Sentences with phrase «on private efforts»

The attention needs to be on the private efforts by lawmakers to influence the executive branch on awarding state contracts.

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After selling Pixamo in 2007, the two focused their efforts on developing Lexington, Mass. - based HitBliss, which launched in private beta earlier this year.

«Fiscal consolidation efforts, high unemployment, tight credit conditions and private deleveraging in peripheral countries will put a low cap on economic growth this year and next,» predicted TD economists in their latest outlook.

As California slashes billions from its higher education budget, the state's premier public business schools have quietly focused its efforts on raising private dollars.

The 80 - year - old ban on private companies advertising their fundraising efforts lifts on Monday, and the industry is largely cautious, waiting for the SEC to hand down more details on how the change wi...

The SEC's focus on the average net IRR disclosures, which has not been previously reported, marks a new phase in the agency's efforts to regulate private equity and comes at a time when the industry is already under pressure from investors to simplify its fees and expenses structure.

Critics have questioned whether increasing veterans» reliance on private doctors might move the VA toward privatization, while proponents of such efforts have accused the VA of resisting steps to implement the program in order to protect the status quo.

The federal government has increased pressure on the private sector to fight the war on drugs, just as public support for the effort has reached a low.

And this war, in particular, has relied heavily on the efforts of private - sector contractors.

Such wrongdoing certainly doesn't, for example, justify vigilante efforts on the part of private citizens to cover the spikes with fresh cement.

And so as a part of our continued efforts to strengthen the commitment of the President and his administration to equal opportunity, we thought it would be productive to bring in the private - sector decision makers for a brainstorming session on diversity and inclusion.

An 80 - year - old ban that has prevented private companies from publicly advertising their efforts to raise funds will lift on Monday.

When the Securities and Exchange Commission lifts its 80 - year - old ban on general solicitation on Monday, private companies will be allowed to publicly advertise their efforts to raise funds.

H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

In this spirit, the award shines a spotlight on private companies that approach growth in a strategic, sustainable and holistic manner — and, through their efforts, contribute to the strength of our national economy.

Methodology Discovery Data compiled the rankings based on discretionary and nondiscretionary assets under management listed on SEC Form ADV. To capture independent fee - only planning firms, every effort is made to exclude firms with broker - dealer and insurance company affiliations and those with substantial outside ownership stakes held by private equity firms and some outside investors.

Both in private and in public (and on Twitter), Trump has mocked and harshly criticized Sessions since he recused himself from oversight of the Russia probe, in an apparent effort to pressure him into resigning.

Mr. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private equity fund focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.

Against this backdrop, closing deals will continue to require significant effort on the part of private equity funds.

In response, loss aversion tightened its grip on investor behavior, causing many business development companies, hedge funds, and private equity firms to redeploy their capital elsewhere in an effort to avoid further losses.

They go on to argue that we should adopt «policies that encourage firms and workers to broaden capital ownership and access to capital income, consistent within the long American tradition of encouraging broad - based private property ownership, should be part of any effort to address today's economic inequality.»

Abele conceived the idea for Tend when he saw how the leading private banks are increasingly concentrating their efforts on ultra-high net - worth (UHNW) clients with more assets and higher transaction volumes, and rather neglecting the less affluent.

We understand the proposed tax changes are an effort to ensure all Canadians are paying a suitably fair share of tax on income, and to eliminate circumstances where private corporations might be used to gain unfair tax advantages.

A private letter from Oliver to the chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission reaffirmed what's been going on behind the scenes: «The introduction of Target Benefit Pension Plans will be an important innovation in Canada and will complement recent efforts by the government to further strengthen Canada's retirement income system.»

Contribute to NACO's efforts to raise awareness about the impact of Angel investors on Canadian innovation, and on the potential impact of the proposed tax changes to CCPCs may have on entrepreneur access to private risk capital.

Its mission is to support both the public and private sectors efforts to understand the factors which foster new business creation and to measure the impact new businesses have on the economy.

