Sentences with phrase «hefty sums on»

But when Maezawa chose the same auction week in May 2016 to spend hefty sums on a number of other top lots as well — $ 13.9 million on a Christopher Wool, $ 9.7 million on Richard Prince's Runaway Nurse, $ 6.9 million on Jeff Koons's Lobster — he worked the elder collector class into a frenzy.

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The other issue is that Fiat Chrysler could spend a hefty sum on an Alfa Romeo F1 team, only for it to be a mid-pack contender, or worse.

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Amazon goes on to justify the hefty sum by pointing to Bezos» relatively low CEO salary of $ 81,840 and the fact that he's never received any stock - based compensation.

Insider trading remains a rampant problem on Wall Street, with new research finding that the nation's largest financial institutions pocket hefty sums with the help of nonpublic information.

Tata's investment in Faraday Future might seem like a hefty sum to pay on a company that is seemingly out of runway, but gaining access to Faraday's intellectual property could be a small investment for Tata's subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover, which looks to launch its own series of fully electric cars.

I think the argument is more about the pace of change / catching up — I'd wager a hefty sum that AFC / AW have a slightly longer term plan than some of the guys on here.

We as fans, in particular the STH and those who go regularly to away - games, spend a hefty sum of our money on the club, but our financial risks are relatively small compared to Kroenke's: we can chose to no longer spend any money on Arsenal in relatively short time, but Kroenke is in a different position.

Guardiola bought the Englishman for a hefty sum two summers ago, primarily for the bravado with which he plays and his on - the - ball abilities.

If Cavani was sold for such a hefty sum then surely Liverpool were right to hold on to him and were looking for a price in excess of 50m

Eventually those patents were sold to an affiliate of Liberty Media for a hefty sum, allowing Samuels to use his windfall to run for office, flirt with running for office, and help shape the debate from the left by speaking out on issues and challenging candidates to adopt policies he advocates for.

With many gymnasiums requiring a yearly subscription of quite hefty sums of money and many people on strict budgets at the moment the convenience, effectiveness and free cost that bodyweight exercises offer is I am sure you will agree an opportunity worth grabbing.

Nonetheless, Jay is willing to endure unknown hardships to find Rose, unaware that there is a bounty of $ 2,000 on her head and that of her father, a hefty sum in those days.

The report's goal is to muzzle hedge fund and private - equity managers who sit on the boards of and contribute hefty sums to union betes noire like the Manhattan Institute, StudentsFirst and Missouri's Show - Me Institute.

You can bet your bottom dollar on the fact that these rare 2 +2 drop - tops fetch a rather hefty sum.

Making the ultimate decision to leave their homeland, and paying a middleman a hefty sum, Saeed and Nadia are led to a door that takes them to a refugee camp on a Greek Island.

That HP is looking for an alternative plan and platform to move the webOS on is a logical step, as they have bought the OS from Palm at quite a hefty sum and employed many people to align it to their requirements.

She leveraged that asset to roll over a hefty chunk of her debt into a home equity line of credit, which cut the interest rate on the sum in half.

Then they process claims and reimburse on claims so quickly that those of us pet parents who can't easily shell out hefty sums of money for vet bills aren't left sweating for months, waiting for checks to arrive.

I dropped a hefty sum of money on a package called the Thrillogy, which consisted of three bungee jumps spaced out over the course of the week.

I used my Sapphire Reserve card to pay for my airplane tickets to Scotland, which resulted in thousands of points which I can convert to a hefty sum of cash back with the click of a button on the Chase Ultimate Rewards website.

According to Fletcher, Doig was arrested for LSD possession as a teenager in Canada in the 1970s and sold the painting (which could now be worth a hefty sum) to the corrections officer when on parole for $ 100.

In gratitude and to keep the money train on track, many of these recipients contribute hefty sums to congressional candidates.

In no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actions.

Depending on the month you close and the month that the tax and insurance bills are due, it could add up to a hefty sum.