Sentences with phrase «over billions of years as»

Sure, the star may become slightly larger and brighter over billions of years as it ages, but it is extremely difficult to tell whether a hydrogen - burning star began life with those characteristics or evolved there over time.

The overall heavy - metal abundance of the galaxy does change over billions of years as stars process lighter elements into heavier ones and recycle them back into star forming material at the end of their lives.

A new study of the global cycle of these uranium isotopes brings additional perspectives to the debate on how Earth has changed over billions of years as revealed in a recently published study in the journal Nature.

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As part of the deal, which still needs approval from Congress, Saudi Arabia «expressed its intent» to spend $ 28 billion on defense technologies and programs by Lockheed Martin, which estimated the deal would support 18,000 jobs in the U.S. over 30 years — a figure that falls dramatically below Trump's estimate.

Founded only in 2008 but measured earlier this year as the third-most valuable venture capital - backed group in the world at over $ 25 billion, Airbnb also said it would help prevent its service from causing housing shortages by «ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short - term basis».

A KPMG report late last year warned that the total bill, including service and support, could be as much as $ 45.8 billion over 42 years to replace the current stable of CF - 18s, which are due to be retired in 2020.

He's seeking $ 18 billion to $ 20 billion over 10 years for border security, as part of a fiscal 2019 spending package, and part of that would pay for construction of new and replacement barriers.

As for the broader effects of the GOP tax law, Pfizer said that it would pay $ 15 billion in taxes over the next eight years in order to repatriate overseas cash as its effective tax rate falls from about 20 % to 17 As for the broader effects of the GOP tax law, Pfizer said that it would pay $ 15 billion in taxes over the next eight years in order to repatriate overseas cash as its effective tax rate falls from about 20 % to 17 as its effective tax rate falls from about 20 % to 17 %.

In September, the company's stock reached a 100 % increase over last year, as Tsai and Ma discussed selling up to 22.5 million (or US$ 4 billion worth) of the company's shares.

Rapid uptake of new technologies and intense competition between manufacturers have pushed margins on many sets into negative territory, and as Bloomberg Businessweek's recent profile of CEO Stringer pointed out, over the past eight years the company has lost an astounding US$ 8.5 billion on TVs.

«The acquisition of the Weather Channel is strategic, as we begin our process of investing billions of dollars over the next five years to acquire some of the best media assets around the world.»

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan promised to spend a whopping $ 3 billion of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's extensive capital over the next 10 years, as it works towards its lofty goal of curing, preventing or managing all diseases by the end of the century.

So, after a multi-year decline in Canadian venture capital funding — hitting a low of just $ 1 billion in 2009, despite US$ 132 billion invested by venture capitalists south of the border over the past five years — the March budget finally screamed an end to business as usual.

Now, as the Oracle of Omaha prepares to kick off this year's Berkshire shareholder convention on Saturday, the opposite is true: The vast majority of the stocks Warren Buffett owns have made money over the past year, helping his portfolio gain some $ 16 billion dollars in value.

The hire is another coup for Coinbase, which has rapidly been building out its executive team as the more than 5 - year - old startup, now worth over $ 1 billion, attempts to fortify its reputation as one of few professional financial institutions catering to Bitcoin investors.

The last piece of the puzzle that must fall in place is the government's hope to realize about $ 4 billion in savings over the next three years from closing tax loopholes, tracking down tax cheats, and minor efficiencies in the public service, such as reducing travel costs.

Even as the economy marched back toward prosperity over the past few years, both the number of us donating and the amount we give have declined; analysis by the Fraser Institute pegged the drop at a total of $ 11.1 billion between 2006 and 2011.

Two major concerns for investors and analysts over the past few months have been Netflix's growth prospects internationally, as well as the massive amounts of cash ($ 5 billion this year alone) that it is spending on developing new shows.

Over the past year or so, Netflix (NFLX) has been on a sustained spending binge, locking up the rights to a wide range of content as part of a planned $ 6 billion purchasing plan.

Americans spend a ton of money on diet and exercise — health clubs alone take in over $ 75 billion a year in revenue — in spite of the fact that most of us have no clue as to which nutrition and exercise plans are actually best for us.

Apple's gargantuan net income has piled up over the years, resulting in a cash reserve of $ 267.2 billion as of the March quarter.

The company completed a 15 per cent cut to its workforce in January and February, eliminating between 500 and 700 jobs, as part of its plan to trim $ 1 billion in cumulative capital, operating and administration costs over two years.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) barred merger talks among telecommunications companies for over a year as it conducted a $ 19.8 billion auction of airwaves from broadcasters for wireless use.

