Sentences with phrase «years of promises by»

At an 11 a.m. news conference, Miner said developer Robert Congel told city officials Tuesday that the expansion of Carousel Center mall known as Destiny USA will go no further, despite years of promises by Congel that it would eventually mushroom into a major tourist attraction on par with Disney World.

By the same reasoning, Schaffer also failed to endorse John Brooks, the only Democrat to win a new seat on Long Island last Fall after years of promises by State Democrats that Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket would usher in a new era of Democratic dominance in the suburbs that would hold for a generation or more (in case you missed it, that actually didn't happen).

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We've been waiting on a federal digital strategy for years now, with Industry Minister Christian Paradis's latest promise stating that one will be forthcoming by the end of this year.

What does this deal mean in the scope of a massive behemoth like Nike, which earlier this year promised to reach $ 50 billion in sales by 2020?

Even before this year's Oscars show, the Academy announced plans for sweeping changes to its membership structure, promising to double its number of women and diverse members by 2020.

They promise delivery of sculptures on a given date, only to later delay completion of the works by six months to a year, he claims.

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan promised to spend a whopping $ 3 billion of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's extensive capital over the next 10 years, as it works towards its lofty goal of curing, preventing or managing all diseases by the end of the century.

For starters, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to fight the federal deficit, expected to reach $ 56 billion by fiscal year - end, with «fiscal discipline» instead of tax increases.

Its attempt to buy U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International was blocked at the start of this year by U.S. officials on national security grounds, a blow to Jack Ma who had promised President Donald Trump that he would create 1 million U.S. jobs.

Indeed, a press released issued in November 2010 promised then - Industry Minister Tony Clement would unveil a strategy by spring of the following year.

Earlier this year, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich announced his commitment to space exploration with a rather unexpected proclamation: «By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American,» he promised.

The Mexican chain promised to remove all artificial flavors and coloring by the end of the year, with plans to remove additional artificial preservatives and additives by the end of 2017.

The simplest explanation for the GOP's speed on the legislation: Republicans have promised to get it done by the end of the year.

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

Last year, Loblaw promised that all seafood sold on its shelves — canned, frozen, fresh, wild and farmed — will come from sustainable sources by the end of 2013.

He had only just learned something was awry when, as an investor in three of Concrete's buildings, he had received proxy forms asking him to sign over his stakes to a company called Strategic Group in return for unsecured debentures, a kind of IOU not backed by real collateral, promising to pay him 6 % a year.

The upcoming year promises to be a game changer for small business marketing, especially those who have largely skated by with the help of social - media marketing and a decent referral network in place.

However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

For example, she introduced a five - year management - training program that grooms promising employees to become plant GMs by exposing them to various areas of the business — a process loosely based on what she herself went through.

«Since our company was established five years ago, we have strived day in and day out to realize the promise of biosimilars for patients across the United States by offering them treatment options at a lower cost.

Musk has promised a car that can drive itself across the United States by the end of this year, and said that Tesla will be profitable in the third and fourth quarters.

Many analysts are referring to this as the «Modi effect,» in honor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, elected two years ago on promises to reinvigorate business growth by cutting red tape and increasing infrastructure spending.

First, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak builds his whole campaign around a promise to create one million new jobs in Ontario over eight years, then one of his first campaign commitments threats  is to reduce the number of Ontario government employees by 100,000, together with a wage freeze for every -LSB-...]

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

But for the past 18 months, the city has leased about 68 of those acres for $ 1 per year based on a promise by a San...

The single most logical explanation for the rapid run - up in the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past year is, quite simply, the Trump promise of a massive corporate tax cut enacted by Congress.

After a number of years of Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP), the increase in rates stopped for around 11 months until December 2016 when the Federal Reserve promised to increase interest rates by 25 basis points.

ZeroFOX was founded in January of 2013 and has collected a number of industry awards including being recognized as the CRN's Top 10 Security Companies, 2013 Maryland Cyber Company of the Year, Winner of Chesapeake Regional Technology Council 2014 Rising Star Award, Winner of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Capital Connection TechBuzz show in Washington D.C., «Incubator Company of the Year» for the state of Maryland in June 2013, and Baltimore Business Journal's «Top 5 Cyber Companies to Watch», «20 Most Promising Security Companies» by CIO Review, and Daily Record's «Innovator of the Year».

