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Going forward, we expect revenues to cross the two billion dollars mark at 2.14 billion dollars by March 2006. Nandan Nilekani
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I think it's a really good roadmap to start solving the unfunded liability. We have to raise this $600 million, but I don't think that's enough: We're talking at least a billion or more.
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It certainly is a surprise, and as you might imagine, we were just about to try and conclude our arrangements for a $3 billion package, James Wolfensohn
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I think the immediate needs of HIPC, subject to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the U.S. contribution, are probably met, ... I think the $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion target is achievable, and then we will need to consider funding the rest of it. James Wolfensohn
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We expect total expenditure to increase to around $6 billion (in 2006). This will include around $4 billion spent on growth projects and $550 million on exploration. Chris Lynch
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Whatever we do, before putting in billions of dollars, let's make sure lives are not put in jeopardy, Dennis Hastert
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There is no evidence to show, and it is not credible to argue, that Mr. Sevan, who spent forty years with the U.N. and ran a $64 billion program, would jeopardize his career for $160,000, trust a person he had never met (Abdelnour) to carry out the scheme and report the proceeds on his U.N. financial disclosure forms.
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We're profitable and have the potential to be very profitable, ... We generate cash from operations of over $1 billion per quarter. We have $19 billion in cash and equivalents in an industry that is in debt. We've gained more market share than we've ever gained in this last quarter. We've got the customer loyalty and strategy for where the industry's going, which is combining networks for service providers and enterprises. So I'm very optimistic about our future if we execute right.
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We've got to have the $4.2 billion to make it work, but if we wait until we have it we'll be criticized that we are delaying the process. We want people to feel comfortable that the money is going to be there for them and to see that the wheels of the process are going forward.
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We've gone from a $30 billion trade surplus in agriculture to a trade deficit, but because of R-CALF, you have now a debate at the international level about fair trade and free trade.
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With more than $1 billion of proposed investment, Forest City and Harrah's have the strongest and most comprehensive development plan and the potential for the most tax revenues.
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We think by the time the senior citizen population learns about this bill, the fact that there is no cost containment and the $300 billion that the seniors will receive over the next ten years will actually probably be dissipated in higher drug costs, and the fact that ultimately this will lead to the privatization of Medicare will undoubtedly create a situation where seniors will be very unhappy.
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We think, at the end of the day, it will not be about the campaign money but instead the $1.3 billion in tax increases Bauer has ruled out of order, and his many other accomplishments.
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Hitting the 1 billion mark means that the business of selling music online is real. Over the next 10 years, the retail music industry will be turned upside down and 25 percent of worldwide industry sales will be made online.
billion orders package reached
The package of orders has reached $18 billion as of today.
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The pace of innovation is accelerating, as three billion consumers enter the global marketplace. We are privileged to invest this fund in these exciting times. Entrepreneurs will make major improvements in health care, including in personalized medicine, medical devices and therapeutics.
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There is an element to that. The AOL-Time Warner deal must go through; it's $200 billion (in terms of the combined company's market value), whereas the EMI deal is a $20 billion joint venture. Paul Richards
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Humans are here today because our particular line never fractured - never once at any of the billion points that could have erased us from history. Stephen Gould
billion bring clarity whenever
I think whenever you are communicating to one billion people, you should bring more and more clarity on what you think.
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I always tell my partners that our job is to fund all the companies we can that can be worth $10 billion or more. That's such a difficult constraint, we can't have any other constraints. Sam Altman
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From the announcements in 1998 and subsequent measurements, we now know that the accelerated expansion of the universe did not start until sometime in the last 10 billion years,
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For this governor to bully the most vulnerable is shameful. Cutting already-meager compensation for our permanent disabilities while letting insurance carriers pocket billions is a new political low.
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Given the value of the music ripped off was several billion dollars, the damages claim will be substantial,
billion builds earn exempt few government necessary next
If the government builds up necessary infrastructure and exempt some duties, we will earn US$ 1.0 billion in the next few years. Tipu Sultan
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I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority ... Let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down! John Aspinall
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If we ever stop innovating we will quickly be passed by other companies in this industry, and that's why Microsoft invests over $3 billion a year in research and development to continually improve our products for consumers.
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If we put another $7 million on top of that it may be too big a hill to climb in a budget with a $5 billion deficit problem.
billion global lived means people politics prudent within
If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species. Jose Mujica
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If we can spend $2 billion every week to protect the Iraqi people, we can do more to protect our people at home. Harry Reid
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If we continue to grow at 26 percent, we will probably end the year at mid-$11 billion (in revenue), or near $12 billion.
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If we completely repealed the estate tax, it would provide an estimated $32 billion tax break for the Walton family - the founders of Wal-Mart. Bernie Sanders
billions commitment cut deliver dollars government help trying
We're trying to help the Harper government deliver on its commitment to cut spending. There are billions of dollars to be saved. Elizabeth May
billion company looking whereas
We're looking at a $2.1B-revenue company now, whereas two years ago it was a $1.3 billion company.