Sentences with phrase «public backing for»

Articles on polling data commissioned by Family Rights Group, thanks to funding from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, on public backing for children in family and friends care getting the same support as those who are in care or are adopted.

The Independent: Kinship carers: Overwhelming public backing for improved rights and support for those who take full - time custody of their grandchildren or siblings, 15 March 2015

But despite media scrutiny and public backing for a deal being at an all time high, the conference ended in failure.

Public backing for school vouchers, meanwhile, has fallen.

Although public backing for charters is polarized along party lines, the level of support remains high overall, at nearly 2 - to - 1 margins.

So has public backing for school vouchers — both those limited to low - income families and those made available to all families.

◦ Trend: Public backing for universal vouchers has dropped by six percentage points since 2014.

Government would consider tax on products that damage the environment after survey signals widespread public backing for idea

He is also an anti-nuclear campaigner, although his public backing for Sir Menzies Campbell's «wait and see» policy on replacing Trident helped the party leader win a crucial conference vote in 2007.

Two polls at the weekend had Labour 21 points behind the Conservatives, despite a new survey indicating public backing for the party's recent policy blitz with proposals on free school meals, among others.

In Florida, where the national party has signaled its preference for centrist Gov. Charlie Crist in the GOP Senate primary, tea party activists are lining up behind former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in reaction to Crist's public backing for President Barack Obama's stimulus package.

Early in the day, Paddy Ashdown had again telephoned Blair, urging him to secure David Miliband's public backing for a coalition.

If the government is acting confidently, it is because it knows it has significant public backing for its welfare reforms plans.

Elsewhere in a wide - ranging interview, the former prime minister expressed his support for Ed Miliband, something many commentators took with a pinch of salt given his half - public backing for David Miliband during the leadership race.

But he does have public backing for his party's policies.

«If the PDCT wants genuine public backing for its plans, then it should put them out to a vote of the people.

Not exact matches

Saudi Arabia is walking back plans for a massive public share offering for state oil giant Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, on a big international stock exchange.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

No venture - backed companies successfully sold to an acquirer or held an initial public offering for $ 1 billion or more.

The company's move to back off its public support for the measure follows company CEO Mark Zuckerberg's second day of testimony on Capitol Hill.

Back in Toronto, Nuinsco officials remain optimistic about conducting a spinoff in the Middle East and North Africa, even with ongoing conflicts in both Egypt and Sudan, not to mention a soft market for initial public offerings.

But back to the blockbuster - Fred's emphatic response that founders have a responsibility to go public and that liquidity is good for all stakeholders (employees, investors & the company).

Back in September 2007, for instance, Blackstone took a $ 3 billion investment from the China Investment Corp. in exchange for a 10 % stake, valuing the company at $ 30 billion shortly before Blackstone listed shares on the public market.

Gurley, who invests in companies when they are still private, has for years lamented the reluctance of VC - backed companies to go public in IPOs.

SecondMarket is the largest centralized marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets, such as asset - backed securities, auction - rate securities, bankruptcy claims, collateralized debt obligations, limited partnership interests, private company stock, residential and commercial mortgage - backed securities, restricted securities and block trades in public companies, and whole loans.

More significantly, however, over 50 percent of venture - backed IPO exits went to health - care companies in the second quarter, the fifth consecutive quarter that health - care companies have topped technology companies for public exits, CB Insights reports.

This thrust back into the public eye could make it more difficult for Chapo Isidro to continue operating freely in Sinaloa's explosive criminal landscape.

The fundraising round comes less than two months after Reuters reported Sun Basket hired bankers for an initial public offering in the back half of this year.

$ 7.6 million: How much the California Public Utilities Commission fined Uber for holding back trip information.

While donation - based crowdfunding has blossomed on the public stage for getting arts and music projects funded, the majority of crowdfunding campaigns back social causes or startups.

As Amino CEO David Vivero told me back then, the firm's platform is «based on insurance claims data from both public and private players,» allowing for a more accurate depiction of how much medical care costs.

As things stand in 2014, the prospects for 2039 for the building and what happens inside it hinge on three things: Just how far the trading community pushes automation, how hard regulators push back and how well the 80 or so locations now where stocks are traded can maintain their trust and credibility with the investing public.

And he was asking them to hold back, in this case, specifically because it's in the public interest for them to do so.

But she also cautioned that rolling back FSMA could have dangerous consequences for the general public.

If so, good for him for backing down from a very public stance.

Despite the bipartisan popularity of business - friendly proposals, including increasing the cap on H - 1B work visas for skilled workers and creating a visa category for venture - backed entrepreneurs, the public debate frequently devolves into shouting matches over whether people should be deported and how quickly.

Prominent venture capitalist and co-founder of Kholsa Ventures Vinod Khosla was back in the news this week after being sued over his privatization of a once - public California beach, which he purchased in 2008 for nearly $ 40 million.

Although the terms of the Knowingly purchase haven't been made public, sources who looked into buying some or all of the assets said the initial price for the editorial part of the company was $ 6 million, but eventually that was reduced to $ 1 million, and still many bidders backed out — in part because the editorial staff had all been let go.

As the private deals get too big for VCs to underwrite on their own, some public money is making its way into them, through direct investments from mutual funds like Fidelity, Janus, and T. Rowe Price, and indirectly via pension - backed hedge funds and private equity.

It's not easy for a president to simply roll back a regulation once it's made its way through a public «notice and comment» period and onto the Federal Register.

In January 2017 the EPA published a midterm evaluation of the standards, concluding that they were readily achievable for automakers, would achieve huge benefits for the public and save consumers money at the pump and should not be rolled back.

«On the IPO side, favorable public market conditions and stronger valuations are contributing to better quality IPOs for venture - backed companies as evidenced by the jump in dollars raised on the public markets,» NVCA Head of Research John Taylor said in a statement.

Outspoken in the world of conservative politics and public policy, the Koch brothers, who have a combined net worth of $ 95.8 billion, are advocates for smaller government and routinely fund political campaigns, although they took a step back during the 2016 election cycle.

He's avoided off - track controversy; the worst thing he probably ever did, for public consumption, was drive too fast; his car overturned into a ditch back in 2009, and Bolt was lucky to avoid serious injury.

With domain hosting business GoDaddy set to go public this week, there's no time better than now to take a look back at a slew of Super Bowl ads that had people talking for days after.

After announcing in 2010 that Yelp likely would not go public for several years, CEO Jeremy Stoppelman told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that the company had put an IPO back on the table.

«If you go back to the rapaciousness and lawlessness of Gilded Age capitalism, it was the slow burn of public opinion that gradually gathered force and ultimately became the driving force that provided cover for dramatic new legislative and regulatory efforts,» she said.

But back to the blockbuster — Fred's emphatic response that founders have a responsibility to go public and that liquidity is good for all stakeholder (employees, investors & the company).

Politicians and business groups tend to back public transit for a variety of reasons.

Success Means That You're Acquired The public markets for venture - backed technology stocks never really recovered after the collapse of the dot - com boom.