Sentences with phrase «which economic initiative»

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Without comprehensive immigration reform, which President Barack Obama estimates could lead to an expansion of up to $ 250 billion in economic output, this effort marks the latest in a patchwork of initiatives proffered by the administration.

To determine which communities are a good fit for the initiative, Starbucks looks at all the available data on the socio - economic health of America's cities to understand which communities have the biggest opportunity gaps, which have the biggest need for business investment and leadership, and where there is local movement underway to build a better future for its residents.

Thank goodness because there was more than enough in his previous budgets, including the proliferation of tax expenditures (which are really spending programs but delivered through the tax system), various initiatives included in the Economic Action Plan, among others).

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

The Council manages a research funding initiative called the Matching Grants Research Program, which has invested more than $ 65 million to create a broader economic impact that has been projected to exceed $ 1 billion.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

«The last quarter of the twentieth century is going to call for measured national initiatives which combine economic, psychological, and military ingredients.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

But the initiatives proposed by the international financial institutions or their powerful economic porte - paroles, far from being motivated by primarily humanitarian principles, are governed by the need to create new conditions under which to accumulate capital.

The economic benefits of energy efficiency are clear, yet currently not # 1 of the annual UK public infrastructure budget has been spent on initiatives to make homes warmer - a move which would create decent jobs and put our economy on a more stable footing.

«During his 25 - year tenure in the Senate, he has been a tireless advocate for initiatives aimed at spurring job growth and economic opportunity in every corner of New York, but particularly upstate which has been his lifelong home.

Nothing was heard from the President on several initiatives by the NDC government which have created new sources of revenue to support economic growth and help meet some expenditure items.

The Bridge, which is geared towards economic growth in the State, is expected to gulp N844billion in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative and would be delivered in three years.

Mr. Speaker, the 2018 - 2021 Budget is informed by the President's Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunies, especially for the youth.In this regard, Government's policy objectives for the medium term will aim at: • Stabilizing the economy and setting it on a path of sustained, diversified and resilient growth; • Optimizing the key sources of growth in the economy on sustainable basis; • Enhancing a competitive and enabling business environment for private sector - led growth; • Formalizing the informal sector; • Building a strong and resilient economy able to withstand internal and external shocks; • Promoting agro-industrial enterprises as the basis for the «One District, One Factory» initiative; and • Creating entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, especially for the youth.

As a Southampton Town Board member, Ms. Fleming says she's helped to eliminate a budget deficit, thereby restoring the town's credit rating; focused on proper staffing and controls in the town finance department; and spearheaded economic initiatives such as the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homes.

There's not even a publicly stated rate of pay for his hand - picked investigator, who was assigned, from what the governor says, to look into what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara already was looking into — which seems so far to be improper lobbying and conflicts of interest involving the Buffalo Billion and upstate nanotech economic development initiatives, connected to SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany.

Empire State Development President CEO & Commissioner Howard Zemsky said, «New York State is home to some of the most scenic fishing destinations found across the entire U.S. Through initiatives led by Governor Cuomo, we are increasing opportunities for both residents and travelers to fish in New York's vacation regions and building on the economic impact of tourism, which now exceeds more than $ 100 billion.»

Poloncarz released his first economic strategy in 2013, which laid out 64 initiatives that were later distilled into 71 tracked objectives.

She said this would help the country to not only provide reliable energy for Ghanaians, but would also help in its goal of becoming a net exporter of energy in the sub-region, under the West Africa Power Pool initiative, which would further sustain Ghana's economic growth.

Some of Dinkins» accomplishments include creating the city's Economic Development Corporation, launching the «Safe City, Safe Streets» initiative, which many credit with putting New York City on the path toward its recent record crime lows and building many units of affordable housing.

The GOP senators are even less excited about one of the governor's top economic development initiatives originally known as START - UP, which they say should be shut down.

In December 2015, Central New York was awarded $ 500 million in state economic development assistance, $ 25 million of which was targeted at pursuing initiatives that grow out of Consensus» work.

There's also $ 25 million for an anti-poverty initiative, $ 20 million to boost municipal consolidation, and $ 255 million for economic development — most of which is a consolation prize to four of seven eligible state regions that did not win a slice of $ 1.5 billion last year.

Then the prosecutor took direct aim at Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic - development project — and seems to have extended that probe to the multibillion - dollar SUNY Poly nanotech initiative, which dates to the Mario Cuomo administration.

