In 2015, Washington, D.C., where only about a third of black male students are proficient in reading and math, invested $ 20 million in
new support programs specifically for black and Latino male students in the district.
Not exact matches
The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster
support for
new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile
program.
THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Finance Minister Vítor Gaspar said the ratings cut failed to reflect broad political
support for the country's latest financial rescue
program, and also a
new income tax which he portrayed as «proof of the government's determination» to meet stated deficit targets.
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The
New York Times's Judith Miller that built
support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news
program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
Aside from the lack of public
support from Netflix, Nielsen's
new service could also suffer from the fact that it does not yet measure how many people watch Netflix
programming on mobile devices, which likely represents a large chunk of viewership.
By facilitating serendipitous introductions, the
program not only alleviates loneliness, but also stirs the pot of
new ideas and brings together employees to
support each other.
Based in
New York, L3 Technologies provides communication and electronic systems for the military and recently received a contract to
support the US Army's Apache Manned / Unmanned Teaming — eXpanded Capabilities (MUMT - X) helicopter
program.
«If we don't act, in the next five years we'll be saying the same things: that Greece isn't going well, that there are no jobs... that we have a
new program by the International Monetary Fund and European Union to
support us,» the 25 - year - old said.
According to The News & Observer, Wednesday's report «found a
new culprit: the Academic
Support Program for Student - Athletes... The report describes a fairly broad group of academic and athletic officials who knew about athletes getting better grades in classes that only required papers, yet taking little or no action.»
Burkus» research
supports what I have always believed — that with the proper training, anyone with a common - sense mindset grounded in reality can deliver creative and innovative
new ideas, projects, processes, and
programs.
I quickly learned that Turkey is the envy of many with several
programs to help
new businesses including tax credits to angel investors and grants to technology - based entrepreneurs to
support their first year of operation.
Apple will expand these initiatives and add
new programs to
support teachers and teacher training.
Every marketer may have a different bias when it comes to engaging with analysts, but when building a
new category, their authority and influence can
support your thought leadership efforts beyond any other
program.
About two years ago Dan Burnstein, CEO of Negotiator Pro Co., in Brookline, Mass., founded the Management Software Association (TMSA) to
support makers of a
new category of decision - making
programs the press has dubbed «M.B.A. - ware.»
The company's
new program, Startup Blueprint, provides free transaction services and
support to tech startups making less than $ 3 million a year.
There's been a lot of angst in the media and advertising industries about the potential effects of ad - blocking software, which appear to be increasing in popularity, in part because Apple's
new operating system includes
support for such
programs.
As director of
programs for Futurpreneur Canada, Hashem guides the development of
new initiatives to
support young people looking to start their own businesses — or, increasingly, to expand them.
In 2011, he announced an $ 11.5 million investment to
support the creation of a
new university center, to help renovate Millikin's oldest residence hall and to double the number of students who participate in a scholars
program.
A
new report from the National Association of Manufacturers, or NAM, shows that while the U.S. has temporarily thrown in the towel
supporting exporters through its credit financing
programs, competitors from other countries are flooding in to fill the gap.
The
new center — GSK's first dedicated vaccine R&D facility in the U.S. — will house 12 vaccine development
programs, including projects
supporting its candidate shingles vaccine, for which GSK applied for FDA approval in October.
From this finding, the Center concluded there is a need for
new thinking and
programming to
support women who seek to grow their businesses.
The GROWTH
program helps emerging ventures with revenue growth,
new customer acquisition and talent recruitment, and
supports them in raising Series A capital.
Highland Capital Management continues its
support of the George W. Bush Presidential Center through a
new $ 10 million endowment gift, announced today, which will help sustain the Bush Center's series of public
programs.
In addition, we will have the
support of industry leaders in the KP Product Council, and a source of
new topnotch talent through the KP Product Fellows
program.
That's why KPCB is launching ProductWorks, a
new program that will provide entrepreneurs with
support to create world - changing products.
Similar to those stores, the
new location in Englewood will
support efforts to revitalize the community by creating meaningful local jobs, providing a unique in - store job skills training
program for youth, and investing in local minority - owned contractors and suppliers.
With an over $ 25B spend on products and services annually, higher education leaders are using technology to
support faculty and administrators; effectively market, recruit, and enroll students, and create
new methods of instruction to deliver innovative
programs.
