Sentences with phrase «survives on $»

Yet half of humanity barely survives on $ 2 per day.
But the biggest «breakthrough» came for Gates, he says, when he read Rosling's proposal for four levels of wealth around the world, with level one being extreme poverty — those surviving on $ 2 a day or less — and level four being those spending more than $ 32 a day.
For example, how could a single - parent household survive on $ 24,450 for 18 months?!
• Give New Yorkers a raise: No one can survive on $ 8.75, and let's get real: It's nearly impossible to raise a family on $ 12 or $ 13 per hour in a state as expensive as ours.
Publishers didn't think they could survive on $ 9.99, they waged a war using $ 14.99 and $ 12.99, and they ended up with $ 6.94 per book in the Top 100.
Very, very few authors will be able to command $ 10 — Authors and Publishers have 2 to 3 years to figure out how to survive on $ 3 per book.
How am I supposed to survive on $ 300 or $ 400 per month?
You can generally easily survive on $ 25 - 30 a day, which covers your accommodation, food, and one or two beers at night.
Buster survived on $ 1.25 lunches at a cafeteria.

Not exact matches

A battle over how players and team owners will split the league's $ 4 billion in annual revenue, which led to the suspension of exhibition and regular - season games through at least Nov. 14, is bringing collateral damage to a range of businesses counting on professional basketball events to survive, including caterers, bars, stores, parking lots — and even the self - employed masseurs who tend to players.
In his four years as CEO the company managed a merger of equals, grew from $ 210 million in revenues to $ 562 million, survived an aborted takeover attempt by Microsoft (msft), and evolved into a company that today is a regular on Fortune's list of Best Places to Work.
The average household would likely simply draw down on the $ 120,000 to survive in retirement until it was depleted, leaving themselves in financial straits in later years.
Despite taking on an additional $ 15 billion in debt, Mr. Dell and Silver Lake argue that the company will survive, thanks to the cash that the PC business still generates.
If the truth be told, I would never have thought I could survive $ 4 billion of market related losses but on a relative basis it was manageable and thanks to diversification, we were able to earn our way through the losses and reported strong results notwithstanding the market related losses.
In reality, only 0.2 per cent of all American women over 50 have annual incomes above $ 75,000; almost 40 per cent survive on less than $ 5,000 per year.
This is particularly worrisome for Southeast Asia, where many of its citizens survive on less than $ 200 a month.
I was hoping to cook my own things and photograph them, but my cat has been sick recently and is costing me about $ 2000, so I'm surviving on bread and canned soup and living vicariously through cooking blogs (of which yours is a spectacular example).
«Two - thirds of the world's 1.4 billion poor people surviving on less than $ 1.25 per day live in Asia.
HORSE RACING — JEWEL»S REWARD, fiery Maine Chance bay colt with eye on Derby roses, responded with alacrity when stung by whip in stretch, pulled away from Noureddin to win $ 59,500 Wood Memorial at Jamaica (see below) by half length after surviving foul claim by runner - up.
Some might say, well, she waited a long time to have a child, she's had three marriages and can obviously survive on her own and can afford good nannies (she's worth about $ 250 million) so, no worries.
Challenge Success is a California corporation with its own officers and directors which survives on private donations and the fees schools pay it for its school experiences survey (charge: $ 2,000 and $ 3,750), etc..
Silver called it «absurd» to expect a working family to survive on a hourly wage of $ 7.25, especially when neighboring states have a higher minimum wage.
If Boyd survives the primary — and he should — he will have a big financial advantage on businessman Steve Southerland (R), who raised a paltry $ 34,000 between July 1 and Aug. 4.
This weekend, the Times taught us that it's basically impossible for executives to survive in this city on a $ 500,000 yearly income — largely because taxes eat up nearly half of that sum.
There are an estimated 300,000 homecare workers in New York State who make around $ 10 an hour, and 56 % are forced to rely on public assistance to survive, including 30 % who are on food stamps.
The base salary for her position in Turkish state universities fluctuates between $ 800 and $ 950 depending on the currency rates, and if it weren't for job perks and additional funding from grants, she would have a tough time surviving.
Now, with the frozen soil disturbed by the process of laying down the rail and a warming climate on the plateau, some scientists question whether the $ 4 - billion rail line will survive as is or require major reconstruction.
The organization survives on dues ($ 10 for Young Inventors and $ 40 for Young at Heart members); advertising in its quarterly publication, The IP (for «intellectual progress»); grants and donations from Magna International, University of Toronto, Pratt & Whitney, DuPont, and the Canadian government; and corporate sponsorships in exchange for marketing on the group's Web site.
A persistent concern about wellintentioned efforts to improve living standards for the 1.2 billion people who survive (if it can be called that) on less than $ 1.25 US per day is figuring out what works.
Those results suggest that even if the Mexican government put a halt to today's profitable totoaba poaching (a swim bladder can go for $ 14,000 on the black market), the species would still struggle to survive in the gulf's radically altered environment.
