Gregor had read the card on echolocation about a billion times waiting for Boots to get tired of the bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When one is dealt a bridge hand of thirteen cards, the probability of being dealt that particular hand is less than one in 600 billion. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitting my head would’ve been a billion times better than dropping my phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We send off for flowers, grieve, make ceremonies, scatter bones, unaware of the rest of the 3 billion on the same schedule. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four billion years later people began to wonder how it had all happened. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And of course it means that billions of animals are doomed to live out their lives on factory farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My billion problems kept bobbing up like corpses in a flooded city. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The truth was, at that moment Dorothy scared me a lot more than a billion Russians, and I didn’t know why. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My atoms have been on this Finn trip for almost eleven billion miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That’s a mere drop in the bucket, compared to the number of texts sent—six billion in the United States each day. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Passenger pigeons traveled in massive assemblies, billions strong, that rained enough excrement to force people indoors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The problems of MCorp and the other banks were nothing, of course, compared to the S & L crisis, which according to one estimate was going to take $65 billion to solve. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most popular theory is that, about four billion years ago, a huge object collided with the earth, and the moon was formed from the resulting debris. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

These events will occupy tens of billions of years, or more. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I look up at the Sun for a second, a billion neutrinos pass through my eyeball. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows even approximately how many asteroids there are tumbling through space, but the number is thought to be probably not less than a billion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There are 3 billion of us on the earth, and all 3 billion must be dead, on a schedule, within this lifetime. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of vast gossamer gas clouds formed, colonies of great lumbering, slowly spinning things, steadily brightening, each a kind of beast eventually to contain a hundred billion shining points. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worms squiggled frantically from a billion holes in the ground and drowned, their pale bleached bodies floating everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The insecticide tolerance of young commercial shrimp just past larval life was found to be exceedingly low — measured in parts per billion instead of the more commonly used standard of parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Email adds another 144 billion globally on a daily basis. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But that is very different from saying that there are a billion planets on which technical civilizations now exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because of that, I had billions of people on my side. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe out of all the billions of planets, music is unique to Earth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Nights like this come around only once every sixty billion miles,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The house gave ground as the fire in ten billion angry sparks moved with flaming ease from room to room and then up the stairs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching it rise, I performed a mental ritual: Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at a star; One of over a hundred billion stars in our galaxy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She never thought in a billion years that she would call Valley Pepperhorn a friend, or that she would meet someone like Thorn and feel so very close to her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Milky Way rotates once every quarter billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid was small and scared, about six or seven years old—maybe just four billion miles or so—with thin buckwheat hair that was plastered down against his ghostly skin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’ll never stare out at the red, gold, and brown rocks that took two billion years to form. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could never afford that in a billion years. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Just about every individual atom in the universe, every last bit of the stuff that builds me, is nearly fourteen billion years old. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Of course, there is no one giant hand, but there are billions of smaller hands on earth, working furiously to change their home. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a billion years after the Big Bang, the distribution of matter in the universe had become a little lumpy, perhaps because the Big Bang itself had not been perfectly uniform. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One or two viruses can become a billion viruses in a few days—a China of viruses in a bottle the size of one’s thumb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that case, the colors of Jupiter speak to us of chemical events that four billion years ago back on Earth led to the origin of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would return tens of billions of years in our future—to find the Earth a charred cinder and the Sun dead. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sayin’, there’s what, eighteen eleven billion crossroads in Brooklyn alone, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Three billion years, and life itself barely exists. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The current best estimate for Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion metric tons, a difference of only about 1 percent from Cavendish’s finding. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But one small change makes the world spin differently in a billion ways for one family. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Nor does President Obama’s Race to the Top program—a competition for $4.35 billion in federal grants to states that meet various educational benchmarks—make any such recommendation. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A billion more each came from Buddha and Genghis Khan and Beethoven, and any other historical figure you care to name. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“That was about fourteen billion miles back that way,” I argued. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

With a foreign debt now in the billions, any hope that was left for our Independence is handcuffed in debtor’s prison. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even with radiometric dating, as decay measurements became known, it would be decades before we got within a billion years or so of Earth’s actual age. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

After all, it happened more than five billion miles ago. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The great majority have lifetimes of billions or more years in which they are shining stably, providing a suitable energy source for the origin and evolution of life on nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe billions. You can keep them here forever. Fifty years, a hundred years, even more —then you just thaw them out and they grow.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In less than a fraction of a second, billions and billions of years would pass; the universe would have already met its ultimate fate and burned itself out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When we got there, the host, that old guy who’s worked there for about a billion years, asked if we needed a table for four. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Beyond M31 is another, very similar galaxy, our own, its spiral arms turning slowly, once every quarter billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two years later, there would be 75 billion texts sent a month, with around half of them sent by people under the age of thirty-five. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The erosion in interstellar space—chiefly cosmic rays and impacting dust grains—is so slow that the information on the record will last a billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had found the edge of the universe, or at least the visible part of it, 90 billion trillion miles away. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Count back three billion hours, and modern humans don’t exist—just wild-eyed cave people, all hairy and grunting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By signing the treaty, Germany had accepted the blame for starting World War I and agreed to pay billions of dollars in reparations to other countries. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

By the time the program was considered complete at the end of 17 months, 3 % billion artificially reared, sterilized flies had been released over Florida and sections of Georgia and Alabama. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Civilizations would take billions of years of tortuous evolution to arise, and then snuff themselves out in an instant of unforgivable neglect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I see a drop of blood, I see a billion viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and after looking about for a few thousand years declares itself in possession of eternal truths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah! I wish they gave us more time, though. I had a billion questions, and I feel like maybe five of them got answered.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were billions of conscientious body cells oxidating away day and night like dumb animals at their complicated job of keeping him alive and healthy, and every one was a potential traitor and foe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars—billions upon billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been asking me a billion questions about food, clothes, music, and places. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I don't have 100 billion little space suits handy. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lunar surface offers eloquent testimony of a previous age of the destruction of worlds, now billions of years gone. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big agribusiness companies take in billions of dollars in profit. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When the gravity approaches a billion g’s, something still more strange happens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dome shot up like the lid of a teapot and shattered into a billion pieces, raining rubble over the city. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s jumping around the topic—religion bad, ruined his life—and throwing a billion fireballs—Why do governments tell people what they can believe? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

American agencies had spent about a billion dollars to stop a full-blown outbreak. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

During the lifetime of a typical galaxy, about ten billion years, a hundred million stars will have exploded—a great many, but still only about one star in a thousand. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are fluid structures with 100 billion stellar components. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But life did not evolve much beyond blue-green algae for three billion years, which suggests that large lifeforms with specialized organs are hard to evolve, harder even than the origin of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go far, just around the perimeter of the neat yard in a slow shuffle, watching the sky, clear now, a billion stars spread across it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Over billions of years, that stretch adds up, and the universe inflates faster and faster. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I know it, and still—I’m letting the hook pierce me like some dumb fish that’s been hooked a billion times before and still hasn’t figured it out yet that hooks are the enemy. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I have five hundred billion neurochips, Mr. Bender. It wasn’t difficult. But Father probably told you about that already.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And how the woods were so dark that you couldn’t see anything around you, and you’d look up and see a billion stars in the sky. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The nearest quasar is perhaps half a billion light-years away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to some estimates, the black hair care industry is worth more than one billion dollars annually. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It took a billion gallons of black blood to make you. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence feared that the failure at Y-12 would destroy the army’s confidence in the entire bomb project, with billions of dollars—indeed, the entire war effort—hanging in the balance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Astronomers today believe there are perhaps 140 billion galaxies in the visible universe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe so, maybe not. Ten billion places we could’ve set up last night, the man picks a latrine.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The average species on Earth lasts for only about four million years, so if you wish to be around for billions of years, you must be as fickle as the atoms that made you. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The universe had a beginning, about 15 billion years in the past, and space has been expanding ever since. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The United States would spend $24 billion on Apollo, in order to plunge the sword into the heart of the Soviet Unions ambitions in space. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

At the Hiroshima death rate of some hundred thousand people killed per equivalent thirteen-kiloton weapon, this would be enough to kill a hundred billion people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dole out billions of dollars each year in foreign aid. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pyce wants my father to allow something he disagrees with. If Pyce controls me, my father has to acquiesce. Pyce stands to make billions, and not in dollars. Chinese red cash. Billions.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost three billion miles away. Even traveling at the speed of light, it would still take about four hours to reach.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The bill created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some “three-strikers,” and authorized more than $16 billion for state prison grants and expansion of state and local police forces. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The distance from the Earth to the most remote quasars is eight or ten billion light- years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By September 1777 he had shipped supplies that would be worth about half a billion dollars today. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The consensus seems to be heading for a figure of about 13.7 billion years, but these things are notoriously difficult to measure, as we shall see further on. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And growing cells by the billions wouldn’t help anyone if they couldn’t get those cells where they needed to go. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If the mutation rate is too high, we lose the inheritance of four billion years of painstaking evolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I absentmindedly doodled one on my homework last night and had to tear it into a billion pieces and flush them down the toilet. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Cosmologists have long argued over whether the moment of creation was 10 billion years ago or twice that or something in between. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Of China’s 1.2 billion people, over 800 million speak Mandarin, the language with by far the largest number of native speakers in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We know from the fossil record that the origin of life happened soon after, perhaps around 4.0 billion years ago, in the ponds and oceans of the primitive Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was frustrated that she hadn’t known any of this, that she’d been blind to the faith of a billion or so people. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After traveling nearly eleven billion miles in my lifetime, my atoms and I had arrived at a place where we could confidently make such determinations about love. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

From his deck, Evans supposes he can see between 50,000 and 100,000 galaxies, each containing tens of billions of stars. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He sort of lost some revenue. The Corporation posted second, third, and fourth quarter losses totaling around forty billion? So, you know, they had to make some sacrifices, let some workers go.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Just three weeks after Henrietta’s name was first published, Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law and launched the War on Cancer, designating $1.5 billion for cancer research over the next three years. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Appalachians alone lost four billion trees, a quarter of its cover, in a generation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There may be a hundred billion planetary systems in the Galaxy awaiting exploration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and drown in color, open them and drown in light because billions and billions of buckets of light are being emptied on our heads from above. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want five hundred billion neural chips. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There must have been a billion leaves on the land; he waded in them, a dry river smelling of hot cloves and warm dust. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The size of the universe is, to be a little generous, a sphere about 40 billion light-years in diameter. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has been estimated that at least a billion and a half people would be dead by the end of the first day. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A galaxy that was just one of billions of other galaxies in the observable universe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the back, there are no smooth maria, but only highlands which have been scarred by the impact of meteorites over billions of years. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the year, a landmark $11 billion lawsuit that would determine how local school districts were funded by the state had played to an empty courtroom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My atoms have been around for fourteen billion years. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

American farmers produce thirteen billion bushels of corn a year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At that point its market value was estimated to be $3 billion. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Inside my mother, a billion sperm swim upstream, males in the lead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That gulf was so big it was about to crack me into three billion pieces, right there in the middle of the kitchen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

At a stroke, in a simple formula, Einstein endowed geologists and astronomers with the luxury of billions of years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This is a giant public health problem, costing the health care system an estimated $90 billion a year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t even care that the sun’s going to burn out in a matter of years, ending all life on Earth, well, five billion years, but still, guess what? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I’d seen her a billion times. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There are many different types of children for many different types of shows,” Rex Rollins begins, and I can see that he’s given this speech about a billion times. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Erosion on the Moon is so inefficient, because of the absence of air and water, that even small craters a few billion years old are still comparatively well preserved. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its billions of particles were like the stars of every galaxy in the sky, and every one of them was a little fragment of conscious thought. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

About 13.5 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I’ve just interrupted a game watched by half a billion people, a game that accepts millions in sponsor money. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ponds that had replaced Olmsted’s elegant paths shuddered under the impact of a billion falling droplets. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She also said that each of us has at least 20 billion atoms from William Shakespeare inside our body. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And the other, fainter galaxies must be more distant still, a hundred billion of them, sprinkled through the dark to the frontiers of the known Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we went to almost any cell culture lab in the world and opened its freezers, he told us, we’d probably find millions —if not billions —of Henrietta’s cells in small vials on ice. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They’re the majority of the world—there’s a couple billion Oriental people. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But uncoupling is not the only way to extinguish the little fires in some or all of the body’s billions of cells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And they are nuclear explosions billions of miles away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, will billions of years from now be utterly destroyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The announcement meant that nine of the state’s ten largest banking organizations now needed an aggregate sum of money from public and private sources well into the tens of billions to stay afloat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she doesn’t sell a billion shirts and twelve million belts on Black Friday, the world will end. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brookhaven settled for a cosmotron rated at 2.5 billion volts, though it received the GAC’s explicit promise that it could come back to the well for bigger machines in the future. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It took nature hundreds of millions of years to evolve a bacterium, and billions to make a grasshopper. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chlorofluorocarbons are also not very abundant–they constitute only about one part per billion of the atmosphere as a whole–but they are extravagantly destructive. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Look through it and you could see the billions of impoverished people in the world, and the many linked causes of their misery. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A whale or a human being needs something like five billion bits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, I persisted, cautiously, and in somewhat different terms, this twenty billion dollars, or whatever it is, depends on the total economy of the United States. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Whether the human race can actually maintain a population of five billion or more without a crash with a hot virus remains an open question. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Elena tried to escape the country with $1 billion, but they were captured, given a crude trial, and, on Christmas Day, executed by firing squad. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The core of a neutron star is so dense that a single spoonful of matter from it would weigh 200 billion pounds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It suggested that one billion dollars' worth of the South’s property was insecure. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were less than five billion people on the planet in the late twentieth century. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most of the four billion years since the origin of life, the dominant organisms were microscopic blue-green algae, which covered and filled the oceans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appropriates billions, as directed by the President, on the pretense of helping the poor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the Galaxy there are stars— perhaps dozens of them—that are the brothers and sisters of the Sun, formed from the same cloud complex, some 5 billion years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sun has been in such a stable situation for the past five billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One small changed family doesn’t calculate into a world that has been spinning for a billion years. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

From eight billion light-years away we are hard pressed to find even the cluster in which our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded, much less the Sun or the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow medicine, for all the $80-odd billion that it is said to cost the nation, has not yet come in for much of this analytical treatment. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Big Bang released so much energy that the universe has been expanding outward from it for more than thirteen billion years. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But then again, I’ve thought about her approximately ten billion times a day. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There’s a couple of hundred thousand billion people around the world who don’t know their fathers! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An additional series of meteorites rocket at their skulls at a billion miles per hour. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Human beings and our descendants, whoever they might be, can accomplish a great deal in tens of billions of years, before the Cosmos dies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s perfect for projecting a few billion stars. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Nephew Shawn does a knee bend and cricks his neck from side to side, like he’s done this a billion times. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Body lice and bacteria and fleas were dying by the billions. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us has perhaps a hundred billion neurons, comparable to the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A one in a billion—no trillion—anomaly, born from the oddness that saturates your county.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I keep telling her I’m fine, but my stomach feels gurgly, and I woke up, like, a billion times last night. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We are in the realm of the nebulae, eight billion light-years from Earth, halfway to the edge of the known universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maneuvering in markets for oil, wheat, cotton, coffee and more have brought billions in profits to investment banks. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Swarms of mutant bugs, billions of them, they had him bracketed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who would consider for a moment that the more than 3 billion of us are a sort of stupendous animal when we become linked together? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wholesale value of these products was well over a quarter of a billion dollars. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The expression 7.39842 x 1010 is more comprehensible and legible than seventy- three billion nine hundred and eighty-four million and two hundred thousand. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Multiply these daily frustrations by a few billion, and you begin to see that the curse of knowledge is a pervasive drag on the strivings of humanity, on a par with corruption, disease, and entropy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Four hundred billion extra neural chips trying to put together what the old Jenna never could. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Today the world contains about a billion sheep, a billion pigs, more than a billion cattle, and more than 25 billion chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With up to a billion to identify, the count obviously has barely begun. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A billion tiny mud creatures lived and ate and died in the top layer of sand, and the little casts and breathing holes and invisible movements showed that the whole landscape was aquiver with life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And yet here’s your heart, doing its job all the time, one beat after the next, all the way up to three billion. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The cash value of these slaves, at a moderate estimate, is two billion dollars. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end we watched 300, a war movie about 300 Spartans who protect Sparta from an invading army of like a billion Persians. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He might as well have been a billion miles away with his hangover. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And here was the nimble Army Corps of Engineers planning to hold back 250 billion gallons of water with notoriously unstable glacial till. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Whereas chiefdoms’ populations range from a few thousand to a few tens of thousands, the populations of most modern states exceed one million, and China’s exceeds one billion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At least 20 billion, she emphasized, and she showed us some complicated math to prove it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

While the British knew a lot about how the machines operated, neither they nor anyone else could tell Elizebeth which of the many billions of Enigma settings the South American spies were using. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We watched a billion people around the globe lose their jobs in just a year or two. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a faint source of illumination, like a stream of billions of tiny particles, faintly glowing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nor were they beneficiaries of the billions of dollars' worth of food aid that poured into North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t include the billions the government spends to subsidize corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The ruined highway shut down for more than a year—over half a billion miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

"If we were randomly inserted into the universe," Sagan wrote, "the chances that you would be on or near a planet would be less than one in a billion trillion trillion." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A million miles from here, a billion days ago, this happened. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But an impact with a large comet, such as Hailey’s Comet, whose nucleus is perhaps twenty kilometers across, should occur only about once every billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past twenty-five years, in dollars corrected for inflation, the annual international arms trade has gone from $300 million to much more than $20 billion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beater forms billions of microscopic air pockets and stiffens the egg proteins. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The universe is more than thirteen billion years old. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And developers of the products that rely on human biological materials would be out billions of dollars. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They spend billions to create a constant stream of these new foods and then spend billions more to get us to buy them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A billion people could participate in the exploration of another world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gross features of the fair envisioned in the plan concealed a billion smaller obstacles that the public and most of the exposition’s own directors had no idea existed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We would be joining more than 26,000 other state COs, he said, working for a department with an annual budget of $1.6 billion. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is one in 3 billion at the moment, which describes the odds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the best that four billion years of evolution could produce, containing the full complement of information on how to make a cell, a tree or a human work. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined that parts of my insides and parts of her insides may have come from the same exploding star, billions of years ago. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Earth has harbored a technical civilization characterized by radio astronomy for only a few decades out of a lifetime of a few billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neal moved to Ascend Communications, which built little boxes to terminate Internet signals and was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999 for $24 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in history. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But, for the record: Twenty-two percent of the world’s population sees ghosts—that’s over one and a half billion people worldwide. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If the government wants to hide somebody, there’s probably no place more isolated than my reservation, which is located approximately one million miles north of Important and two billion miles west of Happy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In one, the universe is created, somehow, ten or twenty billion years ago and expands forever, the galaxies mutually receding until the last one disappears over our cosmic horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the cake, mashes it in her hand and throws the plate against the wall, busting it into a billion pieces. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were releasing infected mosquitoes by the billions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Mars, and elsewhere in the solar system, we see features that could not be produced today, landscapes carved hundreds of millions or billions of years ago when the planetary climate was probably very different. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four billion years ago, the Earth was a molecular Garden of Eden. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For us, the universe goes only as far as light has traveled in the billions of years since the universe was formed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I liked the thought that three billion bugs fly over my head in a single month in summer or that an inch of soil might contain millions of creatures from thousands of different species. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At such a rate, we will reach it in ten billion years, and extragalactic astronomy will then be a great deal easier. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sex seems to have been invented around two billion years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A star can burn for billions of years, but it dies just once and quickly, and only a few dying stars explode. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Sacrifices? We lost our planet! Eleven billion of us! There are only hundreds of you! We lost our homes, our families, our friends.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For instance, annually, the black man spends over $3 billion for automobiles, but America contains hardly any franchised black automobile dealers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t only that the fish ran in silvery billions and money ran almost as freely. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Typically they have an albedo, or reflectiveness, of just 4 percent about the same as a lump of charcoal–and of course these lumps of charcoal are about four billion miles away. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A century is about sixty billion miles,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I read how, entering India—half a billion deeply religious brown people—the British white man, by 1759, through promises, trickery and manipulations, controlled much of India through Great Britain’s East India Company. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that point Twig had already pulled Clue out of her stack of a hundred billion board games and set it in front of me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Three years is less than two billion miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office concluded the program may have contributed to a 1 percent reduction in crime—at a cost of $8 billion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But it’s real life for the billions of animals unlucky enough to have been born into the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sachs had already started an organization called the Global Fund, financed by governments and foundations, with the hope of raising billions of dollars to fight AIDS, malaria, and TB. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe a billion of them had been this sad. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There are seven billion living people, and about ninety-eight billion dead people.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And if no process rubs out or fills in the crater, it may last for billions of years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If artificial selection can make such major changes in so short a period of time, what must natural selection, working over billions of years, be capable of? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After all the billions we’ve poured into your department. Remind me to slash your budget when I get back.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There is no effective way for this heat, accumulated over billions of years, to reach the surface and be lost to space, and the radioactivity inside Ganymede and Callisto must therefore melt their icy interiors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You can talk to me for billions of minutes." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But over millions or billions of years, they are capable of utterly erasing even very large impact scars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet all these billions of gently burning little fires spark the energy of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

By one billion years ago, plants, working cooperatively, had made a stunning change in the environment of the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth’s primordial ocean, which came into existence not long after the earth was formed, about four and a half billion years ago, may well have contained microscopic life forms based on rna. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw ten billion rain crystals, hesitating long enough to be photographed by the electrical display. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A billion of them sold before his second term was over. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The farthest may be ten or twelve or more billions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are said to be a billion billion insects on the earth at any moment, most of them with very short life expectancies by our standards. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be even more generous and also to simplify the rough calculation, assume it’s a cube 40 billion light-years on a side. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would she even notice if someone took twenty million out of her billions? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

All those unseen billions and trillions of charged particles, and possibly, she thought, of Dust, conjured a radiating glow out of the upper atmosphere. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell billions and billions of people and that does not change the fact that those two men were killed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Still, she had successfully narrowed the field from billions of records to millions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So I said, “I am seventeen years old. That’s almost eleven billion miles.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The The Milky Way from slightly above the plane of its spiral arms, which are illuminated by billions of hot, young blue stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light from a galaxy is the sum of the light emitted by the billions of stars within it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly customers were paying $1 billion less a year for term life insurance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The image is read by the Voyager computers, radioed back across the immense intervening distance of half a billion kilometers to a radio telescope, a ground station on the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope so, then I’ll sue you for a billion dollars.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

On some of the billions of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, life may never arise. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon had set by now, and the sky to the south was profoundly dark, though the billions of stars lay on it like diamonds on velvet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In a typical galaxy, consisting of a hundred billion stars, a supernova will occur on average once every two or three hundred years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The color maps of billions of minds, all controlled by an algorithm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For example, half the shrimp in one experiment were killed by dieldrin at a concentration of only 15 parts per billion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

These were technologies that had been part of a profound effort to make cars and roads safer— along with airbags and billions spent to widen and improve roads. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

India was a very big country with about a billion people in it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sure I was, but that was billions of miles away from here. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You won’t forget your lines. We went over them a billion times. You had them down perfect yester—” “Will you stop bugging me for a minute?” the Object snapped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But suppose what you had to do was so complicated that even several billion bits was insufficient. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stars are the places where the molecules that life is made of were constructed billions of years ago. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Today, astronomers suspect that the universe is about 15 billion light-years across and peppered everywhere with clusters of galaxies. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It explained how stars could burn for billions of years without racing through their fuel. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

To put up even a half-decent fight they would need a billion dollars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since the need was so urgent and the death toll so high, the West swallowed its disgust and delivered more than one billion dollars' worth of food to North Korea between 1995 and 2003. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And yet for three billion years there were microorganisms everywhere on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s holding a box cutter and leaning over one of the billion boxes piled up around the apartment. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We kept on talking as if there weren’t a billion and one miles between us. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mechanical, intellectual acceptance of that which a genuine organism—with two billion years of the pressure to live and evolve hagriding it—could never have reconciled itself to. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Beneath her fingernails, the frost makes billions of tiny diadems and coronas on the slats of the bench, a lattice of dumbfounding complexity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So it was quite an achievement when in 1946 he was able to announce with some confidence that the Earth was at least three billion years old and possibly rather more. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Astronomers now think there may be billions of these objects. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Corn-based food does offer cheap calories, if you don’t count the billions the government spends to support cheap corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

About 3.8 billion years ago, on a planet called Earth, certain molecules combined to form particularly large and intricate structures called organisms. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all the galaxies, there are perhaps as many planets as stars, 10" x 10" = 1022, ten billion trillion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the biosphere does not “like” the idea of five billion humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are cold and hard and human beings like myself live upon their surfaces—many billions of them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Someday the rerun will come to an end and you'll see all the stars start to flick off, like a billion little flames blown out by the wind. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

These people spend three billion dollars annually for licenses, tackle, boats, camping equipment, gasoline, and lodgings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Leonardo DiCaprio says there are billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five hundred thousand depositors had funneled $2 billion into his sixteen banks and had been promised 15 percent interest on their money. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are tens of billions of known kinds of organic molecules. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think of that distance: fourteen billion times all those hundreds of millions of miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

WorldCom and Global Crossing fabricated billions of dollars in revenues to pump up their stock prices. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By three billion years ago, a number of one-celled plants had joined together, perhaps because a mutation prevented a single cell from separating after splitting in two. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke: her great-uncle says it is a suspension of particles, billions of drifting carbon molecules. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he felt the painful sting of possibly billions of little mouths in his palm. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And there are billions of planets where there is no life, but there is no one on those planets with brains to notice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The age of some rocks at the bottom of the Canyon has been estimated at over two billion years. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky shook with endless thunder and erupted with lightning, the clouds bursting with a billion joules of energy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The forbidding complex of twenty buildings employed 7,000 people; by some estimates, the Stasi archives contained more than one billion documents describing the vast network of spies and informers cultivated over four decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the Milky Way Galaxy there must be many planets millions of years older than Earth, and some that are billions of years older. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A thousand billion emails and texts. ‘Please come home, just for a couple days. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I'm beginning to see that crops on Mars are extremely prolific, thanks to the billions of dollars' worth of life support equipment around me. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what addicts’ crimes cost nationally, but it is said to be billions a year in New York City. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After trials of several species, 3 billion eggs of an Argentine moth were released in Australia in 1930. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

To our delight, an unusually large brood of American Snout butterflies swarmed Eagle Pass by the billions. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

About seven years, or four billion miles, ago, my father swore he would never let anyone read another word of his writing. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At this point, about 4.5 billion years ago, an object the size of Mars crashed into Earth, blowing out enough material to form a companion sphere, the Moon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University, who once calculated that he’s grown about 800 billion HeLa cells for his own research, says that restricting HeLa cell use would be disastrous. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It took thousands of workers eight months to clear 1.8 billion tons of debris from the sixteen acres of the World Trade Center site in New York. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He held top sales jobs at four different technology companies that were ultimately sold or went public for more than a billion dollars each. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The information in our genes is very old—most of it more than millions of years old, some of it billions of years old. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are now on less certain ground; there may, for example, be impediments in the evolution of the genetic code, although I think this unlikely over billions of years of primeval chemistry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I chiseled out a billion little chunks between the holes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must be good at escaping trouble, if some of them have been around for as long as four billion years. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A billion stars going supernova, death on a cosmic scale. This is Kurnugi, Sik. This is where you go when it all ends." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

All 3 billion of us are being connected by telephones, radios, television sets, airplanes, satellites, harangues on public-address systems, newspapers, magazines, leaflets dropped from great heights, words got in edgewise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know now that our universe—or at least its most recent incarnation—is some fifteen or twenty billion years old. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

About the size of a three- bedroom house, this space station, called Skylab, orbited the earth for six years on a journey that covered nearly one billion miles. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sixty million of them would have been more than sixty billion pounds of grouchy, fast- moving mammal pounding the plains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This little collection of debutantes represents over four billion dollars of America’s wealth and over fifty of America’s leading families. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

About a billion things shot through my head right then, honest, uncool, brave things I might have dared if I was someone else. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It felt like I’d been holding in twelve billion gallons behind the sutures of my Lazarus Door scar. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Milky Way contains some 400 billion stars of all sorts moving with a complex and orderly grace. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandage, after years of careful calculations, arrived at a value for the Hubble constant of 50, giving the universe an age of 20 billion years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I realized my family loved me very much and this world could be such a great place to live if you just realized the structure for coexisting with the other five billion inhabitants. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In addition to the billions of dollars that GSS raked in selling land that didn’t actually exist, they made a killing selling virtual objects and vehicles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And this is true not only of the microbes of two billion years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For billions of years they would have heard only weak and intermittent radio static caused by lightning and the trapped electrons and protons whistling within the Earth’s magnetic field. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, the billion dreams of the town since its origin stirred in a maelstrom far from the reach of the shrimpers’ nets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow feeding seven billion people through pure gathering. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her strength was in analyzing financial markets and managing the billions in her exclusive hedge fund. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, when we look at a quasar eight billion light-years away, the fact that we are seeing it as it was eight billion years ago may be very important. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all pours out of me like a billion knives. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But then a quarter of a billion people, a whole subcontinent, rallied behind Gandhi—and they twisted the British lion’s tail! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On education, Barack and I had leveraged billions of dollars to help girls around the world get the schooling they deserve. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

