Sentences with phrase «by up to a million»

Shocking nationwide investigations by animal campaigners from the newly - launched «Dog Meat - Free Indonesia» coalition expose the horrifying brutality and suffering endured by up to a million dogs every year for Indonesia's dog meat trade.

Shocking nationwide investigations by animal campaigners from the newly - launched «Dog Meat - Free Indonesia» coalition exposed the horrifying brutality and suffering endured by up to a million dogs every year for Indonesia's dog meat trade.

Not exact matches

The Russian - Canadian real estate developer was caught up in the federal investigation into Trump's ties to Russia after it was discovered that Shnaider received hundreds of millions of dollars by a Russian state - run bank which may have helped pay for building the Trump Tower in Toronto.

«I bootstrapped with a laptop and my brain, and I brought [the company] up to really high revenue numbers» — $ 65 million a year by the time she sold it, says Roth.

With operating net profit — or profits before taxes and interest — up by 30 percent to 978 million euros, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said that Eni's results were «over and above the rising price of oil.»

«But we've been told by Lexin we need «strong financials» — up to the millions — just to get in.»

Coincidentally, the light oil price forecast of the day had also crept up, to U.S. $ 24 / bbl plus inflation, with oilsands production expected to reach 2.2 million barrels per day by 2015.

Aspermont has announced plans to raise up to $ 10 million by offering shares to investors and converting debt, as it seeks to shore up its balance sheet.

In the wake of the Target security breach, where up to 70 million customers» credit and debit card details were targeted by fraudsters, more and more businesses are looking to strengthen their IT infrastructure and protect their customers, sensitive data and wider company assets in the process.

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.

But the firm still ended its 2015 fiscal year on an upswing, with revenues up by 10 %, earnings up 17 % to $ 70.2 million and the stock price back up in the $ 25 range.

To date, the Wilsons have reportedly invested $ 7 million in Kit and Ace, and arranged for debt financing of up to $ 300 million by 201To date, the Wilsons have reportedly invested $ 7 million in Kit and Ace, and arranged for debt financing of up to $ 300 million by 201to $ 300 million by 2019.

Returning to the projection that there will be 18 million people with a million dollars or more by 2021, we can also project that there will be a slew of new, non-bank financial services that step up to fill the gap.

Not so simple, according to a study by McKinsey & Co. that finds some jobs will be eliminated, others created, and up 375 million people may need to switch occupations.

«Following today's announcement up to 100 million cups will be recycled this year alone and if the nation's other coffee chains sign up, there is no reason why all takeaway cups could not be recycled by as early as 2020,» Costa Managing Director Dominic Paul said in a statement.

Total produced 2.703 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe / d) in the first quarter, driven by ramp - ups and new acquisitions, up more than 5 percent compared to the same period in 2017, and above analysts» estimates of 2.663 million boe / d.

He'll also receive a cash payment of $ 8 million to make up for the equity - based compensation he gave up by terminating his employment with Perrigo.

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.

Similarly, Avigilon founder Fernandes's previous startup, QImaging, was snapped up by a large New York Stock Exchange??? listed conglomerate for $ 20 million in 2002, enabling him to become «the biggest and major shareholder of the company» this time around.

While this may sound like a pipe dream, the idea became a reality thanks to $ 50 million in venture backing — in particular, the $ 40 million invested by Taiwanese entrepreneur and billionaire Samuel Yin in a Series A round in 2011, which trimmed years off production and helped the company quickly ramp up to more than 450 employees.

«Total pay was up by a median 6.9 % to $ 12.2 million, bigger than the 4.3 % increase a year earlier,» according to the Journal.

But card fraud has been prevalent — 14 % of in - store monthly transactions contain a fraud attempt, a figure that ticks up to around 40 % online, and 15.4 million US consumers were hit by identity fraud last year — and remains expensive for merchants.

The company expects its pre-tax profit to go up by 7 percent to 315 billion pounds ($ 385 million) in the last six months of 2016.

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.

