Sentences with word «billion»

The social networking giant said Wednesday that first quarter revenue jumped 49 % year - over-year to $ 12 billion versus an expected $ 11.4 billion and earnings per share of $ 1.69, easily beating analyst estimates of $ 1.35.
M&A: Health insurer Cigna Corp. plans to buy Express Scripts Holding Co. in a cash - and - stock deal worth $ 67 billion (includes the assumption of $ 15 billion in debt).
A report from Global Market Insights expects AI voice assistants overall to be worth US$ 11 billion by 2024.
May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp on Wednesday posted net annual income for the first time in 11 years and named a new chief executive ahead of its proposed $ 26 billion merger with bigger rival T - Mobile US Inc..
The industry was projected to generate about $ 50 billion by 2026 with the expectation that cannabis would be legalized nationwide by that time.
Currently there is $ 134 - billion worth of oilsands projects either under construction or due to break ground within three years.
From Q3 2016 to Q3 2017, total expenses dropped by 2.2 % to $ 13.1 billion.
The Alphabet - backed Silicon Valley startup, valued at $ 1.1 billion, became the first company allowed to sell genetic tests (and accompanying health - risk reports) for 10 different diseases directly to consumers without a prescription.
Facebook started in 2004 and has 2 billion.
The facts: It's true that on Jan. 17, General Motors announced it would invest $ 1 billion in U.S. factories in 2017, creating or retaining 1,500 jobs.
Ferrick's lawsuit sought at least $ 200 million on behalf of copyright holders from Spotify, a private company which says it has more than 75 million users and has been valued at $ 8 billion.
Similar data for China was not available, but the country's consumption has been growing, Last year, Chinese consumers reportedly spent 840 billion Chinese yuan (just under $ 140 billion) in retail and catering services over the week - long holiday, an increase of 11.4 percent from 2016.
Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting Apple to report earnings of $ 2.69 per share on $ 61 billion in revenue.
Of course that initial $ 2.04 per week, after inflation and other escalators, works out to $ 44 billion spent on affordable housing over the next 10 years.
The Journal report said that Comcast could pay as much as $ 3 billion for DreamWorks, and would combine that business with its existing Universal movie and TV unit as a way of taking on Disney in the animation market.
Ubisoft, a mega-player in the industry, recently put out a third quarter earnings report, which pointed to growth opportunities in the $ 30 billion PC gaming market (according to the company), so it's a promising industry.
In 2014, Berlin startups raised $ 2.2 billion from investors, reports The Guardian.
Or, at least, they're using a lot less water to make it: MillerCoors announced this week that they've reduced their water consumption by 9.2 % over the past two years, saving roughly one billion barrels of water.
The unit will merge with rival Sainsbury's, creating the largest supermarket chain in the country, with revenues of around $ 70 billion.
Apple has never spent more than the $ 3 billion it paid for headphone maker Beats in 2014.
On Monday, Trump approved duties of as much as 30 % on solar equipment made abroad, a move that threatens to handicap a $ 28 billion industry that relies on parts made abroad for 80 % of its supply.
In late February, Coke invested $ 1.25 billion dollars in Green Mountain Coffee (maker of Keurig coffee machines) for a 10 percent stake in the company.
Buzzfeed, which now has 1,300 employees around the world, was valued at about $ 1.7 billion after NBCUniversal added to its stake in the online news outlet late last year.
Last year, 65 companies in the Global 500 reported combined losses of $ 184 billion.
By the time the project is completed, it will have cost an estimated $ 200 billion.
Saudi's Attorney General said in November that the government estimated that «at least $ 100 billion has been misused through systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades» and said 208 individuals had been arrested as part of the crackdown, with seven released without charge.
Closing the education gap faced by working - age men of color, for example, would boost their aggregate annual earnings by $ 170 billion; average weekly earnings among U.S. workers would rise 3.6 percent; and total U.S. GDP would increase by 1.8 percent, according to the Council of Economic Advisers.
Specialty television services continued to capture the largest share of total revenues at $ 3.1 billion, the CRTC said in a news release.
Health insurance giant Aetna pulled in more than $ 63 billion in 2016 revenues and $ 2.9 billion in earnings despite a year that would lead to the demise of its planned $ 34 billion merger with rival Humana.
At its analyst day, the company said it was gunning for sales in the year ending January 2021 to hit as much as $ 119.8 billion, compared with this year's estimate of $ 100.6 billion.
In big box retail, Alibaba recently announced a $ 2.9 billion investment in China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience stores.
Both results badly missed Wall Street's projections of $ 1.96 billion in revenue and 71 cents in per - share earnings.
The settlement resolves claims against Facebook, officials including Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and director Peter Thiel, and bank underwriters covering a five - day period surrounding the $ 16 billion IPO, from May 17 to May 21, 2012.
DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.
Net sales declined 6 % in constant currency to $ 1.83 billion, while net profit dropped to 51 cents per share from 63 cents the prior year.
Tencent lost more than $ 51 billion in market value in two days last week on news of largest shareholder Nasper Inc's 2 percent stake reduction for $ 9.8 billion, and also management's warning of margin pressure.
Sandy Miller, IVP General Partner, weighs in on the Silicon Valley venture capital firm announcing a $ 1.5 billion dollar fund this morning.
Hangzhou: With $ 425 billion in wealth, this city doesn't quite measure up to others on the list at first glance.
The dispute stems from 2015 when Elliott took on the Samsung Group, Korea's biggest «chaebol» family conglomerate, to oppose the $ 8 billion merger of two Samsung affiliates but lost that battle.
It's an intriguing choice from a man who is worth somewhere north of $ 40 billion.
In 2001 the company purchased Centura Banks, a traditional bricks - and - mortar operation, for more than $ 2 billion and attempted to build a footprint in the southeast U.S. Centura was a lousy business to start with, and RBC was ill - equipped for the intensely competitive U.S. marketplace.
The company reported nearly $ 5 billion in revenue for 2017, according to its initial prospectus, though it still posted an operating loss of $ 461.3 million for the year.
With a promise of 50,000 jobs and a $ 5 billion prize for the winner, cities have a lot to gain from becoming the home of Amazon's second headquarters.
As writer Austin Carr put it, «If Google has built a $ 294 billion business based on your explicit searches, Foursquare's bet is that the data behind your implicit intent are just as lucrative.»
Its stock has risen nearly 5 percent over the past week following a projected $ 6.59 billion in Cyber Monday sales.
SoftBank is investing $ 3 billion in WeWork itself, and putting another $ 1.4 billion into three new WeWork subsidiaries — WeWork China, WeWork Japan, and WeWork Pacific.
That November he made a $ 26 billion bid to purchase the remaining 77 % of BNSF that Berkshire didn't already own.
Responding to Amazon's specific tax requests as a condition for building its second headquarter in any given city, Christie proposed up to $ 7 billion in tax incentives.
NEW DELHI, April 24 - U.S. sanctions on Russian military exports have put the brakes on a $ 6 billion deal with India and may derail the arms purchases of other U.S. allies around Asia, experts say.
It's safe to say that Canadians generally spend at least $ 3 billion a year on cannabis products.
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