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(Reuters)- Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) said on Thursday it would lay off about 8 percent of its employees as the drugmaker, which has suffered setbacks over the past year in the development of two potential blockbuster drugs, works to cut costs.

We are working within the existing party structure, including association, area and regional representation along with a central CPF Council, chaired by Oliver Letwin, who has been involved for more than 30 years in the development of policy.

Although much progress has been made in recent years in the development of catalysts devoid of noble metals, photosensitizers still rely, in the main, on molecular compounds containing rare and costly metals, such as ruthenium and iridium, or on inorganic semiconductor materials containing cadmium, a toxic metal.

The Obama administration has invested $ 360 million and more than four years in the development of new tests, which will debut this spring.

The game covers 10 crucial years in the development of air / naval warfare which includes scenarios for the Java Sea, Port Darwin, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa.

Another landmark year in the development of the Nigerian tech startup space, with the huge Andela funding round probably the...

Looking for the position of principal in a reputed school which will allow me to use the experience and skills I have gathered over the years in the development of the students, the curriculum and running the administration of the educational institute

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North Korea has long been largely shut to foreign investors, an isolation that deepened when the United Nations ratcheted up sanctions last year in an effort to curb its development of nuclear weapons.

To start, he needed both people and funds — futuristic home doodads don't invent themselves — so he secured $ 12.5 million in subordinated debt financing from the Business Development Bank of Canada and Quebec's Fonds de solidarité FTQ, with flexible five - year payment terms (the latter a reward for years of solid financial management).

According to Arif Mulji, vice-president of business development, Amur's fortunes vividly reflect some of the forces that have dominated Canada's economy in recent years: Its customers tend to be people looking for short - term mortgages, home renovation loans or debt consolidation.

According to the report, Foursquare is now back on track to beat sales expectations by the end of the year, and the business development team has been successful in attracting several new advertisers to their «post-check-in product.»

In March of this year Energinet, along with TSOs from the Netherlands and Germany, signed a trilateral agreement relating to the development of a vast renewable electricity system, involving artificial islands, in the middle of the North SeIn March of this year Energinet, along with TSOs from the Netherlands and Germany, signed a trilateral agreement relating to the development of a vast renewable electricity system, involving artificial islands, in the middle of the North Sein the middle of the North Sea.

While we are still several years away, perhaps, from a suite of shark - antibody - connected drugs in the clinic, it's a promising area for development.

Zymeworks, meanwhile, went through a number of lean years; investors in Canada were still more comfortable with a development model that produced widely applicable chemical drugs.

Andrew Pask, a 44 - year - old City of Vancouver neighbourhood planner, says he and his colleagues are called in to work on files that range in scale from single - parcel development applications to regional strategies.

Industry professionals between the ages of 23 and 45 are nominated by their cluster - member - business to participate in the one - year professional development program.

As a result of the two - year project, the Carolinas» Nuclear Cluster says it has created 437 jobs, in addition to launching a number of business - development initiatives that will likely translate into jobs in coming years.

While the project is massive, it's just one of the Aquilinis» many high - profile, highly profitable ventures: Through Aquilini Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family controls one of British Columbia's biggest development conglomerates, as well as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants and some $ 80 - million worth of vineyard properties in Washington state.

In the opinion of the Company's management, a discussion of loss reserve development is meaningful to users of the financial statements as it allows them to assess the impact between prior and current year development on incurred claims and claim adjustment expenses, net and core income (loss), and changes in claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from period to perioIn the opinion of the Company's management, a discussion of loss reserve development is meaningful to users of the financial statements as it allows them to assess the impact between prior and current year development on incurred claims and claim adjustment expenses, net and core income (loss), and changes in claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from period to perioin claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from period to period.

Three years later, cofounder and chief product officer Jeff Chapin leads a team of 35 people at Casper's new research and development lab in San Francisco.

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

The project, which was funded on Kickstarter, took about three years of research and development, but Roosegaarde was finally able to show off his massive machine in September 2015 in Rotterdam.

We understood the area and what was coming down the pipeline in terms of development in the next five to 10 years.

Yet nine years down the road, the Dow and S&P 500 are setting new highs partly in anticipation of tax cuts, but also thanks to developments in technology.

The Conference Board notes that the federal government has placed great emphasis in improving Canada's innovation performance for years, most directly in the 2012 budget's revamping of how $ 3.5 billion is doled out to firms under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.

After years of internal development, Baidu in April decided to open its autonomous driving technology to third parties, a move it hopes will accelerate development and help it compete with U.S. firms Tesla Inc and Google project Waymo.

Geoff Wilson, the founder and President of 352 Inc., an 18 year - old company that began in his dorm room and has grown to a multi-state digital product development powerhouse, credits 352 Inc.'s success on the organization's adoption of agile methodologies to all aspects of the business from coding to management.

blueRover only graduated from Waterloo's renowned Accelerator Centre two years ago, but already over 500 Sysco refrigeration trucks now use blueRover sensors to monitor the temperature inside their trailers, says Peter Smith, the company's director of business development in Canada.