Focused on what is normally termed the «pre-commercial» phase, before a
new product is broadly available on the market, the «Commercialization Research and Preparedness Assistance (CRPA)
Program would provide
support to companies for innovation in commercialization and market preparedness measures to achieve higher levels of business success.
The
program is currently
supporting construction of
new nuclear units that add emissions free electricity capacit to our grid, and help strengthen our diversity.
Jeff's passion for teaching is apparent in CMIT Solutions» comprehensive franchisee training
program, which equips all
new and existing franchisees with the tools necessary to serve their respective communities with the best IT
support available for small and medium - size businesses.
The bill also schedules the closure of the state's Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC)
program in 2021, and directs regulators to being a process to come up with a
new program to
support distributed solar, and an «orderly transition» away from SRECs.
In an attempt to further foster an innovative ecosystem, over the past couple of years the Canadian Government has developed a series of
new investments and
programs to
support its innovation agenda.
Ontarians will get access to
new apps to help manage their energy consumption data, thanks to a pilot
program led by MaRS Discovery District, in partnership with Hydro One and London Hydro and
supported by the Ministry of Energy.
In his mandate letters to the minister of international trade and to the minister of small business and tourism, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for the two ministers to «prepare and execute a
new Canadian international trade strategy to ensure that
programs and approaches are supportive of small and medium - sized enterprises,» specifically making it easier for them to get access to government funding and export - oriented
supports.
The clinical diagnostic testing services
support and accelerate the market entry of
new drugs, vaccines and antivirals, and assist in pre - and post marketing surveillance
programs.
MaRS announces
support for five Ontario businesses through the Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), a
program that provides an equity - type investment to businesses that develop and bring to market innovative
new technologies or services.
This
new program offer
supports startups under 5 years old and under $ 1 million in revenue by providing significant Azure credit, developer
support, Office 365 and...
A breakthrough for governance professionals, the
newest generation of Viewpoint
supports all aspects of your governance
program, from the engagement you and other members of your organization do before, during and after the proxy season, to the implementation of custom policies, to the internal collaboration that results in a final vote decision, to the reporting you do for clients, management and regulators.
Boeing has a long record of
supporting new science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculums and
programs in the U.S.
And what's more, proceeds from the EDvestinU Loan
Programs support scholarships and college access activities in
New Hampshire's public high schools.
It specializes in providing
support and funding to
new blockchain - based projects through the company's incubator and accelerator
programs.
Social innovation and corporate leaders launch SVX Québec, Impact8 & Esplanade at C2 Montreal Montréal, May 28, 2014 — Today, social innovation and corporate leaders announced a
new platform,
program and space to
support social entrepreneurs and impact investing in Québec.
New program for AI entrepreneurs will launch in February with financial
support and mentorship from leading Canadian companies...
Retailers
support a verification
program that is limited to
new hires, keeps penalties appropriate to the violation, preempts state and local laws, and provides employers with protection against lawsuits.
The
new report, by University of Guelph economics professors Douglas Auld and Ross McKitrick, finds that the cost to Canadians of biofuels
support programs has been between $ 3.00 and $ 3.50 for every dollar these
programs return in benefits.
2017.01.25 NextAI Announces Founding Partners and Initial Commitment of $ 5M + to Build Canada's AI Ecosystem
New program for AI entrepreneurs will launch in February with financial
support and mentorship from leading Canadian companies...
And then my follow - on, though, is with that strength in both your
new program or wins of EMS and your packaging strength you're seeing, do we need to start to earmark some more money to
support those or your current plans can
support that growth for the foreseeable future?
On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture
support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card
program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million
new bank accounts for impoverished families.
B.C.
New Democrats support the call for a federal review of the TFW program and a new provincial registry to track numbers and sectors of temporary workers in B
New Democrats
support the call for a federal review of the TFW
program and a
new provincial registry to track numbers and sectors of temporary workers in B
new provincial registry to track numbers and sectors of temporary workers in B.C.
New York Stock Exchange — May 20, 2016 After receiving overwhelming
support for its compensation
program in the wake of substantial structural and disclosure - related changes announced ahead of the Company's 2015 annual meeting, shareholders must now consider whether these structural features, however robust, can ultimately be expected to reign in compensation that is routinely granted at levels far exceeding peer levels.