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Add to that a substantial corporate reorganization at the top, which included both promoting some long - term Husky insiders, but also bringing on - board five new senior VPs with deep oilpatch experience (including John Myer, now Husky's senior vice-president of oilsands, from Suncor Energy, and Rob Symonds, Husky's senior vice-president of Western Canada productions, from Enerplus Resources Fund), and Ghosh was ready to focus on crafting the new Husky story.

Located in South San Francisco, Calif., and funded by leading investors, including The Column Group (TCG), Kleiner Perkins (KP), Topspin Partners, GV and Celgene Corporation, we have assembled a leadership team and advisory group with a proven track record of success and team of scientists with substantial knowledge and expertise in drug discovery and translational areas essential to execute on this approach.

Investors include leading university endowments, financial institutions, funds of funds and family offices, as well as a substantial capital investment from Shore's partners.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Located in South San Francisco, Calif., and funded by leading investors, including The Column Group (TCG), Kleiner Perkins (KP), Topspin Partners, GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Celgene Corporation, FLX Bio has assembled a leadership team and advisory group with a proven track record of success and team of scientists with substantial knowledge and expertise in drug discovery and translational areas essential to execute on this approach.

A report in February last year from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association suggested default funds for defined contribution (DC) pensions - which 90 per cent of DC savers subscribe to - are vulnerable to a range of environmental, social and governance risks (ESG), including substantial climate risk.

The fundraising was also supported by a substantial syndicate of new investors including Kurma Partners, Roche Venture Fund, Idinvest Partners and Chiesi Ventures.

The amended bill was a substantial improvement over the original bill, as it appeared to remove the draconian and generally unproductive anti-money laundering requirements that would have applied to all virtual currency businesses, including businesses that never handle any customer funds.

Our investors include banks, hedge funds, family offices, and insurance companies with an appetite for current income that are making substantial allocations to this asset class.

Our investors include banks, hedge funds, family offices and insurance companies with an appetite for current income that are making substantial allocations to this emerging asset class.

Investments in commodity - related products may subject the fund to significantly greater volatility than investments in traditional securities and involve substantial risks, including risk of loss of a significant portion of their principal value.

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.

The fund has a substantial western Victoria cropping aggregation a prized King Island aggregation for beef production and a farming aggregation at Darlington Point for irrigated cropping in NSW which includes the famed Tubbo Station and Huddersfield.

They said the haul doesn't include personal funds that Massey has donated to his campaign, but that it includes «a substantial share» of donations from Democrats and independents.

«The expected loss of tax receipts is offset by substantial downward revisions to General Fund disbursements, including General Fund transfers to Other Funds,» the DOB wrote in its report.

Taxpayers will receive the same net benefit, but SOF spending growth appears lower.3 Other substantial changes include shifts in workers from payrolls in the general fund to those paid by capital funds, reclassifying the Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corporation (STARC) funds from a miscellaneous receipt to an offset against spending, and shifting expenses off - budget as shown in Table 3.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday proposed using his first substantial budget surplus to fund a $ 154 billion spending plan that includes a $ 2.1 billion increase in school funding over two years and billions of dollars in legacy - building construction projects.

He is also accused of getting COR Development to funnel $ 35,000 in payoffs to him through a shell company set up by Howe, then performing official favors that included securing the release of $ 14 million in previously awarded state funds and scoring a «substantial raise» for Aiello's son, who worked in the Executive Chamber.

They note that the program has a number of features that «attract diverse investigators,» including an easy application process, broad marketing, extension awards, and substantial funding.

The BBSRC - funded ARK - Genomics facility — which is part of Edinburgh Genomics at the University of Edinburgh — provided a substantial body of sequence data, including information on which genes are expressed in a spectrum of 40 different tissues.

Any proposal involving substantial expenditure of AAAS funds — such as a recommendation for the establishment of a study or investigative committee — should be presented in the form of a study proposal, with budget included, so that the financial implications of positive action are clearly stated.

«The so - called 21st Century Cures Act contains huge news for supporters of biomedical research: It recommends substantial budget increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including $ 10 billion in extra funding over 5 years.

That is why Bob Sweet and I included evaluation targets in the law and substantial funds ($ 25 million) to address the targets.

«Although this will increase the guarantee capacity of the fund, including capacity for charter schools which tend to maintain weaker credit profiles, the program's substantial assets continue to provide strong coverage and default tolerance, which is reflective of the Aaa rating,» Nichols said.

A 2009 literature review of the within - country studies comparing outcomes among different types of school systems worldwide revealed that the most market - like and least regulated education systems tended to produce student outcomes superior to more heavily regulated systems, including those with a substantial number state - funded and regulated private schools.

Update: This story has been changed to reflect the fact that KPCC's coverage of the race included a substantial number of stories about issues unrelated to outside funding and charter schools, including budget issues.

A 2009 literature review of the within - country studies comparing outcomes among different types of school systems worldwide revealed that the most market - like and least regulated education systems tend to produce student outcomes superior to more heavily regulated systems, including those with a substantial number of state - funded and regulated private schools.