Steven currently supports the firm's investment banking efforts, and has covered the origination, structuring, and execution of numerous transactions and served as strategic advisor to senior executives, providing advice on M&A, private equity, strategic relationships, and strategic positioning for capital - raising efforts and other corporate initiatives.

From a founder perspective, instead of diluting their stake in the company through various rounds of private financing and spending a vast amount of time and effort on building up both a brand and a customer base, the issuance of proprietary tokens to over 10,000 investors (as was the case with Bancor for example) creates an immediately incentivised populace willing to spread the company's name if it delivers on its promised product or service whilst simultaneously having not given away a single share of the company to institutional investors.

There WAS a successful grassroots effort on the part of private citizens who happen to be of the LDS (MORMON) faith who fanned out in their communities all over California in an effort to Pass Prop 8.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

In an effort to save you some research time (and a possible nervous breakdown), we spoke to several admissions counselors from various types of educational institutions (Christian university, state school, media school and private college) about the most important elements to consider when deciding on a school.

On the contrary, political and cultural efforts to rationally solve the problem of man and woman — and we are, to be frank, in the midst of such Utopian spasms — will almost certainly be harmful, even dehumanizing — to man, to woman, and especially, to children — not least because the matters are so delicate and private, and their deeper meanings inexpressible.

ABOUT THE VIRGINIA DISTILLERS ASSOCIATION (VDA): The VDA is a nonprofit private trade association focused on promotional efforts to increase awareness of Virginia's growing craft spirits industry, as well as the regulatory and legislative needs of the industry.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

Private lessons with our Madlax coaches offer concentrated effort and focus to improve on your weaknesses any time of year.

«Instead of saying «your dribbling skills are weak» or «you shouldn't try to dribble out there,» try saying «You know, with a little dedicated effort on your dribbling skills you would have a really well - rounded overall game,»» says Jordan Fliegel, the founder of CoachUp (a private sports coaching company).

, President Obama established the first - ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity to develop a national action plan to mobilize the public and private sectors and engage families and communities in an effort to improve the health of our children.

Through evidence - based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting - independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school - and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth.

In effort to do this we try our best to create a supportive open and welcoming community on our public and private Facebook pages and groups.

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the Let's Move campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

A national survey commissioned by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation — an independent private foundation focused on the optimal development of children — reveals that 9 out of 10 Americans support current federal efforts to keep school meals healthy.

It appropriately focuses on private sector led economic diversification, supported by government efforts to strengthen infrastructure and the business environment.

And when Cuomo hired the private investigator Bart Schwartz after his own office received subpoenas, Schwartz's efforts to overhaul accounting on SUNY Poly's projects further slowed as state agencies withheld payments to contractors to comply.

Zuckerberg pinned part of the blame on Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data firm that hoovered up private info on 50 million users in an effort to tip the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.

Cuomo pointed at a program in San Diego called CONNECT; a private effort started almost three decades ago to bring together engineers and scientists on college campuses with startup companies — or turn those researchers into entrepreneurs themselves.

«We have all kinds of private fundraising efforts that go on at state parks where people have contributed significant sums of money to state park projects.

(WBEN) A grassroots effort to re-name the city's «Barkyard» Dog Park at LaSalle Park in honor of fallen Buffalo K - 9 Officer Craig Lehner is gathering thousands of signatures on Change.org, and inspiring the private group that operates the park for the city to consider making the change.

Leading a public - private team effort, we are working with area businesses, educators, utilities and local government to overcome obstacles and capitalize on opportunities to grow and expand.

State lawmakers are moving forward with their own effort to seek an advisory opinion on receiving private - sector income, but insisted they aren't trying to do an end - run around Gov. Andrew Cuomo's own proposal.

It took extensive efforts on the Post-Star Editors part to get you to understand that it is illegal for a Congressman to be actively involved with a private equity firm.