Sentences with phrase «funded by millions of dollars»

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That is true, but you also have to know that the vast majority of companies that are funded by VC firms never get close to the million - dollar paydays.

In fact, tens of millions of dollars have just been allocated to more than 15 algorithms created by members of Quantopian, a «crowd - sourced» hedge fund.

When said individual racks up compensation in the multiple tens of millions of dollars from an industry that was bailed out by taxpayer funds and then complains about changes in regulatory oversight, you know that individual is tone deaf.

Southwestern Ontario manufacturers who may be underwhelmed by the budget are reminded of past triumphs, including the elimination of tariffs on manufacturing inputs, an $ 80 million dollar loan for a Ford expansion in Windsor, the Factory of the Future project in London and funds for Fibracast in Hamilton through the Advanced Manufacturing Fund.

Airbnb's funding talks, which were earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal, are another example of the fast growth and interest in so - called on - demand start - ups, many of which are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars and ever - climbing valuations in their quests to upend existing industries.

Many Republicans in Congress were already balking at the $ 2 billion cost of the project, and just two months ago, Congress shortchanged its funding by hundreds of millions of dollars, as the GSA noted.

... You have access to the stock picks made by fund managers who often spend millions of dollars and every waking moment thinking and obsessing about the financial markets.

Nearly a decade ago, Warren Buffett made a million - dollar bet: that by investing in a completely unmanaged, broad - market low - fee index fund, he could beat the gains earned by a high - powered hedge fund with a team of managers at the helm.

He spent years at the Trust company of the West rising promptly to become manager of a $ 500 - million fund at age 28, by age 30 he was making a million dollars a year.

Horgan committed to making things better for survivors of sexual violence and for those fleeing abusive homes by making sure crime prevention dollars go to deliver much - needed services that keep more women safe, improving public policy, directing more funding to provincial and community based programs that directly serve women and children, and increasing funding to violence prevention and intervention programs by $ 8 million a year.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- NIO Capital, an investment firm founded by leading Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO, is in talks with prospective investors to raise up to $ 500 million in a dollar fund aimed at the country's auto sector, people with knowledge of the plans said.

The newspaper said that «Founders Fund, the venture - capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has amassed hundreds of millions of dollars of the volatile cryptocurrency,» bitcoin.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

A massive campaign aimed at forcing Switzerland to make billions available in «compensation» was launched by the WJC, with the governors of four American states threatening economic sanctions against the Swiss, and the City of Los Angeles withdrawing millions of dollars of pension funds from a Swiss bank.

Even if there are 1,000,000 registrations now, and the fee were $ 15 per filing, that would still be only $ 15 million dollars however, which wouldn't be enough to make much of a dent in the funding hole by itself.

Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to tap into millions of dollars raised by the Battery Park City Authority each year to help fund the New York City Housing Authority's crumbling infrastructure...

Lynch wound up paying a half - million dollars to settle a 2010 case with then - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who accused her of inappropriate attempts to influence the state pension fund, which was run by Silver allies.

All ten regions competing for economic development money were awarded some portion of $ 788 million dollars in funds in a ceremony led by Governor Cuomo Thursday, but some regions were more equal than others, with four areas receiving the top grant prizes.

Despite spending well over a million dollars (including more than $ 122,000 of her own funds) and outspending Halloran by more than 10 to 1, she has failed to develop a significant lead.

Gov. Deal has overseen three balanced budgets without raising taxes, saved millions of taxpayer dollars by maintaining Georgia's AAA bond rating, and increased our rainy day fund by more than 500 %.

Millions of dollars of relief funding are already on the way to countries hit by Hurricane Irma.

«We understand the Governor's obsession with the Mayor has prevented him from learning how NYCHA funding works, but the truth is NYCHA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fill the hole left by state and federal underinvestment,» the spokesperson said.

The Working Families Party spends millions of dollars on statewide and local campaigns through funds provided by labor unions and other left - leaning backers.

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

And he is one of the very rare breed of Democrats who is not scared off by the Cuomo / Hochul horde of millions of campaign dollars collected almost exclusively from the one percent of corporate polluters, hedge fund billionaires and other rich special interests.

Totals reported by the state Democratic Party and its housekeeping account fell by more than half from 2013, when the party funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 million.

General election matching funds, which could mean several million dollars for the Green Party come the year 2016, can only be achieved by our presidential ticket winning 5 % of the vote this November.

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.

