Sentences with phrase «owned by minorities»

In order for small disadvantaged firms, including those owned by minorities and women, to participate in the DOT - assisted contracts of State and local transportation agencies they must apply for and receive certification as a DBE.

Bloomberg noted that since December 2005, women - and minority - certified vendors have secured more than $ 2.7 billion in city contracts, with nearly $ 563 million in city contracts awarded to firms owned by minorities and women in 2011 alone.

Businesses owned by minorities and women received a record $ 1.49 billion in state contracts during the last fiscal year, according to the Cuomo administration.

Are bidding rules that give a leg up to companies owned by minorities, women and veterans too lax to prevent abuses?

According to its 2005 listing in Fortune, nearly half of Denny's 1,011 franchises are owned by minorities, 255 of them by Asian Indians, while one - third of restaurant managers and one - fifth of executives are also drawn from the diner chain's minority ranks.

According to 1996 figures, some 13 % of female - owned companies — about one in eight — were owned by minority women.

He still retains a tiny slice of the 17 per cent block of shares still owned by minority shareholders who are mainly Melbourne - based, but O'Hoy missed the cut and thrust of the fast - moving consumer goods industry even though he has a busy portfolio of other roles including as a director of the Melbourne Stars Big Bash cricket team.

ODEP recently launched the Add Us In initiative, which identifies and develops strategies to increase employment opportunities for job - seekers with disabilities in the small business market, especially those owned by minority groups.

While not as diverse as many other Georgia cities when it comes to the make - up of business ownership, the number of Savannah's small business that are owned by minority groups is growing.

Not exact matches

During the call, Peladeau said Quebecor would review of its dividend policy after the repurchase of the minority share of Quebecor Media Inc. that's currently owned by the Caisse de depot pension fund, but he didn't provide timing.

It's easy to discriminate against the minority cobbler down the street by traveling a few extra blocks to buy from «your own kind»; it's much harder to act out your racist biases when buying shoes at a big department store because, well, you have no idea what colour or sex or sexual orientation of the person who made those shoes is.

Romanian state - owned power producer Hidroelectrica expects to finally exit its insolvency process by next month, and aims to sell a minority stake in an initial public offering by November, its manager told Reuters on Sunday.

These board committees are important for the merger because T - Mobile and Sprint are majority owned by Germany's Deutsche Telekom and Japan's SoftBank, respectively, and could be left vulnerable to potential lawsuits from minority shareholders if they don't establish independent mechanisms to review the deal.

Edwards is the CEO of InGenesis, the largest U.S. healthcare staffing firm owned by a woman / minority.

In particular, the speech singles out the government's decision late last year to all but limit investment by state - owned enterprises in the oilpatch to minority stakes.

Alsea also announced a deal with Grupo Axo that would allow Axo to acquire the minority stake owned by Alsea in Axo units in Chile.

When I was preparing to speak to a group of Black corporate directors several years ago, I was asked a straightforward question: How much money does the foundation I run invest with firms owned by women or minorities?

And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds, private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation report.

Allison Street's wrap has a novel twist: the managing institutions are owned by women or minorities.

Ergen is also fighting with Sprint to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire Corp, which is already majority owned by Sprint.

Indeed, from 1997 to 2007, the number of minority - owned small businesses increased by more than 25 percent, according to data from the Brookings Institute.

Detroit also has the fourth - largest number of minority - owned small businesses among American cities, though it ranks only 23rd by population.

Defense's practice of giving minority companies a 10 percent price credit meant that companies owned by certain socially and economically disadvantaged groups did not have to be the lowest bidder to win federal contracts, and helped the department achieve the congressionally mandated goal.

To date, the entrepreneur fund has channeled $ 4.5 million to 43 minority - owned small businesses, of which 53 % are owned by women.

Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, SpaceX is a private company owned by management and employees, with minority investments from Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Valor Equity Partners.

Similar to those stores, the new location in Englewood will support efforts to revitalize the community by creating meaningful local jobs, providing a unique in - store job skills training program for youth, and investing in local minority - owned contractors and suppliers.

