Sentences with phrase «by billions of dollars of»

Most people have been deceived and mislead by billions of dollars of advertising that soy protein, soy milk, soybean oil, and processed soy foods are «healthy»... when the truth is that soy has many anti-nutrients and negative factors on the body that we should be concerned about.

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Billions of dollars in unclaimed property is being held by states until owners claim it.

More than a dozen big chemical companies are building tens of billions of dollars in petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast, and Union Pacific, boasting by far the region's best routes, is destined to get most of their rail business.

Now, 14 years after inheriting her father's semi-successful company, she took in $ 10 million last year by overseeing a half - billion dollars of hotel construction and living the life she has always wanted.

Last weeks block buster $ 1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by Unilever is just another example.

There are more than 80 immune - related cancer therapies currently in clinical trials, fueled by many billions of dollars in pharmaceutical investment from the likes of Bristol - Myers Squibb bmy, Merck mrk, Pfizer pfe, and dozens of biotechs.

Now, according to this report on the Wall Street Journal, there are so many new alternative lenders, supported by the billions of dollars from venture capitalists, that they're tripping over each other for customers.

Technology mid-caps CGI Group of Montreal and Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates of Richmond, B.C., made strategic international acquisitions earlier this year that will jack up their revenues by billions of dollars.

Last year, health insurer Anthem said it would set up its own pharmacy - benefits management unit, after earlier accusing Express Scripts of overcharging by billions of dollars.

The legendary B.C. development family saw their president of nearly 10 years, David Negrin, leave the company for a new opportunity — building and managing residential projects on the billion dollars» worth of land owned by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil - Waututh First Nations.

Over the last five years, Catamaran has grown from an $ 80 million revenue business into a $ 9 billion dollar revenue generating company and he expects it to make $ 16 billion by the end of next year.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, but beat an average 11.8 billion crown forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts.

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

By virtually every measure, prohibition of cannabis with high THC commonly known as marijuana and the variant with no recreational drug potential commonly known as hemp has cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars in missed business opportunities and wasted resources spent unsuccessfully fighting the so - called war on drugs.

The use of dubious billion - dollar lawsuits to apply pressure on Alfa's partners — filed in remote regions of Russia by obscure private shareholders whose interests somehow overlapped perfectly with Alfa's — became a favorite calling card.

It's this forbidding territory that Exxon (xom), under Tillerson, has turned into one of Russia's most lucrative oil provinces, affording Russia a crucial entry into the fast - growing oil markets of Asia, generating nearly $ 5 billion in tax dollars and other revenue for the government to date, and generally being, by Moscow's lights, a good corporate citizen.

Through our program, you will be a part of the $ 250 billion dollar prestigious industry of digital marketing with the ability to earn an unlimited income by providing digital marketing solutions to businesses of all sizes and within any industry.

But what they do have is a desire to look toward the future by investing billions of dollars in robotics and complementary technologies, like artificial intelligence, in order to not rely on other nations to outfit their factories.

The twin aims of making billions of dollars by churning data for the box and producing important work for the wider world, it turned out, were not always part of the «virtuous cycle» envisaged by Doctoroff.

It started with Russia's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in March, and it has been followed by a cascading series of punches and counterpunches: U.S. sanctions on Kremlin officials, Putin's support for Ukraine separatists, more penalties against Russia, and then counter-sanctions as Russia banned the U.S., the European Union, Norway, Australia, and Canada from selling billions of dollars» worth of fruits, vegetables, fish, and meats to Russia.

Bill Gates and some of the world's other richest entrepreneurs will join with governments from both rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies.

The company has the funding to go head - to head with tech giants, and is on target to raise a billion dollars by the end of 2017, she said.

This is where 82 percent of the world's Cavandish bananas - by far the world's most popular banana variety - are grown, with Ecuador alone supplying over a third of the billion - dollar global export market.

Nevertheless, the potential money IBM and other companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon can make by selling AI is likely to be in the billions of dollars, especially if they can convince customers to store their corporate data with them.

She comes recommended by the founder of a billion - dollar e-commerce company.

