Sentences with phrase «powerful backers of»

Many of the most powerful backers of school choice are embracing a high - regulation approach.

Not exact matches

But wind will continue to have at least one powerful backer: Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Energy division is on track to become the country's largest producer of wind power.

Hundreds of thousands of unionized workers with powerful political backers.

It has spread to 300 cities globally and is one of Silicon Valley's most powerful firms, with backers including investment firms Google Venturesand Benchmark.

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke are on opposite sides of the fence in the $ 2 billion vitamins market but Clarke has a powerful backer in Chemist Warehouse.

Democratic Congressional hopeful Rory Lancman has received the backing of the powerful 32BJ service union, a move that backers hope will provide a major boost of on - the - ground politically aid from the well - organized labor group.

(The powerful health care workers union was a big financial backer of the campaign, too, and it has long been a close ally of the governor).

Werritty, the group's UK director, was funded by a raft of powerful businessmen including Michael Hintze, one of the Tories biggest financial backers whose hedge fund, CQS, has investments in companies that have contracts with the Ministry of Defence; Poju Zabludowicz, chairman of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, who chairs a US munitions company; and the Good Governance Group, a private security firm set up by a South African businessman, Andries Pienaar, who also has an investment firm, C5 Capital, focused on the defence sector.

The list of Cuomo's most munificent backers includes powerful names.

The rift between the WFP and some of its most powerful financial backers began in 2014 when party activists wanted to back little - known Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout over Cuomo, who they felt was not progressive enough.

Yet Barron, despite his bombast and caustic rhetoric, has his own powerful backers — including endorsements from DC 37, the potent union of city workers, and Rep. Towns.

Some senior Labour figures who know the inner circle well say that nothing will happen until Len McCluskey, his most powerful union backer, has secured re-election as the leader of Unite, in April.

I can't help but wonder: If some dude blogging from a coffee shop could see this coming, why in the world didn't Common Core's and common assessments» powerful, well - staffed, and deep - pocketed backers get ahead of this?

The group's launch underscored that while many of the party's financial backers support an anti-union, pro-charter agenda, the «reform» movement's actions are starting to trigger a powerful reaction within the party.

With a powerful, enigmatic backer eager to see his dream come to fruition and a secret location where the enemies of progress can't find him, Victor is certain that this time, nothing and no one can stop him.

The producer had the following warning for studios considering switching to F2P from a premium business model: «Unless you have tons of experience and a really powerful backer who knows how to turn the most amount users into money, it's an extremely risky place to play right now.»

General Mills is also represented by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a powerful lobbying group and major financial backer of the campaigns that defeated proposed GMO labeling laws in California and Washington.

Such plans, because they will make big money, have powerful backers: When Heather Zichal left her post as the Obama administration's climate czar, she accepted a $ 180,000 - a-year position on the board of the country's biggest gas exporter.

For the most powerful option, MOAR is offering the Rapt model, with a 750W mid-hub motor, a 17Ah battery, and a 9 - speed Shimano setup, which is supposed to be strong enough to «tow a SUV from a standstill,» and is priced at $ 1,999 for backers of the campaign.

With the run - up of the stock market in recent years and the home equity, millennials have a very powerful financial backer in their parents.