Sentences with phrase «more than any institution»

More than any institution in black America, including the black church, African - American newspapers have held the government accountable: demanding rights for its black citizenry and disseminating life - sustaining information.

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On the downside, these lenders may have higher interest rates and more onerous repayment terms than traditional financial institutions charge.

The privately held firm, which is not regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), claims its assets under management jumped more than tenfold to $ 225 million between 2009 and 2015.

The ambitious members of the sample went on to become more educated and at more prestigious institutions than the less ambitious.

(Today Blackboard is used by 42.2 % of U.S. institutions with more than 2,000 students, according to one independent study, compared to 11.4 % for Brightspace.)

The institute wrote in a press release that it intends to produce more «masters, applied masters, PhDs and post-doctoral graduates in deep learning and machine learning AI than any other institution in the world.»

Many of the structures and institutions he helped pioneer more than a century ago — in - house sales teams; geographic sales territories; sales conferences; quotas; training academies — we now take for granted.

Companies and institutions often appear monolithic from afar but the reality is that they're nothing more than collections of people trying their best to work together.

What could improve the PRPP proposal is allowing more than just financial institutions to act as pension administrators.

Three facets of today's U.S. civic discourse would worry the Framers, said Eisgruber: «mistrust of institutions,» which they considered crucial to forming a republic; the «geographic sorting» that finds people of like - minded views grouping together rather than being more evenly distributed throughout the country; and the rise of technologies (read: Facebook) that are keeping people from reading facts and views that give them proper «civic understanding.»

In the months leading up to the games, the agency has identified 1,600 groups responsible for more than 20,000 attacks on public institutions in recent years.

Mint iPhone app Banks it works with: More than 7,000 U.S.financial institutions What you'll like: Check your account balances and transactions; track investment accounts; set up budgets and track spending; sends alerts if you're low on cash or credit, or if it detects unusual spending What you won't like: Can't pay bills or transfer money

Over the past three years, half of small business owners reported applying for a loan from banks or another financial institution, with 20 percent applying more than once for financing.

More than 140 local health and medical research institutions are set to benefit from an $ 8 million grant provided by the state government.

Despite more than paying for itself — by its own reckoning, Ex-Im Bank has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury in the last two decades through interest on guaranteed loans and credit insurance — the 80 - year - old government - run financial institution is a sunset agency.

SecondMarket's online auction platform has more than 10,000 participants, including global financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, corporations, and other institutional and accredited investors that collectively manage more than $ 1 trillion in assets available for investment.

More than that, it is a document that gives sufficient details about your business to a degree that will be appealing to any third party such as a potential investor or financial institutions.

But he says the state, which has more than 50 post-secondary educational institutions, decided to use early investments as a platform for more.

Founded in 1985 by the Swiss entrepreneur Ronald Strässler — now the company's COO — Avaloq is a technology - driven financial services provider that serves more than 140 financial institutions across the globe.

More than 100 financial institutions use Ripple's blockchain network, according to the company.

The school offers more than 20 off - campus study groups — a study - abroad - like experience in which Colgate faculty lead a course at an international institution.

The Girl Scouts of the USA has been around for more than a century, but for much of the venerable institution's tenure, if you wanted to get your hands on a box of Thin Mints or Samoas, you had to cross your fingers for a door - to - door visit from a local troop or a sign - up sheet to be circulated through your office by a supportive parent.

Wellins recently relocated from Texas and has held senior leadership roles in retail, digital and small business banking for a number of well - known financial institutions in Texas, New York, Arizona and California throughout his more than 20 year career.

The hire is another coup for Coinbase, which has rapidly been building out its executive team as the more than 5 - year - old startup, now worth over $ 1 billion, attempts to fortify its reputation as one of few professional financial institutions catering to Bitcoin investors.

Those 107 institutions hold more than 72 % of total deposits in the U.S.

Last spring, Andrew Eckford, an engineering professor at York University, expressed frustration at being included in Ontario's list of employees of publicly funded institutions who earned more than $ 100,000.

