Sentences with phrase «to the tune of»

GE is piggybacking along to the tune of at least $ 2 billion a year in extra equipment sales — a significant boost even for a company of GE's scale.

Snapchat's stratospheric engagement stats (to the tune of 100 million users spending a half hour on the platform per day) make it compelling for any brand.

While I was cleared of all charges four years later, I wound up filing for bankruptcy protection and lost a personal fortune in business equity to the tune of about $ 3 billion.

In the U.K. and Brazil, where it is downsizing to the tune of hundreds of locations, the company has struggled for years.

The indictment alleges that the operation was funded to the tune of $ 1.25 million a month by companies controlled by a Russian businessman close to the Kremlin.

The main building, renovated and expanded starting in 2004 to the tune of $ 30 million, includes parking space for two tour buses, and during the summer months the hotel hosts Live at the Sunset Marquis, a web series spotlighting up - and - comers performing poolside.

Facebook has staffed up to the tune of 20,000 employees and contractors who handle «safety and security» issues.

Digital ad management allows for almost constant fine - tuning of ad schemes for both publishers and advertisers.

But the school Wednesday got a hint of validation to the tune of $ 5.5 million in investment in a round led by Cambridge - based venture - capital firm Charles River Ventures and New York City - based Matrix Partners.

Redstone funded the event to the tune of $ 1.5 million, and they were back on.

By the end of 2017, Wintemute, who is 65 and who has no plans of retiring soon, will have self - funded his research program to the tune of $ 2.1 million.

A lot of small business owners harp on the same tune of how credit card processing is expensive and involves a certain amount of risk.

Previous analyses of that effort suggested it would cost even more losses in health care coverage (to the tune of 32 million fewer insured by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office) compared to the Senate's current bill and foster sharp premium spikes.

The price dive could put pressure on the federal government to the tune of $ 2.5 billion annually for the next four years, according to a fall economic update from Ottawa, and oil - producing provinces such as Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are staring down revenue and royalty losses worth billions.

Betriebsrat head Klaus Volkert was treated especially kindly, getting 2 million euros in bonuses over 10 years, while his Brazilian mistress was subsidized to the tune of 400,000 euros.

For Grandmason and his interns, using Traklight regularly — to the tune of about a $ 50 subscription annually — provides peace of mind.

Sovereign wealth funds made 12 investments in U.S. startups last year to the tune of $ 12.4 billion.

Insurance companies have dramatically increased their direct investments in tech startups to the tune of $ 1.8 billion since 2010.

That involved providing teams and racers with sets of Rev - x wheels, as well as sponsoring a team, to the tune of about $ 750,000 a year.

Some ended up out of pocket to the tune of up to $ 30,000.

The average dating site customer spends just $ 239 a year for online memberships, which more than pays for itself to the tune of $ 12,803 in cost savings from fewer dates,» the report said.

Christopher Dietz and his Washington, D.C. - based company, Dietz Development, filed suit in October against Jane Perez alleging that Perez made defamatory statements about Dietz on Yelp and Angie's List that harmed his reputation and business to the tune of $ 750,000.

That would require taking a check out of your check register and signing it over to my organization between now and the end of (next month) to the tune of X dollars.»

Eatabit addresses this problem by tapping into something we do everyday, something my teenage daughter does to the tune of 7,000 times a month — text messaging.

With the help of statistics PhDs, we applied complex statistical models to customer data to identify small tweaks in marketing campaigns — to the tune of millions of dollars of incremental profits.

They have received funding from Intel's venture arm among others to the tune of $ 6.3 million.

If the CFPB reforms fix the deficiencies in those companies» operations, consumers will benefit to the tune of potentially billions of dollars, the National Consumer Law Center said.

This year's suite of recalled cars could pad dealers» collective income statements to the tune of billions of dollars in additional revenue.

Eclipsed in the popular imagination by Apple and battered by the earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand, Sony looks as defeated as ever, predicting another loss for this fiscal year, this time to the tune of US$ 1.2 billion.

The plan included changes to McDonald's new organizational structure, its intention to sell many more restaurants to franchisees than originally planned, and to cut costs to the tune of $ 300 million a year.

Snap Inc.'s earnings miss on Tuesday inspired CNBC's Jim Cramer to come up with a new saying to the tune of his enduring rule about the stock of Apple: «own it, don't trade it.»

Instead, analysts heard about prosaic plans like McDonald's new organizational structure (it will lump international markets together by specific characteristics rather than by geographic proximity), its intention to sell many more restaurants to franchisees than originally planned, and to cut costs to the tune of $ 300 million a year.

For Musk to truly cash in to a tune of $ 50 billion, Tesla's market value must reach $ 650 billion.

The tune of «When You Wish Upon a Star» plays in the background as well, building until its finish.

Rich countries agree to help finance the efforts of poor ones, to the tune of $ 100 billion a year.

NerdWallet estimates that the average driver overpays for auto insurance to the tune of $ 368 per year, from not shopping around for better coverage.

Moreover, it stays high for the next 75 days (to the tune of 20 percent above the baseline).

Then there's the fact that the State of Iowa and city of Davenport are planning to incentivize Kraft Heinz to the tune of approximately $ 32,000 per worker over the next 15 years to locate the new factory there — despite the fact that there is a net job LOSS, not gain, of more than 800 workers.

U.S. taxpayers ended up bailing out big banks and others to the tune of over $ 700 billion.

Despite steep odds, the company turned the ship around, and did so to the tune of $ 4.7 billion.

U.S. retailers get ripped off to the tune of about $ 1.5 billion per year due to credit card fraud, says Dennis Behrman, a research analyst with Financial Insights, a Framingham, Massachusetts, research firm.

Does that make me a «monkey boy» dancing to the tune of an organ grinder?

On top of that, it paid a range of other taxes, to the tune of $ 8.97 billion.

The initiative will award cash prizes to the top 3 teams to the tune of AED25, 000, AED15, 000, and AED10, 000 respectively.

Business Insider changes the tune of their ongoing Silicon Valley vs. NYC debate to look at the actual companies that are shaping New York's burgeoning digital renaissance.

The accusation is particularly explosive given that 1MDB is in debt to the tune of $ 11 billion.

The tweet netted 15,000 retweets and 23,000 favorites — which Trump also posted on Facebook to the tune of more than 100,000 likes and 23,000 shares.

What about the small broker - dealers themselves who were «picked off» to the tune of anywhere from $ 180 - 370 million by FINRA's own execs and the large broker - dealers in the merger of the NASD and NYSE Regulation to form FINRA?

Sadly, the Salvation Army was exploited to the tune of $ 2 million.

There is the famous story of the farrier on the Detroit Water and Sewer Department's payroll, to the tune of $ 56,000 in annual pay and benefits.