None had ever been found to be older than about 175 million years, which was a puzzle because continental rocks were often billions of years old. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Earth condensed out of interstellar gas and dust some 4.6 billion years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun has about five billion years of fuel left, but don’t let that make you complacent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A single woodpecker can transfer a billion spores on one flight between trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d make a go at Little Orphan Billionaire myself, except he wouldn’t stop looking at you. Hey, speaking of which, here’s a fascinating piece of trivia: Guess who gets Pickett’s billions if he dies?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Right. The rebels enslave the people and get free miners. In turn, they use the billions of dollars they make to buy more arms and terrorize more people.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Evolution, however, has had billions of years of practice. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be billions of others living in our place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a spiral arm may be produced by the close gravitational encounter of two galaxies, each of course composed of billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They now owe about $750 billion in revolving debt, according to the Federal Reserve, a sixfold increase from two decades ago. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He also reportedly told a college audience that 45 homeless people die each second—which would mean a whopping 1.4 billion dead homeless every year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By the end of the war, Groves calculated, its construction, engineering, and electricity would cost more than a half billion dollars, making it the single most expensive component of the Manhattan Project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Today, the total population of Africa is less than 700 million, compared with 4 billion for Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Turton says that if you lived to be eighty years old, your heart would beat three billion times. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We have pledged billions of dollars in economic aid; we are working with your government on providing electricity and gas, but your country faces a lot of problems.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A few million years ago, when human beings first evolved on Earth, it was already a middle-aged world, 4.6 billion years along from the catastrophes and impetuosities of its youth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thermonuclear reactions in the solar interior support the outer layers of the Sun and postpone for billions of years a catastrophic gravitational collapse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those girls are superbrilliant stars you could see blazing from a billion light-years away. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Seven bit her lip as she stared at her phone screen, nerves crawling like a billion bugs all over her skin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The stars grew brighter as the hours passed and the tundra began to glow, for the snow reflected each twinkle a billion times over, turning the night to silver. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is so beautiful: black, never ending, and brightened by billions of stars. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A billion years later, with a dozen new blisters on his feet, Percy reached the bottom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

First, genes had to explain the phenomenon of variation: How could discrete units of heredity explain that human eyes, say, do not have six discrete forms but seemingly 6 billion continuous variants? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Percy and his allies had destroyed the worst Titan, Kronos, but even his remains might be down here somewhere—a billion angry Titan particles floating through the blood-colored clouds or lurking in that dark fog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The United States has 67 major beer breweries, producing 23 billion liters of beer per year. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In less than a minute the universe is a million billion miles across and growing fast. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Christmas 1958 wasn’t a white one, but it was bitterly cold, no problem in a town sitting on a billion tons of the finest bituminous coal in the world. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slipping between millions and billions or between billions and trillions should in this sense be equally funny, but it isn’t, because we too often lack an intuitive feeling for these numbers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would mean that the universe was only half the size and age that Sandage believed–ten billion years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It is but one of dozens, and not the largest. Shanghai, Calcutta, Batavia, Bangkok—They are widely spread and they are the answer to feeding the billion and three quarters of the East.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But elsewhere, on older worlds, where life has evolved billions of years earlier than on Earth, perhaps they know 1020 bits or 1030—not just more information but significantly different information. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl Sagan calculated the number of probable planets in the universe at large at 10 billion trillion–a number vastly beyond imagining. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"With your blood, Camellia, we will usher in a new form of beauty work that will make the kingdom millions of leas and billions of spintria." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But if we see an object twelve billion light-years away, we are seeing it as it was twelve billion years ago in time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor is it my job to explain the geopolitics of countries you keep hearing about in the news or to defend a peaceful religion practiced by one-point-six billion people. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Some similar chemistry must have occurred on a billion other worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Interstate Highway Act brought autobahns to the United States and became the largest public works project in the nation’s history, building 46,000 miles of road with more than $130 billion of federal money. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

It makes me sad to think about it; billions of copper bits spinning down the yellow funnel into oblivion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It is a few hundred billion; some recent estimates place it at 4 x 1011. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That you can just write a check for two hundred and forty billion dollars and fix all the world’s problems?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Looking out past the windshield wipers Ishmael saw billions of snowflakes falling in long tangents, driven southward, the sky shrouded and furious. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Manman was here, she would cut Dray down to a billion pieces if she knew how he treated her niece. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then twelve billion gallons of water molecules crowd for that initial escape vent, and they tear and chew at the structure until house-size chunks of it tumble down its disintegrating face. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Cutie sounded grim, “Globes of energy millions of miles across! Worlds with three billion humans on them! Infinite emptiness! Sorry, Powell, but I don’t believe it. I’ll puzzle this thing out for myself. Good-by.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But two galaxies that are physically connected can hardly also be greatly separated from each other—in some cases by a billion light-years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 2006, people in the United States were sending around 12.5 billion texts a month, which sounds like a lot, but the technology really was embryonic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Okay. There are like a billion of those...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

How could I ever forget guys who looked like toads and rats, and a giant made of a billion flies? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Of the billions and billions of species of living thing that have existed since the dawn of time, most–99.99 percent–are no longer around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Nine trillion, nine hundred ninety-nine billion, nine hundred ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine,” recited Milo breathlessly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s practically dancing around with the phone now, then he laughs a laugh so happy it blasts about a billion balloons into the air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Seventeen years is almost eleven billion miles traveled together. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I would never want to be like Warren. Not in a billion years,” he says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The elaborate machinery of the cell has been painstakingly evolved over four billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This photo,” Mrs. Turton explained, “was taken more recently, from about three billion miles away.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the billion times you saved my life.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Multiplying these factors together, we find N.fpnefififc — 1 x 109, a billion planets on which technical civilizations have arisen at least once. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve billion gallons of water suddenly decided to make a run for the Pacific Ocean, which is about fifty miles from here. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Jenna, as this would be the perfect time for her to say something about Elliot, but she was busy taking out her ten billion pens. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Endrin, always one of the most deadly of the pesticides, killed half the shrimp at a concentration of only half of one part per billion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her voice is like a billion tiny bells. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Human DNA is a ladder a billion nucleotides long. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good old Earth. There are three billions of us there, Cutie—and in about two weeks I’ll be back there with them.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Sunday that the EU was preparing a 200 billion euro “sort of Marshall Plan” to fund infrastructure projects, green energy and advanced technology. “The Intouchables”: Racial comedy, French style 2012-05-22T20:45:00Z

This might seem like the wrong time for a book peering billions of years into the future to examine the ultimate doom and destruction. This Is How It All Ends 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Those food engineers with the billions of dollars? Perspective | The true connection between poverty and obesity isn’t what you probably think 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

A total of 32,256 LED lights add to the crystal ball’s sparkle, and it can display more than 16 million colors in addition to billions of one-of-a-kind patterns. Times Square's 2022 New Year's Eve Ball design revealed by crystal maker 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

But now that we’ve entered the urban century — by 2100, 6 billion out of a global population of 9 billion will live in cities — there’s a clear need for large-scale planning, Flint argues. Book review: Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Food production is in decline – and yet at least another three billion people will need to eat, and be housed. Best theatre of 2012, No 10: Ten Billion, Royal Court 2012-12-10T16:54:54Z

Between the first and second movie, we made $2 billion at the box office, which is what matters the most to corporations. The ‘Black Panther’ Sequel That Never Was 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

"A billion is a lot of people, it turns out," she says, laughing. Eve Ensler on a new play and beating cancer 2012-11-21T14:27:08Z

And if that wasn’t enough, he just sold the tequila brand he “accidentally” co-founded for a billion dollars. Could a George Clooney presidency save America? 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Film and TV production generated $1.5 billion in direct and indirect economic output, the study said. Report: Film production generated 15,900 jobs 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

The president is demanding $5 billion for his southern border wall before he agrees to reopen the government. Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close because of government shutdown 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

And wealth, too—billions of cowrie shells crossed oceans as the currency of much of the slave trade. Shell company 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

It may be no surprise that the most popular fry comes from the chain that brags about “billions served.” This is each state's favorite fast-food french fry, according to data 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

Exports last year brought in 3.9 billion pounds, about $5 billion, to the Scottish economy, with more exclusive single malts now making up 25 percent of that amount, up from 18 percent five years ago. Scotch Prices Rise at Auction, but Rivals Make Inroads 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

I kid, but the industry grossed $445.19 billion last summer, nearly the total of all the other seasons combined. Summer movie preview: 5 storylines to watch 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Many of the internet’s most powerful firms owe their success to our identities, from which they’ve extracted billions of dollars of value. You Anon 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z

The health care costs of obesity run into the billions of dollars each year, not to mention all the years of life lived with illness and disability or lost to early death. Is it finally time to ban junk food advertising? A new bill could improve kids’ health 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z

After the 2010 World Cup, one study estimated the decline in economic output in the UK alone to be about $7.3 billion. A World Cup for writers in the 'Penguin Cup' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

The speaker asked vendors owed billions of dollars by the state to "bear with us" as the state's financial house is put back in order. Not enough cash to finish state projects, Madigan warns 2012-01-25T02:57:00Z

The saga’s fans kept the faith, though, spending $2.5 billion worldwide for the first four films. James Bond and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunters 2012-11-18T21:16:47Z

Each of its TVs captured up to 100 billion data points each day and uniquely matched what we viewed to a database of publicly available television, movie, and commercial content. Opiate For the Masses: Do you like to watch? Your secrets are not safe with your TV 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

“Marvel’s The Avengers” which opened on May 4, reached $300 million in domestic ticket revenue faster than any other movie in history and tied the record for fastest $1 billion worldwide gross. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and the Modern Comic Book Movie 2012-06-27T16:13:49Z

In December, it raised $443 million from various financial companies, valuing the company at $2.8 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal. 'Man of Steel' producer shops for new Legendary studio partner 2013-06-14T11:06:41Z

Iranian officials told The Associated Press last fall that about five million foreign travelers visited Iran in 2014, and that the country aims to attract 20 million tourists, spending $30 billion, by 2025. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Schmidt says "the future is now" for YouTube, which recently passed the milestone of 1 billion unique visitors every month. YouTube says the battle with TV is already over 2013-05-02T04:08:08Z

Terrific, until you consider that the Mars family, which owns Mars Inc., is estimated to be worth upwards of $94 billion, which certainly makes those heralded contributions look like a pile of Purple's innards. Beneath M&M's candy-coated image switcheroo is the dark chocolatey, ethically broke business beneath 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z

Over all, the domestic box office is up about 4 percent for the year, to more than $4.8 billion from just under $4.7 billion at this point last year, according to Rentrak. ‘Jurassic World’ Tromps All Over the Box Office Competition 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

The agreements have saddled Netflix with nearly $5 billion in contractual commitments over the next three years for deals its made for streaming content, the company said in a recent quarterly earnings report. Netflix to get Disney films in TV distribution deal 2012-12-05T01:51:29Z

Overall ticket sales are running 4 percent ahead of last year and are on track to top $11 billion in the U.S. and Canada for the first time, said Rentrak’s senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. 'Hunger Games' Beats 'Krampus' at the Box Office 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

James Wan ended up handling directing duties on the movie, which starred Jason Momoa in the lead role and grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Peter Jackson turned down "Aquaman," next film won’t happen for another "year or two" 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Overall, the health of Broadway is good, with shows yielded a new record $1.14 billion in grosses this season, and total attendance reaching 12.3 million. Tony Awards show not skimping on razzle-dazzle 2012-06-10T15:16:03Z

Every morning in this newspaper you can, if you dare, check the level of New York City’s reservoir system, which supplies our fresh water, more than a billion gallons a day. How New York City Got Its Fresh Water 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z

There are over 7 billion souls on Earth and just one who’s perfect for you? Carolyn Hax: Finding ‘The One’ requires building life experiences 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

And, of course, lower inventories mean lower incentives--saving $1,000 a car on incentives on a million cars adds up to $1 billion. Surprise: Detroit Runs Short Of Some Cars 2010-05-19T21:49:00Z

Of the $1.373 billion grossed on Broadway last season, 13 percent went to plays. Broadway Defies the Odds With Another Record-Breaking Season 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

In part, the increase reflects a surge in Blu-ray sales, which are expected to reach $1.23 billion for the first three quarters, up from about $1 billion for the same period a year earlier. For Home Entertainment Industry, a Bright Spot 2011-10-30T22:44:49Z

Early Monday, Drake also posted on Instagram an image of Apple executives handing him a plaque commemorating one billion streams from “Views” on Apple Music. Drake Returns to No. 1 and Releases ‘Please Forgive Me’ Video 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

But now he’s bogged down in a billion Avatar sequels, so Robert Rodriguez is directing instead. The most exciting sci-fi, fantasy and horror films of 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

As Scientific American put it a few years ago: “Citizens emotionally undeterred by billions and trillions are nonetheless likely to be ill-equipped for meaningful analysis.” How Many Is a Trillion? 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

More than a billion of us eat them regularly. What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

With a $10 billion endowment, the school admits students from low-income families based on factors that include their level of poverty and living conditions, with priority given to students from Pennsylvania. How Deesha Dyer, a hip-hop lover from Philly, became social secretary 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

The movement of these flavors has shaped cuisines the world over for thousands of years, and today, some analyses value the global spice market at more than $37 billion. When it comes to sustainable spices, ‘single-origin’ isn’t everything 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z

A year and a half later, Walter's gamble paid off when Time Warner paid $8.35 billion for 25 years of Dodgers broadcast rights. 'The Best Team Money Can Buy' profiles post-McCourt Dodgers 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Those Filipinos provide billions of dollars in remittances back to their families still living in the Philippines, but face abuse and isolation in countries that often treat them as a disposable, low-paid workforce. In Dubai, Filipina pulls no punches in jokes on Mideast life 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

Economists estimate the extra public holiday will cost billions of pounds, with one saying it will knock a quarter of a percentage point off second-quarter GDP growth. Fervor builds ahead of British royal wedding 2011-04-28T13:47:35Z

The canal itself, which frames the western edge of Panama City, is undergoing a $5.25 billion expansion that is expected to double its capacity and fuel even more economic growth. Panama City Rising 2013-05-03T17:49:49Z

The DOE spent another $2.4 billion in federal stimulus money – most of it in Michigan – to provide matching grants to help companies build manufacturing facilities for advanced batteries and EV components. Automakers' Report Card: Who Still Owes Taxpayers Money? The Answer Might Surprise You 2012-08-29T15:24:07Z

According to data from the Music Trades magazine, U.S. retail sales of acoustic and electric guitars accounted for $1.07 billion in 2013, the latest year for which figures are available. Fender's move to sell instruments directly to musicians upsets dealers

For the year so far, overall spending on home entertainment is still down about 2 percent, from $12.5 billion to about $12.3 billion for the first three quarters. For Home Entertainment Industry, a Bright Spot 2011-10-30T22:44:49Z

The three wastewater facilities we studied could generate an estimated total of 38 billion liters of methane a year. Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

The company is now in the process of being acquired by Google for $12.5 billion. Motorola expected to unveil Droid Razr 2011-10-18T14:58:00Z

And about a billion times more interesting than Call the Frigging Midwife. Dancing on the Edge; The Year of Making Love – TV review 2013-02-05T07:00:11Z

“The merchandising for the Rolling Stones is in the billions now,” Mr. Braun said. Art of the Rolling Stones: Behind That Zipper and That Tongue 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

The studio announced Sunday that it’s become the first studio to cross the $2 billion mark for the year, led by “Wonder Woman” with $412 million and “It” with $327 million. Box Office: 'Coco' Wins as 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Waits in the Win 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

That was only 0.3 percent of the company’s record £4.5 billion in sales, but, more importantly to Christie’s, 45 percent of the buyers were new. Art Makes a Move Online 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Universal announced the movie had reached $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales after only 17 days. CinemaCon 2015: Fithian predicts record year for theater industry 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Of the billions of photographs taken every year, the vast majority exist only as digital files on camera memory cards or on the hard drives of PCs and servers in the internet "cloud". Why digital photographs won't be around forever 2011-08-13T23:05:54Z

Roy was jailed after he failed to appear at a contempt hearing in the long-running dispute over the company's failure to repay billions of dollars to investors who were sold outlawed bonds. Jailed Indian tycoon gets office to negotiate hotel sales 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

We should take some encouragement from the fact that they overestimated that figure by a billion souls. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z

Videos containing the junk food product placements were viewed more than a billion times. YouTube influencers feeding kids unhealthy diet habits with junk, fast foods: study 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

His organization is focused on more federal spending for clean energy and clean cars, and he’s pretty excited about President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which includes more than $300 billion for combating climate change. The weather used to be good for small talk. Now it’s dead serious. 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

“The Phantom of the Opera,” which has spent 25 years on Broadway and grossed $5.6 billion worldwide, has produced at least 11 unions among cast and crew. Field Notes: People Will Say They’re in Love, and They Are 2013-06-29T00:13:18Z

“There was a $5 billion family fortune at stake, and it tore the family in two.” Young Socialites Conjure the Ghost of Leonard Bernstein at the Dakota 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z

Because it enjoys the subsidy of venture capital, Uber does not need to make a profit; in fact, it loses billions every year. Uber and the Ongoing Erasure of Public Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

He’s spent $1.5 billion modernizing the historic Rouge steel mill, transforming a symbol of America’s industrial might, depicted in Diego Rivera murals, into one of the most advanced, modern facilities in the world. Betting on America 2012-06-07T01:34:51Z

In April, faced with a $3.5 billion budget deficit due to falling oil revenue, state officials shuttered the last of the bars on the six ferries that had them. On Alaska’s Ferries, Beloved Bars No Longer Make the Trip 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

The star's debut video became the first YouTube clip to be watched more than two billion times and led to numerous tributes and parodies, inducing one by Ban Ki Moon. Is Psy's new song a music 'hangover'? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

A report found that by using data matching technology, state agencies can greatly expand access to benefits among older qualified poor people, leading to billions of dollars of assistance and local economic stimulus. Food stamp work rules harm older, poor Americans 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z

The group’s cash position will improve to 1 billion euros at the end of this year, up from 880 million euros in 2016. Armani plans transfer of stake in fashion firm to his foundation 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

Movies and TV shows — many of them produced in California — accounted for $16.4 billion of that total. NEA study explains financial effect of the arts nationally — and California's huge cultural economy 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

Lately, it seems, Mr. Gray is showing up in a Brioni suit with a diversified portfolio of several billion dollars. ‘Arbitrage’ and the Rich and Troubled Bad Guy 2012-09-02T07:27:26Z

Just in time for Equal Pay Day, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new statistic: women lose out on billions each year by being so severely underpaid. $500 billion: That’s what the gender wage gap costs women every year 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

Disney's first theme park in mainland China is designed to be authentically Disney but also "distinctly Chinese," Bob Iger said ahead of Thursday's grand opening for the $5.5 billion park. Disney CEO Iger says China has 'incredible potential' 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

"Avatar" has now grossed a record-breaking $2.6 billion at box offices around the world. "Dragon" knocks "Alice" off top box office perch 2010-03-29T16:42:00Z

Perhaps it was bought by a Saudi prince with billions and so given to excesses, or by consortium with loans. Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Museums all over the world are digitizing their art collections using Google’s Art Camera, which produces images with more than one billion pixels. Technology Invites a Deep Dive Into Art 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

That's right, they get billions, you get to pay your cable bill. Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty. 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

They say Megaupload generated more than $175 million in illicit profits from copyright infringement while causing "more than half a billion dollars in harm" to copyright owners, according to the lawsuit. Music labels follow movie studios in suing Megaupload 2014-04-11T02:03:31Z

Overall the animated series, which was produced for Fox by its Blue Sky Studios, has collected $1.9 billion in worldwide ticket sales, according to ticket tracking website Box Office Mojo. "Ice Age" puts chill on "Spider-Man" at box offices 2012-07-15T22:24:56Z

CDs are now a mere niche, and positions on Billboard’s weekly album chart are largely determined by billions of clicks on streaming services, each worth just a fraction of a penny. Backstreet Boys Get to No. 1 the Way They Used To: By Selling Albums 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

But it will most likely generate nearly $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Disney Reports Strong Earnings, With Help From ‘Frozen’ 2014-02-05T22:28:32Z

Five years later, “Stranger Things” remains one of Netflix’s most popular shows, with its second and third seasons racking up more than 1 billion combined viewing hours, according to data provided by Netflix. Finn Wolfhard doesn’t really want to be famous 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Agatha Christie is up in the billions now. There are some mysteries Patricia Cornwell, crime novelist and creator of Kay Scarpetta, can't crack 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Universes may be popping into existence right now: each moment may generate billions of new ones. ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-03T22:40:08Z

The number of people 65 or older will grow to 1.5 billion in 2050, with most of that increase in developing countries. Cicadas, Average Human Lifespan and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

It appears to contain only a few hundred stars, compared with the few hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Paging Neil deGrasse Tyson: Fossil galaxy may be relic of baby universe 2014-04-09T12:30:00Z

Unlike GM and Chrysler, which were able to wipe most of their debts away in bankruptcy, however, Ford is carrying a heavy debt load: $34.3 billion at the end of March. Ford's Rebound Is For Real 2010-04-27T17:17:00Z

This is critical, she said, considering that today there are more than 1.2 billion Muslims, or roughly one-sixth of the world’s population. For Children’s Museum, Show on Islam Is ‘a Surprise Blockbuster’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

One of those other six blockbusters, “Frozen 2,” on Sunday reached $1.33 billion, making it the highest grossing film ever directed by a woman in worldwide ticket sales. 2020 box office starts off with ‘Star Wars’ still on top 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

“Jurassic World” successfully rebooted the “Jurassic Park” film franchise, which kicked off with the 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg, taking $1.67 billion at the box office worldwide. Roaring dinosaurs return in 'Jurassic World' sequel 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

It measured revenue of $10.3 billion, largely from betting big on books that turned into box office hits hits such as Gone Girl and The Fault in Our Stars. Disney Is Hollywood's Most Profitable Movie Studio 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The lawsuit seeks to recover the billions of dollars in profit banked by members of the Sackler family, which owns Purdue and is divided between the US and the UK. 'They're drug dealers in Armani suits': executives draw focus amid US epidemic 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z

A 2010 study at the University of California at Berkeley, commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration, estimated that delays cost the airline industry $32.9 billion per year, of which $16.7 billion is borne by passengers. Perspective | Unpacking travelers’ frequently asked questions about flying with luggage 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

They’re mostly located in poor rural communities where skiing is an economic engine worth over $ 1 billion during those few months of winter. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z

Suddenly, a billion dollars didn't seem so cool anymore. 10 Year Time Capsule: When Napster changed the music industry 2011-02-23T13:23:00Z

Just last year, growers in California, Arizona, and Florida produced nearly 2.25 billion pounds of the stuff. How iceberg lettuce wedged its way into American culture 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

However, presents for all the world’s 2 billion children, as well as a sack big enough to hold them, would weigh at least 200,000 tonnes if delivered on a single run. Swedish roofs can handle Santa's sleigh - if he's careful 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

Some 850 million visits are made to American museums each year, part of the $192 billion spent each year on cultural tourism in the U.S. US history museums struggle to update exhibits 2011-11-06T21:46:04Z

Added together, the past two movies took in over a billion dollars in global ticket sales. Daniel Craig Returns in New James Bond Film Skyfall 2011-11-03T14:15:37Z

Preliminary estimates place the total damage of property and economic impacts for all weather-related disasters this past year at more than $35 billion. 50 shades of Shutterstock 2012-05-29T01:00:00Z

But the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. issued an estimate five years ago that put adult industry revenue at $12.6 billion a year. Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn 2010-09-03T05:48:00Z

The national report shows that more than 273 million park visitors spent $14.6 billion in communities within 60 miles of a national park. Report: 1M visitors Oklahoma’s national parks 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

Each page, as a glowing review in New Scientist pointed out, "represents one million kilometres of the six billion between the Sun and Pluto". Mishka Henner's erased images: art or insult? 2012-05-23T14:49:29Z

Worldwide, other estimates put the global television and online audience for the wedding at 2.4 billion people -- more than one in three of the global population if the figure is accurate. Diana funeral topped royal wedding in U.S. ratings 2011-05-01T05:02:28Z

The governor said he also wants to use money generated from closing loopholes to pay for a $1 billion technology upgrade for classrooms. Quinn: Sales tax windfall could pay for schools 2012-02-28T22:47:00Z

In addition, Congress has stipulated that $2 billion of the fund go to venues employing fewer than 50 people. Historic $15 billion rescue of struggling arts and entertainment industry nears reality 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

The number of air travelers will be just shy of 8 billion. A new rubber source could save water, preserve rain forests and even prevent allergic reactions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

She might become the head of the $2 billion foundation empire or make her own run at elected office. Chelsea Clinton steps into the spotlight — on her own terms 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

One destined to go down in the Oddballs Hall of Fame is his series of 2016 tweeted pleas to Silicon Valley billionaires to “invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas.” Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

Art Basel, described as the world's top fair for modern and contemporary works, opens on Wednesday with 300 galleries displaying works with a combined total worth of around $1.75 billion, according to specialist insurer Hiscox. Art market buzzes ahead of Basel, London sales 2011-06-14T13:22:25Z

For those of you who need reminding, he’s the Wall Street hedge funder who defrauded thousands of people out of billions. Madoff: a creatively bankrupt television recounting of Wall Street’s biggest fraud 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Taxpayers annually owe $385 billion more than the IRS is able to collect, the agency said. Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

There are now more than 7 billion of us on Earth. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

According to the Audio Publishers Association, sales have increased 20 percent in each of the past two years, topping $1.75 billion in 2015. Audiobooks were set to destroy books — but instead, they opened a new world 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

The Chinese box office grew 36 percent to $2.7 billion in 2012, reflecting in part the country's move to open its market to more American movies. Paramount, China Movie Channel to produce "Transformers 4" 2013-04-02T20:07:40Z

In all, GM agreed to invest $2.5 billion in its U.S. factories, creating or retaining 6,400 jobs between now and 2015. GM And The UAW Got It Right 2011-09-28T21:31:57Z

Zhang, the producer, said the expectation at the box office is one billion yuan, a goal that "did not pose a problem." Chinese film to star Christian Bale 2010-12-22T13:15:24Z

Excluding charges of $2.5 billion for a reserve related to deferred tax assets, store closings, severance and impairment of goodwill stemming from the Sears-Kmart merger, earnings were $58 million, or 54 cents a share. Sears to spin off hardware outlets, sell stores 2012-02-23T16:05:00Z

Though Google’s database of 500 billion words is orders of magnitude larger than similar corpora, the search capability of the Ngram Viewer is still fairly limited. ArtsBeat: Exposing Literary Style, One Word at a Time 2011-07-29T19:31:25Z

The BGS estimates onshore shale reserves at 150 billion cubic metres. Newcastle arts cuts sabotage magnificence of a region 2012-12-16T00:06:08Z

A report by ABI Research, a technology market research firm, said that by 2018, people would be buying almost half a billion wearables a year. Where Wearable Technology Ends Up (Hint: Not Your Wrist) 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Forbes last year estimated her net worth at $3 billion and placed her third on its list of the America’s richest self-made women. Oprah for president? Winfrey fans urge White House run after #MeToo sp 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

Universal Pictures International announced Wednesday that the studio reached $1 billion in international box office grosses, with help from "Furious 7" and Universal's other early box office hit "Fifty Shades of Grey." 'Furious 7' to stay on top of box office race 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

A million billion times better than last week. "American Idol" recap: Glambert to the rescue 2010-04-14T12:15:00Z

Urban areas are awash in dead birds, a billion of which perish annually in collisions with glass-wall buildings, the American Bird Conservancy estimates. In the galleries: The fleeting beauty of birds, making their final flights 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Imagine being in charge of a secret project costing one billion dollars on which the fate of your country or even the world turns. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z

Athens is also expected to inform the euro zone ministers of a planned debt swap deal with private lenders, which should slash 100 billion euros from Greece’s massive debt burden. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z

His latest work, the first exhibition commissioned for the $3 billion West Kowloon Cultural District here, may prove to be his darkest yet. Tsang Kin-wah Channels His Outrage in a New Show 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

“The world believes that the elder Rockefeller is worth a billion dollars,” Twain observes. Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z

The company recently borrowed $1 billion to help it through the transition but that might be enough to achieve stability. Navistar Starts Paying The Piper For Its Costly Strategic Mistake 2012-08-31T20:11:47Z

Nielsen, which is based in The Netherlands, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will use proceeds to reduce its debt of $8.6 billion and for general corporate purposes. Ratings and researcher Nielsen plans to go public 2010-06-03T12:26:00Z

That amounted to a loss of almost $46 million on the production of more than nine billion pennies. The penny may be worthless, but let’s keep it anyway 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z

Back then, he said, “great photographs had tremendous staying power: you didn’t have access to billions of photos.” Images of the Vietnam War That Defined an Era 2013-09-04T22:30:01Z

Most was taken and never returned or paid for, translating into a missing $115 billion to $175 billion in current prices, the study said. Eastern Europe under spotlight on art restitution 2010-08-02T16:45:00Z

Ms. Smith’s husband died in 1992, 13 months after they were married, and left a $1.6 billion estate, none of it to her. Revival of ‘Anna Nicole’ Opera Comes to London 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

All three pictures cracked $1 billion at the worldwide box office, assuring the continuation of fantasy franchises with needlessly wordy titles. Summer Box Office Wrap: The Help Still Works on Labor Day 2011-09-05T09:55:00Z

The network says its audience is growing, and its sketch comedy show Studio C, which is like a G-rated Saturday Night Live, has nearly two billion views on YouTube. Lights. Camera. Prayer. A Mini-Hollywood Grows in Utah. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

And Minions — which has grossed over $1 billion worldwide — had the biggest opening weekend of any of the Despicable Me films with Sandra Bullock — not Steve Carrell — as its featured villain. 8 Reasons Women Ruled the Summer Box Office 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

Last November, Farley and the state's governor advocated for a tax on sodas to bring in close to a billion dollars annually and discourage consumption of the sugary beverage, which is associated with obesity. 2010-02-09T21:10:00Z

Overseas, “Frozen 2” continues to enchant moviegoers as the fantasy follow-up powers to the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Box Office: 'Frozen 2' remains victorious, 'Playmobil' bombs 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

And around the corner what do we find but a nice little job taking over Daddy’s billion dollar real estate empire! Woosh-wishing through life with Jared Kushner 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

India's 1.2 billion people are predominantly Hindus but there are also about 160 million Muslims and a small proportion of Christians. Modi gets more sway in India's new-look movie censor panel 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Now the iTunes store is the single biggest music retailer in America, with more than 20 million tracks available and 160 billion songs downloaded since its launch. iPod turns 10: Has convenience and portability made music more disposable? 2011-10-21T04:01:00Z

But any one person's odds of being struck were estimated at 1-in-22 trillion, given there are 7 billion people on the planet. NASA satellite slows down in plunge to Earth 2011-09-23T20:28:00Z

The workplace chat company, valued at more than $7 billion at the time of its last funding round, is going public this week. Slack Wants to Replace Email. Is That What We Want? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

With more than 1 billion people, China represents a big opportunity for the industry. While small dairy farms shut down, this mega-dairy is shipping milk to China 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

Now the network boasts one of the largest millennial audiences with more than 30,000 creators, 400 million subscribers and 3 billion monthly views. Machinima rebrands itself under tagline 'Heroes Rise' 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

First, the good: Since its founding 30 years ago, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has put over a billion dollars toward research, screening and awareness in the name of eradicating breast cancer. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z

