Sentences with phrase «by about a million»

Skewed largely towards tax cuts for workers and business, the package could boost gross domestic product by about 1 % and jobs by about a million, according to economists» estimates.

The Saudis could ramp up production by about a million barrels per day as they begin to burn crude to meet electricity demands during the summer months, he said.

So, in went the drip, followed by about a million tears of anticipation, nervousness, excitement and fear.

But they have lowered the x-ray dose by about a million times compared with earlier attempts, says Daniele Pelliccia, who in 2015 made some of the first x-ray ghost images.

What should be of more of an aggravation to the iPad camp is that the Kindle Fire has gained by about a million more Kindle Fires during the last quarter compared to what was projected earlier.

In this case, inspired by about a million similar images, I decided to make some Nuclear Throne wallpapers for the five «original main characters» of Nuclear Throne (I'd make the other characters if I had proper art to use for them, so maybe later).

Based on an estimated sales pace of roughly 4.5 million this year, the inventory would have to drop by about a million to achieve the six - month supply that is the hallmark of a balanced real estate market.

It ups the texture factor by about a million, and goes really well with the green of the plant.

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The convenience and far reach of the internet has given millions of people the ability to make a living by monetizing just about any skill, talent or opportunity.

About 69 million employees in the U.S. say they miss work because of health problems every year, which reduces economic output by $ 260 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Anmuth said he believed Netflix was on track toward 60 million plus subscribers in the United States and about 100 million internationally by 2020.

The region is home to about 450 public companies with a market value of more than $ 500 million by Goldman Sachs» estimates.

Based on a recent filing by Disney, the sports network has lost about 7 million subscribers in the past two years alone.

OneTok was founded in 2011 by Ben Lilienthal and Jerry Norton, two «Voice over IP» industry leaders, and have raised about $ 1.5 million in seed investment from family and friends.

According to ESI Media, the Independent website grew its online audience by more than 30 % last year and now has about 70 million monthly unique visitors.

O'Reilly, who hosted The O'Reilly Factor, was fired by Fox last week following news about Fox settling sexual - harassment cases involving him for millions of dollars.

As for the Golden Globes, Gervais pointed out that the show is watched» ¨ by 25 million people in the U.S. and maybe 300 million people worldwide» ¨ — «tweeting about it would be a drop in the ocean,» Gervais noted.»

The hearing will give lawmakers the chance to ask the Facebook CEO directly about the company's involvement in the improper harvesting of data from an estimated 87 million users by Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

The superhero reboot has been troubled by bad reviews and negative buzz, only opening to $ 25.7 million last weekend, and so far, it's only earned about $ 42 million domestically.

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

The company forecast annual synergies of about $ 175 million by the end of 2018 after incurring one - time costs of about $ 85 million.

By forfeiting more than 200 million vacation days that can not be rolled over, American workers are giving up about $ 66.4 billion in lost benefits each year.

Even allowing for uncontrolled factors such as diet, previous night sleep quality and mood, employees» overall sharpness fell by an average of 15 percent when CO2 levels reached «moderate» levels of about 945 parts per million (ppm).

World War I, which ended 99 years ago on Saturday, took the lives of about 40 million people and is considered by many to be the first total, industrial war.

A trustee of defunct Tokyo bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox sold more than 35,000 bitcoin, worth about $ 400 million at the time, to pay off creditors, according to details of the sale published by a company trustee last week.

The site was originally founded by Breitbart, a former Drudge Report editor, in 2007 and has become one of the leading conservative news and commentary outlets, with about 17 million unique visitors in December.

Still, there's an ironic punch line to the case: Because the stolen Bitcoins were sold right away, allegedly by Vinnik and long before Mt. Gox disclosed the hack, victims lost much more, in dollar value, than the hackers ever made — which, according to Chainalysis, was only about $ 20 million.

Although high - end purchasing surged again by 2010, giving the retail side an operating profit of about $ 14 million for the year ending Jan. 31, 2011 (compared with a loss of $ 15.7 million the year before), Gannicott started to reconsider whether the retail game was worth it.

