Sentences with phrase «by billionaire david»

The Ed Miliband camp is keen to point out that it has fewer resources than David's well - funded campaign, backed in part by the billionaire David Sainsbury.

She claimed that their doubts are driven by corporate interests, symbolized by billionaires David and Charles Koch.

Not exact matches

The deal was backed by an affiliate of billionaires Charles and David Koch.

The cuts at the unit of Wichita, Kansas - based Koch Industries Inc, the industrial conglomerate owned by billionaires Charles and David Koch, affected...

The fund will work with the public sector portion of Koch Industries, run by billionaire and Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch, to help navigate public policy and regulatory law.

Koch Industries is one of the largest privately owned companies in the U.S., and it is controlled by billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch.

Speaking on Saturday night at a private donor retreat here hosted by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn opposed the idea.

Meredith's deal for Time Inc. was made possible by a $ 650 million infusion from Koch Equity Development, the private equity arm of the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch.

Field organizing has been a top priority this year of Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch and other wealthy donors.

The fireworks seen at Mar - a-Lago on New Year's Eve were paid for by billionaire industrialist David Koch, according to the Palm Beach Daily...

As Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin battled last month to keep his job, his fate hinged in part on a once - obscure advocacy group backed by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch.

The first - term Alaska Democrat, who faces a challenging re-election this November, has been targeted in two TV commercials put up by Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group backed by the deep pockets of the billionaire industrialist brothers, David and Charles Koch.

The city's unions are joining forces to raise millions for Bill de Blasio, with the intent of counterbalancing a fund - raising effort for Joe Lhota spearheaded by conservative - activist billionaire David Koch.

When Letterman brought up the issue of the billionaire mayor's worth, noting he's No. 10 on the Forbes list (surpassed as NYC's richest resident by Tea Party - funder David Koch this year), he said the topic must be «embarrassing».

At 6 p.m., activists protest political campaign contributions by the billionaire owners of conglomerate Koch Industries Inc. during a «block party» demonstration near the Manhattan apartment of David Koch; 740 Park Ave., Manhattan.

Americans for Prosperity, the advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, is emerging as the most powerful ally of the Republican Party ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, bombarding Senate Democrats with early air attacks that could help the GOP retake the Senate.

One of the major players on the right is Americans for Prosperity, a group co-founded by conservative billionaire David Koch.

It also has been attacked fervently via state campaigns as an energy tax by groups like Americans for Prosperity, a group co-founded by oil billionaire David Koch.

The New Hampshire branch of Americans for Prosperity, a group co-founded by oil billionaire David Koch, has weighed in with radio ads slamming Hassan for supporting the «RGGI tax.»

Other groups also oppose the border - adjusted tax, including Americans for Prosperity, a conservative organisation backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, who typically donate generously to Republican campaigns.

The Black List screenplay, written by David Scarpa, centers on the 1973 kidnapping in Italy of J. Paul Getty III — the rebellious teenage grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, who was reluctant to pay the $ 17 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers.

BEST SCREENPLAY «The Social Network», written by Aaron Sorkin based on the book «The Accidental Billionaires» by Ben Mezrich Runners - up: «The King's Speech», written by David Seidler «True Grit», written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen based on the novel by Charles Portis

It's based on Ben Mezrich «s novel «The Accidental Billionaires», screenplay by Aaron Sorkin (West Wing, A Few Good Men) and directed by one of the best directors working today, David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac).

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, is about a billionaire vigilante who picks a fight with a superpowered alien for accidentally toppling one of his skyscrapers.

Director David Robert Mitchell's follow - up to his breakout movie, the creepily elegant horror film «It Follows,» is something of a change of pace: When a young man (Garfield) befriends a mysterious neighbor at his Los Angeles apartment complex (Keough), and she disappears the next day, he sets off on a surreal search for her through a La - La Land populated, in the words of the film's publicity material, by «dog killers, aspiring actors, glitter - pop groups, nightlife personalities, «it» girls, memorabilia hoarders, masked seductresses, homeless gurus, reclusive songwriters, sex workers, wealthy socialites, topless neighbors and the shadowy billionaires floating above (and underneath) it all.»

Written by David Scarpa and based on John Pearson's book «Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J Paul Getty,» 80 - year - old director Ridley Scott's («Alien: Covenant») All the Money in the World tackles such an explosive story, the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer, «The Dinner»), grandson of oil tycoon John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer, «The Man Who Invented Christmas»), and a billionaire said to be the richest man in the world.

Also fueling this viewpoint are advocacy groups funded by David and Charles Koch, billionaire industrialists who have funded many conservative causes and political candidates.

