Sentences with phrase «by the millions when»

Mainly, because in all the verbiage about freedoms of beliefs there is something so important, so blatantly acute yet everyone do not even mention it, except - oh genial me: Why would anyone in the whole world support any type of creed / belief / religion where a whole lot of humans — as in millions of human women — are not allowed to go to school, to even just read and write - less become a teacher, doctor, lawyer, president of their own companies, their own countries, mutilated by the millions when they reach puberty, WHY is this allowed?

The hardcore gamers were the ones who started purchasing the consoles by the millions when the 360 had all those amazing, amazing games through 2007.

But that excitement felt by millions when they tore open the wrapping paper on their newest gadget will quickly turn to devastation when it's dropped onto the floor, when it falls out of a pocket and into the toilet or when it's left in a pocket and goes through the washing machine.

Not exact matches

But Senator Investment Group cut its position by more than half when it sold 875,000 shares and Third Point trimmed its holding by selling 400,000 shares to own 5 million.

Senator Investment Group raised its holding by 130 percent when it added 8.5 million shares in the drug maker.

When you're a company that is north of $ 100 million, you have to lead by example.

Ontario's nine million motorists get a crowd - pleasing pledge to reduce their auto insurance premiums by 15 per cent on average, but it's unclear when that will happen since they must pass the legislation first.

So while retailer Lord & Taylor lost millions when it traded mainstream labels for upscale brands, companies from Dolce & Gabana to Facebook succeeded by opening their exclusive club to the masses.

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).

However, innovations that sound like the next million - dollar idea during a one - minute elevator pitch may fall flat when their creators get grilled by a panel of investors.

The New York Jets were previously owned by Woody Johnson, who donated $ 1 million to Trump's inauguration committee and forfeited his position when he became Trump's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Consider Casey Neistat, who built a following with his weekly vlog, or people who have made millions as Instagram influencers by being on message when their audiences expected them to be.

Bains said the chosen consortia exceeded that goal by raising a total of $ 1.5 billion, which brings the overall investment, when combined with the government's $ 950 - million commitment, close to $ 2.4 billion.

Not when you consider that Drugstore.com had generated total revenue of $ 4.2 million by the time of its IPO in July 1999, with a net loss in the previous six months of $ 30.4 million.

«When you know that doing something, when it's good, will be seen by thousands or millions of people, now that's somethWhen you know that doing something, when it's good, will be seen by thousands or millions of people, now that's somethwhen it's good, will be seen by thousands or millions of people, now that's something.

Part of the problem, the study found, is that «existing tax rules effectively create a $ 19,399 reporting tax loophole impacting millions of taxpayers» because of the confusion surrounding the requirements for forms 1099 - K, which is supposed to be filed by companies when they earn more than $ 20,000 through 200 or more credit card transactions, and 1099 - MISC, which covers payments above $ 600 to independent contractors, freelancers and small businesses.

That's when the millions of uninsured Americans can use a health insurance exchange, set - up by their state or by the federal government, to shop for coverage.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel drew the ire of Chicago's police union last year when he proposed slashing the police department's budget by $ 190 million, The Chicago Sun - Times reported.

«When I was able to make that change, I went from a salary of zero, which was really disheartening, to being able to bring in a salary of six figures for myself,» says Burke, whose company posted annual revenue of $ 1.1 million and employed 15 people at its height in 2010 before being acquired by competitor Booksfree.com.

But Wasson's credibility took another blow when the board opted against an inversion, in which the company would have moved its headquarters to Switzerland and bolstered after - tax earnings by an estimated $ 600 million.

«I felt responsible when kids were being shot by snipers, when millions of people were being displaced,» he said.

The company sold two million in just 24 hours, besting the previous record set last year by a little company named Apple, when it sold one million units of the iPhone 4S.

Secondly, their customers wanted simplicity, so they created a seamless user interface that's personalized and informed by million of plays a day, including when you pause, rewind and fast forward, as well as four million user ratings, three million searches, geolocation data, viewing times, device information and social media feedback.

That fight began when the companies tried to overturn Austin's regulations by pouring nearly $ 9 million dollars into a local repeal referendum, saying they would leave if they didn't win.

When England's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) asked the public for name suggestions for their new $ 300 million state - of - the - art polar research vessel, RRS Boaty McBoatface won by a tidal wave.