The “doc fix” that Congress is contemplating for 2012 will cost $22 billion, a figure that goes up over time as the gap widens between what the 1997 law prescribed and what Medicare costs today. Burr-Coburn: The Best Medicare Reform Proposal Yet 2012-02-16T16:01:02Z

The New York-based company is expected to seek a more than $4 billion valuation in an initial public offering that could occur in the second half of 2019, The Wall Street Journal said. Publishers sue Peloton over use of Katy Perry, Rihanna, Timberlake,... 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Sculpted over almost two billion years, the rock presides over the tapestry of decaying ridges and stretching valleys below. How to hike the Grand Canyon 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

Beyond those deaths, bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics cause millions of illnesses – 2m annually just in the United States – and cost billions in healthcare spending, lost wages, and lost national productivity. Read this and you may never eat chicken again 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

A whopper of a sequel in “The Dark Knight,” which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and showered DVD money on the studio. Storming the Box Office in His Jammies 2011-06-11T02:12:16Z

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has also said it is not cutting into its $3.6 billion endowment beyond its regular annual draw. The Sacrosanct Endowment? Not Anymore for Some Arts Groups 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Census Approximation Bureau: The government’s plan to save billions by hiring one guy to browse Google Maps on an iPhone. Style Invitational Week 1183: C’mon, be honest with us 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

Los Angeles is the nation's largest radio market, as measured by revenue, with an estimated $1 billion spent annually for advertisements on dozens of stations, according to industry executives. 2 months of L.A. radio data may be wrong, Nielsen says 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

And billions of years from now, when the sun turns red and swallows up Earth, humans seeking refuge might not be so snooty about what constitutes a planet. 'The Case for Pluto': a plea for respect for the 'weird uncle' of the solar system 2010-03-23T21:12:00Z

While the algae is not necessarily toxic to humans, it is proving to be a giant nuisance for the 16 million tourists who visit each year — and who spend nearly $30 billion in the process. South Florida, in effort to save tourism industry, spending millions to remove seaweed invading beaches 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

The state agency credited those productions with bringing $2.9 billion in direct spending. Effects worker faces prison for explosives on Travolta movie 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Andrew O'Hehir: Absolute yes to the first -- a billion or so viewers are going to be absolutely shocked if Firth doesn't win. Great Oscar debate: Why was Franco nominated? 2011-02-24T21:20:00Z

Wednesday, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli tried to convince the justices that the law’s provision providing hundreds of billions of dollars to states to expand their Medicaid programs in 2014 was not “coercive.” Justices suggest Medicaid expansion is unconstitutional 2012-03-28T19:01:00Z

The new table is based on analysis of more than 10 billion tweets from 150 million people. One Direction top Twitter power list 2013-11-01T10:43:20Z

The "Avatar" attraction is to be an immersive land spanning several acres and will cost less than half of the estimated $1 billion it cost to expand Disney California Adventure Park, or around $400 million. Disney to build 'Avatar' attraction in theme parks 2011-09-20T18:30:24Z

So here you are, in the thumping nucleus of the $45 billion global art market, home to 250 or more galleries of contemporary art. 10 Galleries to Visit Now in Chelsea 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

The first four "Twilight" films have sold nearly $2.5 billion in tickets around the world. "Mad Men", "Twilight" unite in $412.5 million deal 2012-01-13T23:22:10Z

Airlines collected more than twice as much — $5.8 billion — in luggage fees last year. Perspective | No, this is not the end of travel fees. It’s just the beginning. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

Treating the nation's allergies is costly: The bill was $11.2 billion in 2005, the last year for which data was available. Where Americans Suffer Allergies Most 2010-05-18T13:00:00Z

Assuming every other passenger paid just $10 more than expected because of these tactics, then airlines reaped a cool $7 billion by switching fares in 2016, or about 6 percent of their domestic ticket revenue. Perspective | The mystery of the missing airfare 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

The antibiotic era is only 70 years old but the arms races of nature have been going on for billions of years and the crowing at the time – "killer diseases conquered" – now looks callow. Experiment Eleven: Deceit and Betrayal in the Discovery of the Cure for Tuberculosis by Peter Pringle – review 2012-06-29T21:52:01Z

Leading the way was China, which jumped 34% and became the first international market to exceed $4 billion in annual box office revenue. China growth drives record year at box office for Hollywood 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Streams of songs were up 54%, Nielsen said, to 164 billion, a strong indication that listeners who only recently transitioned from CDs to downloads are shifting again, from downloads to streams. Music in 2014: Sales down, streams up -- and then there's Taylor Swift 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Food companies pay fees to use the labels; more than one billion of the more than nine billion animals raised for food each year in the United States are covered by a certification program. What to Make of Those Animal-Welfare Labels on Meat and Eggs 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

“When billions of people on the Internet can see you naked without your consent, it’s a crime.” Gabrielle Union: Sharing Stolen Nude Photos Is a 'New Form of Sexual Abuse' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

We’d spend billions of dollars in South Vietnam, devoted 58,000 lives, to saving this country from Communism, and then in an instant it collapses like a house of cards. “Star Wars” got us ready for Reagan: “You suddenly have permission to think in very juvenile terms about how history works” 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

Michigan is too broke to pay for a $1 billion bridge, however. The Billionaire Vs. The Nerd: Who Gets To Control International Trade With Canada? 2012-06-22T15:56:09Z

The show's producers estimate that some 50 million viewers watch the program in a country of 1.4 billion people, where accurate ratings are still hard to obtain. Change is in the air at 'Downton Abbey' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

It reduced player salaries by nearly $300 million and shifted an estimated $3 billion to the owners over the course of the contract. ‘High Flying Bird’ Is Rich With Historical References. Here’s a Closer Look. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

"Avengers" has now racked up a staggering $628.9 million internationally since opening overseas on April 25, distributor Walt Disney Co said, positioning it to break the $1 billion threshold after just 19 days. 'Avengers' rings up $103 million in record weekend 2012-05-13T18:36:06Z

Granted, this strategy of buying successful companies and hoping they mature doesn’t always pay dividends in the billions. Disney Announces 2015 Slate Of Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars Movies 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" provided a suitable send-off for young wizard Harry, the finale taking in a record $482 million worldwide through opening weekend and climbing to No. 3 all-time with $1.3 billion. Hollywood's summer story: more dollars, fewer fans 2011-08-31T13:53:15Z

It's not quite in the realm of last year's nominees, led by "Avatar" with $1.5 billion. Oscar odds, ends, facts and figures 2011-01-25T16:42:15Z

Disney is also spending billions to build “Star Wars” areas at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. ‘Solo’ Sputters at Box Office, Raising Worries of ‘Star Wars’ Fatigue 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation was tops in California and fifth nationally, raising $2 billion. SFMOMA vs. LACMA? Bruins vs. Trojans? Philanthropy 400 list reveals biggest fundraisers 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Miller said he has seen estimates from about $8 billion-$13 billion in recent years. Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn 2010-09-03T05:48:00Z

Why do we live in this society, in a system that would rather have people have billions of dollars and some people have no dollars? "40 Years a Prisoner" confronts the police we're supposed to trust "telling bold-faced lies" 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

The basic genetic make-up of Homo sapiens has been essentially unchanged for a quarter of a billion years. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

“In the last year alone, we did 300 valuations worth over $6.5 billion,” he added. A $550 Million Springsteen Deal? It’s Glory Days for Catalog Sales. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

“Then he got down on one knee with the ring. I screamed ‘Oh my God!’ about 50 billion times. A Funny Thing Happened While Researching Algorithms 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

The reader learns that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and that humans as we know them have been around for about 200,000 years. Earth has entered a new era, new Smithsonian book says. That is not a good thing. 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

This has been a breakout year for Chinese film—with homegrown blockbusters like “The Mermaid” and “Monster Hunt” grossing nearly a billion dollars combined. “Inferno” isn’t a box office disaster: Dan Brown’s overseas hit may be the future of movies, whether we like it or not 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

Though often derided as a flyweight, Griffin left an empire valued at close to a billion dollars at his death in 2007. Ryan Seacrest: The Mogul Next Door 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

But at a time when billions of dollars are flowing into college sports there is little dispute that players will get a bigger chunk of the pie. College recruiting: Next promise could be paycheck 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Global cereal stocks are expected to rise above 2.5 billion tonnes, their highest level in 15 years. Aid groups cheer food price fall to 4-year low, hunger hotspots remain 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

There were nearly one billion smokers in 2015, in spite of tobacco control policies having been adopted by many countries. Smoking causes one in ten deaths globally, major new study reveals 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

For example, flight disruptions cost airlines billions each year, so airports are deploying AI systems to quickly deal with irregular operations. New artificial intelligence promises to make travel a little smarter. Does it? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

In early March, Jenner was included in Forbes’ list of billionaires, pegging her as a “self-made” businesswoman with a net worth of $1 billion. Kylie Jenner announces 'Kybrow' eyebrow cosmetics collection 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

Profits at the company’s cable networks division fell 23 percent to $1.46 billion, due to higher programming costs and lower ad revenue. Disney Movies Aren't Going to Be on Netflix Much Longer. Here's Why 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

The report projected annual gains to the U.S. economy of nearly US$9.4 billion over 15 years if high school starts nationwide at 8:30 a.m. Sleepy teenage brains need school to start later in the morning 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Where The Hangover had Mike Tyson and tigers in hotel rooms, Date Night has rooftop chicanery and high speed car chases - motifs we have seen a billion times before. You review: Date Night 2010-04-26T14:24:00Z

Despite quarter after quarter of losses, Groupon passed on a rumored Google buyout and worked that model into a $12.7 billion IPO only 18 months into its existence. Can Groupon survive? 2012-07-16T18:04:00Z

When you look at those characters from back in the day, those products made billions of dollars off of us, but those people were not the creators, and no families made any money. From Master P to Uncle P: Music mogul has turned his focus to popular line of grocery staples 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

In the U.S., the Treasury Department is slated to send $50 billion to keep airlines afloat, although travel is expected to remain stagnant until at least six months after lockdown restrictions are lifted. NY, NJ airports have highest number of TSA employees testing positive for coronavirus 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

“He suddenly realized — those were all test calls. Those were all either free phones or calls being made by Iridium employees. What if a $6 billion company opened for business — and nobody came?” 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

On Thursday, , a travel company from an earlier Internet age, agreed to buy Kayak, a younger competitor, for $1.8 billion in cash and stock. DealBook: Priceline to Buy Kayak Software in $1.8 Billion Cash-Stock Deal 2012-11-09T19:37:27Z

Billions upon billions more will inherit the planet in 25 to 50 years. ‘Fire at Sea’ Is Not the Documentary You’d Expect About the Migrant Crisis. It’s Better. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Responsible for the deaths of billions of sentient beings. Jon Stewart’s epic “Daily Show” correspondent send-off: Colbert, Carell and Helms stopped in — and even Wyatt Cenac came by to make up 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

It was formed 20 billion years ago by a rift in tectonic plates, a rent in the fabric of the world. From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

At a cost of more than $1 billion, a bridge was built to connect Vladivostok to Russky Island, a former secret military base, where the city also erected a massive university complex. East by Far East: Vladivostok Rocks 2013-08-28T22:59:23Z

After all, $1.3 billion in box office is a lot of ice. Review: ‘Frozen’ Hits Broadway With a Little Magic and Some Icy Patches 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

In 2011 Swiss watches accounted for more than half of the global watch market, or $21.8 billion, according to a Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry report. T Magazine: Keeping Time 2012-11-26T14:00:26Z

Zadan and Meron reminded the nominees that the Oscar telecast was seen by an estimated one billion people in more than 200 countries, and urged them to keep their acceptance speeches short and sweet. Oscar night to have something for everyone, producers say 2013-02-05T01:16:10Z

In 2012, people spent $25 billion on purchases made from phones and tablets, an increase of 81 percent from the year before, according to eMarketer, which compiles data from 120 sources that track commerce. Bits Blog: Do People Actually Shop on Phones? The Answer is Decidedly Yes. 2013-01-09T21:56:14Z

But no one cared, and also it’s at a ridiculously high price that no one will ever buy — like $10 billion. Grimes Invited Anyone to Make A.I. Grimes Songs. Here Are Her Reviews. 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

One of the lawsuits alleges that the difference in the one-time bonus payments, plus the difference in royalty payments, “could mean billions of dollars” over the life of the oil field. Land grab cheats North Dakota tribes out of $1 billion, suits allege 2013-02-25T19:43:00Z

I've generated billions of dollars of revenue for all these companies. Kathy Griffin still gets death threats: "They got me, but they never got me down" 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

He notes another data point of significance: $1.26 billion dollars per year is currently being spent on Farm to School programs. Waivers for universal school meals expired. What does that mean for childhood nutrition? 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

Billions of taxpayer dollars have flowed into expanding America’s privately-run charter school system over the past two decades, including $3.3 billion in federal funds alone, reports an analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy. Charter schools’ dire lesson: Deregulation invariably leads to disaster 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

It’s the first film of the pandemic to cross $1 billion and the second-fastest film ever to do so — and this without the benefit of China release. ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z

"Despicable Me" was one of the many brands that helped retail sales of entertainment products hit more than $50 billion in 2013 in the U.S. and Canada, according to the Licensing Industry Merchandisers Assn. Minions take over Amazon boxes in deal with Universal, Illumination 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Stubbornly high unemployment of over 10 percent has strained Unedic's finances and meant its total accumulated debt is set to rise to 24.9 billion euros next year. Disgruntled performers threaten French summer festivals 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Friends of Mr. Gilbert said that he had plans to build his hedge fund to a size of $1 billion, a heady goal for a man of that age. The Price of Privilege 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

As much as $900 billion would be authorized initially, alongside more than an equal amount of spending reductions. Senate approves debt-ceiling increase 2011-08-02T16:42:00Z

His leading number currently sits at $4.71 billion, according to Box Office Mojo. Harrison Ford Just Became the Highest-Grossing Actor in U.S. Box Office History 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Four years later, Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion; it is unclear whether Mr. Lee was able to reap any benefit. Is Stan Lee Being Held Prisoner by Real-Life Villains? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

"Jurassic World" is expected to roar past $1 billion at the global box office faster than any film in history. 'Jurassic World' to cross $1 billion worldwide after 13 days 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

The target is to mobilize one billion men and boys over 12 months with an online map showing exactly where men sign up. Actress Emma Watson's plea for equality wins men's support 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

More than $5.3 billion in total federal assistance has been spent so far, and $300 million has been set aside to buy out homes that are beyond repair. Summer on the Jersey Shore, After the Storm 2013-08-02T19:39:00Z

He’s collected, by a New York Times estimate, $2 billion in free media. To Understand Trump and the News Media, Watch the Clips of Harambe the Gorilla 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

I believe a billion people can't find clean water to drink today. Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

At a time when budgets are tightening in news rooms, China's government appears willing to pour billions of dollars into expanding its international media footprint. China's state TV expanding, but fetters remain 2012-01-31T11:37:16Z

With a global pool of collectors competing for more than $1.5 billion worth of fine art, the city's top auction houses are expecting record values for trophy works at sales over the next two weeks. Expectations high for record spending at New York art auctions 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Now comes Robert Harris’s splendid “Conclave,” which centers on an election that, for the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, rivals the one that jolted the United States earlier this month: a papal election. The election intrigue of Robert Harris’s ‘Conclave’ 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

That's a LOT of tweets, by the way: Twitter processes more than 50 million tweets every day, with the total numbering in the billions. Twitter library 2010-04-14T20:25:00Z

In the first quarter of 2021, people spent nearly 10 billion hours playing Roblox, according to the company’s earnings report, and more than 42 million users logged in each day. Are We in the Metaverse Yet? 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

I believe everything that Steve says, but at the end of the day, I’m more like Tony, without the brilliance and the billions. ArtsBeat: Joss Whedon on Assembling 'The Avengers' 2012-04-11T14:00:26Z

Mr. Key, however, cited billions in a Twitter post. New Zealand Increases Incentives for ‘Avatar’ Sequels 2013-12-16T17:23:28Z

Sales of software - that is, of the video games themselves - rose 16 percent to $1.74 billion. Video game sales edge higher on 'Modern Warfare 3' 2011-12-09T22:21:08Z

In the past VW misplayed the U.S., running the operation at a loss regularly by as much as $1 billion a year. Volkswagen Plans Its U.S. Attack 2010-06-17T17:10:00Z

One Dutch grower said in an interview with the CBC that his company threw away a billion flowers. Are There More Tulips Than Usual This Year? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Quinn proposed $1.35 billion in program cuts and reductions, which range from eliminating a discount prescription program from seniors to limiting eligibility that would remove thousands of patients from the insurance rolls. Quinn wants deep cuts, $1-a-pack cigarette tax hike for Medicaid 2012-04-19T18:41:00Z

But sales flopped, triggering billions of dollars in losses and forcing BlackBerry to slash its staff. BlackBerry and singer Alicia Keys to part ways 2014-01-02T21:23:54Z

Lady Gaga should pass one billion views around October 20 if she continues on her current pace, according to David Birch, communications director at TubeMogul. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber nearing 1 billion YouTube views 2010-10-04T20:51:00Z

But overseas ticket sales helped the global box office pass $42 billion, the best ever. ‘1917’ Hits No. 1 at the Box Office and Takes Aim at the Oscars 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

He’s lost nearly a billion dollars, and the SEC is close to indicting him for insider trading, but he’s still cocooned in optimism. Review | Gary Shteyngart takes aim at white male privilege 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

When the original design for a new national stadium approached US$2 billion, it was replaced with a revised plan that would cost half as much. Anger in Tokyo over the Summer Olympics is the latest example of how unpopular hosting has become 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

It's the most watched video of all time on YouTube, gathering more than 1.5 billion views since its release in July. PSY says he hopes NKoreans enjoy his new single 2013-04-13T12:22:09Z

The university, is in aggressive expansion mode, the Times reported, and is currently in the midst of a $6 billion fundraising drive. ArtsBeat: MoCA Los Angeles May Partner With U.S.C. 2012-12-05T19:55:17Z

The movie from director James Cameron already holds the record for the biggest film release at global box offices with more than $2.7 billion in ticket sales. "Avatar" fastest selling DVD after three weeks 2010-05-12T00:38:00Z

There are, after all, an additional 4.7 billion inhabitants of Earth. New "Narnia" film stirs religious controversy 2010-12-09T05:04:00Z

The New York Times reports that these renovations are expected to cost more than half a billion dollars, and that they won’t even be starting for at least another four years or so. Thanks To A $100 Million Donation, David Geffen Is Getting A Hall At Lincoln Center 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z

The verdict touched off the riots, which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 people and damage to property amounting to $1 billion. In Roger Guenveur Smith’s ‘Rodney King,’ a whispered evocation of the L.A. riots

He says he is very proud of helping to restructure the National Geographic partnership, which caused the society’s endowment to swell to nearly $1 billion. James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

Fifty years ago, a billion people were undernourished or starving; the number is about the same today. Books of The Times: Seeing a Time (Soon) When We?ll All Be Dieting 2010-08-24T21:30:00Z

One private estimate put damage along the coast at $7 billion, far from any record for a natural disaster. Irene's toll: 20 dead, $7 billion in damage 2011-08-29T09:41:00Z

But the network itself was not profitable — it relied on selling international rights and a massive $1 billion streaming deal with Netflix to operate. From groundbreaking to nearly in the ground: The CW’s days of defying expectations are over 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

Malone's Liberty Media, which owns 27% of Charter shares, is expected to contribute at least $5 billion to help Charter finance the acquisition, perhaps buying more stock in the new company. Charter nears $55-billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

The plight of the animals is compelling, even if the oft-repeated estimate of a billion creatures perishing is regarded by most experts as incalculable and unreliable. Perspective | Meet the Wollemi pine, the ‘dinosaur tree’ brought back from the dead and threatened once again 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

Last week Alice became the sixth picture ever to cross the $1 billion mark in worldwide gross, and the first that was not released in the prime summer months. Box Office: Shrek is Better Than Sex 2010-05-31T23:55:00Z

In February, Disney reported profit of $2.2 billion for the fiscal first quarter that ended Dec. 27. Disney annual meeting: What to watch for on Thursday 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

There are an estimated 1.2 billion adolescents alive in the world today. Surprise! Researchers say teaching kids about sex has “lifetime benefits” 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Bankruptcy there was averted by bailouts worth hundreds of billions, and Greece was plunged into a devastating economic crisis, from which it is only now emerging. Why a World-Famous Art Exhibition Needed a Government Bailout 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

“This is about whether one of the U.K.’s most successful industries, worth £111 billion a year, is allowed to prosper and contribute hugely to both our cultural and economic wealth, or crash and burn.” For U.K. Bands, Touring Europe Is Now a Highway to Brexit Hell 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

One million billion percent sure you're going to be in the Top 12 next week. "American Idol" recap: Sexual frustration edition 2010-03-10T16:01:00Z

It’s big money — in the most recent full theater season, 18.5 million people attended touring shows in North America, and those productions grossed $1.6 billion. ‘Wicked’ Hits the Road, Carrying the Hopes of Broadway Tours 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

Filmmakers in the country of a billion people are keen to stress that Indian cinema is far more diverse than Bollywood - both in terms of language and of style. Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies 2013-05-20T16:35:09Z

Last year about $8.5 billion changed hands — and most projections are for a flat performance this year. Broadcasters think sports and live specials will be must-see TV 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Texas is Mexico’s No. 1 trade partner, and the El Paso customs district saw $85.5 billion in two-way trade with Mexico, from January to November 2017. From Museums to Mountains, Pride and Patriotism 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

The control room, operated 24 hours a day, had a cobbled-together look that seemed out of place with the facility’s $1.4 billion price tag. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

EST Friday, the day after the world's definitive online social network raised $16 billion in an initial public offering that valued the company at $104 billion. Facebook begins trading after $16 billion IPO 2012-05-18T11:32:00Z

In China, a staggering 3 billion new plastic bags enter into circulation every single day. The 3 most environmentally damaging habits you might be able to change 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

The Word of the Year is based on usage evidence drawn from Oxford’s continually updated corpus of more than 11 billion words, gathered from news sources across the English-speaking world. Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z

It is home to 54 countries, more than a billion people, and, at more than 11 million square miles, it makes up a fifth of the land on earth. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

By this definition, a colony of 50,000 bees represents a single organism with nearly 500 billion nerve cells, as compared with the human brain’s 100 billion. Movie Review: ‘More Than Honey,’ a Documentary by Markus Imhoof 2013-06-11T22:11:19Z

With open wallets, no less: According to the National Retail Foundation, Americans were expected to spend some $7.4 billion on Halloween this year. Halloween: America’s No. 1 holiday for wasting money on garbage 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

By the end of the first day, a corporation that had no significant profits was worth $2.1 billion. ‘How the Internet Happened’ Review: Building a World Online 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

That was eventually scrapped for a luxury retail destination that could help to stem an estimated $1 billion in annual sales bleeding to the suburbs. D.C. got everything it wanted out of CityCenterDC — except the crowds 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Let’s review the problem areas: Europe: GM lost $400 million in the second quarter, $1.6 billion in the past four quarters. Leadership, Not Another Bailout, Will Fix General Motors 2012-08-16T18:44:00Z

It also highlighted the economic importance of Paris' six fashion weeks a year -- two for ready-to-wear, two for menswear and two for couture -- saying they generated altogether 10.3 billion euros in annual sales. French fashion flags its economic importance 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Americans, sandwich lovers that we are, spend about $1.86 billion annually on mayonnaise, nearly half of that on Hellmann’s, according to data from the market research firm Nielsen. There’s No Mayonnaise Like My Mayonnaise 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The popular search siteKayak.com handles more than 1 billion travel booking searches annually, primarily for airfare and hotels. How to find cheap airfares 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Amazon pays an estimated $1 billion a year to stream programming from others over its Prime Instant Video service. Crowdsourcing goes to Hollywood as Amazon makes movies 2012-10-10T11:04:09Z

Since its release, the album has had the equivalent of about 2.4 million sales, and its songs have racked up 3.3 billion streams. Bad Bunny, No. 1 Again, Puts a Spotlight on Inequities in Puerto Rico 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

This time around, the three houses’ various evening and day auctions will include more than 2,000 lots estimated to raise at least $1.6 billion. Spring Art Sales: Yawns or Records? 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

A full-scale renovation in 2010 saw $3.2 billion in improvements to infrastructure, including two new terminals with a skyway security checkpoint. These Are the World's Best Airports 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Independent researchers estimated that the event generated around $1.4 billion for Scotland’s economy. Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

The site, once valued in the billions of dollars, was sold last year to Specific Media for $35 million. MTV launching broad online store for musicians 2012-03-15T22:02:11Z

In the years leading up to the pandemic, aviation emitted roughly a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, about as much as the entire continent of South America in 2021. Could Air Someday Power Your Flight? Airlines Are Betting on It. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

The average American devours 45 pints per year, which equates to about $10 billion. How ice cream went from elitist indulgence to America’s favorite frozen treat 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

After a series of lawsuits and a media campaign in the United States that severely strained U.S.-Swiss relations, Swiss banks ended up paying $1.2 billion in compensation in 1998. Swiss museum expected to accept art trove amassed under Nazis 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

“We estimate based on global watch sales, including auctions and Swiss export statistics, that the size of the watch market is €25 billion per year,” Ms. Mascherin said. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Collectors' Items Bring Spectacular Returns 2011-03-24T12:37:02Z

She said the primary ticket market for concerts and sporting events was projected to be around $22 billion as of 2010. Ticket brokers' pain could be buyers' gain 2011-07-11T20:22:00Z

Eight billion of another variety could be packed into a drop of fluid. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z

Total sales in the Chinese market dropped 23 percent to $11.8 billion in 2015, according to the annual art market report published by the European Fine Art Foundation in March. Zhang Daqian Painting Sets Record at Sotheby's Auction in Hong Kong 1465-03-04T05:00:00Z

Intensive agriculture has slashed the amount of carbon soils store by 60% and put 6 million hectares across England and Wales at risk of erosion or compaction, costing an estimated £1.2 billion a year. Environmental plan for England asks farmers to "restore nature" 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

I regret all of this deeply, sincerely apologize to the world’s 4 billion women, and I hereby repent of it. Perspective | I am a fugitive from the thought police 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Liberty announced in August that Starz, which runs eponymous movie and TV channels as well as Encore-branded movie channels, will become a separate listed company with about $1.5 billion of debt. Starz could benefit from skipping Disney deal: analysts 2012-12-05T20:29:39Z

These fees are an enormous business, with North America’s airlines reaping almost $11 billion in what are called a la carte fees in 2015 — a 24 percent increase over what was collected a year before. Refund foot-dragging has always been a travel industry tradition. Now it’s getting worse. 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Impossible and Beyond, they've gotten billions and billions of dollars in funding. Big Meat is wasteful, polluting and powerful 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

A total of $7 billion was spent on all races in the 2012 election by the candidates, parties and outside groups, with outside groups outspending the Republicans and Democrats for the first time ever. Kenneth Vogel on billionaires, politics and his book 'Big Money' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

“We don’t pretend that we can raise the billions it will take to fix the Salton Sea,” Mr. Ruspoli said. How Much Hip Can the Desert Absorb? 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The new package hinges in part on private bondholders taking a nominal 53.5 percent loss, which will wipe out more than $140 billion from Greece’s overall debt. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z

Furious 7 is now also the only film from Universal Pictures reach $1 billion in ticket sales during its initial theatrical run. 'Furious 7' Makes $1 Billion in Worldwide Box Office Sales in Record Time 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

The unprecedented number of flight cancellations — more than 100,000 between April 15 and 21 — affected millions of travelers, and the fallout is expected to cost the airline industry $1.7 billion. Lessons From a Volcano: If You?re in an Airspace Shutdown, Some Guidelines 2010-04-28T01:38:00Z

Disney has so far generated more than $1.3 billion in worldwide ticket sales for Marvel's "The Avengers," already Hollywood's fourth-largest film, according to Box Office Mojo. New Disney studio chief's instructions: make good movies 2012-06-01T03:27:49Z

The sale comes just three months after cable giant Comcast Corp. said it was acquiring Time Warner Cable for $45 billion and could spark even further consolidation. AT&T to acquire DirecTV in $48.5-billion deal 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Almost two-thirds of Italy’s farmland has been hit by a prolonged drought this year, costing Italian agriculture some 2 billion euros, according to farmers association Coldiretti. Italy's white truffles feel the heat at Alba auction 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Disney has scored three $1 billion movies in the last 16 months; “Toy Story 3” and “Alice in Wonderland” are the other two. ArtsBeat: 'Pirates' Booty Approaches $1 Billion 2011-07-01T16:28:21Z

Set on the distant Pandora, "Avatar" is the biggest modern blockbuster, with $2.8 billion at the box office worldwide. Cameron returns to space with 2 'Avatar' sequels 2010-10-27T15:41:00Z

Disney attributed the improvement partly to an increase in the licensing of merchandise from the hit animated movie "Frozen," which was released in 2013 and grossed more than $1 billion. Disney posts another strong quarter as its clout grows 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Another huge global tour, on the scale of their last one, "A Bigger Bang," which earned more than a half a billion dollars between 2005 and 2007? AP PHOTOS: Stones rock Brooklyn 2012-12-09T11:39:09Z

“Avengers: Infinity War” will next set its sights on records like the fastest film to reach $1 billion and the highest gross ever. ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Lands the Biggest Global Opening Ever 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

Sales of luxury goods in the country doubled in the last year, to $68 billion, according to the same Bain & Company report. The Sensibility of Ssense 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

For Americans, the announcement of a $1.5 billion investment in culture is unthinkable. The state of the arts in Canada 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

He concluded with an acknowledgment of those who died in the Holocaust, “the six million who can’t be watching this among the one billion watching this telecast tonight.” Oscars Rewind: The Last Time Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg Went Head-to-Head 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

Some analysts contend 21st Century Fox needs to increase its bid to above $90 billion. Murdoch's 21st Century Fox selling stakes in two satellite TV firms 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

The Obama administration goes after a bunch of this compliance stuff in their budget, but it only scores as collecting an extra $10 billion over 10 years. Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

It's such a big event, with billions watching, you cannot make mistakes. Diana's dressmaker: Kate's style will be different 2011-03-18T12:46:04Z

Five years and $3.4 billion later, the first freight train made the 470-mile journey, revolutionizing landlocked Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea, where Djibouti’s Doraleh Port processes 95 percent of its international trade. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens," became the third highest grossing movie of all time, taking some $2 billion at the global box office, after its release in December 2015. New 'Star Wars' film titled 'The Last Jedi,' Disney says 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

Enter Musk, whose belief that humans will be a “multi-planet species” — and whose company was the only viable option — made him the perfect candidate for a $1.5 billion government contract to deliver rockets to NASA. ‘Return to Space’ Review: Eyes on the Skies 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The Chinese government is offering tens of billions of dollars for Pakistani projects, Mr Small says. Geopolitical friends 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

With that space expected to double to $4 billion by 2013, it will ultimately be the quality of the game experiences that dictate Entertainment Games' success. Marilyn, Elvis team up for "Retro World" game 2011-11-04T21:44:00Z

And last month, a bill was signed into law providing an unprecedented $15 billion in relief for live-event entertainment venues devastated by the shutdown. Vowing to bring live entertainment back, Gov. Cuomo announces a ‘New York Arts Revival’ 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

Adds Smeenk: “Two billion euros are left unclaimed in the E.U. each year. If everyone would reclaim the VAT and donate it to a good cause, think of the impact it would have.” Gimme back my VAT!

