Sentences with phrase «backed by millions»

This wallet is widely used, backed by millions in venture capital and is designed to be simple and reliable.

They are backed by millions of dollars from investors and they put together the most current and most fresh online drivers ed program in the country and they aren't stopping.

When Andersen Consulting recently changed its name to «Accenture», the new name and logo was backed by millions of dollars of print and television advertising, in addition to numerous sponsorships.

The Sanders candidates are opposed by attorney Nick Melvoin and teacher Kelly Gonez, who support charter schools and whose candidacies have been backed by millions of dollars from groups funded by (among others) Walmart heir Alice Walton, Netflix founder Reed Hastings and real estate magnate Eli Broad.

Backed by millions of euros from the European Union and designed by a group of higher education research centers, a new system to grade the world's universities is being billed as less simplistic and more reliable than existing university rankings.

The city already offers hundreds of different services backed by millions of taxpayer dollars to support women and their businesses.

The currency is backed by millions of people...

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A previous report by the IG released back in 2010 cited cases of fraud totaling $ 724 million.

A health insurance company launched by entrepreneurs - turned - financiers Josh Kushner and Mario Schlosser and backed by $ 40 million in venture capital.

A defined benefit exchange backed by $ 35 million in venture funding, Liazon offers products that cater to small employers who give workers a fixed amount of money each year toward health coverage.

By 2009, the NEB pegged the break - even price for new oilsands projects at a U.S. $ 55 - 70 / bbl WTI price, and the expected quantity had been scaled back largely due to the financial crisis, to less than 3 million barrels per day by 201By 2009, the NEB pegged the break - even price for new oilsands projects at a U.S. $ 55 - 70 / bbl WTI price, and the expected quantity had been scaled back largely due to the financial crisis, to less than 3 million barrels per day by 201by 2015.

Launched in 2013, Cohesity has already raised $ 70 million in just two rounds, with a $ 350 million valuation, backed by A-list venture - capital firms Sequoia, Qualcomm Ventures, and others, according to PitchBook.

• Enable Midstream Partners agreed to acquire Align Midstream, which is backed by Tailwater Capital, for about $ 300 million.

EU regulators are expected to order Amazon on Wednesday to pay Luxembourg millions of euros in back taxes, a person familiar with the matter said, the latest global company to be hit by an EU crackdown on unfair tax deals.

Manbang, which is backed by Tencent and Jack Ma's private equity firm, hopes to raise between $ 500 million and $ 1 billion in capital to help it expand in China's growing logistics market.

Cambridge Analytica was created around 2013 initially with a focus on U.S. elections, with $ 15 million in backing from billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer and a name chosen by future Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, the New York Times reported.

A new mining research centre to be jointly based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $ 50 million in funding.

But the firm still ended its 2015 fiscal year on an upswing, with revenues up by 10 %, earnings up 17 % to $ 70.2 million and the stock price back up in the $ 25 range.

(By 2008 the company settled a lawsuit and a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to pay back as much as $ 30 million to its customers over the sketchy claims.)

A new mining research centre to be co-based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $ 50 million in funding.

• The Works, a U.K. - based discount stationary chain backed by Endless, is planning an IPO that could value it at 100 million pounds ($ 142 million), Reuters reports citing sources.

• Twin Brook Capital Partners was sole lead arranger of $ 131 million of financing to back an add - on acquisition by and recapitalization of The Wicks Group - backed Gladson, a Lisle, Ill. - based digital content firm.

Combined with President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, the estimated number of jobs that could be lost could rise near one million — setting back the number of positions added during the Trump presidency by nearly half.

The company backed by KKR posted sales of $ 171.8 million with a loss of $ 287.3 million in 2016.

In an essay published in local media, Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday Thursday by arguing that the United States owes Cuba «many millions of dollars» because of the trade embargo Congress imposed on the island nation back in 1963, according to a report in L'Agence France - Presse

Dynastream was acquired by GPS giant Garmin back in 2006 for $ 36 million.

In 2017, Getaway closed a $ 15 million funding round backed by L Catterton, a firm that's invested in start - ups like Pure Barre, Snap Kitchen and Bliss.

Citi, along with HSBC, Goldman Sachs, and Nomura, initially arranged the $ 1.8 billion loan, backed by some 628 million shares of Steinhoff's now - crippled stock.

The company, backed by German company Rocket Internet, posed revenue of EUR 349 million ($ 393 million) in 2016.

While this may sound like a pipe dream, the idea became a reality thanks to $ 50 million in venture backing — in particular, the $ 40 million invested by Taiwanese entrepreneur and billionaire Samuel Yin in a Series A round in 2011, which trimmed years off production and helped the company quickly ramp up to more than 450 employees.

The bulk retailer enticed Chinese consumers to buy underwear, kitchen supplies, and a host of food items — including 245 tons of mixed nuts, about $ 4.1 million worth by Fortune's back - of - the - envelope calculations.

• Dospuntos, backed by Värde Partners, acquired Vía Célere, a Spanish development and construction company, for $ 90 million ($ 94.4 million).

Near the end of last year, Fulcrum BioEnergy closed on a $ 105 million loan guarantee through Bank of America backed by the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Production in Texas rose by 106,000 bpd to above 4 million bpd, also a record high based on the data going back to 2005.

Grail is launching with $ 100 million in Series A financing, backed by Illumina, Bill Gates, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Jeff Bezos» Bezos Expeditions.

A $ 50 million «School of the Future» backed by Microsoft Corp. opens this September in Philadelphia, and it may redesign ideas about education as thoroughly as technology has changed the workplace.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

CytoSport's innovative pipeline in recent years has been powered by Hormel Foods (hrl), which paid $ 450 million to acquire the sports - nutrition maker back in 2014 in a deal intended to help the company reach younger consumers as well as those interested in adding more protein to their diets.

• ProPetro Holding, a Midland, Texas - based oilfield services company backed by Energy Capital Partners, raised $ 350 million in an IPO by offering 25 million shares at $ 14 per share, below its expected range of $ 16 to $ 19.

There are a million writing blogs that will go on and on about how to craft amazing stories, but is any of that (potentially good) advice backed up by research?

Perth explorer Buru Energy has received a $ 20 million backing by Gordon Martin's Coogee Chemicals in its $ 40 million capital raising to fully fund its 2015 work portfolio.

Quantopian, which has members around the world building their own automated trading platforms, was first promised some $ 250 million in funding by the the venture capital arm of Cohen's family office, Point72 Ventures, back in July.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has lifted its first - half profit by 74 per cent, to $ 20.4 million, on the back of a weaker Australian dollar.

Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full - year profit by 60.7 per cent to $ 46.6 million on the back of the production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.

In October, Toyota said it would scale back investment in a planned plant in Mexico by 30 percent to $ 700 million and cut planned annual capacity in half to 100,000 vehicles as it shuffles its production plans to meet market demands.

Engineering services company RCR Tomlinson has increased profit by 3.9 per cent to $ 19 million for the six months to December, on the back of sales in the infrastructure and energy markets.

It later backed into more traditional investing by raising a $ 36 million venture fund.

Recently, it made the move into RegTech by leading the investors in backing the US - based open banking platform Token, which raised $ 15.7 million in a Series A funding round in April.

Perth IT company Empired has upgraded its revenue guidance for the financial year by $ 10 million, on the back of numerous recent contract wins totalling $ 65 million, and has more than doubled its staff since the start of the financial year.

Naracoota Resources has announced plans to exit mining and enter the tech sphere through the reverse takeover of a health informatics company backed by Perth technology entrepreneur Nathan Buzza, in a deal worth $ 12.4 million.