One of those powerful advocates, nationally and in Tennessee, is the influential Americans for Prosperity, the right - wing issue group started and funded by the billionaire Charles and David Koch brothers.

David Berliner Regents» Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University «The Mismeasure of Education is a magnificent work, an elegantly written, brilliantly argued and erudite exposition on why the «what,» «how» and «why» of effective teaching can not be adequately demonstrated by sets of algorithms spawned in the ideological laboratories of scientific management at the behest of billionaire investors... This book will serve as a sword of Damocles, hanging over the head of the nation's educational tribunals and their adsentatores, ingratiators and sycophants in the business community... The Mismeasure of Education will have a profound resonance with those who are fed up with the hijacking of our nation's education system.

The trust, which is sponsored by the billionaire Carphone Warehouse founder and Conservative Party donor David Ross (pictured right), runs 33 schools across the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, educating 11,000 pupils and employing 2,200 staff.

To spend the night like an insider, get a room at the 47 - room Malibu Beach Inn, a former motel located on the so - nicknamed Billionaire's Beach, which was given its original makeover by Hollywood mogul David Geffen.

Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin bought a painting by de Kooning for $ 300 million from billionaire David Geffen in a private transaction, ranking it the most expensive artwork behind Leonardo da Vinci's «Salvator Mundi.»

Another painting sold by David Geffen in 2006, it was bought by Steven Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire.

Finally embraced by museums that long considered him a pariah for his critiques of institutional power, Hans Haacke's critical eye remains unchanged: his new exhibition at Paula Cooper includes a new work about the Met's acceptance of donations from David H. Koch, the billionaire philanthropist who's financially supported conservative political campaigns.

Billionaire money manager Steven A. Cohen just missed a chance to buy a 1950s abstract blue painting by postwar minimalist Ad Reinhardt at the David Zwirner Gallery's booth.

The billionaire has made hundreds of millions of dollars selling art, including works by Jackson Pollack, Jasper Johns and David Hockney, according to a person familiar with the collection who says he still maintains art assets valued at more than $ 2 billion.

Cohen, billionaire activist investor Daniel Loeb and money manager David Ganek were among the throngs of international collectors who stormed the fair on June 17 as VIPs got first dibs on works by modern masters and contemporary stars.

Cohen, billionaire activist investor Daniel Loeb and money manager David Ganek were among the throngs of international collectors who yesterday stormed the main art fair as VIPs got first dibs on works by modern masters and contemporary stars.

Leading New York dealers Pace, Michael Werner, David Zwirner and Skarstedt all opened spaces in the Mayfair area last year, attracted by billionaire collectors such as Roman Abramovich, Victor Pinchuk and Lily Safra, who own properties in the U.K. capital.

Welcome to the murky world of ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council), the State Policy Network (SPN), and David Koch's Americans for Prosperity (AFP)-- all of which are financially aided by the Kochs» riches along with funding from some of their fellow billionaire travelers.

So far, just weeks into his campaign Cuccinelli has received $ 10,000 from Koch Industries, the Wichita, Kan. - based energy conglomerate run by billionaire oil executives Charles and David Koch, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which tracks campaign donations.

She was criticising David Rose's article, and yet the organisation in the USA, which she is a director of, is a beneficiary of the foundation, funded by billionaires such as the Hewletts, Packards, and so on.

Tax filings obtained by the Center For Public Integrity show that the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch donated a combined $ 24 million to various conservative organizations and think tanks in 2011, through the four foundations that they run.

A Greenpeace airship today flew over the secretive Rancho Mirage polluter strategy meeting hosted by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries.

As David Axelrod told Jane Mayer of The New Yorker in her extraordinary investigative article exposing the Koch brothers, «What they don't say is that, in part, this is a grassroots citizens» movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires.»

Louisiana Senator David Vitter made headlines with conservative websites in the last few days by releasing a report called Chain of Environmental Command: How a Club of Billionaires and Their Foundations Control the Environmental Movement and Obama's EPA.

It is no surprise that AFP, funded by oil billionaire David Koch, derides sustainable technologies that would cut energy consumption (and Koch Industries» profit).

The New York Times editorial «The Brothers Koch and AB 32» takes on efforts by oil billionaires Charles and David Koch to block California's signature climate law by pouring money into Proposition 23:

This fallacy is promoted by other notable non-experts, such as oil billionaire David Koch and junk scientist Craig Idso, who produced propaganda films for the Greening Earth Society (a coal industry front group).

It's known as the Kochtopus — the extensive network of think tanks, institutes, university departments, political funding arms and «grassroots» activist groups funded by oil billionaires Charles and David Koch.