Sentences with phrase «of public focus»

«It's a bit different in many cases; the policies we've had to deploy solar technologies such as feed - in tariffs are not really the same as we've seen for storage technologies where a lot of the public focus or a lot of the public investment is focused on early stage R&D to help them prove and demonstrate these technologies,» said Tam.

Pro-Trident Labour MP John Woodcock told PoliticsHome: «Aside from being another sign that the «open minded» review of defence policy is nothing of the sort, Jeremy's choice to speak at the CND rally just ensures another weekend of public focus on Labour's divisions over a policy that can't change when we should be holding the Government to account and making the case to remain in the European Union.»

Not exact matches

It's encouraging to hear BlackRock (blk) CEO Larry Fink — whose company's $ 4 trillion of assets under management make it the 800 - pound gorilla in public markets — decry the short - term focus of many investors and call on companies to lay out a «strategic framework for long - term value creation.»

But a new focus on Moore's previous public statements on controversial topics also gained traction of late, just days ahead of the Alabama special election set for December 12.

Canada's digital privacy laws should focus on preventing «concrete harm,» not abstract concepts of autonomy and human dignity, and should minimize the compliance burden on businesses, according to a new report from the Macdonald - Laurier Institute for Public Policy.

He's now 76 years old and still focused on purging the parasite - driven illness from the two countries, Ethiopia and Chad, where transmission persists — a task to which he's bringing both a mastery of public health and a lifetime's worth of understanding political intransigence and apathy.

It comes at a tough time for showbiz personalities to be at the helm of a live broadcast, given the intense public focus on sexual harassment and the darker side of working in Hollywood.

Freed from the demands of public market investors who tend to focus on short - term returns, some companies may find renewed life that harks back to when they were small and privately held, business experts say.

Prince William recently ended his job as an ambulance helicopter pilot in order to focus more on royal duties as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip ease out of public life.

Public anxiety in recent weeks has been focused on Facebook's handling of data, but Cloudflare's DNS service is aimed at hiding browsing data from ISPs.

In the U.S. presidential race, Hillary Clinton has proposed tax reforms to curb what she calls «quarterly capital,» the focus by public companies and investors on rapid returns instead of long - term profitability and economic growth.

Many of the CEOs and leadership teams I have worked with over the years have fallen into the same trap: they get overly focused on selling their company to a strategic or financial acquirer or worse, going public.

HOUSTON, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM) a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 9,200,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,200,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters» full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $ 7.50 per share.

Armed with a better understanding of mobile technology, free from costly branch networks and focused intensely on the user experience, these online firms are muscling in on the lucrative business of providing loans, mortgages and portfolio management services to the public.

An advocate for a local teachers union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing public school students to switch to Bridge schools.

Adapting services to include new digital platforms is a key focus for the major players in Perth's communications sector led by Cannings Purple, which has maintained its top spot on the Business News ranking of the state's largest public and investor relations firms.

A 2010 study conducted by Cone Communications, a public relations and marketing agency focused on social causes, reported that 80 percent of consumers are more likely to purchase a product that supports a cause during the holiday season.

For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evalupublic sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and EvaluPublic Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and EvaluPublic Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.

«The focus of our legal appeal will be on the FCC's decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a public utility service,» Jon Banks, senior vice president of U.S. Telecom said in a statement.

Adolfo Rodriguez, managing partner of the A / R Financial Group, has been focusing more and more on Social Security maximization over the past six years, conducting seminars for the public and for other advisors, as a service to their own clients.

While the public response to the report focused on the school's athletes, the report found that more than half of the students enrolled in the paper courses were nonathletes — many of them referred through the campus» fraternity system.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Goverpublic policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and GoverPublic Policy and Governance.

These are obvious questions to ask, but according to a massive new analysis of more than 45 million public school students nationwide from Stanford's Sean Reardon (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer), they can actually be misleading cues to focus on.

The new entity will incorporate VMware's vCloud Air public cloud option along with Virtustream's enterprise - focused cloud offerings, according to a statement that was released just in advance of VMware's earnings call on Tuesday.

«Our infrastructure remains our primary focus as public cloud is still too expensive for many of the primary markets we are in,» Benioff tells Fortune via email.

The group also released a new public service announcement video this month focused on spotting the signs of violence.

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

HOUSTON, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $ 7.50 per share.

HOUSTON, April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock.

As Richard Settersten, author of Not Quite Adults: Why 20 - Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone, has said: «the media focuses so much on coddled kids, but there's a huge, invisible class of young people that's just not part of our public discussion and who are really in dire straits.»

RP: The big thing is the high visibility of directors and public focus on the role of corporate boards.

Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of ride - hailing service Uber, said Wednesday he's going to take as long as possible to go public — responding to critics and stressing he's focused on product and innovation, not liquidity.

Though we may never know how much knowledge these leaders had prior to the public exposé, it is a compelling case of what can happen when leaders become too focused on an image of perfection.

We determined that a state could pass 4 different laws, each focusing on a population — sexual minorities or gender minorities — and an area of employment — public / state employment or private employment.

«It's nice you don't have to raise funds, that you can time an IPO (initial public offering) yourself, it empties out a lot of work on your agenda, and it's nice Adyen can focus on building a strong company.»

Investors haven't been happy that Dorsey is trying to be the big man at two public companies facing intense competition in a warp - speed tech industry, but Dorsey disclosed in Square IPO filings a side of himself focused on a very big financial contribution that requires a much smaller piece of himself: Roughly 20 percent of his personal holdings in Square stock would go to the Start Small Foundation.

Many of these men, for example, spoke of having to constantly calibrate their public miens: striving to appear focused at the office but not too aggressive; hungry but not threatening; well dressed but not showy; talented but not too damn talented.

Public service aside, the LinkedIn executive chairman's main focus seemed to be the size of the loss — nearly a billion dollars in a single year.

«It's also part of a civic duty,» said Joo Yu - min, an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy whose research focuses on mega-events in Asian cities.

«We've responded to the competitive environment by focusing on industries that are currently out of favor with the public - equity market, like biotech, medical devices, and early - stage information - technology companies,» says Patrick Boroian, a general partner at Sprout, which is the New York City - based venture - capital affiliate of financial - services giant Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Until now, much of Kayak's investor focus has been on the company's long and arduous journey to go public.

The week - long startup competition focused on four areas of public innovation: education, energy & sustainability, health, and transportation.

«There has been a lot of focus around the lock date really since this company went public.

«This is a matter of public safety and we are laser - focused on this particular incident,» Mosby said.

Rhett Buttle is founder of Public Private Strategies, a consulting firm with a focus on where the public and private sectorPublic Private Strategies, a consulting firm with a focus on where the public and private sectorpublic and private sector meet.

Median wealth by sector and plan type is: private sector DC, $ 53,000; private sector DB, $ 65,000; and, public sector DB, $ 165,000.31 Even if one focuses exclusively on long term participants (21 + years) in their current DB and DC plans, the median accumulated wealth of 55 to 64 year olds in DB plans is significantly greater than DC plans: $ 139,000 versus $ 96,000.32

We remain focused on the recent launch of Firefox Quantum and our commitment to protecting the internet as a global public resource, especially at a time when user rights like net neutrality and privacy are under attack.»

I truly believe that it's time, after almost a decade of prosperity in the public markets and the global economy, that we put pressure on the entrepreneurial community as a whole to start focusing on making money versus raising money.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

He is also part of the Management Board of the Advanced Energy Centre, a public - private partnership that was co-founded and is hosted by MaRS Cleantech with a focus on innovative domestic energy programs and strengthening international relationships to drive exports, and a member of the Ontario Smart Grid Forum.