Sentences with phrase «while bigger funds»

The former Dropbox executive raised $ 140 million for her first fund and says that while bigger funds have a clear advantage when it comes to leading the largest deals, her dual focus — A.I. and diversity — gives her a leg up.

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President Trump's budget for 2018 will slash funding on everything from Big Bird to foreign aid, while boosting support for the Pentagon and the construction of a border wall, the White House said Wednesday.

The hedge fund famously profited during the financial crisis by investing in risky mortgage securities known as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) while also shorting them, a maneuver highlighted in Michael Lewis's book «The Big Short.»

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

While the country's biggest banks have already repaid TARP funds with interest, about 300 community banks have yet to repay their Treasury loans four years after the bailout began.

While Berkshire Hathaway, the investment vehicle of the «Oracle of Omaha,» revealed that it purchased 2.3 million shares of Charter Communications in its latest quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, several big - time hedge fund managers also offered a quarterly look into their own portfolios.

Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.

While the number one slot on this list will shock absolutely no one and the rest of the top ten contain plenty of big name schools, PitchBook is at pains to point out that, while the most famous schools might produce the most successful founders, the vast majority of entrepreneurs bagging VC funding have more down - to - earth names on their degWhile the number one slot on this list will shock absolutely no one and the rest of the top ten contain plenty of big name schools, PitchBook is at pains to point out that, while the most famous schools might produce the most successful founders, the vast majority of entrepreneurs bagging VC funding have more down - to - earth names on their degwhile the most famous schools might produce the most successful founders, the vast majority of entrepreneurs bagging VC funding have more down - to - earth names on their degrees.

Branson controls 24.8 percent of the company, while hedge fund Cyrus Capital Partners is the biggest shareholder with a 32.8 percent stake.

While other investors are busy chasing unicorns, Mike Lazaridis is funding the real next big thing.

Expect well - funded top dogs — companies like Bit9 + Carbon Black, Tanium, CrowdStrike — to weather the storm while more traditional big tech names and security stalwarts snap up smaller firms through «tuck in» acquisitions, cleaning up the field as the pipsqueaks wither away.

After all, Mylan acquired the EpiPen from another company, and while Bresch insists that significant improvements have been made to the epinephrine - delivering product itself, she also admitted on Thursday that a big part of the price increase rationale was to fund marketing and awareness efforts for the device.

On the other hand, the same survey showed that 42 percent of the fund managers believe central bank policies will be the biggest driver of the dollar this year, while just 11 percent thought trade issues would be.

While private pension funds and mutual funds often steer stock markets in places like the United States, markets in China are more often swayed by amateur investors and well - heeled individuals willing to take big risks.

An analysis found that even a big increase to a full retirement age of 70 would only take care of 25 % of the Social Security funding gap, while a 1 % tax increase would make up for 52 % of the problem and eliminating the taxable wage cap would pay for 74 %.

Normally, my response to this is the one nobody wants to hear: put the money in a savings account or savings bond, check out a book about investing from the library, save more money while you read the book, and start investing once you have the $ 1000 minimum to open an account at a big mutual fund house like Schwab or Vanguard.

It offers opportunities to generate more sales by extending credit terms to new and existing customers, thus encouraging them to make new or additional purchases without a big cash outlay if at all, instead to postpone or make installment payments, while you the merchant will however, get immediate cash or access to funds.

High Yield Bond Funds posted outflows for the 13th time in the past 15 weeks, with the latest redemptions the biggest since early March, while Emerging Markets Bond Funds recorded their largest outflow since the second week of February.

«The net result of the Liberals» carbon trust shell game is that year after year money gets drained from classrooms and emergency rooms without any resulting efficiency gains while big polluters like Encana get a free ride funded by our healthcare and education systems,» said New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming.

Our small team size means you'll be able to make a big impact, while our funding will give you the runway to do just that.

The sectors that large cap mutual fund managers were overweight (like Consumer Disc) were the big under - performers while the sectors no one wanted anything to do with (Utilities, anyone?)

While this position size has become much larger over time, it seems likely that new portfolio manager Ted Weschler is responsible for the idea as it was one of his big holdings at his previous hedge fund.

While lack of access to additional funds was labelled as one of the biggest barriers to innovation for between 16 — 20 % of SMEs, for organisations with over 200 employees only 10 % saw it is as a major challenge.102

If the Mail's report of Di Maria leaving is accurate, then his departure will surely help the club fund these big moves, while Robin van Persie has already been sold this summer, and the Mirror adds that Rafael and Jonny Evans are two more who are likely to be on their way out of Old Trafford.

While Ernesto Valverde saw Ousmane Dembele arrive in a big - money deal this summer, it remains to be seen whether or not Barcelona still even have the funds and space to sign Coutinho moving forward.