Have they been mixing for billions of years? Welcome to a new Eden ? two billion miles from Earth 2010-05-08T23:06:00Z

The clothing line made $750 million in 2010, according to New York Magazine, and is projected to break the $1 billion sales mark this year, making it one of the most successful celebrity fashion brands. Jessica Simpson pregnant with first child 2011-10-31T21:41:18Z

For instance, a billion civilians might die in his new book. The Passage of Justin Cronin 2012-10-07T07:00:05Z

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait showered Egypt with billions of dollars in aid after Sisi ousted Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood last year, following mass protests against his rule. Top Egyptian TV comic says show pulled off air 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Here was a very rich man who, despite having a failing business, repeatedly went to the banks for billions of dollars in loans he may never fully pay back. The Debt King 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

Stoked by a years-long drought, fires ravaged huge swaths of the continent and killed or displaced billions of animals. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

This year alone, pet spending in the U.S. is estimated to exceed $72 billion, which is more than the combined GDP of the 39 poorest countries in the world. The $70 billion Americans spend on pets could do more good 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

The company will sell 77 million shares — seven million more than originally announced — at $25 each, raising $1.9 billion for Access, which issued the stock. Musicians Push Industry to Support Justice With Money, Not Hashtags 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

He’s given a total of $3.3 billion to his alma mater, the largest single recipient of his philanthropy. Mike Bloomberg deploys his billions to make a point, from a $1 million couch to a presidential campaign 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

Revenue in the United States spiked 40 percent from 2014 to 2018 and, according to Grand View Research, is expected to reach more than $5 billion in the next four years. Essential oils are potent, risky and promising. Here’s what you need to know. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

To highlight the year-end festivities with a champagne-cork pop, Skyfall this weekend became the 14th movie in history, and the first James Bond film, to reach $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Hollywood Solves Its Fiscal Cliff Crisis: Hobbit, Django and Les Mis All Win Big 2012-12-31T00:33:39Z

There are the numbers: tens of thousands of employees; millions of shareholders; tens of billions of dollars in annual profit, more than any other corporation headquartered in the United States. 'Private Empire': the secretive world of ExxonMobil 2012-05-03T20:13:04Z

European M&A was down nearly a quarter on last year to $511 billion but, with firms sitting on piles of excess cash, investors are now pushing them to snap up rivals. Wolves of Wall Street can sharpen M&A teeth on new game app 2014-01-16T18:08:58Z

According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the film and television industry made a $9.5 billion impact on the state in fiscal year 2017, making the state the top filming location in the world. A Boom in Filming Gives Atlanta Stage Actors Room to Maneuver 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

By current estimates, the damages to Texas, mostly this city, could reach $180 billion. Forced Out By Flooding, Houston’s Opera Gets On With the Show 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

The United States is seeking to seize some $1.7 billion in assets, making it the largest action brought by the department under its kleptocracy asset recovery initiative. 'The Wolf of Wall Street' producer settles U.S. suit linked to Malaysian fund 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Kirshenbaum estimates that today more than 6 billion of us — East and West — lock lips socially or romantically on a regular basis. Exploring the kiss 2011-03-04T02:20:58Z

"The Avengers" raised its domestic total to $523.6 million, making it the No. 4 movie on the all-time domestic revenue chart and only the fourth film to top half a billion dollars. Smith, Jones' 'MiB3' zaps 'Avengers' out of No. 1 2012-05-28T19:01:05Z

December is a key month for many studios and accounted for roughly $1 billion in ticket sales last year in the U.S. and Canada. Sony scraps 'Interview' release amid pressure from theaters, studios 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The teen, young male and date-night demographics sought by 50/50, Dream House and What’s Your Number? have gone back into hibernation after pouring billions in the summer box office. Box Office: Surprise! Dolphins and Jesus Beat Cancer and Dead Kids 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z

Many people in the country of 1 billion lack access to air conditioning and nearly half its labor force works outdoors in agriculture. Extreme heat will hit India’s most vulnerable the hardest 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

And meanwhile, Facebook — whose active users already number more than 2 billion worldwide — only grows. Perspective | Collusion? Who needs it when Facebook was allowing Russians to help Trump? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

Having invested over $1 billion in the museum, Abu Dhabi is hoping culture will attract tourists. East meets West as Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in the Gulf 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

Revenues this year are at $9.57 billion, about 4 percent below last year's, according to Hollywood.com. Movie audiences shrink below post-Sept. 11 level 2011-12-11T19:47:54Z

Pledges of billions of dollars in aid from the international community remain unfulfilled, with only a fraction of the more than $5bn promised so far delivered. Haiti earthquake: six months on 2010-07-10T10:00:00Z

Russia's BIN Group said last year it wanted to build a $2.8 billion theme park in the south of Moscow with the participation of Universal Park & Resorts, a unit of NBCUniversal. Russian developer pledges $3 billion for DreamWorks parks 2013-02-17T16:08:44Z

Despite those dark financial clouds, the airport consortium hopes the world's growing aviation industry will generate both jobs and billions of dollars in returns. Istanbul to unveil new airport, seeks to be world's biggest 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Since its release in March, Wallen’s album has racked up the equivalent of just under three million sales, and been streamed 3.5 billion times. Morgan Wallen Tops the Album Chart for a 15th Time 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

What is not acceptable is to make billions of dollars out of catering to the needs of fanboy types without really taking much interest in their passions and concerns. Pacific Rim v Transformers 4: clash of the giant robot movies 2013-01-11T16:36:26Z

It was later televised worldwide to an audience estimated at 1.3 billion. Tibor Rudas, music impresario who furthered Pavarotti’s career, dies at 94

Tens of billions of dollars yearly are spent on it, which shows that everybody’s watching it and it’s a major part of people’s lives. | Playwright Thomas Bradshaw on Race, Porn and Suburbia 2014-01-29T23:00:38Z

Simultaneously, more and more beginner home cooks are gaining basic kitchen knowledge from digital videos, a booming industry that will be worth $12.5 billion by 2017. “Stand and stir” no more: Food Network hosts are mastering the art of the short-form cooking tutorial 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

And of course if a billion people use this word “irony” in this kind of institutionalized sense, then that turns out to be one of its meanings, and there’s no going against that. What David Foster Wallace got wrong about irony: Our culture doesn’t have nearly enough of it 2014-04-27T15:30:00Z

Someone else added: "I used to literally recommend this to people when I was a barista. What do I care if a multi billion dollar company makes 26 cents less in profit?" TikTok user’s viral Starbucks drink ‘hack’ sparks online debate 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

They now have a daughter named Blue Ivy, an estimated net worth over $1 billion and the ability to make or break world trends overnight. These Are The 25 Most Influential Marriages of All Time 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

The first two movies earned a combined $1.1 billion at world-wide box offices. "Twilight"s Robert Pattinson related to Dracula 2010-06-24T00:44:00Z

Two billion people around the world eat insects regularly. Bugs that taste “like foie gras”: Eating insects might not save the world, but it could be a healthy start 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

From January to November 2010, watch exports grew 22 percent from the level of the previous year, to 14.6 billion Swiss francs, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Special Report: Watches: Tourbillon Returns, Defying Economic Gravity 2011-01-16T22:30:18Z

Perdue can, in fact, make slow food affordable by cutting into its billion dollar profit margin. A Chicken That Grows Slower and Tastes Better 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

The president’s $54 billion military spending increase proposal, and deep cuts to domestic programs, face a reality test with Republicans in control, many of whom are already protesting. 10 Things to Know for Monday 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

They would have those billions — or, at worst, many hundreds of millions — whatever the outcome. ‘Succession’ Is Over. Why Did We Care? 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z

One is the idea that it’s okay to dupe, say, a collector who made his billions on the backs of little people, or the auction houses that feed at the trough. ‘The Art of Forgery,’ by Noah Charney 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

At their peak, motion pictures accounted for more than 12 billion feet of film processing each year, enough to reach the moon and back five times, according to IHS. Kodak (and film) saying goodbye to the Oscars 2012-02-24T23:12:15Z

A quarter billion was spent on a custom-built mega-yacht with a movie theater, helicopter pad and enough space for dozens of crew members. A Yacht, a Monet, a See-Through Piano: The U.S. Collects on a Fugitive’s Shopping Spree 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

Well, there’s billions and billions — and, best of all, How to cope with a Trump presidency? Poetry and punchlines. 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

There are 100 billion galaxies out there in the farthest cosmos, each containing at least 100 billion stars. Gravity's Engines: The Other Side of Black Holes - review 2012-12-12T07:00:00Z

We've spent billions of dollars in a world where people are increasingly skeptical about stimulus spending. The New Homebuyer Tax Credit Won't Die --Should It? 2010-07-01T22:54:00Z

The company has spent billions of dollars each year to upgrade its network. CEO Brian Roberts bulks up Comcast for the future 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

He’s dealing with billions of dollars, but he’s never actually touching real money and he doesn’t know how to actually pay for things. Robert Pattinson and Director David Cronenberg on Cars, Cosmopolis and Fans Who Care 2012-08-14T20:48:47Z

Officials hope, meanwhile, that Sydney Modern will double attendance and bring an additional $1 billion into the economy over 25 years. Sydney Art Museum Receives Big Funding Boost 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

But that still leaves two billion people without access to safe drinking water. How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z

Last year's blockbuster "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" earned $1 billion at theaters worldwide. 'Frozen,' 'Catching Fire' fuel U.S., Canada box office 2013-12-08T18:19:51Z

For one thing is certain: We will live in more crowded spaces, and we will increasingly live indoors, cocooned in climate-controlled zones with a few billion of our closest friends. How to act in public spaces in a digital age 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

It’s been a quarter of a century since Los Angeles exploded in six days of chaotic destruction that cost the lives of more than 60 people and an estimated billion dollars in property losses. Through hell and back: Inside the renaissance and postential of South Los Angeles 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Such advanced civilisations would … be able to implement billions of ancestor simulations, each containing billions of minds. Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre – review 2013-02-14T09:01:01Z

If everyone does so, he wrote, “it will add up to billions of people making a world of difference.” Locals are working to restore coral reefs in beloved travel destinations. You can help. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

The revamped Lion King is the biggest animation of all time; Toy Story 4 has also taken more than a billion dollars. Frozen II: how Disney left other animation studios out in the cold 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

Since the late 1970s, Chinese music has bloomed from a monochromatic array of traditional operas and communist anthems into a soundscape as diverse as the country's 1.3 billion people. China in your hand: the lowdown on Chinese pop 2012-12-25T22:20:21Z

Though the kids each walked away with billions in cash and stock, the deal bared all the competing interests in the family. James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

And California's $40 billion wine industry is regularly threatened by persistent droughts and destructive wildfires that have wiped out vineyards and entire vintages in some regions. Georgia’s peach crop loss is about more than just fruit 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z

Revenue from first-class mail, the Postal Service's largest and most profitable product, declined 6 percent from the previous fiscal year to $32 billion. Postal Service reports $5.1 billion loss 2011-11-15T20:28:00Z

No matter how many billions of dollars and shares change hands, she gave us herself; she introduced us to our brighter selves. Thank you, Kate Spade, for making women feel “quick and curious and playful and strong” 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada dropped 5% to $10.4 billion last year after a string of box office duds produced one of its worst summer seasons in years. China growth drives record year at box office for Hollywood 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

More than three billion people flew on U.S. airlines from 2007 through 2011—that’s 10 times the entire population of the United States—and only 50 died, all in a single regional airline turboprop crash. FAA cuts, exhausted pilots, ancient planes: Is your flight really safe? 2013-06-09T14:00:00Z

If it came out today, Gone with the Wind would make $1.6 billion dollars, which is twice what Avatar made a couple years ago. “Gone with the Wind” must stay: Why banning the racist film solves nothing 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

Disney’s franchise fare such as “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Infinity War” generated a total $7.3 billion at global box offices in 2018. Cinema vs. streaming: the battle over when and where you can see... 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

The firm, which manages $1.6 billion in assets, generates about 40 percent of its new business from these dinners. Is a free meal any way to pick a financial adviser? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

On Friday, the company filed a 10-year plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission to spend $1.3 billion to strengthen its electrical system against outages. ComEd to spend extra $233 million to improve grid in 2012 2012-01-06T17:19:00Z

Audiences continue to flock to it: released in November, “Big Hero 6” has so far earned half a billion dollars worldwide. How to Build a (Softhearted) Robot 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

It will swell the society’s endowment to more than $1 billion and provide the cash flow for it to double its annual spending on philanthropic activities in research and exploration. Peril cited in National Geographic sale not evident in financial disclosures 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

"Yes, looking for a couple of bases among billions is daunting, especially when you are dealing with hundreds of genomes," adds Walport. Genetics: The number crunchers who are saving lives 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Their current budget estimate for the project is north of $7 billion. Penn Station Is a Perpetual Mess. Change May Be at Hand. 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

In all, viewers watched more than 1 billion hours of VOD programming, an increase of more than 40 percent. U.S. TV networks tout video on-demand for catch-up viewing 2013-10-04T11:10:22Z

Today, billions of Christmas cards make their way around the world. World's first printed Christmas card goes on display at Dickens museum 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

“Imagine if all that power to connect turned into billions of handshakes all over the world.” Elton John urges social media firms to help end HIV/AIDS stigma 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Now, with a rapidly expanding $2 billion Greek yogurt market, the question has become, what to do with the whey? Greek yogurt, toxic waste hazard? 2013-05-23T15:59:00Z

The day after the news broke, the stock price for Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind the group, dropped 28 percent, which shaved $1.7 billion off its market value. K-Pop Stars BTS Will Release a Book Telling Their Own Story in July 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

No — it’s billions, so Give the max, and the message you’ll send Is “Make sure I’m nabbin’ it, that job in the Cabinet” — Money is a pol’s best friend. Style Invitational: The an(n)als of civilization 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

At the time of writing, Psy's Gangnam Style has been seen nearly two billion times - generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue. Goldfrapp tell tales in cinema project 2014-02-27T02:04:21Z

Film, he said, "brings billions to the table and that should be made clear". Robert Redford: Films boost economy 2013-04-24T15:27:43Z

Jesus, I've been drunk a billion times, I would never dream of doing such things. Peter Mullan: the swot who lost the plot 2011-01-19T21:31:00Z

To be sure, these types of niche companies still made up an insignificant part of the $355 billion that Americans spent on clothes last year, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be profitable. Big and Tall? Clothing Companies Fit the Needs of Those Shopping for Different Sizes and Body Types 2014-02-06T00:45:47Z

The single last summer broke records as the most-streamed global track of all time, with more than 4.6 billion plays across leading platforms. #MeToo, gun violence, 'Despacito' make for potent Grammys brew 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

"Wolf Warrior 2" is expected to rake in a total of 5.5 billion yuan as it taps into feelings of patriotism and national pride at home. Hero's welcome: Patriotic Chinese war film pulls in record $600 million 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

But the Apollo moon landings cost many billions of dollars, and were always controversial. Readers recommend: songs about space ? results 2011-08-18T14:35:12Z

Last year that came to over 2.3 billion bushels, about half of which went into producing ethanol. Iowa exudes a decency that even politics can’t undo 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Livestock is a major problem: the grain fed to American animals alone is enough to feed those billion hungry people. Books of The Times: Seeing a Time (Soon) When We?ll All Be Dieting 2010-08-24T21:30:00Z

And of course, Tatiana Maslany finally got Emmy recognition for playing a billion different characters in just one show — Orphan Black. 4 Big Ways The Emmy Awards Have Changed In The Last Decade 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Birch says Bieber will surpass the 1 billion views milestone around November 1 if he keeps up his current pace. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber nearing 1 billion YouTube views 2010-10-04T20:51:00Z

That is a cost with incentives, or $1 billion more profit without them. Surprise: Detroit Runs Short Of Some Cars 2010-05-19T21:49:00Z

Even the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, often targeted for cuts, saw a $1.1 billion increase in funding in the recently signed budget bill. Night at the Space Museum: 10 Open Bars and Tons of Kubrick References 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

The companies raked in billions, largely from taxpayer-funded Medicaid, while desperately ill people suffered. Perspective | Most people think local journalism is financially healthy. Here’s the troubling reality. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

That astounding performance — Disney’s hits included “The Jungle Book,” “Moana,” “Zootopia” and “Doctor Strange” — resulted in roughly $2.7 billion in domestic ticket sales, or more than 25 percent of the market. Reality? No, Thanks. Moviegoers Sought Escape in 2016. 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

The same will surely be true of “Furious 7,” which has already cleared $1 billion as of this writing, a quarter of that in those aforementioned Chinese bucks. It’s become too facile to pit big summer movies against integrity-filled indies 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Russia became “a regime in which the billions of dollars at Putin’s cronies’ disposal were to be actively used to undermine and corrupt the institutions and democracies of the West.” Yacht justice: A new front in the war drags Russia’s oligarchs into the spotlight 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

These are among the worst-disclosed of all fees and account for an unknown portion of the industry’s $24.6 billion in ancillary revenue last year. Perspective | Do airline tickets need warning labels? 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Fueled by nearly half a billion dollars, it has the potential to provide a safety net for many smaller arts organizations. With $440 Million, a New Arts Foundation Spreads the Wealth 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

It is 1 billion miles beyond Pluto and an astounding 4 billion miles from Earth, at the edge of the solar system. NASA’s New Horizons to beam back images of the farthest world humans have ever explored 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Large media companies lobby states and nations for these subsidies, then have then compete to "earn" film productions, because the studios can lay off literally billions of dollars in production costs on hapless taxpayers. 2009-12-03T18:01:00Z

In its 11 weeks out, “SOS” has racked up nearly two billion streams. SZA’s ‘SOS’ Is No. 1 for a 10th Time, as Morgan Wallen Waits on Deck 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

So far, the combined domestic gross box office of the movies is more than a billion dollars. The Summer of Josh Brolin Continues, on Netflix 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

They increased their collective wealth by a whopping $200 billion, which is more than enough to provide every student in the country with free higher education. Five obscene reasons the rich grow richer 2012-10-01T14:29:00Z

But Lewis said these firms are using their speed advantage to profit at the expense of other market participants to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. U.S. stock markets are rigged, says author Michael Lewis 2014-03-31T02:44:32Z

"Harry Potter," which is already the highest grossing film franchise ever with over $6.4 billion in global ticket sales, is based on the novels of author J.K. "Harry Potter" magic with record $92.1 million 2011-07-16T18:34:51Z

At more than $1.3 billion in receipts, "Furious 7" is now the fifth-highest grossing release of all time at the worldwide box office. Box office: Why 'Furious 7' is different from other studio smashes 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

For three months starting in August, she spent six to nine hours a day playing Among Us with half a billion players worldwide. Valkyrae Gets a Big Chair in the Gaming World 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

Disney completed its acquisition of Lucasfilm and the "Star Wars" franchise from Lucas for $4.06 billion in cash and stock last month. 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas engaged 2013-01-04T03:09:09Z

Because the Mint produced billions of novelty coins over the last two decades, Ms. Miller said that the vast majority of state quarters are not worth more than 25 cents. Coin Shortage? It May Be Time to Use Your State Quarters 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Warner Bros. released eight films in the lucrative "Harry Potter" movie franchise, which racked up $7.7 billion in worldwide box office. Warner Bros. unveils a slate of superhero films after poor summer 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Americans for the Arts, a national advocacy group, issued a survey to cultural nonprofit groups, and in less than a week, several thousand responded with real losses topping $5 billion. Arts groups have never been very flush with cash. Now, they’re facing an even bigger battle for survival. 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

The stimulus package passed by the Senate on Wednesday night included a $500 billion government-lending program for distressed companies, which would include the airlines. The New Travel Document: Photograph of an Empty Plane 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Initially, the owners rebuffed Murdoch until the money — at $5.6 billion — became too good to pass up. Time Warner is girding to fight Murdoch's takeover offer 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

One of the mantras of Google's chairman, for example, is "the next five billion". Facebook and Google spread 'their' net across the mobile world 2013-03-24T00:05:39Z

It will spend at least $10 billion on content this year. ‘Game of Thrones’ Changed TV. Let Us Count the Ways. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Whisper, which has raised $60 million in funding and says it generates six billion page views a month, also has a content deal with Fusion, an upstart television and digital network from Univision and Disney. In Hollywood, Apps Like Whisper Dish Dirt 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

We calculated how much that would cost and came up with $10 billion a year, $2.5 billion of which would come from the industry itself. Can companies be held accountable for problematic supply chains in chocolate, coffee and more? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

Among other consequences, billions of dollars have been spent policing pot, and hundreds of thousands of users have been jailed — even as alcohol and tobacco have had far more harmful health and social effects. ‘The Culture High’ Explores Marijuana Decriminalization 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Last month, the Sacklers offered to pay $4.275 billion from their personal fortune in an attempt to end thousands of lawsuits that have been filed against the company. In ‘Empire of Pain,’ the American Dynasty Behind OxyContin 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Collectively, the claimants are seeking more than $1 billion in damages. Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and others sue FBI for $1 billion for mishandling Larry Nassar probe 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Those “Northern Lights” were in fact billions of irradiated particles that had been released into the air when a plutonium production plant exploded in nearby Kyshtym. ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

Bash industries tries to break apart the comet so they can greedily mine the billions of dollars of rare minerals it contains, and his unholy alliance with President Orlean is used as a campaign stunt. "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Here is one answer: Hubert and Jan van Eyck’s “The Mystic Lamb,” better known as the Ghent Altarpiece, is worth 100 billion pixels. ArtsBeat: Restored Ghent Altarpiece Gets Own Interactive Web Site 2012-02-24T16:17:43Z

Just after he says billion he nearly manages to soil the trademark "hee hee", which only just masks the distant sound of Jackson spinning in his grave. New music: Michael Jackson – Bad (Remix by Afrojack feat Pitbull) 2012-08-24T10:43:27Z

Airlines collect about $250 billion in revenue each year for travel to, from and within the United States, which means their DOT fines represent about 0.002 percent of their profits. Does penalizing airlines for customer service infractions do any good? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

At that level the company is valued at about $1.43 billion. Yelp shares open at 60% above IPO price 2012-03-02T14:59:00Z

“I just gotta be who I am. And if that means zero people show up or a billion people show up, you still are who you are.” Everyone wants Garth Brooks on their side. He just wants everyone to get along. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

All in all, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on its investment. Eastwood ad sparks the discord it decries 2012-02-06T22:59:00Z

The WWE is looking to expand into India, a country where sports entertainment is already popular, with a potential audience of 1.3 billion people. How Jinder Mahal, an Indian WWE Star, Is Turning Up the Heat 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

Internationally, the company set a new industry benchmark with $3.73 billion.  20th Century Fox sets global box-office record 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The billions of dollars that public institutions spend on food "drive the market in a particular direction," Oliva explains. Learn about the fight for values-based food purchasing — and recommendations from a new report 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z

“Death makes me very angry,” Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, told his biographer, perhaps to explain why he has given nearly half a billion dollars to medical research to halt human aging. Joshua Ferris Reviews Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K’ 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

Ford Motor warned recently that it expects to lose $1 billion this year in Europe. Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Still Footing The Bill To Fix A German Automaker? 2012-08-03T19:05:48Z

Estimates of the value of the enterprise range up to an astonishing $25 billion. Perspective | Fans of the books will love Broadway’s Harry Potter — but will others? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Business and financial leaders said they needed firmer signals from a climate agreement, including long-term emissions targets, to begin to invest billions of dollars in low-carbon projects. Lima climate talks fall short, making 2015 breakthrough less likely 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

His stockpile of hits remains steadily popular there, drawing nearly 4 billion plays so far this year in the United States alone. Can Kanye West Find Refuge, or Money, in Music? 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Forty-one years and several billions of dollars later, completion of the Deep Tunnel is currently slated for 2029. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z

Los Angeles is the nation's largest radio market, with nearly $1 billion spent on advertising each year. Big swings in L.A. radio ratings raise questions 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

The Netherlands' famous red light districts and "coffee" shops selling sex and drugs contribute 2.5 billion euros a year to the national economy, or slightly more than the country's consumption of cheese, Dutch authorities said. It's official: drugs, prostitution boost Dutch economy 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

The economic toll in California is thought to be at least $10 billion. The 20 Phrases That Defined 2020 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

With more than $1.5 billion of public money being invested into the Pergamon Museum refurbishment, its leaders now face new calls to justify their work. Restitution Is Moving Quickly. The Pergamon Museum Is Taking It Slow. 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z

“The situation isn’t easy and will require billions” of Libyan dinars of funding. Benghazi looks to preserve historic buildings shattered by war 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Cage’s films account for nearly $5 billion in worldwide box office. Nicolas Cage faces off with a new foe: Himself 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

“It’s like nostalgia, only a billion times worse,” she says. The Multiverse Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be in ‘Come With Me’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

But he was also giving away billions, some of it anonymously. Mike Bloomberg deploys his billions to make a point, from a $1 million couch to a presidential campaign 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

About one-third of the food produced worldwide each year, around 1.3 billion tonnes, is wasted or lost, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Italian chef's new restaurant chain: free food made from scraps 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

What did Mike Bloomberg do with his billions before running for president? Did Mike Bloomberg waste $500 million running for president? We’re about to find out. 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

In fact, the anti-ageing industry, which is the largest part of the beauty industry, is now worth more than $200 billion a year. How to conquer our obsession with eternal life | Matt Haig 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

Charter Communications has reeled in its big prize, agreeing to pay $78.7 billion for Time Warner Cable in a deal that would make it the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California. Charter Communications announces deal to buy Time Warner Cable 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z

The financial incentive of bringing Harry back to the big screen is obvious: The existing "Harry Potter" movies were massive successes, grossing a combined $7.7 billion at the worldwide box office. J.K. Rowling's new Harry Potter story: Could it see the big screen? 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

He brags the deal will bring $4 billion to the City; it may also line the pockets of the men whose pockets he’s in. The Mystery of Broken City: Who Killed the New York Crime Drama? 2013-01-18T15:23:42Z

But, again, Obama made no concrete effort to pressure an ally that, at the time, received roughly $3.5 billion a year in military aid. George Mitchell wrote 'A Path to Peace' about Israel and Palestine. Is there one? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

"It's a world where someone could be worth a billion one day and nothing the next, or vice versa," Judge said. HBO's 'Silicon Valley' tackles tricky, quirky tech world for TV 2014-03-31T21:58:21Z

Before the coronavirus interrupted the trajectory, the United Nations forecast that global tourist arrivals will grow 30 percent, to around 2 billion per year, by the end of 2030. A travel writer contemplates a less mobile future 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The movie represents the hopes of both companies for a big franchise, a series that sells billions of dollars in toys and tickets, the way "Transformers" did for Hasbro and Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures. After foreign haul, 'Battleship' faces choppy seas 2012-05-04T18:35:09Z

Require corporations whose net worth exceeds $1 billion to apply for federal charters that require shareholders to approve political activity. If Liberalism Is in Crisis, Who’s to Blame? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

According to calculations by Forbes, her net worth is $21 billion, making her the 9th richest person in the United States and the 21st richest in the world. A Billionaire?s Eye for Art Shapes Her Singular Museum 2011-06-16T04:01:06Z

Nielsen has even reported that the series has hit over 3 billion viewing minutes so far in one week. How the canceled legal drama "Suits" was resurrected to become a favorite summer show 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z

The inflated benefits for aldermen represent a small fraction of the municipal pension plan's $6.7 billion in unfunded liabilities. Aldermen to reap generous pensions 2012-05-01T02:03:00Z

But he does think the film has one advantage over the previous two, which combined to earn more than $1.5 billion worldwide. Josh Duhamel says third ???Transformers' will be a charmer 2011-02-07T19:37:17Z

Gaming revenues surged 21 percent in June to $3.54 billion, according to government data, about half of what Las Vegas generates in a full year. Macau mogul hopes dinosaurs trump volcanoes in new casino resort 2013-07-30T21:22:37Z

Maker Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, draws in more than 9 billion views monthly with more than 550 million subscribers globally. MiTú announces partnership with Maker Studios 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

Although heroism pivots on courage, self-sacrifice and the preservation of other lives, the billions of mothers who have died in childbirth are forgotten. Should women really be rushing back to work after giving birth? 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

The film, the fourth based on the Transformers franchise, is expected to become one of the highest-grossing movies of 2014, with the three prior films generating $2.7 billion in ticket sales at global box offices. Transformers raid Hong Kong in 'Age of Extinction' 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Because more than two-thirds of the population lives below sea level, the country has spent billions keeping water at bay and is widely regarded as the world’s leading source for flood-proof architecture. This Floating City May Be The Future of Coastal Living 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Along with the massive box office -- "Avatar" dwarfs the No. 2 film ever, "Titanic," with $1.8 billion in ticket sales -- "Avatar" also became the best-selling Blu-ray DVD of all time. Cameron and Fox team up for "Avatar" sequels 2010-10-27T18:12:00Z

The FAA said it has spent $7.5 billion on modernizing air traffic control in the last seven years, resulting in $2.7 billion in benefits to passengers and airlines. Trump shows interest in privatizing air traffic control 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

He believes the way they have addressed the problems of extreme population growth is a lesson for us all, especially now that half the world's population live in cities, including one billion slum dwellers. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

While this will be the first time the Supreme Court has meddled in the $20 billion video-game industry, legislators have been waging a largely failed war against virtual violence for nearly 20 years. Brief History: Video-Game Violence 2010-05-03T17:50:00Z

