Sentences with phrase «of special financing for»

The Best Buy Visa card comes with between 6 and 24 months of special financing for Best Buy purchases of $ 199 or more, which could be a good reason to get the card.

Not exact matches

Much of that cost will go into the franchise fee, which can range anywhere from $ 10,000 to $ 1,000,000 (with 10 to 20 percent off for veterans, as well as special financing), and 7 - Eleven requires a net worth of $ 100,000 to $ 250,000.

Rent the Runway, a website that lets women rent and return designer dresses for special events, raised $ 60 million in a series D round of financing led by Technology Crossover Ventures in December 2014.

Le Maire elaborated about Landau's special task: «This mission will propose reorientations on the evolution of [cryptocurrency, and] regulation to better control development, prevent their use for [the] purposes of tax evasion, money laundering, or financing of criminals or terrorism.»

Anthemis founder Sean Park wrote an article for Financial News» Future of Finance Special Report, in which he gives a glimpse into the...

In Financial News» Special Report on Women in Finance, Lucy McNulty summarizes her findings on the future of the industry for female graduates...

Among those who joined us in London: Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen EMEA; Neelie Kroes, Special Envoy, Startup Delta, The Netherlands; Former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda; Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates; Emma Marcegaglia, President, BusinessEurope; Chairman, Eni SpA; Vice Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Group; Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President EMEA, Facebook; Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.; Lubna Olayan, Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company; Mary Portas, Founder, Portas; Author, Shop Girl; and Helle Thorning - Schmidt, Former Prime Minister, Denmark and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International.

For instance, a big special dividend financed by debt would still leave shareholders with a period of high leverage and potential earnings volatility before they have as much in their pockets as the buyout price.

Previously he was the Deputy Minister of Finance in Yukon, Assistant Deputy Minister of Budgeting, Economics and Fiscal Policy with the Government of Alberta, and Special Economic and Fiscal Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Finance for the Government of the North West Territories.

Ms. Gray is also Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal, a role that coincides with her position as chairperson of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, which is reviewing the Election Act, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, the Conflicts of Interest Act, and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act.

Other resources for entrepreneurial veterans include the Boots to Business program for transitioning service members out of the military, special financing help through the Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative, and the National Veteran - Owned Business Association.

Them Dixiecrats did not die off, they just moved into the GOP and took it over using their «good - ole - boy» networks of «rebs» «klukkers» and other trash and financed it with all the special pork barrel money they've been quietly siphoning out of our budget for DECADES.

Peloquin said California Gardens is currently part of a tax increment financing district where revenues go to a special redevelopment fund for area improvements instead of to local taxing districts.

During a special meeting, Village Board members voted 4 - 2 to rescind a bond ordinance passed last fall and replace it with one that changes the type of bond used to help pay for a new tax increment financing district on Lyons» west side.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

Kaiman, who announced last Sunday he would leave his state posts as chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority and special adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on storm recovery to run for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Steve Israel (D - Huntington), said he was not familiar with the scope of Terry's financial problems.

Governor Cuomo Introduces Campaign Finance Reform Legislation with a Public Financing Option Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced legislation that seeks to enact a system of small donor matching funds for state elections, along with a number of other provisions designed to reduce corruption and special interest influence.

One of New York's leading champions of reform, Kavanagh is an outspoken advocate for changing the culture in Albany, fixing New York's broken election and campaign finance systems, and standing up to special interests.

After all, in one notable revision of New York City's campaign - finance rules a few years ago, union groups got the City Council to carve out special exceptions just for (yup) unions.

«We share in the Finance Minister's mention of the passage of the Office of Special Prosecutor Bill as an accomplishment in putting an anti-corruption arsenal together, but we are disappointed that the passage of the Right to Information Bill which would facilitate the provision of the necessary ammunition for the Office of Special Prosecutor has so far not been placed before Parliament,» it said.

«We must end the ability of so - called not - for - profit advocacy organizations to elude regulation and to mock New York City's public finance system, by allowing campaigns access to virtually unlimited money from special interests,» he said.

Kaiman, 53, of Great Neck, said he will give up his $ 153,000 - a-year job as a special adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for Sandy storm relief, as well as his unpaid post as chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority within the next week to 10 days.

The on - again, off - again special Oct. 6 primary — a rare second primary in an election cycle — has left a tangle of questions about campaign finance for Martins and his former GOP rival Philip Pidot, a Glen Cove financial consultant.

«The defeat of the Constitutional Convention is a triumph for all of the enemies of reform in Albany: Andrew Cuomo, the political bosses in the State Legislature, and the lobbyists and special interests who thrive in New York's pay for play culture of corruption,» said Bill Samuels, the Democratic activist who had supported the referendum, with the hope of ushering in campaign finance and ethics reforms.

In an open letter released on Tuesday, Gipson called for a special session to deal with ethics and campaign finance legislation, namely the closing of the loophole in state election that allows for unlimited donations to flow from a web of limited liability companies.

