Sentences with phrase «doling out cash»

Last year, Amazon announced a program that would reward developers for building popular and well - received Alexa skills, by doling out cash payments for top - performing skills.

Coins are the in - game currency of Pokémon Go, but like most in - game currencies the AR - powered smartphone app is decidedly stingy when it comes doling out the cash because you can, of course, buy them with your real - world money.

If you're only doling out cash for the minimum payment on your credit card each month, you may be paying your card off for a lot longer, and at a much higher total sum, due to interest charges.

If the BlackBerry is going to be your first smartphone, you can go ahead and purchase one without much hesitation but if you've been a proud owner of one of those hi - end smartphones like the Nokia N8, N900 and E7, there are a few things you must take into consideration before doling out cash for a BlackBerry device.

Regional schools commissioners will be responsible for doling out the cash, and will also provide support to MATs to take on new schools with «high levels of disadvantaged pupils and significant performance gaps».

The tooth fairy may be good at doling out cash for lost teeth when we're kids, but it disappears when we lose a bicuspid as adults.

CITY HALL — During her eight - year reign as City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn has been accused of running the group with an iron fist — doling out cash to supporters while stripping the same from dissenters, and holding back broadly popular bills from coming up for a vote.

Otherwise, this would have been just another rubber - stamp meeting of the «Three Men in A Room», doling out cash in a secretive and obscure process.

Legere keeps the pace rapid and the tone solicitous, doling out cash rewards (peeled off a stash of rolled - up $ 20 bills) for those brave enough to query him.

Historically, it's been commonplace for the Vatican to dole out cash payments for services, such as translation work, the AP notes.

All those who are excited in here about this Perez signing, ask yourself, is he value for the most expensive ticket in Europe you dole out cash for?

With today's display, he might think that we are world beaters as refused to dole out some cash for needed transfers.

According to him, «imagine a scenario where a president can order the CBN to create an intervention fund for national stability and CBN literally «prints» say, N3 trillion, and doles it out cash to the Presidency to prosecute an election campaign or for just about anything he fancies.

Obama administration officials will dole out the cash to districts who most impress them by «demonstrat [ing] how they can personalize education for all students in their schools.»

But unlike some other automakers, it doesn't dole out cash - on - the - hood customer inducements.

Also, Apple has never had to dole out cash incentives or discounts to push sales of the iPad, though it is doing so now.

In January, Walmart promised to increase starting wages to $ 11 per hour nationally, expand parental leave benefits and dole out cash bonuses to some employees.

Unlike some indie developers who are struggling to generate revenue from their voice applications, Volley has been moderately successful thanks to Amazon's developer rewards program — the program that doles out cash payments to top performing skills.

That program was expanded in August, to dole out cash rewards to other categories, like education, lifestyle, food & drink, music & audio, health & fitness, and productivity.

Not exact matches

Levitt got a tremendous laugh from the audience, which, I imagine, was worth a great deal more than the extra cash he ended up paying for doling out unsolicited pricing advice.

Ten money - saving, tax-wise tips for 2015, from socking away as much tax - free cash as you can to doling it out where it'll do the most good.

Last year, Harvard Business School, arguably the institution least in need of passing out cash to applicants or students, doled out a whopping $ 28 million on scholarships to its MBA candidates.

Imagine if Apple decided to dole out much larger portion of that 170 billion cash hoard to its workers.

As the flashy ringleader of a massive $ 23 million auto insurance fraud, Felix Filenger drove around in a Bentley, doled out kickbacks from a black briefcase stuffed with cash and lived in a $ 7,500 - a-month oceanfront apartment.

So the arms race has momentarily slowed down this year, as the sport's governing bodies compete for status and prestige over whose tournament doles out the most cash.

Melton No. 6 on list of «must - sign» FAs - Michael C. Wright: Melton's ACL injury likely won't scare teams away in free agency, but it could keep him from cashing in on the big money typically doled out during the first wave.

A scandal - scarred Queens nonprofit is getting $ 69,000 in taxpayer cash from NYC Council pols doling out member items, budget records show.

Farrell also challenged Cuomo's desire to kill member items for good, noting the governor has plenty of economic development cash to dole out on his own — or, as the assemblyman put it: «The governor has people who walk around with money in their pockets.»

The RNC will be spending some Victory cash here, but plans to dole it out through the county committees and not the state party.

ALBANY — The state's mayors are asking for a greater slice of the state's $ 5.4 billion cash windfall, arguing that Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans to dole it out for «transformative» regional projects ignores basic needs that piled up during the Great Recession.

Later, Gargano became a power broker in Gov. George Pataki's administration, doling out contracts as economic development commissioner while also raising campaign cash for the Republican governor.

Monday, NYPIRG released a study detailing how much campaign cash lobbyists doled out between the 13 - month period from the 2008 elections to January of this year.

He also doles out Assembly leadership positions, which come with cash bonuses known as «lulus,» and his handpicked allies become the chairmen of the key committees that determine which bills come to the floor.

Under the terms of the settlement between Bank of America and a federal task force Mr. Schneiderman co-chairs, the lender will dole out $ 300 million in cash and $ 500 million in assorted relief efforts to New York State alone, with the rest getting spread across the country in the form of both hard currency and assistance to renters and homeowners.

They accused Sen. Bob Menendez (D - N.J.) of doling out political favors for one of his longtime friends in exchange for luxurious trips, lavish gifts and campaign cash.

Court papers filed ahead of Smith's upcoming Manhattan corruption trial say he unwittingly told an FBI informant that he bought his way into power as majority leader by doling out campaign cash to other senators in 2008.

No receipts are required to get the cash, which is doled out when lawmakers are in the capital for official business.

He swung through South Carolina for two days earlier in the week and doled out a bundle of campaign cash to Haley and Sen. Jim DeMint, among others.

Despite announcements and a dedicated effort by Governor Andrew Cuomo to steer cash — including a competition that will dole out $ 1.5 billion between Buffalo and the Bronx — job growth in the state has been almost exclusively in New York City.

The feds charged him in 2006 for doling out state slush - fund money to Bronx charities and using the cash for his rent, credit card bills and Yankees tickets.

Council compensation should be reformed by banning «lulus,» which are cash payments doled out at the discretion of the Council speaker.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

His «nice» list reads much like a bunch of member - item grants — cash doled out for reasons of political connections, not policy principles.

«So they are doling out wads of cash to him.»

They concluded that companies with strong positions for or against climate legislation dole out the most cash to sway Congress.

You can meet a ton of college singles without having to dole out any of your (or your parents») hard earned cash.

We'll calculate the bonus rate based on the cash incentive each brokerage doles out compared to the lower threshold of deposit brackets, which is how online brokers typically group amounts invested.

There are also dealers, who represent various smaller banks and financial organizations, and they also dole out large quantities of cash with which they use to trade.

While awards are doled out for kills in the form of achievements and cash rewards, there are no perks or kill streaks and no persistent advantages to levelling up.

In both cases, and for all the other top recipients of Dominion's cash, the campaign donations have nothing to do with candidates getting elected, and everything to do with securing the loyalty of legislative power brokers who, by doling out money themselves, can deliver the votes on Dominion - backed bills when needed.