Two shopping centres in Perth's north have been included in a $ 28 million solar power project being undertaken by ASX - listed Vicinity Centres, which is forecasting the creation of about 40 local jobs.

Last year they opened the first Moxie's restaurant outside Canada, followed by another one this year, and this past May they announced plans to build a # 20 million (about $ 33 million CAD) hotel in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Digital ad revenue climbed by 10 %, or about $ 7 million.

Following last week's purchase of Vancouver - based web - enabled sports eyewear maker Recon Instruments by chip - maker Intel Corp. for a reported $ 175 million, I spoke to Recon co-founder and CEO Dan Eisenhardt about the deal, what it means for both companies, and the opportunity in the wearables market.

The study, published by the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program, says that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20 % annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011.

At Thursday's auction of a 7.37 percent 2023 bond, the Reserve Bank of India was only able to sell about 430 million rupees out of the 30 billion on offer into the market, with the remainder having to be bought by primary dealers.

Now, MetaStable owns about a dozen different cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (which one of the fund's co-founders, Lucas Ryan, originally received for free in 2011), Ethereum, and Monero (of which the fund holds nearly 1 %, or about $ 6 million worth, of all outstanding coins), according to a pitch deck seen by Fortune.

By 2026, 22 million fewer Americans would have health coverage and enrollment in the Medicaid safety net program for the poor «would fall by about 16 percent and an estimated 49 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law.&raquBy 2026, 22 million fewer Americans would have health coverage and enrollment in the Medicaid safety net program for the poor «would fall by about 16 percent and an estimated 49 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law.&raquby about 16 percent and an estimated 49 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law.»

The production studio had received an offer in March from an investor group led by Maria Contreras - Sweet for $ 500 million, but the deal fell through after raising questions about the company's financials.

By one third - party estimate, consumers have sold about $ 23.2 million worth of these CryptoKitties since the platform's inception, resulting in the kitties changing hands 331,269 times since November.

• Noodle Partners, a New York firm that helps colleges decrease the cost of online higher education, raised about $ 14 million in Series A funding led by Owl Ventures.

Facebook gave the ads to the Senate Intelligence Committee, which were viewed by about 10 million U.S. users, and will testify at a public hearing on Nov. 1.

Rumours swirled this year about possible acquisitions by the Quebec - based pharmacy chain after it sold its remaining stake in Rite Aid (resulting in a gain of $ 158.3 million).

(If you do want to compare salaries by gender, Fast Company «s Kathleen Davis points out that the top - earning male CEO still out - earns the highest - paid woman — by about $ 63 million.)

Top Olympic sponsors can pay about $ 100 million over four years to the International Olympic Committee for exclusive marketing rights to the Games, and they keep a close watch for any guerilla marketing during the event by their rivals.

It was widely reported earlier this month that the reality television star was held up at gunpoint in Paris by five masked men who robbed her of about $ 10 million worth of jewelry.

• Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries, Egypt's state - owned oil company, has picked a consortium led by CI Capital as lead managers and bookrunners for an IPO that could raise about $ 150 million, Bloomberg reports.

«Idol,» which averaged more than 30 million weekly viewers at its 2006 peak and ranked No. 1 for nine consecutive years, averaged about 11 million last season (still enough by today's standards to land it in the top 20, but with fewer advertiser - favored younger viewers).

After a two - year investigation by Canada's antitrust agency, Amazon Canada has agreed to change its pricing strategy in Canada and pay a fine of Can $ 1.1 million (about US$ 840,000) for displaying misleading prices about savings.

We've grown by about 40 percent since last year's 30 Under 30 and now deliver about 5 million custom shirts per year.

The deal, slated to close in Salesforce's second quarter ending July, is expected to increase the company's 2017 revenue by about $ 100 million - $ 120 million.

IHS believes GM could add about $ 439 million in profit over the same three - year time period, while Gartner thinks auto makers will be earning up to 10 per cent of their revenue from connected services by 2020.