In my new role as the UN Secretary - General's Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs, I have been charged with formulating a business plan to ensure that resources are secured to meet the malaria goal of near zero deaths, as well as the other maternal, child, AIDS and TB goals by the end of 2015, the internationally agreed deadline.

Yet eight months later, according to the February 13, 2017 New York Post article «Low voter turnout expected for special election to fill Harlem city council seat» it stated that «Construction and development executive Brian Benjamin, chairman of Community Board 10 and finance chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party, has expressed interest in running» for State Senate.

It creates a new quasi-public entity known as the Connecticut Transportation Finance Authority charged with supporting «the fiscal health and sustainability of the Special Transportation Fund,» the primary source for transportation projects.

Neither Good nor Foxall have filed campaign finance reports for the 2018 race due to the special election cycle, though Good was able to pull in plenty of money in that contest.

The Times reserved special criticism for Cuomo on the issue of ethics reform, accusing him of failing to push for campaign finance reform and mishandling the Moreland Commission that was set up to investigate corruption.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

The Citizens» Election Program was Connecticut's landmark effort, passed in 2006, to remove the taint of special - interest money from elections and to level the playing field for candidates through voluntary public financing of political campaigns.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) announces the release of the official NYC Votes Voter Guide for the special election in Bronx Council District 17 that will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.

Now critics are saying that the Democrats» pro-Malloy mailings will undo the original promise of the public financing system — because the special - interest money will flow into the state campaign through the party's «federal account» even as taxpayers continue to pay for campaigns that were supposed to be kept «clean» of contractors» money.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Legislature's Budget & Finance Committee met on Monday night to discuss possible solutions to the Board of Health's revised busing policy for special needs children.

Only 25 percent of registered voters in New York City participated in the November 2014 elections, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board, and a recent special election in The Bronx for a vacant City Council seat saw roughly 3,300 out of 85,000 registered voters cast ballots.

«One, is the gerrymandering that occurs allowing lawmakers to draw their own district lines... [two is] a disgraceful campaign finance system that allows them to hit up special interests for ridiculous amounts of money,» said Blair Horner, executive director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to a lack of «pay - to - play» restrictions on campaign donors with government business.

A statewide public financing system to elevate average New Yorkers» voices in our elections, buttressed by other comprehensive reforms — like lower limits on how much one person can contribute to a political candidate (now at an outrageous $ 60,800 for statewide candidates per election cycle) and strong independent enforcement of campaign finance laws — will reduce the power of big money special interests.

The bipartisan legislation would create a public financing system for congressional campaigns, with the goal of limiting the influence of special interests and encouraging a «more diverse pool of candidates» to run for federal office.

Among those in Jonathan's team are his former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki (SAN); a former Minister of State for Finance, Amb.

The sugar operations have their special place though, because part of the financing for the state's contribution to the Everglades restoration has come through a levy on sugar and there has been a kind of decommissioning of a lot of sugar [land] as a result of this, so I can't [indict] them in that way.

In particular, I was a Department of Commerce Science and Technology Fellow, serving as a member of the subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and as a special director in the Office of Cultural Resources of the National Park Service.

The Director of Finance and Administration is seeking a full - time Senior Administrative Coordinator in the Office of Finance and Administration, which is responsible for finance, facilities, human resources, special events, and other activities for the InsFinance and Administration is seeking a full - time Senior Administrative Coordinator in the Office of Finance and Administration, which is responsible for finance, facilities, human resources, special events, and other activities for the InsFinance and Administration, which is responsible for finance, facilities, human resources, special events, and other activities for the Insfinance, facilities, human resources, special events, and other activities for the Institute.

AmericanSingles.com Salutes U.S. Service Men and Women With a Special Offer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) AmericanSingles.com, one of the largest online communities for singles, today introduced a special offer to help U.S. military personnel, currently on active duty, connect with its members for companionship, dating, or friendship with a complimentary one - month Premium MembSpecial Offer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) AmericanSingles.com, one of the largest online communities for singles, today introduced a special offer to help U.S. military personnel, currently on active duty, connect with its members for companionship, dating, or friendship with a complimentary one - month Premium Membspecial offer to help U.S. military personnel, currently on active duty, connect with its members for companionship, dating, or friendship with a complimentary one - month Premium Membership.

The Chronicle cites a school finance consultant to the California Department of Education to make the harm to general education parents clear: «This is not sustainable... Special education is a growing portion of budgets in many districts, squeezing out services for other pupils.»

Ofsted highlighted the college's leadership and learning for special mention, stating in the report that leaders and managers had «successfully reversed the decline in standards», and that the college's chief executive officer (CEO) had been «instrumental in driving the substantial improvements in the quality of the provision and in the college's finances,» helping ensure a «secure and sustainable future for the college.»

Examining Costs: The Center for Special Education Finance is taking a fresh look at the «real costs» of such services.