His work, underwritten by millions of dollars in federal funding, helped lay the groundwork for clinical trials, and cardiologists continue to study ways to repair the heart with stem cells.
Dr. Varis and her husband supported contemporary American works, underwriting the Met premiere productions of Philip Glass's Satyagraha and John Adams's Doctor Atomic.
Besides residents' improvements in newly gentrified downtown neighborhoods like Boylan Heights and Oakwood, there are large-scale, multimillion-dollar projects in the works, underwritten by developers and businesses like Progress Energy.
RealtyShares accomplishes this by doing the actual work of underwriting opportunities for outside investors, and allowing them to invest as little as $5,000 into any individual project.
I learned, for example, that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein once described his company as doing "God's work" by underwriting businesses and helping them to raise money.
A banker working on underwriting several big offerings said, "I wouldn't put my mother in one of these".
And surely, if these artists represent the canon of western art, and the cultural value of their work is underwritten by museums around the world, they have to be a solid investment, right?
BUT after the "stagflation" of the 1970's, when unemployment and inflation rose simultaneously, economists and politicians began to rethink the idea that government should help find people work or underwrite their joblessness.
Mr. Majid said that the camp at Mullah Akka's compound was used by Uzbeks, Tajiks, Chechens, Pakistanis and Arabs, and that the religious school and the mullah's work were underwritten by Saudi Arabia.
Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston and another eight top brokerages said they'll more clearly separate research analysts from bankers working on underwriting deals, pay $900 million in relief for investors, $450 million to fund independent research and $85 million for investor education.
