Sentences with phrase «of state funding of»

Equal Educational Opportunities Act: Adequacy of State funding of English Language Learner programs — interpretation of «appropriate action» requirement; effect of NCLB on EEOA.

The policy statement also makes a commitment to reverse the decline of state funding of R&D which, in recent years, has dropped from more than 1 per cent of GDP to less than 0.5 per cent.

The blog provides regular insights into the European project, government waste, Gordon Brown's burdens on the economy, the dangers of state funding of political parties and it offers a sceptical view of a big government approach to combating climate change.

Not exact matches

A TRANSPORT analyst has proposed the state government consider using a «value capture» funding model and increases in council rates to help pay for almost $ 3 billion of proposed public transport infra

Two of the state's largest investment funds have had reported strong returns on investment for the 2012 - 13 financial year.

At the end of October, the Highway Trust Fund becomes insolvent, lacking the funding it needs to continue projects that repair and build the nation's federal, state, and local highways, bridges, tunnels and mass transit programs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)-- Malaysia's image as a striving, modern nation that upholds the rule of law has been undermined by an epic corruption scandal at state investment fund 1MDB.

Other experts addressing big ideas include the economist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, economist Nouriel Roubini, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde.

That case involved a newspaper ad that was intended to raise funds for Martin Luther King Jr., and mentioned the behavior of the Alabama police department, as well as other state authorities.

In a statement, the well - funded startup Coinbase responded publicly: «We remain concerned over specific components of the BitLicense that were left unchanged, including state - specific AML rules that are inconsistent with federal guidelines.

These programs provide free one - on - one mentoring and low - cost training opportunities for their clients in locations around the country, using a combination of federal funds, state and local government contributions, and private sector resources.

PLANS for the overhaul of Karratha's central business district are progressing with development applications lodged and more state funds allocated to revitalisation projects.

But of late, Canada has encountered buyers of a less familiar variety: state - owned companies and sovereign wealth funds from emerging markets like China and Malaysia.

The Andreessen Horowitz backed company with $ 2.57 million in publicly stated funding was unable to interest any of the Sharks in its offer of a 5 percent stake for $ 2 million.

Steve Case's new $ 150 million venture fund dedicated to the flyover states is great, tangible proof of the tech world's interest in bringing the rest of the country along for the economic growth that comes from the innovation economy.

It's called the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and funding for it technically expired at the end of September (although states do have enough money to keep it going for a couple of months).

A NEW harvester developed with state government and private funding could spark interest in the commercial potential of mallee trees in Western Australia.

And the amount of money these mutual funds are pouring in is worth noting: «Last year alone, global mutual fund investors poured $ 23.7 billion into 192 VC transactions — the highest amount of capital invested ever and a 66 % increase from the year prior,» states the release.

State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.

Sterling Partners and the State of Maryland's TEDCO fund led the round.

A well written business plan stating the nature of the business, funds required, budget allocation, future projections and profitability should be accompanied with the loan application.

«I think many states would have a serious challenge in providing 80 % of funding for viable infrastructure projects,» said one lobbyist closely involved in tracking the issue, referring to the component of the White House plan that caps federal investment at 20 %.

In June 2016, the state of California passed legislation that publicly funds the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center.

Following Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's comments regarding the tapering of quantitative easing this summer, funds previously invested in countries like India are being repatriated to the United States.

September 9 — The WSJ reports that officials from an Abu Dhabi - based state investment fund, International Petroleum Investment Co. (IPIC), claim IPIC never received nearly $ 1.4 billion in payments owed by 1MDB for the purchase of power plants in 2012.

Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, doubts about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, the need to obtain additional funding, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Many land at Haxlr8r, an accelerator that has graduated more than 50 companies using a now - familiar model: Learn the basics of manufacturing and develop a prototype; raise funds (and build buzz) in the United States through Kickstarter; manufacture the product; and drop - ship it anywhere in the world through the Pearl River Delta's unparalleled logistics networks.

«We also plan to complete the second round of pre-Series A funding within next two months,» states More.

But it also looked at who's putting that knowledge into action, factoring in the percentage of state residents who held to good financial habits (like building an emergency fund), as well as bad ones (spending more than they earn or using payday loans).

And soon it will move its headquarters to a new, 26,000 - square - foot space at the flashy One SoHo Square in New York (where MAC Cosmetics, an Estée Lauder company, also has an office) and add 282 new jobs to its current team of 85, funded in part by a $ 3 million tax credit from the state of New York.

Republicans intend to deny funding to the agency to carry out Obama's order allowing millions of undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States.

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The biggest states for venture capital activity were California, Massachusetts, and New York, which together accounted for more than half of all U.S. venture funding in the fourth quarter of 2015.

The measure keeps domestic spending largely flat, while providing billions of dollars in additional funds to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The $ 21 million in participating security funds invested in Virginia businesses constitutes nearly 6 percent of all seed and early - stage funding in the state last year.

The producer of The Wolf of Wall Street agreed to pay $ 60 million to settle claims it financed the movie with money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.

Three months prior to the Games, China's state - funded wire agency made a bold prediction: «The empty seats that hurt the festive mood of the Athens Olympics won't be seen in Beijing when the Chinese capital hosts the 2008 Games.»

Back in 2012, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan stated that it costs about $ 40,000 a year to fund a homeless person, with the costs of shelters, emergency room visits, and jails being factored.

In a sign of Cambodia's increasing importance in Southeast Asia, the Trump administration aimed to cut U.S. State Department funding of $ 2 million for land mine clearance — and then reinstated it after an outcry.

Israel had been born into fabulous wealth — the scion of a dynasty of commodity traders who hobnobbed with heads of state and captains of industry — but this fund was the chance to strike out on his own, without family baggage, and take his place among the titans of Wall Street.

To learn about the state of financing for women - owned ventures, I spoke with Vonda White, serial entrepreneur and founder of Camp Pillsbury, a Minnesota - based boarding school that White acquired after overcoming all the hurdles associated with securing business funding.

This naturally pushes early stage investing to smaller investment sources; angels and government sources like SBIR's, economic development funds, and state focused specific funds for a start - up's first round of investment.

As I describe in Survival +, there is a positive feedback in the process of concentrating wealth and thus political power: the more wealth one acquires, the more political influence one can purchase, which then enables the accumulation of even more wealth as the State / Elite partnership showers benefits and monopolies on those who fund elections, i.e. the wealthy.

Zunum is backed in part by Boeing HorizonX, JetBlue Technology Ventures and the state of Washington Clean Energy Fund.

One of the major problems with Australian politics at both the state and federal level is taxpayer funding of election campaigns.

Investors» fears of an all - out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for companies that can easily pass on higher costs to their consumers.

Stock fund managers are looking for companies that pass on costs to consumers in the wake of growing investor fear of a trade war between the United States and China.

This type of funding can come from angel investors, micro-loan funds, pre-seed and seed funds, venture capital and state or federal funding.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Perth today to announce $ 500 million of extra Commonwealth funding for WA roads, while his finance minister Mathias Cormann kept up pressure on the state government to reciprocate by privatising more state - owned assets.

Recent reports suggest that one out of every ten women in the United States is in the process of becoming an entrepreneur, but a significant gap in venture capital funding remains.