Sentences with phrase «on global public»

From 1994 to 2008, he taught at the University of California, San Diego, and served as a consultant for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank, the Task Force on Global Public Goods, and the Swiss government.

An effective carbon tax has already been imposed on the global public by the oil price rise, which of course increases the price of things which have to be moved around — ie.

Utilities are not there to spend money on global public goods, which is what CO2 reduction is.

Vector - borne diseases have a significant impact on global public health.

Laurie Garrett, one of the globe's most gifted writers on global public health issues, has a timely and scary essay on foreignpolicy.com about the nasty norovirus plaguing athletes in the Olympic village — a bug one expert calls the «perfect human pathogen.»

Not exact matches

What he's not interested in is chasing after low - margin jobs or huge public - sector projects where he has to compete on price with huge global players.

Written by Philip Auerswald, a professor of public policy at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy is due out in April, but you can get a taste of Auerswald's most optimistic take on the entrepreneurship and global economy with this video of an animated, 10 - minute talk he gave recently to lawmGlobal Economy is due out in April, but you can get a taste of Auerswald's most optimistic take on the entrepreneurship and global economy with this video of an animated, 10 - minute talk he gave recently to lawmglobal economy with this video of an animated, 10 - minute talk he gave recently to lawmakers.

«Hedge funds today are on the same public perception track that mutual funds were, and in 20 years will similarly end up as well - understood investment vehicles — viewed as an essential participant in the global economy,» said Richard Baker, president and CEO of hedge fund trade group Managed Funds Association.

Beth Brooke - Marciniak, Ernst & Young's global vice chair of public policy, also chimed in on Obama's executive order.

Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against much bigger investors in the global market such as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of investments.

And on the flip side, organizations like Gavi, the massive global public - private vaccine partnership, ensure a certain amount of purchases (albeit for a significantly reduced price) as long as companies commit to providing a reliable stream of treatments.

The end of this story, which has yet to be proven, is that we can grow much bigger companies that will either exit at much bigger values or will go public on the NASDAQ and become large, significant global technology companies.

He was hired from Credit Suisse, where he was head of global internet investment banking and was perhaps best known for his leading role on the initial public offering of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group in 2014, the largest share sale ever.

Japanese markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday for public holidays, leaving Wednesday as the last day for investors to unwind some of their positions ahead of the Fed's decision later in the global day.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The price was above BlackBerry's recent value on public markets, following the company's announcement Friday that it will cut about 40 per cent of its global workforce, about 4,500 jobs, and record a writedown of nearly $ 1 billion.

A few months earlier, Beijing had applied similar pressure on European nations, this time to join with it in an unprecedented public call to replace the dollar as the global reserve currency.

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.»

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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.

The work by Uber doesn't involve any public trials of vehicles on the road — at least not yet — but it will give Uber access to talent and tech coming from one of the bright spots on the global AI and autonomous driving scene.

A few projects are underway to address the concerns, and the company seems interested in recruiting a chairman who might help things along — during an investor call, executives said they planned to appoint an outsider to the role, one with public company experience, a global perspective, and a focus on products.

Her 2014 landmark negotiation with Exxon Mobil led to the company's first public report on global warming and carbon asset risk.

Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been appointed senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he will teach graduate classes on public policy and global markets.

David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on public education.

He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

I am proud that he was a Harvard undergraduate during my time on the faculty at Harvard and I think that the Bank of England is fortunate to have someone with his degree of experience in public policy and also experience as a participant directly in financial markets, at the helm at what will be a challenging time for the city of London and England and the global financial system.

On hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public financOn hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public financon pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public finance.

Hot on the heels of her recruitment play, she set up marketing and public relations services for Chinese businesses, including mega developer Dalian Wanda and global brand BMW.

Our mission is to empower stakeholders and the wider public with high quality information, insights, and analysis on critical global issues.

Worse still, we're missing out on opportunities to innovate, to make our economy cleaner and more competitive, to reduce pollution — and its public health and climate change impacts — and to export our metals and minerals to a growing global marketplace.

The Conference Board of Canada's Global Commerce Centre has embarked on a research series to explore the magnitude of services in Canada's global commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the pGlobal Commerce Centre has embarked on a research series to explore the magnitude of services in Canada's global commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the pglobal commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the public.

In addition, he has sat on the boards of a number of public and private companies, including Patient Home Monitoring Corp., Convalo Health International, Delivra Inc., Global Gardens Group Inc., and Shelby Ventures.

Earlier this fall a noted author, Michael Lewis, talked about an interesting investment strategy on CNN's Global Public Square.

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund today sounded the alarm on excessive global borrowing, warning that with a total of $ 164 trillion owed, the world's public and private sectors are deeper in debt than at the height of the financial crisis a decade ago.

«Public investment has been on a declining trend as a share of global GDP since the 1980s... [and] lowered the global investment - to - GDP ratio by around 1pp between 1980 and 2007.

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His ground breaking research on complex systems modelling of debt - deflation was awarded the eminent Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review, describing Keen as the economist «who first and most clearly anticipated and gave public warning of the Global Financial Collapse and whose work is most likely to prevent another GFC in the future».

PSAC has produced educational tools for our members and the wider public on the global warming crisis and the importance of acting now.

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

Providing much needed insight on Russia's global trading market and developments surrounding international sanctions, the conference will include contributions from Russia's leading corporates, financiers, insurers, public bodies and all supporting sectors involved in international trade finance.

Given that provinces and territories are an integral part of Canada's presence, activities and public image on the global stage, Premiers advance Canada's trade and global interests through their international activities, including through missions abroad.

Matt previously served as an analyst on the Public Investment team of Global Endowment Management.

Outside of KPCB, John supports entrepreneurs focused on the environment, public education and alleviating global poverty.

Mr. Hodgson currently sits on the boards of The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) where he chairs the Investment Committee which oversees net investments of $ 99.5 billion as at September 30, 2014, KGS - Alpha Capital Markets, The Global Risk Institute, The Ivey School of Business and The Next36.

Active Equity Fund Managers Stuck in the Rough, While Active Bond Managers Tend to Stay on the Fairway Since the launch of the State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 exchange - traded fund (SPY) in 1993, passive, index - replication portfolio construction has been widely adopted and represents the common investing experience of John and Jane Q. Public.

Need proof, check out the global Empathy Index, which analyzes the ethics, leadership, company culture, brand perception and public social media messaging of 170 companies listed on major financial indexes.

As the inter-relationship of the global financial markets becomes more complex, the Firm has participated in several initiatives involving both foreign public issuers also seeking listing on U.S. exchanges and markets, as well as U.S. issuers exploring foreign listings, including on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam.

To enter into the world of public discourse on a global basis today is almost by definition to join this tradition.

Globalization and the new networks of social media keep death before the mind of a global public on a daily basis.