Sentences with phrase «more economic opportunity»

I'd like to pick up and move to a city where I will have more economic opportunity to increase my earning potential, but find myself in a bit of a catch - 22 regarding income and debt load.

If education provides people with more economic opportunity in life, it only makes sense that academic pursuits should be as accessible as possible.

By telling the stories of businesses that are already succeeding in our state, we can attract even more economic opportunity and jobs here for New Yorkers.

«I look forward to working with Terry Gipson to create more economic opportunities for women and small business owners in the Hudson Valley.»

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The population of Upper Manhattan is booming — bringing with it the need for more economic opportunities, affordable housing and transportation options, according to a new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Another key component in creating more economic opportunities and jobs is ensuring that all West Virginians have access to high speed broadband service.

Warming there portends more economic opportunities, according to the study.

And they know there are more opportunities for them on Bougainville: More educational opportunities, more economic opportunities.

Developing a stronger local textile industry could, in fact, create more economic opportunities and financial security for EAC citizens.

I suspect that is a function of larger markets and more economic opportunities there.

Not exact matches

As BI has previously reported, today more than ever, your economic opportunity is tied to your location.

The goal is to «help more veterans and family members open the door to economic opportunity by creating and sustaining an entrepreneurial venture,» IVMF spokesperson Jaime Winne Alvarez says.

Once you've filled your plastic cup — this affair is more backyard barbecue than society event — there's the meet and greet, an opportunity to check out the credentials of those around you: an aerospace industry executive, the economic development chief for a western U.S. state, a dean of engineering for a prestigious American university, several D.C. think tankers, lobbyists, lawyers.

What's more certain is that the decline of steady employment opportunities has robbed men lower on the economic scale of the stability to marry.

Retail sales are under close scrutiny this year, but having access to credit as a merchant and offering flexible credit to consumers can open up opportunities to buy and sell more, creating a positive economic impact this holiday season.

«We welcome any opportunity to work with lawmakers and regulators who want to learn more about how home sharing helps the middle class address the issue of economic inequality.»

Self - employment is on a rapid rise in America as people look for more flexible working conditions, more control over their careers and supplemental income opportunities to weather economic uncertainty.

«And yet,» state the authors, «despite the promise of digital assistants, they also carry significant social, political, and economic concerns... The more we rely on our butler, the more data it collects on us, the more opportunities for the algorithms to learn, and the better the butler can predict our needs and identify relevant services.»

Sift the economic data and you find entrepreneurs are both seizing opportunity for themselves and creating it for many more.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has defended the country's economic policies, repeating that there was more opportunity than risk and vowing that there would be no hard landing for the world's second - largest economy if the government pressed ahead with reforms.

Rather than a threat, then, the rise of more intelligent machines represents an opportunity to disrupt the economic status quo through automation.

Through its media awareness campaign highlighting the theme, Franchising: Building Local Businesses, One Opportunity at a Time, IFA promotes the economic impact of the more than 825,000 franchise establishments, which support nearly 18 million jobs and $ 2.1 trillion of economic output for the U.S. economy.

Younger millennials (18 - 24) are more likely to argue that economic opportunities should shape Canada's foreign policy, while older millennials (25 - 34) are more likely to identify opportunities for collaboration on global issues, such as climate change, as shaping our international outreach.

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.

«Every dollar put into helping more people in Miami participate in our city's economic opportunities is an investment in our future and these funds will go to community organizations that are helping families and small business owners get ahead and build a path to prosperity,» Guillermo Castillo, market leader and head of commercial banking for Chase in South Florida, said in a statement.

When a country's economic outlook improves, its investment opportunities look more attractive and its central bank raises interest rates to starve off inflation.

Orange County Convention Center — Orlando, FL --- More than 3,500 executives from the nation's leading corporations, government entities, and women business owners will converge in Orlando, FL to generate business opportunities and stimulate economic growth at the 2016 Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) National Conference & Business Fair from June 21 to 23.

The economy is more efficient and prosperous when economic resources are better distributed among the people - not equality of income, but equality of opportunity based on moderate levels of inequality (as we had during the Keynesian era.)

As MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee put it more recently than Keynes in their 2014 book about automation's economic impact, The Second Machine Age: «Our generation has inherited more opportunities to transform the world than any other.

These results suggest that rather than lowering the opportunity cost of having children, recessions create the economic uncertainty that makes those about to undertake breeding much more skittish and therefore more likely to postpone childbearing.

Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird has called it a «national imperative» that Canada assume a more active role in Asia and take advantage of economic opportunities.

As we've said throughout the year, we believe investors are still paying a larger premium than they should for low - risk securities, and that we are finding better opportunities in companies with more economic sensitivity.

Economic fundamentals have turned a corner and a more stable U.S. dollar suggests an opportunity for local - currency bond investing.

I would add «The Wealthy Barber» and «I Will Teach You to be Rich» for PF, and «Economics in one Lesson» as a primer to learning more about opportunity costs and many common economic fallacies.

That means providing more dynamic support for the full gamut of human rights while at the same time responsibly pursuing economic opportunities.

While this economic environment may not be ideal for everyone, it has created the perfect opportunity for Canadian companies to either start exporting for the first time, or to increase their international sales and become more competitive in the American market.

«Thanks to the support of our visionary funders,» the MIT IIC, now in its third year, will award more than $ 1 million to global entrepreneurs using technology to drive economic opportunity for workers.

The Fed might have missed one of the last opportunities to move to a more hawkish stance, as if the weakness in «hard» economic numbers persists, the central bank will have no firepower to prop up the economy, making a possible downturn that much more risky for bulls.

Individualistic countries value individual effort and achievement and thus are in favor of redistribution of family wealth toward creating more equal economic opportunities, independent of the social context (i.e., wealth of the family) into which one is born, which legitimizes high inheritance taxes.

For those who may not be aware, the economic situation in Greece provides limited opportunities to those seeking refuge which made your donations all the more meaningful.

Based on more than 180,000 interviews conducted between May and October in 54 countries, 2009 GEM data show that the global economic downturn reduced the number of people who thought there were good opportunities to start a business in many parts of the world.

He concluded that while government should be trying to spur economic growth, it also ought to give more direct attention to «the provision of opportunity for the very poor to lift themselves out of poverty.»

They suffer more than economic want; they lack opportunities for self - development and are deprived of the nobility of work.

Murphy argued that Republicans should embrace «a more secular and modernizing conservatism that eschews most social issues to focus on creating a wide - open opportunity society that promises greater economic freedom.»

And when girls and women have equal authority and opportunities, communities are more apt to thrive as violence decreases and economic stability increases.

To meet different human needs, by 2050 it must simultaneously produce far more food for a population expected to reach about 9.6 billion, provide economic opportunities for the hundreds of millions of rural poor who depend on...

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Other speakers emphasised: the impact of cheaper and more accessible digital technology on identifying as well as solving problems (Mr Salesh Kumar and Dr Washington Otieno); the importance of realising the nutritional and economic value of food as well as accounting for the environmental impacts of food production (Dr Karen Brooks); and the opportunities for novel products from so - called waste, such as phosphorus recycling (Dr Dana Cordell); Novaq (Dr Cedric Simon); and anaerobic digestion (Dr Bernadette McCabe).

Our more than 450 experts and staff work closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and and human well - being www.wri.org.

I am no accountant but from what I understand the difference between accounting profit and economic profit is that the latter also factors in costs related to lost opportunity had the capital been invested more wisely elsewhere.