His purchasing ramped up quickly from there, and Mr. Newhouse, the Condé Nast owner who died in 2017 at 89, eventually used his billions to amass a large collection of blue-chip modern and contemporary art. S.I. Newhouse Jr.’s Collection of Modern Masters Comes to Christie’s 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

The United States and South Africa struck a deal on Thursday to allow the release of $1.5 billion in frozen Libya funds for humanitarian aid and other civilian needs. Shortages hit Libyan capital 2011-08-27T14:50:08Z

Over that period, the government was spending up to $18 billion a year geared to strengthening the border. “We should be working more with the Mexicans”: Former “border czar” shares real facts about immigration 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

But with secondary ticket sales estimated at $8 billion a year, that market may never been fully eliminated. Bruce Springsteen Is Bringing His Music and His Memories to Broadway 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

It’s still the No. 2 biggest title worldwide, following just “Avatar” with $2.78 billion. Box office: 'John Wick 3' knocks down 'Avengers: Endgame' with $57... 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

Sure, it was a rough hundred years for the planet: the seas rose ten feet in the two-thousand-fifties, then forty feet more around 2100, and billions of people died. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Latest Novel Imagines Life in an Underwater New York 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

He thinks Britt is a “solid billion” on a scale of 1 to 10. 'The Bachelorette' Recap: New Season, Crazy Twists 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

With "Toy Story 3" muscling its way into the select circle of $1 billion grossing movies, three of the seven entries in that exclusive club were presented in 3D. "Toy Story 3" to cross $1 billion boxoffice mark 2010-08-27T21:36:00Z

About two weeks ago, “Gangnam Style”, the breakout worldwide hit from Korea pop star Psy, became the first video to hit two billion views on YouTube, a number that continues to grow. At 2 Billion Views, "Gangnam Style" Has Made Psy A Very Rich Man 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

Their complaint is that the cost to mint billions of these one-cent coins every year is costing taxpayers a small fortune. The penny may be worthless, but let’s keep it anyway 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z

Vodafone and Idea, which first announced they were in talks in January, expected cost and capex synergies of about $10 billion in net present value after integration costs and spectrum payments, Idea said on Monday. Vodafone, Idea Cellular to Create India’s Largest Telecom 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

That was part of the year’s almost $3 billion revenue from bequests, grants, sales, in-kind donations and investments as well as direct contributions. How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

Parthenium integrifolium is guaranteed to transport your mind to a beautiful, swaying, buzzing wildflower meadow, away from the prospect of a world with 8 billion fellow airport users. A new rubber source could save water, preserve rain forests and even prevent allergic reactions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

It clocked 45.8 billion viewing minutes last year, according to Nielsen. The ‘Office Ladies’ Return to Dunder Mifflin 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Penguin Random House’s sales total around 4 billion annually, and they operate around 275 imprints worldwide. Penguin Random House Merges Two of its Successful Publishing Lines 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

But by then, it may be too late for billions of people. Your cellphone is killing you: What people don’t want you to know about electromagnetic fields 2014-04-12T13:45:00Z

It was interesting to see the Olympics in the background, because we're talking about a once-in-a-lifetime investment of billions in east London. iLL Manors – reviews 2012-05-26T23:03:05Z

The travel industry welcomed the decision to reopen the borders, as international and domestic tourism losses since the start of the pandemic now total an estimated $72 billion, according to Tourism Research Australia. Australia sets reopening date for vaccinated international travelers 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

His vehicle is Equity International, a private investment firm that has put about $1.5 billion into international markets, including Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, China and Egypt. The Optimist 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z

It's anticipated that Kroger will receive about $1.9 billion for the store divestitures — however they still may end up selling more. "Devastating experience": Some grocery employees brace for the worst as Kroger sells 400 stores 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z

The delay means tens of billions of dollars in extra interest on top of what's already owed. Politics wreaked havoc on retirement code 2011-12-16T03:20:00Z

Governments and companies all over the world are investing millions, if not billions, of dollars every year adapting to larger-sized people. It’s not just McDonald’s: 7 super-sized products that expose our exploding waistlines 2014-04-29T12:15:00Z

Sunday's Oscar telecast is slated to feature a performance of "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" by country star Tim McGraw, sending its message to a global audience estimated at 1 billion people. Oscars 2015: Glen Campbell song captures his life with Alzheimer's 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

Before long, every major studio was a client and her findings were influencing the allocation of billions of dollars in movie marketing money. Networking in the ‘Girls’ Lounge’ 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

The transaction would be highly leveraged, requiring Charter to secure financing of up to $30 billion. Outlook for approval of Charter-Time Warner Cable deal appears favorable 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Taylor's estate was valued at up to $1 billion when she died of congestive heart failure at age 79. Elizabeth Taylor's designer clothes to be auctioned 2011-09-21T16:29:01Z

According to Elizabeth Cline, the author of “Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion,” Americans buy 20 billion garments a year, an average of 64 garments a person. How Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer 2012-11-09T19:30:40Z

By the middle of this century, they write in the journal Nature Climate Change, the world’s going to have 9.6 billion mouths to feed. Eat less meat, save the planet — and yourself 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

The company is suing the federal government to renew permits for a $3 billion underground copper-nickel mine near where the South Kawishiwi River flows into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

For its full fiscal year that ends in March, Sony Pictures is forecasting about $7.6 billion in sales, an increase from its earlier forecast. Sony says studio hack cost it $15 million in fiscal third quarter 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

It would be a feat of engineering that might end up costing $1 billion — which is a plausible price tag for building a spanking-new, state-of-the-art Garden on some other site. How to Transform Penn Station: Move the Garden 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

The deal, which fetched $1.3 billion, would turn into one of Hollywood's biggest financial debacles. Kirk Kerkorian dies: Hollywood legacy included philanthropy 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

The report estimated that in 2018, dealer sales increased 7 percent to an estimated $35.9 billion, or 53 percent of the market. There are Millions of New Millionaires, but Not at Art Sales 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

The fight was estimated to reap as much as $1 billion in revenues, and among the biggest pay-per-view draws in history. Box Office disaster: Lackluster releases, Mayweather-McGregor, Hurricane Harvey create slowest weekend in over 15 years 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

The first three movies took in about $2 billion at the global box office, and the studio behind them, Summit Entertainment, would no doubt ardently defend the quality of its pictures. Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest 2011-07-21T22:54:34Z

But if you think that hurts, consider that HBO Max also locked down “The Big Bang Theory” through 2028, reportedly in a deal estimated to be worth billions. Why millennials and Gen Z love "Friends" 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

The director returned to the studio a quarter-century later to make Alice in Wonderland and earn Disney a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. Taken 2 Kidnaps Huge Weekend Gross; Frankenweenie Is Teeny 2012-10-07T21:44:23Z

For the most recent full fiscal year ended June 30, revenues at Christian Dior Couture were up 18 percent, to €1.77 billion, or $1.94 billion. Raf Simons Bids Farewell to Dior 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

His nine features, including Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and three Transformers smashes, have earned more than $4.5 billion worldwide, or nearly $6 billion in real dollars. Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain: The Second Time as Farce 2013-04-26T03:30:45Z

In other words, the taxpayer might be asked to stake billions upon billions on something that may not work. Aerotropolis:the city of the future? 2013-03-03T00:05:17Z

The pope leads the world’s largest Christian church — with 1.2 billion members — so his visits overseas are a big deal. Pope Francis visits Washington to share his message 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Crown was looking for an offer north of $1 billion, but there were no takers. Hallmark channels on a roll but not all shareholders celebrate 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

In the Scottish case, for example, he said he was going to be investing $1.5 billion and clearly wasn’t. Donald Trump is even more of a monster than you think: Why his golf courses are environmental disasters 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

Two films she starred in, "Ted" and "Oz: The Great and Powerful," earned a combined $1 billion at the global box office. Angelina Jolie highest earning U.S. actress: Forbes 2013-07-29T19:37:27Z

Now think back to the 2008 period, when a billion dollars gets you into the game to buy a company. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z

Most of the “Trump budget cuts” Johnston assails — like a proposed $6 billion reduction for the National Institutes of Health — were ultimately rejected in February’s budget deal. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

When George Lucas finally decided to build his $1 billion museum in Los Angeles, its arrival was jeered by some critics who saw it not as a civic gift but a vanity project. The Lucas Museum Finds Your Lack of Faith Disturbing 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

The likelihood that we are living in “base reality,” he concluded, was just “one in billions.” What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation? 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

But here — submitted for your approval — are just a few of the incidents that might have landed him on the wrong side of a Communist nation of 1.37 billion people. A timeline of Justin Bieber’s most shameful, hateful moments 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

Record flooding in May killed 22 people statewide and caused more than $2 billion in damage in Nashville alone. Justin Bieber contributes to Tenn. flood relief 2010-08-13T03:36:00Z

Some viewers have found the show to be oddly life-affirming, despite its premise that billions died from a respiratory illness with a 99 percent fatality rate. Finding Joy Through Art at the End of the World in ‘Station Eleven’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

So far, it’s grossed $1.5 billion at the box office worldwide. 'Furious 7' Director James Wan to Helm Aquaman Movie 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

The company shut the tabloid and dropped its $12 billion bid for full control of British Sky Broadcasting. Vanity Fair: Murdoch asked son to take leave 2011-11-02T21:24:14Z

Broadway box office grosses were virtually unchanged, meanwhile; shows this season grossed a total of $1.139 billion, a fraction less than the year before, according to the Broadway League data. ArtsBeat: Broadway Attendance Fell Six Percent This Season 2013-05-28T20:16:50Z

English- and Spanish-language broadcast rights to England’s Premier League with a bid of more than $2.7 billion over six years, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. AP source: NBC keeps Premier League, deal $2.7B+ for 6 years 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

Back in 2017, ABC News reported, based on data from the Greeting Card Association, that Americans would spend $1 billion on cards for Valentine's Day. When your mom is your campaign manager: Inside the pricey, competitive world of class valentines 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

It cites more than $3.5 billion from motion pictures, and what it calculates is more than $2 billion from "other media," merchandising and the Broadway show "Spiderman: Turn off the Dark." Stan Lee Media sues Disney for billions over Marvel rights 2012-10-11T08:14:35Z

It recently told investors that it expects substantial cost savings after the consolidation of the two companies -- as much as $2.5 billion in savings. AT&T, DirecTV appear optimistic deal soon will be approved 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Lifestyle, access to celebrities, our addiction to fame and the billions of dollars we spend on things that don’t really matter in the grand scheme – excess was the culture I was raised on. "Uncut Gems" and the drive to look like a somebody, no matter what the cost 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

The country generated a “stable” 6 percent of the $63.8 billion of global sales made in 2015 by auction houses and dealers, according to the Tefaf Art Market Report , published in March. European collectors help bolster FIAC art fair 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Unadjusted for inflation, “Avatar” remains the box office king of the world with $2.788 billion worldwide. "Avengers: Endgame" director is "trying not to focus" on falling short of "Avatar" box office record 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Warren’s 2 percent “wealth tax” targets people with a net worth of $50 million; those with $1 billion or more would be taxed 3 percent. Why does everybody suddenly hate billionaires? Because they’ve made it easy. 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

“If investors choose to value you for billions, you are untouchable,” Mr. Malek said. To Delete or Not to Delete: That’s the Uber Question 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

In May, Apple bought headphone maker and music streaming service Beats Entertainment for $3 billion; its Beats Music service boasts of its thousands of hand-curated playlists. Music streaming services unleash a torrent of digital playlists 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

"I am amazed that they think $2 billion is a bump in the road," said A. Reihl, an 85-year-old shareholder who said she has owned the stock for more than a decade. FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon 2012-05-16T10:22:03Z

The Republican bill proposes to pay for the $120 billion cost of the payroll tax cut largely by freezing federal pay and shrinking the size of the government work force. Government shutdown looms 2011-12-14T19:12:06Z

It’s made $1.19 billion at the box office worldwide…so far. 7 Ways Frozen Has Taken Over Your Life 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

"The Avengers" took in $37 million over the three days to push its domestic total to $514 million and become only the fourth movie ever to top half a billion dollars. 'Men in Black 3' takes down 'Avengers' with $55M 2012-05-27T19:31:05Z

For the quarter ended March 31, Comcast produced net income of $2.06 billion, or 81 cents a share, compared with $1.87 billion, or 71 cents a share in the year earlier period. Comcast now has more Internet customers than cable TV subscribers 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

It looks like the always complicated equation of school lunches, which cost $10.8 billion in 2010, is about to get even more complicated. Motherlode Blog: More Children Need a Free Breakfast, Lunch - and Dinner 2011-12-01T02:37:10Z

The auto rental site CarRentals.com recently estimated the parking enforcement revenue from 16 major U.S. cities to top $1.4 billion a year. Perspective | What to do about parking violations on vacation 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

According to the United Nations the number of people over 60 will more than double to over two billion by 2050, meaning older people would comprise 21 percent of the world’s population. Afghanistan is worst country for older people: index 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

Donor nations balked at the $6 billion price tag; health ministries didn't like being singled out. First Respo 2011-11-16T23:00:00Z

And yet expanded jail construction in the state of New York had cost taxpayers an estimated billion dollars by 2008. The Disgusting Jail on 'Orange Is the New Black' 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

It’s always a blessing when the year’s most overplayed pop song happens to be one you wouldn’t mind hearing a billion and one times anyway. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

Food trucks, barely in existence prior to 2008, now employ tens of thousands and generate more than $2 billion in revenues. The Bacon Boom Was Not an Accident 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

There is now more than $350 billion worth of Bitcoin in the world, an incredible appreciation for a virtual money that was worth basically nothing a decade ago. My $200,000 Sushi Dinner 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

There he announced a $2.5 billion investment in South Korean content over the next four years and noted that stories created in the country “are now at the heart of the global cultural zeitgeist.” ‘The Glory’ Was a Hit. Now Netflix Is Spending More on K-Dramas. 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

Spending by people from the UK and abroad was worth £1.3 billion last year. Music tourism 'boosts' UK's economy 2013-10-11T14:40:25Z

Time Warner Cable secured distribution rights for the channel in a 25-year deal worth $8.35 billion, according to a valuation by the Dodgers and Major League Baseball. Time Warner Cable says 'yes' to arbitration to end Dodger TV standoff 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

The growth was driven by global streaming revenues, which expanded 40 percent to $6.6 billion last year, the group reported. Independent record labels get boost from streaming music services 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

More than 20 percent of art in Europe, collectively worth billions of dollars, was looted or coerced into a sale by the Nazis. The Nazis took a precious kettle from a Jewish couple. Some 86 years later, their grandson in Maryland got it back. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

“It’s 200 to 500 billion dollars of payment of a debt that is owed.” Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

His Bond movies, which have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide, have grown increasingly ambitious in scale and vertiginous in running time. Ladies and Gentlemen, Daniel Craig 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Facebook also has never acknowledged the glaringly obvious — that it is essentially a media company, where many of its 2 billion active monthly users get the majority of their news and information. Perspective | Facebook’s role in Trump’s win is clear. No matter what Mark Zuckerberg says. 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

Last week, the Obama administration called for spending $53 billion on passenger trains and high-speed rail projects over the next six years. In Transit: Japan Plans World's Fastest Train 2011-02-14T20:18:49Z

In 2012, when the Walt Disney Company spent around four billion dollars to buy Lucasfilm, it was hard to see the downside. The Growing Emptiness of the Star Wars Universe 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Combined, the three films have made more than $1.8 billion at worldwide box offices. "Breaking Dawn" sees its stars looking to new horizons 2011-11-15T13:18:51Z

The potential revenues in managing artists can be substantial in fees for services, in sales and in business worth hundreds of millions of dollars; the Cy Twombly Foundation, for example, has assets of $1.5 billion. Decision Time for Aging Artists 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

In grim news for video game companies, market researcher NPD Group said U.S. retail sales of game hardware, software and accessories fell 8 percent in September to $1.2 billion. NPD: September video game sales drop 8 percent 2010-10-15T12:16:00Z

His net worth is estimated at $7 billion, which he made by selling two drug companies within the past three years. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong Wants To Remake The U.S. Health Care System 2011-11-10T20:05:59Z

Record rains the first two days of May caused over $2 billion in damage in Nashville alone. Hill, McGraw-led flood benefit raises $2.2M 2010-07-13T06:38:00Z

“By 2050, we won’t be able to feed nine billion people on the planet, if we continue to eat and drink the way we do now,” Ms. Yuan said. A New Generation of Food Magazines Thinks Small, and in Ink 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

In 2013, according to the Distilled Spirits Industry Council, U.S. vodka sales generated $5.6 billion in revenue — 32 percent of all spirits sales volume. Vodka, the Disraeli of spirits

At issue is the extent to which fans can participate in a franchise that has yielded more than $4 billion in merchandising as well as 11 feature-length movies that have grossed some $1.5 billion. CBS Blocks Use of Unused ?Star Trek? Script by Spinrad 2012-03-28T22:25:24Z

And Ford's $2.7 billion net profit for the year, while impressive, was fueled mostly by a rebound in its Ford Credit arm and one-time accounting items. 2010-01-28T18:45:00Z

It might be unimaginable for many people in the 21st century — when makeup sales reached $8.1 billion in 2018 — to not see makeup as part of the daily fabric of society. The history of makeup: Where did the Cupid’s bow and cat eyeliner come from? 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

The extra revenue is mere icing for the biggest modern blockbuster, whose initial release took in $2.7 billion worldwide. 'Exorcism' has slim box-office lead over 'Takers' 2010-08-29T20:31:00Z

At the very bottom of the canyon are its “Vishnu Basement Rocks,” about 1.7 billion years old. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Having that many children on a finite Earth which is trying to accommodate 7.5 billion people is socially irresponsible. Letters from readers 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

The bridge’s likely worth today:half a billion dollars or more. Why One Rich Man Shouldn't Own An International Bridge 2012-01-12T22:55:52Z

China last year opened its market to more U.S. movies, and the country's box office grew by 36 percent to $2.7 billion, making it Hollywood's largest international market. Chinese e-car set for 'Transformers' movie debut 2013-09-13T07:15:19Z

I remember when my mother invited me over for dinner right after International Lease Finance Corp. reached the $10 billion mark in 1995. Owning The Sky: Steven Udvar-Házy's $45 Billion Epiphany 2012-10-19T14:00:24Z

Shattock is aiming for a vaccine that will treat all the billions of people on the planet, however small their country’s GDP. 'I'm cautiously optimistic': Imperial's Robin Shattock on his coronavirus vaccine 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

FedEx could face $1.6 billion in penalties after its July 17 indictment on charges that it conspired with illegal online pharmacies to deliver prescription drugs to customers it knew lacked valid prescriptions. News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The foundation, which has give more than $50 billion in grants since its inception, “is focused on investing its resources where governments can’t, and corporations won’t,” Gates said in an interview. The pandemic is testing the generosity of billionaires, according to a Washington Post survey of the 50 richest Americans 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Those so-called “creative industries” are a pillar of the government’s “Cool Japan” effort to expand culture-related exports and are worth hundreds of billions of dollars in annual revenues. Japan bans child porn, but excludes manga, anime 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Apollo also agreed to assume $1.7 billion in Cedar Fair debt if holders of two-thirds of the company's shares approved the transaction. Cedar Fair: Takeover not happening 2010-04-06T18:19:00Z

The Institute of Medicine estimates that there are more than 100 million people suffering from chronic pain, costing about $600 billion a year in medical treatment and lost productivity. This physical therapist pulls, slaps and prods to relieve patients’ chronic pain 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Staff members were aware that many Americans were critical of billions being spent on space when the War on Poverty hadn’t been won on Earth. The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakups and breakneck 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

This book is 303 pages and about two billion words long. Monster Helping of Horrd Henry by Francesca Simon - review 2013-04-21T14:00:00Z

Day, as Doocy, set up the segment by saying, “You may have heard that Fox News is currently facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.” ‘S.N.L.’ Imagines How ‘Fox & Friends’ Might Cover the Dominion Suit 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

Some $1 billion has been dedicated to restoring and protecting the actual shore by the Army Corps of Engineers. Summer on the Jersey Shore, After the Storm 2013-08-02T19:39:00Z

American, for example, claimed the rule would require it to hire 2,325 more pilots and spend a half billion dollars more every year. FAA cuts, exhausted pilots, ancient planes: Is your flight really safe? 2013-06-09T14:00:00Z

Disney is dominating movie box offices this year, generating more than $8 billion in ticket sales from “Avengers: Endgame,” “The Lion King” and other mega-hits. Disney displays its movie force with 'Star Wars,' 'Frozen,' Marvel... 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

Based on the best-selling young-adult novels by Suzanne Collins, the first two "Hunger Games" movies were of course massive successes, combining to gross more than $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office. 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay' trailer: Katniss spreads rebel wings 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Yet Mr. Rubenstein became the first chairman of the capital campaign for Lincoln Center’s $1.2 billion physical redevelopment, giving millions of his own money. How Do You Raise $3.47 Billion? Ask These Guys. 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Up to a billion people worldwide , a spectacular celebration of British social, cultural and industrial history. Theatre review of 2012 2012-12-28T07:52:36Z

It received two-thirds of the $8.8 billion loaned under the department’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program. Automakers' Report Card: Who Still Owes Taxpayers Money? The Answer Might Surprise You 2012-08-29T15:24:07Z

That film helped the company's studio unit post operating income of $409 million and revenue of $1.9 billion in the first quarter a year ago. Disney earnings: What to watch for at the studio 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Even if the turning point comes far too late, when billions of dollars of free media have promoted a candidacy like never before, it must come now. It’s time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The potential payoff - a largely untapped audience of 1 billion - is worth the effort of tailoring a business to African markets, he believes. Action! Nigeria's film industry draws global entertainment brands 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

DALL-E is an AI system created by OpenAI, which uses a machine learning model with billions of individual parameters to generate images from text prompts. We asked an AI to draw its favorite food. The results were bleak 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

By the time its bosses went to the bankruptcy court in August 1999, Iridium had cost more than $6 billion to build. Highs and lows 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

In addition to displacing tens of thousands of people and causing an estimated $75 billion in damage, flooding from Harvey affected many of Houston’s cultural institutions, especially in the city’s Theater District. How much damage did Harvey inflict on Houston's cultural institutions? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Before co-founding the Carlyle Group in 1987, before the billions and power that comes with it, D’Aniello was a poor kid from Butler, a small town in western Pennsylvania’s steel country. A Carlyle group co-founder steps out of the philanthropic shadows

During his presidential campaign, Trump said he expected Mexico to pay for a wall on the border, projected to cost more than $20 billion, to curb illegal immigration. Inspired by Trump, Netflix revives Bluths for new 'Arrested Development' 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Since the campaign started, food and wine spending by international travelers to Australia has increased by $1 billion. How Melbourne Landed the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

The film was released in November and has grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide. 'Frozen' special promises news of Anna and Elsa's future 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

“For me, the only noticeable difference is your visibility as a person. Loss of anonymity is a big thing. I didn’t realise how I would see that in a billion little ways.” Adam Driver: ‘Compared with the military, acting isn't that difficult’ 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

That entertainment giant has set the bar for Broadway blockbusters with “The Lion King,” which has grossed $7.9 billion globally. Replicate or Reinvent? Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Moves to the Stage 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

The reproductions are quite good, but tablescaping your home with such very particular objects that nonetheless have been scaled for a company with sales in the billions does present a challenge, taste-wise. You May Be Surprised to Hear That Restoration Hardware Is Doing Great 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Disney’s last two releases, Pixar’s “Monsters University” and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” are both huge hits, together delivering more than $1.6 billion in ticket sales and still counting. Masked Lawman Stumbles at the Gate 2013-07-07T19:43:07Z

But Amazon’s 200 billion dollar man refused to concede. The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

The American market is buzzing with excitement for Mexican spirits — just last year, Mexico exported nearly one billion liters of tequila to the United States. 3 must-know Mexican spirits worth a spot on your bar cart 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Of course, billions of people cook every day, and they never had a moment, and they would probably think me nuts. How I knew I could cook: It's easy, if you're born to it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

About 6,500 German companies contributed approximately 5.2 billion euros, or $5.4 billion, to the fund, according to the foundation’s website. Artists Scrutinize a Collector’s Nazi Family Past 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

The tentacles of Bay's cynicism had managed to smother the beloved Transformers name, leaving nothing but empty popcorn cinema and billions of dollars in its wake. The big "Bumblebee" question: With no Michael Bay, could Transformers have been good all along? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

The "Lord of the Rings" films grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide. Weinsteins sue Warner Bros. over 'Hobbit' profits 2013-12-11T23:54:35Z

Some of the anxiety stems from the fear of becoming an afterthought in an enterprise dominated by a shareholder, Fox, that operates a company with $29 billion in annual revenue. National Geographic gives Fox control of media assets in $725 million deal 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Big Meat has continued to stay super powerful, continued to amass billions of dollars in profits and been able to have control over how their assets are used in the climate crisis. Big Meat is wasteful, polluting and powerful 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

Instead, Fox said it would spend $6 billion of its war chest to buy back its own shares in an effort to raise the value of Fox. Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdraws bid for Time Warner 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

And as a result, they're spilling as much green as red -- about $7 billion since the "Twilight" film franchise bowed less than two years ago, according to Hollywood Reporter estimates. Entertainment biz fangful for vampires 2010-08-25T10:34:00Z

That Johnny Depp trilogy claimed a worldwide take of nearly $2.7 billion and is getting a 3-D update to be released this time next year. Box Office: Shrek is Better Than Sex 2010-05-31T23:55:00Z

Tourism brings in about $1.5 billion a year, according to the Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau, and for good reason. Welcome to Virginia Beach, home of the East Coast’s fastest-rising sea level 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

What privileges and perks do a billion dollars confer? DealBook: Living Like a Billionaire, if Only for a Day 2012-04-04T22:26:55Z

Obviously even if they didn’t, Glenn is still surrounded by roughly a billion zombies. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 3: ‘Thank You’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

He returned with a promise of a billion dollars from Perigon Advisory, an investment fund based in Bahrain. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z

“You were supposed to take the submarine cuts out, not spend an extra $10 billion on them,” she says. 'Veep' Season 4 Premiere Recap: She's Bebop Speaking 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

The center’s last successful president, Reynold Levy, who was credited with leading the $1.2 billion renovation of much of the campus, called his memoir “They Told Me Not to Take That Job.” The 10 Biggest Upheavals of Lincoln Center’s Tumultuous Year 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

The track became one the first megahits of the streaming era, and has been streamed more than 1.5 billion times in the United States alone. Takeoff, of Atlanta Rap Trio Migos, Shot Dead at 28 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z

Last year, the Oscars telecast peaked at 29.6 million US viewers, although the zombie statistic that it is watched by “a billion people around the globe” staggers on. How do you know when the Oscars have gone vegan? Answer: they keep telling you 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

He’s stood by the fact that it’s $8 billion more expensive than under the current law. In South Carolina, Santorum Made the Case against Romneycare 2012-01-23T22:07:28Z

“There’s a huge difference now,” said Mr. Kors, fashion’s $1 billion man, on the phone from Milan last month. Are Fashion Competitions the Best Way for Young Designers to Break In to the Business? 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Department of Agriculture, a large proportion of food loss and waste in the United States occurs at the farm-to-retail level, with about 133 billion pounds of food available at retailers going uneaten. Recognizing food waste can help us improve holiday meals 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

Its success played a starring role in Disney’s decision to buy Marvel for $4 billion last August. ?Iron Man 2? Kicks Off Hollywood?s Summer Season 2010-05-09T21:54:00Z

Given India's experience in running elections for a billion people, one new area to consider would be training, either in India or Afghanistan, for Afghanistan's central/local election commissions and election officials. US embassy cables: How India can help stabilise Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:33Z

This is believed to be the first time Winfrey has established a full investment organization around her fortune, the journal said, estimating her net worth at $2.4 billion. Oprah Winfrey hires manager for personal fortune: report 2010-05-19T01:19:00Z

Some time towards the end of this century, there will be at least 10 billion of us. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

The guy's making a billion dollars on a Smurf-murdering movie and he's stewing about a joke nobody heard on a network that nobody watched. Glenn Beck apologises for publicaly insulting James Cameron 2010-03-25T11:31:00Z

McNamee not only still owns Facebook shares — the company posted record profits last month — he also still counts himself among the behemoth’s more than 2 billion users. Perspective | An early Facebook investor throws up his hands: We’ve been ‘Zucked.’ 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

The Missoni for Target collection, for instance, was covered in the September issues of more than 40 magazines and amassed impressions in the billions. Designer-Retailer Union Remains Lucrative 2011-11-16T23:30:58Z

Now, Hollywood analysts are waiting to see if this year's slate of big movies will eclipse the $10.9 billion the industry raked in all of last year. Hollywood is looking to cash in on summer blockbusters 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

It seems we will eat as much shrimp as we can get our hands on — over 1.5 billion pounds per year. What Are We Supposed to Think About Shrimp? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

A staggering 119 billion pounds of food goes to waste each year in the U.S., according to Feeding America; 40% of food is thrown out. Leftovers become luxurious with help from “The Everlasting Meal Cookbook” 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z

The requests include nearly $30 billion in grants for airlines and $25 billion in loans and temporary tax relief, according to a document drafted by the organization. Airline unions work to attach employee-friendly conditions to coronavirus bailout 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

Sorkin probably doesn't know that hunters contribute billions of dollars to the American economy annually. Aaron Sorkin's shot at Sarah Palin 2010-12-09T16:30:00Z

Figures from the American Hotel and Lodging Association show hotels have already lost more than $46 billion in room revenue since the public health crisis began in mid-February. Hotels marketing rooms as office spaces to survive coronavirus pandemic 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

And because he needed to put up only a small amount of cash to place a trade, he was directing many billions more. Hedge fund’s wild side: The man who lost $8 billion 2013-06-01T20:30:00Z

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission estimates that, as a result, Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion will cost them $27 billion over ten years. WellPoint Buys Amerigroup, Bets Big on Medicaid Expansion: But Will States and Voters Cooperate? 2012-07-11T18:56:28Z

But whether “Frozen” will make Disney another billion on Broadway is not my concern. Review: ‘Frozen’ Hits Broadway With a Little Magic and Some Icy Patches 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

“If it works, it could save hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars a year.” ‘My therapist gave me a pill’: can MDMA help cure trauma? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The first round of the program was fully subscribed; a second round of funding with some $310 billion opened Monday. Axios returns coronavirus bailout loan as news organizations grapple with the ethics of taking government funds 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

Furious 7, the latest in the Fast and Furious franchise and the final movie to feature a performance by Paul Walker, who died while it was in production, made over a billion dollars worldwide. The Real 'Mission: Impossible' is Being Competitive At The Box Office This Summer 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

But when you connect billions of people, there are bound to be malefactors. ‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ Offers a Front-Row Seat on Voracious Ambition 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

"Frozen" cemented a resurgence for Disney Animation Studios, becoming a global phenomenon with over $1 billion in movie theater ticket sales, according to Rentrak. Disney's 'Frozen' wins animated feature Oscar 2014-03-03T02:33:22Z

Mexico is the second-largest market for U.S. corn after China, buying nearly $5 billion of corn annually, which would have made the initial ban a very big deal. Escalating U.S.-Mexico debate over corn forces questions about GMOs, food sovereignty 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

The producers estimated it would reach more than 2 billion households. ArtsBeat: Concert Organizers Still Tallying Sandy-Relief Donations 2012-12-13T22:21:44Z

In addition to dropping a billion on the gaming platform Twitch, the website released five pilots for TV shows in August, two hourlong thrillers and three half-hour comedies. Can Amazon Create a Hit Show? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

According to FBI data, roughly $8 billion is lost every year due to auto theft--and of the 1 million vehicles stolen annually, authorities recover less than 60% of them. Cities With The Most Stolen Cars 2010-05-17T04:01:00Z

Last year, for example, domestic airlines collected $3.3 billion in baggage fees. Who’ll pay for new DOT rules, travelers or airlines?

