Notwithstanding that conclusion, Liberty believes that some added steps in overseeing the construction program will be appropriate for the Board.
Not only will Transocean try to keep cash levels high to deal with any other Macondo-related liabilities, it will also be shouldering the cost of an expensive rig construction program.
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Ms. Quinn's plan to build 40, 000 new middle-income apartments would be the largest such housing construction program since the Mitchell-Lama program was created in 1955 to provide affordable rental and cooperative housing to moderate- and middle-income families.
MeXvi is the leading housing disaster relief agent in Mexico and has constructed approximately 4, 900 homes via its assisted self-construction program and has collaborated in the reconstruction of many devastated communities, improving the lives of approximately 25, 000 individuals.
Before serving as mayor, Mr. Itta held a variety of project management and development positions for Arctic Slope World Services and the Arctic Slope Consulting Group from 1998 to 2004, where he was involved in the engineering and coordination of the North Slope Village water and sewer construction program.
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The argument that providing grants to clean energy projects already under construction when the stimulus program began is some kind of boondoggle misses the point at both the level of an individual project, and the clean energy sector as a whole.
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They are working on everything from road and metro construction to an industrial clustering program, export training and information, business incubators and changing governmental industrial policy.
Homex quelled market worries somewhat in April via the sale of stakes in two penitentiaries, and by securing a bridge loan for construction under a new loan-guarantee program being offered by the government.
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WASHINGTON President Obama's top advisers recommended cutting off funding for a federal loan-guarantee program meant to spur the construction of wind and solar farms and other alternative energy projects, saying taxpayer dollars might be better spent elsewhere.
The AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries.
He advocates another stimulant in the form of a big-bang affordable housing program, taking advantage of declining construction costs and interest rates.
It is true that some of the projects that received funding under the stimulus-funded Section 1603 cash grant program went to projects that had completed construction prior to the stimulus bill.
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For the past four years, the Yao Foundation has been funding the construction of 14 schools through the Hope Primary Schools program that will eventually benefit some 9, 000 rural students in China.
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In addition, other naval programs performed at the same shipyard such as submarine construction would have to absorb overhead costs transferred from the carrier program.
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In such cases, the cash grant program was essential to keeping the project financially viable, under construction, and putting Americans to work.
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While that program is riddled with problems, ranging from phony reporting to substandard construction, it appears to have put a floor under the real-estate market, analysts say.
Proponents of nuclear power say construction of new plants would likely require the extension of a federal loan guarantee program, also created by the 2005 energy act, that's set to expire in 2009.
In other words, the grant program would have worked exactly as planned, even though the project began construction before the stimulus was enacted.
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The Homestar rebate program is going to create tens of thousands of jobs in industries like construction, manufacturing, and I might add, sales.
It lent the low interest loan to billionaire Batista under their ProCopa program, designed for companies looking to upgrade and build-out new construction projects ahead of the FIFA World Cup, already coming to Brazil next year.
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In 2002, the U.S. launched its Nuclear Power 2010 program, an initiative by the government and the private sector to encourage the construction of more plants, though that effort has been slowed somewhat by regulatory issues.
Economists point out that this obviously won't be like Franklin Roosevelt's Depression-era program that allowed virtually anyone with the strength to wield a shovel to join a construction crew or move to a work camp.
Obama favors a new bond-financing program similar to a now-expired one that was created for states and municipalities to stimulate infrastructure construction.
REITs also have benefited from a dearth of new construction in recent years and the record-low interest rates resulting from the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program, which has enabled them to raise cheap capital.
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