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billion businesses computer fixing likely spend
American businesses are likely to spend at least $50 billion fixing Y2K computer glitches, Jim Talent
billions deficit dollars economic europe few hope large mostly obviously per software studies trade versus
Also, there are economic studies which show that Europe has a trade deficit in software versus the U.S. in the tens of billions of dollars per year, so there is obviously some hope over here to become a little more independent from a few large and mostly American vendors.
billion cannot controls create existing ground months organize per ramp recovery simply soon spent structures visible wait
Already, some $2 billion per day is being spent on the recovery efforts. We simply cannot wait for existing structures to organize and ramp up or create a whole new bureaucracy that will take many months to get up and running. We need controls that are visible and on the ground as soon as possible, Susan Collins
billion business company lost worth
They only lost $3 million. This is a company that does a billion dollars' worth of business every year.
billion monopoly unlimited worry
They have a $40 billion monopoly with unlimited resources. I'll never not worry about them.
billion current food hit number projection resources threaten
The U.N.'s current projection is that humanity will number 9.3 billion individuals in 2050 and then hit 10.1 billion by 2100. Meanwhile, our energy resources are dwindling, and droughts threaten our food supplies. Annalee Newitz
billion build companies dollar love people shortcut
The way to build billion dollar companies is to first build something people love. There isn't really a shortcut there. Sam Altman
billions cost education funds higher question
This could cost higher education billions of dollars. There is a question on where the funds would come from.
billion continued delivery homes include million reflection
This distinction is a reflection of our continued achievements, which, this year, include $9.44 billion in revenue, $842.4 million in income, the delivery of 37,140 homes and a $6.77 billion in backlog. Bruce Karatz
billion gain hole state surplus took
I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole and a 350,000 job loss to a $2 billion surplus and a gain of 350,000 jobs. John Kasich
billion bush dividends high hope pay plan range stocks
It's all about the Bush plan today. Any stocks that pay dividends are doing well today, particularly telecoms and utilities. But I hope that this is not a short-term solution. A range of $300 billion to $600 billion is pretty murky. We're going to have to hope that it comes in on the high end or there's going to be disappointment.
billion bit conditions giant observe outer provides rewriting textbooks time window
It provides for us a window 41/2 billion years back in time to observe the formation conditions of giant planets. This is a little bit about rewriting the textbooks about the outer planets. Alan Stern
billion company dollars earnings half impact income per relatively small strikes unique
It strikes me as being unique that a company can see half a billion dollars in income go away and see it as a relatively small impact on earnings per share.
billion closer federal funding government held perfect program projects satisfies threaten withhold
It's not perfect and should be closer to $2 billion, but the five-year program satisfies the federal government, which won't threaten to withhold $1.4 billion of federal transportation funding. Projects held up for years without funding will get done.
billion government point pounds spending view
It's not particularly substantial. Especially if you look at it from the point of view of the more than 450 billion pounds of government spending every year.
billion birds costs died dying good human million normal ready time
It's normal to do that and it's good to be ready should this happen. But for the time being we have 140 million birds killed or dying or have died because of avian influenza, with $10 billion of costs ... and it is still there (in Asia) that we are having contamination to human beings. Jacques Diouf
billions ceremony games olympic opening tv viewers
For billions of TV viewers around the world, the opening ceremony is also the 'first impression' that the Olympic Games have to offer.
billion china countries dollars foreign investors profits worth
Foreign investors in China remitted profits worth 250 billion US dollars to respective countries in the 1990-2004 period.
billion cut dollars pay percent raise
For each 1 percent pay raise it is about a $600 million, so a billion dollars won't cut the mustard. Ike Skelton
billion cut million pay percent
For each 1 percent pay raise, is about $600 million -- so $1 billion just won't cut the mustard.
billion federal income rate though
Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits. Bernie Sanders
billion cut dollars gas greenhouse invest public save thousands
For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
billion fire inherit obviously
They'd inherit $500 billion and obviously have to go in with a fire ax,
billion choice directing methods putting
They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective. Marion Nestle
billions customer customers lose means money spend spent
You don't spend that much money just for a customer base. If they discontinue the product, they're going to lose those customers anyway, because they won't be happy. So that means they would have spent billions for nothing.
billions blindly compassion dollars name percentage problem relatively small throw
You can't just in the name of compassion blindly throw billions of dollars at a problem when a relatively small percentage will actually get to the victims.
billions literally plan save taxpayers
This plan will literally save taxpayers billions of dollars. John Faso
billion dollars donations ended period
This outpaces anything we have had. The 9-11 donations ended up being $1 billion dollars (collected) over a long period of time.
billion care difficult hair pay people sale
This must be a difficult sale internally, ... They don't have enough to pay people but they have $5 billion for a hair care company.
billion critics idaho lowly potato represents revenue state thousands year
There will always be critics of the potato because it is lowly and humble, ... But it still represents $2 billion of revenue a year in the state of Idaho -- and thousands of jobs. Frank Muir
billion course dollars energy kinds oil simply tax
There were over $12 billion dollars in different kinds of tax subsidies in that energy bill, not all of course going to the oil industry, ... simply are not needed. ... I think we need to go back and look at that energy bill. John Sununu
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The relentless invisible storm of radio signals and electronic particles, the hustle and bustle, and the billions of petrol explosions in the engine blocks of trucks and cars seem to churn up the molecules of life and heaven so violently that the beautiful fogs are unable to hold together like they once did. Michael Leunig
billion plan spent talking
You're talking about $4.7 billion spent on Plan Colombia, and this is all we have to show for it?