Quotes about billion
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It's required sharp increases in pay and benefits, and I think those have been appropriate, particularly in light of the recruiting problems that we were having a year ago, and the quality of life problems that have been eliminated. And I think that we've worked -- that Secretary (William) Cohen and President Clinton have worked very hard to increase defense investment, as I said, by 40 percent, from $43 billion to $60 billion a year ... That, also, has been justified, and will help us be as strong and dominant in the 21st century as we are now.
billion exports likely million pounds
That's over 3 billion more pounds of meat. Exports are likely to go up only 600 million pounds this year.
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That's the $4 billion question. If the governor is right, it's a huge deal. If he's wrong, it's going to be a terrible thing.
billion good save
That's a good feeling, to save your clients two billion dollars.
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That means about 10 billion birds and it is very difficult for the government to monitor their health status. It is an enormous challenge.
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That puts a spotlight on how thin margins are for farmers. Input costs keep increasing, especially for fuel and natural gas. Yet we have sub $2 (per bushel) corn prices. The $2 billion may be a daunting number, but it shows the farm program works in years of depressed farm prices. That's how it's designed to work. Philip Nelson
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It's much weaker, but the size of the storm tends to grow. Even a category 3 could cause $25 billion in damage.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty need a result from Hong Kong, Paul Wolfowitz
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Economists predict that this year's federal surplus will be $120 billion less than predicted in January. The missing $120 billion was reportedly last seen on a date with Congressman Gary Condit. Dennis Miller
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Each small candle lights a corner of the darkWhen the wheel of pain stops turning And the branding iron stops burningWhen the children can be children When the desperados weaken When the tide rolls into greet themAnd the natural law of science Greets the humble and the mighty And a billion candles burning Lights the dark side of every human mind Roger Waters
billion market means point share
Each point of market share means $2 billion in top-line revenue. Peter Oppenheimer
billion book business fetch percent value
The business could fetch 60 to 80 percent of its $2.5 billion book value -- probably in the $1.5 billion range.
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A $US20 billion ($A27.09 billion) buyback is better than $US12 billion ($A16.25 billion), which is better than $US5 billion ($A6.77 billion), which is where we were a while ago.
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At US$5 billion in current sales, WPC is less than 20% of the way there.
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As of last week, foreign investors had sold over NT$40 billion net of Taiwan equities this month. I see little reason for putting the brakes on the selling spree over the remainder of the month given the lack of catalysts for the bulls.
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As of 2004, the New York State wine industry brings in about $3.3 billion in New York State. It'd be nice to get a piece of that in Jefferson County.
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The mobile phone is the most popular digital device on the planet (1.7 billion users - about one quarter of the world's population - and counting),
billions content demand industry innovative lost meet mobile revenue
The mobile industry is scrambling to meet the demand for innovative new content applications and services, but billions are being lost through revenue leakage.
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Brazil will be fantastic for the game. Potentially a billion viewers, 1000 media, a sold-out stadium ? and we are going to be a part of that. Yes, there will be pressure to perform and keep credibility intact, but who wouldn't want to be there.
billion brings home island
brings home $1.2 billion for Rhode Island transportation. Sue Barker
billion company mean player relatively several small worth
Even if you're a relatively small player in search, that can still mean a company that's worth several billion dollars. Jason Calacanis
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Billions would rebel in response to what they consider legitimate right of the poor that has been unjustly deferred by the rich (nations). Thabo Mbeki
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Billions of dollars that used to be written in the form of checks with insurance companies' names on them would instead go to credit unions, banks, and long-term investment houses. You know America: you see a financial opportunity and it sets off a gold rush.
billions dollars spent subsidize
Billions of dollars have been spent to subsidize sprawl. It's not about no-growth. It's about control. Christine Whitman
billions dollars funds investment
Billions of dollars are going into hedge funds and other investment vehicles.
billion dollars double economic might stop trade trend
Bilateral trade might double to over 300 billion US dollars in 2010, ... nothing can stop the trend of economic integration and trade development. Hu Jintao
billion computers dollars financial information internet large order people provides year
'Bloomberg's, you know, for people who don't use the service, provides through the Internet - through specialized computers - information about the financial world. It's a very large data base. I think they have on the order of a billion dollars or more a year in revenue. Craig Venter
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Everyone's relying on the modelers because there's no firm data. The largest catastrophe to date was 1992's Hurricane Andrew, which cost $20 billion to $23 billion. This is highly likely to be bigger, but how much bigger? No one knows. Steven Adler
billion cost date firm highly hurricane largest likely relying
Everyone's relying on the modelers because there's no firm data, ... The largest catastrophe to date was 1992's Hurricane Andrew, which cost $20 billion to $23 billion. This is highly likely to be bigger, but how much bigger? No one knows.
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For a company such as Merck to reflect as revenues in its financial statements billions of dollars of co-payments a customer makes directly to another company, the pharmacy, which the pharmacy collects and never remits to Merck, just does not reflect the economics of what is occurring, ... If that is what the SEC accepts, then investors are in trouble and our financial reporting indeed needs improving.
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For a company doing about $19?$20 billion in sales, this is not a big float. Richard Hastings
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It's the largest town in the state, and yes it's expanding, and some people don't realize it's a community over 20,000 people with $2.5 billion in value, and if you compare our fire department to the level of services we're providing now, they're just not adequate.
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It's kind of hard for a $60 billion market cap to slip under the radar but the stock is cheap and cash flow is going up.