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So far the spending spree appears to be paying off.
Here's what to watch for, as the spending spree begins.
It's clear both parties would keep the spending spree going.
The infrastructure spending spree may run up against deficit-averse Republicans.
Over a quarter of this spending spree went to the beltway.
The tax law could help it pay for a spending spree.
So I'm not advocating they go on some wild spending spree.
The Trump spending spree has set off alarms among Democratic strategists.
That spending spree and higher commodity prices have benefited long-ailing manufacturers.
They reenacted the spending spree, the will erasure, the parent-murdering screenplay.
When it was all over, did you go on a spending spree?
Ken Griffin has been on a real-estate spending spree this year.
To make matters worse, Rousseff had gone on a government spending spree.
The money funded an enormous spending spree, according to U.S. federal prosecutors.
Not long after the murders, the brothers went on a spending spree.
Mr. Mishra did not have an issue with the government's spending spree.
Image: GettyJeff Bezos and friends are on a bit of a spending spree.
But Russia's long military spending spree seems to be drawing to a close.
Speaking of shopping, Khloé goes on a Saint Pablo Tour merchandise spending spree.
And finally, a $5.3 million spending spree at a Beverly Hills jewellery store.
The $300 billion spending spree by Congress is a negative for the economy.
Resist the urge to quit your job or go on a spending spree.
"We went crazy," Ms. Sutton said of her and her friends' spending spree.
To finance this spending spree, councils are not only dipping into their capital budgets.
Any spending spree or slowdown in economic reforms is closely monitored by Greece's lenders.
Jefri's exploits during this fantastic spending spree have since become the stuff of legend.
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin has been on a real-estate spending spree.
He continued his spending spree using $20 bills — the denomination of the Brink's cash.
Google bought Boston Dynamics during a spending spree in robotics about three years ago.
For now, warehouses are the best way to profit from shoppers' online spending spree.
But HNA's spending spree left it $90 billion in debt at a difficult time.
The spending spree includes thousands of new workers to review content posted by users.
I normally wouldn't buy something like this but… I'm on a spending spree ($31).
Bloomberg's campaign has gone on a spending spree not typically seen in political campaigns.
It has been on a spending spree, pouring billions into acquiring big-name talent.
Pinduoduo's spending spree recalls the path of another up-and-coming Chinese tech startup, Qutoutiao .
That spending spree is driving up the cost of producing quality television for everyone else.
Is Mr Bloomberg's spending spree the start of a run for the presidency in 2020?
To ease the flow of visitors, the city has been on an infrastructure spending spree.
The spending spree on coffee and other sectors could weigh on the group's balance-sheet.
But Republicans quickly abandoned any measure of fiscal responsibility and began a catastrophic spending spree.
The spending spree comes as Amazon has been serving up big profits despite slowing revenue growth.
Not long ago, iQiyi announced raising $27.4 million in convertible notes to fuel its spending spree.
Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, has been on a $700 million real estate spending spree.
When it was all said and done, we're told the rapper's spending spree totaled around $80,000.
That year, the NRA's blitz included a $750,000 spending spree between mid-October and Election Day.
Last week, Alibaba also reported slim margins due to its own spending spree in new businesses.
The price increase could help Netflix foot the bill for its staggering spending spree on content.
For decades, Puerto Rico's government has been on a spending spree that has amassed considerable debt.
Where is the outrage to counter the profligate spending spree that's being considered on Capitol Hill?
Today's pensioners are living in a golden age, but the spending spree may not last for long.
The economy was resilient in the first half partly due to a government-led infrastructure spending spree.
From musicians to athletes to movie stars, sometimes fame and wealth result in a disastrous spending spree.
THE UNSETTLING ACQUISITIVENESS OF ANBANG | Anbang's spending spree is a sign that deal-making has gone awry,
But Steyer's spending spree still could pay off later this fall ahead of a planned October debate.
The public also seems to know about the post-mortem spending spree on condos, watches and cars.
A measure of the construction industry rose as the government has gone on an infrastructure spending spree.
The streaming service has been on an unprecedented spending spree, spreading billions on acquiring big-name talent.
Jet Airways has responded to that spike by going on a spending spree to boost its fleet.
The CDB pledge indicates that a government infrastructure spending spree that started last year is likely to continue.
This spending spree explains why optimism still abounds, even as more startups jostle to carve out a niche.
The payment to Sheehan was part of the Biden campaign's $11 million spending spree in the second quarter.
After their parents were killed and before their arrests, Erik and Lyle went on a lavish spending spree.
Instead of going on a Christmas gift spending spree, he took the bag of cash to the police.
All the same, my intended $11.99 purchase turned into a spending spree with a grand total of $94.
The scramble around Mr. Trump continues with states vying to be part of the promised infrastructure spending spree.
Mergermarket said the spending spree of Chinese dealmakers was putting pressure on U.S. and European bidders in auction processes.
Small craft distillers across the country have been on a spending spree since the turn of the new year.
During Abdullah's 10-year rule, oil rocketed above $100 a barrel and the kingdom went on a spending spree.
Apple is on a bit of a spending spree this week, but there's no doubt it can afford it.
This may pale in comparison to the once-in-a-generation spending spree that Labour launched under Tony Blair.
Conservative leaders described Labour's plan as a "reckless spending spree" and said Mr. Corbyn had no plan for Brexit.
UEFA's financial control last week began investigating if Paris St Germain's spending spree had fallen foul of the rules.
I went on a huge spending spree with my boyfriend at the time and spent it all in one month.
Erik and Lyle embarked upon a lavish spending spree after the killings that involved expensive watches, cars and tennis lessons.
