What a strange coincidence that Paul Vallas is now in Bridgeport where he is being paid $ 229,000 while collecting a $ 1 million
dollar contract from the State Board of Education in Illinois.
The hard - to - believe story of two naive and younger friends who managed to earn a multi-million
dollar contract from the US government seems like an intriguing subject for a film.
First of all, Jonah Hill and Miles Teller (two of my favorites) play 20 - somethings who start dealing weapons and unexpectedly win a 300 - million -
dollar contract from the Pentagon.
These include James Taylor's Taylor Biomass in Orange County, which received a one - million -
dollar contract from Governor Cuomo in 2013.
The media makes a big deal about those who have scored by self - publishing and have gotten million -
dollar contracts from the big houses.
Not exact matches
The CWA said on Saturday that Verizon has not budged
from its original proposal which they have said would increase workers» healthcare costs by thousands of
dollars, eliminate job security and remove any restrictions on the company's right to
contract out or offshore union jobs.
This differs
from multiyear, multimillion -
dollar contracts that have been the norm in the $ 30 billion database market.
Predictably, the Alaskan 8 (a) sector is booming: Its share of federal
contracting set - asides has grown
from $ 265 million in 2000 to at least $ 2.3 billion today, about 20 percent of all 8 (a)
dollars — most of that going to just 20 firms.
«Verizon concealed
from the (Department of Education) and law enforcement that they got millions of
dollars in
contracts through Lanham only after agreeing to hire CCS as a subcontractor.»
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing
contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results
from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data
from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S.
dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified
from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Level fee fiduciaries are those who receive a set percentage or specific
dollar amount (rather than a variable commission) and are not subject to the more stringent aspects of the best interest
contract exemption, as they are specifically exempt
from the formal written
contract requirement.
According to a report
from Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair, Trump sees himself as being at «war» with Amazon and Bezos and is considering a number of ways to strike out, including canceling Amazon's potential multibillion -
dollar contract with the Pentagon to provide cloud computing services and encouraging state attorneys general to investigate Amazon's business practices.
In such
contracts the central bank agrees to deliver
dollars at a specified future date, at an exchange rate that differs little
from the current one.
Thanks to genuine business growth
from relationships made and nurtured at the conference, the dynamic forum has, through the years, generated millions of
dollars in
contracts between Toyota Tier I Suppliers and diverse enterprises.
That's the result, according to Bloomberg, «of CEOs» focus on squeezing more
from each
dollar by stalling projects, renegotiating
contracts and reducing the workforce.»
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Dollars from Heaven The major leagues, looking forward to $ 3,500,000 a year in World Series and All - Star Game television
contracts, allocated $ 500,000 to the ailing minors for their «aid and betterment.»
50,000 Bonus, in
dollars, Florida football coach Steve Spurrier will receive
from new five - year, $ 5 million
contract in any year that the Gators win the national title.
This is a million -
dollar raise
from his one - year Indians
contract, which seems fair after a 1 - WAR season.
Agents have been the ones to sniff out collusion on more than one occasion, as they're negotiating with all of the teams, and it's not difficult to see when everyone is getting the same responses
from the clubs in terms of
contract length and risks and
dollars and so on.
In bolting to a 21 - 0 second - quarter lead over the Seahawks, the 49ers got flawless play
from the lowest - paid pair of starting tackles in the NFL, Dave Fiore (1998 salary: $ 204,000) and Derrick Deese ($ 360,000), against a Seattle front seven featuring five players who have multimilllion -
dollar contracts.
The district didn't use tax
dollars or issue bonds to pay for the Heritage Tennis Club purchased in 1987, but instead paid off an installment
contract from user fees
from the facility, said Terry Schwartz.
The bill essentially bans any company that does more than $ 20 million
dollars in business with Iran's energy sector — either oil, gas, or nuclear power —
from being able to bid on state or local government
contracts.
Anthony Gulino, a former contractor who had been awarded millions of
dollars in
contracts from Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay testified Thursday that he gave Edward Mangano $ 3,600 in cash after a job in 2012 to ensure that the then - county executive «would take care» of any of the contractor's problems.
Court papers say the charges announced Thursday come
from «two overlapping criminal schemes involving bribery, corruption, and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of
dollars in State
contracts and other official State benefits.»
A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — described in court papers as his «right - hand man» — was charged Thursday with taking hundreds of thousands of
dollars in bribes
from companies looking to score state - funded
contracts.
The NYC Department of Education is playing fast and loose with billions of
dollars in school
contracts, according to a new report
from city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Some government sources have told Citi News that an amount of Three Million
Dollars has been saved following the purchase of 34 cars for the presidency, which is a reduction
from the initial
contract for 43 cars.
