17,650 source-backed business facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 131 of 177.
“the Wanda Group, a Chinese media conglomerate, agreed to acquire AMC Entertainment, North America’s second-largest movie theater owner, in a $2.6 billion deal.”
“The shift in time zone aimed to help the nation boost its economy in doing business with Australia and New Zealand.”
“He warned it could take 25 years to rebalance the NI economy.”
“In February, DreamWorks Animation struck a $2 billion deal to open a studio in Shanghai under the Oriental DreamWorks brand.”
“£23m spent to research the scheme and set up the first of the 12 lanes”
“agreed to acquire AMC Entertainment, North America’s second-largest movie theater owner, in a $2.6 billion deal.”
“20,000-word report”
“his goal was to own theaters covering 20 percent of the world theater market by 2020.”
“with total reservoir storage currently about 86%”
“DreamWorks Animation struck a $2 billion deal to open a studio in Shanghai under the Oriental DreamWorks brand.”
“Colliford is 93% full, Roadford is 84% full and Wimbleball is 84% full”
“Wanda Group, a Chinese media conglomerate, agreed to acquire AMC Entertainment, North America’s second-largest movie theater owner, in a $2.6 billion deal.”
“The last hosepipe bans to be imposed in the South West were in 1996”
“Wisconsin gained 23,000 jobs in 2011—a large improvement over previous numbers that showed a loss of 33,900 jobs.”
“Since the droughts of 1976, when some customers had to collect water from stand pipes, SWW has developed five new reservoirs and increased total storage by 87,383 megalitres”
“today dropping to 6.7 percent”
“Stannon, a former Imerys china clay quarry bought by SWW two years ago in 2008, is due to become a fully operational reservoir by the end of this summer, with a capacity of 8,000 megalitres”
“Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has presided over a 28 percent increase in unemployment.”
“2009 was the 13th consecutive summer with no water restrictions and it is most unlikely that there will need to be any restrictions in 2010," he said”
“nearly $400,000 while representing GM, which received more than $70 billion from taxpayers”
“Last year at this time reservoirs in the region were 92% full”
“mandating 54.5 miles-per-gallon cars by 2025”
“Mateer and Hastings had worked for Royal Mail for 15 and 19 years respectively, but have since been dismissed.”
“GM teamed with Navigators Global and the Podesta Group beginning in 2010 and soon arranged six-figure contracts with lobbying teams headed by Democratic bundlers Vin Roberti and Tony Podesta.”
“She said: "...a three-year scheme would exempt Welsh firms from up to £5,000 of employer National Insurance contributions for the first 10 employees hired."”
“When Navigators spun off the Democratic lobbyists in 2011, GM followed suit, shifting a lucrative $392,500 contract to the newly formed Roberti and Associates.”
“Together with Jim Slater, he formed Slater Walker Securities, which became a multi-million pound business, specialising in corporate raids and takeovers of ailing companies.”
“His Washington D.C. ties have enabled his 29-year-old son, Dan, to raise more than $1 million in the Democratic primary for Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District.”
“Their 28in foam latex puppets are expected to fetch £3,500 at Bonhams auction house in London.”
“Tony Podesta, who raised nearly $500,000 for Democrats with his lobbyist wife, Heather, between 2008 and 2010.”
“A puppet of former Tory Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath is also being sold with an estimate of up to £1,800.”
“The Podesta Group earned $590,000 from General Motors in 2010 and 2011, including major advocacy work on vehicle emissions standards.”
“She said thousands of businesses across Wales would benefit from the Budget, giving the example that a three-year scheme would exempt Welsh firms from up to £5,000 of employer National Insurance contributions for the first 10 employees hir…”
“A contract was awarded to Miller [...] after bidding in 1990 and 1994.”
“Tornado, the new £3m Peppercorn class A1 pacific steam locomotive was built over almost 20 years by The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust in Darlington.”
“The latter was "privately extended" through 2000 without competitive bidding”
“It also has a number of joint ventures including a 49% stake in the UK's Virgin Rail Group.”
“In 2001, when the contract had expired, it was extended "in secret and without public bid" on a month-to-month basis to October 2003”
“The uncertain pace of economic recovery meant its bus division was planning for 'relatively modest' fare and revenue increases in the year ahead”
“when the parties entered a contract until 2005, and then until 2009.”
“rise in annual profits of almost 14%.”
“immediately after the company was awarded another no-bid contract in 2009”
“The chain made £11.5m in the year to the end of April, compared with £10.1m a year earlier, its parent company Kesa Electricals said, despite like-for-like sales slipping 1.5%.”
“conditional loan guarantee worth $1.6 billion in taxpayer dollars”
“Across the Kesa group, profits were £69.6m, from losses of £81.8m.”
“has spent $82.3 million on lobbying since 2008”
“Sales were up 0.4% but down 1.5% on a like-for-like basis which strips out new stores.”
“political action committee has given nearly $380,000 to Democrats since 2008”
“Its French business, Darty France, recorded a 7.4% sales increase.”
“had up to $500,000 in stock options from BrightSource”
“Owners of 250 factories at Ashulia near Dhaka resumed production after the government promised to stop protesting workers from vandalising them.”
“a $700,000 advisory fee from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts”
“One factory owner told the BBC that 200 factories had been vandalised, making it difficult for the owners to meet buyers' deadlines and leading to losses.”
