Sentences with phrase «less federal investment»

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In summary, the likely results of sales - tax harmonization would be: huge savings for business, mostly unrelated to productivity - enhancing investment; slightly higher consumer prices;  lower provincial revenues; and $ 5 billion less for important federal programs.

The Commission's complaint, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleges that Lacroix and PlexCorps marketed and sold securities called PlexCoin on the internet to investors in the U.S. and elsewhere, claiming that investments in PlexCoin would yield a 1,354 percent profit in less than 29 days.

State Street Corp., parent company of the investment firm behind Wall Street's iconic Fearless Girl statue, agreed to pay a combined $ 5 million to more than 300 women and 15 black employees who were paid less than their white, male counterparts, according to a federal audit.

As a proportion of the federal budget, R&D investment has shrunk from 10 per cent in 1967 to less than 4 per cent now.

Indeed, less than a year before the Coleman Report's release, President Lyndon Johnson had signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law, dedicating federal funds to disadvantaged students through a Title 1 program that still remains the single largest investment in K — 12 education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4 billion.

One way forward for simplification and increases in the productivity of the federal investment is to make social programs intended to support lower income families with children more like tax expenditures — putting more money directly in the hands of parents to spend on the care and development of their children and less money directly in the financial accounts of states, welfare agencies, and social service providers.

On average, states spend less than 4 percent of federal Title II dollars on principal professional development activities with several states opting to make no investments at all.

While making a notably larger investment in public education, the federal percentage of total school allocations still accounts for less than 10 percent of most state public school budgets, though that amount may vary from state to state.

The best professional learning for teachers helps them acquire, practice, and apply new skills to better serve their students.2 But despite annual investments of $ 18 billion by federal, state, and local agencies into professional learning for educators, many teachers still do not receive the kind of professional learning that helps them grow and improve their practice.3 Less than one - quarter of teachers say that they have changed their instruction as a result of professional learning, likely in part due to the lack of a consistent professional learning strategy across states and school districts.4 Learning Forward, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting professional learning for educators, contends that the current state of professional learning is one of «inertia.»

The main federal investment in early education is through the Head Start program, but Head Start services reach less than half of eligible children.

(B) SENIOR DEBT. - Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in a case in which the Federal credit instrument is the senior debt, the Federal credit instrument shall be required to receive an investment grade rating from at least 2 rating agencies, unless the credit instrument is for an amount less than $ 75,000,000, in which case 1 rating agency opinion shall be sufficient.»

-» (A) IN GENERAL. - To be eligible for assistance under this chapter, a project shall satisfy applicable creditworthiness standards, which, at a minimum, shall include -» (i) a rate covenant, if applicable;» (ii) adequate coverage requirements to ensure repayment;» (iii) an investment grade rating from at least 2 rating agencies on debt senior to the Federal credit instrument; and» (iv) a rating from at least 2 rating agencies on the Federal credit instrument, subject to the condition that, with respect to clause (iii), if the total amount of the senior debt and the Federal credit instrument is less than $ 75,000,000, 1 rating agency opinion for each of the senior debt and Federal credit instrument shall be sufficient.»

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If the interest rate on your student loans is less than 3 % (which mine were, thanks to variable interest rates and the Federal Reserve), all you need to do is find an investment that gets more than a 3 % return and you're better off investing than paying off the loans.

If transferring an existing retirement plan into an IRA, you should be aware that (i) Those assets will no longer be subject to the protections of ERISA (if applicable)(ii) depending on the investments and services selected for the IRA, you may pay more or less in transaction costs than when the assets are in the Plan, (iii) if you are between the age of 55 and 59 1/2, you would lose the ability to potentially take penalty - free withdrawals from the plan, (iv) if you continue working past age 70 1/2 and transferred your plan assets to a new employer's plan, you would not be subject to required minimum distribution and (v) withdrawing assets directly would be subject to federal and applicable state and local taxes and possibly be subject to the IRS penalty of 10 % if under age 59 1/2.

Despite Oregon having less than average solar irradiation and also having relatively cheap power (only around 11.5 cents / kWh on average) the combination of the generous state tax credit, utility based incentives and the 30 % federal tax credit gets Oregon into the top ten states in America in terms of investment return available from installing solar panels on your home.

The new year is less than 72 hours old and already Simon Property Group, General Growth Properties, Federal Realty Investment Trust and DDR all announced major transactions ranging from asset purchases to a joint venture to the acquisition of warrants.

Typically, by selling or disposing of your investment property you will trigger Federal and state capital gain and depreciation recapture income taxes, which will leave you with much less to reinvest.