As much as I would like to hate your comment above I have to agree with what you've said here I know there are a hardcore of bloggers on here that will be derisory and downright insulting (Keyboard warriors are always really tough) but unless we have the two new additions we need then we will sadly be another fourth spot contender again, its as simple as that the current squad is nearly there but nearly there is not THERE and I hate to say it but I think its gonna be another case of Wenger stubbornly trying to convince the world he is a genius by winning things without spending much OR by lamenting the injury problems and bad refs and being desultory about big oil funded clubs while the Club we love turns a fat profit for the board and we see no silverware at all.

cavani probably wont happen not wenger type of striker (wont play on the wings, non flexible non starter for wenger) like unless some one else said on here if it was on our terms and price (or if the big russian was willing to make a one off donation to cover all expenses then maybe also while we use the rest of funds to get players we need) then and only then it would happen maybe the growing consensus is a d / m who covers at c / h (it would have been mbia for free if we got cavani how scary is that) and maybe one more marquee signing for a reasonable price i would bet my house on it (if i had one of course lol) if we were to offer bvb # 45 million for reus this week or at the start of next and offered him # 130,000 in wages he would be ours injury or not at 25 years old worth the risk every time.

For the time being, while a study is being done to determine whether and how we can get a central kitchen funded and build here in San Francisco, we have settled on just trying to get the most nutritious meals we can afford onto the table for our students even if they do have to come from a big meal provider.

funding industrialized commodity big ag while making healthy food an even further reach for lots of people both from the taxpayer subsidized end to the SNAP user end.

Labour relies on the trade unions for 90 % of its funding, while the Tories lean on wealthy big - ticket donors - as this weekend has shown.

Big firms are able to afford expensive advisors, consultants and lawyers, while HMRC has few staff members with deep knowledge of tax affairs and stands to lose employees and funding as spending cuts bite in the new year.

But while supporters of state funding believe it to be a panacea to end big donations, reduce the risk of corruption and support smaller parties, the fact that state funding is being given serious consideration actually demonstrates how political parties have not done enough to broaden their memberships and attract voluntary support from the public.

While they support the $ 500 million for the next Buffalo Billion phase, lawmakers insist Cuomo should get input into how the projects are selected for the next big flow of funds.

He has visited one public school in four years in office, while transferring school funding to big bank tax breaks.

Lawmakers are also skeptical of Cuomo's promise to balance the budget — without big spending increases — while still funding many of the pricey proposals he laid out in his state of the state, which include upgrades to airports, big investments in economic development and increases in spending on education and workforce development.

While he did roll out 12 big initiatives, he was a little light on the details on some of them — especially when it comes to where, exactly, their funding will come from.

Also, for a while there Cuomo was making a push to change the sole trusteeship of the state pension fund — basically the biggest power the comptroller has — into a board system.

«With the NY Works program launching job - creating projects in all corners of the state, these funds will help the state continue to provide low - cost, affordable power to businesses big and small, while also investing in projects to improve energy - efficiency at public, commercial, and residential buildings across the state.

Perhaps the bottom line, then, is that while the Obama Administration did what it could — at times generously so — on science and innovation funding, such investments and others in the discretionary budget have been secondary to the bigger fights that truly define our fiscal politics, over healthcare, retirement, deficits and debt, levels of taxation, and so on (and it can't be underestimated how truly intractable these challenges really are, as indicated by the labyrinthine wrangling and ultimate failure of the President's Bowles - Simpson deficit commission).

While funding for applied science research mostly comes from industry, the biggest funder of basic science is the federal government, and most recipients of that funding are academic researchers.

In the lengthy negotiations over Horizon 2020, the bloc's 7 - year science funding program that has just started, ITRE has consistently pushed for a bigger science budget while cost - conscious member states tried to keep it down.

Massive cost overruns on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will imperil funding for the agency's on - orbit astronomy missions while potentially wiping out big - ticket space observatories and a host of less - expensive development projects deemed high priorities by the science community, according to experts.

While I love this idea of getting the biggest fans directly involved the end result is glaring in its lack of funding and backing from the studio.

Other stars who have used the website to successfully fund their projects include actor Zach Braff, who raised a massive $ 3.1 million (# 2 million) in donations to make a sequel to his cult film Garden State, while Tv series Veronica Mars is heading to the big screen in a fan - funded film.

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Google Play, Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube) In the wake of the ruinous late - 2000s subprime mortgage crisis, the family - owned Chinatown bank Abacus Federal Savings faced harsh legal comeuppance while the well - funded giants were bailed out and deemed too big to fail.

The network still needs funding to continue and support their clubs in secondary schools across the UK and with other Trust projects supported by big names such as Iceland, Uncle Ben's and Pizza Express, it's an exciting time while the charity explores new relationships.

Big districts may decide that the added funding brought by a few more kids isn't worth their while.

A further 74 per cent of teaching staff claim they have already heard head teachers express concern over funding, while 59 per cent are implementing or due to introduce bigger class sizes to accommodate funding cuts.

Some of the biggest funders on the scene remain devoted to a reform strategy that has so far failed to yield transformative change, while a range of other funder - backed efforts aren't yet operating at a scale likely to produce major breakthroughs.

While MCAN's primary strategy to achieving Goal 2025 remains the development and support of Local College Access Networks, MCAN will now also provide grant funding to direct service programs for innovative work in support of the Big Goal.