CHICAGO, Mar. 27 / CSRwire / - Northern Trust Asset Management is enhancing its long - standing commitment to diversity by increasing the use of minority - owned brokerage firms.

The basic idea is that while most economists believe corporate taxes are primarily paid by owners of capital (that is, people who own stock in corporations) in the form of lower profits, a sizable minority, including White House chief economist Kevin Hassett, think that a lower tax rate would spark so much additional investment in the United States that it would bid up wages and leave the middle class better off through its indirect effects.

The basic idea is that while most economists believe corporate taxes are primarily paid by owners of capital (that is, people who own stock in corporations) in the form of lower profits, a sizable minority, including White House chief economist Kevin Hassett, think that a large share of the tax is paid by workers in the form of lower wages.

Certification Policy and Procedures Manual is firmly adhered to by its 23 Regional Affiliates for the certification of minority - owned businesses.

Cambridge is primarily owned and controlled by US citizens, with SCL Elections Ltd., («SCL») a UK limited company being a minority owner.

Wright - Lacy urged corporate America to increase its use of minority - owned businesses because, by promoting supplier diversity, these corporations are helping to support the economic base of the communities in which they live, work and do business.

To be included in UnitedHealth Group's Supplier Diversity Program, we require firms to be certified as minority - or women - owned businesses by a third party certification agency.

On Friday, Z Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo Japan, acquired a minority stake (40 percent) in bitARG Tokyo, a cryptocurrency exchange licensed by Japan's Financial Services Agency.

We do this by matching our more than 12,000 certified minority - owned businesses to our vast network of corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions.

By bringing more minority owned businesses into the supply chain, corporations are creating the consumer base of the future, which is absolutely critical to their success,» said Wright - Lacy.

Norway is using its savings to buy minority stock ownership abroad, without linking its purchases to its own future development — except by receiving foreign exchange returns.

The diverse suppler program encourages the use of businesses owned by; minorities, women, service disabled veterans, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)- owned and small businesses as suppliers.

Starbucks award - winning supplier diversity program entails developing business relationships with companies that are at least 51 percent owned and operated by a minority, woman, LGBT, veteran or person with a disability.

PNC's Supplier Diversity Program seeks to develop relationships with business enterprises that are at least 51 % owned, operated and controlled by minorities, women, LGBT, people with disability and small business enterprises.

Sina Weibo, the microblogging platform similar to Twitter that is minority owned by the Alibaba Group is another example.

Government grants may be given to businesses that are in a particular industry, are owned by a type of individual (e.g., veteran, woman or minority) or meet some other criteria.

Chinalco, as the state - owned aluminum producer is known, decided to withdraw after rejecting a proposal by the Chinese government that it be a minority partner in a combined bid led by Minmetals, according to the people.

But even here, minority - owned businesses face serious difficulties competing with those owned by white males.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.

If the economic reform measures in India have therefore been sponsored by a tiny, though exceptionally powerful and influential, minority which is pursuing them to safeguard and promote its own narrow interests, they are unlikely to be of benefit to the bulk of the people, in spite of claims that they are not only necessary and inevitable, but also in the national interest.

He observes in Madness and Civilization that medieval society, except for its treatment of lepers (and religious minorities), tended, less than ours, to incarcerate its own members for deviancy But by the 17th and 18th centuries, society imprisoned the idle, the poor, the insane and the criminal without distinction in the former houses of leprosy.

«Internationally the Government must take a lead in its role on the UN Security Council to support calls from the United Nation's own committees for the creation of a «safe zone» in Iraq, enforced by UN peacekeepers, to protect the country's minorities.

A person who is frightened by life and unable to accept his own negative impulses may project these onto minority groups.

«It would be equally tragic if minorities come to regard themselves... as second - class citizens or the «children of a lesser god,» forever to remain subservient to the majority's goodwill and unrepresented by their own chosen representatives.»