Sentences with phrase «of big finance»

Goldman Sachs board member M. Michele Burns is joining the board of new bitcoin payment processor Circle Internet Financial, becoming the latest representative from the worlds of big finance and investing to show an interest in digital currency.

If there is anyone who can bridge the world of big finance and off - grid solar, it's Levinson and his team, which includes Tanzania - based Audrey Desiderato of E+C o and GOOD, and Sameer Halai of the Microsoft Corp and other tech start - ups.

SoftBank has been behind almost all of the biggest financings in Silicon Valley, from Uber to WeWork to DoorDash just last month.

The next couple of years will be, if you will, the first road test for some of the biggest finance fixes inspired by the meltdown of 2008 - 2009.

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Finding a way to finance car sales was one of Vander Baan's biggest challenges.

The Prime Minister and his finance minister spend much of their time reminding the country's biggest vote bank — the middle class — that it is not doing as well as it should be.

Jonathan Crandall, who runs J.C. Landscaping in Danvers, Mass., is a big believer in holding out for financing deals that pop up at the end of a model year.

In financial services, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America are among the big names that have partnered with R3, a startup trying to bring blockchain technology to the finance world.

And we seem open to the suggestions of Finance Minister Bill Morneau's Advisory Council on Economic Growth, an assembly that would face persecution in the two biggest Anglo - Saxon economies for its belief in expertise.

Years ago, under Paul Martin, Finance stopped using its own forecasts, opting instead to base the budget on the average prediction of a group of outsiders, mostly the lead economists at the country's biggest banks.

Having a good credit score will help you scale your business and obtain loans, financing and further lines of credit for big purchases.

But, before you can save big bucks, you need to know the basics of personal finance.

But whilst bigger companies have legions of finance experts behind them, smaller business owners can often find themselves dealing with accounting responsibilities all by themselves.

David Swensen, the head of Yale University's $ 25 billion endowment is calling out some of the biggest players in finance for shelling out billions of dollars for what he calls «kickbacks» to attract business to their trading venues.

Hit by the industry restructuring, some of the big clothing brands have struggled to make a profit and secure finance.

Perhaps more important, the loans grant small companies access to the kind of well - priced financing normally reserved for big corporations.

LONDON — An influential Tory MEP who helped to draft the biggest change to European finance laws in the last decade says the government's leaked Brexit impact report shows a «consensus» is emerging around the effects of leaving the EU.

For a larger company, their systems and resources generally mean that they have a bigger finance department, so your resources might make it to a manager, unless it's big enough, but someone of authority within the company still has to approve it for payment.

The gathering drew some of the biggest names in finance.

But another source said Goldman was the «lead» participant - meaning it provided the biggest chunk of financing - and that it wasn't able to distribute as much of the loan as it initially planned because Banco Espirito Santo's finances deteriorated so rapidly.

Finances aside, Target's bigger challenges are stubbornly centred on unhappy customers whose loyalty has been stretched thin by a series of supply - chain snafus and prices that many perceived to be out - of - whack with both big - box competitors and the company's own reputation as a quality discounter.

Some of the biggest names in finance, like billionaire entrepreneurs Mark Cuban and Warren Buffett, are voicing opinions, pro and con.

The biggest names in finance are battling to roll up thousands of car - repair shops.

Arguably the biggest promotion in today's federal cabinet shuffle goes to François - Philippe Champagne, who vaults from parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Bill Morneau, a supporting role just outside cabinet, to succeeding Chrystia Freeland in the high - profile post of minister of international trade.

Toronto's Centennial College will also begin offering instruction in Islamic finance this fall, partly due to interest from one of the Big Five banks in helping their staff speak the same language as clients with different financial backgrounds.

But over a career at the highest levels in corporate finance, Porat has been equally unflappable, navigating physical obstacles and fighting great metaphorical discomfort — the race - the - clock stress of the financial crisis, the tension of negotiations among big - ego executives, and now the culture clash of imposing financial discipline at tech's biggest idea factory.