The company, officially acknowledged by the SEC, focuses heavily on quality of investments, returns and trust with their investors, which flies in the face of the worrying statement by Fortune that «now anybody can try being a venture capitalist» under the new rules set by Title III of the JOBS act, allowing anyone to raise up to $ 1 million through crowdfunding.

McKinsey predicts that by 2018, the United States my face a shortage of up to 190,000 data scientists as well as 1.5 million managers with the skills to translate data science into business decisions.

After three years, the company was topping a million in revenue, but Milne was paying up to $ 55,000 in interchange fees -; a small percentage of each transaction taken by credit card companies.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

It does this by categorizing millions of variables to come up with a unique digital fingerprint.»

Ma reaped more than $ 800 million selling shares in the company he set up 15 years ago as Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, based on company filings, with the value of his remaining stake of 7.8 percent surging to more than $ 17 billion by Monday.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut output by about 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for six months from Jan. 1 to prop up prices and reduce a glut.

Analysts estimate that a sanction - free Iran could add another 1 million barrels per day of oil to global supply by 2016, providing a supply cushion if U.S. shale producers end up running out of financing.

There are a million writing blogs that will go on and on about how to craft amazing stories, but is any of that (potentially good) advice backed up by research?

The sale price was not disclosed, but according to the audio of an internal O'Leary Funds conference call obtained by Maclean's, Canoe agreed to pay $ 13.7 million with the possibility of up to $ 8 million in equity — provided the funds» assets could grow by another $ 200 million over the following year.

Additionally, the healthcare organization has announced that it will match up to $ 1 million in donations made by its employee donations through the company's employee assistance nonprofit organization.

By the beginning of 2012, the company began processing $ 30 to $ 50 million a month in transactions, and signed up more than 100,000 users.

Obelisk is part of the Great Sandy Desert tenement, where Sipa is earning up to an interest of up to 80 % by spending $ 3 million over the next four years.

At the end of March, it boasted 725,000 users; by October, the number was up to four million.

On the demand side, OPEC said it now expects the world's appetite for oil to grow by 1.59 million barrels a day, up 60,000 bpd from last month's forecast.

The website saw exponential growth through 2008 (its membership grew by 81 % to 1.4 million), and the trend has continued though this year — their number of visitors is up 42 % in 2009.

The survey comes as a U.K. study by the government's pension minister Steve Webb warned last week that the pension gap was widening, with up to 13 million Brits heading for an austere retirement after not saving adequately during their working lives.

Mobile, too: JackThreads» iOS and Android shopping apps, released in January 2012, have surpassed 2 million downloads; an iPad app that launched in May 2013 was up to 300,000 downloads by June and driving 5 percent of revenue within two weeks.

Solares estimated at the time that he could make up the $ 1.5 million in eight years, meaning if all went according to plan, he should have recouped his costs by now.

«We're not seeing the kind of growth and scale - ups, and if we can solve that problem we'll also keep our most talented in Miami by using entrepreneurship as a tool for community building,» says Matt Haggman, the program director in Miami for the Knight Foundation, which committed a $ 2 million investment to help bring Endeavor to the city.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Perth today to announce $ 500 million of extra Commonwealth funding for WA roads, while his finance minister Mathias Cormann kept up pressure on the state government to reciprocate by privatising more state - owned assets.

Hsieh brings up a $ 50 million apartment complex he's hoping to build, which he says will be inspired by a college dormitory.

Moreover, a handful of acquisition - happy tech companies have shown a willingness to add services by buying tiny, money - losing start - ups for tens of millions of dollars.

Work has commenced on a new $ 124.6 million advanced water recycling plant at Craigie, which could supply up to 20 per cent of Perth's drinking water needs by 2060.

The state government hopes to reduce the time required to secure approvals for starting a restaurant by up to three months through a $ 1.6 million «flying squad» initiative.

Staples is setting an example by setting its own company goal of recruiting one million small businesses to sign up for the Challenge, and they are working closely with the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) to achieve their objective.