Our subscribers usually allocate elements of several different budgets to cover the subscription fee, which usually might include CPD / training budgets; learning resources (including science, literacy and maths, because the system has substantial cross-curricular impact) and pupil premium funding (as Empiribox helps schools achieve PP objectives and results).

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is committed to protecting current and former Federal employees and applicants for employment from interference and retaliation when making protected disclosures, or «whistleblowing,» which includes disclosing information related to a violation of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

Factors which may cause the adviser to make such a judgment include, but are not limited to, the following: only a bid price or an asked price is available; the spread between bid and asked prices is substantial; the frequency of sales; the thinness of the market; the size of reported trades; and actions of the securities markets, such as the suspension or limitation of trading; (iii) securities determined to be illiquid; (iv) securities with respect to which an event that will affect the value thereof has occurred (a «significant event») since the closing prices were established on the principal exchange on which they are traded, but prior to the Fund's calculation of its net asset value.

Maddie's Fund was very instrumental in building most of the major animal shelters and rescue groups in the Valley (including AAWL) by providing substantial grants for many years through their «Maddie's Project in Maricopa County» which concluded in 2009.

Other stuff includes the fun Nostradamus missions Throw in random events around the streets and missions to help fund and upgrade your own personal Cafe and you've got a game with a substantial amount of content, and for the first time the vast majority of it actually feels worth completing.

Most of the legislative proposals therefore include substantial allocations of funds to support such R&D, such as the CLEAR Act which directs 25 percent of all auction revenue to this purpose.

An anti-Kyoto, Anti-IPCC, anti-regulation lobby group founded and run by Frederick Singer, that has received $ 20,000 from ExxonMobil... as well as having received substantial funds from several other fossil - fuel industry sources including Shell, Unocal, Texaco, Arco, and the American Gas Association (see his sworn affidavit at http://tinyurl.com/2rrqz7; HeatIsOnline at: http://tinyurl.com/yqvozw; and Center for Media and Democracy: http://tinyurl.com/yloyf2).

The paper generated a blizzard of responses, including an accusation by former Greenpeace researcher Kert Davies that Soon had failed to disclose «substantial funding from the fossil fuel industry» totaling more than $ 1.2 million over the last decade.

Furthermore, the think tank Dr. Singer founded and currently runs, The Science and Environmental Policy Project, has received substantial industry funding, including contributions from Exxon, Shell, ARCO, Unocal, and Sun Oil, calling into question the objectivity of his testimony (Gelbspan, 1998).

The meeting occurred at a July 2016 summit hosted by the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) in Colorado, and included representatives from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), organizations which have previously received substantial funding from Exxon and the fossil fuel industry.

She has a wealth of experience advising financial market clients, including banks, asset managers and investment funds, as well as substantial operational knowledge.

«Plus $ 50 million to support post-secondary support programs; substantial new funding to promote, preserve and enhance indigenous language and culture; and work collaboratively to include aboriginal and treaty rights, residential schools and the contributions of indigenous people to Canada in classroom learning.»

Per an investigation by The Guardian, the net effect of regulatory reform in the U.K. has actually reduced access to justice, as part of the reforms included substantial cut backs in government funded legal aid programs.

Highlights included acting for Omega Atlantic Limited in its professional negligence claim against GVA Grimley related to funding advice, and are representing Univer Manufacturing in a claim against its former solicitors alleging that the firm's drafting of an exclusive distribution agreement and indefinite IP licence failed to protect the client's interest causing substantial loss.

Our team has substantial state aid experience and regularly advises public sector and private sector entities on the application of the EU state aid rules (including regeneration and the European Regional Development Fund).

The team is advising Opus North on a substantial Yorkshire - based retail development scheme, including handling contract negotiations with a forward - funding investor, commercial tenants, professional design consultants and the main building contractor.

Dana has represented clients in divorce cases involving substantial marital property, including business assets, retirement funds, securities, and real property.

Currently working closely with the MOJ on substantial reforms to the legal sector including as to the introduction of contingency fee arrangements / no cure no pay agreements / referral fee ban under reforms proposed by Lord Justice Jackson / litigation funding generally.

Possible investments can include venture capital, real estate investment trusts, private equity funds, funds of hedge funds and commodity funds, or any fund with extremely high turnover rates that generate substantial short - term capital gains.

The new fund appears to be its first fund of substantial size, following a trial fund the duo had begun investing at AngelPad's outset in 2010 with their own capital, and a second fund that was roughly $ 7 million in size and included some outside investors.

A new system of base funding will include substantial increases to operational funding to keep services affordable while ensuring professional compensation, good working conditions and supports for registered early childhood educators (RECEs) and early years staff.

The bill restricts certain State claims for Federal reimbursement of administrative costs under the Federal foster care program; clarifies the use of Medicaid targeted case management services for children in foster care; includes substantial cuts to programs; and reauthorizes TANF, adding new work requirements while providing almost no funding increase in child care.

Investcorp's U.S. - based real estate arm received commitments to invest in U.S. commercial real estate debt from several large institutions, including Akard Street Partners, an investment partnership operated by Hunt Realty Investments, Inc. with substantial funding from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as well from a significant U.K. - based pension scheme.