Sentences with phrase «say private interest»

If I was working for a shareholder company and this was leading to the profits of some individuals, then you could say private interest.

But indigenous people are fighting its extraction, saying private interests are cashing in at the expense of their environment.

Not exact matches

While banking and private equity «feel» the shifts of unemployment rates, interest rates, and fiscal uncertainty, the best investors and entrepreneurs, he says, are «immune» to these factors.

PitchBook senior analyst Garrett Black said in a statement that three factors — private companies staying private, volatile public markets and a looming rise in interest rates — are driving the trend.

However, the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate in mid-December, which is likely to have a direct impact on fundraising and force down the high valuations of many of these late - stage private companies, venture capitalists and economists say.

The company engineered two three - month loans, totaling $ 300,000, from a private party — «a friend of a friend,» says Anderson — who required the owners to put up 10 % of their equity as collateral and make principal and interest payments of $ 75,000 a month.

It's still in the company's best interest to remain private for a while longer, he says.

Now, with a majority interest in Skype slated to be sold to a collection of private investors, they're using their stake in Joltid to try to block the sale and recover millions of dollars in what they say are lost profits.

This person provided several interesting details about Lanza — the source said he was vegan and that he was taking private classes in Mandarin Chinese.

«Private - equity investors typically invest in minority - interest positions,» says Shattan.

Testimony to Congress next week by Fed chief Jerome Powell will set the tone on interest rate expectations, says Manpreet Gill of Standard Chartered Private Bank.

In a sign of market interest, the longest portion of the offering, a 40 - year security may yield 1.45 percentage points above Treasuries, down from initial talk of 1.6 percentage points to 1.65 percentage points, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the deal is private.

But it is still in the ride - sharing platform's best interest to remain private say some analysts, and they expect the company will do just that.

The report, which cites an unnamed source, said the private equity groups are interested in all of HPE, not just individual business units, like the IT services business group that was spun off and merged with Computer Sciences in May.

Many government and private ethics watchdogs said he should have gone further, divesting himself of assets that could cause a conflict of interest.

Bypassing those procedures raised the risks that private interests might use the White House to their own advantage, former officials said.

They said it was too risky, but then they introduced me to their private equity subsidiary and also to Sam Belzberg, and they cobbled together the $ 10 million and lent it to us at 14 % interest.

Icahn expressed his distaste for Dell's initial go - private offering of $ 24.4 billion in a letter to the Dell Board in March, saying that the proposed deal is «not in the best interests of Dell shareholders and substantially undervalues the company.»

The new fund said it would seek to buy minority and majority interests in both private and public companies, from emerging businesses to established, multi-billion-dollar firms.

«Party members must separate public and private interests, put the public's interest first, and work selflessly,» the report said.

Others that are said to be interested include CVC Capital Partners, a private - equity fund that was spun off from financial giant Citicorp in the 1990s.

Brown - Forman said it was not interested in selling, but informed the board of Constellation Brands» interest, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private information.

A person familiar with the matter said WPP, owner of ad agencies JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, had been contacted by one private equity group and a venture capital firm expressing interest in the Kantar business if WPP ever decides to sell.

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

But the 32 - year - old is more interested in fulfilling his civic duty as a private citizen, BuzzFeed said, citing a source close to Zuckerberg.

«The space between private and public is very interesting, somewhere between messaging and public forums,» Denton said, adding he feels that people present a more «interesting and constructive» aspect of themselves when they are speaking in private or semi-private discussions.

While petroleum will remain the primary economic engine for MENA for decades to come, experts say renewable energy is gaining substantial new interest and investment from both government leaders and private - sector energy firms across the region and beyond.

Knight Frank says that while these companies» plans may still be rough, some private investors are happy to take the long view and back interesting ventures in the early stages if they promise a nice return.

Ron Haynie, vice president of mortgage finance policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America, said if a bank is willing put up private capital and hold a loan in portfolio, then it has a vested interest in making sure a borrower can repay.

«We can define a conflict of interest as a situation in which a person has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties as, say, a public official, an employee, or a professional.»

Asked Sunday at SXSW about what he will do post-Gawker, he said, «the space between private and public is very interesting, somewhere between messaging and public forums.»

A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be issued on September 23 and «will widen the process, encouraging the continued participation of past respondents while inviting additional private sector interests to present their visions for the Southport property,» the PRPA said.

The PRPA has already completed substantial pre-development work at the sites, improving access, in anticipation of private development spurred by a Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) that was issued late last year and, the port authority said, «garnered a high level of response from maritime industry, manufacturing, and energy companies.»

«The space between private and public is very interesting, somewhere between messaging and public forums,» he said during a Sunday morning panel.

The Oct. 24 Reuters story said a private Chinese coal company had amassed 35 % of the open interest in copper contracts on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

«Full transparency of fees and conflicts of interest is critical in the private equity industry and we will continue taking action against advisers that do not adequately disclose their fees and expenses,» said Andrew Ceresney, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, in a statement.

«Some private financial institutions are willing to lower your interest rate between 3 to 5 percent depending if you do a variable or fixed rate student loan and it could really lower monthly payments and total interest that borrower is going to accrue over the lifetime,» Josuweit says.

I've recounted over the past year the many allegations that Ferro — in rejecting Gannett, in making business deals with those formerly associated with his Wrapports company (that ownership now held in trust, he says), and in doing private placements of shares or now selectively buying back shares, as he's done with Oaktree — has not acted in the best interests of all shareholders.

That said, we are relieved that an earlier provision to repeal the tax - exempt interest exclusion for qualified private activity bonds did not become law.

Thus, the liberal view of happiness is untenable unless the preferential view can be defended, and there is at least rough justice in saying that the liberal understanding of self - interest is not only private but also preferential.

In future we will be recommended only to the extent that we have private and public integrity; what we say and do makes sense, is interesting and is useful; and we are known to back up what we say by what we do, even if it costs us.

The economic reforms Leo proposes in Rerum Novarum can never succeed within the confines of Enlightenment philosophy — within, say, a social contract understanding of society, authority, and law, where the common good is the sum total of private goods determined by a calculus of self - interest.

The higher - margin strategy is part of the reason why Mr Clarke said Treasury wasn't really interested in buying the $ 1 billion - plus Accolade Wines business now destined for an ASX listing in early 2017 under 80 per cent owner CHAMP Private Equity.

«We are definitely seeing more interest from both institutional and private investors in dairy due to the depreciating Australian dollar, the attractive free - trade agreement and some favourable pricing,» said Darren Craike from Bell Potter Securities.

On the buy side, record low interest rates had spurred takeover interest, considering private equity firms normally «aggressively geared» acquisitions, Mr Buckland said.

The Park District and the city also disregarded long - standing rulings by the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Courts that public property can not be used for a private interest, said Herbert Caplan, one of the attorneys for the residents committee.

Campaign group Republic said the «Queen's and Prince's consent» rule gives the Prince of Wales an effective veto on legislation, which allows Charles to insist on changes to laws which affect his private interests.

It is a matter which in effect says that a public officer has used his private interests to allow that to override the public interest.»

He also said security concerns were likely moot given the passage of time, and noted a 1988 case that said former New York City mayor Ed Koch's «private» schedules were subject to public scrutiny if public interests outweighed the argument for privacy.

They (private operators) said they weren't interested.