There are 6.7 billion of us already, and billions more are on the way. Rio's extinction fears are for the birds 2011-04-11T09:48:52Z

The government is separately weighing AT&T's bid to buy DirecTV for $49 billion, a deal that was unveiled last May. Media consolidation becomes dating game for cable CEOs 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Kingdom Fungi is made up of an estimated 3.5 million species — including molds, yeasts, lichens — that began evolving on Earth 1.3 billion years ago. What are fungi, and what do they have to do with . . . everything? 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

She calls him “Catch of the Day” and describes how he “was dubbed ‘an American spy,’ who financed the C.I.A. for $20 billion.” Janna Bullock Strikes Back at Russian Elite With Art Show 2012-03-26T21:52:55Z

From a billion people in Mumbai to one man in a canyon in Utah, Danny Boyle has done the impossible again. On the set of 127 Hours, the first big film of 2011 2011-01-01T00:04:00Z

Holocaust Memorial Museum is marking its 25th anniversary with a new — and bold — $1 billion fundraising goal. Holocaust Museum surpasses fundraising goal, now aims for $1 billion 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

And it is so wildly successful at leveraging our eyeballs and spending power into ad dollars that it is now valued at nearly $500 billion. Perspective | Facebook’s role in Trump’s win is clear. No matter what Mark Zuckerberg says. 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

The Freedom Forum’s assets topped $1.1 billion in the late 1990s, when planning for the new building began. The Newseum was a grand tribute to the power of journalism. Here’s how it failed. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

According to the most recent internal survey, the wider Resource Generation network, which includes some nonmembers, collectively expects to control $22 billion in their lifetimes. The Rich Kids Who Want to Tear Down Capitalism 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

Some aldermen might not like it, but it's not expected to derail Emanuel's carefully crafted $6.3 billion budget from passing the City Council by a wide margin Wednesday. Protests ahead of vote on city budget 2011-11-16T08:47:00Z

We now ascertain that the observable universe exceeds 90 billion light-years across. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

The industry collectively spent $60 billion on upgrades to the cable and Internet networks last year. FCC's Tom Wheeler tells cable execs: 'More competition would be better' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

In addition to the labor cost reductions, AMR also plans to invest about $2 billion per year in aircraft with the goal of making American's fleet the youngest in North American by 2017. American Airlines parent may cut 13,000 jobs 2012-02-01T20:33:00Z

The four "Pirates" films starring Johnny Depp have generated more than $3.7 billion in worldwide ticket sales, according to the website Box Office Mojo. Disney and 'Pirates' producer Bruckheimer to end film deal 2013-09-20T04:46:47Z

That's more than double the 4 billion monthly views the Internet video company was pulling in when Disney acquired it this spring in a deal worth as much as $950 million. Maker's monthly views have more than doubled since Disney buy 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Since the 1980s, that hysteria has given rise to $1.7 billion in federal spending for abstinence-only sex education that has been derided as an utter failure. Great sexpectations: Peggy Orenstein's 'Girls & Sex' explores the thorny politics of teen sexuality 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

Now trading above $50 a share, the company has a market value of more than $10 billion, a performance that has trumped most popular technology stocks of the same period. Fashion’s New Order 2012-09-07T20:36:32Z

They love to shop for them: Owners will spend $59 billion this year on food, vet care, toys, outfits and more, including dog birthdays. How the National Dog Show became your favorite Thanksgiving tradition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

The airport also ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the United States in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 1.9 million tons of air cargo valued at more than $91.6 billion. Los Angeles sets records for tourists, passengers at LAX 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

To help turn consumers into the main driver of the economy, China's leaders aim for 60 percent of the country's population of almost 1.4 billion to be living in cities by 2020. China's young migrants like cities, spend more: survey 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z

In contrast, Walt Disney Co.'s annual revenue was more than $45 billion last year. Lions Gate CEO Jon Feltheimer compensation jumps to $63.6 million 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Some lawmakers, for example, wanted $4 billion in emergency funding for the arts included in the stimulus package. The Virus Won’t Revive F.D.R.’s Arts Jobs Program. Here’s Why. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Global warming is causing rising sea levels which threaten at least one billion people. As billionaires prep for the apocalyptic "Event," what happens to everyone else? 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

Film studio 20th Century Fox movies grossed $5.5 billion in global ticket sales in 2014, breaking the record previously held by Paramount Pictures.  20th Century Fox sets global box-office record 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

Consumers spent nearly $1.1 billion to rent DVDs in the second quarter from stores, kiosks and other means, a 27 percent decline. Hollywood extends slow turnaround in home video sales 2012-07-29T17:06:08Z

Is the nationalist bombast simply camouflage, to enable the Kremlin and its cronies to continue looting tens of billions of dollars a year from the Russian people? The in crowd 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

This week Obama said he would ask Congress for $2 billion in emergency funding to deal with the influx and for new authority to speed the return of the unaccompanied children to their home countries. A sampling of editorials from around New York 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

In a December 2007 report on teenage and tween grooming products, Packaged Facts, a market research firm, projected that worldwide retail sales for boys ages 8 to 19 would be almost $1.9 billion. 2010-01-30T04:45:00Z

The chief executive of the new $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas casino said it would open in December with about one-third of its rooms delayed until July 2011. Final Casino for Las Vegas Strip? 2010-04-09T19:36:00Z

Its virtual equivalent is the Facebook system: a billion people till Master Zuckerberg's land, creating all the content that is then harvested by him and his advertiser buddies. To the internet giants, you're not a customer. You're just another user 2013-06-08T23:05:23Z

The Powerball jackpot reaches a record $1.6 billion, with an estimated 45 percent of the tickets being purchased by the city of Detroit using money budgeted for “infrastructure.” Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Its goal is to reduce that debt to $10 billion by the middle of the decade. Freedom For Ford's Blue Oval On The Horizon 2012-01-10T05:06:07Z

Morgan Stanley’s Benjamin Swinburne expects the upcoming flick to bring in $650 million in the U.S. alone, and a total of $2 billion globally. Just How Much Will the New 'Star Wars' Movie Make? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

It's about having more than a billion dollars in liquid net worth, understanding collective bargaining, national and local contracts and so much more. 6 Ways to Invest in Football 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

However, presents for all the world’s 2 billion children, as well as a sack big enough to hold them, would weigh at least 200,000 tonnes if delivered on a single run. Swedish roofs can handle Santa's sleigh - if he's careful 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

The company grew to include 12 restaurants, a catering arm and a collection of all-day cafes called Daily Provisions, and spawned the fast-food giant Shake Shack, now worth more than $3 billion. From Red Lobster to Running Some of New York’s Marquee Restaurants 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

Last year was devastating, with 17 named storms and more than $200 billion worth of damages, the costliest season on record. How travelers can protect themselves during hurricane season 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

The Smithsonian is not a single entity but a group of 19 far-flung museums and research centers operating on a $1.3 billion annual budget. Smithsonian’s new fundraising strategy: collect collectively 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

By 1800, just over 200 years ago, there were 1 billion of us. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

At a cost of $2.5 billion, the Wharf is one of the most aggressive efforts in recent memory by the District, maybe by any city, to reinvent a waterfront. Do posh waterfronts make a city world-class? D.C. is betting hundreds of millions on it. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

China responded — with another $60 billion in tariffs against the U.S. While small dairy farms shut down, this mega-dairy is shipping milk to China 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

At the box office, the first two "Despicable Me" movies grossed more than $1.5 billion combined worldwide.  Minions take over Amazon boxes in deal with Universal, Illumination 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

“Technology is essentially about creating utility and spreading it over billions of people. Fashion is about creating a moment, a trend, a romance and spreading it across a small amount of influential people.” Is Apple Saying Goodbye to Fashion? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

The Royal Mint, which produces around five billion coins a year, describes the pound as “the most secure coin in the world” due to its micro-sized lettering and hidden internal features. Faulty new UK one-pound coins fetching a mint on eBay 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Today, there are more than 7 billion human beings, and there will probably be around 3 billion more before the century is over. Ten Billion by Stephen Emmott – review 2013-07-05T07:01:01Z

As the world looks to feed 10 billion mouths by 2050, businesses harvesting insects — either for human consumption or as animal feed — are growing. From poo to food: Kenyan toilet waste key for new animal feed 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

Among the series winners was Netflix’s “Squid Game,” the pop-culture sensation that has been watched for more than 2 billion hours, according to the streaming service. ‘The Lost Daughter’ wins big at 31st Gotham Awards 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

On any given race day, half a billion people — one-fourteenth of the globe — are watching it on TV. Urban entertainment districts: Blocks where no one has fun 2012-05-19T13:00:00Z

At roughly $12 billion, bridal jewelry sales in the United States accounted for about 20 percent of the overall jewelry market in 2010, said Ken Gassman, president of the Jewelry Industry Research Institute. Special Report: Jewelry: Modern Jewelers Bring New Twist to Bridal Designs of Old 2011-12-06T15:00:05Z

Some of them made billions by using derivatives to bet against the very investments they sold to their customers as safe. Books Of The Times: Post-Mortem on Madoff?s Fraud While Scandal Is Still Quivering 2011-04-25T21:59:38Z

He's got a sportsman's twinkle in his eye when he announces that he's willing to kick in a billion dollars to get the ball rolling on the Lehman bailout. The Justice League of Wall Street 2011-05-23T19:24:00Z

In it Mr. Jean rapped “Instead of spending billions on the war/I can use that money so I could feed the poor.” Music: Musician Wyclef Jean Running for President of Haiti 2010-08-05T17:06:00Z

Clubhouse now enjoys a market valuation of $4 billion, but its metrics fluctuate wildly. These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

According to reports from industry groups and companies trying to thwart telemarketers, the telemarketing industry wastes tens of billions of dollars a year in time. A Robot That Has Fun at Telemarketers’ Expense 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

They are all led believe they're partaking in simple playground games like this for a shot at winning 45.6 billion Korean won, the equivalent of around $39 million in U.S. currency. The allure of Netflix's brutal "Squid Game" owes a debt to our predatory upbringing 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

“Some 2.4 billion people were said to have watched it, which is about one in three of the world’s population,” Dean Hall said in an interview at his spacious windowed office next to the abbey. A Lofty Perch Fit for a Royal Museum at Westminster Abbey 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

California is one of the most intensely cultivated states in the union, one where agriculture represents a $50 billion industry. Is farming with reclaimed water the solution to a drier future? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

Those areas were especially hard hit by Sandy earlier this month, killing dozens and causing billions of dollars in damage. Bon Jovi, Grohl added to Sandy benefit concert 2012-11-27T18:09:11Z

Food and Drug Administration, food fraud affects at least 1 percent of the global food industry and costs as much as $40 billion a year. The vice of spice: confronting lead-tainted turmeric 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

“It’s great to see many friends here and so many new friends, especially at the roll out of a $1.5 billion campaign,” Haw told the crowd. Smithsonian’s new fundraising strategy: collect collectively 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Sandberg, who is reportedly worth more than a billion and a half dollars, is quick to acknowledge the ways in which she is insulated from the economic insecurity felt by so many others after loss. Sheryl Sandberg’s “Option B” and Facebook’s Way to Grieve Book Review 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The deal announced Thursday would put the company's value at about $3 billion, according to a person familiar with Legendary's finances. SoftBank Corp. investing $250 million in Legendary Entertainment 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

That has left a lot of room for speculation ever since Disney announced last month that it would buy Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and resume making "Star Wars" movies, starting with Episode 7 in 2015. 'Star Wars' 7 may bring new hope, but also letdown 2012-11-21T18:14:14Z

The arts council will remain a speck in an overall general fund budget of about $115.3 billion. Budget agreement allocates $8.3 million to California Arts Council 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

Over two years, a billion people — half the world’s population — reportedly fell ill. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation

According to the estimates of the Art Basel-UBS art market report, published last week, Britain’s dealers and auction houses captured 21 percent of the $56.6 billion of global art sales in 2016. U.K. Art World Weighs ‘Brexit’ as ‘Depressing Moment’ or Golden Opportunity 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

As sales decreased annually beginning in 2006, with the company losing as much as a billion dollars over the next four years, executives sought more changes. We fell in love at Borders 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wood is also frequently employed because it is abundant and economical — Chile’s timber industry accounts for $6 billion in exports annually. Rough, yet poetic: Chilean architecture has its moment 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

Instead, he is proposing something more palatable to the left -- $248 billion in Medicare savings, the bulk of which will come from reducing overpayments to health care providers. Obama offers $3 trillion debt plan 2011-09-19T16:19:02Z

In May, with more than $120 billion in debt and pension obligations, it sought a form of bankruptcy relief. After Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Fast-growing music streaming company Spotify is armed with half a billion dollars in new funding as it faces its most formidable challenger yet — Apple. Spotify raises $526 million as Apple charges into music streaming 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

This is partly due to the ongoing problem of overpopulation, where Pew projects approximately 9.3 billion people living on spaceship Earth by 2050. It’s the end of the world and we know it: Scientists in many disciplines see apocalypse, soon 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

It was fair to wonder if Mr. Bezos was just using his billions to indulge a boyhood fantasy. The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

It may still surpass last year's record $10.6 billion, but would do so through higher ticket prices — not higher attendance. 'Little Fockers' tops box office, Coens have best opening ever 2010-12-26T22:02:00Z

This weekend, Minions crossed $750 million dollars total gross, continuing its run to be the next Universal Studios release this year to cross $1 billion dollars. The Real 'Mission: Impossible' is Being Competitive At The Box Office This Summer 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Concluding in 2012, a $1.2 billion redevelopment of the center left improvements all over — but the costly hall overhaul was not included. A Pandemic Opportunity: Geffen Hall’s Overhaul Accelerates 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

The movie has earned more than $1 billion globally, even before it opens in China. Disney teases possibility of more 'Avengers' movies 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

Barnes & Noble flailed, in part, because it contested Amazon’s turf, investing heavily in e-commerce and losing more than $1 billion on the Nook, a competitor to the Kindle. Can Britain’s Top Bookseller Save Barnes & Noble? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Last October, the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, sold his production company Lucasfilm Ltd. to Walt Disney Co for $4.05 billion. Director George Lucas marries long-time girlfriend at U.S. ranch 2013-06-25T13:24:26Z

As a business worth $400 billion after 16 years, its success has been breathtaking. Don’t be modest 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

With the backdrop of urgent neighing and gushing fluid, both distracting and carnal, Richard tells Jack that he believes this is a product that can both help the world and make a billion dollars. Ayn Rand goes to “Silicon Valley”: The farcical libertarian world of Mike Judge, where corporations are the new soul-crushing villains 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Liberty Global also said it plans to buy back about $3.5 billion worth of its shares over a two-year period after the Virgin Media deal is closed. Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $16B 2013-02-06T11:31:09Z

Chicago aldermen are expected to pass Mayor 's $6.3 billion budget plan by a wide margin today. Protests ahead of vote on city budget 2011-11-16T08:47:00Z

But three billion people will change your day. Critic?s Notebook: Into the Spotlight, Gently 2011-05-04T21:37:42Z

Easily the market leader, half a billion Sharpie products were sold around the world last year. Going outside the lines, breaking 'rules' with Sharpies 2010-10-26T16:21:00Z

That year, 2010, about half a billion tweets were posted every two weeks. The Library of Congress No Longer Wants All the Tweets 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

The package is estimated to cost more than $30 billion and is paid for with new fees on home loans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage entities. Senate extends payroll tax cut 2011-12-17T15:38:00Z

You host 40,000 species of microbes, and when you kiss you transfer some 1 billion bacteria to your beloved. Review | After explaining the universe, Bill Bryson turns his attention to the body 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Last year, it was watched by more than 1 billion people worldwide, claimed to be a 45% increase on the year before. Starvation diets, obsessive training and no plus-size models: Victoria’s Secret sells a dangerous fantasy 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

In the arts, the fundraising juggernauts were a dozen museums and three performing arts organizations that took in a combined $1.3 billion. SFMOMA vs. LACMA? Bruins vs. Trojans? Philanthropy 400 list reveals biggest fundraisers 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

MGM put itself up for sale after a slump in DVD sales and a lack of hits left it unable to manage a $3.7 billion debt. Work on James Bond film suspended amid MGM woes 2010-04-20T12:01:00Z

As a result, Washington tends to think of the business as "red carpets and tuxedoes," not as a thriving industry that employs millions and contributes billions to the economy, he told The Hollywood Reporter. Hollywood "terrible" at marketing itself: lobbyist 2011-03-29T23:32:58Z

In 2009, Madison faculty brought in one billion dollars of external funding, even as the university community contributed billions more to the annual state economy. Scott Walker’s hostile waters: The destruction of Wisconsin’s universities damages more than the liberal academic elite 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

Among the riot of species that have lived on Earth over the last four billion years, only we can ponder our own origins — and it often angers the blood. Welcome to the Ruthless, Cutthroat World of Paleoanthropology 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

For the European Union as a whole, Creative Europe said, there is €1.46 billion available from 2014-20 to support European art projects and encourage skill sharing and development. Celebrities, in Open Letter, Urge Britons to Stay in E.U. 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

While “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” carried the global box office to an earth-shattering $40 billion last year, overseas markets have never had more impact on a film’s overall fortunes. “Inferno” isn’t a box office disaster: Dan Brown’s overseas hit may be the future of movies, whether we like it or not 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

It was a victory for the estate of Pierce Marshall, the son of the Texas oil tycoon who was worth an estimated $1.6 billion. Supreme Court to hear Anna Nicole Smith estate case 2010-09-28T17:54:00Z

The network is spending several billion dollars to broadcast the 2012 London Olympics, so “Today” found all kinds of ways to link the games to the Jubilee. The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z

There are currently almost 3 billion people in the world who urgently need to consume more: more water, more food, more energy. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

One way or another some members of life have successfully taken care of their goals for the last 3.8 billion years. Why are we here? Evolution’s dirty secrets 2013-06-02T11:00:00Z

Many are waiting to see if they will get help from a $16 billion federal grant fund intended to preserve music clubs, theaters and other live-event businesses devastated by the pandemic. As New York Reopens, It Looks for Culture to Lead the Way 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

You’re changing up who gets to play the wizards, lords and ladies, while Hollywood spends billions depicting the same small fraction of global mythology and lore. Guess Who’s Coming to Mordor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

The company has spent upward of a billion dollars to lure talent like Cuaron, even agreeing to show his movie in theaters despite its insistence that streaming is the future. Perspective | An existential question animates this year’s Oscar race: What, exactly, is a movie? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Twelve months from now, they hope to be talking about another revenue record topping this year's $10.8 billion. Ticket rush: Film fans hand Hollywood record cash 2012-12-26T13:25:10Z

Market research projects that wearable applications — known as smart apparel — shipped to consumers by 2016 will total 140 million units, with revenue nearing $2 billion. These wearables offer a peek at the body in motion, in real time 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Their total was $2.7 billion for the years they made the list. Arts barely on the radar in 2014 for top 50 U.S. philanthropists 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

But in June, online grocery sales in the United States hit $7.2 billion. 7 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How We Shop for Food 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Although they form a small percentage of movies screened, Hollywood movies drew 44 percent of all 10 billion yuan in sales receipts in 2010. "Desperate Housewives" streaming to China 2011-08-08T20:38:44Z

That puts the institution on pace to raise almost $1 billion over seven years. Smithsonian’s new fundraising strategy: collect collectively 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

At the start of that decade, Nintendo was a near-monopolist, holding 90 percent of a $3 billion market and boasting of a video game console in one of every three American homes. ‘Console Wars,’ a Gaming Industry Clash by Blake J. Harris 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Feeding America provided 2 billion pounds of food from April through June, up from 1.3 billion pounds from January to March. Largest food bank in US sees demand double amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Prison in America is an $80 billion industry and it's like real estate. How Michael K. Williams brought Omar and Leonard to life: “We’re all just one big mess undern... 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

The Italian government has stepped in with a culture stimulus of 6.7 billion euros — about $8 billion — much of it targeting improvements to museums’ notoriously poor digital offerings. Alone in the Temporary New Ruins of Rome 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

New reservoirs, the other half of the plan, would be able to hold billions more. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z

The median age of Africa’s more than 1 billion people is only 19. Melania Trump begins tour of Africa in Ghana amid questions and criticism 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

It’s the essential ingredient in beverages worth more than $120 billion annually in the U.S. The buzz(kill) about caffeine: What’s really in your morning cup of coffee 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Supporters also point to a hefty new tax revenue source that by most estimates will total $1 billion a year. California set for New Year's buzz with recreational marijuana sales 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

Slim was attempting to recast himself as a philanthropist while stealing billions through his nearly complete control of Mexico’s telecommunications system. Protesting has never been so hilarious 2013-05-16T16:37:00Z

Global sales by dealers and auction houses reached an all-time high of just over 51 billion euros, or about $59 billion, in 2014, according to the report. European Fine Art Fair Showcases Shaker Furniture 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

One thing Musk's billions can't buy, though, is a movie star's charisma. Maybe Jon Hamm's billionaire act on "The Morning Show" is doing rich men like Elon Musk a favor 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to say, of course, but the fact is, with the aid of that taxpayer loan and a well-timed bank loan of $23 billion, Ford managed to tiptoe past the graveyard and avoid bankruptcy. Ford Looks Hypocritical In New Anti-Bailout Commercial 2011-09-19T20:57:36Z

During the World Cup earlier this summer, 350 million people generated 3 billion posts, comments and likes about the sporting event. Facebook’s Change of Face 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

One reason is that such a project would probably cost several billion dollars. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z

In 2016, it posted record results, with total sales of €37 billion. After Rare Strike, Louis Vuitton and Workers in France Agree to Extend Talks 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

“Superman,” “Jurassic Park,” and almost a hundred others. BoxOfficeMojo.com calculates that since 1975 Williams’s films have grossed around twenty billion dollars worldwide—and that leaves out the first seventeen years of his career. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

Those attractions, which the museum’s curators estimate were visited by 1.5 billion people worldwide, ranged from small circus acts and “freak shows” to giant world’s fairs held in major capitals. Remembering the Racist History of ‘Human Zoos’ 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

The British Museum is expected to soon announce a renovation that The Financial Times has reported will cost £1 billion, around $1.3 billion. With Slashed Funding, British Museums Turn to Philanthropy 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

When you want to start a streaming service and your most established competitor has for years been spending billions of dollars making and acquiring exclusive series, what do you do? Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

The fee restructuring is expected to raise an additional $16.91 billion in the next 10 years, funding security services at airports. T.S.A. Fees For Air Trips to Rise 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The summer concluded with a record $4.7 billion in box-office revenue despite much maligned flops like “The Lone Ranger,” ”After Earth” and “White House Down.” Despite the Bombs, Hollywood Posts a Record Summer 2013-09-02T22:59:48Z

But with $2.7 billion in worldwide box office for the first three "Pirates" movies, no one at the studio gripes about Sparrow's idiosyncrasies now. Depp steers 'Pirates' into critical seas of Cannes 2011-05-14T15:15:10Z

It brought in more than $2.8 billion at the worldwide box office, becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, not adjusted for inflation. Remember ‘Avatar’? Neither Do We. Catch Up Before the Sequel Arrives 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Another likened the $1.37 billion building, already projected to be the most expensive Olympic stadium in recent history, to another kind of animal. Olympic Stadium in Tokyo Is Dogged by Controversy 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Frequent flyer programs are prone to manipulation by the airlines that control them,” he wrote, likening the estimated $700 billion worth of miles to an unregulated currency. A congressman takes on frequent-flier programs for favoring airlines over fliers

Born in Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room, the site has in six years grown to more than 500 million users worldwide and a dollar worth in the billions. A Generation Seen Through 'The Social Network' 2010-09-24T14:42:00Z

The complex, part of the $12 billion, 400-acre HafenCity waterfront development zone, includes not only concert and recital halls, but also a hotel and luxury apartments costing up to 10 million euros. Finally, a Debut for the Elbphilharmonie Hall in Hamburg 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

The New York Public Library on Wednesday rekindled its ambitious $1 billion plan to overhaul its branches and renovate its Fifth Avenue flagship. New York Public Library Revives Its Overhaul Plan 2012-02-15T23:43:53Z

Worldwide earnings for the film of $2 billion say it was. Unleash hell! How Gladiator went from on-set disasters to box office glory 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

But the Absolute Poker team was so close to its unrealized billions. Books of The Times: ‘Straight Flush’ by Ben Mezrich 2013-05-22T21:41:01Z

But opportunity finally arrived in the early 1990s, when the government began a 13-year, $10 billion campaign to build or renovate hundreds of federal courthouses. Edward Feiner, 75, Dies; Revolutionized the Look of Federal Buildings 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

The evening auctions of postwar and contemporary art at the three houses, for example, are expected to draw about $536 million, compared with $1.2 billion for the same auctions in November 2015. The Art Market’s Reaction to Trump? Sales This Week Offer First Test 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Revenue at the television division was flat at $1.05 billion, held back by declining advertising revenue tied to weak ratings. 21st Century Fox to tread carefully with streaming video 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

With over 1.25 billion users, Facebook is learning the importance of becoming empathetic to its users and responding positively to feedback. Facebook Apologizes For Its 'Year In Review' Approach 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

Family travel is a $500 billion global industry, according to the Family Travel Association, an industry trade group. How to Pack for Children? Leave It to the Experts 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

“There are 107 billion people who have ever existed – if you really think there is one person who is truly your ‘one’, they’ve probably died.” All you need is maths? The man using equations to find love 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

It’s not news that the social network, whose roiling environs hold over 1.5 billion people, is a complex and sometimes confounding space. The Facebook Breakup 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

The carrier canceled thousands of flights around the holiday season, costing the company more than $1 billion. ‘S.N.L.’ Spoofs Merrick Garland’s Hunt for Classified Documents 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

Amazon sold $40.8 billion worth of goods in North America last year. Amazon is about to jump into smartphones 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

The number of nymphs is estimated to be in the many billions. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

The company is reportedly valuing itself somewhere between $700 million and $1 billion, with those close to the deal hinting at the higher end of that range. Vevo Looking to Restructure Ahead of Sale 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

With $25 billion in drug money at stake, folks have incentive to be culpable. Miss Bala: Beauty and the Beasts in a Mexican Drug War 2012-01-19T19:15:02Z

In its 2020 fiscal year, the State Department “earned and retained” $3.7 billion from “new user fee revenue” from passports and visas, granting nearly 12 million passports and passport cards. The Promise of a Really Great Passport Photo 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

George Lucas's "Star Wars" film universe and the associated toys, comic books, TV shows, video games and other ancillary products have earned billions of dollars since his original film debuted in 1977. From “Star Wars” to our wars: What the Force has in common with “Thank you for your service” 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

But studios and movie chains are still holding out hope that holiday ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada might come close to matching last year's record of $10.9 billion. 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' soars again over 5-day weekend 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

Now we spend about $77 billion on soft drinks annually, twice what we spend on coffee. The buzz(kill) about caffeine: What’s really in your morning cup of coffee 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

When the trust finally turned over the majority of the assets to the foundation three years later, in May 2012, it listed the estate’s value as more than $2.3 billion. Rauschenberg Friends Seek $60 Million From Estate 2013-08-21T22:28:07Z

Malone — worth $7.4 billion, according to Forbes — sits on the board of directors of media companies including Charter Communications and Discovery Communications. Billionaire John Malone buys big stake in Lionsgate; Starz may benefit 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Still, for a state with a GDP at around $54 billion, tourism fuels a tenth of the economy, providing more than 94,000 jobs—about 14 percent of the state’s total employment. 10 of the most eco-friendly destinations in North America 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

"The Dark Knight" was a global box office hit, generating just over $1 billion in ticket sales and earning Ledger, who played The Joker, a posthumous Oscar. Special effects expert cleared of '07 Batman death 2011-03-14T18:18:36Z

In our galaxy alone, there are probably about 40 billion planets that could support life. These Books Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Tourism revenue generated on Friday totaled 54.6 billion yuan, up 15.1 percent from the same period a year ago, it said. Chinese tourists vacationing at home up 12 percent: state media 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Indeed, urbanization, combined with overall population growth, will boost the number of people in cities by 2.5 billion over the next three decades, with much of that growth in developing countries, especially in Africa. World cities, home to most people, to add 2.5 billion more by 2050: U.N. 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

He is behind the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise and had a hit with the latest movie in the series, which came out this year and earned over $1 billion at global box offices. Tyler Perry is Hollywood's highest paid man 2011-09-13T22:46:37Z

The British architect Norman Foster will design a $1.2 billion tower in Philadelphia’s Center City for the Comcast Corporation, the corporation announced Wednesday. ArtsBeat: Norman Foster to Design Comcast Tower in Philadelphia 2014-01-15T19:15:52Z

Such a playbook is also shared with the estimated $7.8 billion Bollywood film industry, which often squeezes action, drama, comedy, romance, music and dance into three hours. Move over Bollywood: U.S. festival spotlights independent Indian films 2014-04-08T22:58:47Z

