Sentences with phrase «states dollar hit»

The United States dollar hit a seven - month high against the yen on Monday of 81.59.

Not exact matches

Since five years ago when it started, the Great Recession has hit the United States like a hurricane, erasing trillions of dollars of wealth, destroying more than 8 million jobs and eroding value from tens of thousands of homes.

COPENHAGEN, Feb 1 - Novo Nordisk operating profit fell short of expectations in the fourth quarter as it felt the effects of price pressure in the United States and it warned that a weak dollar would hit earnings this year more than expected.

He stated in a speech in Jackson, Mississippi this Thursday that capital goods orders could get hit by the strength of the dollar, and exports generally would suffer.

But Capitol Hill is also widely expected to take up an emergency «supplemental» funding bill that would send tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars to help begin to repair the Texas coast using the Federal Relief Act, which allows the federal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disasters.

LONDON (Reuters)- World stocks were set for their biggest weekly loss since the middle of March on Friday, while the dollar hovered near highs hit on its recent rally as investors awaited jobs data from the United States.

A 7.1 - magnitude earthquake hit the southern state of Puebla — causing the currency to drop to 17.761 pesos per US dollar.

They lost the Loyola Chicago Over but cashed a massive cover with Kansas State (30 % bets, 66 % dollars, +5.5 to +5) and also hit the K - State - Kentucky Under (45 % bets, 51 % dollars, 138.5 to 137).

He also referenced the fact that New York is now one of three states placed on a watch list for losing hundreds of millions of Race to the Top dollars by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan because it has «hit a roadblock» on significant policy provisions of qualifying for the aid, including establishment of the peformance evaluation system and creation of a database to track student records across school districts.

He even hit the Cuomo for not honoring Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to reimburse the city billions in education dollars the State Court of Appeals determined Albany owed in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision, and for favoring the proliferation of charter schools.

In particular, he hit the governor over his failure to deliver the billions of dollars that the state's highest court determined Albany owed New York City schools in the 2003 Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State state's highest court determined Albany owed New York City schools in the 2003 Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State State case.

But the city will take severe hits to education and social services, including a multimillion - dollar cut in state rental assistance to low - income families, which could jeopardize housing for thousands of families.

The letter hits the state for not meeting a court order to provide needy schools that were traditionally underfunded billions of dollars more in aid, an obligation Cuomo has repeatedly argued has been met.

FLUSHING — The director of a pre-school program for children with special needs was hit with a two - year prison sentence Thursday for scamming the city and state out of millions of dollars by overcharging them, then spending the cash on a lavish lifestyle.

I don't recall the mayor saying I was Cuomo's guy when my front - page exclusive hit in January that the governor's proposed state budget sought to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in CUNY and other costs on to the city.

Governor Cuomo, who has warned that repealing the Affordable Care Act could result in a «devastating» $ 3.7 billion dollar hit to the state budget, says a block grant might not necessarily be a bad thing.

A business owned by a Democratic House candidate who frequently touts his private sector experience was hit with a tax warrant in 2008 for a failure to pay more than a hundred thousand dollars in New York state taxes.

Billions of dollars in public and private capital for energy investment are up for grabs as developed countries like the United States and emerging economies like India get down to brass tacks on how they will hit their greenhouse gas emissions pledges and move their energy systems away from fossil fuels.

Somewhere between «Look Ma, No Hands» and the 2008 hit «Handlebars» by the rock band Flobots (lyrics: «I can ride my bike with no handlebars, No handlebars, No handlebars»), stands education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas who, as we predicted yesterday, announced today that there is absolutely no problem because he can be both superintendent of schools in Bridgeport ($ 229,000 a year plus benefits) and take on a $ 1 million dollar contract to «repair low - performing schools in his home state of Illinois» without breaking a sweat.

At an Assembly Education Committee hearing last week, for example, a bill Walker backs that would allow parents of special education students to use state tax dollars to pay for private school tuition hit significant roadblocks.

Sales of electronic books are expected to hit nearly one billion dollars in the United States this year and to triple by 2015, according to a new report by Forrester Research Inc..

Also included with the loan mods are programs for the unemployed and underemployed, initiatives to streamline short sales, and billions of dollars for states that are «hardest hit.»

In the opening minutes of Frieze London's VIP preview this morning, dealers from more than 160 of the world's top galleries stood by their booths, hoping to sell hundreds of millions of dollars of art despite some reasons for concern: the country's pending amputation from the European Union, the market disorder caused by a panicking British banking sector, and a disorderly presidential election in the United States hitting its peak.

Once the effects of Harvey have been added up, Texas and Louisiana will have been hit by more billion - plus dollar flooding events since 1980 than any other states.

Climate Change Will Cost U.S. States Billions of Dollars Global Fisheries Hit by Climate Change and Overfishing Brits Break Silence on Population - Climate Change Links

The thought is that hitting the state in its billion - dollar tourism industry might actually get legislators to sit up and take notice.

TL; DR: Texas Republican state legislators gave up millions of dollars just to take a hit at Planned Parenthood.

Despite being hit by a deluge of disasters - floods, mud slides, earthquakes, forest fires - California still is viewed as a desirable place to live, and home buyers are willing to pay top dollar to live in the state.