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SBI Holdings have set forth a large number of initiatives which includes its entry into crypto mining and setting up of a «dominant cryptocurrency exchange platform.»

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Trudeau backs the Keystone pipeline as «an extremely important initiative... in terms of getting our raw resources to market,» which, in turn, could mean good jobs for a greater number of people.

The iPhone maker already has a number of health - related initiatives underway, which are overseen by Apple's chief operating officer Jeff Williams.

At the same time, Intel announced similar initiatives, such as its massive Diversity in Technology Initiative, which through a partnership with GirlsWhoCode is helping to provide more educational support to a greater number of young women.

It recommends a number of policy initiatives, which it believes the federal government should actively pursue.

With the US military reaching out to establish a better military - to - military dialogue with China, for example by including China in the well - established semi-annual RIMPAC naval exercises (in which Canada and a number of other countries also participate), Canada's initiatives should have a positive impact on US - China military relations.

We recently met with CFO Bodo Uebber to discuss details of Daimler's previously announced long - term strategy, which includes increasing the number of Mercedes - Benz dealerships and unit sales in China and capitalizing on recent dealership improvements (better sales training, new technology systems) to steadily boost division profits, as well as initiatives to strengthen business in other divisions.

This phase of the pedophilia panic, which wrought far more destruction by the numbers than had the daycare and preschool cases, hardly seems an initiative of the Reagan administration for the restoration of patriarchy.

But a number of initiatives, including Nutrition and Hydration Week which starts today, aim to improve levels of nutrition, both in hospitals and across the social care sectors.

A number of breastfeeding programs and initiatives were in place like the Best Fed Beginnings (BFB) which supports skin - to - skin contact of baby and mom right after delivery.

SolarCity has promised to create 3,000 jobs in the region including 500 manufacturing positions, a number which has changed, like the companies and the industry, since the project was first announced as the anchor of the governor's Buffalo Billion initiative.

Dafis was a Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 until 2000, having been supported by a coalition of local Plaid Cymru and Green party activists, the latter of which had worked with him on a number of environmental initiatives.

The broadband initiative is touted as an effort to expand the number of New Yorkers who get that service, which allows for high - speed Internet connections.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. praised the speech, which included a number of initiatives focused on the South Bronx, including a plan to begin retrofitting trucks to meet new environmental standards in the neighborhood and using the Hunts Point Distribution Center as an anchor to draw more food manufacturing companies.

Beyond the governor's office, investigators have subpoenaed agencies that regulate solar power and implement solar initiatives, the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, which has been the guiding force in a number of state - backed high - tech ventures, and Empire State Development Corp., the state's economic - development arm.

Though he will likely be best remembered for heading the DEC during the long debate over fracking, which started during former Gov. David Paterson's administration — in other words, before Martens took the helm — a number of other environmental initiatives were started or accomplished on the outgoing commissioner's watch.

The CDBG program — which the city of Syracuse has used to fund a number of social programs and economic initiatives — is facing its end in President Donald Trump's latest budget proposal.

The Sports Minister reiterated government's belief in the youth which has manifested in a number of policies and initiatives.

Cuomo and Tom Prendergast, the man he appointed to run the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, proceeded to outline a number of initiatives they said would improve New York's mass transit system, many of which are already contained in the authority's now four - year, $ 26 billion capital plan, the one that the state is more than a year late in approving.

But Mr. Cuomo took pains to portray his financial plan, which includes a number of tax relief initiatives, as a realistic one, unburdened by ideology — a clear rejoinder to his left - leaning, downstate rival.

Broadcasting live from the historic Old Bronx County Courthouse, MSNBC host and anchor Thomas Roberts, along with co-host Frances Rivera, will examine youth job preparedness and the rapidly evolving field of technology in addition to a number of community - wide initiatives which seek to meet the demands of the burgeoning industry.

«I commend the Assembly for its one - house budget proposal, which includes a number of initiatives that will go a long way toward combating inequality and protecting New Yorkers around this city,» said de Blasio in a statement.

The money was hailed as a sign of Cuomo's commitment toward his Ending the Epidemic initiative, which aims to reduce the number of new HIV cases to fewer than 750 by the end of the decade.

The Athena Project, which is a UK - wide initiative that aims to increase the number of women working in science, engineering, and technology (SET) at all levels of higher education (HE), and to improve their career development, awards development grants to HE institutions for pilot projects that address those aims.

For example, the Facebook organ donor initiative elicited more than 60 % of its total online registrations in the first two days, after which the number of new sign - ups decayed quickly3.