Below are some of the more interesting details about the young man who just turned down billions of dollars for his startup (which, by the way, isn't generating any revenue but has raised $ 73 million from investors):

There's also the fact that social media giants make billions of dollars by selling ads that rely on the content we freely give them.

A lot of startups and innovation are focused on cheaper, whether it is on the retail side like Aldi and the upcoming entry of Lidl or Dollar Shave Club, which was acquired by Unilever for $ 1 billion.

Billions of dollars have been poured into over 1,000 new digital coins issued by startups so far this year.

In the years prior to 2008, Hollywood saw production explode, fed by billions of dollars flowing in from flush Wall Street funds.

You can get it by earning billions of dollars, or collecting academic degrees — distinguishing yourself with a master's or a PhD.

By the following March, they had spent more than half a billion dollars acquiring two more companies: San Francisco - based MyFitnessPal, a nutrition - tracking system for people to log their meals, and Copenhagen - based Endomondo, a personal - training program whose users are almost entirely outside the U.S.. Under Armour suddenly had not only the world's largest digital fitness community but hundreds of engineers and reams of user data as well.

Here's another rookie move that often makes its way into projections: «Our market is worth over a billion dollars annually, so this is what we'll generate by capturing just 1 percent of the market.»

«By making it less punitive for companies to bring back this money and making the process far less bureaucratic and difficult, we can return trillions and trillions of dollars to the economy and spur billions of dollars in new investments in our struggling communities and throughout our nation,» Trump said.

And a whole lot, multiplied by a little bit, can be billions of dollars.

Now Uber is worth more than GM and Ford by tens of billions of dollars, despite generating approximately $ 145 billion less in revenue.

Jerrit Tan, CEO of New York City - based Canopy, believes more entrepreneurs should take advantage of the billions of dollars in business grants offered by government agencies, which can buy a startup valuable R&D time and boost credibility.

Yesterday, foreign exchange reserves data from the People's Bank of China showed holdings fell by more than $ 512 billion in 2015 to stand at $ 3.33 trillion dollars at year - end, the lowest level in more than three years.

Even worse, the cost of carrying these well organized groups is very much understated: nearly all the public - sector pension plans are underfunded by hundreds of billions of dollars and taxpayers are on the hook for the difference.

President Donald Trump has said he plans to pay for billions of dollars more for the military by cutting spending on domestic agencies and departments.

The largest U.S. student loan servicer, Navient (navi), cheated borrowers out of billions of dollars, often by deceiving them about repayment options and their legal rights, the U.S. consumer financial watchdog said on Wednesday as it announced a lawsuit against the company.

China is entering week - long Lunar New Year holiday and 6.5 million travelers are expected to be spending that break overseas, splashing billions of dollars over the break, according to a report by country's tourism authority and travel website Ctrip.

Who could have foreseen that OPEC would decide to sacrifice billions of dollars by refusing to curb production, just so it could hurt shale - oil producers in the United States?

A few years ago, northwest British Columbia seemed headed for boom times, with billions of dollars in projects planned by the liquid natural gas (LNG), mining and other resource sectors.

'» It turns out even an experienced investor like Graham can be influenced by the notion that entrepreneurial success is genetically predetermined — inherit the right combination of money - making DNA, and you'll wind up the founder of the next billion - dollar startup.

With estimates that the global market for medical marijuana could reach $ 50 billion by 2025, the Israeli government is set to allow the local industry to start exporting and projects annual revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

He has extensive experience leading marketing efforts for major e-commerce and retail brands, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer of Dollar Shave Club, which was acquired by Unilever for $ 1 billion in 2016.

The firm they're suing: Morrison & Foerster, which was ranked # 31 in the annual list of the world's most successful law firms by American Lawyer, with nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue and more than 1,000 lawyers around the world.

The brothers dream of creating a billion - dollar global company (they give themselves 15 years) that improves the culture by promulgating inspirational messages and — this is the important part, they say — by raising money and awareness for sick and disadvantaged children.

Today, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is a billion - dollar business, having published works by the likes of Edgar Allen Poe and Washington Irving.