Sentences with phrase «supported by billions»

They, their institutions, and a host of politicians, bureaucrats, bankers and corporate executives thus had a direct stake in the science, politics and «renewable energy future» supported by billions of dollars in annual research grants — and in ensuring that no investigation upset this convenient golden apple cart.

With many of its brands dating back over 50 years (e.g. SPAM and Dinty Moore were introduced in the 1930s) and supported by billions of advertising dollars over the years, consumers know and trust many of Hormel's products.

Now, according to this report on the Wall Street Journal, there are so many new alternative lenders, supported by the billions of dollars from venture capitalists, that they're tripping over each other for customers.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Stephen Harper lent support to the 1,200 - kilometre, $ 6 - billion pipeline that would carry more than 500,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Edmonton through the Rockies to Kitimat, B.C., where it could be transported by tanker to markets in the U.S. and Asia, including China.

The 81 - year - old government - run financial institution, known as the Ex-Im Bank, provides much - needed to support to exporters through guaranteed loans and credit insurance, and by its own reckoning, it has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury over the last 20 years.

That kind of support has led to projections that the industry will be worth $ 50 billion by 2026, according to Cowen.

«We're planning to invest over $ 50 billion in the U.S. over the next five years to increase production of profitable volumes and enhance our integrated portfolio, which is supported by the improved business climate created by tax reform.»

As part of the deal, which still needs approval from Congress, Saudi Arabia «expressed its intent» to spend $ 28 billion on defense technologies and programs by Lockheed Martin, which estimated the deal would support 18,000 jobs in the U.S. over 30 years — a figure that falls dramatically below Trump's estimate.

The US$ 85 billion in monthly asset purchases by the central bank have helped keep rates low and supported strong gains on stock markets.

But for Boeing in particular, growth brings innovation, supported by the company's $ 6 billion budget for research and development.

And rich countries will finance poorer ones, with $ 100 billion a year by 2020 and a promise to increase financial support after that.

With projections from Gartner showing that by 2020, the Internet of Things will support a base of 26 billion devices, the time to act is now.

But Disruptive Analysis reports that there will be 6 billion devices that support WebRTC by the end of 2019, and both startups and established businesses are using it today, because it is so easy to use — never mind the cost savings.

It started with Russia's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in March, and it has been followed by a cascading series of punches and counterpunches: U.S. sanctions on Kremlin officials, Putin's support for Ukraine separatists, more penalties against Russia, and then counter-sanctions as Russia banned the U.S., the European Union, Norway, Australia, and Canada from selling billions of dollars» worth of fruits, vegetables, fish, and meats to Russia.

When asked about government support for the CSeries, he acknowledged that one - third of the estimated $ 3 billion in development costs would be financed through loans provided by the federal, Quebec and U.K. governments (the other two - thirds of the cost is split between Bombardier and its suppliers).

Despite support from Ireland and Austria, France's position puts it on a collision course with Germany, Britain and other net contributors looking to slash the overall spending blueprint by 100 - 200 billion euros.

On June 10 SoftBank increased its bid to $ 21.6 billion from $ 20.1 billion and raised the cash component of the deal for shareholders by $ 4.5 billion, trumping Dish's bid and gaining support from Sprint's second biggest shareholder Paulson & Co. which had previously said it preferred Dish's bid.

At the beginning of 2017, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York state - supported solar power had increased by almost 800 percent between December 2011 and December 2016, with nearly $ 1.5 billion leveraged in private investment.

The aluminum tariff, while supporting 1,900 U.S. aluminum smelting jobs, would cost the country at least 23,000 manufacturing jobs and as much as US$ 45 billion according to a report by Harbor Aluminum Intelligence Unit.

Russian companies hit by U.S. sanctions have asked for 100 billion roubles ($ 1.6 billion) in liquidity support from the government, Siluanov said last week.

The auction, which will increase the capacity available to support smartphones by almost a third, raised nearly 1 billion pounds less than the sale of 4G airwaves in 2013.

The center is located in a building purchased by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus with an $ 8 million Buffalo Billion grant from ESD, which also provided $ 800,000 in start - up funding support for EWI.

In an appearance on CBS's «Face the Nation» on Earth Day, Bloomberg said he would give $ 4.5 million of his personal fortune towards the U.S.'s pledge of up to $ 3 billion by 2020 to support climate change initiatives.

The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dollars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law.

At this point, more than $ 1.5 billion in venture capital has gone to support blockchain startups, and many have business models that would be affected by how the block - size problem is solved.