But ad spending has been accelerating at a rapid pace on YouTube over the past two years as brands sought to connect with its audience of more than 1 billion people.

The discovery comes at a particularly sensitive time for merchants, not only because this is the busiest time of the year for most, when by some estimates U.S. retailers will notch $ 630 billion in sales, but also because most merchants are now in the process of switching over to terminals that accept chip cards, also known as EMV cards.

The average assets that P&G deployed over the year fell by 8 % or $ 13 billion as it shed scores of products.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a trade group, says the U.S. cloud - computing industry could lose as much as $ 35 billion over the next three years because of surveillance.

Icahn on Tuesday referred to Fujifilm as a «supposed «partner» whose conduct over the last year is more unbelievable than what you see on fictional TV shows like House of Cards or Billions,» referring to popular television series about Machiavellian intrigue in the corridors of political power.

In its latest fiscal year ending March 2016, Nintendo had revenue of just over 500 billion yen (about $ 4.4 billion), about half as much as the nearly 1 trillion yen it generated in 2011.

Over the past three years, we have increased sales from $ 3.9 billion to $ 4.5 billion as of the twelve month period ended April 27, 2013.

Structural changes to the equities business over the last several years, such as the rise of electronic trading, have knocked off around $ 15 billion from the equities fee pool, according to a report from Morgan Stanley and management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

As economist Andrew Jackson explains, Canadians with income over $ 200,000 took over 85 per cent of this nearly $ 7 - billion tax break last year.

Over the past year, the Fed has bought about $ 32 billion of Treasury securities outright, and has paid for these by injecting $ 32 billion into the economy, which shows up as an increase in the «Monetary Base.»

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

It's up 31 % in constant currency for fiscal year 2012 coming in, as Mark said, at $ 3.7 billion, and that's on top of a 30 % growth number last year, over $ 1.5 billion of incremental revenue over the past 2 years.

Revenue rose 11.4 percent to $ 4.03 billion, matching analysts» expectations as the drugmaker benefited from products it acquired over the last year and it sold more of its top - selling Botox treatment.

The budget dedicates $ 11.2 billion to cities and provinces for affordable housing over 10 years as part of the second wave of the government's infrastructure program, $ 5 billion of which is to encourage housing providers to pool their resources with private partners to pay for new projects.

The company, which has a longstanding policy of paying out 70 - 80 % of its cash flow per share as dividends, returns over $ 5 billion to shareholders each year in the form of dividends.

The first policy would likely have significant costs as a result of fewer firms paying the mandate penalty, and the second policy was estimated in 2015 to cost $ 53 billion over ten years.

As a result, non-defense discretionary BA would decline over most of the ten - year window from $ 519 billion in 2017 to $ 424 billion by 2027.

Some analysts predict the company could send as much as $ 180 billion to investors through stock buybacks and dividend increases over the next two and a half years, on top of the $ 300 billion it has already authorized.

As the loonie became favourable over the past year, Canada saw a net inflow of $ 105 - billion into debt securities purchased by foreigners, according to RBC Dominion Securities.

Michael's diverse background in commercial real estate also includes 14 years as Senior Director of Real Estate at Arden Realty, a GE Capital Company where he supervised the leasing of the western region office portfolio and completed over 15 million square feet of leases with values exceeding $ 4 billion.

This means that hundreds of billions of dollars will flow into these stocks over the next few years as passive index funds start directing more capital to this sector.

By comparison, in the dying days of the fall election campaign then Conservative Leader Stephen Harper promised to extend an existing auto industry fund by $ 1 billion over 10 years, starting in 2017/18, with some of the money coming out as grants.

Ermotti rejigged the bank's targets earlier this year, committing to buy back as much as 2 billion francs of stock over three years.

More big - business engagement by multinationals like Coca - Cola (which pledged to invest $ 5 billion in Africa over six years) and Marriott Hotels, as President Barack Obama promised Tuesday in Washington at the U.S. - Africa Leaders Summit, won't directly or immediately help the impoverished and unemployed on the streets of Mogadishu or the marginalized in northern Nigeria.

Making matters worse is the government's management of the crisis; over the past year, it has persisted in upholding its debt payments, but has now hit a brick wall as its foreign reserves have dwindled to US$ 9 billion.

Oil producers posted cumulative losses of $ 32 billion over the course of the last three years as oil prices collapsed

Long - term: Over Skipper's five - year run, ESPN laid out billions of dollars for sports rights for leagues like the NBA, in an effort to solidify its status as the dominant sports network — and to freeze out would - be challenges from Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Comcast's NBC.