This week's episode of the drama, which stars Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti as warring power players in the world of New
York high finance, will be followed by the season two premiere of I'm Dying Up Here, airing Sunday, May 6 at 10 p.m. ET.
It's not every television series that concludes its first season with references to a minor - key classic Francis Ford Coppola film, Randian economics, and the punk band Titus Andronicus, but Showtime's Billions is a breed apart — a complex drama about ego and obsession filtered through the world of New
York high finance.
Emmy ® and Golden Globe ® winners Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star in a complex drama about power politics in the world of New
York high finance.
Not exact matches
«The IRS will always start out from the premise that your company is worth the
highest possible number,» explains John J. Ferro, senior director of the corporate
finance group at Arthur Andersen in New
York City.
«The
higher rates mean that businesses will also need to pay more for
financing their investments,» said Jason Benowitz of Roosevelt Investment Group in New
York.
Previously, Mr. Satchu spent 12 years in New
York City where he was a General Partner at Fenway Partners, a US$ 1.4 billion private equity firm focused on acquiring leading middle market companies typically from families or large corporations and a Financial Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the
High Yield
Finance and Restructuring Group.
Mr. Li holds a Master of Science in Mathematics in
Finance from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New
York University and an Honors BSc in Applied Mathematics with
high distinction from the University of Toronto.
Such bonds are known as triple tax exempt, and they're a big deal for municipal
finance and
high tax places like New
York and California.
Goodway comes to the
High Peaks from the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, New
York, where he began in 2008 as director of
finance and was elevated to general manager in 2010.
The New
York City Campaign
Finance Board has a long history of denying government matching funds to candidates with questionable fundraising operations, and Democratic mayoral hopeful / NYC Comptroller John Liu could become the
highest - profile target.
The report, «By the People: The New
York City Campaign
Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained
high; more than two - thirds of all New
York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.
A DNAinfo New
York analysis of Campaign
Finance Board records shows that nearly two dozen people who hosted fundraisers for de Blasio during the 2013 election cycle ended up with lucrative jobs in his administration or
high - level appointments to city boards.
Congressman Jerry Nadler said, «I am thrilled that today we are announcing that Amazon will expand its presence in New
York City and add 2,000 new permanent
high - paying jobs in
finance, sales, marketing and information technology on Manhattan's west side, New
York City's newest neighborhood for business, culture and residential.
A few New
York state lawmakers from the Hudson Valley rank
high on a list of state legislators» personal
finances.
One of Wendy's opponents has recently admitted that he won't take tax hikes off the table, and the other serves as comptroller of New
York's Nassau County, which has some of the
highest taxes in the nation and whose
finances are in such bad shape that the state mandated the creation of a Financial Control Board to oversee it.
In a victory for reformers, campaign
finance reform is
high on the list, along with other progressive initiatives such as raising the minimum wage and changing New
York City's «stop and frisk» policy.
Pending her confirmation by the New
York State Senate, Ms. Crossdale will serve as Acting Director, where she will lead NYSOFAs efforts to improve access to cost - effective non-medical support services for older individuals to maximize their ability to age in their community and avoid
higher levels of publicly -
financed care.
In an e-mail sent out to supporters, Lebarty, a West African immigrant who went to Far Rockaway
High School and currently works as the executive director for the University Student Senate for the City University of New
York, said his campaign
finances had prevented him from continuing in the race.
The Education Trust - New
York crunched numbers showing low - income students would still have to rely heavily on student loans to
finance higher education costs beyond tuition at New
York's public colleges and universities.
«I look forward to serving the people of New
York, and to working with Commissioner / CEO Towns and his staff to advance the work of all the agencies - creating, preserving and
financing safe and
high - quality affordable housing for the people of New
York.»
Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too
high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign
finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New
York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said Wednesday they are no longer pursuing a broad overhaul of New
York state's campaign -
finance laws, which allow some of the
highest donations to politicians in the nation.
He says his group is also against some measures that could be more likely to pass, including public campaign
financing, and a
higher minimum wage in some cities in New
York.
In talks brokered by New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cuomo promised, in exchange for the WFP's support, to back progressive policy priorities, including a
higher minimum wage, the DREAM Act, decriminalization of marijuana, and the public
financing of elections.
«New
York's lax campaign
finance laws make it possible for
high rollers, like the gambling industry, to dictate public policy.
Jeff supports
high quality telecommunications services throughout New
York, a
higher minimum wage and real, meaningful campaign
finance reform.
