Sentences with phrase «raised for several»

Hayward responded to the claims in the letter by defending the raises to his staff, saying they hadn't received raises for several years, and that they were paying much more than state workers do in health care costs.

It was so much fun, the owner (who had built the barn for his wood carving / furniture factory) had an annual barn raising for several years after that (which was basically just a huge campout / party since the barn was already raised).

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«The new entrants into that over the last several years have helped to raise a lot of the excitement and innovation, and I think that's great for the space program,» Hewson said.

For several hours each day, unbeknownst to those employees, the researchers raised and lowered the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, and then tested everyone on nine different kinds of cognitive ability, like responding to a crisis, strategic thinking and applying their knowledge to a practical task.

She has given several interviews over the past few days in anticipation of her new memoir Raising Trump, which is slated for release on October 10.

In addition to writing several best - selling books like The Road Ahead, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has raised billions of dollars to combat infectious diseases and elevate the quality of life for impoverished nations around the globe.

We open the restaurant on Thanksgiving to serve meals to those in need, we raise money for scholarships, and we serve on the boards of several local community groups.

Ed Bridge, fourth - generation leader of Ben Bridge Jeweler, one of several Berkshire jewelry store chains, has helped raised millions of dollars for children who are victims of catastrophic illness, abuse, or neglect.

It raised $ 4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund over the course of several months; bought the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building for $ 850 million to serve as its new headquarters; is adding a second headquarters at the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco; led a $ 32 million funding round in New York startup The Wing; and has bought several other startups, most recently spending $ 200 million on Meetup.

Although the dream had to be put on hold for the next several years as Ganahl adjusted to life as a single mother raising their children, she never gave up.

With its latest raise, what3words plans to put the funds to use for further global expansion, to launch a new voice recognition product, develop its unique address system in several Asian languages, and support the growth of its team.

Mainframe initially sold its tokens in a private pre-sale exclusively for accredited investors (several of whom witnessed the airdrop), raising 27,000 of Ethereum cryptocurrency that's currently worth some $ 15 million.

Or if you've opted to pay for the wage increase by raising your prices, you'll have to explain why your hamburger costs several dollars more than the shop down the block.

The protest concerned the fact that several Emera and Nova Scotia Power executives had received substantial raises, despite the fact that Nova Scotia Power recently went before the province's Utility and Review Board to get approval for an electricity price hike.

Though it had invested $ 12 million in a number of businesses and real estate projects, several were themselves now defunct, and the bankruptcy trustee could not account for another $ 8 million out of the $ 20 million Dexior had raised.

In recent times, several investors have warned of impending unicorn deaths, and a tracker for down rounds — when a company's valuation falls when it raises new funding — has appeared online, courtesy of venture capital data company CB Insights.

Continuing on the topic of jobs, raising the minimum wage beyond the $ 7.25 federal hourly rate is a key ballot initiative for this midterm cycle in several red states including Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and Nebraska.

With Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's blessing, Metrolinx, the Toronto - area transit authority, is currently pitching a menu of several different road tolls in hopes of raising $ 2 billion a year for transit expansion.

I've raised more than $ 18 million in funding for my company through several rounds, and I can confirm the rule of thumb that a company raises seed funding to last them 18 + months.

«While the stock at its current valuation is discounting the end of the Yieldco business model, we believe that management has a nice cushion of cash and several options to ride through this market dislocation until cost of raising equity for Yieldcos normalizes,» RBC Capital analysts said.

For example, several prominent technology companies have already raised dividends.

We know a lot from various kinds of evidence: a) the experience of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance of foreign buyers at the top end of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

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If history is any guide, there is a high probability that the Fed will start raising rates at the end of 2015, and for the next several years as inflationary pressure builds up.

Coupled with the falling dollar, which raises the cost of imports, those trends could elevate inflation for several years and, he said: «The upside risk to inflation is something markets should be paying more attention to.»

Unless the Fed reverses course and re-implements ZIRP and money printing, it will be next impossible for Tesla to raise the several billion it will need to keep its cancer - infested rodent moving its legs on the gerbil - wheel.

