Word: investments
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other of the 56 indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Maya and the Zapotecs. It's easy to see why in Santa Cruz, where farmers still till the soil with oxen and wooden plows. But about five years ago, villagers like Olivia Mendoza, Bautista's aunt, decided to invest remittances in something more productive than pickup trucks and wide-screen TVs. "It was time to use that treasure to find ways to bring our families back together," says Mendoza, 40. With help from the Association of Mexican Social Sector Credit Unions (AMUCSS), they pooled...
...indirectly-held stock, we do not support the creation of a blanket, preemptive policy that would force Harvard to divest if certain criteria are met.The latest student and faculty petition drive, led by the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG), calls on Harvard to divest from both direct and indirect investments when “reasonable alternatives exist.” HDAG also wants Harvard to adopt a “targeted divestment model” in which it pledges to divest from companies meeting very specific criteria. Today’s globalized and interconnected world, however, makes indirect investments...
...Breaking through the dearth of initiative among politicians tied to special interests, her $50-billion Strategic Energy Fund will incentivize the development of clean coal plants and efficient ethanol plants, make hybrid vehicles more affordable through tax breaks, reward home and small business owners for increasing efficiency, and heavily invest in groundbreaking research. Blending pragmatism with an embracing, hopeful worldview, Hillary will jumpstart America's moribund energy policy by addressing the threats posed by both global warming and hostile Middle East regimes. Other candidates have called for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, charging that Hillary’s vote...
...billion a year; by 2015, it figures, it will have almost tripled to $1.2 trillion. Some 40% of the world's population does not have adequate water and sewer systems, according to the U.N. And it's not just the developing world that needs to ramp up investment. The U.S. will have to spend as much as $41 billion a year until 2019 to maintain its water infrastructure, according to one Congressional Budget Office study--that's almost twice the $21.6 billion invested in 1999. "We've got thick pipes from the 19th century becoming obsolete at the same time...
...Iraqi Army and bungling the post-war reconstruction.) Operation Together Forward, which was announced with great fanfare in June 2006, was totally ineffective at quelling the sectarian killings. The Iraqi police training has been a case study in inefficiency, poor planning and the U.S. government's consistent reluctance to invest the money and resources needed into any task in Iraq...