Nassau's financial control board could impose millions of
dollars in spending cuts to the county's 2018 budget when it meets next week, affecting everything
from agency budgets to
contracts and equipment purchases, officials said Tuesday.
And last week, the leader of Ontario vowed to push a law that could restrict New York companies
from bidding on billions of
dollars of government
contracts in that Canadian province in retaliation for a «Buy American» program signed two months ago by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for major state road and bridge projects.
The
contract sum dished out to the couple through Messrs Imperial World, a memo
from the Internal Audit Unit of the Ministry of Energy also available to The Herald, revealed was fourteen million, nine hundred and ninety six thousand, three hundred and eight US
dollars, eighty eight cents (US$ 14,996,308.88)
Who had the nerve to nix Worth
from a 46 million
dollar contract the Thruway Authority had already approved.
Six Degrees: In 2005, New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi blocked Joe Pontoriero and Worth Construction
from receiving a 46 million
dollar contract initially approved by the New York State Thruway Authority.
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, perpetual thorn in Albany's side, formally announced the charges, which stem
from two corruption schemes between state officials and private companies that had millions of
dollars worth of business before New York state, including those awarded
contracts under the «Buffalo Billion» program — one of the governor's key initiatives meant to draw businesses to upstate New York to revive the flagging economy.
He first served in office
from 1991 until 2003, when he was convicted of 16 federal charges stemming
from a scheme to steer city
contracts in exchange for hundreds of thousands of
dollars in expensive wine, custom clothes, cash and home improvements.
Just a few days after the US Attorney for the Southern District absolved Governor Cuomo of any wrong - doing resulting
from the Moreland Commission shutdown, Astorino steered thousands of
dollars in lucrative legal
contracts to many of his campaign donors.
The Department of Education is playing fast and loose with billions of
dollars in school
contracts, according to a new report
from city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were charged in October 2016 with conspiring to award hundreds of thousands of
dollars in county
contracts to restaurateur Harendra Singh — a 25 - year friend of Mangano and his wife, Linda — and helping him secure indirect loan guarantees
from the town.
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of
dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost
contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
James Oche, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on New Media to erstwhile Senate President David Mark, has exonerated his boss
from on - going controversial 2.1 billion
dollar arms
contract.
The Comptrollers actions stemmed
from a more than a quarter million
dollar consulting
contract between SUNY and the law firm Hogan Lovells.
We are giving multimillion
dollar contracts to the NDC contractors with the mistaking believe that they will fulfill their promised to finance the campaign of the NPP in 2020, at a time the very people who believed in the vision of Nana Addo and sacrificed their time and resources to ensure Nana Addo's victory are struggling to receive a single
contract from the party the brought to power.
Cuomo seemed to be of two minds about Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing both state and federal charges alleging that he engaged in bid rigging on
contracts worth millions of
dollars of taxpayer money and has been suspended without pay
from his post as president of SUNY Poly.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has secured two billion
dollars discounts in the last one year
from renegotiated Upstream
contracts being executed by its various service providers.
The Citizens» Election Program was introduced in 2005 after former Gov. John G. Rowland was sent to prison stemming
from charges he took gifts
from businessmen who received millions of
dollars in state
contracts.
The Lizza business, considered one of the largest road contractors on Long Island, has had tens of millions of
dollars in
contracts from both Oyster Bay and Nassau County over the years.
The Lizza company has received tens of millions of
dollars in
contracts from Oyster Bay Town, Nassau County, and New York State, and is a large - scale contributor to both Republican and Democratic candidates, but more heavily to Republicans, according to records.
In the Manhattan federal corruption case, Howe has admitted to pocketing hundreds of thousands of
dollars from developers and
from rigged bids on state
contracts linked to the upstate Buffalo Billion economic - revitalization plan — at the same time he was working as a consultant to the taxpayer - funded program.
Venditto and former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano are fighting charges that they took bribes
from restaurateur Harendra Singh in exchange for helping Singh secure hundreds of thousands of
dollars in county
contracts and more than $ 20 million in town - guaranteed loans.
Lawyer Kevin Keating said in closing arguments Wednesday that Mangano handled millions of
dollars in
contracts and that restaurateur Harendra Singh only benefited
from one
contract to feed first responders after Superstorm Sandy.
However, his intimate personal ties to Percoco, his tight control over the state university board, his past efforts to obstruct State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's oversight of SUNY
contracting and the hundreds of thousands of
dollars his campaign has reaped
from the parties charged have raised countless questions about his awareness of the alleged illegal dealings.