Raising further funds is essential if Son is to extend his spending spree on late-stage startups around the world.
Salesforce has already been on a "spending spree," buying a series of artificial intelligence companies, writes BTIG analyst Joel Fishbein.
On the other end, the Fed's spending spree could purchase the top 10 companies: everything from Apple to Wells Fargo.
This made them rich and favored their ethnic groups and villages, while angering those left out of the spending spree.
The spending spree totalled $15.5 billion, but each property has become more valuable as part of Disney's empire of monetisation.
For every company hoping to benefit from an infrastructure spending spree, there will be 10 concerned about a ballooning deficit.
It's bad timing for the Chinese company, which is trying to revive its fortunes after a debt-heavy spending spree.
Now, the government wants to rein them in, worried that the debt-fueled spending spree could curtail the country's growth.
"Many elements of Trump's nuclear spending spree are excessive and dangerous," said Tom Z. Collina, policy director at Ploughshares Fund.
Experts consider Australia's spending spree the strongest example yet of its intensified push to counter Chinese efforts in the region.
Chinese conglomerates such as Anbang, HNA and Dalian Wanda had been on an overseas spending spree in 2015 and 2016.
The billionaire businessman says the strength of the economy allows for what is set to be a record spending spree.
China's Anbang Insurance Group attracted scrutiny over its ties to Beijings top leadership when it went on a spending spree.
When you move in, your best best is to refrain from going on a spending spree and focus on upgrading slowly.
The two parties formed a coalition government and, ignoring Italy's public debt of almost 22021% of GDP, promised a spending spree.
If the consumer-spending spree comes to an end too, it is hard to see where economic growth will come from.
The Menendez brothers' spending spree was one of the principal pieces of evidence the prosecution used against them in the trial.
Nothing could be more symbolic of the populist spending spree that has underpinned Correa's agenda since he became president in 2007.
A smattering of really big, mostly late-stage rounds, boosted by SoftBank's unprecedented spending spree, contributed to the higher annual totals.
Analysts believe industrial output has been supported by a government infrastructure spending spree and a further recovery in the property market.
The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and consumer sentiment around the national spending spree remains as varied as ever.
The huge spending spree looks dazzling enough on its own, but it is even more impressive measured against China's recent past.
Finally, with the private sector economy in shambles, the government embarked on a spending spree in an attempt to bolster growth.
I will say that I'm on a bit of a spending spree this week, which is definitely not normal for me!
Maybe they are just running amok, ghosting people left and right and amassing emotional debt like they're on a narcissistic spending spree.
Tempted by the sharp decline in borrowing rates that followed its euro membership, the Greek government went on a massive spending spree.
Sure, Trump has promised tax cuts, the elimination of burdensome regulations and an infrastructure spending spree that has many business leaders salivating.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson's lavish spending spree on office furnishings and other professional accoutrement also warrant a closer look.
Republicans recently cut taxes by $2 trillion, while Democrats are promising a spending spree that could top $21625 trillion over the decade.
But when you're weighed down by student loans and credit card debt, it's hard to keep the spending spree going for long.
With the spending spree, the candidates have fought over who is more loyal to the president and his tough-on-immigration priorities.
And that's why it's entirely possible that Olshey's summer spending spree was actually at least in part his version of Ujiri-ing.
These three firms have been on a massive spending spree, buying up startups to dominate China's rapid shift to smartphones and mobile devices.
Italy's populist government took office in June after promising it would go on a spending spree to lift economic growth and create jobs.
The launch of this Swiss center was part of a broader spending spree by the company in the first six months of 2019.
The feds say he went on a spending spree, hitting a handful of Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the L.A. area.
HNA group has been on a spending spree in recent months, as it looks to diversify away from its traditional logistics core business.
China's manufacturers are reporting robust earnings, fueled by a government-led infrastructure spending spree, stronger factory-gate prices and a recovery in exports.
For much of this year activity was supported by robust exports and a construction boom, thanks to a government-led infrastructure spending spree.
After the Giants bolstered their defense with a free agent spending spree, the Giants surprisingly qualified for the playoffs in McAdoo's first season.
In the last six months, even Netflix, which has been on a spending spree, has conceded that it is willing to admit defeat.
The spending spree coming out of the nation's capital has to stop, former Government Accountability Office head David Walker told CNBC on Monday.
Bloomberg's spending spree is separate from a $100 million digital ad buy where he intends to focus solely on attacking President Donald Trump.
Spending spree What should you do if you open up your bank account and see $120,000 in there that you know isn't yours?
Financial experts say constant vigilance around money can use up your willpower and, in some cases, push you to go on a spending spree.
No partying, no giant spending spree ... the 23-year-old Heisman Trophy winner says he's laser focused on training for the 2018 NFL season.
To bolster its image as a rising world power, Brazil embarked on a spending spree, which included purchases of submarines and advanced jet fighters.
Heady and Hall, both unemployed alcoholics, raised suspicion when they dropped thousands of dollars all around St. Louis in a post-abduction spending spree.
UnitedHealth has been on a spending spree of late, scooping up PatientsLikeMe, a patient social network, and Equian, a payments business, in recent months.
Imagining a Pentagon spending spree to create a sixth branch of the military, defense contractors are enthused about assisting with those details (The Hill).
Keeping Score In the first week of the N.B.A.'s annual free-agent spending spree, billions of dollars were committed to dozens of players.
China's economy grew 6.9 percent in the first half of the year, bolstered by a hot property market and a government infrastructure spending spree.
