Sentences with phrase «over development projects»

They are paid $ 174,000 annually and are called upon to settle tax disputes, mediate battles over development projects and, at times, determine the outcome of elections.

Not exact matches

Conlon & Co founded and managed two successful investments funds: a $ 100 million mezzanine lending fund which provided financing on over $ 1 billion of development projects as well as a $ 50 million real estate opportunity which acquired distressed property in Chicago and the Southeast during the 2008 — 2011 economic crisis.

It has already secured up to several billion dollars of financing from Chinese state - controlled banks, including the China Development Bank, for the project, which Mexico estimates will cost $ 10 billion over 10 years, one of the people said.

The worst might be over for many of the state's mining services businesses, as they seek to bounce back from the effects of the slowdown in resources project development.

The political noise is due to a continuing scandal over one of Najib's pet projects, the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund, launched in 2008 to promote economic dDevelopment Berhad (1MDB) fund, launched in 2008 to promote economic developmentdevelopment.

«The ambiguity of these very latest developments introduced by President Trump is casting a shadow over the future travel demand to and from the U.S.,» said Nadejda Popova, travel project manager at Euromonitor.

Two of Hsieh's close colleagues, Jeanne Markel and Maggie Hsu, arrived to give me a tour of the Downtown Project, a real - estate development and business incubator that over the last three years has transformed a formerly derelict section of Las Vegas known as Fremont East.

The accounts also reveal that Grocon's hard - charging financier has taken security over «the rights and interests to the development fees from a major development project», again unspecified.

GCHQ documents obtained from Mr. Snowden by The Guardian newspaper and shared with The Times reveal an intense focus over several years by British spies on the development of Muscular and a closely related project code - named Incenser.

Compass» Billy Goldstein said the company has $ 2.5 billion of Manhattan development in the pipeline, but is also positioning itself to be ready to take over projects, rather than solely chasing exclusives.

These offshore wind projects represent over 5,000 MW of offshore development with turbine sizes ranging from 3.0 to 6.0 MW, along with a transmission project that could carry up to 7,000 MW.

Over the past few years, green bonds have raised billions of dollars to help fund environmental and other sustainable development projects: rapidly growing from $ 1 billion issued in 2012 to more than $ 30 billion in 2014 globally.1

Marco Paúl brings over 15 years work experience in different leadership roles in the areas of operations, supply chain, logistics, product development, process improvement, technical sales, project management and branding.

Throughout the course of his career, he has been responsible for the development and construction of projects totaling over 1700 housing units with estimated costs of over $ 650 million.

The joint venture, by affiliates of GLP and Brookfield, intends to install 300 megawatts of rooftop solar projects over the next three years, with a broader one - gigawatt development pipeline, equivalent to the annual power consumption of approximately 750,000 households.

Everard possesses over 35 years of diversified industry experience and has successfully managed projects spanning from high - end residential to commercial, municipal and infrastructure developments.

To date, NAMA has advanced over $ 1billion in development funding for the completion of construction projects currently in progress in Ireland and to develop new projects to meet prospective supply shortages in certain sectors.

IBM's general manager of blockchain, Marie Wieck, told CNBC that the new starter plan is «perfect for pilot projects and early - stage development work for those who want to build solutions on the IBM blockchain platform, which currently has over 250 active blockchain networks.»

The company's Gunnison Project in Arizona remains our favorite base metal development play in North America, even after the 150 % share price performance we've seen over the past six months.

Peter Sachse, chief innovation and business development officer for Macy's, said in a statement his company has had «initial success in partnering over the past year with Alibaba on various projects, including accepting Alipay on macys.com and conducting a special promotion during Black Friday 2014.»

The central bank's foreign reserves have dropped by $ 36bn, or 5 per cent, over the past two months, as newly crowned King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud dips into Riyadh's rainy - day fund and increases domestic borrowing to fund public - sector salaries and large development projects.

«All our technical work is conducted openly, meaning on our public mailing lists, in our public issue tracker, on our public chat server, etc. «Control» over that development process is not based on a vendor or even a particular developer — it's based on a consensus process the individual developers use as maintainers on a project.

Legislating a new urban resource extraction policy, which requires mandatory consultation with urban municipalities before approving energy development projects within their boundaries, ensures licences are compatible with municipal development plans, and grants municipal governments veto power over the final licencing decision.

