Sentences with phrase «soft money funds»

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The reason Pension funds loan money to these guys is «soft graft» make the PE guys happy and they'll give you the opportunity to get in on the deal from the other side.
That law barred dedicated political - advocacy groups from soliciting and spending soft moneyfunds that aren't subject to tight federal campaign - contribution limits and are used for issue advocacy and party - building...
The measures include provisions Assembly Democrats have backed in the past, including an end to unlimited political contributions funneled through limited liability companies, new regulations for party conference «housekeeping» or soft money accounts and new transparency proposals for lobbying funds.
His deputy will be Katharine Lister, who joins the IE operation straight from a stint at Fund for America — one of the primary progressive soft - money vehicles operating currently.
He would limit soft money in campaigns, tighten disclosure and prohibit personal use of campaign funds.
Short - Term Startup 10 June 2005 Is it possible to fund the startup of a lab in a soft - money position?
«[P] ositions may be institution - funded or grant - funded («hard money» or «soft money») and may come with varying degrees of stability (either through a tenure commitment or other funding arrangement),» but many «postdocs do not recognize that the term tenure - track is over-applied and used colloquially rather than as an accurate description of a given faculty appointment,» they continue.
The scheme is funded by money raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and the government has pledged to ensure the figure does not fall below # 415 million, regardless of the funds generated by the levy.
As we walked to dinner through the soft Omaha twilight, a fund manager I had encountered at a «meet and greet» suddenly said, «The only way to make money these days is leverage.»
The main group whose personal economic well - beeing is affected by grant funding are the soft - money researchers, and for those it's mostly a matter of survival and paying the mortgage, not getting rich.
Yes funding for students and research associates is soft money and people are always looking for grants.
You should be very worried by this, because, government funded as you all are, when hard financial times come — as they have — the easiest way to make cuts is to take away money from the softest targets.
In today's financing climate, where pre-sales are more difficult than ever to attract and GAP financing requires two or three times coverage, the holy grail of many independent producers has become «soft money» - funds which are generated by means other than sales of a product, such as tax credits, government subsidies and equity investments.
«Soft money» refers to funds contributed outside those requirements to the Democratic and Republican party national committees and other organizations for efforts that indirectly support one candidate over another.
NAR's Corporate Ally Program is a «soft money» type, Super PAC, that can only accept corporate contributions with checks made out to one of two funds, either:
Additionally, both hard money lenders and soft money lenders have contingency plans for cushioning themselves in the event you happen fail to repay the owed funds.
The $ 15,000 CityLIFT funds are actually a «soft second» mortgage which are then forgiven (free money) after the borrower has occupied the home for 5 years as their primary residence.
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