Sentences with phrase «of big raises»

Over at the National Journal blog, Mike Antonucci is absolutely right to point out the big new dollars in the D.C. deal but, as Mike knows better than anyone, those kinds of big raises are hardly unusual in K - 12 schooling.

Not exact matches

The double - tracking has helped raise the average length of Union Pacific's intermodal trains — which are now less limited by the need to fit on sidings — from 158 cars in 2007 to 170 today, meaning that UP is handling far bigger volumes.

That's important because the ECB's liquidity is one of the biggest remaining supporting factors behind the global stock market rally, now that the Federal Reserve has ended its own «quantitative easing» program and has started to raise official U.S. interest rates.

The Federal Reserve's decisions over the past 12 months to continuously raise interest rates from the near zero percent level of the past few years have made it more profitable for big banks to lend money.

By raising prices and adding a more expensive model, Apple can generate a big jump in revenue even if it sells the same number of phones.

So either you will massively increase your cost base (nobody ever seems to raise a big round and then still spend like you raised a small round) or you will have such a long runway that it takes the urgency out of your daily actions because you feel like you have tons of time to show progress.

However, a bigger question on the minds of many people is: Where is the best place to invest my money now that the Fed raised rates?

But the big news was CFO Brian Olsavsky, seemingly in the middle of answering an analyst's question, let out that Amazon would be raising the annual price of its Prime program to $ 119 from $ 99 starting May 11.

Lots of online activity will raise a small company's profile and mean a higher ranking in Google search results, bringing in more, and bigger, customers.

So what are some of the biggest ethical questions being raised by these new technologies?

That month, the combined supply at all of California's biggest reservoirs stood at about 78 % of their average levels, but officials remained cautiously optimistic, saying there was no guarantee that the state would see enough storms to fully raise water levels.

His project grew through word of mouth until it grew so big, he moved the company to San Francisco and started taking on venture capital investments, eventually raising $ 259 million at a valuation of $ 1.5 billion.

J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon was the biggest winner of the big bank CEOs in terms of pay raises.

The plan allows small community banks to borrow from the Treasury Department's TARP program, which initially only applied to big banks, and it raises the maximum size of SBA loans.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Recode report states that several other US VC firms are looking to raise big new rounds of a similar size to the one SoftBank is looking to raise.

Since late 2012, the once high - flying charity — which has raised some $ 500 million over the years to help 2.5 million patients, caretakers, and survivors get access to services such as fertility preservation, clinical - trial matching, and insurance assistance — has lost some of its biggest sponsors, including Nike and RadioShack.

«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy confidence and make it harder for small business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»

Attila Szigeti, COO of Drukka Startup Studio, recently crunched the numbers on 42 of the biggest and best companies to emerge from startup studios and accelerators: He discovered that startups that had partnered with accelerators raised more capital and employed more people than their studio brethren.

Eventually, the MDA presented Lewis with the idea of staging a bigger show, and in 1966 the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon debuted, launching a legendary 45 - year run that has raised billions of dollars for MD services and research.

That's a pretty big valuation leap from June, when the company raised $ 44 million at a valuation of $ 400 million.

The Maple Group, a collection of some of the country's biggest financial institutions, already raised its bid for the TMX earlier this week from $ 48 to $ 50 a share.

The demand may prove a bigger problem than potentially increasing the overall North American automotive value content from the current level of 62.5 % for tariff - free shipments of vehicles within the region, which officials say Trump's administration also wants to raise.

Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.

USA - focused gold explorer Anova Metals has raised $ 9 million from investors to progress development of its Big Springs project in Nevada, USA.

Those bubbles aren't a reason to raise borrowing costs; you don't hurt the prospects of the broader economy to contain a mania in a couple of big cities.

Harrison has had many big - name celebrities support his cause, from Will and Jada Smith raising over $ 100,000 on their birthdays to a viral video of Jennifer Connelly depicting the water crisis but in New York City terms.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - A venture capital firm aiming to bring more U.S. startups to Russia has raised a $ 200 million fund, hoping to use the fresh pool of money to help Silicon Valley companies deliver their services to Russia's biggest corporations and its millions of internet - connected consumers.

The decision, which has not been previously reported, raises the question of whether other big and profitable oil firms with small refineries - such as...

The Santa Clara, California, company landed a very big funding round earlier this year, raising a total of $ 130 million.

It's possible that large private equity firms are more willing to consider big buyouts of struggling enterprise companies in light of the blockbuster Dell and EMC deal, a complex transaction involving Dell raising $ 45 billion in debt financing to help carry it through.

The company does not disclose the amount of funding it has raised from investors, including CoachCEO and Chairman Lew Frankfort and Jillian Michaels, a fitness trainer best known for her role on NBC's The Biggest Loser.

Even with the brawn of Gates and Cisco behind it, Aspect's $ 181 million fund isn't all that menacing to the status quo when compared with the Valley's biggest names, many of whom raise single funds worth more than $ 1 billion.

Chief executive officers for some of the biggest companies in the U.S. received yet another raise in 2016.

NEW YORK, April 18 - A start - up launched by three Princeton University graduates for a new cryptocurrency has raised $ 133 million from a slew of big investors in a private placement, Intangible Labs Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Nader Al - Naji said on Wednesday.

PeerStreet, which is in the midst of raising another financing round, still has to prove it can turn its pitch into a big business.

Ghosn, who born in Brazil, raised in Lebanon, and educated in France, heads up the alliance of these three big automakers that are based in Japan and France, and conduct business in 200 countries.

VC John Frankel of ff Venture Capital wants to answer your big startup questions about raising funds, meeting investors and pitching.

People remember me now for my two big moves: selling Weblogs Inc. and raising a ton of money for Mahalo.

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial aims to raise $ 9 b in a private funding round, which would value the company at $ 150b, making it the world's biggest start - up, ahead of Uber.

By showing your donors that you can follow through on your first campaign, effectively raise money, build a prototype, fulfill rewards and communicate your success, you have built in a second round of donors who have a vested interest in your success, and who will not only support you in round two, but will also help you spread the word for the bigger second campaign.

I'm not talking about the.1 percent of big - name startups that raise millions of dollars in venture capital and build up a user base of millions before they need to make any money.

It's still early of course, but Andreessen raises a thought - provoking point: The rise of the super angel may be helping to create a culture in which the mid-sized acquisition is celebrated — and the big ideas and billion - dollar exits are scant.

SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it was considering listing its Japanese wireless business — a move that could reportedly raise $ 18 billion and would accelerate the conglomerate's transformation into one of the world's biggest tech investors.

Those are big claims, open to and worthy of debate, but they fall short of the claims of how raising the minimum wage would dramatically alter poverty.

On June 10 SoftBank increased its bid to $ 21.6 billion from $ 20.1 billion and raised the cash component of the deal for shareholders by $ 4.5 billion, trumping Dish's bid and gaining support from Sprint's second biggest shareholder Paulson & Co. which had previously said it preferred Dish's bid.

Until now it has raised most of its funds from big banks and corporate investors such as Google.

That's hard to do for any company as it gets bigger, and the threat of competition — archrival Vivint raised $ 330 million in its October IPO — could make his task harder.

But the big financial push by Stanford raises startup culture to a new level, far exceeding the impact of accelerator programs and business plan competitions offered by most universities.

Mark Seetin, director of regulatory and industry affairs for the U.S. Apple Association said that while school lunches were a «significant contributor» to increased consumption, «When a company as big as McDonald's helps promote something, it not only boosts sales, but also really raises public awareness.»

They're big global technology companies that are going out there and making an impact on the world scene, and they've raised significant capital, which OMERS is proud to be a part of.