Sentences with phrase «which focused on securities»

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Christian Leuprecht, a political science professor at RMC and Queen's University, says that unlike other nations» security agencies, which might actively seek to extract information from other states, Canada's intelligence operations focus more often on protecting intellectual property and trade secrets.

The event, which is only for amateur players, is hosted at the Casino de Monte - Carlo in Monaco and supports Laliberté's One Drop Foundation, the charity he founded in 2007 that's focused on water security in the developing world.

«The Coalition calls on all parties to focus their efforts in the same direction to defeat ISIS, which is our common enemy and the greatest threat to regional and worldwide peace and security.»

While we're focusing on the indoor camera here, Nest also offers a Nest Outdoor Security cam, which offers similarly great features plus water resistance and a more durable design.

It is a uniquely modern question prompted by the dovetailing of Apple's new technology, which uses a fingerprint - based Touch ID to unlock the latest iPhone, and the heightened focus on government intrusion and surveillance of emails and communications, as demonstrated by the National Security Agency scandal.

Managers employ fundamental credit processes focused on valuation and asset coverage of securities of distressed firms; in most cases portfolio exposures are concentrated in instruments that are publicly traded, in some cases actively and in others under reduced liquidity but in general for which a reasonable public market exists.

They figured that «hedonistic» candidates would be highly influenced by things like office location (which turned out not to be true); that «self - directed» candidates would be greatly concerned with a start - up's perceived innovativeness and with their own ability to have an impact (both true); and that people who are especially worried about job security would focus on the qualifications of the founders and the commitment of prominent investors (both true).

After Abbott, he co-founded DCVC company BlueTalon, which was initially focused on enterprise data security for data - driven clinical trial design and population health management.

After extensive consideration of these issues, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) concluded last year that the focus should instead be on greater transparency of securities lending and repo activity and better disclosure to clients around the extent to which their collateral would be rehypothecated (FSB 2013).

The firm, which is currently raising a second fund with a $ 175 million target, is focused on early - stage investments in several industries, including security, digital health, AI and autonomous vehicle software.

Firms like LinkedIn, geared toward professionals, and security software firm Palo Alto Networks, which is for corporations, have performed better than their counterparts focused on consumers, like Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga.

The biggest focus here was on short - term securities, which tend to be less vulnerable to U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hikes than longer - term bonds are.

The company, which manufactures chips for payment cards and mobile phones, said revenue was largely driven by its cybersecurity business, as organizations increase their focus on data privacy and security.

Methodology The methodology for assessments is based on Micro Focus's (formerly HPE's) Security Operations Maturity Model (SOMM), which focuses on multiple aspects of a successful and mature security intelligence and monitoring capability including people, process, technology, and business fuSecurity Operations Maturity Model (SOMM), which focuses on multiple aspects of a successful and mature security intelligence and monitoring capability including people, process, technology, and business fusecurity intelligence and monitoring capability including people, process, technology, and business functions.

New York Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, convened Thursday's hearing, which he says will focus on «radicalization in the American Muslim community.»

On 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaOn 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaon World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaon The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this yeaon climate change this year.

Aspiration 4 which focuses on peace and security states that «Mechanisms for peaceful prevention and resolution of conflicts will be functional at all levels.

To a greater extent than smart power, «just power» is premised on the belief that security paradigms which focus narrowly on inter-state dynamics can not produce effective responses to today «s complex threats.

The meeting will bring into focus the full palette of issues that colour the US - Russia relationship: from allegations of Russian interference in the election that brought Trump to power to sanctions levied on Russia owing to its incursion into Ukraine, premature discussions about which forced the resignation of Trump's first National Security Advisor, to the threat of escalation in Syria as military tensions increase and each country's political objectives in the country remain opposed.

The report, which focuses on the workings of the three main security agencies - MI5, MI6 and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)- is largely positive about the workings of the intelligence community.

The Democratic - controlled chamber passed the measures with little debate and they now go to the GOP - led state Senate, which earlier this week passed its own measures focused on upgrading school security.

But the president is focused on his job which is getting this economy continuing to grow, creating jobs and ensuring the safety and security of the American people.»

Powell was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event for LIU's Global Institute, which is focused on foreign policy and national security.

She said the forum, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m., would focus on issues affecting seniors, such as the federal budget process, Medicaid and Medicare, Social Security, and their ability to remain healthy and in their homes.

«The government is focused on solving the many major issues our country faces in the areas of the economy, corruption and security; yet, almost every week, the Presidency has to also deal with the distractions which do nothing but distract from the task of government,» he said.

