Sentences with phrase «than a dollar a day in»

We have got to show as much passion about Darfur and the millions of people living on less than a dollar a day in sub-Saharan African who are getting poorer while we are getting richer.»

70 % of Nigerians live on less than a dollar a day in Nigeria.

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LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

The currency, which was down on the day against the dollar, was on track for its biggest daily loss in more than four months.

Bitcoin is on a roll, with the price of one of the virtual coins up more than 17 % against the dollar in just one day.

Consider that, in 2004, a bitumen mine was expected to cost less than $ 20,000 per barrel per day of capacity in today's dollars, according to the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI).

European stocks are sliding sharply for the fourth day in a row, and the pound sterling is at a two - month low against the dollar, having now lost 3 % in less than a week.

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It's basically the equivalent of making sure those crumpled up dollar - bills and loose quarters in your pockets at the end of the day end up in your bank balance rather than in your dryer's lint filter or between your couch cushions.

Advertising dollars, in turn, allow the Saints to spend far more than the average minor - league team on creative promotions and game - day entertainment.

The U.S. has gained more than 5.2 trillion dollars in Stock Market Value since Election Day!

In one day, when the legendary investment bank said it could no longer meet its obligations and would file for bankruptcy, the Dow plunged more than 500 points, sparking market turmoil that eventually eliminated $ 7 trillion dollars in valuIn one day, when the legendary investment bank said it could no longer meet its obligations and would file for bankruptcy, the Dow plunged more than 500 points, sparking market turmoil that eventually eliminated $ 7 trillion dollars in valuin value.

Lai said his forecast of a decline to 6.60 a dollar, which was made more than a year ago, may be reached «in the next few days,» and that there's scope to revise it lower.

Over a two - day period, about 500 thousand dollars in gift cards were distributed to more than 5,000 Toronto families and individuals.

I raised over $ 1 Million dollars in less than 30 days through their extensive network.

Sterling rose on Wednesday, extending gains from earlier in the day as better - than - expected construction PMI data calmed investors after a selloff that took the currency five percent lower against the dollar in two weeks.

«CBS is essential to any skinny bundle,» CBS Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said at the company's investor day in March, adding that the company would net «more dollars per subscriber than the current larger bundle.»

Seems there's no end to the trillions of Dollars, Euros and Yen they're finding these days and, with so much above - ground paper in circulation, it boggles the mind that it's still worth more than lighting on fire to heat your home with.

The U.S. dollar weakened during what was a choppy session a day after the Federal Reserve ended a policy meeting with no change in rates and a less hawkish statement than investors had anticipated.

Using complete Taiwan Futures Exchange trading records in Taiwan dollars (TWD) during October 8, 2007 through September 30, 2008 (348,000 trades associated with 3,470 individual day traders who conduct more than 5 day trades), they find that: Keep Reading

It was a second straight day that oil slid on worries of oversupply and a strong dollar, adding to Monday's drop of more than 1 percent in Brent and WTI.

And then there is the game in the stock exchanges of the financial markets, global speculation, more than 2,000 billion dollars is exchanged every day and scarcely 5 % represents the real economy.

I guess that in a world where 1.3 billion people live on less than a dollar a day, nothing threatens Christian values more than a man who wants to take our tax breaks back.

But in addition to terrorism and military conflict, Americans still need to confront the growing reality — and awareness — that the global economy remains highly unequal, including over 2.8 billion people who survive on less than two U.S. dollars per day.

The game came out of a Kickstarter campaign that billed the game as one of the «most complained about game in history» — it reached its goal of more than five thousand dollars in just two days, finishing the campaign with 2,500 dollars more than they needed.

Christ complimented the widow who only threw two «coins» (about one dollar) into the treasury (Mark 12:42).84 Christ said she had given more than all the others he saw giving that day because she gave even though she herself was in need.

There are presently three billion people in the world who live on less than two dollars a day.

Each day, more than 2,000 billion dollars are traded on the currency exchange markets and more than 90 % of this amount is traded in speculative operations.

In its millennial report on poverty, the World Bank reveals that 24 percent of the population in developing nations live — or struggle to live — in absolute poverty, on less than one dollar a daIn its millennial report on poverty, the World Bank reveals that 24 percent of the population in developing nations live — or struggle to live — in absolute poverty, on less than one dollar a dain developing nations live — or struggle to live — in absolute poverty, on less than one dollar a dain absolute poverty, on less than one dollar a day.

Adults in the cocoa industry make low wages as well, less than a dollar a day, and work under difficult conditions.

Worker Poverty: Coconut farmers live in poverty, earning less than a dollar a day, and it can be dangerous to make the climb up the tree to get those coconuts.

in my opinion he should be seen as a poor man toni kross (and that's a poor man who can only afford 2 meals per day and live on less than 2 dollars per day).

But when you're serving 250,000 meals a day in Houston (or 700,000 in L.A.) on limited federal reimbursement dollars from a central kitchen, I can tell you with some confidence the food is going to look a lot more like the pictures I showed you above than it's going to look like the West Adams culinary students» brightly - hued, scratch - prepared wraps and salads.

Cynthia Nixon has already raked in more small - dollar contributions in one day than her rival Gov. Andrew Cuomo did in seven years, the star actress» campaign announced.

The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.

«Though most political ad dollars traditionally are spent after Labor Day, tight primaries and early spending on House, Senate and gubernatorial races have pushed local TV - ad spending above $ 311 million as of mid-August, up 45 % from the same point in 2004 and more than three times as much as in 2002...»

Simply contrast the fact that while more than 50,000 individuals die each day due to poverty - related causes, investment bank Goldman Sachs turned a profit of 36 million US dollars each day in 2009.

And according to her campaign, she raised more small - dollar donations — meaning less than $ 200 — in her first day as a candidate than Cuomo had raised since 2011.

When in 2015 oil prices went even as low as between 28 and 35 dollars a barrel and oil production fell to less than one million barrels a day we had no buffer, no savings, to tide us through.

«Because of your enthusiasm and support we were able to raise more small dollar donations in one day than Gov. Cuomo raised in 7 years!»

Tap the state's Tax Stabilization Fund — There is more than a billion dollars available in this fund which is sometimes referred to as the «Rainy Day fund».

But since students used the space until the second - to - last day of the school year, the DOE was left with less than 36 hours to clear the area — costing the department tens of thousands of dollars in overtime from contracted workers scrambling to meet the onerous deadline.

Originally, Silverman and Baumann planned to use only male rats in their pilot studies because the cost of including both sexes would be substantial; housing and feeding a single adult rat runs to more than a dollar a day.

Some schemes can earn spammers more than a 5 percent average return — as much as tens of thousands of dollars — on their investment in a single day.

In the free online cookbook, Good and Cheap, food studies scholar Leanne Brown discusses how to gather cost - effective and nutritious products for eating on less than four dollars a day.

In fact, it costs less than a dollar ($ 0.92, to be exact) to make your own batch of oat milk, which, if you use a generous cup of oats, will last you for three days.

A lunch of hardy homemade soup and bread, cooked in bulk and frozen in individual containers for the week, will cost less than a dollar a day.

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, the 1989 Batman graphic novel that sold 120,000 copies in one day and paid Morrison a dollar for each of them, «is more significant for him in terms of commercial development than in terms of artistic development,» Meaney says.

In one of the most potent scenes, Lady Bird demands her mother write on paper just how much dollars she cost, dreaming aloud that one day she'll make more than what she costs.

«Of course it upsets me that women are still earning 30 cents per dollar less than a man earns doing exactly the same work,» she said in an interview a day prior to receiving the award.