Sentences with phrase «group of industries interested»

Florida Realtors ® President Andrew Barbar represented the National Association of Realtors ® alongside individuals from a diverse group of industries interested in using this technology, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, Edison Electric Institute, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Associated General Contractors of America.

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Everyone in the program completes afour - month internship with an area business — important local experience for thethree - quarters of the student body thatcome from abroad — and most complete anapplied business project, a group businessanalysis assignment based on the real - worldexperience gleaned through the internship.Those with an interest in finance can forgothe independent project and instead bolton an optional fifth semester that givesadditional weight to securities, derivativesand investing, covering topics like the mutualfund industry and real estate investing.

The world's biggest beer makers have been angling to tap rising interest in the craft category, which generated $ 19.6 billion in retail sales last year and now accounts for 11 % of the total beer market, according to industry trade group the Brewers Association.

The new report, from groups with obvious interest in the growth of the industry, the Association for a Better New York, Google, Citi, and the New York Tech Meetup, finds that 291,000 people are empoyed in the New York City «tech ecosystem.»

Users can click on the Groups tab at the top of the LinkedIn homepage to search groups formed around interests, industry or caGroups tab at the top of the LinkedIn homepage to search groups formed around interests, industry or cagroups formed around interests, industry or careers.

There is an entire group of industries like wool, silk, cotton, and rayon weaving when the Jewish interest in production is small, being 5 to 10 per cent in wool (for example, L. Bachmann of Uxbridge Worsted, Austin T. Levy of Stillwater Worsted, and Allen and Bernard Goldfine), 15 per cent in silk (for example, Hess, Goldsmith & Co., David Silks, Inc., Widder Bros.), 5 per cent in cotton (the Cone family of North Carolina, Sigmund Odenheimer of New Orleans, Elias Reiss of New York), and 16 per cent in rayon - yarn production (Industrial Rayon and Celanese Corp.) But in these same industries the Jewish interest in distribution is large, half the wool sales agents and jobbers, three - quarters of the silk converters, and three - quarters of the cotton converters being Jews.

As part of its commitment to the community and the industry, Talison Lithium offers tours of the Greenbushes Lithium Operations for schools, tertiary institutions, special interest groups and seniors in Western Australia.

Given the expectation that many established forms of compensation that are so central to the brokerage business model appear likely to be allowed under the rules, Roper questions the contention of industry groups that they really are willing to accept a best - interest fiduciary standard for advice under ERISA.

2) Because of this performance streak in small and mid-cap stocks (which make up the majority of stocks, but not the majority of market cap), breadth measures based solely on advance - decline statistics have not yet picked up the deterioration in sponsorship that's evident if we examine other market internals such as industry group action, interest - sensitive securities, and trading volume; and,

Beyond the mountains, increasing popularity of indoor climbing has sparked new interest in the activity, helping the industry to grow by 13 percent in the 12 months ending January 2017, according to global information company The NPD Group.

Fifth, governments, industry and other interested groups should strengthen their efforts to build a national ethic of energy conservation and a clearer public understanding of the costs and benefits of various energy choices.

«Benesch's extensive experience representing clients within the alternative investment industry and their deep understanding of the issues and topics of greatest importance and interest to the industry makes it the perfect addition to the Roundtable's existing group of sponsors,» said Adam Weinstein, President of the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable.

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

This requires local and national coalitions of public interest groups to organize to demand that the existing regulatory processes work to protect the public rather than the industry they are supposed to regulate.

When the State Department considers who it will appoint to international conferences that deal with such matters, it consistently turns to the representatives of the communication industry rather than to knowledgeable representatives from public interest groups.

In an industry making such large profits by using a public resource, the industry «s attempts to prove how public - spirited they are provide excellent leverage for moral jujitsu on the part of public - interest groups, including the churches.

Last week, the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), a trade interest group of 80 members, and The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit organization, published Nielsen data about the growth of the plant - based food industry over the last year.

Recently the Food Waste Reduction Alliance — lead by Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association and National Restaurant Association — held a convening of representatives from the food industry, government agencies and non-government groups, all sharing an interest in addressing the issue of food waste.

GROWING consumer interest in food provenance and production methods is leading to further development of traceability schemes, according to industry group Organic Monitor.

The Allergen Bureau is a wonderful example of cooperation amongst competitors in the food industry, with national and multi-national food manufacturing and marketing companies, suppliers, importers, exporters, retailers and consumer groups sharing information on managing the risks of food allergens in industry in the interests of consumers.

Traditionally a fundraiser for local scholarship programs, the festival to date has contributed nearly $ 80,000 in scholarships for Marathon High School students through the Marathon chapter of the Organized Fishermen of Florida, a statewide group that represents the interests and well - being of the commercial fishing industries.

The food pyramid was designed with a lot of input from special interest groups, such as the beef industry that did not want its products removed from the school lunches.

The decision - making Core Group was responsible for determining the gaps and recommendations for the WBTi report and its member organisations had to be free from conflict of interest with regard to funding from the formula, baby food, bottle and teat industries.

Despite years of work by individual senators, representatives and and advocacy groups, global warming bills have always stalled in the Congress, killed off by well organized interest groups, industry coalitions and congressmembers from districts seen as being harmed.