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Accompanying me on the arduous trek across the U.S. were my two Siberian huskies, my husband, Thom, $ 200 in cash, plus food staples, cooking equipment, sleeping equipment, two bicycles, yoga mats, dog food, and, since there wasn't much money to spend, everything I thought I might need for the next five months to be able to survive.
I reviewed my good friend Keri's e-book, Why Just Survive When You Can Thrive: Tips for Thriving This Summer with Your Kids and you can read that here as well as purchase it on sale for $ 2.99 here.
... yes I am such a dork and use that word... oops:p) Before I dish the deets on how to snag a pair of these sunnies let's break down this winter look (see I am slowly but surely wearing winter ensembles although I am constantly dreaming of warmer weather... I am in the midst of trying to plan a warm weather vacation... stay tuned...) I LOVE a faux fur vest as we all know so naturally I needed a gray one like this one that's retailing for under $ 50 (I simply couldn't survive without it duh!)
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 Dead Space Ignition features a unique â $ œChoose Your Own Adventureâ $ type narrative, allowing players to survive the initial Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl in multiple ways, with four different endings.
Transformers: War for Cybertron takes players to the final moments of the grand civil war that will determine the survival of the entire Transformers race. Fans will be able to explore the Transformers war - ravaged home planet in full 3D environments for the first time, armed with a diverse arsenal of high - tech weaponry and the ability to convert instantly from robot to vehicle form at any time as they engage in heart - pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, third - person action shooter. Complete with several multiplayer modes,  Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in / drop out online co-op, and also create their own Transformers character for competitive head - to - head multiplayer modes, choosing among four distinct character classes, personalizing their characterâ $ ™ s look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities. Additionally, the game introduces Escalation, a four - player online co-op mode that allows gamers to fight together as their favorite Autobots or Decepticons against increasing waves of enemies utilizing strong teamwork to survive.
I was a taxi driver, surviving on less than $ 500 a week... I was beginning to become terrified that I would never be able to escape the rut that had become my life... Then, I sat down to write out my list of goals... and I had a divine inspiration.
Metal Gear Survive will launch in the US on February 20th 2018 for $ 39...
Capcom has announced that they will be releasing downloadable content for Dark Void beginning next week. In the Survivor Missions, relive key events from Dark Void as you battle waves of increasingly difficult enemy troops. Rack up massive points with score multipliers for headshots, and hijack enemy aircrafts. This new content will be an arcade-esque experience where the player battles through hoards of enemies on the ground and in the air while collecting points and upgrading weaponry, with the goal being to survive to Round 10 and increase their previous high score. This new content will hit XBox Live on February 10th and will cost 400 Microsoft points. It will hit the Playstation Network on February 11th for $ 4.99.
One surviving Chrysler dealer somewhat jokingly laments this week he's probably going to have to spend $ 100,000 on service - related tools for the two Fiat 500s he'll sell a year.
If you can afford $ 23,700 for a Mercedes 190D — suggested retail price for the cheapest model — you can have some assurance that in a head - on crash at 55 mph you will survive.
It differs from OnStar in three ways: It's free not $ 15 - $ 30 a month, you have to bring along and pair your own Bluetooth phone (it makes the emergency call), and you have to keep the phone someplace where it's going to survive the crash (probably not lying on the center console cupholder).
The Martian By Andy Weir Broadway • $ 15 • ISBN 9781101903582 Who wants to see Matt Damon in the role of an astronaut stranded on Mars, using his scientific smarts and ingenuity to survive?
They were struggling at that point, and I personally don't think they'd have been able to survive while losing $ 5 on every book.
According to evidence later presented at an antitrust trial, the publishers feared that Bezos's carnival barking about a $ 9.99 digital price would ultimately reduce the plausible price of a physical book, further undermining large retailers like Barnes & Noble, as well as the many hundreds of surviving independent bookstores on which publishers depended.
Although the no - good cheater survived, Zella did eight years hard time on evidence planted by McGill that falsely implicated her in the $ 58 million robbery of a Wall Street firm.
The promotion price translates into $ 1.99 but the catalog is still in its infancy stage as they currently offer 4 titles: Deborah Reed's «Things We Set on Fire», Connie Brockway's «No Place for a Dame», J. R. Rain's «Silent Echo», and Gloria Gaynor's «We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song.»
King says at Plancorp, which has $ 4 billion in client assets, part of the financial plan includes «doing work on the front end to figure out the right thing and trying to advise or recommend that at least the spouse with the higher earnings record defers their benefit a little bit longer to maximize survivor benefit for whatever spouse survives the other.»
Disabled veterans with an injury received during service as well as the surviving spouses of disabled service members potentially qualify for an exemption up to $ 122,128 on the assessed property value.
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