Norwegian producer Kygo became the first Spotlight artist to hit 1 billion streams, earning him the designation of breakout artist of the year. Drake Is the Most-Streamed Artist of 2015 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

And Signature, with around $8 billion annually in leisure sales, is up more than 10 percent in bookings in 2018, compared to last year, and is projecting a 15 percent increase in 2019. Where the Crowds Are Headed This Fall 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

But Jolie has also contributed her voice to three cartoons -- "Kung Fu Panda," "Beowulf" and "Shark Tale" -- that have grossed another $1.2 billion worldwide. Angelina Jolie jolts a man's world: action films 2010-07-15T06:12:00Z

A senior administration official also said that about $600 billion in automatic spending cuts for the military that are set to trigger in early 2013 would be replaced by a "balanced deficit-reduction package." What to expect in Obama's budget for fiscal 2013 2012-02-13T12:45:14Z

Bharara said copyright infringement over the Internet costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars. U.S. authorities seize websites over pirated movies 2010-06-30T23:38:00Z

The teen, young male and date-night demographics sought by 50/50, Dream House and What's Your Number? have gone back into hibernation after pouring billions in the summer box office. Box Office: Surprise! Dolphins and Jesus Beat Cancer and Dead Kids 2011-10-02T05:45:00Z

Over the last couple of years, major music conglomerates and Wall Street investors have poured billions of dollars into music deals, driven by the growth of streaming, low interest rates and old-fashioned competition. Sting Sells His Songwriting Catalog for an Estimated $300 Million 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

The numbers are up by more than 80 million overnight visitors, for a total of 1.3 billion. UN study sees an upswing — of 80 million people — in international tourism 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

The city of Los Angeles is projecting an additional 1 million visitors and $1 billion in revenue as a result of the country reopening to vaccinated international visitors. With Tears, Hugs and Balloons, U.S. Allows Vaccinated Foreign Travelers to Enter 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. The Visionaries: Kanye West Talks About His Career and Album ‘Yeezus’ 2013-06-11T23:25:32Z

That may seem minuscule compared with overall American beer sales — $111 billion last year, according to the Brewers Association — but Mr. Magee is playing the long game. For a Buck and Sometimes a Buzz, Brewers Are Putting Cannabis Into Cans 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

In 2012 around five billion burgers were consumed in the UK alone. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

And it will do so alongside a powerful partner: Google, which in January acquired the company, based in Palo Alto, Calif., for $3.2 billion. Nest CEO Tony Fadell on The Future of the Smart Home 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

The $8 billion project, built partly on an artificial island, also includes hotels, a theme park and a yacht club. Wanda opens doors to Chinese film metropolis but turns focus back home 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z

Business has soared this year, with domestic receipts now at $2.4 billion, 19 percent ahead of last year's. 'Hunger Games' battles to $155M opening weekend 2012-03-26T12:53:13Z

The first Avengers film was a huge global hit last year, taking more than a billion dollars at the box office. Avengers sequel casts villain 2013-08-30T09:32:00Z

Already the library has amassed more than 2.129 petabytes of data — or put another way, 18 billion digital documents. Meet Your Meme Lords 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

According to one estimate, about 28 percent of Earth’s land is used to feed or raise livestock, with around 60 billion farm animals housed, fed, and slaughtered every year. Fake burgers will save us all! 2013-12-08T22:00:00Z

Yes, $38 billion for Israel, which hardly needs the money yet we starve our National Park System. A National Park’s Plea: Enjoy the Animals; Don’t Act Like One 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

“I wasn’t happy,” Carson said when the Office of Management and Budget suggested a $6 billion cut at the $46 billion agency. Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Cats kill an astonishing number of birds in this country, as many as 2.4 billion a year. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time

Probably, with seven billion souls on the planet, mathematically speaking, hundreds of people right now are getting away with murder. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan on 'Breaking Bad' and 'the Plumbing of It All' 2012-09-04T17:51:49Z

Its oldest rocks, at the bottom, are 1.8 billion years old. Millions-year-old Grand Canyon became a national treasure 100 years ago 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

The government gets billions for oil leases on public lands, we get zilch. Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty. 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

At $2.7 billion, the films' global box office exceeds the GDP of some small nations. Sequel or reboot? Paramount plays it both ways with new 'Transformers' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

No, she achieves that status by lying to the public about her device's lack of efficacy while raking in billions based on that lie. "The Thing About Pam," "Super Pumped" and "The Dropout" make it official: It's A--hole Season! 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

The four "Pirates of the Caribbean" installments have generated more than $3.7 billion in worldwide ticket sales, according to the website Box Office Mojo. Disney delays 'Pirates' sequel after pushing up 'Ant-Man' 2013-09-11T00:18:27Z

One in three, or 2.4 billion people around the world, drink alcohol, the study shows. No healthy level of alcohol consumption, says major study 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

In 2009, the Federal Trade Commission looked at ad spending and found that food and beverage companies targeted kids to the tune of $1.8 billion that year. Perspective | Why we should ban junk-food ads aimed at children 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Admittedly, the home vacation rental landscape has lapped my expectations along the way, growing into a $100 billion industry. On Mexico’s coast, skip the resort and rent a house for an immersive vacation experience 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

In a decision posted Wednesday, the school system’s Task Force on Sustainable Investing decided against recommending that it divest its $91 billion portfolio from fossil fuel companies.  UC’s climate cop-out: University to fight warming while continuing to invest in pollutors 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

As a feat of engineering, it rests on a new $1 billion platform, which decks over a stretch of infrastructure that for generations acted as a kind of Nowhereland on the West Side. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Some 20 billion phone and e-mail records from people around the world are collected every day, under the doctrine of “collect it all”. Peering into the darkness 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

"This will be the first 'Potter' movie to earn over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office," Dergarabedian said. "Harry Potter" magic with record $92.1 million 2011-07-16T18:34:51Z

This is expected to cost the banking industry billions of dollars. BofA to add $5 monthly fee for debit-card use 2011-09-29T18:17:00Z

Since its release, “One Thing at a Time” has been streamed nearly two billion times in the United States. Morgan Wallen Fends Off Metallica for a Seventh Week at No. 1 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

Petra breathlessly outlines the technological advances of the "green revolution," which radically altered agriculture in the 1960s and '70s by engineering high-yield crops now credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation. A new kind of dinner theater takes off in Seattle 2011-11-02T21:04:04Z

There are eight billion people in the world now; in “The Precipice,” Ord names Parfit as his mentor and encourages us to think about the “trillions of human lives” to come. Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

And that could be a picture worth a billion dollars. 2012 Turnaround: The Avengers Brings People Back to the Movies 2013-01-03T17:21:00Z

It’s estimated that 2 billion people around the globe celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year, which is also known as Chunjie – the "Lunar New Year" or "Spring Festival" when translated to English. Chinese Lunar New Year: The history and how it's celebrated 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

The government of Shanghai spent $45 billion on urban and Expo-related development in the last eight years, more than Beijing spent in advance of the Olympics. In Shanghai, Preserving Buildings Takes Work 2010-05-01T10:03:00Z

The new film’s ground-level perspective includes interviews with several people who received minimal compensation from the $20 billion trust fund established to settle claims from the spill. ‘The Great Invisible,’ on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

But a top bid of $1.5 billion by Time Warner was deemed too low. Ailing studio MGM facing bankruptcy next month 2010-08-10T06:33:00Z

Indeed, the airline industry says carriers lost nearly $2 billion because of the cloud, including expenses for hotel bills, although some airlines refused to pay these claims. The Getaway: Compensation for Your Travel Troubles 2013-08-27T22:01:27Z

The Bond franchise is worth between $2 billion and $5 billion, an industry insider, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Hollywood Reporter. Apple, Amazon bid for James Bond film rights- Hollywood Reporter 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

But Nike is the largest of the group — at $105.27 billion, its market capitalization is approximately four and a half times that of its nearest competitor, Adidas. At Nike, Extending the Track to the Runway 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

“To the universe four days is no different than four billion light-years.” Robert James Waller, Author of ‘The Bridges of Madison County,’ Dies at 77 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Global sales for the film that unites a squadron of Marvel super heroes in a battle against evil reached $1.18 billion through Sunday, making it the biggest Disney release ever, the studio said. 'Avengers' outguns 'Battleship' at box offices 2012-05-20T18:13:13Z

Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn demanded a Greek unity government to restore confidence, which has been shaken by doubts that Athens would commit itself to the 130 billion euro . Europe turns up heat on Greeks 2011-11-06T17:20:00Z

Murdoch-owned Fox has committed to distributing the next movie in the franchise, but the film studio is in the process of being sold to Disney as part of a $52 billion deal. 'Avatar' director Cameron says he still hopes to film four sequels 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z

A famous case concerns the financier Jho Low, who prosecutors say helped siphon billions of dollars from a Malaysian government fund employing a network of bank accounts and shell companies. As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

Google bought the home-device company Nest last year for $3.2 billion, a relatively small sum for a company that actually sold products that people were willing to pay for. 'Silicon Valley' Recap: It's Not About How Much You Earn 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

By the end of World War I, the banks and financiers of Wilson’s America had loaned billions of dollars to the Allies. Book review: ‘The Deluge, the post-World War I global order, by Adam Tooze 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

Well, because Tyson dared to declare the age of the earth to be 4.5 billion years old. Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals age of Earth, creationists’ heads collectively explode 2014-04-25T11:50:00Z

The song’s popularity has endured for decades, with the music video garnering more than a billion views on YouTube. Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

One survey estimated that insects contribute nearly $577 billion to the world economy through agricultural activity. Catch a Buzz With Two New Books About Bugs 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

According to the government’s own Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the creative industry created around 92 billion pounds, or about $126 billion at current exchange rates, for the British economy in 2016. As Brexit Looms, Musicians Brace for the Worst 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

In the past, when asked why not cut the cord and sell HBO directly to U.S. consumers, company executives would say there were "4 billion reasons" to prevent that. Time Warner focuses on its growth strategy for HBO 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

The exhibition business has taken a historic hit over the past year-and-a-half, with theaters going out of business, chains declaring bankruptcy and big multiplexes desperately looking for financial runway to recover from billions in losses. The movie business may be struggling, but you wouldn’t know it at these thriving independent theaters 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Remember when a billion dollars seemed like real movie money? Unstoppable Avengers Sinks Battleship, Ousts The Dictator 2012-05-20T20:45:12Z

The United States is seeking to seize some $1.7 billion in assets, making it the largest action brought by the department under its kleptocracy asset recovery initiative. 'The Wolf of Wall Street' producer settles U.S. suit linked to Malaysian fund 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

But sprinkled among Instagram’s more than 1 billion users, you’ll also find some of the world’s greatest fine art photographers — some shooting on iPhones or Android handsets, some relying on digital cameras and uploading manually. The World’s Great Photographers, Now Insiders, Are Posting Quarantine Pics 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

There’s Dr. Susan Love, who questions why, with billions of dollars going toward “the cure,” we’re still using “slash, burn and poison” treatments and spending next to nothing on investigating the causes of the disease. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z

The company reported it held $4.6 billion in cash as of September. Rapper’s rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

According to one estimate from the World Health Organization, about a billion people worldwide are disabled. What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

Now, the $400 billion American fashion industry, along with every other segment of the economy, is in the midst of a breakneck unraveling. Fashion will survive. But many of the designers at the heart of the industry might not. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

By the time the Globes ceremony arrives, Disney may also have closed its $71.3 billion acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox. ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Vice’ Lead the 2019 Golden Globes Nominations 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

On TikTok, a hashtag for the song has more than a billion views and at least one popular TikTok dancer, Vik White, has successfully mashed up the song and its dance with others. DJ Casper, Whose Hit Song ‘Cha-Cha Slide’ Made You Dance, Dies at 58 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z

Vehicle crashes cost the greater Chicago area $11.3 billion a year, representing a bigger economic threat to the region's sustainability than traffic congestion, according to a new AAA study released Wednesday. Vehicle crashes cost region $11.3B a year: AAA 2011-11-03T04:39:00Z

Yet those slight changes ended up costing the system $2.3 billion, while the long-term cost added billions more. Politics wreaked havoc on retirement code 2011-12-16T03:20:00Z

The number of obese or overweight people in developing countries rose from 250 million to almost 1 billion in under three decades, and these rates are rising significantly faster than in rich nations. Obesity: Africa’s new crisis 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man, even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children? "Mr. Robot" and the Angry Young Man 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

There were, at the most recent count, an estimated 8.6 billion people satirising Mr Trump on at least a weekly basis. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

You won’t know unless you try a million things in a billion places, and while you may find disappointment at times, you may also find enlightenment. The Frugal Five 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

The U.S. territory is in a massive financial crisis, facing nearly $70 billion in debt, with a poverty rate of nearly 45%. Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings For Puerto Rico on 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

The company says it has sold over 1 billion bottles. Fred Franzia, 79, Dies; Upended Wine Industry With Two-Buck Chuck 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

Perry estimated the value of the proposed gift at $1 billion, including the artwork and more than $300 million to construct the museum at the Presidio. Star Wars creator George Lucas imagines San Francisco museum 2013-03-08T14:14:15Z

Disney executives estimated last week the global closures will cost the company $1.4 billion in profits. Shanghai Disneyland re-opens after three-month closure due to coronavirus 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

The company now has a market cap of more than $25 billion and its original shows are critical successes. 'Apes' still on top. 'Sex Tape' fails to arouse. James Garner R.I.P. 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

These DIY DNA companies now possess billions of records and have generated millions of family trees. 23 and Not Me: As an adoptee, I'm not even remotely tempted to take a DNA test 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

To its credit, the Gates Foundation recognized that its $2 billion foray into restructuring high schools, including the breakup and reconstitution of Mountlake Terrace High School, was largely unsuccessful, and recently changed course. 'The Death and Life of the Great American School System': An indictment of standardized testing and school choice 2010-04-14T21:27:00Z

Earlier this month, the company secured $1 billion in new financing to help it through the transition. Navistar CEO Is Ousted As Board Hires Former Textron Boss To Steer Through Crisis 2012-08-27T13:55:14Z

In September, the Michael Kors company announced it would buy Versace for just over $2 billion as part of a bid to create an international luxury group, to be called Capri Holdings. 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Lottery officials said any increase in the $1.6 billion jackpot would likely occur around midday on Tuesday. Players on edge for record $1.6 billion jackpot in Mega Millions... 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

It’s estimated that over 1 billion people today suffer from migraines, two-thirds of them women. Review | Migraines have plagued me for years. A new book puts my pain in perspective. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

Over all, ticket sales in the United States and Canada for the year so far total $3.1 billion, an 11 percent decline compared with the same period in 2012. ‘Iron Man 3’ Delivers a Punch at the Box Office 2013-05-05T20:44:58Z

He claimed harm to his business and sought $5 billion in damages. What really gets under Trump’s skin? A reporter questioning his net worth 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The arithmetic is pretty simple: There are about 330 million Americans right now, which means that getting to one billion would mean adding 670 million net new humans. Matthew Yglesias Thinks There Should Be ‘One Billion Americans’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

We’re the largest drug market in the world, so we spend billions of dollars buying the drugs and billions of dollars trying to keep the drugs out. How to Write a Novel About the Bloody War on Drugs 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

On the demand side there is greater investor interest in Broadway, where box office revenues topped $1 billion for the first time last year, and has been remarkably resilient even during the Great Recession. Plays Vie for Scarce Space in Broadway Theaters 2010-04-30T22:24:00Z

Radcliffe, who made his Oscars debut this year, praised the "exemplary" way that rookie Oscar host MacFarlane handled the ceremony that is watched by up to one billion people globally. Hollywood's elite mingle at glitzy post: Oscar parties 2013-02-25T10:38:24Z

"Amazing Spider-Man" and "Dark Knight Rises" on their own may ensure that Hollywood breaks its summer record and continues on to top the all-time annual high of $10.6 billion domestically set in 2009. Tent-poles and tadpoles mark Hollywood's summer 2012-06-29T19:02:10Z

In 1866 in Ontario, one flock of billions of birds, 300 miles long and one mile wide, darkened the skies for 14 hours. Martha the passenger pigeon shows how birds disappear

Few artifacts from that era remain except for billions of narrow tubes that archaeologists have determined were used for siphoning liquid from drinking vessels. Style Invitational Week 1454: Punku 3 — haiku with a pun, duh 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Thirty years ago, when there were around two and a half billion fewer human beings on the planet, the idea was actively debated. Ten Billion by Stephen Emmott – review 2013-07-05T07:01:01Z

The job cuts detailed by executives in a meeting with labor groups on Wednesday would be part of an overall effort to reduce operating expenses by more than $2 billion annually. American Airlines parent may cut 13,000 jobs 2012-02-01T20:33:00Z

“And maybe not even billions of years, but billions of eons or billions of billions” of eons, Strassler stresses. Could Higgs Boson spell the end of the universe? 2013-03-26T17:06:00Z

"But in a country of a billion people, it's better to show the show than not at all", she said. Indian TV fights a bleeping battle with censors 2012-06-01T12:59:15Z

Out of a $6.7 billion total, 53 percent of sales were in North America, 25 percent in Europe, 17 percent in Asia and just the remaining 5 percent in South America and elsewhere. IHT Luxury Conference: Brazil and the Fashionable Life 2011-11-09T12:11:45Z

Netflix and Amazon have invested billions of dollars in producing original content for their streaming platforms. Streaming’s greatest hits: the best TV shows from Netflix and Amazon 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

Those stolen bulbs were the beginning of both short-lived tulipmania, and the long-lasting bulb trade that now sees about 2 billion tulip bulbs grown each year in the Netherlands. Chasing Rembrandt’s Tulips on Two Wheels 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

The existing “Harry Potter” movies were massive successes, grossing a combined $7.7 billion at the worldwide box office. Warner Brothers Creates a Harry Potter Squad 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Equally important, census numbers help decide how to divvy up more than $675 billion in federal money each year. Census 2020 means it’s time for Americans to be counted 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

Americans are expected to spend US$8.8 billion on candy, costumes and decorations this year — or $86 for every person who plans to celebrate. Half a billion on Halloween pet costumes is latest sign of America’s out-of-control consumerism 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

The money helped the bottom lines of U.S. banks, which collectively earned a record $171 billion in profits in 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Fed took bold steps to boost the economy. Will undoing one of them rattle markets? 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

That’s the $32 billion question facing the federal monitor appointed to oversee New York City’s dysfunctional Housing Authority, fresh from its recent lead paint debacle. New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

The first three “Toy Story” movies have sold more than $1.3 billion in tickets worldwide. ‘Toy Story 4’ coming in 2017

Watch exports from Switzerland reached a record 17.7 billion Swiss francs, or $18.6 billion, in sales in the first 11 months of 2011, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Special Report: Watches: Lots of Novelties Heading to Geneva Show 2012-01-16T13:09:03Z

The money is nowhere near the $37.3 billion in fees that basic cable channels are expected to get in 2014, but it's a start. Network spending shows why free TV isn't dead yet 2010-06-02T16:28:00Z

Companies are generating more revenue from older people, as well: The global adult incontinence market has grown 47 percent to $4.7 billion over the past five years, according to data tracker Euromonitor. Aging boomers befuddle global marketers eying $15 trillion prize 2013-09-17T15:27:00Z

Its budget was something like a quarter of a billion dollars. Someone stop James Cameron: We need 4 more “Avatar” movies like we need 4 more holes in our heads 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

Over the last decade it generated worldwide ticket sales of $12 billion from its "Lord of the Rings," "Batman," and "Harry Potter" films. After Batman, Warner Bros. hunts for next super hero 2012-07-20T17:40:37Z

Last year, digital growth helped offset a decline in political ad revenue, helping Clear Channel keep revenue unchanged at $6.24 billion last year. CEO: iHeart Radio revenue ‘hundreds of millions’ 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Last year, they pocketed more than $3.5 billion in fees, and this number is on the rise. Gripes about air travel have some people swearing off certain carriers 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

The broader arts and culture sector that includes Hollywood and publishing constitutes an $878 billion industry that is a bigger part of the American economy than sports, transportation, construction or agriculture. A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

Tintina has proposed an underground mine to tap the nearby Johnny Lee Deposit, which is thought to contain more than $2 billion worth of copper. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

All the while, fans around the world spent billions on related merchandise: action figures, stuffed animals, play sets, bandannas, swords, strap-on-your-back turtle shells. ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Retooled for Nickelodeon 2012-09-26T18:35:17Z

It figures: Bay has brought Paramount a little success with his own toy movie series, Transformers — whose fourth installment just hit a billion dollars worldwide. REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mock Turtle 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

It would cost one billion dollars to get it up and running. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

We desperately need revenue but we’re leaving hundreds of billions on the table.  Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

Last year, the game makers's first-person shooter title "Call Of Duty: Black Ops II" took 15 days to hit $1 billion in global sales after its November release. 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' passes $1 bln in 1st-day sales, sets record 2013-11-06T18:06:19Z

With the completion of the $15 billion Big Dig, downtown now stretches unimpeded to the harbor, making Boston feel like a whole new city. 36 Hours: Boston 2010-08-06T05:00:00Z

Newspapers were once so profitable that they sold for billions as recently as a decade or so ago. Analysis | How one newspaper deal explains the decline of the newspaper business 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

With assets of over $220 billion, the PIF is being used by the government to spearhead its drive to diversify the Saudi economy beyond oil. Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture with AMC Entertainment 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

The "Rings" films were huge successes, grossing more than $2.9 billion combined at the worldwide box office and winning 17 Oscars, including best picture for "The Return of the King." Andy Serkis: Beneath the digital makeup, a box-office powerhouse 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

The British oil major in July estimated costs from the disaster will total about $62 billion, as it sets aside billions for criminal and civil penalties and cleanup costs. 'Deepwater Horizon' makers say authenticity a priority for film 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Online sales for Macys.com and the Bloomingdales.com unit rose 40 percent from a year ago, and the company said it expected online sales in 2012 to exceed $2 billion. Top Retailers Report Strong Profit, but Walmart Shoppers Struggle 2012-02-23T21:32:24Z

It features the multi-platinum hit “drivers license,” the first song to hit one billion total global streams this year. New this week: Chrissie Hynde, loads of zombies & M.O.D.O.K 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

With its combination of immersive 3-D images and a sophisticated performance-capture technology, the movie has, as of Sunday, taken in $1.3 billion in worldwide ticket sales, much of it from 3-D screens. 2010-01-12T23:51:00Z

The terminal, which took four years and $1.4 billion to build, is expected to increase the number of travelers at what is already the world’s busiest airport. In Transit Blog: Morning Walkabout - 5/17: New Atlanta Terminal and a Show House in New York 2012-05-17T15:44:46Z

Before his downfall, Robert created a $1.6 billion empire hawking his silly inventions. | 'Father of Invention': ?Father of Invention,? With Kevin Spacey - Review 2011-10-13T23:24:32Z

Turns out he didn't even need a degree to make those "cool" billions! Graduation quotes for the new generation 2011-05-23T12:29:00Z

The organizers earn more than $3.4 billion from rights fees and sponsorships, while the billions of viewers will boost networks' advertising revenues. World Cup poses a challenge for studios 2010-06-11T07:19:00Z

By 1960, 50 years ago, there were 3 billion of us. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

A report by U.S.-based Grand View Research said the global vegan cosmetics market is estimated at $12.9 billion. From London's Brick Lane to Davos, veganism on the menu 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

The $2.6 billion deal is the largest takeover yet of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm. Chinese company closes buy of AMC theater chain 2012-09-04T18:34:08Z

Next year, they are expected to reach more than $5 billion, according to the governor's budget office. Politics wreaked havoc on retirement code 2011-12-16T03:20:00Z

The company’s announcement, in the form of an advisory in a local newspaper last week, said it owed almost $25.2 billion to bondholders, up slightly from $24.7 billion at the end of 2018. Venezuela's PDVSA, in default, says total debt remained unchanged in 2019 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

The orientation tour failed to mention that dorm shopping is a $43.1 billion industry of credit cards funding nesting daughters. The kids are off to college, but not without one last (emotional) trip to the Container Store 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

Ticket sales in the United States and Canada will total roughly $11.8 billion for the year, analysts say — a 6 percent increase from 2017. ‘Aquaman’ Is the Big Finale in a Strong Year for the Box Office 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

But the price tag that was floated — $20 billion for the entire company — was too steep to entice the potential suitors, CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc., according to people close to those companies. Moody's upgrades Univision credit rating, easing path to IPO 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Since the album was released, it has generated more than 1.4 billion streams, and had the equivalent of 1.1 million sales. SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Strong With Seven Weeks at No. 1 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

A developer who took on the site in 2005 is investing $2 billion to construct six new hotels, 42 apartment buildings, 25 chalets, and a golf course. The Best New Ski Resorts in the Alps 2013-12-18T05:00:00Z

Amazon's criteria for the new campus — which it says will cost $5 billion and create 50,000 jobs with an average annual salary of more than $100,000 — are highly specific. Apple and Amazon take two paths to the same conclusion: The tech companies owe nothing to the American city 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

After a sturdy debut in China over the weekend, “Black Panther” crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, shattering a myth about the overseas viability of movies rooted in black culture. ‘Black Panther’ Dominates ‘Wrinkle in Time’ at Box Office 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

“Frozen” was the highest-grossing animated film until it was surpassed by the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” and Ms. Lee became the first woman to direct a film that earned over a billion dollars. Jennifer Lee, Queen of the ‘Frozen’ Franchise 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

If seven billion people is already too many for the planet, is it responsible to bring another person into the world? Roundabout – review 2012-09-26T17:45:20Z

Older rockers like the Rolling Stones get most of the credit for driving North America’s $8 billion concert-touring industry, but an underappreciated reason for live music’s boom is the strength of smaller acts. Rap Is Huge, but on the Concert Circuit, Rock Is King 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Her films have grossed a little under a billion, and she returned this summer in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” which has grossed about $400 million worldwide. Lady Gaga vs Streisand: Will “A Star Is Born” launch a billion-dollar career at the box office 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Verrilli tried to persuade the justices that the law's provision providing hundreds of billions of dollars to states to expand their Medicaid programs in 2014 was not "coercive." Entire healthcare law may be in jeopardy 2012-03-29T00:35:00Z

"Jersey Boys" passed $1.7 billion in worldwide grosses in March, according to Michael David, a co-founder of the Dodgers, a Broadway partnership that is one of the show's producers. 'Jersey Boys' has been a windfall for all involved 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z

That nation owns nearly $860 billion of the United States’ debt. It was inevitable that Apple would have a problem with "The Problem with Jon Stewart" 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z

His firm found the hashtag was viewed 42 billion times and was mentioned 4 million times in 2019 across social media and news sites. Weinstein trial revives #MeToo, a hashtag with movement's longevity 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

Richard wants to bequeath the world a free, efficient, self-learning compression platform and collect his billions with premium services on the back end. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 2: Conjoined Triangles of Success 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Everything went exactly as planned – billions of pounds were taken off in sacks, glasses clinked and everyone geared up to move on to the financially extractive opportunities in Rio. The publishing year 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:02Z

Her net worth, estimated to be over $1 billion, is built on her body. Kim Kardashian’s New Skin Care Line Is Not for Quitters 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

Estimates suggest that nearly 400 billion photos are taken each year, more snapped every few minutes than were taken in the 19th century. ‘A History of Pictures’ — from the cave to the iPhone 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

The "Spider-Man" franchise is among the most lucrative in Hollywood, having sold nearly $2.5 billion worth of tickets worldwide for its three previous movies. 2010-02-11T16:57:00Z

The case will decide the ownership of a new drug that will prevent many heart attacks and thereby earn billions of dollars for one side or the other. ‘Say Nothing’ by Brad Parks: A thriller that plays on our worst parental fears 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

He played on “Let’s Groove,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Shining Star” and “September,” which Spotify lists as having been played on its platform 1.18 billion times. Fred White, Drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire, Dies at 67 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

This Thanksgiving Americans will eat more than 50 million turkeys, individually consume almost 4,500 calories, and spend more than $2.8 billion on Thanksgiving dinner food. Waste management: Food waste is a massive global problem, but the solution starts with your Thanksgiving leftovers 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

A comic, actor, filmmaker and singer, Mr. Sandler starred in movies that have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide, and he has stacked up dozens of credits as a producer and screenwriter. Adam Sandler Is Awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

The film, which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, is the seventh based on the Marvel Comics series that has grossed more than $2.3 billion at the global box office. Generations collide in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z

Abrams’ Star Wars blockbuster became only the fifth film in history after Avatar, Titanic, Jurassic World and Furious 7 to cross the $1 billion mark. 'Ride Along 2' dethrones 'Star Wars' at the Box Office 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

“Toy Story 4,” which opens in theaters Friday, is widely expected to make around $150 million over the weekend and gross close to $1 billion over its worldwide run, just like “Toy Story 3” did. ‘Toy Story’ lives on, but should it have? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Yet we continue to produce parking lots, in cities as well as in suburbs, in the same way we consume all those billions of plastic bottles of water and disposable diapers. Arts & Leisure: Taking Parking Lots Seriously, as Public Spaces 2012-01-06T14:58:15Z

As a result, Seattle will be pulling away more than $3 billion annually. The “fight is not over and we will not surrender”: Despite court losses Native Tribes continue to halt pipeline construction 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

The denouement, presumably tens of billions of years away, remains comparatively mysterious. This Is How It All Ends 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

And in the 1980s, he said the Roman Catholic church in the United States was losing billions of dollars in contributions because it alienated its members. Best-selling author, outspoken Rev. Greeley dies 2013-05-30T14:39:12Z

The group Americans for the Arts says public and private support for the arts declined by about $1 billion last year because of the recession. 'Housewives' star calls on Congress for arts funds 2010-04-13T18:41:00Z

Paulson, who made $15 billion for himself and his investors betting against U.S. mortgages during the financial crisis, helped start the wave of transplants last year, when he considered moving to the island. Puerto Rico: Tropical Tax Haven for America's Super-Rich 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

This means that front doors are cathedral sized, millions are now billions and shopping is, as one character puts it, "Fifth Avenue on steroids." Summer reads – best beach book: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 2013-07-15T19:20:08Z

Iran exports 10 billion cubic meters of gas each year to Turkey, making it Ankara's second-biggest supplier after Russia. Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work 2012-02-04T13:45:12Z

This particular performance, 17 years in the making, was presented by a cast of billions, clicking abdominal plates and their wings in a courtship song. A Summer of Buzzing Bugs, Tunes or Mets’ Losses 2013-08-29T21:54:01Z

