Sentences with phrase «for about a million»

It went viral for all the right reasons, and a debut book has reportedly been sold for about a million dollars.

It consists mostly of light - sensing cells, but one tenth of a millimeter of its thickness is populated by image - processing circuitry that is capable of detecting edges (boundaries between light and dark) and motion for about a million tiny image regions.

The spinning motion flattens the material into a round disk of gas and dust that spirals inward and rains down onto the natal star for about a million years.

Because there has not been any precipitation for about a million years, it has a Mars - like landscape.

Which, honestly, I'm completely ok with because it's SO SO cute - perfect for about a million events this spring and summer season!

In each case, the client had encumbered the house with a loan for about a million dollars a few years back.

For about a million Puerto Ricans, this is still their daily reality.

Not exact matches

(Broadreach Capital Partners purchased the property in 2006 for about $ 100 million.)

Since it was named an SBA cluster, the Defense Alliance has received a total of about $ 1.2 million in funding for its advanced power and energy group, sort of a cluster - within - a-cluster that has 100 - plus members.

So far, they've collected nearly $ 289 million, or about $ 11.6 million each, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics.

About 69 million employees in the U.S. say they miss work because of health problems every year, which reduces economic output by $ 260 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The economy could lose out on about $ 280 billion if the Trump Administration deports the nearly one million undocumented who qualified for the program, according to a January 2017 study from the CATO Institute.

But there are signs that the number of armed Swiss is dropping: its now estimated there are roughly 2 million privately owned guns in the country — about one for every four Swiss people.

I prefer business plans that demonstrate great returns for investors on exits of $ 100 million (or thereabouts), to moonshot stories about billions to be made on some crazy bionic baby food.

The company announced Wednesday that it will sell off the division to its original owner, Eric Carreel, the co-founder of Withings (which Nokia bought back in 2016 for about $ 200 million).

These efforts are about all of us, and the initiative has inspired more than 200 communities to redouble efforts to create pathways for all youth and led to more than $ 500 million in private - sector commitments to do the same.

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone chairman and CEO, talks about why he gave a $ 25 million donation to his suburban public high school, and the need to prepare students for the workplace of the future.

Life - to - date, Nintendo has sold 14.86 million Switch units, compared to 13.56 million life - to - date unit sales for Wii U. (That said, the Switch has only sold about half as many software titles in its short life, though that number will continue to grow as the catalog expands.)

He's still one of the biggest shareholders in the company, with a 5 % - plus stake that's worth about $ 300 million, according to SEC documents, mostly in a trust for his kids.

Since 1990, the cost of a winning a House seat has roughly doubled, adjusted for inflation, to about $ 1.5 million.

German media giant Axel Springer is acquiring a controlling stake in media startup Business Insider for $ 343 million, which values the New York - based company at about $ 450 million.

Shares in accounting firm Crowe Horwath surged on the news it had finalised an acquisition proposal from Financial Index Wealth Accountants for about $ 137 million, following five months of negotiations.

And in January, Barcelona signed the Liverpool FC midfielder Philippe Coutinho for 160 million euros (about $ 200 million)-- the second - biggest transfer in the sport's history, after Neymar just three months before.

The project's launch featured a prominent ALS patient and research advocate: Pat Quinn, co-founder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, an initially - derided social media stunt that went on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for ALS research and may have spurred important new discoveries about the disease's genetic roots.

Another prominent example is the Kreyos smartwatch campaign, which raised $ 1.5 million on Indiegogo, promising a powerful, gesture - controlled waterproof smartwatch with weeklong battery life, all for about $ 150.

O'Reilly, who hosted The O'Reilly Factor, was fired by Fox last week following news about Fox settling sexual - harassment cases involving him for millions of dollars.

Still, there is some debate in the venture capital community about whether the overall need for capital is greater at the Series A stage (where rounds are typically between $ 5 million and $ 10 million) or at the next stage, Series B, where bigger amounts are required.

As for the Golden Globes, Gervais pointed out that the show is watched» ¨ by 25 million people in the U.S. and maybe 300 million people worldwide» ¨ — «tweeting about it would be a drop in the ocean,» Gervais noted.»

The number being thrown around is 500 million Euros, or about $ 560 million — or more than twice what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos paid for the Washington Post.

Sales rose 7.9 percent to $ 3.45 billion in the first quarter from a year earlier, slightly above the average analyst estimate of $ 3.34 billion, with aluminum prices accounting for $ 109 million or about 40 percent of the increase.

April 24 - Toys» R» Us will set aside about $ 156 million to pay vendors for toys and merchandise shipped after the U.S. retailer's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last September, a lawyer for the company said on Tuesday.

• TTM Technologies agreed to acquire Anaren, a Syracuse, NY.. - based maker of high - frequency RF and microwave microelectronics, from Veritas Capital for about $ 775 million.

The hearing will give lawmakers the chance to ask the Facebook CEO directly about the company's involvement in the improper harvesting of data from an estimated 87 million users by Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

He is concerned about the issue of childhood obesity in the U.S., and raced to raise $ 1 million for the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, which helps schools develop and improve programs focused on food and nutrition (Lawrence's website is still accepting donations).

The start - up, which has raised about $ 8 million, was founded in May 2010 and originated as a social network for gamers.

What that means is that when you think about, for example, your phone falling out of your pocket, tumbling to the ground, and shattering into a million pieces, you should experience anxiety symptoms, and it's especially true among young people.

Yet Silicon Valley investors, paid millions for their Midas touch, still give male - led startups about 34 times the venture funds.

• Enable Midstream Partners agreed to acquire Align Midstream, which is backed by Tailwater Capital, for about $ 300 million.

There are several benefits, including litigation protection, a lower business income tax rate (about 15 %), and the ability to sell your business for up to $ 750,000 tax - free ($ 1.5 million tax - free if jointly owned with a spouse).

And for good reason: Apple sold nine million new iPhones over three days in September; Google earned US$ 14 billion in revenue last quarter; Twitter, it's IPO imminent, is about to mint a new round of tech - age millionaires.

Her contract with Fox comes up for renewal next year (she reportedly makes more than $ 6 million a year at Fox), and there has been much talk about the opportunities that might await her.

Kohl's, for one gets about $ 800 million in sales a year from Nike.

Even allowing for uncontrolled factors such as diet, previous night sleep quality and mood, employees» overall sharpness fell by an average of 15 percent when CO2 levels reached «moderate» levels of about 945 parts per million (ppm).

Ricky's NYC founder and chairman Todd Kenig says Halloween sales account for about 20 percent of the firm's annual $ 50 million revenue, but Sandy forced to shutter all of its stores, as well as its corporate office, in the two days leading up to the holiday.

A financial crisis was about to hit, and millions of Americans would soon become desperate for cash.

The software has signed up about 40 million users since it was made available for iPhones and Android devices in the quarter.

• B2X, a Germany - based provider of customer care services for smart mobile and consumer IoT devices, raised 6.25 million euros (about $ 7.7 million) in funding.

Bradken has sold its Bassendean engineering facility to Sydney property group Charter Hall in an off - market sale and leaseback deal worth about $ 32.8 million, while the Champion Drive Shopping Centre in Seville Grove has been sold for $ 13.5 million.

Although high - end purchasing surged again by 2010, giving the retail side an operating profit of about $ 14 million for the year ending Jan. 31, 2011 (compared with a loss of $ 15.7 million the year before), Gannicott started to reconsider whether the retail game was worth it.

It has a high - resolution screen, operates the latest version of iOS, has access to millions of apps, and runs for about 10 hours between charges.