“exclusive power purchase agreements for four other solar projects”
“Garments are easily Bangladesh's biggest export, accounting for more than 80% of annual export earnings worth $15bn (£10bn).”
“He was also the CEO of Edison International, which obtained exclusive power purchase agreements for four other solar projects that received lucrative grants from the federal government.”
“His business - The Foodie Company - has an annual turnover of £400,000 and is made up of a café, a food hamper distribution outlet and a packing facility.”
“Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi thanked Sushil Tyagi in the acknowledgments of their financial self-help book, All Your Worth”
“Ann MacCallum became the first woman to run a Harris Tweed mill when she was appointed general manager of Harris Tweed Textiles' Carloway Mill on Lewis in March.”
“the hotel’s luxury spa offers ... for a rate equivalent to $3 per minute (gratuity not included).”
“KPMG say video game companies contribute £1bn to UK GDP each year”
“Inside the rooms, which cost as much as $3,000 per night”
“The tax break proposed by the previous Labour government could have created 3,000 new jobs and £457m to spend on development, according to KPMG Scotland.”
“guests are invited to enjoy $8 bottles of Evian.”
“The industry is also estimated to contribute £1bn to the UK's GDP each year.”
“including $26 million toward the Sierra Club’s "beyond coal" campaign.”
“Over the eight years of Bush’s presidency, from January 2001 to January 2009, the economy added an average of 11,406 jobs per month, according to a Washington Free Beacon study.”
“Over the duration of the Obama presidency, by contrast, the economy has lost an average of 14,666 jobs per month.”
“Rather than sell the company, they then had Dade take out even more loans to buy out their shares, driving the company into bankruptcy. Nearly 3,000 workers lost their jobs, while Romney and his partners made more than $250 million in prof…”
“Fourteen corporations have severed their ties with ALEC to date.”
“Katzenberg announced this February that DreamWorks had struck a $2 billion deal”
“Katzenberg announced this February that DreamWorks had struck a $2 billion deal to open a studio in Shanghai under the Oriental Dreamworks brand.”
“Katzenberg announced this February that DreamWorks had struck a $2 billion deal to open a studio in Shanghai under the Oriental Dreamworks brand.”
“The state gained 32,000 jobs in the 12 months ending in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Wisconsin lost 16,900.”
“When Corzine was named CEO of MF Global in March 2010”
“MF Global filed for bankruptcy in October 2011”
“When Corzine was named CEO of MF Global in March 2010, there was wide speculation that he was hired for his political ties.”
“With jobless rates still running between eight and nine percent, nearly 200,000 Oregonians are out of work and collecting unemployment benefits.”
“Secondly, the cash value of the ads and email blasts you propose is around $25,000, for which you have offered credits in PR materials in exchange," Goldfarb dismissively added.”
“Typically in a recovery, you’d be up between 105 and 107; you’d see a real surge in spending and hiring. A 94 is what you’d consider a high-level in a recession," he said, of the Small Business Optimism Index.”
“one in four blamed uncertainty in Washington, according to Dunkelberg.”
“Mr. Pickens’ criticism was motivated by his substantial investments in natural gas companies that would benefit substantially from legislation—the NAT GAS Act—that the Koch oppose.”
“Mr. Pickens is the major shareholder in BAF Technologies, self-described as 'the leading provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions in the U.S.'”
“it, looks like it could be a 7 handle by the time there’s an election”
“it’d be great to be around 180 as opposed to 130 or 120”
“United States labor participation rate fell to 63.6 percent in April, the lowest recorded level since December 1981, according to the the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
“The April report fell short of analyst expectations – 115,000 jobs added compared to consensus expectations of about 160,000 – and is the smallest reported gain in six months.”
“The official unemployment rate declined slightly to 8.1 percent, though that was largely a result of more than 500,000 people leaving the labor force by giving up on looking for work.”
“Finance blogger Jim Pethokoukis wrote that if labor force participation was the same as when President Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be about 11 percent.”
“The report marks 38 consecutive months with unemployment above 8 percent, which Bloomberg notes is the "longest such stretch since monthly records began in 1948."”
“The economy has experienced seven waves of this form of stimulus in the past 10 years, according to the report.”
“The Arizona-based solar company on Thursday reported a net loss of $0.08 per share and a 12 percent decline in revenue during the first three months of 2012, far below analyst expectations.”
“Revenue for the first quarter of 2012 came in at $497.1 million, as prices continued to fall across the industry.”
“Analysts polled by Bloomberg had forecast top line results of $678.8 million and earnings per share of $0.48.”
“Just last month, First Solar announced plans to lay off 2,000 employees—about 30 percent of its workforce—and close a number of its facilities around the world.”
“Two green energy companies—Solyndra and Beacon Power—recently filed for bankruptcy, despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-guaranteed loans from the Department of Energy.”
“Two years later, however, the firm filed for bankruptcy.”
“In 2009, Boeing Aircraft attempted to relocate a factory to South Carolina, another right-to-work state, in order to cut down on costs and avoid strikes that plagued its Washington plant.”
“Under Palmer’s leadership, the WPPA signed on to a letter with several other large unions threatening to boycott a local bank company and Kwik Trip convenience stores if they did not oppose Walker’s collective bargaining reforms.”
“The threats alienated recall supporters, according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported those threatened actually saw business improve.”