There are currently 7,522 FDIC - insured depository institutions in the U.S. Of those, exactly 107 banks and thrifts have assets of more than $ 10 billion.

Now, between the outpouring of grief following the death of Steve Jobs, Facebook's impending IPO, and the fact that nearly every pocket or bag in the land contains these firms» products, they're more institutions than insurgents.

The company markets itself as being more transparent with its users about fees than established financial institutions, which would almost certainly dispute that assessment.

That said, nonprofit bonds tend to be riskier than munis because if, say, a museum or other cultural institution enters financial hardship, it's more difficult for it to bounce back than for a municipality to do so.

One of the biggest trends in philanthropy is wealthy donors getting institutions named after themselves, but there's more than vanity at stake.

Founded in 2012, Coursera has grown into a major for - profit educational - technology company that has offered more than 1,000 courses from 119 institutions.

Speaking before the Senate Intelligence Committee alongside the heads of other US intelligence agencies, Wray said that to undermine the US's military, economic, cultural, and informational power across the globe, China was using methods relying on more than just its state institutions.

More than a dozen financial institutions listed by Bankrate have savings and money market accounts with annual percentage yields of 1 percent or mMore than a dozen financial institutions listed by Bankrate have savings and money market accounts with annual percentage yields of 1 percent or moremore.

Regulators are focused on these kinds of institutions, which now have to hold more capital than smaller, less - interconnected institutions.

The coalition is a cluster of more than 50 businesses, academic institutions and other organizations focusing on the state's flexible electronics industry.

Community banks have also opened more branches - and closed fewer branches - than larger institutions.

Under the new changes, «small creditor» — now defined as institutions with less than $ 2 billion in assets originating fewer than 500 first - lien mortgages per calendar year — would now apply to a 2,000 - loan annual origination limit, effectively easing the path for more banks and credit unions to comply with the ability - to - repay rule.

There were more than 18,000 institutions in the 1980s, compared to just over 6,400 in the first quarter of 2015, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp..

When Schultz references an education initiative he recently launched, in which Starbucks will cover tuition for its U.S. employees working more than 20 hours per week who enroll in an online college - degree program from Arizona State University, Tatum asks whether Starbucks considered paying for them to attend traditional, class - based institutions with proven track records and lower attrition rates, like Spelman.

BlackRock is trusted to manage more money than any other investment manager in the world, helping millions of people and the world's biggest institutions and governments reach their investing goals.

The Impartial Conduct Standards generally require that advisers and financial institutions provide investment advice that is in the investors» best interest, receive no more than reasonable compensation, and avoid misleading statements to investors about recommended transactions.

Community and online bank dominated the savings account rates category with certain institutions offering more than 1.00 % APY — quite high considering many big bank savings rates are closer to zero percent.

Today, Milton Hershey School, the institution he and his wife founded, nurtures more than 2,000 financially needy boys and girls in grades K - 12.

I have ignored reasons that might justify lower discount rates or higher GDP adjustments for China mainly because the purpose of this essay is to explain why the U.S. multiple is so much higher than China's, and of course these reasons exist, but I think whatever the correct ratio should be, there is no question that advanced economies always justify higher multiples than developing economies because they tend to be economically more diversified and politically more stable, and they usually have institutions, including clearer legal and regulatory frameworks, more sophisticated capital allocation processes, less rigid financial systems, and smaller state sectors (which make smooth adjustment, one of the most valuable and undervalued components of long - term growth, more likely).

Even today, banks in Europe are in far worse shape than they are in the U.S. American banks didn't have enough capital, either, but they had a lot more than their European counterparts, and for all their ongoing problems, they are much healthier institutions today.

Since banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and other institutions control more than 50 % of the market's average daily volume, the direction of the stock market nearly always follows the institutional money flow.

Indeed, these institutions have been confronted with a number of legal and operational issues, such as clearing agreements that often contain more restrictive contractual terms than in their existing ISDA Master Agreements with bilateral counterparties.

Those countries with less - developed institutions and financial systems, limited policy credibility, greater foreign currency debt and / or more precarious economic situations are certainly more exposed than others to external shocks.

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