The spending spree is an unseemly but helpful reminder of the ways that companies with deep pockets can seek to influence the Trump administration.
And that could become a problem for officials struggling with debt after an epic spending spree to develop a new commercial center from scratch.
If Bloomberg performs poorly even after the largest political spending spree in political history, Democrats should unite in calling for him to get out.
If someone opened other cards in your name or is on a spending spree under your stolen identity, you look like a risky borrower.
Bloomberg's unprecedented spending spree has catapulted the mogul to fifth place in national polling less than a month after he formally entered the race.
A member of the Obiang family bought many of his assets as part of a "corruption fueled spending spree," according to the Justice Department.
"It remains to be seen how long the spending spree can continue," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at SS Economics in Los Angeles.
A government spending spree on major infrastructure projects and a continuing recovery in the housing market have boosted demand for materials from cement to steel.
Yet it is not wage growth that is fuelling the spending spree, other than in a few low- and middle-income sectors of the economy.
But in 2013 Zanu-PF, the party led by Robert Mugabe, took back sole charge and went on a spending spree using other people's money.
But with President Obama ordering a massive nuclear spending spree, we need some basis of hope to get out of this expensive and dangerous business.
This is the first time the Giants went on a spending spree after the odd year, and it's left them with a pretty swell rotation.
The euro was down 0.4 percent for the week, dogged by renewed investor concerns that Italy was heading for a costly and unsustainable spending spree.
Just 2200 hours and 11.113 minutes into the spending spree, transactions leapfrogged that of 211.11's tally of $211.11 billion, the company announced on Twitter.
His spending spree has bettered life for the working class Turks who make up Mr. Erdogan's political base, erecting hospitals, schools, roads and other infrastructure.
That report could not be immediately confirmed by The New York Times, and analysts have been left wondering about the scope of China's spending spree.
But he also contributed to boosting the public deficit as a spending spree aimed at tackling the global financial crisis extended for years to come.
Beltran and McCann were part of New York's free-agent spending spree in the 2013 offseason after 2B Robinson Cano signed with the Seattle Mariners.
When Iman Shumpert signed a four-year, $7.5 million contract with the New York Knicks in 2011, the rookie didn't go on a spending spree.
The surge has been powered by a $400 million spending spree of his own cash on ads promoting his candidacy and attacking President Donald Trump.
Congress is poised to dole out billions of dollars for a host of different priorities, and the spending spree is being embraced across party lines.
In the last few years, though, an explosion of tantalizing clinical results have reinvigorated the field and plunged investors and pharma execs into a spending spree.
As you know ... Ray J just went on a huge spending spree for his 38th birthday, and now he's got even more cash to treat himself.
By increasing your credit limit — assuming you don't go on a spending spree — you reduce what's known as your utilization ratio, which boosts your credit score.
But after last summer's spending spree, in an environment that was expected to maintain its glow beyond a year or two, that's no longer the case.
The Shop for Good Sunday initiative provides a complete list of places for a post-holiday spending spree that we can all actually feel good about.
The euro is down almost 1 percent for the week, partly because of investor concerns that Italy is heading for a costly and unsustainable spending spree.
No one wants to log into one of their online shopping accounts and discover that a thief has gained access and gone on a spending spree.
Myanmar's air force has suffered a string of fatal accidents over the past couple years, even as top brass have gone on an overseas spending spree.
HNA is on a spending spree, building up stakes in companies around the world, backed by a $60 billion line of credit from state-backed banks.
The Fed went on a spending spree, snapping up billions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities and Treasury bonds to manipulate interest rates and the economy.
The euro is down almost one percent for the week, partly because of investor concerns that Italy is heading for a costly and unsustainable spending spree.
To make matters worse, Rousseff had gone on a spending spree: The deficit increased from 2 percent of GDP in 2010 to 10 percent in 2015.
Investors are worried that a G7 nation, with a debt burden second only to Greece in the EU, is about to embark on a huge spending spree.
Manchester City's spending spree between 237 and 21 included £230m ($453m) of transfer fees, more even than Mr Abramovich splurged in his first four years at Chelsea.
It's a terrifying slowdown for a service that's based on subscriber growth, and raises new questions about how long the company can justify its content spending spree.
But Netflix is also a company that looks to raise a lot of debt to fund the aforementioned spending spree in order to pick up additional subscribers.
Besiktas, who went on a spending spree that its chairman dubbed "Sacrifice" in recent years, are 2.49 billion lira in debt and lie seventh in the table.
Amazon is in the midst of a TV and movie spending spree, an apparent attempt to beat out streaming rivals like Netflix and Hulu by outbuying them.
The spending spree follows a decade of crisis, during which rival renewable capacity pushed many of their coal- and gas-fired power plants out of the market.
Still, it's unclear how Trump will fund all of his planned programs, which beyond the military spending spree includes paying for a major U.S. domestic infrastructure program.
But in the midst of this surplus, rapper Kanye West has been snapping them up — and he's not the only celebrity on a luxury-ranch spending spree.
In 22019, Paris St. Germain embarked on a summer spending spree, including the signing of Brazilian striker Neymar for a record-breaking 21.7 million euros ($6003 million).
Background reading: • Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said that Washington must grapple with the mounting federal debt, just as lawmakers are embarking on a significant spending spree.
Poland has gone on a spending spree for American arms, signing over $11bn-worth of deals for rocket launchers, Patriot air defence systems and F-35 warplanes.
In 2013, Google executive Andy Rubin stepped down from leading the company's Android mobile software division and went on a robot spending spree with the company checkbook.
