Sentences with phrase «large public investment»

Below are the authors» 2.5 - page New Republic article, which gives a good presentation of their overall approach, plus (of interest to those who are skeptical about the need for large public investment), excerpts from a San Francisco Chronicle story showing how four generations of technological innovations in Silicon Valley — radio, vacuum tubes transistors and chips — all could NOT have happened without massive federal funds, mostly from the Defense Department.

The Midwest accord paves the way for large public investment from state governments as the signatory states move to put into action the intentions they have outlined.

I conclude that the best available evidence raises serious doubts that a large public investment in the expansion of pre-k for four - year - olds will have the long - term effects that advocates tout.

A time of low real interest rates, low materials prices, and high construction unemployment is the ideal moment for a large public investment program.

They argue that while large public investments in dams and flood defences, for example, must account for the possibilities of how weather might change in the future, this should not prevent short - term thinking to address more immediate vulnerability to inevitable high - impact weather events.

The good news is that all three leading Democratic candidates have made big commitment to large public investments to build the clean energy economy.

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A merger with investment company 57th Street General Acquisition Corp. in 2011 gave the company a taste of that possible expansion, and the US$ 66 million deal led to America's largest cupcake chain to go public.

Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against much bigger investors in the global market such as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of investments.

Susan Alt, senior vice president of public affairs for Volvo Group North America, said the EPA's proposal «makes a mockery» of the company's investments to develop clean diesel engines and will «hurt a large number of small businesses who are not selling glider vehicles.»

Blackstone Capital Partners VI attracted some of the world's largest private - equity investors, including the California Public Employees» Retirement System and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, according to disclosures by the pension funds.

Consider hiring an intermediary, which depending on the size of the deal could be a broker (usually $ 10 million or less), mergers and acquisitions professional (more than $ 15 million), or an investment banker (a large or public company).

However, he warns it will be a long process requiring large amounts of investment and public spending.

Attending one of these top public colleges can leave you with debt below the national average and a large return on your investment.

The early investor cashed out big when the company went public in 2012 — the IPO raised $ 16 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs of all time — and turned Thiel's initial investment into over $ 1 billion.

He was hired from Credit Suisse, where he was head of global internet investment banking and was perhaps best known for his leading role on the initial public offering of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group in 2014, the largest share sale ever.

DBL Investors, a $ 225 million impact investment firm in San Francisco, had all of those factors going for its investment in SolarCity, now the largest solar installer in the country, worth nearly $ 6 billion two years after its initial public offering.

Some assets, however, may no longer serve a public policy purpose and are of particular interest to, for example, Ontario's large pension plans as good long - term investments.

Non-residential building approvals have increased to be above the levels of recent years and there is a large pipeline of public infrastructure investment to be completed (Graph 4).

Land is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lend.

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UACC is one of the largest firms in Ohio to exclusively manage the investments of public entities.

With $ 135.5 billion of managed assets, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is a leading provider of investment management services for British Columbia's public sector and one of the largest asset managers Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is a leading provider of investment management services for British Columbia's public sector and one of the largest asset managers investment management services for British Columbia's public sector and one of the largest asset managers in Canada.

Jason assists issuers, investment dealers, investment portals and institutional and private investors on complex equity and debt financing transactions, ranging from start - up investments, venture capital and private equity investments, to larger public offerings and project finance.

With jittery public markets, growing interest by large healthcare systems and an increased appetite to make plays in the regulated space (which may demand more resources), the consensus is that we should see more strategic investments and acquisitions and potentially consolidation in the coming year.

The last 18 months at Wells Fargo, Berkshire's largest public market equity investment by market value, have been tumultuous.

Majorities say Canada should encourage investment from UK, EU, US, discourage from China September 12, 2017 — As Canada continues to look for ways to deepen its economic ties with the world's second - largest economy, a new public opinion poll from

Investment staff within large limited partners, including public pension funds, endowments, and foundations, often have to invest across several market segments.

Six of Seven Largest Public Pension Funds Using Glass Lewis Proxy Services SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Oct. 31, 2005)-- Glass, Lewis & Co., the leading independent investment research and global proxy advisory firm, announced today -LSB-...]

Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Canada's fifth - largest pension plan, said last month it intends to open a loan - origination business in New York by year - end.

This was the largest study of angel investment returns ever conducted, analyzing results from 86 organized angel investor groups throughout the United States, involving 539 individual angel group investors who have experienced more than 1,130 exits in which investment - receiving companies were acquired, went public, or were closed.

You should know that the larger the firm, the more formalized the investment committee process will be and the higher the probability that public auctions will be used during the process.

The reality of the pension crisis was underlined again last week when the board of the largest $ 330 + billion US public pension plan, California Public Employees Retirement System (CalLPERS), voted to shorten its period for amortizing future investment losses from 30 years to 20 public pension plan, California Public Employees Retirement System (CalLPERS), voted to shorten its period for amortizing future investment losses from 30 years to 20 Public Employees Retirement System (CalLPERS), voted to shorten its period for amortizing future investment losses from 30 years to 20 years.

Uber said on Wednesday that it had raised $ 3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the kingdom's main investment fund, in one of the largest - ever investments into a privately held sInvestment Fund, the kingdom's main investment fund, in one of the largest - ever investments into a privately held sinvestment fund, in one of the largest - ever investments into a privately held start - up.

The Elon Poll / The Business Journals survey gauged public opinion in these metro areas — many of the country's largest — about landing the project, which promises to be home to 50,000 workers and an investment of $ 5 billion.

Viewing these companies as allies rather than merely as customers from whom to make as large a profit as quickly as possible, German bank officials sat on their boards, and helped expand their business by extending loans to foreign governments on condition that their clients be named the chief suppliers in major public investments.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

Southeast Asia's largest economy grew by 6.02 per cent during the first three months of the year, a drop attributed to decreased public investment and consumer consumption.

These effects are significantly larger during periods of slow growth and in countries with high public investment efficiency, which is critical to ensure that resources are not squandered on «white elephant» projects.

They include one of Canada's largest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, which has snapped up close to $ 100 million worth of cattle stations in the past year through local company Hewitt Cattle Australia.

«The UK's current financial situation means that there is likely to be limited opportunity for large public spending infrastructure projects and attention may have to shift to user charging and private sector investment in new infrastructure.

«Only if the largest banks are broken up, the part - nationalised outfits turned into genuine public investment banks, and new socially owned and regional banks encouraged can finance be made to work for society, rather than the other way round,» he wrote.

Upstate New York Power, whose largest stockholders are the California Public Employees» Retirement System (CalPERS), Carlyle Strategic Partners, J.P. Morgan Investment Management and Marathon Asset Management, asked for FERC approval of the deal by Nov. 24 (EC15 - 214).

He says the nation's third - largest public pension fund earned an estimated 11.3 percent return on investments.

In doing so, they are heeding Boris Johnson's calls for a «citizen's wealth fund»: last October, London's mayor proposed pooling some of the UK's 39,000 public pension funds into a single investment fund large enough to reduce the country's dependence on foreign investment and close its infrastructure financing deficit.

China is playing an increasingly active investment role in Africa, also obtaining large public sector construction projects which are often completed by Chinese labour and so the investment contributes little to local employment.

New York State is using the best lessons from private practice and creating a large scale public policy initiative based on real data to determine investment and return.

This is a plan that keeps spending under two percent, reforms New York's education bureaucracy, implements the nation's strongest and most comprehensive disclosure laws for public officials and makes the largest investment in the Upstate economy in a generation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 145.3 billion budget proposal unveiled yesterday proposes spending the state's $ 2.3 billion windfall from court settlements to house the poor and homeless, freeze Thruway tolls and make large investments in public infrastructure.

New York City's biggest public employee pension fund is poised to vote today to begin pulling its investments from hedge funds, the latest move by a large pension plan to scrap an investment path that once promised big returns.

Sue Percy, CIHT Chief Executive said: «We all know that the UK's current financial situation means that there is likely to be limited opportunity for large public spending infrastructure projects and we will need a mature debate about the role of user charging and private sector investment in new infrastructure.»