Sentences with phrase «larger investment efforts»

HFSP and other international biomedical research programs can serve as models for the far larger investment efforts needed to promote and maintain research networks and training across national boundaries.

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Israel is a fast - growing digital health innovation hub in large part because of the government's efforts to drive and incentivize investments in the emerging field, according to a study published in The Lancet.

President Donald Trump, who has suggested the deal would not have happened without his efforts, said he was told by Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou that the investment could be larger than $ 10 billion.

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).

With a renewed understanding of the potential of Hershey Lodge, the Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Board of Directors approved the largest investment of capital ever into an additional expansion and renovation effort.

Western New York's largest business group, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, once again plans to focus its lobbying efforts on core issues familiar to its members: the high cost of doing business in the state, the need for more trained workers and the importance of encouraging investment in the region.

In parallel with continuing efforts to open the Chinese economy, these restrictions on investment protection were gradually lifted, and by the time China entered the WTO, any newly negotiated BITs by and large resembled the format used by a broad number of countries in the world.

Kevin Law, president and CEO of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group, said the investment in the Coliseum and bringing the Islanders back «keeps momentum going toward the effort to develop the Nassau HUB.»

While Ghana has been quite successful in its deliberate efforts, since the mid 1990s to become a leading emerging market destination for foreign direct investment — indeed the country has been the 5th biggest recipient of FDI on the continent since the beginning of this decade — these investment inflows, which have financed the larger manufacturing enterprises in the country, have been overwhelmingly concentrated in the biggest urban centres.

Ball said he understands why New Yorkers might feel that way, but he sees this as a larger tourism effort with a potentially high return on investment.

Do these Ph.D. s hold jobs that call on their training and make it a worthwhile investment — both for the individual graduate and for the larger research enterprise, which uses public funding and invests significant effort in training them?

The largest multi-stakeholder effort, the European Union's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) began in 2008 and has established more than 40 consortia with financial and in - kind investments totaling $ 2 billion.

Today's SAC report also warns that» [t] he current debate, unfortunately, is demoralizing and isolating our scientists in the sector whose skills have been built with painstaking effort and large investment.»

The largest efforts I've made toward more mindful consumption are those that also require the biggest initial investment.

In that role, Cameron was chairman of the Budget Committee with responsibility for the development and oversight of the capital city's $ 300,000,000 combined annual budgets; recruited and secured authorization of the largest urban redevelopment project east of the Mississippi River; led the development and implementation of an economic recruitment strategy that netted over $ 1 Billion in new economic investments; and moved 92 % of the city's homeless population into paths out of poverty through a collaborative effort with nearly 100 churches and homeless service providers.

The effort will likely include a large investment in technology, she said.

The initiative — part of a larger city - wide improvement effort called the Greater Carlisle Project — is one of many federally funded transportation projects in 32 states, two U.S. territories and 40 communities nationwide selected to receive approximately $ 484.5 million under the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) FY 2016 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

The return vs effort on single family home investments is great for your personal portfolio, but insignificant for a large fund with millions of dollars.

«Our ESG product developments are part of a larger continuing effort by Putnam to use its evolving product line - up to help clients capitalise on a broad range of market dynamics through an effective mix of innovative traditional and non-traditional investment strategies.»

However, in an effort to boost the yield of the MIP and thereby garner more management fees for itself, Fidelity, before the period at issue in the lawsuit, engaged in an imprudent and ultimately unsuccessful investment strategy by, among other things, causing large amounts of the MIP's assets to be held in various forms of securitized debt.

My large paintings are a huge investment in time, effort and materials.

However, if some (or many) of these efforts have some smoke - and - mirror aspect to them, or if they become the seemingly easy «solution du jour» and allow us to think that we can avoid larger solutions (fuel efficiency standards; carbon tax, or firm carbon cap combined with a robust and regulated carbon credit trading mechanism; substantial investments in new energy technologies; energy conservation; etc.), their net impact can be more damaging than beneficial.

Exxon's principal investment in clean energy research appears to be support of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University, which the company describes as the «largest - ever privately funded research effort in low - greenhouse - gas energy.»

Proponents say the large investment in a pilot effort is important, to prove that Alberta has both the technology and geology to address the CO2 emissions that have marred the exploitation of its vast oil wealth.

The size and scope of measures to promote bike sharing equity vary, but all types of bike sharing systems are working to lower access barriers.Whether a large established system with significant government investment like Capital Bikeshare, a new small nonprofit system searching for funding like Kansas City B - cycle, or a for - profit system like Decobike Miami Beach, operators are expending the effort to lower access barriers.

The policies can include economic instruments related to prices, taxes, trade, and financing, specific large - scale investment projects, and demand - side regulation efforts.

Its effects may not be fully realized for some time (or may be interrupted), but the signs point to a significant shift: the incorporation of forest and soil restoration into the climate and development strategies of most countries, the enshrinement of the land sector's key role in the international climate agreement, the first fruits of coordinated research efforts aimed at integrating climate goals into land management, and the availability of large - scale financial investments to fuel the climate - related benefits of better land management.

More specifically it focuses on the efforts the WBG is making to work in partnership with the private sector to leverage its resources, since the WBG, despite being one of the largest multilateral development bank lenders for energy, can meet only a small part of the investment needed.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

That trend parallels increased attention and investment in the legal technology sector by the large corporate players in the industry (e.g., Lexis's new legal tech accelerator, Thompson Reuters Labs's new (partially) legal tech - focused focused incubator) and law firms» own internal efforts to develop and incorporate new technologies into their practices and menu of client services (e.g., Davis Wright Tremaine's DWT De Novo initiative, Bryan Cave's TechX department).

In comparison to prior periods, we can say that a greater effort is being executed in the remarkable development of the field of arbitration, we must still acknowledge the wide spread of commercial disputes that are increasing as a result of large entry of economic institutions in the thousands of investment projects taking place in an ever evolving landscape.

If you made a large investment in a sole proprietorship or devoted a lot of time and effort to your business, having a commercial insurance policy is a very good idea.

Nevertheless, if you are the sole proprietor of a business and you made a large initial investment in money, time or effort, carrying commercial insurance is in your best interest.

The latter project, expected to mature before the end of the year, was built with input from Russia's central bank as part of the NSD's larger push to create more transparency in an effort to woo foreign investment.

With a large network, that's a lot of effort and a big time investment, but it's all worth it and I love to pay it forward.

When I look back now, it seems incredible that most of our health dollars and efforts were once spent on centralised, institutional systems of care that contributed relatively little to health outcomes for the large investment they incurred.

In its largest urban redevelopment effort and investment to date, San Francisco - based real estate investment management firm MacFarlane Partners will spend as much as $ 500 million to buy retail and office space in the $ 1.7 billion AOL Time Warner...

«The investment will support Lone Wolf as it pursues new market opportunities, expands product development efforts and solidifies its position as the largest provider of enterprise software for residential real estate brokerages in the United States and Canada,» says Lone Wolf in a news release.

And because open houses require a large investment in time, preparation and follow - up; we have put together an Open House Productivity package to give brokers and their agents a better return for their efforts.

Our efforts to promote international commercial property investment are showcased this month as REALTORS ® join the expected 7,000 professionals from 50 nations gathering in France for the largest commercial property show in the world.