For over 20 years, Chris has raised capital, held board positions and managed several of the portfolio companies through successful IPO's or acquisitions, including DexCom (DXCM), DivX Networks (DivX), Khimetrics (Acquired by SAP) and Overture (Acquired by Yahoo).

Several high - profile buyers have confirmed making an investment in a investment spherical that raised $ 28 mln for Harbor, a Blockchain corporate having a look to take away criminal boundaries to securities buying and selling, in press release nowadays, April 17.

The active platform development was slowed by the ETH rate growth, which led to the Ethereum network commission for processing one bet raise in price from several cents to several dollars.

The bump stock ban is among several proposals Trump has made to tighten gun controls after the Florida shooting, such as improving reporting to the background check system and raising the legal age for purchasing assault - style weapons from 18 to 21.

Raising money for your venture is a process consisting of several stages.

HSBC raised $ 30.9 billion for its clients in 175 bond issues last year in the UK, including several large British sovereign bonds.

Richard has written several books, including a bestselling book in 2011 on hedge funds called The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Capital Raising Executives and Professionals.

Just as the global economy has exhibited the same symptoms as Japan's did in the nineties, starting with one lost decade for it already, several OECD researchers last year raised the zombie issue in the non-financial context (at least with regard to Europe).

Reading that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is planning to build a new school in West Baltimore («Archdiocese of Baltimore plans to build first new Catholic high school in city in more than 50 years,» April 30) raised several questions for me.

Recent rumors about Peltz taking an interest in Legg Mason made serious waves in the market, for example, while Bloomberg has listed Peltz among several big shots who were raising public money to make mortgage investments earlier in June.

The shuffle is worth noting because Mic is one of several digital media startups that grew quickly, raised a lot of venture capital and is now adapting to a world where Google and Facebook dominate digital advertising and the fundraising climate for media companies has become difficult.

Automakers and their American consumers will bear the brunt caused by raising prices of two metals essential to the production of cars and trucks in the U.S. «The President's pending decision on tariffs and quotas for steel and aluminum trade highlights several unfortunate ironies,» said John Bozzella, President and CEO of Global Automakers.

I think the biggest surprise for me was to read about several oil patch companies raising and the VLO raise was quite unexpected.

The two realized their new connection when they saw each other's Facebook posts, announcing their fundraising efforts for All Hands and Hearts (each raised several hundred dollars for the organization prior to their trips).

Matt Doherty has served in churches across Bristol for several years and was born and raised in the city, and told Premier's News Hour: «Actually this is a really great place to be.

I, however, having been raised Baptist for over 20 years and then deciding to convert to the Catholic faith after taking several formal classes in theology, philosophy, and history, at least have the benefit of seeing both sides of the Catholic - Protestant split.

Creed filmmaker Ryan Coogler, Selma director Ava DuVerney, comedian Hannibal Buress, musicians Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe and several others hosted an event in Flint to raise money for the community that has been effected by a horrific crisis, in which thousands of residents — including large numbers of children — have been exposed to contaminated city water.

Augustus was hailed as a god and temples were raised for him at several places including one at Muziris by the Greek residents in India.

As a former evangelical christian, I think this type of careful reasoning (without too much name calling etc) is helpful to those who are trying to work through the logic of their religion and perhaps even considering a step away from their faith (a terrifying thing to do for most raised in an evangelical / fundamentalist home on several levels).

The fact that there are Muslims that have lived in Wales, Scottland, and England for several generations they, in fact, are more Welsh than you are (Having actually been born and raised in the country).

She has closely examined fundamentalist rhetoric in several «texts»: Falwell's own biography, fund - raising for Liberty Baptist College, the public language used by conservative Christians during the 1980s, Falwell's «stump sermon» on morality and politics, pro-life writings, interpretations of Israel and the end times, and the telescandals.

A friend of mine, a straight hillbilly type from Arkansas who raised show pigeons, claimed he used to «have no use for qu ee rs», until he ran across several c0c ks and hens that wouldn't mate and then put them in the same cage because he didn't know what else to do with them, and then they started mating rituals with the same $ ex.

Several years ago, at Family Research Councils Values Voter Summit, Southern Baptist leader Richard Land said he'd vote for a Jewish pro-life politician who promised to raise his taxes before he'd vote in a Christian pro-choice candidate who promised to cut them.