In fact, one of the arguments used by TransCanada to gain American support for the $ 7 - billion Keystone pipeline is the more than 250,000 jobs the project will create for the U.S. economy.

Felda Global's June 2012 initial public offering raised $ 3.3 billion and was publicly supported by Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Simply delaying the target for deficit elimination by one year and eliminating unjustified and ineffective tax preferences could free up as much as $ 10 billion annually, or $ 50 billion over five years to support economic growth and job creation.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

One notable example was the security flaws found in $ 2 billion - worth cryptocurrency IOTA that supports the Internet of Things (IoT) transactions by MIT researchers.

As of June 30, 2017, BlackRock Real Assets managed nearly $ 40 billion in client assets, supported by more than 350 professionals across 25 offices in 15 countries.

Funding delayed (p. 126 and 150): Last year, Ottawa promise $ 2 billion over two years, starting this year, for a Low Carbon Economy Fund to support emission reductions efforts by provinces and territories.

He says the New Jersey bank would «take money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [by] using state deposits to finance local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans — saving our residents money and returning all profits to the taxpayers.»

Susan Jones is a researcher uncovering the truth about the Massey tunnel replacement project While the public has shown support for a new crossing over the south arm of the Fraser River, there is no «overwhelming support» for the planned $ 3.5 billion planned bridge as claimed by B.C.'s Minister of Transportation, Todd Stone.

As Canada strives to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the 2017 federal budget outlined plans to double investments in clean energy innovation by 2020, with $ 2.2 billion earmarked to support cleantech R&D, commercialization and adoption.

The mission is part of BDC's effort to support women entrepreneurs, which includes C$ 1.4 billion in loans to women - owned firms by 2021 and $ 200 million in investments through the Bank's Women in Technology program.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his heavyweight team of U.S. officials handed China a lengthy list of demands on trade, ranging from immediately cutting a trade imbalance by $ 100 billion a year to halting all Chinese government support for advanced technologies.

Powell also suggested that the Fed supports the banking bill proposed by senator Mike Crapo which proposes raising the limit of designating for systemically important financial institutions from $ 50 to $ 250 billion.

Franklin Square Capital Partners originated a $ 260 million unitranche term loan to support the acquisition and combination of Trover Solutions and Equian by New Mountain Capital, a New York - based alternative investments firm that manages approximately $ 15 billion of private equity, public equity and credit assets.

To support acquisition by Fred's of 865 Rite Aid stores, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Regions Capital have provided $ 1.05 billion of committed ABL financing.

- Imports reached a record C$ 51.7 billion, supported by strong volumes (+5.3 %).

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas industrial market was built on supporting the city's tourism and hospitality industry, which brings in nearly $ 60 billion per year, according to a study by Applied Analytics.

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

With $ 1 billion in support promised for the flood ravaged communities, it will be difficult for the opposition Wildrose to criticize the Premier's decision to abandon her promise to balance the provincial budget by 2014, especially as Ms. Smith's constituency includes one of the hardest hit areas.

Although industry and government officials support this approach, some noted that the specific program won't work because it is funded by the $ 700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program, which would require firms that sell their SBA loans to the government to hand over ownership stakes and curb executive pay.

In February, Mexico's central bank launched a US$ 20 billion currency hedging program — broadly similar to a policy used in 2015 by Brazilian policymakers to stem a fall in the Brazilian real — which had the advantage of providing support for the peso without draining the country's foreign - exchange reserves.

The resulting report suggested that a free trade agreement between Canada and China would increase Canadian exports by some $ 7.7 billion by 2030, supporting 25,000 new Canadian jobs.

Capital funding for digital health systems in the first half of 2014 reached $ 2.3 billion, more than the total for all of the previous year, according to a study by Rock Health, which provides startups in the sector with funding and support.

Educational Session # 1: When: June 3rd, Wednesday, 3:15 PM — 4:00 PM Where: Institute 2015 Pre-conference Cybersecurity, Technology and Infrastructure Advancements Forum What: Optimize PBM Value Proposition to Payers through Disruptive Innovation by Terry Ramey, EVP, Business Development and Client Engagement Session Details: PBMs that manage over $ 300 billion of pharmacy benefits for plan sponsors have historically been challenged to support plan sponsors» goals to reduce avoidable drug - impacted medical costs and optimize overall pharmacy costs.

The funds generated by these actions would help to support efforts to return about $ 90 billion in capital to shareholders by 2018.