Acting Commissioner of the New
York State Department of Transportation Stanley Gee said: «I am proud to represent the Department of Transportation which is a permanent member of the new
High Speed Rail Planning Board through which I am confident that we will be able to find ways to finance, design, build, operate and maintain a high speed passenger rail system that meets the needs of New York State now and in the fut
High Speed Rail Planning Board through which I am confident that we will be able to find ways to
finance, design, build, operate and maintain a
high speed passenger rail system that meets the needs of New York State now and in the fut
high speed passenger rail system that meets the needs of New
York State now and in the future.
Teachout believes she can connect workers, small businesses, and small farmers (who have experienced a collapse in this part of New
York) to build a coalition that fights for more decentralized power by reviving antitrust policy, restricting
high - risk trading by deposit - taking banks, and enacting public
financing of elections.
The memo also lays out in detail the horsetrading that typically occurs around budget time, as in the area of
higher education
financing, where Mr. Cuomo has sought broad changes in how public universities procure supplies and services and wants to allow the City University of New
York to raise tuition.
The Green Party's Howie Hawkins spent the night reaching out to New
York's liberals, calling for full employment programs,
higher wages, public campaign
financing, proportional representation in the State Legislature and a ban on fracking ban.
The New
York City Campaign
Finance Board has a long history of denying government matching funds to candidates with questionable fundraising operations, and Democratic mayoral hopeful John Liu could become the
highest - profile target.
Westchester County, the New
York suburb where household income is 53 percent above the U.S. average, wants to use its top credit rating to sell taxable bonds to
finance pension contributions and avoid increasing the
highest taxes in the country... It faces a $ 54 million payment to the state retirement plan in 2011, $ 78 million in 2012 and $ 163 million in 2015, said County Executive Robert Astorino, who's working to close a $ 166 million budget gap next year.
The state -
financed «mobile tour» required acquiring a tractor trailer that traveled around the metro region «promoting the excitement of the Super Bowl experience» at 24 towns, parking at community events in New
York and at
high school and college football games.
The report highlights the
financing of Yankee Stadium as a case study in the
high - stakes influence - peddling permitted by New
York's current campaign
finance regime.
State Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse and chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, advocated for the
higher amount for Upstate New
York to share in the activity that happens mostly in New
York City.
While the
highest end may be considered New
York or Chicago,
finance happens all over — including small communities.
Amazon is already doing business with all three entities — it's about to unveil «Wonderstruck» (Killer) and «The Only Living Boy in New
York» (Bona Fide) at Cannes — and the news is yet another sign that the company will continue to
finance high - quality independent filmmaking from some of the most revered American directors out there.
If, like me, your eyes glaze over at the very mention of
high finance (there's a reason some of us are theatre critics), the New
York run sold a sufficient sizzle that one barely had time to consider just how dry Burgess's writing indeed is.
One of the most widely watched and hard - fought school -
finance suits was resolved this summer when New
York State's
highest court upheld the state's system of paying for public education.
The study, which was
financed in part by the College Board, the New
York City - based nonprofit that sponsors the AP program, followed students who graduated from
high school from 1998 to 2002 and enrolled at any public college or university in Texas.
Resources Developed by States and Selected Cities to Support
Financing Preschool Programs identifies the tools, reports, and guidance developed by 32 states and 4 cities (Denver, San Antonio, Seattle, and New York City) to support financing of high quality preschool programs in local communities and d
Financing Preschool Programs identifies the tools, reports, and guidance developed by 32 states and 4 cities (Denver, San Antonio, Seattle, and New
York City) to support
financing of high quality preschool programs in local communities and d
financing of
high quality preschool programs in local communities and districts.
And a study of a privately -
financed voucher program in New
York City found that black students, especially, enrolled in college in
higher numbers when they attended a small, private
high school.
Honoree Dan Loeb, along with some of New
York's most
high - profile names in
finance and politics, raised over $ 7 million at the first Success Academy Charter Schools Gala.
Teachers College, Columbia University, New
York, NY $ 150,000 over one year for operational support of the Campaign for Educational Equity to research and analyze policy strategies for developing sustainable
financing for
high - quality, universal preschool in New
York State across diverse program settings.
May 7, 2016 • A lawsuit over the way public schools are
financed in the state became so dramatic that it inspired some New
York City
high school students to write a play about it.
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This means many borrowers in
high - cost areas such as California, Boston, New
York and Washington will not be able to
finance big loans.
The first seven years of retirement are when the risks are particularly
high, says Moshe Milevsky, professor of
finance at
York University's Schulich School of Business in Toronto.
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In his first New
York solo exhibition, Zevs (pronounced «Zeus») interweaves unconventional street art methods with a pointed critique on
high finance to create dynamic works on canvas and sculpture.