A number of innovative initiatives are also coming up, such as the SynBio4All platform supported by CRI, which can be described as part MOOC, part open laboratory notebook, and part crowdsourcing discussion platform on synthetic biology.

Individual researchers can only join through their employers, which is why it's essential for the scheme's success that a large number of institutions around Europe join the initiative.

To fulfill its current mission, the close - knit group working at CGE has designed a number of outreach and educational initiatives, one of which is the Women Leaders symposium.

The EPA is trying to promote the purchase of green products through a number of initiatives, including its epeat.net Web site, which lists manufacturers that have agreed to reduce the amount of toxic materials used in their products.

Soon has received more than $ 100,000 from an Alexandria - based group called Donor's Trust, which has been funneling money from anonymous donors to a number of groups and initiatives championed by political conservatives.

During all those years, Prof. Nagel has been the leading person or has been actively involved in different initiatives, which resulted in increasing of visibility and importance of biomedical engineers and medical physicists in medicine and health as well as in large number of benefits for IUPESM and IFMBE affiliated societies and individuals.

A number of emerging Irish filmmakers have also been selected to participate in an exciting international initiative Advance Party II which will develop eight new films from some of the most exciting filmmaking talent emerging from the UK and Ireland.

There are now a growing number of organisations, initiatives, and support networks which have been developed to offer teachers, parents and children new ways to build their digital skills.

As Huw Williams explains: «Although the tablet initiative had great initial interest from schools across the country, a limited number of schools progressed with the opportunity to purchase, which further highlights that the format for purchasing tablet technology isn't as simple as looking at a device in isolation.

Washington — There are those who view the 98th Congress, which adjourned a week later than scheduled and failed to complete action on a number of major initiatives, as a most contentious and unproductive body.

«We have priced children's tickets to ensure they are very affordable, and created a number of exciting initiatives such as our Bolt ticket for # 9.58 based on Usain's current 100m world record and our London schools offer for the World Para Athletics Championships, which gives 250,000 schoolchildren access to a special discounted package.

More commonly, senior leadership teams in England are faced with a series of training «slots» in the year planner, which need populating — and a number of ideas and initiatives that need to be implemented.

Clearly children's diets need attention, and there have been a number of initiatives to break the unhealthy eating habit, including: The National Healthy Schools Programme (1998 to 2009), which included healthy and nutritious foods being made available in school canteens and vending machines; The School Food Plan, (launched in 2015), which provided a new set of standards for all food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they produce.

Grant money, which started going to the school district this year, funds SAISD's Pipeline for College Success program, an initiative aimed at increasing the number of students who enroll in and complete college.

Market - oriented education reform refers to a series of initiatives that include educator evaluations based in large part on student standardized test scores, the closure of schools that are considered failing or underenrolled, and an increase in the number of charter schools, many of which are operated by for - profit companies.

«Choice» has become a popular mantra in education - reform circles, used primarily to describe initiatives to increase the number of charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated, and to increase funding for private schools through voucher systems.

But Evers» tenure has also been marked by a number of initiatives in which he has collaborated with conservatives, notably Walker.

«Many of the measures of «health of the movement» are just that — measures of the degree to which charter schools, as a movement, are increasing in number and influence,» said Elaine Weiss, who helps lead education initiatives at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank focused on low - to - moderate - income people.

Fiddling whilst teacher supply burns, the Government has engaged in a number of small, localised initiatives which fail to begin to address the scale of the teacher supply problem.

The school is also part of the Call Me MISTER initiative, which seeks to increase the number of diverse role models in classroom settings, especially in elementary schools in South Carolina.

Mercedes has given a kick - start to its «Year of Dreams» initiative, which will include the launch of a number of convertibles, at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show while the first model unveiled is the C - Class convertible.

Mercedes has given a kick - start to its «Year of Dreams» initiative, which will include the launch of a number of convertibles, at the 2016 Geneva... Read More

Last October, Marvel Comics launched its Marvel NOW initiative, which was designed to lure in new readers by offering new titles featuring classic characters (Uncanny Avengers, Indestructible Hulk) and resetting the numbering of several ongoing series, with each new issue # 1 being designed to be a good jumping - on... [Read more...]

Much of this kind of success may have a lot to do with Sourcebooks» pioneering spirit, an attitude which has seen the publisher participate in a number of experimental and mildly controversial initiatives to put ebooks in the hands of readers, put titles in public libraries, and put children's books in the hands of shoppers.

Just under a year after the launch of Dark Horse's digital initiative, it is announced today that the company has expanded the number of platforms on which comics fans can access their favorite Dark Horse titles!