Sentences with phrase «u.s. contracts each year»

Indian software services firms draw tens of billions of dollars in revenue from U.S. contracts each year, and that's partly reliant exporting computer science talent on H - 1B visas.

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A 2015 report from Deloitte found that 34 percent of U.S. workers are contract employees, and 51 percent of the 3,300 business leaders surveyed said their need for contingent workers will only grow in the next three - to - five years.

MLB.TV, for example, costs $ 24.99 (U.S.) a month in the United States, or $ 20 a month on a year - long contract, and that's just baseball.

T - Mobile became the first major U.S. carrier to eliminate two - year contracts, a shift quickly embraced by consumers and copied by competitors.

The U.S. government is the largest supplier to small businesses in the U.S., doling out hundreds of billions of dollars worth of contracts each year.

I think that as the war for talent intensifies here in the U.S. in the coming years due to demographics and market forces, you might need to rely on employment contracts to help attract and retain top talent.

These tend to be priced in U.S. dollars, which will limit your currency exposure over contracts that may last many years.

The U.S. government awarded 22.25 percent of its contracts to small businesses in the 2012 fiscal year, which ended in September, according to a scorecard released by the U.S. Small Business Administration today.

Those problems along with long - term care contracts, which resulted in a $ 6 billion charge on its insurance businesses last year, drew criticism from billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett in an interview on CNBC on Monday.

Jack Lew was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury last year and, the Journal item noted, «The terms of Mr. Lew's original employment contract with Citigroup included a bonus guarantee if he left the bank for a high level position with the United States government or regulatory body.»

Booz Allen (bah), which earns billions of dollars a year contracting with U.S. intelligence agencies, has come under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks after authorities took Harold Thomas Martin into custody.

The weekly chart indicates that there is a strong correlation between the U.S. dollar and futures contracts for the 30 - year Treasury note.

Ahmed Khattak, founder of GSM Nation When Khattak arrived in the U.S. as a college student, he was frustrated that he couldn't call home without signing a two - year mobile - phone contract.

Price: Available in the U.S. via AT&T starting at $ 199 (with a two - year service contract) or $ 599 (no contract), or from T - Mobile starting at $ 249 with a two - year contract or $ 699 (no contract).

In the U.S. market, the vast majority of smartphones are at a price heavily subsidized by wireless carriers, along with a two - year service contract — which further obscures the effect of licensing fees on phone prices.

Its contract with the U.S. - based wing of DaimlerChrysler doesn't expire until September 2008, a year later than its U.S. counterpart, the United Auto Workers.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

TAMPA — A local consulting firm has been awarded the largest contract U.S. Special Operations Command has granted to a woman - owned business.The company, Wittenberg Weiner Consulting LLC, received a five - year, $ 200 million contract to provide manageme...

The opinion, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, strikes down a legislative provision, first enacted in 1986 and renewed numerous times since, which sets a goal that 5 percent of federal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged companies.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced earlier this year that women - owned businesses secured 5 percent of federal contracts in fiscal year 2015, representing $ 17.8 billion worth of federal work.

Farther out on the curve, futures on the 10 - year U.S. Treasury note, the most actively traded contract in the Treasury complex, rose 7 % to 375.3 million, and options on the 10 - year Treasury note futures jumped 30.5 % to 128.5 million.

China's imports continued to contract last month, with a year - on - year decrease of 2.4 percent, to 158.6 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs said in a statement.

Meanwhile, T - Mobile U.S., led by CEO John Legere, has lately rebounded from years of market losses, all thanks to its cut - price deals, advertising and wireless plans including the Uncarrier plans that offer more flexibility in contracts.

Pattern Energy Group has 2,644 MW of wind projects in the U.S., Canada, and Chile that have an average 14 year contract life remaining.

However, should slowing global economic growth or recession result in a long - term reduction (three to five years) in energy prices, then U.S. Silica and its peers will face the prospect of their current lucrative contracts expiring and themselves sitting atop literal mountains of frac sand, while demand may have fallen off a cliff.

On Monday, the Department of Defense announced in its daily digest of defense contracts that Lockheed Martin had been awarded a one - year, $ 1.4 billion logistics contract to service F - 35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets that have been sold to the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy, as well as to foreign buyers.

