It has created far less jobs and generated less
investment than promised.
Not exact matches
And with a growing body of research that suggests employee happiness yields a
promising return on
investment, many employers are interested in perking up their workers with more
than just K - Cup coffee.
Anbang has been a leader among insurers when it comes to using so - called wealth management products, a class of lightly regulated
investments that
promise higher rates of return
than conventional
investments, but that also carry higher risks that may or may not be disclosed.
In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a
promise made during the 2011 election,
than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on
investment.
The project
promises up to 50,000 new jobs and more
than $ 5 billion in
investment — but has also raised concerns about rising property prices and intensifying urban congestion.
But for those who take the broader view, recognizing both that even best - in - class healthcare businesses like Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson have underperformed for years on end and that also choose to analyze the company itself, GlaxoSmithKline looks more
promising than its track record of
investment performance would suggest.
Alibaba, the parent company of Alipay, made a strategic
investment in Sina Weibo last year, with not only cash but also a
promise of bringing in no less
than $ 380 million worth of advertising revenue for Sina Weibo through displaying Taobao / Tmall items in the next three years.
Because these venture capital firms want higher return rates
than other
investments such as the stock market provide, they typically invest in
promising startup or young businesses that have a high potential for growth but are also high risk.
Arsene Wenger shouldn't be hassling too much over a player who is unlikely to cost more
than a few million and with the
investment he could bring to Arsenal at 20 years of age, it makes him a very
promising target.
«The Coalition Government has cut back on
promised additional
investment for universities, which now means that fewer places are available
than are needed.
The government may decide the
promised investments are more beneficial to the state
than sticking to the previous policy.
They appear no less prone to the Jekyll and Hyde approach to green issues
than other parties, with a 100 % renewables pledge, and a ban on fracking, sitting incongruously alongside a
promise to «keep the pressure on the UK Treasury to do all it can to protect...
investment in the oil and gas industry».
If the Tories were serious about helping start - ups then rather
than cutting income tax for Wales» highest earners they would join our calls on David Cameron and George Osborne to honour their
promises on infrastructure
investment and electrification.
Michigan About Blog BlueWater Angels (BWA) is a network of more
than 50 high - net - worth individuals and select organizations interested in investing capital in
promising companies with the expectation of receiving a substantial return on their
investment.
Conversely, the U.S. Department of Education's proposed
investment in IDEA Part B grants doesn't reflect the amount
promised when the law was initially enacted, nor is it commensurate with the needs and services that our nation's school districts provide for the more
than 6.5 million students who are educated through the program.
«By 2020, we will have phased out dated technologies and installed a new level of sustainable efficiency,»
promises Chairman Norbert Reithofer who has already written off the 2.5 - billion euro
investment in project i. «If demand for i3 is stronger
than expected, we can easily expand the capacity and the i line - up, having trademarked all options from i1 to i9.»
Musk has managed to leverage the future, or perhaps more accurately the
promise of the future of his car company, into a steady flow of
investment cash and a market cap higher
than Ford Motor Company's, and at times even higher
than General Motors».
The
investment in the plant and
promise of lower price points persuaded dealers to build bigger lots and nicer showrooms, Brown said, estimating they collectively spent more
than $ 1 billion sprucing their shops up.
Seems like the answer is the same as in any situation where one receives far less value
than was
promised in exchange for an
investment of time and money — vote with your feet.
President - elect Donald Trump will soon celebrate his inauguration and with his ascent to power, he has
promised to reduce marginal tax rates, cut taxes, and allow businesses to expense new
investments rather
than deducting interest costs.
It's clearly more difficult for an activist investor to articulate to stockholders the benefits of improvements in operations or a redirection of
investment than it is to simply
promise a dividend or a buy - back, which should in turn reduce their chance of getting on the board.
These structures
promise steady returns at much higher yields
than traditional fixed income
investments nowadays.
While EdgePoint will be an interesting fund company to watch, not least because of the pedigree of its founders and the
promise to focus on
investment returns rather
than shareholder returns, it is not the focus of this post.
For example, a scheme that
promises to double your money would require an
investment base greater
than the population of the entire world after 35 rounds of investing.
But, the report cautions, the CPP payment
promises rely on assumed returns on
investment much higher
than actual yields on fixed - income assets suitable for backing that kind of sovereign - grade pension obligation.
Advisors lure their victims in with
promises of higher or guaranteed returns (or sign - up bonuses which typically take years to obtain, a detail they may forget to highlight), and in return retirees roll their money into
investments that may cost more
than their current
investments.
When the offshore
investments failed to deliver
promised returns, investors were left to find their own repayment on much higher loans
than they would have otherwise taken out.
These sites tempt you with the
promise of having the lowest fees, the most intuitive interface, and more
investment choices
than the competition.
A type of pension plan in which an employer / sponsor
promises a specified monthly benefit on retirement that is predetermined by a formula based on the employee's earnings history, tenure of service and age, rather
than depending directly on individual
investment returns.
In recent years, Canada's long - running low interest rate environment has bolstered the popularity of real estate investing as people search for alternative
investments that
promise greater returns
than they might otherwise be able to achieve through conventional
investments like stocks and bonds.
Usual
investment criteria may not deliver the super low - cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change,» said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, «Google.org's hope is that by funding research on
promising technologies, investing in
promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower
than coal.»
And today, no area holds more
promise than our
investments in American energy.
A defined benefit pension plan is a type of pension plan in which an employer / sponsor
promises a specified monthly benefit on retirement that is predetermined by a formula based on the employee's earnings history, tenure of service and age, rather
than depending directly on individual
investment returns.
In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the SEC claimed Dominic Lacroix and his startup PlexCorps have been scamming investors in the U.S. and around the world with the
promise of more
than 1,000 percent return on
investment in just one month.
The most common ones in the cryptocurrency
investment space are high yield
investment schemes (HYIPs), which
promise high daily or weekly returns but are nothing more
than Ponzi schemes and fraudulent initial coin offerings, where the perpetrators raise funds for a fictitious blockchain project and then disappear with the money as it was the case with Confido.
Michigan About Blog BlueWater Angels (BWA) is a network of more
than 50 high - net - worth individuals and select organizations interested in investing capital in
promising companies with the expectation of receiving a substantial return on their
investment.
Tobacco - control programs targeting Indigenous people were just a vague
promise in 1995, but now more
than $ 100 million has been allocated to Indigenous anti-tobacco measures.17 Yet we have seen no industry response to this large new
investment.