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday launched the long and politically fraught process of drawing up its new long - term spending plans, seeking a bigger budget to finance new priorities like defense and border control and plug the gap left by Britain's departure.

It's possible that large private equity firms are more willing to consider big buyouts of struggling enterprise companies in light of the blockbuster Dell and EMC deal, a complex transaction involving Dell raising $ 45 billion in debt financing to help carry it through.

As you transition out of the carefree days of your 20s and start making major life changes — whether it's getting married, buying a house, or having kids — it's crucial to take a big - picture look at your finances.

PeerStreet, which is in the midst of raising another financing round, still has to prove it can turn its pitch into a big business.

As CEO of Credible, a marketplace for student loan refinancing which was founded in 2012 and recently secured $ 2.7 million in seed round financing, Stephen Dash has some ideas on how to get your money in order before taking a big leap as an entrepreneur.

To guide this growth, Indochino landed one of the biggest rounds of financing in Canadian e-commerce history and recruited a management team of fashion and retail veterans, led by a new top suit with experience scaling businesses.

With the rise of crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, crowdsourcing has become an increasingly popular form of financing for individuals who are short on cash, but have big ideas that are going to revolutionize an industry.

To avoid the roadblocks of trying to compete with big businesses that have vast resources, small businesses should consider alternative financing.

Schroeder concedes that he broke the 20 - hour rule recently to work on the financing of his next big idea.

Other universities are watching carefully and will likely follow Stanford's lead, says Chris Lesmes, former director of the Big Red Venture Fund, a student - run $ 2 million investment fund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the school.

«Undoubtedly, whatever the strategy is of Donald Trump and his finance ministry, they managed to support oil prices in the last week by talking the dollar down, so if we see a big (upward) correction in the dollar then we'll probably see a (downward) correction in oil.»

Importantly, financing for lots of companies on the PROFIT list isn't just about approaching financial institutions for loans: vendor credit seems to play a big role for some of the businesses surveyed.

Recently, though, two provinces favouring Big CPP have counterattacked in the lead - up to the December meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers.

The big spenders were nonetheless defeated by a citizens» group that spent only $ 15,000 to support the bond measure, which passed with 57 % of the vote on Nov. 7, approving up to $ 150 million in financing for a city - run broadband utility.

-- Ashley Hunter, president of HMRiskGroup, Austin, Texas Community Banks «The representative at the big bank we used to finance the purchase of a new building said he would see about getting us more business referrals, but four years later, we haven't had a single referral from him.

Here are the big questions and Fortune's answers, largely drawn from our coverage of Trump's finances over the past several months.

Instead, structure the investment as convertible debt: a loan that gets swapped for equity in the next big round of financing, says David Cohen, a venture capital investor and CEO of TechStars, a Boulder, Colorado - based angel fund.

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It's also a break from the food business, where Berkshire (BRKA) has done a string of big deals recently, including Heinz and Kraft, as well as providing financing for Burger King's acquisition of Canadian doughnut chain Tim Horton's.

«I looked at what the biggest constraints to the growth of clean energy were, and the biggest one was financing,» says Parish.

It's well known by now that Boeing, one of the biggest companies in the world, lost an important contract to sell satellites to Singapore because it could not get financing from the Export - Import Bank.

If you're in the market for a bunch of new appliances or other big - ticket items, it's common for consumers to walk into a retailer and be offered a discount and a good financing deal on a large purchase, if they open a charge or credit card account with that retailer.

The crossover would add to Mercedes's growing line of lucrative top - end vehicles, such as this year's gas - guzzling AMG GT four - door coupe, as the world's biggest luxury - car maker seeks revenue to finance its expensive shift to battery technology.

There's no limit to how long companies can stay, although most leave after an average of 16 months, usually after raising a big financing round, Reichert says.