Sentences with phrase «states dollars worth»

Nigeria's trade volume with the United States stood at six point zero - seven billion United States Dollars according to 2016 statistics and comprised four point one - seven - six billion united States dollars worth of Nigerian exports to the US and one point eight - nine - four billion United States Dollars US exports to Nigeria.

Not exact matches

The fires have put property worth billions of dollars at risk in California, where wildfires in the northern part of the state in October resulted in insured losses of more than $ 9 billion.

On the other hand, Glickman found out that the state of California had put its billion dollars» worth of business up for bid.

Additionally, Echelon has approximately $ 255 million in federal NOLs and $ 127 million in state NOLs, worth tens of millions of dollars if it can utilize them.

The U.S. dollar is worth, well, a dollar because... well, because the United States government says it is.5 And because currency traders have established it as such, relative to other currencies.

Phil focuses on asset - based lending and specialty finance, having executed several billion dollars worth of transactions in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

On May 2, 2014, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York gave preliminary approval to a settlement of $ 280 million to resolve claims against JPMC that it misled investors in billions of dollars» worth of mortgage backed securities.

Under a 2015 agreement between the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and The Advisory Board Co., the state gave a tax credit worth millions of dollars in exchange for 55 jobs.

As Lemoux states, «Between 1950 and 1975 the U.S. trained 71,651 Latin American military personnel, including eight of the region's current dictators, and in addition supplied 2.5 billion dollars worth of armaments» (Cry, p. 56).

Under the California provisions, for example, the state supreme court invalidated a program providing fourteen dollars» worth of purely secular books for the use of children enrolled in religious schools.

According to England Santa Claus has broken almost every rule in the book and violated numerous food, drug, facility registration and import laws, regulations and standards over the years as he has illegally imported millions of dollars worth of merchandise to children in the United States, albeit as gifts.

Although programs have proliferated to address the needs of fathers and families, there is also a need to evaluate their effectiveness in helping fathers become better parents and better partners.8 Federal and state policy makers have placed increasing demands on programs to evaluate the effects these programs have on fathers and families and whether they are worth investing public dollars.9

The DN has also reported several times now on the millions of dollars worth of Empire Zone tax breaks Paladino received, and the relatively few new jobs that resulted from that investment by the state.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has threatened to reject future requests for lucrative stipend payments — AKA lulus — worth tens of thousands of dollars from the Republican - led state Senate as a result of its continued use of false committee titles to draw down payments for senators who are part of its ruling coaliState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has threatened to reject future requests for lucrative stipend payments — AKA lulus — worth tens of thousands of dollars from the Republican - led state Senate as a result of its continued use of false committee titles to draw down payments for senators who are part of its ruling coalistate Senate as a result of its continued use of false committee titles to draw down payments for senators who are part of its ruling coalition.

So firm was Lopez's hold on his Democrat - dominated borough that elected officials and would - be elected officials alike would routinely make the pilgrimage to the taxpayer - funded Ridgewood - Bushwick Senior Center picnic he threw every year, and those with the power to do so approved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of NYC and state member items that the assemblyman used to build his senior services empire.

The Post, which has been leading the charge against Lopez, reported last week that Gov. David Paterson put a freeze on millions of dollars worth of state contracts with the Council pending the outcome of the multiple investigations.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli noted today that the state's general fund has run a negative balance every day so far this month, which raises questions about whether there will be sufficient funds on hand to pay billions of dollars worth of bills that will come due before June isState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli noted today that the state's general fund has run a negative balance every day so far this month, which raises questions about whether there will be sufficient funds on hand to pay billions of dollars worth of bills that will come due before June isstate's general fund has run a negative balance every day so far this month, which raises questions about whether there will be sufficient funds on hand to pay billions of dollars worth of bills that will come due before June is out.

A year before the indictment of top Cumo aides and important Upstate business leaders, leading transparency and fiscal watchdog groups warned that the state's use of a mixture of non-profit groups like Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, SUNY Polytechnic and SUNY Research Foundation to award business subsidy contracts «[b] lurred responsibility and reduced the accountability for decisions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.»

Nassau district attorney investigators arrested Gerard Terry, a former North Hempstead Town Democratic Party leader, on April 12, 2016, who, public records show, amassed nearly $ 1.4 million in state and federal tax debts while receiving government jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

When my convention starts, if people I don't agree with are organized and motivated, many state delegations could be packed with people who want to alter so «ONLY Corporations And Fetuses are People,» «Private gun ownership of any type of Firearm is an Inalienable Right» and «Citizens must Show a Positive Net Worth of at least 500,000 US Dollars in order to be allowed to vote.»

City Hall news has the following scoop in the ongoing Manhattan DA's case against GOP operative John Haggerty, who was indicted on charges of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cash Mayor Bloomberg contributed to the state Independence Party:

But it's going to be difficult to make a dent in the flood of TV ads — both positive and negative — that the Cuomo campaign and the state Democratic Party have been running, since they are both flush with many more millions of dollars worth of campaign cash than Astorino has managed to raise.

Six Degrees: In 2005, New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi blocked Joe Pontoriero and Worth Construction from receiving a 46 million dollar contract initially approved by the New York State Thruway Authority.

