Sentences with phrase «dozens of cities on»

Chris Guillebeau and The $ 100 Startup are on world tour, taking the message of freedom and value to dozens of cities on every continent.

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While HQ2 could produce negative effects, including increased traffic congestion and housing prices, on the chosen city, dozens of cities have clamored for Amazon's attention.

Leaders from nearly three dozen tech companies, including Salesforce, Yelp, AT&T, Comcast, and Square, signed off on a letter to local officials last week, urging them to consider a development proposal that would add seven million square feet of commercial space and 4,400 housing units to the small city, according to the San Francisco Business Times.

Kwame Kilpatrick, who was mayor from 2002 until 2008, was convicted this week of two dozen federal charges of corruption and bribery for a scheme to collect kickbacks on city contracts for himself and associates.

The five - person company has worked on dozens of projects including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Parts I and II, where they helped to bring the ethereal Capitol city to life.

Thanks to half a dozen colleges minting tech - savvy graduates, several incubators protecting fledgling companies until they're ready to go out on their own and an impressive roster of angel investors and venture capitalists, the city is officially a start - up hub.

Venezuelan Sebin intelligence agents burst into the Petropiar joint venture's office in the coastal city of Puerto La Cruz on Monday and arrested the two Venezuelan employees for alleged wrongdoing, a half - dozen sources with knowledge of the detentions told Reuters.

We receive dozens of franchise leads every day from people who want to open a business based on our concept in their city or town.

Amazon laid out very specific criteria for the new, second headquarters campus it's looking to build somewhere in North America, and dozens of cities are no doubt preparing pitches about why they present the ideal mix of talent, transportation access, quality of life amenities and so on to meet the company's requirements.

Uber claims to be profitable in dozens of markets, and it could close this shortfall if Kalanick were willing to focus on generating profits in the company's most mature cities, but that's not how Uber's CEO rolls.

The former Sprint COO recently spoke with dozens of Kansas City entrepreneurs about his thoughts on capital in the area, and how we can improve access to early - stage funding.

This Friday December 29th at 6:00 PM members of more than two dozen New York City and other community groups who are seriously concerned about the situation in Puerto Rico, now that more than 100 days have passed since the devastation that hurricane Maria brought to the island, will converge on the south side of Union Square to have their voices heard.

Dozens of start - ups have also been asked to submit testimonials about the city's innovation economy and advice on how to approach Amazon.

Jos, Nigeria (CNN)- A string of bombs struck churches in five Nigerian cities Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded on the holiday, authorities and witnesses said.

Bottom line 1: you got ta watch China on every geo - strategic front, and the «spontaneous» anti-Japanese protests the government has been coordinating across dozens of cities is a truly disturbing phenomenon.

On a blustery Wednesday evening in central London, about a dozen people from different parts of the city made their way to St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.

These victories have had an important impact on low - wage workers in dozens of cities around the country.

Flight of the Conchords — aka Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement — have announced that they are embarking on a reunion tour this summer, hitting more than two dozen cities across the country.

The city has promised that all of the more than two dozen homes on the initial list will be torn down by the beginning of 2011.

The Vancouver Sunreported that «Graham's crusade runs the danger of dividing the city's ethnically diverse Christian population of roughly 850,000, since it continues to be actively promoted, including on bus ads, by dozens of prominent evangelical clergy.»

Because every morning, when she walks with her big brother to school, she passes through dozens of children on the crowded streets of Cochabamba, the second largest city in Bolivia.

On Monday 18 July 2016, dozens of London's small - scale food growers, producers, retailers and restaurateurs gathered on a garden rooftop in Shoreditch to make plans for the upcoming Urban Food Fortnight and taste delicious foods created in the citOn Monday 18 July 2016, dozens of London's small - scale food growers, producers, retailers and restaurateurs gathered on a garden rooftop in Shoreditch to make plans for the upcoming Urban Food Fortnight and taste delicious foods created in the citon a garden rooftop in Shoreditch to make plans for the upcoming Urban Food Fortnight and taste delicious foods created in the city.

Two - dozen staff members from Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House in New York City will volunteer their time on Monday, September 9 to assist in the construction of a mortgage - free, custom - built home for injured veteran, USMC Sergeant Gregory Caron.

On a recent visit to a local market in London, Ontario, a city of about 350,000 people, Mike Kerslake found only a few kinds of fresh chile peppers but more than a dozen varieties of dried peppers.

