Sentences with phrase «for millions upon millions»

It's easy to joke about selfies but the fact of the matter is that they are now a hugely important part of the smartphone experience for millions upon millions of users.

As follows, methane that has been trapped for millions upon millions of years is released into the atmosphere.

; black mold on the back of a Bay Tree leaf that is really a chemical reaction from the poop of an aphid sucking the leaf's sugar while the symbiotic relationship has endured for millions upon millions of years?

That's what are systems ate for millions upon millions of years.

The fact is that, with the word «relapse» added to make things sound OK, the «no cure — treatment — relapse» disorder became a sump - hole for millions upon millions of dollars in public and private expenditures.

Not exact matches

But, at least in the venture capital world, funding for companies focused on tackling heart disease, respiratory disease, and other mass population conditions — i.e., those that afflict millions upon millions of people — has dropped sharply in the last decade.

Although some investors are skeptical, a company's lack of profitability upon IPO isn't so unusual among online firms going public this year; user - review competitor Yelp annouced this week it would file for an IPO of its own, and investors still are hot on Groupon stock that generated a $ 700 million IPO.

(For example, he's calculated that a couple in the public sector earning $ 50,000 each per year will have pension savings totalling between $ 600,000 and $ 1.3 million each upon retirement, whereas a couple in the private sector earning the same salary will be left with $ 122,000 to $ 245,000 each.)

• Expanding upon data gleaned from the «black budget,» the NSA is found to be paying hundreds of millions of dollars each year to US companies for access to their networks.

Among the lowlights of the retailer's continuing, soap - operatic slide in 2013: CEO Ron Johnson resigned in April after all of 16 months on the job; the company had to apologize to customers for alienating them with new store concepts; and activist investor Bill Ackman, who stepped down from the board in August, swallowed a $ 470 million loss upon selling his Penney's stake.

Now Businessweek reports that Shkreli paid $ 2 million for a single, deluxe copy of the Wu - Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which the group said it would sell to the highest bidder.

Fans bestowed upon 2005's «Revenge of the Sith» a $ 380 million domestic box office take that's good for $ 455 million today.

[The group released a single copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin; it had recently been revealed that Shkreli had purchased it for $ 2 million.]

Importantly, Series E investors negotiated for a guaranteed 20 % return upon an IPO, and so their stake is worth $ 180 million at the time of the IPO (and over $ 250 million at current trading levels).

This number is calculated using the share counting rules described in Sections 5 (a) and 5 (b) of the 2014 Plan and includes the number of shares available for new award grants under the 2014 Plan out of the 385 million shares authorized by shareholders upon adoption of the 2014 Plan; the number of shares available for new award grants under the 2003 Employee Stock Plan (the «2003 Plan») on the date that shareholders approved the 2014 Plan; the number of shares subject to outstanding stock options under the 2003 Plan and 2014 Plan as of November 17, 2015; and two times the number of shares subject to outstanding RSUs under the 2003 Plan and 2014 Plan as of November 17, 2015 (all adjusted for the 7 - for - 1 stock split).

Upon completion of the merger, Yahoo! will exchange about 28.3 million shares of Yahoo! common stock for approximately 36.6 million shares of broadcast.com common stock.

They knew that, for example, Dick Cheney earned $ 36 million from the oil field company Halliburton upon leaving to become vice president.

Under the terms of the agreement, Sanofi will make an upfront payment of $ 650 million for Protein Sciences, and pay up to $ 100 million upon the achievement of certain milestones.

Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company is expected to achieve run rate cost synergies for the benefit of both Citrix and LogMeIn shareholders of $ 65 million within the first year post-close, and run rate cost synergies of more than $ 100 million in year two.

Conversion of preferred stock occurs automatically and immediately upon the earlier to occur of the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed covering the offer and sale of common stock in which (i) the aggregate public offering price equals or exceeds $ 25 million, (ii) with respect to the Series F convertible preferred stock only, the public offer price per share of which is not less than one times the original issue price of the Series F convertible preferred stock, (iii) with respect to the Series E convertible preferred stock only, the public offer price per share of which is not less than one times the original issue price of the Series E convertible preferred stock and (iv) with respect to the Series D convertible preferred stock only, the initial public offering price per share of which is not less than two times the original price of preferred stock, or the date specified by holders of at least 60 % of the then outstanding Series B convertible preferred stock, Series C convertible preferred stock, Series D convertible preferred stock, Series E convertible preferred stock, Series F convertible preferred stock and Series G convertible preferred stock, provided however, that in the event that the holders of at least 65 % of the then outstanding shares of holders Series G convertible preferred stock, at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series F convertible preferred stock or at least of 65 % of the then outstanding share of Series E convertible preferred stock do not consent or agree to the conversion, conversion shall not be effective to any shares of the relevant series of Series G convertible preferred stock, Series F convertible preferred stock or Series E convertible preferred stock for which the approval threshold was not achieved.