The term "compassion fatigue" only appears in seven cases out of the billions decided by American courts in the last thirty years. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

Basically, the American taxpayer would be underwriting the billions of dollars in spoils for these huge private corporations. "I know where Saddam Hussein is hiding": What I saw in Iraq right after the 2003 U.S. invasion 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z

The Burbank company's parks and resorts segment generated $4 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter that ended June 28, an 8% increase from a year earlier. Disney to prominently feature 'Star Wars' at its resorts, theme parks 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

What 10 billion actually represents is a slowdown in population growth rates to peak at that number. A global population of 10 billion is nothing to worry about 2013-06-14T08:59:17Z

Wang, a real estate tycoon who is one of China's wealthiest men, made a splash two years ago when his company acquired AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, creating the world's largest theater chain. Chinese cinema owner seeks to buy stake in Lionsgate studio 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

The deal consists of about $2.6 billion in cash and $400 million in stock and is expected to close later this year. Apple confirms it will buy Beats for $3 billion 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

The disc is intended for aliens who may discover it billions of years into the future, long after the extinction of our species. Books for Art Lovers 2012-11-22T20:15:43Z

As a banker in the aughts, his advice cost shareholders billions. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z

In the UK alone we consumed around one billion chickens in 2012. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z

Russia also declared its strong interest in the Arctic, which, one display informed visitors, occupies 27 million square kilometers and, perhaps more to the point, contains 130 billion tons of oil and natural gas. In Kazakhstan, a World Expo Is All About Energy (and Dancing) 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

When we first started, there weren't many reality shows, now there are a billion of them. Stallone, Condoleezza Rice refuse "Dancing" slots 2010-09-01T11:45:00Z

Of course you guys loved it; a bunch of amoral capitalists in Bush's home state bilk shareholders of billions. Why doesn't Broadway love Enron? 2010-04-29T11:33:00Z

The Harry Potter economy is filled with jaw-dropping numbers, including 500 million books sold and $7.7 billion in worldwide film grosses. Another Harry Potter Landmark: At $68 Million, the Most Expensive Broadway Nonmusical Play Ever 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z

Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, is investing billions of dollars in tourism, infrastructure and industry to diversify its economy away from oil. Abu Dhabi resumes Louvre, Guggenheim projects 2012-01-24T16:00:21Z

The study finally established that French fashion brands and foreign brands with French controlling shareholders generated together 70 billion euros in annual sales which included revenues from overseas. French fashion flags its economic importance 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Deploy billions of CICADAs in geosynchronous orbit over the hole in the ozone layer. Style Invitational Week 1132: You and what army? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

The government is demanding that the companies repay $1.35 billion, plus accumulated interest, because they did not meet the terms of the contract. High court will reconsider Anna Nicole Smith case 2010-09-28T17:21:00Z

But taxpayers still own 500 million shares of GM stock, which at today’s price, are worth $10 billion. Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Still Footing The Bill To Fix A German Automaker? 2012-08-03T19:05:48Z

But, she added, leather brought in $1.1 billion for Brazilian slaughterhouses last year. Did Your Handbag Help Destroy the Rainforest? 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z

In the mid-1970s, he says, around 35 billion matchbooks were manufactured each year. Who Made That?: Striking on the Modern Matchbook 2012-01-06T10:00:00Z

Trump’s crown jewel, the $1.2 billion Trump Taj Mahal, is limping but still open, although Trump no longer owns it or any other casino along the boardwalk. Inside the fabulous world of Donald Trump, where money is no problem 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

The airlines’ trade association estimated that an initial draft rule proposal issued in late 2010 would cost carriers $19.6 billion over 10 years to comply—15 times more than what the FAA projected. FAA cuts, exhausted pilots, ancient planes: Is your flight really safe? 2013-06-09T14:00:00Z

This would be enough to feed 1 billion people: every last person in the United States, Canada and South America combined. How you can help save the planet — and yourself — simply by substituting beans for beef 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

Cleanup and repair is expected to cost more than $1 billion and thousands of homes were damaged. Taylor Swift donates $500K for Nashville flood 2010-05-07T01:58:00Z

With only a few weeks left in the year for moviegoers to populate the multiplex, the wide selection of impressive films fares well for eclipsing 2012's box office record of $10.8 billion. 'Hobbit' box office elite with $73.7M 2013-12-16T02:42:08Z

Soon, more than $1.5 billion in official swag had been sold in stores. How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

The new ecosystem is expanding rapidly: it has millions of publishers; billions of active, web-savvy, highly informed readers, listeners and viewers; innumerable communication channels, and a dizzying rate of change. Everything you need to know about the internet 2010-06-19T23:14:00Z

Big tobacco firms are increasingly diversifying away from cigarettes, a market worth over $700 billion a year at retail but shrinking in many countries for health reasons. Imperial Tobacco launches caffeinated mouth strips 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

Numbers abound at the $1.4 billion facility 10 miles from the Mall — and not just in the winners’ and losers’ circles. A telling set of numbers for a $1.4 billion casino facility 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

The oldest stratum, at around two billion years old, is the Vishnu schist, a primordial black bedrock rubbed smooth, like Darth Vader’s helmet. The Grand Canyon Needs to Be Saved By Every Generation 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

His version reached No. 4 on the charts and now has more than one billion views on YouTube. Teddy Geiger Tried Teen Pop Fame. Now She’s Back on Her Own Terms. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

“Black Panther,” which combined, for the first time, an African-American cast with the enormous scale of modern franchise filmmaking, was the runaway leader, collecting $700 million in North America and $1.35 billion worldwide. ‘Aquaman’ Is the Big Finale in a Strong Year for the Box Office 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

The economy ministry estimates tax evasion costs the country around 91 billion euros a year. Italy revives using art, archaeological goods to pay tax 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Everyone eats — intentionally or unintentionally — millions to billions of live microbes every day. What is listeria? A microbiologist explains 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

“They should spend all those billions it’s going to take to get these things into supermarkets on a massive advertising campaign telling people ‘just eat broccoli.’ Fake burgers will save us all! 2013-12-08T22:00:00Z

The two were worth billions before either hit the age of 30. Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its Future 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Murdoch relentlessly pursued the company, wearing down the previous owners with a price that reached $5.6 billion. Time Warner looks at ways to counter 21st Century Fox's buyout bid 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

Since deep draft navigation opened on the St. Lawrence in 1959, more than two and a half billion tons of cargo, worth around $375 billion, have traversed the seaway. From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

“I thought I might have to wait for billions of years in the future to be cured.” ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

Based on reports, Apple Plus TV is spending $1 billion for its first year of programming, with Disney Plus at slightly under that and HBO Max budgeted for about $2 billion. Apple TV Plus joins streaming wars with Oprah but no library 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

According to a study by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, the 360 theme parks in the United States lost $18 billion last year, with revenue down 40 percent from 2019. Theme parks aim to keep visitors safe — and screaming 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

While there are no hard figures on the costs of travel expense fraud to American companies and organizations, estimates range as high as billions of dollars a year. Itineraries: A Little Extra on the Road 2010-11-18T07:30:00Z

For the similar reasons, Amazon is belching up somewhere in the realm of $1 billion to bring us its “Lord of the Rings” series. “The Witcher” is baffling to the uninitiated, but diehards swear by its throwback fantasy charms 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

Its album is an honest product of life online — the romance and hostility we hold toward this window to the world, the hope and horror in billions of voices shouting at once. This chaotic duo sounds like nothing and everything you’ve ever heard 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

It was a shame because Butler Lazaro is the best rapper in Seattle by roughly one billion miles, and one where details matter, where slight nuances in pronunciation reveal new rhythms and meanings. Capitol Hill Block Party day one notables: Macklemore, Shabazz Palaces, Champagne Champagne 2010-07-24T20:25:00Z

It wasn’t a total loss for the social-media giant with a monthly active user base of approximately 1.28 billion monthly active viewers. Court rules Facebook must delete “hate postings”, which at least sounds nice 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

The nuts and bolts of the deal mean that the EU and International Monetary Fund will hand over 130 billion euro in loans so Greece can meet debt repayments due in March. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z

Broadway — central to, and symbolic of, New York — is not only the pinnacle of the American theater world, but is also big business: Last season the industry grossed $1.8 billion and drew 14.8 million patrons. Broadway, Symbol of New York Resilience, Shuts Down Amid Virus Threat 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

The Data and Marketing Association says American businesses sent 149 billion pieces of direct mail and nearly 10 billion catalogues in 2016. How to stop junk mail and save trees — and your sanity 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

Hong Kong remained by far the biggest importer by value, at 3.6 billion Swiss francs, up 29 percent. Special Report: Watches: Lots of Novelties Heading to Geneva Show 2012-01-16T13:09:03Z

The popular search site Kayak.com handles more than one billion travel booking searches annually, primarily for airfare and hotels. How to Find the Best Deals on Flights 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Investors threw a fit in September when Hyundai Motor Co and two affiliates paid $10 billion for a plot of land - more than three times its appraised value. Special no more? Holding Korean chaebol to higher account 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

The number of people in the U.S. paying for music subscriptions jumped 79 percent to 6.1 million and streaming revenue grew 39 percent to $1.4 billion. Global music revenue dips 3.9 pct on Japan decline 2014-03-19T02:21:14Z

With his company now valued at more than a billion dollars, he intends to start spending millions of dollars a year researching the race to commercialize clean meat. Eat it without the guilt? The story of the world’s first 'clean' foie gras 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

The House and Senate judiciary committees will grill executives about AT&T's $48.5 billion deal to acquire the satellite broadcaster. Sequel battle! Loesch to exit Hub. Univision owners look for exit. 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

He has also relied on the support of Anthony Melchiorre, who controls the $4 billion hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, which holds an 80 percent stake in the Enquirer’s parent company. National Enquirer expected to be sold imminently as parent company faces pressure 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Paul Singer, who oversees the behemoth Elliott Management fund, is reportedly tapping investors for billions as a war chest for a possible market implosion. Why Don’t Rich People Just Stop Working? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

The reunion between uncle and child is only a few billion clock cycles away. Review | In Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall,’ there is life after death 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

It collected $1 billion worldwide faster than any film in history, Universal reported Monday.  'Ted 2,' 'Inside Out,' 'Jurassic World' to fight for No. 1 at the box office 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Black women spend close to $23 billion a year on clothes, according to TargetMarkets.com. On the Runway Blog: An Uptick, but Enough? 2011-09-23T22:03:56Z

The film, starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins, marks the first Fox Searchlight title to be distributed by Disney since the studio purchased Fox’s film assets for $71.3 billion. Box Office: 'Avengers: Endgame' stays no. 1, 'Detective Pikachu'... 2019-05-12T04:00:00Z

When films, Internet downloads, sex toys and admission to dance clubs are counted, Kernes said, it's an industry that produces about $8 billion a year in revenue. Porn industry mulls leaving LA if condoms required 2012-01-18T12:36:12Z

As I noted above, the law cut Medicare spending by $716 billion in order to expand other government health spending by $1.9 trillion. How Romney Can Reduce Spending While Repealing Obama's Cuts to Medicare 2012-08-15T06:07:56Z

“I left and all I could think was, ‘What do they know, they spent $4 billion, they have to love it,’” Abrams added. J.J. Abrams on Screening Force Awakens for Disney Bosses 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Shut out of global credit markets since its record 2002 bond default of $100 billion, Argentina restricted imports three years ago to protect its shrinking dollar horde. Argentina: What the tampon rumpus says about the troubled country 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Here is what I found: “The world population clock is 7.98 billion humans as of this morning,” he tweeted a few days ago. Perspective | Elon Musk’s Twitter is a safe space for bros who think they’re funny 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

The Met was not significantly involved in the $1.2 billion Lincoln Center renovation of the last six years. Metropolitan Opera Embarks on $60 Million Renovation 2012-12-05T23:10:28Z

After Israel, Egypt is the number two recipient of direct U.S. military aid, to the tune of $1.3 billion annually.  Worth dying for? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

The total paid would be four or five billion dollars a year, which is about how much the courts award in mal­practice suits. The case for Medicare for all — plus 7 smaller steps to fix U.S. health care 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

Though one billion people watched their rescue, Riggen reveals what happened while they were stuck—both the brave and the ugly moments. 'The 33' Director: Every Line Is a 'Fight' for Women in Hollywood 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Last month regulators fined six major banks a total of $4.3 billion for failing to stop traders from trying to manipulate the foreign exchange market. Only 13 percent of financial firms' top executives are women: study 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

This is the second film to achieve $1 billion this year following the April release of "Furious 7," another popular Universal franchise. 'Jurassic World' to cross $1 billion worldwide after 13 days 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

One Saturday night episode centred on the idea of spending £2 billion to create a bank. Political drama 2012: Fact v fiction 2012-12-31T07:11:28Z

Wanda is looking to bid $1 billion for the TV production company, according to a source familiar with the deal, who did not want to be named because the deal value is not public. China's Wanda Group in talks with Dick Clark Productions 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Since “SOS” came out nine weeks ago, it has been streamed 1.7 billion times in the United States alone. SZA’s ‘SOS’ Is the No. 1 Album for an Eighth Time 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z

Treating heart failure costs Medicare $30 billion a year, making it one of the most expensive diseases for the government. The Most Promising New Heart Devices 2010-03-24T21:20:00Z

Through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the federal government currently sends US$16 billion a year to public schools to provide extra resources for low-income students. Trump budget would abandon public education for private choice 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z

President Trump: “I am updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!” Bezos Reaches for a Star 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

In a detailed financial model of the film, they estimated that Fox and its partners would see slightly more than $1 billion in pretax profit from their investment in “Avatar.” 2010-01-12T23:51:00Z

But this time, he and his friends talk about their frustrations with an emergency S.B.A. program that ran through its entire $350 billion fund before any of them got a piece of it. Help Is On the Way, Restaurants Are Told. But Will It Work? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

The arts center will be located on Saadiyat Island, a $27 billion planned cultural hub that is to eventually include branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums. A Globalizer for N.Y.U. in Abu Dhabi 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

While everyone has been distracted by the Argo-Lincoln wrestling match, Life of Pi has been quietly amassing close on half a billion – superhero numbers. Ang Lee's Life of Pi for top gongs? 2013-01-22T15:20:00Z

At issue was whether the towers' destruction counted as two different events, requiring two separate $3.5 billion insurance payouts, or just one. What Took So Long? Why the World Trade Center Still Isn't Finished 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z

The domestic airlines are on track to break last year’s record of $3.5 billion in luggage fees. Airlines are resorting to increasingly devious ways to charge you for luggage 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

The central bank in June announced its intention to remove 14.5 billion British pounds’ worth of paper notes from circulation as it transitions to polymer bills. King Charles III becomes second monarch to appear on English money 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

His movies have generated more than a billion dollars in revenue. ‘Life is messy’: Judd Apatow on Freaks and Geeks, Lena Dunham and his return to standup 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

However, politicians and military rulers squandered billions of dollars through the corruption choking the nation's potential. Luxury brands target Nigeria's wealthy elite 2012-03-22T10:37:32Z

This alone would save taxpayers $200 billion over 20 years, freeing up new opportunities for resources and outcomes. Three New Books Discuss How to Confront and Reform Racist Policing 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

The goal of the legislation is to reduce the 40 billion plastic utensils sent to the landfill every year. “Skip the Stuff” Laws Aim to Get Rid of Takeout Trash 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

When Tyler sang Sublime’s “Santeria,” he made a change to the line “Well, I had a million dollars” by replacing the word “million” with “billion.” ‘Ready to Rock, You Guys?’ The Winklevoss Twins Play Amagansett. 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

He pointed to other animal deaths in the state’s $1.3 billion exotic species business. Texas Farmers Tally Up the Damage From a Winter Storm ‘Massacre’ 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

The Justice Department on Tuesday accused giant insurer UnitedHealth Group of overcharging the federal government by more than $1 billion through its Medicare Advantage plans. UnitedHealth doctored medicare records, overbilled U.S. by $1 billion, feds claim 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Food waste is forecast to rise by almost a third to more than 2 billion tonnes by 2030, the Boston Consulting Group forecast in 2018. Best foot forward: Indonesian makes shoes from chicken feet 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

Ten years ago, on February 21, Napster offered $1 billion to try to make peace with labels like Sony, Warner and Universal, in an attempt to get the industry from suing Shawn for copyright infringement. 10 Year Time Capsule: When Napster changed the music industry 2011-02-23T13:23:00Z

Now in its 23rd week out, “Un Verano” still has never dipped lower than second place, and it has racked up about 3.7 billion U.S. streams alone. K-Pop’s Stray Kids Land Second No. 1 Album This Year 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

In April, the U.S. started imposing $34 billion worth in tariffs on Chinese goods. While small dairy farms shut down, this mega-dairy is shipping milk to China 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

Up for grabs are potentially billions of dollars in revenue that fans pay for music streaming every year. Top musicians team with Jay Z on Tidal music streaming service 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

The Fox network became part of a smaller and leaner company after Disney gobbled up much of 21st Century Fox in a $71.3 billion deal meant partly to help it compete in the streaming industry. Hollywood Is Fighting, but the Emmys Show Will Go On 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Every year, Americans spend something like $35 billion on vitamins, minerals, botanicals and various other substances that are touted as health-giving but mostly do nothing at all. Perspective | Most dietary supplements don’t do anything. Why do we spend $35 billion a year on them? 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

The building will house a luxury hotel, apartments, condos, office space and the world's highest observatory and is expected to cost $1.2 billion to construct. Chicago firm to design world's tallest tower 2011-08-02T14:58:00Z

“There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. There is no one person or even a few people who can represent an entire community. They only represent their own experiences,” she said. Comedian Ramy Youssef is still figuring out life as a Muslim millennial. So he made a show about it. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

Through the first half of 2011, GM reported $3.5 billion in North American profits, which would entitle workers to $3,500 in profit sharing. The Secret To Lower Labor Costs At GM 2011-09-20T21:16:18Z

Overall ticket sales dropped to an estimated $3.8 billion this year, a dip of more than 14 percent off last summer and the lowest revenue total, unadjusted for inflation, since 2006. Hollywood Box Office Had the Worst Summer in 11 Years 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

The $1.5 billion complex will include affordable housing units, a public marketplace, restaurants, a movie theater and more. International Center of Photography to Move Again 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

The World Bank estimates it costs more than US$15 billion annually to treat these illnesses in these countries. How does food get contaminated? The unsafe habits that kill more than 400,000 people a year 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

Playboy 2-in-1 shampoo and Playboy cologne, watches, hats and backpacks are sold around the world, purchased primarily by women, according to the company, and bring in over $1 billion each year. Holy Cottontail! The Playboy Club Is Back Again 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

The beauty contest was broadcast live to more than 150 countries and was watched by a billion viewers, organisers said. Miss Venezuela crowned Miss World in London 2011-11-06T21:14:14Z

She was the sole Democrat to oppose the $484 billion coronavirus relief package last year, saying she found it too generous to corporations without providing enough assistance to working-class people. A.O.C.’s Met Gala Dress Triggered Strong Reactions 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

The universe brims with galaxies, a couple hundred billion at least, and each of those galaxies brims with billions of stars. These Books Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

That’s why they also want to restore every dollar of the $500 billion in defense cuts scheduled to start in January. Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

Humans now send six billion text messages a day, most of which, data scientists say, are read. Review: In ‘Textplay,’ Stoppard and Beckett Get Snarky, FWIW 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

People took to the streets in a fury that lasted six days, leaving more than 54 dead, more than 2,300 injured and causing nearly $1 billion in damage. Festival of Books: Ryan Gattis reconstructs the 1992 L.A. Riots in 'All Involved' 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

“I invited the whole Internet. So if a percentage of the billion or so show up, we should get a few million, which might be a problem because we only have one bar,” Brown said. For Ohio's 'PotatoStock,' all you need is love, and mayonnaise 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Revenue nearly doubled every year, profit margins were among the highest in the industry, and Pandora’s initial public offering on the Copenhagen exchange in October 2010 raised $2.1 billion. Special Report: : A Danish Fairy Tale Gone Awry 2011-12-06T14:37:03Z

Oppressed by the Oppressed Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation and its wholly owned business arm earned over a billion dollars last year through a myriad of businesses such as gaming, U.S. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

But some retailers, who also adore Mr. Simons, wondered if it wasn’t too bold for a label with more than $1 billion in sales of clothes, bags, shoes, makeup and other products. Front Row: Fashion Insiders Wonder Whether Simons Can Adapt at Dior 2012-04-11T17:12:59Z

You might think of the recent $4 billion sale of Ultimate Fighting Championship to WME-IMG and wonder if the bull riding league is being groomed for a similar deal. Review: Netflix’s ‘Fearless’ Explores the World’s ‘Most Dangerous Sport’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

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Disney posted a net income of $1.5 billion for the quarter that ended Sept. 27, up from $1.39 billion a year earlier. Film studio boosts earnings at Disney 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

Bezos is pledging a billion dollars a year of his personal fortune to fund his latest vision for the future, where he sees people living in space stations. "Amazon Empire" is PBS' frightening look at Jeff Bezos' relentless capitalist success story 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

There are more than 7 billion people on the planet and about 320 million of them live in the United States. After a month of violence, a recommitment to principles 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

So when we see 300 people killed, it's very hard, emotionally, I would say impossible, to see what percentage that is of seven billion. Penn Jillette does the math: America's next big magic star will be a woman 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

As Landesman puts it, the NFL reacted “pretty much the way any large corporate entity would when an industry worth millions or billions is at stake.” The NFL doomed itself: “Concussion” filmmaker Peter Landesman on brain injuries, football and the “ethically challenged” New York Times 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

The global art market totaled $65.9 billion last year, an increase of 8 percent and the highest level since 2007, according to a report by the European Fine Art Foundation. New York Asian art auctions bring buyers from around the world 2014-03-14T20:25:26Z

On a nationwide basis, the report shows $14.6 billion of direct spending by more than 273 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. $530 million spent at Tenn. national parks in 2013 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

There’s a new buzz in Brussels about pumping hundreds of billions into a Marshall Plan-inspired fund to get Europeans back to work, devaluing the euro to boost exports or sharing out the euro-zone debt burden. “The Intouchables”: Racial comedy, French style 2012-05-22T20:45:00Z

Last year, physical media fell to $6.5 billion, or about half what it was in 2018 and a fraction of their record highs. Digital entertainment ballooned in 2021: MPA report 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

According to data from Nielsen, it was the eighth most popular original streaming series in 2022 with 13.1 billion minutes streamed that year. "Love Is Blind" promised a live reunion, only to stand us up. So, what did we learn? 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

In the meantime we see increased pressure on operations, with falling sales, spiking costs and spending, and severely negative cash flow of more than $1 billion in 2012 alone. Troubled Navistar Props Up Its Finances But Now Faces SEC Probe 2012-08-02T19:10:46Z

This special delves into the prevalence of Adderall and other cognitive-enhancement drugs and their effects on college campuses and American culture, as they earn billions of dollars for the pharmaceutical industry. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Benji’ and ‘Jane the Virgin’ 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

It’s important, when you’re on the cusp of parenthood, to know that billions of people have experienced all your exact anxieties before. Bundles of joy: which baby movie is for you? 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

At the market’s height there was a $40 billion industry around digital collectibles, but fortunes eroded last year as the volume of NFT sales fell by 97 percent. Hermès Wins MetaBirkins Lawsuit, With Jurors Deciding NFTs Aren’t Art 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

The project will cost upward of $1 billion — and not increase rail capacity by a single track. Commuting to Disneyland 2012-07-14T16:00:00Z

It is also a more sweeping look at the results of cuts to mental health budgets, which are down $1.8 billion across the country over the past two years. Motherlode: Help for a Disturbed Child 2011-03-11T21:19:45Z

Last year, worldwide auctions of Old Master paintings raised 1 billion euros, or about $1.4 billion — less than a single week of New York contemporary sales — according to the Netherlands-based European Fine Art Foundation. Where’s the Appetite for Old Masters? 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

“Punk: Chaos to Couture” Agatha Christie, whose books have sold two billion copies and have been translated into 45 languages. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z

The billions promised to Haiti also included significant amounts in debt relief. 'Big Truck' details disastrous Haiti aid effort 2013-01-21T17:25:18Z

The museum is about to begin an ambitious seven-year, almost $1 billion renovation at a time when space exploration is receiving renewed interest. Night at the Space Museum: 10 Open Bars and Tons of Kubrick References 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

Indeed, when measured against the impossible goal of one billion Americans, even climate change seems like a relatively tractable problem. Matthew Yglesias Thinks There Should Be ‘One Billion Americans’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Ross Lockhart, who made his billions assessing the financial risk of natural disasters, is a true believer in the promise of the Convergence. Joshua Ferris Reviews Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K’ 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

Add one more accomplishment to Jurassic World’s long list of broken box office records: It just crossed $1 billion at the international box office. 'Jurassic World 'Passes $1 Billion Internationally 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

The Human Genome Project required eight years, more than $2.7 billion and international cooperation. Exhibition Review: ‘Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code,’ at the Smithsonian 2013-08-29T21:30:18Z

The movie grossed more than $2.7 billion worldwide, making it the most financially successful film of all time. 'Avatar' and its four planned sequels spawn book series 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

While talking about controlling the rapid growth in population with the head of the World Health Organization, Zobrist is told, “We’re at seven billion now, so it’s a little late for that.” Books of The Times: ‘Inferno,’ by Dan Brown 2013-05-12T21:14:59Z

Watson's U.N. speech marked the launch of the "HeForShe" campaign, which aims at mobilizing 1 billion men and boys over the course of 12 months to support gender equality. Hackers threaten to leak nude photos of actress Emma Watson 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Under Lasseter, the previously flagging animation studio was reborn through both Pixar and Disney releases that have amassed billions in box office and a string of Oscars. Pixar's John Lasseter steps down from Disney in wake of #metoo 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

On Friday, the studio celebrated crossing $1 billion in 2015 domestic box office revenue, becoming the only major Hollywood studio to attain the milestone 15 years in a row. 'Ted 2' Disappoints at Box Office 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

Kidz Bop is now the No. 1 music brand for kids, selling more than 20 million albums and generating 3 billion streams, according to its parent company, Concord. Kidz Bop is the go-to of tot music. But do we really need to replace ‘tattoo’ with ‘hairdo’? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

As of 2018, the industry was creating 7.9 billion rigid plastic packaging units per year in the U.S. alone, according to a recent study. The Beauty Brands Cutting Down on Packaging 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

All of the offers were expected to fall short of $2 billion. MGM studio says has received several rescue offers 2010-03-23T01:56:00Z

The hall’s renovation was supposed to be part of Lincoln Center’s $1.2 billion redevelopment, but Philharmonic officials were not prepared to move forward. Geffen Hall Redesign Team Is Chosen 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Indeed, authorities here appear determined to avoid many of the excesses of the April 29 British royal wedding, which with an estimated 2 billion viewers may have been the most-watched event in history. Monaco's bride seeking to make her own mark 2011-06-26T11:31:09Z

In the same time frame, the organic tea market is projected to reach $334.6 million while trendy beverages like hard seltzer are projected to reach $4.4 billion. US consumers would rather give up alcohol than food delivery: survey 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

It’s a tough, thorough look at the behemoth company that now has nearly 3 billion users and, as of last month, is worth a trillion dollars. Perspective | I can’t quit you, Facebook, but I should. We all should. 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

Today, nearly 5,100 American beer producers sell about $111.1 billion in beer annually, much of it marketed as a means to celebrate with friends and quench our thirst. The search for a non-alcoholic beer that’s actually worth drinking 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

The first three films, the first two directed by Mr. Spielberg and the third led by Joe Johnston, an experienced studio filmmaker, took in $3 billion globally, after adjusting for inflation. In the Shadows of a Giant and Dinosaurs 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

The search field is incomprehensibly large: Astronomers estimate that there are more than 100 billion planets in the Milky Way alone — plus exponentially more in the rest of the universe. When the Aliens Arrive, What Will They Look Like? A Zoologist Has Answers 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

The accompanying flooding, which lasted through Sept. 3, caused an estimated $1.5 billion worth of damage to the city and forced thousands to be evacuated from their homes. A Year After Hurricane Harvey, Houston’s Tourism Industry Is Shaken but Recovering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

And One United Bank—the largest black-owned bank in the country with offices in Los Angeles, Boston and Miami—has financed more than $1 billion in loans, most in low-income neighborhoods. Rise of the New Economy Movement 2012-05-22T12:56:00Z

Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year throughout the food lifecycle — from the farm to food manufacturers and households. New study shows we can create value from food waste by turning it into a highly desirable material 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z

The first “Minions,” starring those pill-shaped yellow humanoids in blue overalls and goggles that kids seem to find irresistible, went on to earn more than $1 billion worldwide. The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

Thirty-seven years after Lagerfeld took over, Chanel brings in, according to its latest annual report, more than ten billion dollars annually. Karl Lagerfeld, the Designer Who Dressed to Survive 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

Japan is also leveraging $3 billion in international aid to enhance peace and security and ending sexual violence abroad. These 8 World Leaders Are Taking Major Steps Towards Gender Equality 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The domestic box office so far this year has earned $7.9 billion. Box Office: 'Mother!' Crumbles With $7.5 Million, 'It' Repeats No. 1 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

The unusual method of delivery — Apple telling half a billion people in nearly two-thirds of the world’s countries “we assume you’ll want this” — may overshadow the more delicate questions about the record’s strengths and weaknesses. Popcast: U2’s ‘Songs of Innocence’: Gift or Spam? 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

The latest James Bond film, Skyfall, might have taken in over a billion dollars at the global box office, but that doesn’t make it bullet-proof in the eyes of the Chinese censors. Licence to Cut: Skyfall Censored in China 2013-01-23T03:00:26Z

The company said total cash payments to 21st Century Fox would be 4.9 billion pounds and that BSkyB would also transfer its 21 percent stake in the National Geographic Channel. BSkyB to take over Italian, German pay TV networks 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Those fees account for billions of dollars in revenue a year. Pay-TV's bundling gets reprieve in high court's Aereo ruling 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

The petition specifically asks for the government to direct $150 billion toward education, healthcare, housing, employment and nutrition in “poor communities” over the next decade, as well as an “overhaul” of the criminal justice system. Watch Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and Other Celebrities Describe 23 Ways You Could be Killed if You’re Black 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

The Champagne region produces about 300 million bottles a year and has more than 1 billion in stock. Down but not out: champagne production set to weather the storm 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z