It's like subsidizing the horse - and - buggy industry while Henry Ford is rolling cars off the assembly line,» said Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).

«And it's apparent from consultations that creative industries» interest groups regard copyright as a right that must be maintained, or preferably strengthened, rather than a privilege granted for the wider benefit of society.

That's meant that the so - called LLC loophole — an industry favorite that allows property owners and other private interest groups to pour unlimited amounts of cash into political campaigns though multiple limited liability companies — has remained in place.

«The pro-business majority in the state Senate, comprised of the Republicans, the IDC and Felder, are basically the firing wall» that's protected the real estate industry's interests, said Matthew Engel, president of both the Bronx firm Langsam Property Services and the landlord lobbying group the Community Housing Improvement Program, or CHIP.

While a darling of the real estate industry, Bloomberg, a billionaire, was widely considered immune to special interest groups because he self - financed his own campaigns and was not indebted to anyone.

The Open NY team and the NYS Department of Health continue to publish new public health and health cost data that is very useful to industry, journalists, academics and public interest groups.

The report was released by Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environment America, Environment New York, Environmental Advocates of New York, HealthyPlanet, Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association, National Wildlife Federation, New York Building Congress, New York League of Conservation Voters, New York Public Interest Research Group, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Sierra Club.

The New York Public Interest Research Group says the tobacco industry spent as much on lobbying expenses and political donations in New York in the first half of 2013 ($ 3.6 million) as it spent in the entire 24 months of 2011 ($ 1.8 million) and 2012 ($ 1.7 million) combined.

Ten companies or trade groups that lobbied on fracking and other issues of concern to the natural gas industry spent $ 4.5 million lobbying in Albany over the last three years, according to an analysis prepared by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Following its establishment in 2002, Bailey took the position of Secretary of The All Party Parliamentary Group for Steel which acts as a group to promote the interests of the steel manufacturing industry and the communities that work in that induGroup for Steel which acts as a group to promote the interests of the steel manufacturing industry and the communities that work in that indugroup to promote the interests of the steel manufacturing industry and the communities that work in that industry.

Moreover, as the various S&E constituencies — disciplinary societies, government agencies, industry groups, and general scientific societies — develop training plans and programs of their own, they tend to focus on narrowly defined interests.

The BMJ also claims that industry funding of the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI), a group of flu scientists that provided advice to the WHO, presented a «potential conflict of interest.&rGroup on Influenza (ESWI), a group of flu scientists that provided advice to the WHO, presented a «potential conflict of interest.&rgroup of flu scientists that provided advice to the WHO, presented a «potential conflict of interest.»

A more exact measure of carbon footprint wanted While Krupp is a presence for environmental groups, the panel has come under fire from some for being too heavily weighted toward gas industry interests.

In the course of my MBA reading I had seen articles from Steve Arlington's group at what was then Coopers and Lybrand, and I became interested in the way they were trying to push thinking in the industry.

In addition, catering to self - aware gamblers interested in limiting their losses could be a growth industry, writes Nicola Adami on behalf of the Italian research group.

While politicians are suspicious of giving any further freedom to the media, when presented with evidence of the extent to which scientists and science writers have been silenced and bullied by individuals, interest groups and industry, they have found it impossible to ignore.

We were there to speak about our career reflections and advice; everyone in that group came from a different industry job category, and it was interesting to see how each of the presentations reinforced the advice of the others.

The foundation is headed by Len Blavatnik, a major American and British entrepreneur and philanthropist and the founder and Chairman of Access Industries, a privately - held U.S. industrial group with global strategic interests in natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, real estate, and venture capital.

Mr. Blavatnik is the founder and Chairman of Access Industries, a privately - held U.S. industrial group with global interests in natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, real estate, technology, and e-commerce.

Specifically, the new center will bring together a centralized group of all constituents within this area creating a multi-disciplinary interest group whereby industry, big pharma, physicians, scientists, government and regulatory agencies as well as other stakeholders can convene to share ideas, develop education offerings and advance the utilization of radionuclide therapy.

Lynnea Smith and John Fogarty represented the group at a news conference at the National Press Club where the U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued a report critical of the billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies to the energy industry embodied in the House Energy group at a news conference at the National Press Club where the U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued a report critical of the billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies to the energy industry embodied in the House Energy Group issued a report critical of the billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies to the energy industry embodied in the House Energy Bill.

The CDP is designed to call for input and carefully consider the interests of stakeholder groups from across the healthcare industry.

In 1988, a vegetarian - oriented food activist group, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), warned the American public against the dangers of saturated fat and campaigned for the food industry to switch from beef tallow and lard to partially hydrogenated vegetable oil — specifically soybean oil.

According to the consumer advocacy group the Center for Science in the Public Interest, seven of the 13 experts on President Bush's newly appointed task force, which is assembled to create the next version of the food pyramid, have received research and consulting money from the food and drug industries.

Thanks to the underhanded work of industry front groups like the Center for Science in the «Public Interest», in the 1980s Americans had partially hydrogenated oils foisted on them as health foods.

In association with some of the region's top trade associations and social networking groups, the 8th annual Digital Family Reunion promises to help weave our various communities of interest into the larger collective family of professionals working in and around the technology industry.