The House has approved four Katko - sponsored pieces of legislation — all of which focus on boosting airport security.

They face a more uncertain fate in the GOP - controlled Senate, which is focused more on efforts to beef up school security.

The tension from this looming threat ratcheted up in January with leaks from Edward Snowden reportedly about a secret $ 80 million National Security Agency program called «Penetrating Hard Targets,» which is focused on building a quantum computer.

Eurodoc is focused on the third cycle in the Bologna Process: the Ph.D. «Up to now, most doctoral candidates across Europe... have a student status,» which means no employment contract or social security benefits, Chatzipetrou says.

But according to the tenets of interest - based bargaining, focusing too much on objective criteria such as price, or salary in the case of faculty positions, can produce a tenuous agreement in which basic human needs — security, economic well - being, a sense of belonging, recognition, control over one's life — are not met.

After the address, Leshner and Schenkel signed a three - year agreement under which AAAS and the JRC will pursue cooperative efforts on a range of initiatives, with an initial focus on nuclear security issues.

«While most cybersecurity research considers software vulnerabilities and defenses, our research focuses on the underlying hardware and computer architecture, which also play important roles in computer security, both in terms of introducing new vulnerabilities as well as supporting more secure software,» said Abu - Ghazaleh, who is now in the University of California, Riverside's computer science and engineering and electrical and computer engineering departments, in a press release from the school.

He also leads the institute's Global Landscapes Initiative, which focuses on the nexus of global land use, agriculture, food security and environment.

Rob Carlson is the Managing Director at Bioeconomy Capital, which invests in early stage biotechnology companies, and is a Principal at Biodesic, a consulting firm that focuses on strategy, security, and engineering at the intersection of biotechnology and the economy.

If an additional level of support was required, schools could also explore pro-active remote services which are focussed on freeing up network teams by performing automated or standardised tasks such as system updates and security checks; tasks which are necessary, but often overlooked when network teams are busy firefighting more pressing issues.

High schools increasingly make security the sole responsibility of an assistant principal, which is supposed to free the school's principal to focus on instructional leadership.

Education policy was largely a second - tier issue during his campaign, which focused instead on issues like national security, trade, and Hillary Clinton's email scandal.

On two of these occasions, our focus will be on those operating in the defence and security sectors — which have been key sectors for us since ELS was founded in 200On two of these occasions, our focus will be on those operating in the defence and security sectors — which have been key sectors for us since ELS was founded in 200on those operating in the defence and security sectors — which have been key sectors for us since ELS was founded in 2005.

Elena Chávez Quezada is a senior program officer at the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, where she manages the economic security portfolio, which funds organizations across San Francisco and Alameda Counties focused on workforce development, asset - building and policy.

Wohlsdorf shifts the narrative focus to the elite security system on the top floor and drops clues in the chapter headings, which consist simply of security camera numbers.

Additionally, you might choose an array of bond market indexes, commodity indexes, and indexes that focus on international securities, which all have different risk profiles.

Employs an absolute value approach which includes a fundamental, bottom - up security selection process focused on identifying securities with a meaningful discount to intrinsic value

While written for a more general audience than some of the other books on this list, it is helpful to balance out the ideas of value investors focused on very cheap securities with the ideas presented in this book which focus on underappreciated growth businesses.

Independent fundamental credit research and active management at the security level are essential elements of our approach which focuses on the avoidance of default and identifying value in individual securities.

And you might see «emerging» funds, which focus on developing countries and the securities listed on exchanges in those countries.

It seems to me that almost all other approaches to investing and academic finance ranging from Principles of Corporate Finance by Brealey and Myers to Security Analysis Principles and Technique by Graham, Dodd and Cottle (G&D) to tracts on trading techniques focus on forecasting and explaining short - run market prices, especially on prices at which securities are traded in markets populated by Outside Passive Minority Investors (OPMIs).

«The survey results show that our members are focused on the potential for fraud when it comes to new technologies and products, but the results also reflect recognition that these innovations may benefit investors, which makes appropriate regulation and investor education critical,» said Joseph P. Borg, NASAA President and Alabama Securities Commission Director.

But the idea is still valid — meaning just to focus on securities which are difficult for us stock - pickers to trade.

It is extremely difficult to separate yourself from the crowd as an investor, especially if you are focused on trying to make investment decisions based on how you think securities will perform in the next few quarters (which despite what most people in the investing community say, is really what they are doing).

National Bank Securities, which until then had administered InvesTel, is now free to focus exclusively on the National Bank Funds family.