund are «created» at NAV by market makers, large investors and institutions only in block - size Creation Units.

In an email he sent Ackman, who is one of the world's best - known hedge fund managers, was a link to Hempton's latest critique of the Canadian drug maker's potential problems, one of the most detailed produced by anyone yet.

Prior to trading in the secondary market, shares of the Fund are «created» at NAV by market makers, large investors and institutions only in block - size Creation Units of typically, 25,000 to 200,000 shares or multiples thereof.

The continent's pension funds, meanwhile, face a tougher challenge paying for their members» retirement, as early September saw the world's first negative - yielding corporate bonds, issued by French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and German cement maker Henkel.

Yet another portfolio company is the autonomous drone maker Airobotics, which closed on $ 32.5 million in Series C funding last fall, led by BlueRun Ventures China, with participation from Microsoft Ventures.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- NIO Capital, an investment firm founded by leading Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO, is in talks with prospective investors to raise up to $ 500 million in a dollar fund aimed at the country's auto sector, people with knowledge of the plans said.

Research findings from the Center for Talent Innovation, a New York - based think tank headed by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, found that having something inherently in common with the funder, decision maker or investor makes an enormous difference, since 56 percent of decision makers in the study did not value ideas they didn't personally see a need for, even when evidence suggests that it's a good, marketable idea.

The contest was sponsored by Axiom Foods, the largest maker of plant protein ingredients in the U.S. Vitamin Angels, dedicated to supplementing undernourished children worldwide with Vitamin A, received a $ 10,000 donation as part of the plant protein fund

By being part of the «Top Chef» program, perhaps the school lunch message would reach a new audience and create new pressure points on the policy makers that control the funding.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

We see it with the baby milk issue and our latest newsletter, Update 44, examines some specific cases where a desire by policy makers to work with corporations (which sometimes includes accepting funding) has led to the rights of mothers and babies being neglected or even undermined.

(The main promoter and funding of the US's anti-cosleeping campaign is done by the JMPA — makers of cribs.)

The Orfalea Fund helped to bring about new standards in early childhood education, school food, and disaster readiness by doing in - depth research, taking risks to discover what works, bringing together dedicated partners to execute programs, and helping families, educators, and policy - makers raise their expectations for a healthier, more resilient community.

RISE Project on Thursday released a report alleged drawn up by DIGIPI called «Note on aspects affecting the social and economic climate of Teleorman County,» that speaks of «a crime ring made up of the county's decision makers,» including PSD's Dragnea, who previously was the county's prefect, misappropriated European and national budget funds.

Kaloyeros had Washington Avenue moved to accommodate the building, which was completed in 2013 and housed the Global 450 Consortium, a $ 1 billion research program funded by both the state and the world's largest chip makers including Intel, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co..

With funding from Maryland Sea Grant, a program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the State of Maryland, Kenney has launched a «listening tour» to understand the scientific needs of regional and local decision - makers related to increasing resilience to climate change.

A recent study in the Journal of Environmental Management carried out by researchers at the European Forest Institute and their partners in the FP7 funded MOTIVE project (Models for Adaptive Forest Management) discusses how forest managers and decision makers can cope with climate uncertainties.

The study, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and funded by vaccine - maker Sanofi Pasteur, found that — with the exception of one strain of flu circulating in the 2012 - 2013 season — the high dose flu vaccine helped participants mount a better immune response to influenza than the standard flu shot.

This pooled analysis was funded by Medtronic, a maker of the retriever devices.

Faraone currently receives research support and consulting fees from Shire Development, the makers of extended - release Adderall, and in the past his research has been funded by companies including Ortho - McNeil - Janssen and Eli Lilly, which makes the stimulant Strattera.

One study, led by Arria — and funded by Ortho - McNeil - Janssen, the makers of the stimulant Concerta — found that 17 % of stimulant misusers had ADHD symptoms, compared with about 9 % of the group of nonusers.

The panel's decision was based almost entirely on the Jupiter trial, a study funded by Crestors maker, AstraZeneca, that compared a daily dose of Crestor to placebo in nearly 18,000 people who fit the description used by the panel (and who would not be eligible for a statin under the current guidelines).

He wasn't involved in the new study, which was funded by drug maker Janssen.

The new study was funded by drug maker Novartis.

That's what researchers from the University of North Carolina Greensboro decided to test, in a study now appearing online in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (funded, needless to say, by the makers of Juice Plus +).

This maker was crowd funded by fans, and has lots of items that fans of the

Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.

In a 2016 survey on research use by state and district decision - makers, only 1 to 4 percent reported that they use federally - funded research sources «all the time.»

Federally - funded studies are great for informing federal policy decisions, but we need more investments in evidence by state and local decision - makers.

This programming is also supported by our local business and artist / maker communities through our annual Silent Auction for the Arts and Prospect Heights Craft Fair events, both of which provide a meaningful source of supplemental funding for enrichment activities.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

While early charter schools, established under a model introduced by Albert Shanker in the 1990s, were designed to give educators on the ground floor more administrative autonomy, modern charters are run (and, in part, funded) by increasingly diverse groups, from corporate behemoths, to hedge funds, to dynamic and independent taste - makers (Cohen 2015).

The study must not have been funded by multi-purpose device makers (indirectly via advertising) or perhaps Pew lost its marbles.

Last year, I didn't think it was conceivable that policy - makers would attempt to address this problem by making lenders whole with public funds.

When market makers and other large investors accumulate sufficient shares of a NextShares fund, they can redeem their shares from the fund by transacting through intermediaries called Authorized Participants.

By maintaining Creation Unit sizes that are relatively small (i.e., in a range of 5,000 to 50,000 shares), NextShares funds enable market makers to limit their exposure to overnight inventory risk in fund shares held.

Returned due to: insufficient funds in account, closed account, refer to maker, improper completion of check, incorrect account number, check written against deposited funds not yet collected by the Credit Union, checks paid against insufficient or uncollected funds or items / checks overdrawing account paid for by the Credit Union (Courtesy Pay).

The ETFs are managed by an authorized participant (also referred to as a market maker or specialist), with the stocks themselves typically loaned out of different pension funds.

Being underweight a country such as Japan in a smart beta index can be uncomfortable, but is not comparable to being outright short JGBs in the decades - old widow - maker trade favored at times by various hedge funds.