Government officials in both countries have enormous influence over contracts and procurement, development and infrastructure projects, loan approvals, real estate transactions, land use rights, and preferences in regulated industries.
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But President George W. Bush's administration has pushed nuclear power as a fuel of choice for the future through various financial incentives, including the "Nuclear Power 2010" initiative launched five years ago, which provides matching funds for the early stages of new plant development, as well as loan guarantees and tax credits offered to new nuclear developers in 2005's Energy Policy Act, sometimes known as EPACT.
Even where a loan is related to development, risk can be managed with guarantees, additional capital and cash flow projections based on reasonable assumptions.
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Internal political turmoil has delayed economic development in Ukraine and the IMF loan depends on the ex-Soviet state being able to balance its budget and make reforms to its banking sector.
Last fall, developer Steven Witkoff needed a construction loan quickly for a retail development in Times Square.
As part of the wider legal battle the British Virgin Islands-registered Lyndhurst Development Trading was prohibited from enforcing any loan agreement under the terms of an emergency injunction granted in Belfast last December.
Often business owners are fooled into thinking that just because business development officers like them, they are getting the loan of their dreams.
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Ultimately they got a loan through City First Bank, a community development bank right in Washington.
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Property development and mortgages account for less than 20% of loan book exposure, which points to less of a downturn threat.
On Tuesday, two Republican senators criticized the Obama administration for approving the loan, made under a program to promote the development of green energy.
He watched with pleasure the development of his "atoms for peace" program--the loan of American uranium to "have not" nations for peaceful purposes.
Once those 40 requirements have been satisfied, then Ibama will grant a full installation license and the massive Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) will likely step in with a bridge loan to get the project started.
Toshiba, which will build the two new reactors, will continue to pay for some development work while the companies wait for the feds to sign off on the loan.
In addition to our disaster loan program, the SBA, the USDA and the Department of Commerce through its Economic Development Administration (EDA) will be hosting forums in communities impacted by drought conditions.
Renewable-energy companies, particularly solar power product makers and developers, say the loan-guarantee program administered by the Department of Energy is crucial to allow projects currently under development to proceed.
Scott revealed he has recently travelled to Dublin to assure the Republic of Ireland international, who has been on loan at Griffin Park since March 2008, about the next stage of the club's development and to offer him a new contract.
Overexposure to construction and development loans: The first guideline states that if loans for construction, land development and other land are 100% or more of total risk capital, the institution is considered to have loan concentrations above prudent risk levels, and should have heightened risk management practices.
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