The old, taxpayer financing model clearly needs to give way to far more aggressive private sector investment model.
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The Mayor specifically highlighted the Chicago Infrastructure Trust, the first public-private financing model for infrastructure investments in the country.
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But the Treasury has decided that this financing model is no longer appropriate at a time when government debt levels are so high.
According to Ygrene Energy Fund CEO Stacey Lawson, Clean Energy Sacramento is the first privately funded clean energy financing model in the nation that includes both commercial and residential properties.
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Deutschebank is experimenting with a financing model similar to that used by energy services companies (ESCOs) whereby the savings in energy costs are used to pay back the capital investment of the smart building upgrades.
Each interview focused on varying aspects of our venture: revenue model, financing, measuring social impact, team credentials and more.
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The American government has an unusual model of financing higher education, in which it lends to students who decide at which educational institution they spend the money.
Then Kickstarter came along and a door opened this was FINALLY our chance to sidestep the publisher model and get financing directly from the people who want to play an Obsidian RPG.
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In addition to generating those exceptional internal returns, the firm has upped EPS in every year of the past decade and it has no long-term debt, showing the consistency and conservative financing my Buffett-based model cherishes.
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Going forward we are speaking to potential investors in our efforts to move from a project-by-project funding model to securing slate financing for several films.
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And so the story that you told about being able to access financing, for what obviously is a great product and a great business model, is something that we want to continue to emphasize.
We remain comfortable being somewhat below the Street given our conservative assumptions surrounding municipal financing activity and the inherent quarterly variability present in this project-based business model.
My Buffett-inspired model looks for firms with lengthy histories of steady earnings increases, conservative financing and high returns on equity.
Patients with serious illnesses insured on the basic plan would end up financing a disproportionate share of their health care on their own, the antithesis of the Bismarck model, critics say.
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