As recently as May, Moody's Investors Service, a ratings firm, lowered its credit rating on the country's debt, saying China's spending spree would hurt long-term growth.
Analysts believe industrial output has been supported by the government's infrastructure spending spree and a recovery in the property market, though growth in that sector slowed, too.
He also went on a massive defense spending spree which – in the wake of enormous tax cuts for the wealthy – led to staggering increases in federal debt.
That is what Monaco was not so long ago, of course, when its benefactor, Dmitry Rybolovlev, bankrolled a spending spree impressive even by European soccer's inflated standards.
He has started a huge, government-driven spending spree to make sure China becomes a leading player in the industries of tomorrow, from semiconductors to electric cars.
"This government needs to get the deficit under control as quickly as possible and put an end to its reckless spending spree," it said in a statement.
Recent reforms under Modi may have fueled the spending spree: Companies can fund parties anonymously through new 'electoral bonds' and they no longer face a donations cap.
While Fashion Month is far from limited to just five trends, the fall/winter 2018 selections ahead are ones we're looking out for on our next spending spree.
His spending spree blew the doors off any hope of salary restraint, forcing other U.S.F.L. teams — and the N.F.L., too — to spend millions to keep up with him.
Bets included Uber Technologies Inc and WeWork parent The We Company in a spending spree that has reshaped the venture capital industry as SoftBank outguns less-capitalised rivals.
AMC Entertainment, a large North American chain in which Dalian Wanda Group of China holds a majority stake, has been on a spending spree to acquire smaller chains.
Bets included Uber Technologies Inc and WeWork parent The We Company in a spending spree that has reshaped the venture capital industry as SoftBank outguns less-capitalized rivals.
Instead, Republican leadership forced through approval of a $1.3 trillion spending spree that sent the federal government on a path to trillion-dollar deficits as early as 2020.
To be sure, Amazon continues on an incredible spending spree in a variety of different businesses as it seeks to have the greatest possible impact in e-commerce.
For example, if Americans go on a spending spree and money starts circulating more rapidly, the stock of money should decline by a similar amount, and vice versa.
Included on the tab for the last spending spree was $2 billion in guided missiles that our Pentagon officials just could not wait another fiscal year to unwrap.
An infrastructure spending spree in China has helped spur sales and prices of building materials, reviving profits for long-ailing "smokestack" industries such as steel mills and smelters.
Clinton is a Democrat, and polling shows that voters assume that means she is poised to go on a reckless spending spree with government funds once in office.
Manager José Mourinho is in the midst of a spending spree as he aims to improve on the club's 6th place finish in the Premier League last season.
The share price crash — the stock hit a near four-year low earlier this month — may have forced Son to tap the brakes on his global spending spree.
The spending spree on security in Xinjiang has left local governments across the region with staggering bills, raising questions about how the authorities can keep the systems running.
Data collected by Advertising Analytics shows the campaign has surpassed former President Barack Obama's 2012 TV ad spending spree by investing $338 million into TV ads alone nationwide.
Some revisionist commentators also argue that Reagan's tough talk and enormously wasteful military spending spree scared the Soviets into elevating a radical reformer – Gorbachev – to lead the USSR.
President Trump promised that his tax cut would encourage companies to invest in factories, workers and wages, setting off a spending spree that would reinvigorate the American economy.
Fixed asset investment growth for Jan-Oct is expected to remain at 8.2 percent，buoyed by the government's spending spree but still around the weakest pace since December 1999.
After all, why was the self-proclaimed "King of Debt" suddenly waist-deep in cash and on a spending spree in the midst of the global real estate crash?
In recent weeks, the country's football clubs have been on their biggest ever spending spree, signing up foreign talent for sums which, by Asian standards, have been jaw-dropping.
Obama green-lighted what has morphed into a wasteful spending spree by promising to refresh the U.S. nuclear arsenal in exchange for Republican support of New START in 2010.
Danielsen's dreams reflect the wider vision of his industry, whose firms are in the midst of a spending spree during the last few years to build the biggest ships.
Arch Coal, he explains, was engaging in a "huge spending spree" under the assumption that the coal market would continue to expand and that prices would continue to rise.
Some in the central bank say the next move is up to the politicians, though Japan's dire fiscal state leaves Abe with little room for a big spending spree.
No matter who the Indonesian leader is for the next five years, he will reap the benefits of aggressive infrastructure spending spree spearheaded by the incumbent government since 2014.
"They're probably the sorts of owners who own condos along the High Line," he said, implying a spending spree by wealthy buyers who do not live in the neighborhood.
Japan's corporate giants have been splashing out cash to sponsor the games, in anticipation of that spending spree and to take advantage of the world's eyes set on Tokyo.
Read more " _____ • Ryan Bourne in Cato Institute Blog: "The devil will be in the details, but Trump is right to reject the principle of a mammoth infrastructure spending spree.
The Chinese news media had already raised questions about Anbang's spending spree, but Caixin stepped into more sensitive territory by examining the group's ownership and accounts in painstaking detail.
Oil and gas drillers are on the verge of a worldwide spending spree not seen since 22023, teeing up a potential windfall for oilfield services companies, Morgan Stanley forecasts.
He said Facebook has made clear that it doesn't want to start a spending spree for original video content, for example, as Apple and Amazon are both now doing.
Fresh from a recent $1.5 billion Vision Fund investment with the promise of $2 billion more this year, Grab — which is valued at $14 billion — is on a spending spree.
He needs to abandon the trillion-dollar nuclear spending spree and embrace instead the international movement to eliminate nuclear weapons and the existential threat to human survival that they pose.