Curt Whittaker, Managing Partner, has spent over 30 years in the renewable energy industry as legal counsel to developers, investors and lenders, working on landfill gas, wind, hydroelectric, solar and biomass development projects.

We have been involved in many of the city's major development projects over the past 40 years — literally helping shape the New York skyline.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints provides relief and development projects for humanitarian purposes in countries all over the world.

Without wanting to oversimplify the development of liturgical theology over the last half century, it is important to stress that below any superficial differences there lies a much more profound continuity between the Council's project of liturgical reform and the implementation of the new translation of the Roman Missal.

With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Peter works closely with leading businesses and organizations on market and business development projects at Agromeris, an advisory firm that focuses on the unique needs of the specialty food and agricultural marketplace.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

Over the past decade, the Lao - IRRI Rice Research and Training Project (LIRRTP) has been the principal source of capacity building and technological developments in the rice sector in Lao PDR.

WebCenter 18 streamlines and speeds up the packaging development workflow by delivering extra features that give brand owners and converters more control and visibility over their packaging preproduction specification, approval and project life cycle.

We market over 2500 food ingredients, allowing us to facilitate information and samples quickly and easily to provide a competitive edge for your new projects and product development.

It is by far the most expensive sports development project ever — one that, even when adjusted for inflation, could have bought Lambeau Field's original construction costs 566 times over.

Owner and Advisor of Strategic Advice Services and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tucson Urban League, has over 25 years experience working within the community development field facilitating projects, coalitions, and alliances at the neighborhood, citywide, regional, national and international levels.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is urging Mayor Stephanie Miner not to appeal a judge's dismissal of the city's lawsuit against COR Development Co. over tax breaks for the company's $ 342 million Syracuse Inner Harbor project.

But the potential disbursement of funds through an arm of SUNY Polytechnic comes as economic development projects throughout the state are coming under scrutiny from federal investigators over how contracts are awarded.

The state Court of Appeals upheld the Empire State Development Corp.'s use of eminent domain to help Columbia University with its $ 6.3 billion expansion project over 17 acres in Harlem.

But I haven't heard anyone recently suggest simply halting the whole project and sodding over the entire site — an idea I found extra baffling coming from someone like Paladino, who made his money in real estate development (primarily in WNY).

Over the last few years Ilya has led and contributed to a number of projects in the spheres of life and environmental sciences, sustainable development, science outreach and education.

The scandal over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs has led to more scrutiny of whether the projects are the best way to improve the state's economy, and some watchdog groups are asking questions.

Miner, who filed the lawsuit Tuesday, is trying to halt the Inner Harbor project because the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency gave the developer nearly $ 45 million in tax breaks over her objections.

It's been over a month since Gov. Andrew Cuomo hired a special investigator in response to a federal probe of his Buffalo Billion project and other economic development programs.

Gardiner has been a supporter of China in his shadow portfolios, in particular surrounding the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, opposing inner - party disputes over criticism of Chinese involvement in the project, despite military and intelligence figures warning ministers that such involvement posed a threat to national security.

The 35 - page indictment, which largely tracked a criminal complaint filed in September, accused Percoco of taking over $ 300,000 in payoffs to wield influence in Cuomo's executive chamber, while former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros worked to rig bids on $ 850 million in development projects in Syracuse and Buffalo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's multibillion - dollar upstate economic development plans, including the massive Buffalo Billion project, may be derailed by growing nervousness from IBM and other companies over the continuing corruption probes.

It specifies that the money will flow through Empire State Development — which has effectively taken over SUNY Poly's development portfolio — and be used for «ongoing projects and initiatives that create or retain jobs or support innovatDevelopment — which has effectively taken over SUNY Poly's development portfolio — and be used for «ongoing projects and initiatives that create or retain jobs or support innovatdevelopment portfolio — and be used for «ongoing projects and initiatives that create or retain jobs or support innovation.»

Over the weekend, news broke that top aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being probed by the U.S. attorney in connection with the Buffalo Billion economic development project.

The Buffalo News, among other publications, reports that over two dozen companies involved in New York state economic development projects have been subpoenaed.

The bill's sponsor, Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, said the measure would reinstate the power of the state comptroller to have oversight authority over the economic development projects.

The state legislature ends its session for the year on June 16, and expectations are low for any major pieces of legislation to be resolved before the adjournment, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration faces increasing scrutiny from the U.S. attorney over economic development projects.