Sentences with phrase «dollar empires in»

Bill also talks about a life style change... need more proof look at Richard Simons... Adicted to food and he battled with his weight throughout his childhood... Made a lifestyle change, created a multi million dollar empire in the process and kept his weight off....

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So Google pretty clearly has a vested interest in the open web, since that is what it has built its multibillion - dollar empire on.
But the wealth generated by oil far outstrips the wealth of alternatives, and until that profit flow reverses then the status quo in the U.S. will pursue Oil and Empire until the U.S. economy and dollar implode.
The company turned its primary product — a basic commodity and one of the most ubiquitous beverages in the world — into a multi-billion dollar empire.
The server investigation put such political strain on the FBI in large part because of the environment of ethics stories that surrounded it — the business and philanthropic empire that arose out of and was hopelessly intertwined with the Clinton political operation, the high - dollar paid speeches, the political aides who were somehow getting so rich off this enterprise that one of them just bought David Rockefeller's mansion.
From starting his business from a small salon in London's Bond Street, Sassoon talks about how he revolutionised the hair industry in the 1960s, how he grew his global hair empire and turned his name into a multi-million dollar global brand with salons, a hugely successful product line and academies around the world.
Its economic development unit, Empire State Development, has established a long - term, multibillion - dollar game plan to attract nanotechnology manufacturers to make not only solar panels but also semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and other products from very small materials (there are 25,400,000 nanometers in an inch).
Roy has been embroiled in legal troubles at home, and his international property empire went up for sale while he is negotiating with the Indian government to repay the billions of dollars it says he owes.
His father, Charles Kushner, had built what by the early 2000s was a billion - dollar real estate empire in New Jersey and other Northeastern states.
At the hearing, Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Carson over the fact that, as the head of the department, he would be in charge of numerous programs that the president could manipulate to profit his real estate empire, asking Carson, «Can you assure me that not a single taxpayer dollar that you give out will financially benefit the president - elect or his family?»
Would it be totally out of the question to posit that Peltz wants to make sure that his billion - dollar burger and roast beef empire is liquid to move on an undervalued investment in restaurant land even if Peltz's other investment capital is tied up elsewhere?
he earns 8million pounds a year to play fifa with arsenal interactively, I take that back I think u can actually get fired when underperforming in fifa, so arsene is basically playing sims with millions of pounds, I salute arsene, how does an individual run a billion dollar empire so unbelievably poorly without anyone 2 answer
«The Round II grants announced today will drive hundreds of millions of dollars in state and private investment to deploy projects that will bring broadband to businesses, schools and communities, all of which need high - speed internet to compete in global economy,» Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky.
GlobalFoundries, which has racked up Empire Zone tax benefits estimated at up to $ 586 million (in addition to a $ 665 million cash grant from the state and other perks) built a multibillion - dollar chip fab in Saratoga County that now employs more than 3,000 people.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - New York state shut down its out - of - control Empire Zone business incentive program in 2010 after providing millions of dollars to companies that state officials never intended to help.
Under Empire Zones, the state wrote millions of dollars in tax refunds to businesses that did not create jobs and, in some cases, even lost jobs.
«While the Empire State fares well in some areas, in total it receives significantly less per tax dollar than the vast majority of states.
The elder Mr. Kushner built the family's real estate business into a multibillion - dollar empire of apartments and land until he was sent to federal prison in 2005 for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations, many of them to Democratic candidates.
E.J. McMahon with the Empire Center, a fiscal watchdog group, say there might be some positive political fallout if the attention on the criminal charges cause New Yorkers to look more closely at some of the big projects now financed with public dollars, like the $ 750 million subsidy to the Solar City factory in Buffalo, run by Tesla chair Elon Musk.
With a vast real estate empire and a billion - dollar art collection to divide, one of the more salacious details to emerge from their split was that Harry's then - girlfriend (and now fiancée) was living at 737 Park Avenue — his condo conversion several years in the making that's only now -LSB-...]... [more]
The local advisory panel will recommend projects for investment using the $ 50 million in Empire State Development funding and leveraging private dollars.
The ranks of the anti-Cuomo protestors were stronger, with more than 1,000 teachers and public education advocates marching through the Empire State Plaza concourse, clogging security checkpoints into the Capitol and rallying on the Million Dollar Staircase in a boisterous protest of the governor's plan.
And they're framing their campaign to push voters on the issue by saying the Empire State is losing at least one billion dollars to full - blown casinos in other states.