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, perpetual thorn in Albany's side, formally announced the charges, which stem from two corruption schemes between state officials and private companies that had millions of dollars worth of business before New York state, including those awarded contracts under the «Buffalo Billion» program — one of the governor's key initiatives meant to draw businesses to upstate New York to revive the flagging economy.

4) For the many prominent politicians in both parties, from several states, who've taken campaign contributions from Joseph Pontoriero, Worth Construction, or any permutation thereof, one used 6000 dollar suit.

Competitive Power Ventures wanted Mr. Percoco's help obtaining a state contract worth approximately $ 100 million to finance its power plant in the Hudson Valley, as well as millions of dollars in energy credits for a power plant it was building in New Jersey.

By prohibiting government from restricting people and corporations from creating unlimited independent expenditure campaigns capable of funneling billions of dollars into election cycles, this decision undid a century's worth of state and federal campaign finance reform.

While Kaloyeros has denied any wrongdoing as he seeks to clear his name at trial next year, school officials have sought a substantial bailout from the state worth tens of millions of dollars to shore up various academic, research and construction programs there.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

«It's worth millions of dollars a year to candidates around the state,» said political mail designer Gerry O'Brien, a former Republican who changed his registration after Trump secured the party's nomination.

ALBANY — The annual tradition in the State Legislature of proposing «sweeteners» to state pensions for workers and retirees represented by politically powerful unions has produced 120 bills so far worth hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits, according to the independent Citizens Budget CommisState Legislature of proposing «sweeteners» to state pensions for workers and retirees represented by politically powerful unions has produced 120 bills so far worth hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits, according to the independent Citizens Budget Commisstate pensions for workers and retirees represented by politically powerful unions has produced 120 bills so far worth hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits, according to the independent Citizens Budget Commission.

The deal, long in the making after Entergy signaled it would shutter the FitzPatrick plant in 2017, comes after state regulators put the final approval on new subsidies for renewable fuels, including nuclear power, potentially worth millions of dollars.

The New York state comptroller's office is overseeing $ 15 billion dollars worth of unclaimed funds.

Cuomo seemed to be of two minds about Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing both state and federal charges alleging that he engaged in bid rigging on contracts worth millions of dollars of taxpayer money and has been suspended without pay from his post as president of SUNY Poly.

A state - owned oil company which can award contracts worth billions of dollars without the knowledge of the minister of state for petroleum who is also chair of its board, and which can administer a petrol subsidy scheme that is not budgeted for is probably not an epitome of anti-corruption!

«It would keep roughly one point two billion dollars in New York that we lose to neighboring states... Proposal one is on the backside of the ballot so you will need to pay attention to find it, but it's worth.»

Krueger recalled that the ill - fated Empire Zones program, which was created by former Gov. George Pataki in 1999 (it actually morphed out of the New York State Economic Development Zones) ended up being an ill - conceived boondoggle that gave away millions of dollars worth of publicly - funded incentives and tax breaks to businesses that pledged to create jobs and then often didn't make good on those promises.

The plan, if approved by the Legislature and fully implemented, would mean two billion dollars worth of tax cuts for homeowners, renters and businesses in the state.

A fight over the ice rink at Buffalo's Canalside involves state officials, the project's designer and a local construction company, and has escalated to lawsuits and accusations that political donations influenced the award of a state contract worth millions of dollars.

The state Democratic Party that Cuomo controls is funding a statewide TV, radio and digital ad campaign worth hundreds of thousands of dollars touting the governor's «middle - class recovery act» budget.

Rex Tillerson, Trump's nominee for secretary of state, has assets worth as much as half a billion dollars spread across a wide variety of investments, which underscores the challenges facing the former Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive as he works to quell concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Referred to as «Uncle Leland» by his co-conspirators, the San Francisco Democrat allegedly offered to smuggle millions of dollars worth of automatic weapons into the United States from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines in exchange for campaign contributions, according to the FBI affidavit.

After the latest controversy, Cuomo's aides ordered the state Lottery Division to withhold slot machine payments earned at Aqueduct race track, worth about $ 3 million dollars a month, starving the financially shaky NYRA from a vital source of revenue.

At least 10 ex-lawmakers who've been convicted of criminal charges are still receiving taxpayer - funded pensions worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, a Daily News review of state pension records found.

«The report was unequivocal in stating that an astonishing five billion dollars or N1.45 tn worth of different goods are smuggled into Nigeria annually through Benin Republic alone.

He told YNN's Casey Bortnick he was surprised to hear the governor call for $ 25 billion worth of new spending, even though that's intended to be a mix of state, federal and private dollars, saying he's unsure New York is in a position to spend that kind of money.

Over a decade ago, New York State and local governments used more than a billion dollars» worth of tax breaks and other incentives to lure GlobalFoundries to Saratoga County.

The case involved two separate, but overlapping schemes involving bribery, influence peddling, and bid rigging of hundreds of millions of dollars» worth of state contracts.

The Cuomo administration has steered state contracts and grants worth millions of dollars to COR.

Already this year, the feud between the men has affected the fate of millions of dollars» worth of real estate development, taxes and mass transit financing in the State Legislature.