A disproportionately large number of sales are recorded in the first minutes of the 24-hour spending spree, when transactions are recorded for items that have been put on hold.
China's economy grew 6.9 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, slightly faster than expected, supported by a government infrastructure spending spree and a red-hot housing market.
Aiming to wipe $220006 trillion of financial obligations off the balance sheets of 2202 million current and former university students, Bernie's big spending spree might not accomplish what he intends.
In several cases, individual state dynamics, candidate quality and a last-minute spending spree have had as much to do with the shifting prospects as the top of the ticket.
That enabled the Warriors to sign a superstar they wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise — and it also led to a leaguewide spending spree that is rarely remembered fondly.
Mr. Ryan called it a "wasteful spending spree" at the time, despite the fact that most analysis found that any debt added would eventually be fully offset by economic growth.
When the new president is a lifelong New Yorker promising a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, many believed New York would be first in line to benefit from the spending spree.
A disproportionately large number of sales were recorded in the first minutes of the 24-hour spending spree, when a huge line of transactions went through for pre-ordered items.
Venezuela, an oil-rich nation that went on a spending spree, is struggling to meet $10 billion in debt obligations this year, since 95 percent of export earnings depend on crude.
Shifu is a departure from Paytm's spending spree in e-commerce startups, but Vasireddy says artificial intelligence is an important focus for Paytm and other online commerce and financial technology startups.
One, a meatpacking firm called JBS, borrowed 8.1bn reais from BNDES; it went on a spending spree, buying meat producers in America, Australia and Europe, and became the world's largest meatpacker.
However, Initiative 1631 also faced unprecedented opposition: the $31 million spent by a handful of oil companies to defeat it was the biggest ballot-measure spending spree in the state's history.
Concern was also raised on whether U.S. President Donald Trump would be able to follow-through on a touted infrastructure spending spree after he failed to pass a new healthcare bill.
But China's $3 billion European soccer spending spree was cut short by a Beijing crackdown on overseas vanity deals and the group failed to raise the funds on time, delaying closure.
The sub-index for the construction sector rebounded 1 percent point to 61.4, likely due to an infrastructure spending spree that hit the highest in at least three years in February.
Despite his massive fortune, Gates previously told Ellen DeGeneres that when he became a billionaire at age 31 (history's youngest billionaire at the time), he didn't go on a spending spree.
Haas said it would keep offering Black Friday promotions even after the spending spree imported from the United States saw many consumers buy Christmas gifts at deep discounts, dragging forward sales.
Continuing its massive spending spree in Europe, the global technology and media investment conglomerate, Naspers, has invested €387 million ($20143 million) in the online food ordering and delivery business Delivery Hero.
Does Khelaifi do what he has always done and bankroll yet another market-contorting spending spree, even if it means running yet more risks with UEFA's rules on Financial Fair Play?
SHANGHAI — China has gone on a spending spree, borrowing money to build cities, create manufacturing giants and nurture financial markets — money that has helped drive the economic powerhouse in recent years.
China's soccer spending spree slowed last year, when Beijing cracked down on what it called "irrational investments" (including soccer clubs) and imposed an onerous 100-percent tax on international transfer fees.
To secure Emmy votes, networks and studios went on a lavish spending spree in recent months to market their offerings at a moment when there are more TV shows than ever.
If the Chinese incursion into Silicon Valley raises questions of intellectual property theft, protectionist regulation, and geopolitical competition, the Saudi spending spree raises questions of ethics, equality, and basic human rights.
Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer is aiming to finish off his spending spree in the 280 congressional midterm elections with a $220 million infusion across all of his political organizations, CNBC has learned.
For a party that has spent eight years railing against deficits, such an unpaid spending spree will be a hotly debated topic, as will how such a tax cut would be structured.
But two days from now, Black Friday will kick off the holiday shopping season — a nationwide, monthlong spending spree that analysts say may pull some of the companies out of hot water.
Aretha Franklin's son says the rep who controls his mother's estate is on a spending spree -- with the singer's fortune -- and he wants a judge to put a stop to it ... stat.
Helping fuel the growth of that market, Caterpillar executives and analysts say, is China's Belt and Road initiative, a huge infrastructure spending spree that builds on the old Silk Road trading routes.
In the 11 days before the shooting, Mr. Mateen and Ms. Salman went on a spending spree, according to prosecutors, charging about $25,000 on credit cards and withdrawing about $5,500 in cash.
The soccer club, bleeding money after a spending spree on star players, is seeking new investors or a refinancing of the high-interest loan that Mr. Li took to buy the club.
The former New York mayor knew he'd face fierce heat Wednesday night from rivals who resent his stunning spending spree and his failure to take part in the first four nominating contests.
Despite Trump's dire rhetoric, estimates of the total number of undocumented immigrants have been stable for years after peaking in 2007, which could make it tougher to argue for a new spending spree.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory output and retail sales grew faster than expected in August as a strong housing market and a government infrastructure spending spree underpinned growth in the world's second-largest economy.
This comes amid a spending spree by the company, which is looking to create a ton of original content in order to attract a wider audience and lock them into that Netflix ecosystem.
"We've not been on a spending spree in fact we've been on a tax cutting spree," the former chairman of the National Economic Council said, referencing President Donald Trump's signature tax-reduction bill.
LONDON (Reuters) - Retailers across Europe chased shoppers on "Black Friday" in a test of consumer demand, particularly in Britain, where the spending spree imported from the U.S. looked set to outdo last year.
Before he embarks upon any spending spree, Apple's boss should remember that only one man in history has invested billions of dollars of other people's money successfully over the long run: Warren Buffett.
