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Connecticut lawmakers forged ahead Thursday on a budget deal reached this week, despite what some legislators are calling a billion-dollar maybe: $2 billion in anticipated givebacks state workers have yet to agree upon.
Budget Deal Has Big Maybe Shelly Banjo 2011
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Increasing Russian Internet penetration is opening up so-called billion-dollar markets with little or no competition, according to one leading investor.
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If you could bottle it, the billion-dollar pharmacology corporations would go out of business.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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The billion-dollar start-up club has a new member: Airbnb Inc.
Airbnb Is Latest Start-Up to Secure $1 Billion Valuation Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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Doing his best to mask the corruption meltdown inside the world's billion-dollar football governing body, the president appealed for calm amongst the baying press.
Our pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet 2011
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The latest drilling project was a billion-dollar state-of-the-art rig owned by Trojan Energy and christened the Obelisk.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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This was a billion-dollar oil rig with a complement of nearly a hundred personnel.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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For instance, A large investment bank, which has more than a billion-dollar Asia infrastructure fund, has run into issues with many of its roads and national highway projects in India, said Ashish Sonal , founder and CEO of Orkash, including land-acquisition issues for a project in Uttar Pradesh.
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News of billion-dollar scams in real estate, telecommunications, and last year's Commonwealth Games in India has fueled popular anger at the government.
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News of billion-dollar scams in real estate, telecommunications, and last year's Commonwealth Games in India has fueled popular anger at the government.
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