In the 2006 Budget, the government promised to reduce the deficit by $ 3 billion per year; to reduce the federal debt - to - GDP ratio to 25 per cent by 2012 - 13; to eliminate the total government sector debt (which includes the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the Canada and Quebec pension plans) by 2021; and finally, to keep the growth in program expenses below the rate of growth in nominal GDP.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, a 17 - year veteran of Goldman Sachs and a foreclosure king during the financial crisis who had his own issues at his Senate Confirmation hearing, has promised that the sweeping tax cuts would pay for themselves by boosting economic growth.

The Harper government had already promised to use the surpluses to allow income splitting for tax purposes for families with children under the age of 18; to extend the fitness tax credit to adults; and, to reduce debt by $ 3 billion a year.

By comparison, in the dying days of the fall election campaign then Conservative Leader Stephen Harper promised to extend an existing auto industry fund by $ 1 billion over 10 years, starting in 2017/18, with some of the money coming out as grantBy comparison, in the dying days of the fall election campaign then Conservative Leader Stephen Harper promised to extend an existing auto industry fund by $ 1 billion over 10 years, starting in 2017/18, with some of the money coming out as grantby $ 1 billion over 10 years, starting in 2017/18, with some of the money coming out as grants.

Premier Pauline Marois» government, which backed away from an earlier prediction to balance the books by this year, now promises to guide the struggling province out of the red by 2015 - 16.

The new - issue bond market is expanding (Shin (2013)-RRB- and assets under the management of investment funds that promise daily liquidity are growing rapidly - as suggested by the increasing presence of exchange - traded funds in corporate bond markets in recent years (see also Box 2).

More big - business engagement by multinationals like Coca - Cola (which pledged to invest $ 5 billion in Africa over six years) and Marriott Hotels, as President Barack Obama promised Tuesday in Washington at the U.S. - Africa Leaders Summit, won't directly or immediately help the impoverished and unemployed on the streets of Mogadishu or the marginalized in northern Nigeria.

I've also had family members who have gotten screwed by financial advisors who promised returns of over 30 % per year.

Passage of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act last year promises to support even faster growth by allowing crowdfunders to invest in exchange for equity and by expanding the pool of investors who can participate.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP)-- Greece's prime minister promised Saturday to deliver economic growth to a country hammered by years of economic hardship, as thousands gathered in protest at more planned austerity measures.

Last year, he was crowned one of Israel's seven most promising young entrepreneurs by a financial newspaper.

The main points here are that QE has encouraged the dramatic overvaluation of virtually every class of investments; that these elevated valuations don't represent «wealth» (which is embodied in the future stream of deliverable cash flows, not in the current price); that extreme valuations promise dismal future outcomes for investors over a 10 - 12 year horizon; and that until a clear improvement in market internals conveys a resumption of speculative risk - seeking by investors, the current combination of extreme valuations and increasing risk - aversion, coming off of an extended top formation after persistent «overvalued, overbought, overbullish» extremes, represents the singularly most negative return / risk classification we identify.

SAP announced a new generation of its ERP — a SaaS model running on database Hana that promises to eliminate 40 percent of SAP IT load by removing satellite systems - early this year.

New York, May 4th, 2017 — Over the past 10 years, Space Angels Network has been a source of tremendous insight and support within the entrepreneurial space sector, facilitating growth by both educating the investor community and channeling smart capital to the most promising space startups.

Second, the FOMC has already retreated significantly from its earlier hawkishness; the median dot - plot projection was 1.25 % -1.5 % in December, and officials were promising four hikes by the end of the year.

In addition, there are material expenditures missing from the operating budgets going forward, such as the Golden Ears bridge toll fees removal in year two and beyond, the one - third replacement cost of the Pattullo bridge (which was to be funded by tolls) and the second 50 % of the promised 100 % MSP premiums reduction.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

After years of preparation, McDonald's is ready to serve fresh, cooked - to - order beef in many of its burgers, backed by what promises to be a lot of marketing.

This is likely just the beginning of what promises to be a burgeoning asset class, as governments and other entities will need to invest an estimated $ 90 trillion in infrastructure over the next 15 years to achieve goals outlined by the Global Commission on Economy and Climate.

Twice a year, C100 invites approximately 20 of the most promising early - stage Canadian startups as nominated by our Partners and Charter Members for 48 Hrs of workshops, mentorship, investor meetings, and networking in the Valley.

But in recent years I have come to appreciate the fact that many promising younger evangelical scholars got their start in a serious commitment to the life of the mind by responding positively to the LaHaye - type call to intellectual warfare.