Intellimali and WSU claim the student spent tens of thousands of dollars in just a few weeks and have begun examining her full transaction records to determine the extent of the spending spree.
Assuming you will just live on whatever you have or that retirement will be a permanent spending spree could lead to bad decisions when investing, like being either too risky or too conservative.
The government should seek funding for an even bigger spending spree from the essential sector, the economist continued, as its workers are saving more and spending less on non-essential goods and services.
The unrelenting attacks reflected the urgency of the moment, as Mr. Sanders gains strength and those hoping to slow his candidacy are increasingly crowded out by Mr. Bloomberg and his unprecedented spending spree.
But earlier this month, the same yield was at 3.2 percent and has tested new highs in different occasions this year as investors have feared Italy's coalition could go on a spending spree.
One of China's fastest-rising carmakers, Geely has been on a global spending spree over the past few years, even as Chinese authorities have cracked down on capital outflows and "irrational" overseas deals.
At the time, Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, alleged Ashe "sold himself and the global institution he led" by pocketing more than $1 million in bribes to finance a luxury spending spree.
What used to be a single-day indulgence in low-cost deals has become a four-day spending spree that extends over the weekend ending in Cyber Monday, which focuses specifically on online deals.
For a little perspective on Bezos' massive spending spree, consider this: the $335 million he's dropping is less than 3 percent of the $13 BILLION he made in a matter of minutes last month.
But five sources told BuzzFeed News he was forced out of Gazprom after US Senator Roger Wicker got wind of Lesin's US spending spree and wrote to the Department of Justice demanding it investigate.
China, the world's second-largest economy, grew at 6.9 percent in the first quarter, slightly faster than expectations, supported by a government infrastructure spending spree and a frenzied housing market that boosted steel prices.
Griffin's purchase was part of a more than $700 million spending spree the CEO and founder of Citadel has been on in recent years, as he's scooped up homes in Chicago, Miami and London.
Manila aims to lift growth to as much as 26.6 percent this year, from 26.8 percent in 2016, as President Rodrigo Duterte's administration prepares for a six-year, $180 billion spending spree on infrastructure.
In recent months, China's economy has shown signs of stabilizing, but growth has become more dependant on a government infrastructure spending spree and a housing boom as private investment fizzles and exports remain sluggish.
A government spending spree and housing boom helped China's economy grow 6.7 percent in the second quarter, but a sharp slump in private investment is pointing to a loss of momentum and worrying policymakers.
British retail sales jumped 3.3 percent in August compared with the same month a year earlier, better than all forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists, as shoppers maintained their strong summer spending spree.
German and Spanish workers went on strike two months ago on Black Friday, the discount spending spree that kicks off the Christmas shopping season, but Amazon said this had no impact on customer orders.
The Lucid investment is just the latest deal in the P.I.F.'s multibillion-dollar spending spree over the past two years, which highlights the evolution and growing ambitions of so-called sovereign wealth funds.
A housing boom in the second half of 2016 and a government spending spree on infrastructure have helped boost prices for commodities from cement to steel, giving the manufacturing sector a much-needed lift.
Owner of Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines, HNA Group is one of many Chinese corporates under scrutiny by regulators for its global spending spree — estimated at upwards of $50 billion since 2015, according to Dealogic.
If your company is not in a position to go on an acquisition spending spree like some have and more will, then do innovative partnerships, get creative, go to the market in different way.
A government-led infrastructure spending spree, which partly contributed to better-than-expected growth last year, may "fare below expectations" due to tighter financial scrutiny, said Zhang Yiping, an analyst with China Merchant Securities.
Bloomberg's spending spree has also inflated the cost of television ads in Texas, potentially making it even harder for other candidates to keep up, an aide for a rival campaign said on condition of anonymity.
Salvini, the interior minister, has called for fresh elections, aiming to return to power as prime minister with a mandate to launch a big spending spree next year and challenge the European Union's fiscal rules.
The subtext of many of the recent tales—from Donald Trump's massive cash-spending spree to Cohen's $32 million flip of New York real estate—is that the atypical transactions are worthy of greater scrutiny.
China's economy grew 6.9 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, slightly faster than expected, supported by a government infrastructure spending spree and a frenzied housing market that is showing signs of overheating.
A surge in power consumption supports the view that better-than-expected manufacturing and construction activities gave the economy a boost in August, as the result of a government infrastructure spending spree and housing boom.
Under the government's "Build, Build, Build" initiative, Duterte has pledged to usher in a golden age of infrastructure through a six-year, $180 billion spending spree to modernize and build airports, roads, railways and ports.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank has become the first among G000003 nations to own assets collectively worth more than the country's entire economy, following a half-decade spending spree designed to accelerate weak price growth.
More recently, in February, Mayweather went on a lavish spending spree at Gucci after several celebrities said they were boycotting the brand for selling a $900 balaclava knit top that people thought looked like blackface.
Italy's Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte labored to finalize his cabinet team on Friday as markets tumbled on fears the incoming eurosceptic government will embark on a spending spree that will undermine fragile state finances.
Other acquisitions, too, were on hold, putting pressure on a spending spree that had turned HNA into a global behemoth with $20163 billion in annual revenue and stakes in Hilton Hotels, Swissport and Ingram Micro.
SoftBank, which has a $100 billion investment fund called the Vision Fund, has been on a spending spree since last year and has invested in ride-hailing companies and other tech companies around the world.
The projected revenue from those charges — about $1.53 million a year — would help pay for the Port Authority's spending spree on improvements to the airports and other transportation infrastructure in the region, agency officials said.