Krueger recalled that the ill - fated Empire Zones program, which was created by former Gov. George Pataki in 1999 (it actually morphed out of the New York State Economic Development Zones) ended up being an ill - conceived boondoggle that gave away millions of dollars worth of publicly - funded incentives and tax breaks to businesses that pledged to create jobs and then often didn't make good on those promises.
The 19 designated regional projects have the potential to generate nearly $ 300 million in economic activity and leverage private dollars at a ratio of nearly 14 to one, according to Empire State Development.
The Open Space Institute is applying for a million dollars in grants from three state sources — Empire State development, Market NY and the Environmental Protection Fund — to build a single - story, 6000 - square - foot, $ 3.642 - million visitor center at the main visitor entrance to the Minnewaska State Park.
ALBANY — More than 1,000 teachers and public education advocates marched through the Empire State Plaza concourse on Monday, clogging security checkpoints into the Capitol and rallying on the Million Dollar Staircase in a boisterous protest of Governor Andrew Cuomo's education reform proposals.
The Empire Center, a think tank rooted in fiscally conservative beliefs, compared the new rebate checks, which will range from around $ 200 to several hundred dollars, to Frankenstein's monster.
And it also means that he has to stop supporting the use of fossil fuels, including his idea to spend perhaps a hundred million dollars to expand the gas plant that is heating the Empire State Plaza and lock in gas emissions into a low - income people - of - color community for the next 30 years in the Arbor Hill area.»
The mall has a 30 - year property tax exemption, plus tens of millions of dollars in benefits from the state's Empire Zone and Brownfield Cleanup programs.
The Empire Center, a think tank rooted in fiscally conservative beliefs, compared the new rebate checks (which will range from around $ 200 to several hundred dollars) to Frankenstein's monster.
We all love to hate Kim Kardashian, but we got ta give her credit where credit is due, and while I give her kuddos for turning a shoddy sex tape into a multi-million dollar empire, that is not what I will be crediting her in today's blog post.
In other words, Stewart built a multi-million dollar empire on being the most boring, average woman on the planet (other than the insider trading thing, but let's not go there).
When viewers met Tony back in 2008's Iron Man, he had already built a billion - dollar empire on his smarts and was continuing to design and perfect weapons in order to protect what he considered to be the greater good.
What It's About: «The true story of how salesman Ray Kroc met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California, and maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion - dollar empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire became Bronston's most expensive production and, in adjusted dollars, one of the most expensive pictures ever made.
27 - year - old Billy Madison must repeat all 12 grades of school - in just 24 weeks - to earn his father's respect and prove he has what it takes to run the family's multi-million dollar empire.
27 - year - old Billy Madison must repeat all 12 grades of school - in just 24 weeks — to earn his father's respect and prove he has what it takes to run the family's multi-million dollar empire.
«The Wolf of Wall Street» If the mark of a truly significant artist is their ability to continually provoke and outrage viewers in their later years instead of falling into a complacent rut, then Scorsese once again proved himself to be a provocateur for the ages with this jaw - dropping, eye - popping depiction of the true story of a crafty little weasel (Leonardo Di Caprio in what now stands as the performance of his career) who created a billion dollar empire out of selling crappy penny stocks and subsequently rode it into the ground in a blaze of greed, hubris and more cocaine than «Scarface» and «Boogie Nights» combined.
Set in 2045, five years after the death of game - creating genius James Halliday (Mark Rylance) no one has yet found his parting gift, an Easter Egg hidden in the virtual world of OASIS that will unlock that half trillion dollar empire.
Turner - Agassi builds a real - estate empire with tax payer dollars on secretly negotiated charter school land deals Tennis star Andre Agassi has invested heavily in charter schools nationwide.
Amazon does not disclose its e-book sales, which are worth more than a billion dollars annually in the US alone, but remain a comparatively small part of its retail empire.
Every dollar paid out to investors is a dollar that isn't retained in house, so management is forced to prioritize and, ideally, eliminate value - destroying empire building via acquisitions.But while we tend to think of retiree stocks in this light, investors of all ages would be smart to take the same balanced approach.
We have successfully prosecuted legal claims related to bodily injury and death in hundreds of cases and have recovered millions of dollars for our clients and their families in every part of California including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and the Inland Empire.
Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison for swindling shareholders in his Hollinger International media empire out of millions of dollars to help finance his lavish lifestyle.
It has shed billions of dollars in sales, accumulated a mountain of losses, and is selling off pieces of its once - sprawling empire just to survive.
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