28 Kareem Abdul - Jabbar defeats Julius Erving 41 - 23 in a 20 - minute one - on - one match held in Atlantic City and seen by dozens of people for $ 29.95 on pay - per - view.

Bruce Miller — a senior architect for Populous, a Kansas City design firm that has worked with MLS on six stadiums — explained to me that NFL stadiums need deep sidelines for dozens of players, officials and cameramen to stand and walk, so their first rows tend to be set back and up high.

I don't think we beat City nor that it will be a particularly entertaining game; I see City with 70 % possession (because we can't press in midfield and can't hold the ball when we win it) and I see Guardiola being very conscious of our counter-attack capabilities, we'll have less than a half dozen shots on target.

From asters to zinnias, the dozens of varieties of plants they become brighten parks on the city «s North Side throughout the summer.

Renovations on more than a dozen city schools will be completed largely by minorities, women and Syracuse city residents, according to the terms of a new labor agreement.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein is hinting that dozens of requests from municipalities could be in jeopardy if the Legislature rejects de Blasio's push to raise the city income tax on the wealthy to pay for a pre-K expansion.

Plans to create dozens of new directly elected mayors were also confirmed this afternoon, but came under criticism from Labour for being imposed on cities without their consent.

The radio interview was one of seemingly dozens Spitzer has given in the last 48 hours since he officially announced his candidacy, including sit - downs with Liz on Capital Tonight and on NY1's Road to City Hall.

It was another miserable morning on New York City's subway after delays snarled more than a dozen lines today, with an antiquated signal system blamed for many of the problems.

At noon, NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council members, tenants, and dozens of other stakeholders gather in support of legislation reauthorizing critical rent laws, and call on Albany to close landlord loopholes and to enact laws immediately strengthening existing tenants protections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Dinowitz also joined dozens of city lawmakers who called on Cuomo to make changes to speed up bus service: allowing passengers to board through every door and allowing bus drivers to trigger a green light while approaching an intersection.

With little power left in Washington, Democrats set out on Sunday to make a big statement against GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act with rallies in dozens of cities.

They were joined by more than a dozen Democratic City Council members on the steps of City Hall in railing against the mayor's support for what amounts to a promotion of Cassano, 28, the son of former Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano.

Before the handover to you as the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2015, when Sambo Dasuki was still the NSA under the Jonathan administration, Nigerian military had successfully liberated dozens of towns and cities from terrorists in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe State.

ALBANY — The co-leader of the state Senate is hinting that dozens of requests from municipalities could be in jeopardy if the Legislature rejects Mayor de Blasio's push to raise the city income tax on the wealthy to pay for a pre-K expansion.

This source, like the half dozen or so other sources within the Moreland Commission who spoke to City & State for this article, did so on the condition of strictest anonymity both out of fear of reprisal and citing the U.S. Attorney's ongoing investigation.

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

Yesterday's action brings to mind the farcical protest of a few months ago, when two dozen councilmembers blocked traffic on lower Broadway to protest the Eric Garner decision, held a die - in on the steps of City Hall, then went inside to participate in the scheduled Stated Meeting.

A young man seen in a viral video roaming the streets of Tamale on a motorbike without his clothes on has drawn outrage from dozens of viewers online and has caught the attention of traditional authorities of the city.

A group of about two dozen advocates — among them former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, City Councilmember Diana Ayala and Community Board 11 Chair Diane Collier, who all campaigned vigorously for years for the removal of the statue — gathered on Tuesday morning to watch its removal.

As dozens of laid - off Destiny workers looked on, the councilors quizzed lawyers from the city and Pyramid about the deal.

New York, NY — Just one day before dozens of New Yorkers will take action at the New York City pension fund meeting calling for full divestment from fossil fuels, actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio added his voice, calling on New York to step into its leadership and divest from fossil fuels.

ALBANY — For the two dozen activists who rallied in the rain at New York's City Hall on Friday, the case against Jeffrey D. Klein — the powerful state senator accused of forcibly kissing a staff member outside an Albany bar in 2015 — was seemingly straightforward.

Before the hearing, dozens of students rallied on City Hall steps to voice their support of the legislation.

HARLEM — Dozens of New York City politicians and leaders vowed on Sunday to lobby on behalf of the community that reelected Rep. Charles Rangel, demanding the shamed Harlem politician not be censured.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.