Among the winners in the congressional spending spree in the so-called omnibus package: AGRICULTURE USDA and the FDA would get $22.6 billion in discretionary funding, despite the White House's calls for billions in cuts.
The donations from Parnas and Fruman were part of a spending spree on candidates from the pair, neither of whom had donated much to candidates before 2016, that investigators say was aimed at buying influence.
Steinhoff, on its own spending spree for no-frills furniture and general merchandise assets in Europe, bought Poundland for $800 million, a deal analysts said would be a prelude to an overhaul at the British retailer.
Last week, Amazon already said it expected to spend about $1.5 billion this quarter on one-day shipping for Prime customers, and it is now adding free grocery delivery within two-hours to its spending spree.
Iran, however, wants to balance new investments between the West and Asia, and during a visit to Europe last week, a spending spree by President Hassan Rouhani included huge purchases from Total, Peugeot Citroën and Airbus.
The director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the spending spree on the final day of a conference in Washington celebrating its sixty-year history, including its storied role in birthing the internet.
The greenback has chalked up all its 4.5 percent gains for the year since the election, as traders have bet that Donald Trump's administration will go on a growth-boosting tax cut and fiscal spending spree.
Much of China's growth in the past several decades has stemmed from an unprecedented debt-fueled spending spree that has left the country host to numerous "zombie" cities, built from scratch, that now stand mostly empty.
The Holman rule will allow members of the House to get at the spending spree by the federal government that lies at the heart of the nearly $20 trillion federal debt and the supersized federal government.
As far as his new contract is concerned -- the richest in the history of pro sports -- Canelo says he's not about to go on a spending spree because he's already rich and has everything he wants.
China is in the midst of a global infrastructure spending spree known as the Belt and Road Initiative, which is intended to increase Beijing's economic and diplomatic clout — but which is bringing rising criticism and scrutiny.
JAB, the acquisitive European conglomerate that has remade the coffee industry through a spending spree, picking up smaller chains including Peet's Coffee and Stumptown as well Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of single-serve coffee machines.
But Republicans may also pay a price at the hands of fiscal conservatives who believe that party leaders have fallen back into bad habits and betrayed bedrock beliefs by joining with Democrats in a spending spree.
However, that has come at a cost: the company has been on a spending spree this year, investing 269 million euros for purchases including a 50 percent stake in Germany's Lichtblick and to buy ENI Belgium.
Bloomberg has been staffing up and opening offices in Super Tuesday states, and his advertisements have been ubiquitous on television and social media amid an unprecedented spending spree that has already surpassed well over $100 million.
Driven into debt The SparkNotes version of Garrett's spending spree goes like this: After graduating from college with $9,000 in unpaid credit card balances, he turned to a large national bank for a debt consolidation loan.
Asked about a late-2016 spending spree, which local media has estimated could lead to a 1 trillion forint ($3.38 billion) monthly shortfall in December, the biggest on record, Varga said the deficit would remain under control.
Each September, with the fiscal year winding down, federal agencies go on a spending spree to blow their leftover budgets on anything from booze and lobster tails to tubas and golf carts, according to the White House.
Salvini called for elections, aiming to cash in on his surging popularity to return to power as prime minister with a mandate to launch a big spending spree next year and challenge the European Union's fiscal rules.
Firms had rushed to bid for licenses to supply the power needed to fuel growth as a commodities-fueled boom drove annual economic growth above 7 percent in 2010 and cheap credit sparked a consumer spending spree.
Workers in Germany and Spain staged strikes last month on Black Friday, the discount spending spree that kicks off the start of the crucial Christmas shopping season, but Amazon said there was no impact on customer orders.
ROME (Reuters) - The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and far-right League on Friday published their joint government program, promising a major spending spree that will likely put Italy on a collision course with the European Union.
It may look like no one can catch up to Netflix's developmental spending spree, but Amazon isn't conceding the streaming wars quite yet, as evidenced by the forthcoming titles teaming up for a creators' panel on Saturday.
Espenilla, who previously headed banking supervision in the Philippines, began his six-year term as President Rodrigo Duterte's administration prepares for a six-year, $180 billion spending spree on infrastructure, in a bid to sustain galloping growth.
In his view, Netflix's spending spree is leading the industry towards "Peak TV"—the production of far more television than people have time to watch—and an industry consolidation in which Netflix could be dictating the terms.
In this research, these voters respond to an economic message that says our elected officials must do better than a short-term spending spree that endangers retirement security for older Americans, health care for families, and education.
Reuters reported on Thursday that refiners and pipeline companies are likely to embark on a capital spending spree due to the bill, while it will hurt debt-laden companies and potentially increase banks' short-term funding costs.
The new prime minister has also committed to putting money into policing, education and regional infrastructure projects, a spending spree that opposition lawmakers describe as evidence the government is on an election footing for later this year.
Economic growth in the second quarter was faster than expected as a government spending spree and housing boom boosted industrial activity, but a slump in private investment growth points to a loss of momentum later this year.
Mr. Chen has propelled the privately held HNA onto the world stage through a dizzying array of acquisitions, a spending spree supported by Chinese state banks and hidden behind a holding company with a complex ownership structure.
The unrelenting attacks reflected the urgency of the moment: Bernie Sanders has been gaining strength, and those hoping to slow his candidacy are increasingly crowded out by Michael Bloomberg and his unprecedented $400 million campaign spending spree.
Its economy grew a better-than-expected 6.9 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, partly supported by an infrastructure spending spree which triggered concerns that it has once again resorted to old growth models.