When his family sold its Coca - Cola bottling company for $ 70 million in 1998, Porras suggested that they capitalize on the growing demand for arabica coffee, the kind used by high - end merchants like Starbucks.

Mark Pincus, the founder of video game company Zynga Inc, must face a lawsuit alleging he unfairly benefited by selling $ 192 million of stock in 2012 when other early investors were under a lockup agreement, according to a court ruling.

But when approached by a New York Times reporter, despite the copious signs of console game success all around him, Boatman seemed to be more interested in a whole different type of game: the simple, cheap apps that millions of people around the world were starting to download to their smartphones and iPads.

And in March, Vancouver - based Hootsuite, one of only two Canadian companies to have been valued at $ 1 billion, was kicked out of the «unicorn club» when Fidelity Investments, which led its 2014 $ 60 - million funding round, wrote down its investment by 18 %.

The study estimates that U.S. workers across all sectors on average were better off by about $ 431 million in 2010 when you take into account the increased productivity and innovation within the tech sector due to foreign workers.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. counted $ 331 billion in commercial and industrial bank loans under $ 1 million as of Dec. 31, the largest amount since the end of 2008, when the government agency reported a record $ 336 billion in such loans that are generally taken out by small companies.

Then, when the company said revenue would be light by $ 600 million, Intel shares went on to lose 19 percent over the next two months and the S&P 500 pulled back by more than 10 percent over the same period.

When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10's and 100's of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades.

Two years ago, when Greater Vancouver houses were selling for an average of just $ 1 million, Porter dismissed talk of a Canadian housing bubble by declaring that ««bubble» is perhaps the most overused word since the global financial crisis.»

By contrast, in August, when the market was still anticipating that the Fed might raise its key interest rate in September, the two high - yield funds lost a net $ 344 million.

Adele broke a different record held by Swift in October when the video for her single «Hello» racked up 27.7 million views on Vivo, the top music video platform, in its first 24 hours, crushing Swift's «Bad Blood,» which viewers had watched 20.1 million times.

This was right in the middle of the Internet boom, when it was possible to raise millions simply by having a dotcom in the company's name.

While 30 million is an impressive sales number by any standard, it's even more striking when you look at the progress the system has made in the past 11 months.

That would set a valuation range of between $ 496 million and $ 579 million — compared to the $ 1 billion + valuation Hortonworks received earlier this year when it raised $ 150 million in a two - part Series D round led by BlackRock (BLK) and Passport Capital.

By 2009, when Intuit acquired Mint, the application had over 1 million users and was adding a few thousand new users each day.

Employing 43,000 people around the world, including 20,000 in Britain, Carillion has been fighting for survival since July, when it revealed it was losing cash on projects and had written down the value of its contract book by 845 million pounds.

Although Obama holds a clear lead in contribution from the legal sector, the number is dwarfed by the amount he received from the industry four years ago when he received a staggering $ 46.5 million.

When Salesforce (CRM) plunked down $ 212 million to buy Heroku five years ago, it got a very popular software development site beloved by startups who programmed in Ruby (and later other languages).

And, indeed, by that metric, it was a rousing success, easily topping the previous record for most - watched Democratic debate set in 2008 when 10.7 million viewers tuned in to ABC to watch Clinton debate Barack Obama.

What retailers and shippers alike want to avoid is a repeat of 2013, when snafus and bad weather caused UPS to miss delivering two million packages by Christmas, earning the company lumps of coal in its stocking.

When Tom Colby arrived at Campbell Software Inc. two years ago as vice-president of sales, he was greeted by a stack of qualified sales leads representing millions of dollars in potential revenues.

He collected $ 1.53 million in prize money and was even applauded by Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump when he received the trophy.

When asked about the SaaS sector in the country and the startup scenario, from a fundraising viewpoint, Subramanian stated that ventures like Freshworks (backed by Google Ventures) and BrowserStack (Secured $ 50 Million from Accel) have set precedents in terms of raising the bar for fundraising in India.

Tait's appointment is the latest in a series of moves the Liberal government has made at the public broadcaster that began in 2016, when it boosted funding to the CBC by $ 675 million over five years.

Dane Street grew by more than 500 percent between 2011 and 2014, when it earned more than $ 21 million.