They were pleased enough with the results that they ponied up another $ 10 million ($ 14 million) for LAPCAT II, a four - year study that launched in October 2008 with a mandate to refine two of the LAPCAT concepts based on engines that would burn liquid hydrogen, and to produce detailed development road maps for producing them.

Its 11 original shows and continuations received 45 Emmy nominations in the past two years, with massive critical acclaim for «House of Cards» and «Orange is the New Black,» as well as success for «Lilyhammer,» «Arrested Development,» «Hemlock Grove,» Derek,» and others.

For instance, business spending on research and development has actually dropped to 0.89 per cent of gross domestic product in 2011 from 1.29 per cent 10 years earlier.

For good reason: In less than two years, several key developments in Saudi Arabia have come together, which will create a wealth of opportunities for years to come, analysts have told CNBIn less than two years, several key developments in Saudi Arabia have come together, which will create a wealth of opportunities for years to come, analysts have told CNBin Saudi Arabia have come together, which will create a wealth of opportunities for years to come, analysts have told CNBC.

By summer the development staff had working demos of Sammy's Science House, the third in Edmark's early - learning line; Thinkin» Things 2, the second in its critical - thinking line for 4 - to 8 - year - olds; and the first two titles in a line called Imagination Express, a series of interactive story - writing programs for 6 - to 12 - year - olds.

Through my years of experience advising and investing in startups (and founding my own), it's clear that mistakes in the beginning stages of startup development are far more the norm than the exception.

For instance, assuming the SBA meets its goal of creating one job with every $ 50,000 of 504 lending — and the SBA says many Certified Development Companies exceed it — the cost per job in 2006 was a mere $ 188; the Treasury would earn that back many times in a single year's tax bill.

Other matching fund offers flooded in from techies, including Patrick Collison, chief executive of online payment company Stripe, and Nat Friedman, co-founder and chief executive of Xamarin, the software development company acquired last year by Microsoft (msft).

That's the recommendation of Diane Vincent, a senior editor at Exam Master Corp., a publisher of medical - study tools in Middletown, Del. «Although our products were still in the development stage, we attended two fairs this past year: first a small one in Wilmington, and then the larger Mid-Atlantic Venture Fair, in Philadelphia,» she explains.

DTS earnings before tax of $ 13.1 million increased 16 % compared with $ 11.3 million in 2017, due to revenue growth and operating performance, as well as favorable developments related to self - insurance claims from prior years.

Vas Narasimhan, a trained physician and former McKinsey consultant who is now global head of development at Novartis, has pursued a wide range of roles in his seven years at the drug company.

Still, the company in the past year has moved to set up two large development / R & D facilities, in Cardiff, Wales and Saint John, N.B. — an acknowledgment that Appnovation's rapid growth trajectory will require the development of new open source solutions, like osCaddie, as well as working with established ones.

In a report last year, the Conference Board of Canada summed up Ontario's dilemma succinctly: «Either we become a leader in the development and commercialization of these technologies, or we rely on others to sell them to us.&raquIn a report last year, the Conference Board of Canada summed up Ontario's dilemma succinctly: «Either we become a leader in the development and commercialization of these technologies, or we rely on others to sell them to us.&raquin the development and commercialization of these technologies, or we rely on others to sell them to us.»

But the tool's development over the past two years is another illustration that a broadening array of devices can be manipulated in unpredictable ways and that attackers increase their advantage over defenders as gadgets grow more complex.

And with the Space Launch System still in development, the Falcon Heavy is likely to become the workhorse of both private space corporations and space agencies in the coming years.

The United States, France, India and 17 other countries will announce they will double the $ 10 billion they collectively spend on clean energy research and development in the next five years, shining a spotlight on role of technology in any climate agreement reached in Paris.

Good question — and one Andy Lothian, co-founder and CEO of Insights Learning and Development, a global people development company, and the EY Entrepreneur for the Year for Scotland in 2016, is perfectly suitedDevelopment, a global people development company, and the EY Entrepreneur for the Year for Scotland in 2016, is perfectly suiteddevelopment company, and the EY Entrepreneur for the Year for Scotland in 2016, is perfectly suited to answer.

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore aims to enhance the use of technology and data to improve the provision of services such as health care and transportation in a city, where infrastructure has come under pressure in recent years as a rise in immigration boosts the country's population.

In peer countries like Canada, some citizens are taxed at higher rates throughout the year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development notes, but they get a lot more from their government in terms of social services, including health carIn peer countries like Canada, some citizens are taxed at higher rates throughout the year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development notes, but they get a lot more from their government in terms of social services, including health carin terms of social services, including health care.

Why it's hot: The development of self - driving cars took off in 2016 with Google's Waymo, Tesla, Uber, Toyota, and GM all announcing progress toward completely autonomous vehicles within the next four years.

A development application for the first stage of Lendlease's $ 1 billion Waterbank project in East Perth has been submitted, paving the way for construction to begin mid-next year.

More than half of the kids that go through school or pediatric vision screenings every year have vision disorders that go unnoticed, according to the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), a non-profit, international membership association of eye care professionals.