«Investments in our infrastructure serve as economic development initiatives which will help to grow our economy and provide for a sustainable economic future.»

Cox also bashed Cuomo over the ongoing scandal in New York that has threatened to swallow the Democrat's once - imperturbable administration: U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara «s criminal charges against nine of the governor's top aides and donors, which allege extensive corruption in Cuomo's economic development initiatives.

Cuomo ventured to the Labor Temple aboard the RV tricked out by the labor - backed Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, which is working closely with the administration to back the double - barreled progressive initiatives.

Beyond the governor's office, investigators have subpoenaed agencies that regulate solar power and implement solar initiatives, the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, which has been the guiding force in a number of state - backed high - tech ventures, and Empire State Development Corp., the state's economic - development arm.

He's been among the most vocal critics of Cuomo's economic development initiatives, some of which are now part of a federal indictment that focuses on Joseph Percoco, a former close aide of the governor who is accused of essentially rigging bids for kickbacks and campaign contributions.

The CDBG program — which the city of Syracuse has used to fund a number of social programs and economic initiatives — is facing its end in President Donald Trump's latest budget proposal.

He cited completion of the $ 750 million facility as a milestone in the state's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative, which he said «is working because the private sector believes in Buffalo again.»

Deputy Commissioner of Strategic Planning and Economic Development Ron Hicks also participated in the meeting, which focused on a broad range of issues including pension reform, shared services and workforce initiatives.

They include an additional $ 100 million for water infrastructure investments, a $ 100 million «Downtown NY» revitalization initiative in which 10 cities will win $ 10 million apiece in a similar vein to his annual Regional Economic Development Council competition, and a tax cut program for small businesses (defined as those with less than 100 employees).

Malta, NY — The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership (Saratoga Partnership), the county's designated economic development agency, today announced it will launch its job - creating Next Wave Center in the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP Park) in Malta — which will include an office for the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)-- and then expand the initiative into multiple sites throughout Saratoga County through creation of the Next Wave Network (NWnet).

Boughton criticized Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's «First Five» economic development initiative, which provides state funds to businesses to encourage them to create jobs in Connecticut.

One report is actually a pointed analysis of the recently enacted state budget, with a warning of economic troubles ahead, and the other an unflattering portrait of how the governor's economic development engine, Empire State Development, which handles billions, has systematically failed to meet statutorily mandated reporting requirements for a vast array of programs and initiatives.

She released the proposal after comments made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that if Syracuse wanted their own version of the «Buffalo Billion» program, which provided state funding to western New York for economic development initiatives, then the city needed to develop a plan.

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency is working with Cleveland - based JumpStart Inc. through the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) on the joint initiative, which covers 19 counties in Western and Central New York.

Bart M. Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor, is to conduct the review; it involves the Buffalo Billion, a signature Cuomo administration program meant to revitalize that long - suffering city, and other elements of the governor's nanotech initiative, on which he has hinged much of his upstate economic policy.

The open innovation initiative in Lombardy is founded in the European Commission's Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3), which include reports on the region's strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The initiative is an attempted, kind of, grassroots intellectual movement to come up with a series of ideas that will move us towards a more stable economic arena, [in] which the middle - class gets more benefits than it is getting now from the wealth in this country, and also puts the country on a trajectory that supports the good things the country has traditionally done.

Dr. Gil Pogozelich, chairman of Goldman Hirsh Partners Ltd., which holds the controlling interest in TyrNovo, says that he sees great importance in the cooperation on this project with the Hebrew University, and that TyrNovo represents a good example of how scientific and research initiatives can further health care together with economic benefits.

Awarded bronze, silver and gold for escalating wellness initiatives, schools focus on five key areas which include: personal social health & economic education, healthy eating, physical activity, emotional health & well - being, and the environment.

Among the 35 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which sponsors the PISA initiative, the U.S. ranked 30th in math and 19th in science.

These initiatives are informed by the North Carolina Center for 21st Century Skills, through which educators, administrators, and business leaders work to identify the skills North Carolina students will need if the state is to continue to improve its economic standing.

«Many of the measures of «health of the movement» are just that — measures of the degree to which charter schools, as a movement, are increasing in number and influence,» said Elaine Weiss, who helps lead education initiatives at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank focused on low - to - moderate - income people.

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