Renaissance Project

25 US hedge fund managers earned $13bn in 2015 despite modest returns

Edit The Times of India 11 May 2016

JPMorgan Chase paid its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, $27 million in 2015. In another Wall Street universe, the hedge fund manager Kenneth C Griffin made $1.7 billion over the same year ... They lobby members of Congress ... Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund firm started by Simons in 1982, uses computers to track and outsmart the stock market ... The main Renaissance funds gained between 15.6% and 16.5% ... ....

APEC, Business Cultivate Climate Change-Proof Agriculture (APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016

'Peru has been a leader of agricultural innovation and adaptation dating back to the Inca civilization 700 years ago and is now on the cusp of a renaissance that could bolster food security across the Pacific in this period of climate change,' said Cesar Sotomayor, Peru's Vice Minister of Agricultural Policies and Chair of the APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security....

Will ripple effect of Stephen Strasburg signing reach Cubs?

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 11 May 2016

  ... Epstein downplayed the deal that not only took the projected top pitcher off next winter’s free agent market, but might also have relevance to the club’s efforts over the next 18 months to extend Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta’s contract ... But his career renaissance since the 2013 trade from Baltimore is no coincidence, and he has repeatedly talked about his comfort with pitching coach Chris Bosio and the team culture ... . ....

Three Vital Projects in Beilun District Initiated in Advance or Finished in April (Ningbo Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016

According to the District Department of Development and Reform, Beilun organized 133 vital projects in 2016, planning to invest 200 bn yuan in total. Among those projects, the Aomate High Precision Power Press Project was ......

India's green cover is fast depleting, 34,620 hectares gone in two years

Edit DNA India 11 May 2016

The ministry has approved forest land diversion both stage-II clearances for 1,513 projects under 22 project categories ... This primarily involves coal mining projects and few iron mining and bauxite mining projects and projects related to minor minerals. Following the mining sector, the forest road sector, irrigation sector and transmission lines got a large extent of forest land diverted for projects....

Cadiz water project in Mojave Desert wins big in Appellate Court

Edit LA Daily News 11 May 2016

California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana upheld six lower court decisions dealing with various governmental approvals and environmental reviews of the controversial water project ... “The mountains of evidence, peer review, public agency and judicial scrutiny have all determined that the project is technically and legally sound,” he said ... The Center challenged the project on two fronts....

Long poll process further delays Kolkata Metro projects

Edit The Times of India 11 May 2016

The prolonged election process in Bengal has spelt more trouble for the city's much needed - yet 'inordinately delayed' - Metro projects. Almost every Metro project in the city stumbles frequently - thanks to land issues. The seven-phase poll seems to have made things worse with the state government apprehending further delay and resultant cost overrun of the projects ... "Already, Metro projects face major time overrun....

Slums in Mumbai just got more lucrative

Edit Indian Express 11 May 2016

The revised Development Control Regulations for Mumbai have proposed an increase in the sale component a developer can exploit in a slum redevelopment project by hiking the overall extent of the buildable area or FSI for all categories of slum projects by another 33 per cent ... It’s no solution to Mumbai’s slum problem Scrap slum dwellers nod for redevelopment projects,says HC....

Council seeks answers over Westconnex M4 East Project (City of Canada Bay Council)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016

City of Canada Bay Council has considered the WestConnex M4 East Project approval report and concluded there are still questions to be answered, says Mayor Angelo Tsirekas. 'In April, Councillors unanimously agreed to contact the State Government and seek clarification on a number of local issues relating to this project,' he said ... The M4 East project was approved, subject to conditions, on 11 February, 2016....

Work on Sewri-Nhava link likely to begin by year-end

Edit DNA India 11 May 2016

The final nod from Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project is in and tendering process has been commenced by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) ... Yesterday (Monday), JICA gave approval to the project and today (Tuesday) we have started bidding process," said UPS Madan, metropolitan commissioner of MMRDA....

Clifford Chance advises on sale of the Isaac Plains Coal Project by Sumitomo Corporation and Vale (Clifford Chance LLP)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016

Clifford Chance advises on sale of the Isaac Plains Coal Project by Sumitomo Corporation and Vale. Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Sumitomo Corporation on its sale with Vale of the Isaac Plains Coal Project in Queensland, Australia to Stanmore Coal. Vale has held 50% of the project for some time, with Sumitomo ......

Metro III contracts to be awarded in a month

Edit The Hindu 11 May 2016

The project was conceived in 2011 and the detailed project report was prepared that year ... This Rs 23,000-crore project needs to come up fast and in next one month we will issue the order for civil work,” she said ... Speaking at the same event, UPS Madan, metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA, said over half a dozen metro rail projects have been taken up to improve public transport and decongest roads....

Local NGOs continue development work as NCBA CLUSA builds organizational capacity (NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016

Many of the organization's international projects, when ended, leave behind local employees to sustain and build upon development progress not only within their own communities, but countrywide. In El Salvador, CLUSA El Salvador, which began in 1998 with support from NCBA CLUSA's USAID-funded CRECER project, continues to support co-ops and value chain development and is a current local partner for our projects....

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