The tax brings in so much money every year that millions of dollars collected by way of the tax were used as a virtual slush fund by the leaders of the Assembly and State Senate.

«I am really tired of hearing our Republican colleagues on the City Council whining about our state delegation not delivering funds for Yonkers,» said Majority Leader Michael Sabatino, «Let me point out that the current State Senate is controlled by Republicans, who reduced the amount of money in the original Assembly budget bill by millions of dollars.

The letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, accuses Cuomo of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars «to fund his ludicrous Start - Up New York campaign,» which, Romney contends, has done virtually nothing to improve the state's business climate.

The message of grassroots funding was reiterated by both speakers, who pointed out that two of Faso's backers were hedge - fund managers who had donated half a million dollars apiece.

«We understand the governor's obsession with the mayor has prevented him from learning how NYCHA funding works, but the truth is NYCHA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fill the hole left by state and federal underinvestment,» she wrote in an email.

And now today after the City and Federal governments have clearly failed to adequately fund NYCHA, the Governor is responding to our request by pledging an additional 250 million dollars in top of the 300 million dollars he had already pledged.

«It's not surprising that New York state refuses to sit idly by while New Jersey's casino referendum... threatens thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for the state's education fund — a majority of which is currently generated by Resorts World in New York City,» the company added.

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.

Though he was tainted by a fund - raising scandal last year that led to the convictions of campaign staffers, Mr. Liu dwarfed Mr. Avella's fund - raising haul: relying on a combination of local corporations and small donors from around the nation, Mr. Liu pulled in more than a half million dollars for his eastern Queens bid.

«I see the Red Cross, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars that was intended by the donating public to be used for the victims of September 11 — I see those funds being sequestered into long - term plans,» then - state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told a congressional committee, according to CNN.

«I see the Red Cross, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars that was intended by the donating public to be used for the victims of September 11 — I see those funds being sequestered into long - term plans,» then - state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told a congressional committee,

The councilman contended that Addabbo was not able to secure funding for local organizations from a pool of millions of dollars appropriated by the state, but did appropriate $ 40,000 in 2009 for Vito Lopez's Senior Center, which has been under intense scrutiny amid claims it has questionable ties to the embattled Brooklyn state assemblyman.?

By the early 2000s, as a State University at Albany professor, Dr. Kaloyeros was persuading state leaders to commit millions of dollars of state funds to high - tech equipment and laboratories, which he used to entice corporations and jobs to the area.

[29] Reed focused on bringing attention to wasteful government spending and supported budget amendments that saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by eliminating government funding for projects, including a sewer system in Tijuana, Mexico.

Speaking of the city's $ 39 million budget (devised by Sottile and approved by the Common Council), Gallo deplored the «unfortunate impact of a million - dollar deficit due to the prior administration's allocation from the city fund balance.»

«We understand the governor's obsession with the mayor has prevented him from learning how NYHCA funding works, but the truth is NYCHA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fill the hole left by state and federal underinvestment,» mayoral spokeswoman Olivia Lapeyrolerie wrote in an email.

An independent expenditure committee that supports tax credits and has been funded by individuals such as financier Roger Hertog and Walmart heiress Alice Walton had spent nearly half a million dollars backing Cabrera as of Aug. 29.

«Mr. Cuomo, a typical corrupt New York politician, is trying to sell his story that «New York is open for business» by using millions of taxpayer dollars to fund his ludicrous Start - Up New York campaign,» the letter says.

«Any city that chooses to violate federal law by identifying itself as a «sanctuary city» risks the consequence of losing millions of dollars in federal funding, and I do not believe the State Legislature has the duty to help those municipalities cover their losses if they do not honor the laws of our land,» Griffo said.

As a taxpayer, regarding any question about the proper use of taxpayer dollars, I would rather see U.S. railroads and bridges repaired and reservoirs cleansed than see U.S. funds wasted on murderous weaponry and dubious schemes by an artificial entity which would prolong endless conflict and cost millions of lives.

She goes on to note Espada is being investigated by the FBI, AG Andrew Cuomo and two DAs, adding: «He is alleged to have stolen millions of dollars in Medicaid funds, he has exploited his position in the Senate for personal gain, flouts state election laws, and makes a mockery of the democratic process.»

«At the time of the state parks vote, the League of Conservation Voters said that they would hold accountable all lawmakers who voted in FAVOR of opening the parks by stripping millions of dollars from the Environmental Protection Fund, calling the deal «a colossal blunder,»» Reif said.