Upon consideration of Ms. Tolstedt's performance, including the factors set forth above, the HRC approved a 2010 annual incentive compensation award for Ms. Tolstedt of $ 1.235 million.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

Graduation season is upon us, which means millions of 20 - somethings are on the verge of entering «the real world» for the first time.

In addition, based upon stronger cash flows from our financing business, including favorable terms from our successful notes receivable securitization, as well as other positive cash flow trends, we are raising our adjusted free cash flow guidance for 2012 to $ 130 million to $ 145 million from $ 85 million to $ 100 million.»

How is it that 2 million eggs and half of the dna for all future children are present in a baby girl upon birth?

Knowing that she, a Western woman, has not been sub-jected to that cr - uel am - p - u-tation which Islam forces upon millions of Muslim women, some males may even imagine that she must feel s - e-xual de-sire for them.

The Gates Foundation has quickly become a major influence upon global health; the approximately US$ 800 million that the foundation gives every year for global health approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Development.

However, to explain the origin of DNA as the mechanism of inheritance, evolutionary theory requires that hundreds of millions of small changes must be retained for thousands upon thousands of generations without producing any survival advantage until some point in the dim and distant future when, lo and behold, they suddenly start working together.

Knowing that she, a Western woman, has not been subjected to that cruel amputation which Islam forces upon millions of Muslim women, some males may even imagine that she must feel s - exual desire for them.

For millions of years a tide of knowledge has risen ceaselessly about him through the stuff of the cosmos; and that in him which he calls his «I» is nothing other than this tide atomically turning inward upon itself.

Millions upon millions, hey, billions choose to live in faith that is a fact and certainty fMillions upon millions, hey, billions choose to live in faith that is a fact and certainty fmillions, hey, billions choose to live in faith that is a fact and certainty for them.

How can anyone possibly know for certain that you've found the «right» religion while not experiencing the others that millions upon millions of others find to be their salvation?

Maybe you guys should join the millions upon millions who do believe in Jesus, and you wouldn't have defend «nothing», for my God needs no defense.

The director of the Brussels Institute for Intercultural Dialogue Dynamics, describes how global leaders are preparing to impose their new post-modern values upon the lives of millions.

I seriously don't see how devoted Catholic's can keep putting their hard earned money in the collection plate to pay for the defence of this pedophile rapists and paying off millions upon millions in damages!

this planet has known 4 mass extinctions and you people believe that god made those millions upon millions of species die off so that you could live, take over the planet, convert or kill off everything that gets in your way, and then finally kill the planet by removing its resources... which of course you believe god made for YOU!!!

When will we take seriously our moral responsibility for the effects of our actions upon the hundreds of millions of people who have no part in the decisions and who do not even share our view of the issues at stake?

Is it «immoral» for the religious to believe in an afterlife once one dies after living a most perplexing life here upon a planet that has manifested millions upon millions of multi-diversities in living embolisms of Life sustaining forms and formations that permeate the grounds and the waters and the air?

The first is the fact that there are millions upon millions of people who died without having the opportunity to hear the full Gospel for themselves and be baptized.

They are in control of and spending millions upon millions of dollars of assets, donated in good for faithful Catholic good works, and using those assets to tear down and distort the real faith as their orders are decimated of new vocations.

This calls to mind, of course, other Covenant narratives (Genesis 15 and 17, for example) as well as the New Covenant sealed in Jesus Christ, to which millions upon millions have testified as the healing of their sickness - unto - death.

The success of Yellow Tail - built upon more than 8 million cases a year sold into North America, together with a low Australian dollar - helped drive 20 years of profit growth for the Casella family.

The fact is, the fervent atmosphere and SRO crowds at the Garden along with the TV exposure and gobs upon gobs of dollars (league officials predict a cool $ 1.4 million windfall for the schools and the conference from last week's event) all melded to create a spectacular climax to the conference's four - year pursuit of that beacon of intercollegiate marketing, the ACC.

Taylor swooped down upon the tracks, killed off five, rebuilt two and erected a new Woodbine for $ 13 million.

Eddie Hearn has literally made millions upon millions for himself and those under his remit.

Once - upon - a-time you could get a top quality striker for a few million.

No... and look even if we're to let Ramsey go, i wouldnt accept anything below # 70 million... anytime we bid for other players, their teams suddenly slaps humongous price upon them but whenever teams want our players, they bring peanuts.

Madden, who has covered baseball for New York's Daily News for 32 seasons, draws upon his extensive personal history with the Boss — as well as from more than 150 new interviews and the previously unmined tape - recorded diaries of former team president Gabe Paul — to paint a vivid and entertaining portrait of the marine - transport scion who, after he and a group of investors bought the club for $ 8.8 million in 1973, vowed, «I'll stick to building ships,» and then did anything but.

What gives cause for concern is Lowe's echoing several other high - profile companies and determining NASCAR is no longer a suitable outlet to spend millions upon millions as a marketing vessel.

Who are you to take it upon yourself to undermine the team with your negativity and ruin the season for everyone, for millions of fans around the globe?