Larry Ingrassia, the former business editor, will become an assistant managing editor for new initiatives, which includes the expansion of The Times's international coverage.
The announcement comes at a time when MasterCard is moving steadily into various m-commerce initiatives, which includes things like its newly announced digital wallet plans via PayPass Wallet Services, for example.
Bradford is an established centre for peace studies and initiatives which include the university's respected Department of Peace Studies, the Bradford, City for Peace initiative and Rotary International's Bradford peace work.
Mr. Bush, meanwhile, reiterated his Labor Day call for Congress to enact his agenda of economic initiatives, which include making his tax cuts permanent.
John B. Rhea, chairman of the Housing Authority, said the new focus on public housing fit in with the agency's green initiatives, which include 664 gardens in five boroughs and an annual garden competition among housing complexes.
And yet, at least politically, there was something almost tangential about Mr. Obama's latest initiatives, which included $50 billion for infrastructure projects and an extension of the Bush tax cuts for all but the wealthiest Americans.
He has won praise for his previous animal-welfare initiatives, which include curbs on long-distance transport of livestock and a ban on docking piglets' curly tails.His latest initiative is the prohibition of animal slaughter without first rendering the beasts insensitive to pain with a bolt-gun or some other method.
Jerry Russo, Mr. Klein's press secretary, vehemently insisted in a telephone interview that the chancellor had the highest regard for teachers and said Mr. Klein often heard from teachers supporting his initiatives, which include a new citywide curriculum and an overhaul of the school bureaucracy.
His emphasis on highly individualized instruction puts him at odds with some of Mr. Bloomberg's core education initiatives, which include uniform reading and math curriculums and a tough promotion policy for third graders tied to scores on standardized reading and math tests.
When I tried, however, to get C.E.O.s to endorse Clinton's gay-rights initiatives, which included expanding protections against employment discrimination and hate crimes, as well as appointing gays to positions requiring confirmation by the U.S. Senate, I got very few takers.
I guess there could be some interesting APIs that could combine a payments platform with eBay's local initiatives, which include recently acquired Milo.