Nearly two years after the U.S. CFTC first granted bitcoin startup LedgerX temporary registration as a swap execution facility, the regulator on Monday approved the company's landmark application to clear and settle fully - collateralized derivative contracts for digital currencies.

I grew up on an organic grain farm in Saskatchewan and worked for 5 years as a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)- contract organic inspector.

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today that they will open a UFood Grill restaurant in FAA headquarters, located in the Department of Transportation Building in Washington, D.C. with Sodexo, Inc., who recently announced they were awarded a 7 - year contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to operate food services at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Imported Wine Posts Another Decline In The U.S., But High End Shows Promise For the sixth time in seven years table wine imports contracted, but the U.S. remains a key destination for most wine exporters, especially given the country's recent emergence as the number - one wine - consuming nation in the world...

By participating at this blockbuster event in San Francisco this summer, you will walk away with the knowledge, connections and relationships needed to prosper in the competitive U.S. bulk wine marketplace, private label business and contract bottling for years to come.

Hope Solo says her one - year suspension and termination of contract by U.S. soccer stems more from he...

«There seemsto be a real foundation now for soccer [in the U.S.],» says Fuller, whoengineered the midfielder's guaranteed five - year, $ 32.5 million contract (plusprofit - sharing and mega incentives) with the Galaxy.

Today, conditions seem more fertile.Unlike the NASL, the 12th - year, 13 - club MLS has seven teams (and counting) playing in soccer - specific stadiums; four new national TV contracts; a countrywith 42 million Hispanics, many of them soccer lovers; a base of competitivehomegrown players feeding a U.S. team that has reached five straight WorldCups; and a single - entity business model that prevents teams from spendingthemselves into bankruptcy by bidding against each other for free agents.

When the San Jose Earthquakes signed Gilbert Fuentes to a multi-year Homegrown player contract in January, they were proud to announce that, at 15 years of age, the U.S. youth international was the youngest signing in club history.

Given questions about how long the vaccine is effective for, she questioned the efficacy of giving shots to girls as young as 11 years old in parts of the world (such as the U.S.) where women regularly undergo safety Pap screening repeatedly over their lifetimes, saying that the chances of their contracting cervical cancer may be less than the «small» risks associated with the vaccine.

And last week, Trump himself plucked the one thorn from the governor's side: Preet Bharara, the hot - dogging U.S. Attorney who indicted a score of the Cuomo's top aides and donors last year in alleged bid - rigging and bribery schemes involving state contracts and services.

The decision to award LPCiminelli the contract came under scrutiny from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara after Investigative Post reported that the original Request for Proposals issued in 2014 included a requirement that developers have at least 50 years» experience in the Buffalo area.

The Times, which frequently breaks news regarding the activities of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office, reported that federal prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury related to Skelos and his 32 - year - old son, Adam, centering on a contract awarded to AbTech Industries by Nassau County.

It's the rare city fire chief or U.S. attorney, for example, who has a contract ensuring years» of continued salary when forced out after the votes are counted.

Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, was reportedly being investigated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office for his alleged role in securing a Nassau County storm - cleanup contract for AbTech Industries, an Arizona - based company that employed Skelos» 32 - year - old son, Adam, as a consultant.

Some 7,000 people worldwide contract HIV every day, and in the U.S. about 66,000 new cases are reported every year.

That 2 - year maximum contract term is a result of U.S. labor law.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. hospital patients contract an estimated 722,000 infections each year.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza.

«I reject the concept that grey literature is unpublished,» says Deni Seymour, who worked in U.S. contract archaeology for more than 25 years and for a decade co-ran the Lone Mountain Archaeological Services in Albuquerque, N.M. Grey literature, she says, «is no less available than many obscure journals and master's theses.»

Survival rates vary, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 41 percent of organ transplant recipients who contract aspergillosis die within a year.

There are periodic evaluations, but a poor result means losing only a fraction of your funding, says Schuman, who previously held one of the plum positions in U.S. science: as an investigator funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute on a 5 - year contract.

Also, unlike its predecessor, which debuted in June 2007 retailing at $ 599, the new iPhone will cost a more reasonable $ 199 for the eight - gigabyte model and $ 299 for the 16 - gigabyte model, if your sign a two - year contract with network provider AT&T (the only phone company licensed to support the iPhone in the U.S.).