Aryzta has revamped management after a turbulent year in which the company, among other challenges, was hit by raids on a Chicago bakery that employed undocumented workers and suffered from a failed spending spree that left it "overleveraged".
If you've been the victim of a tap-happy child who goes on a Candy Crush spending spree while you tried to just taste the sweet, sweet relief of a 10 minute nap, there's more relief in sight.
Policymakers have relied on record credit expansion and an infrastructure spending spree to stabilize growth, though concerns are growing that over reliance on debt and government spending threatens a "vicious cycle" of slower growth and delayed economic reforms.
If the 2019 budget does turn out to be a pre-election spending spree, OCBC analysts said — based on the bank's analysis of past government expenditure — there could be personal tax income rebates and cash bonuses for Singaporeans.
From Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern oil barons to newly-minted Chinese entrepreneurs, foreign buyers have driven a spending spree on London property over the past two decades, snapping up everything from opulent homes to iconic commercial property.
LONDON (Reuters) - The sharp fall in sterling since Britain voted to leave the European Union has encouraged tourists to go on a spending spree, providing a little relief for the economy as it faces an overall sharp slowdown.
Though top officials have repeatedly pledged not to resort to another massive spending spree like that during the global financial crisis, analysts say it is vital for policymakers to revive weak credit growth to avoid a sharper slowdown.
Polish parliamentary elections in November pose a risk, however, as in the run-up the government may subsidize energy prices, keeping inflation down, although a pre-vote spending spree could lead to higher government debt supply, analysts said.
Transit agencies can get a maximum of 213 percent of the project cost covered by the feds, whereas roads can get up to 80 percent (down from 90 percent during the highway spending spree of the 20th Century).
Washington (CNN)With the deadline fast approaching to qualify for the September debate stage, a handful of Democratic presidential candidates is on a spending spree to find donors and supporters who can help them meet the debate requirements.
But that would mean Islamabad wading even deeper into the so-called "Chinese debt trap" — a frequent criticism of Beijing's infrastructure spending spree that's known as the Belt and Road Initiative, of which the CPEC is a part.
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress on Tuesday to raise the federal government's statutory borrowing limit and said Washington must soon grapple with the mounting federal debt, just as lawmakers are embarking on a significant spending spree.
BERLIN/MADRID (Reuters) - Workers at Amazon logistic centers in Germany and Spain staged strikes on Friday, walking off the job on Black Friday, the discount spending spree that kicks-off the start of the crucial Christmas shopping season.
After finding some success at the Golden Globes, but striking out at the Oscars, the two nontraditional film distributors/streaming services/tech companies/waves of the future are on something of a spending spree at the eleven-day festival.
While Salesforce is still generating organic growth as more large businesses move their applications to the cloud, the company has also been on a spending spree to move into new areas and open the door to new expansion opportunities.
We also had the deep conversation with Olivia wondering if this money felt dirty to her – launching her into a spending spree to rid herself of her painful memories about her traumatic sexual harassment experiences at her former job.
A spending spree on mostly U.S.-made equipment means Japan's defense planners are being forced to curtail domestic programs that would help local defense contractors such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries maintain their military industrial base.
While elected officials may lean on the strong economy as an excuse for why their spending habits are not so bad, the fact that they are allowing this spending spree under good economic conditions is all the more reckless.
Bloys hasn't waved the white flag -- HBO recently made a major investment into Jon Stewart -- but he seems content to let Netflix continue its spending spree as HBO sits on the sidelines waiting for the market to reset itself.
And for Barclays economists, the retail sales report may settle the score on whether a drop off in spending in August and September was the result of consumers recovering from a spending spree around Amazon's Prime Day in July.
But by ushering in a spending spree on health, education and policing after years of economic austerity, Johnson has fueled expectations of an early election — something his team says will not happen before Britain leaves the EU on Oct.
All of the items, and many more, had been bought by a flamboyant Malaysian financier named Jho Low, who prosecutors say helped siphon billions of dollars from a Malaysian government investment fund, then went on a colossal spending spree.
Trump downplayed the political impact of the spending spree in an interview with Fox Business Network, though he has swiped at Bloomberg repeatedly in recent weeks in an indication the former New York City mayor has held his attention.
A spending spree on mostly U.S.-made equipment means Japan's defence planners are being forced to curtail domestic programmes that would help local defence contractors such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries maintain their military industrial base.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Morgan Stanley wealth manager in New Jersey has been criminally charged with stealing about $5 million from clients, and then going on a spending spree including private jet service, luxury cars, and country club memberships.
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - British retailers' websites, and to a lesser extent their stores, were awash with discounted goods on Friday as shoppers chased "Black Friday" deals in a spending spree that is expected to top last year's record level.
Salvini, the interior minister, called for elections, aiming to cash in on his surging popularity to return to power as prime minister with a mandate to launch a big spending spree next year and challenge the European Union's fiscal rules.
Salvini called for an election, aiming to cash in on his surging popularity to return to power, this time as prime minister, with a mandate to launch a big spending spree next year and challenge the European Union's fiscal rules.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman announced $3 billion in investment projects on Tuesday, the latest in a royal spending spree as the ruling family seeks to shore up support during a crisis over the murder of a journalist last month.
Conte's economy minister, Giovanni Tria, is under pressure from within the government to ramp up spending and challenge European Union budget rules, and investors fear Italy may go on a spending spree or even that new elections could be triggered.
But before anyone goes HAM on a 5G tech spending spree this year, there are three big things that have me feeling bearish on 20193G between now and 2020.5G is barely availableThe first problem is the limited availability of 5G networks.
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - In a mobile phone shop in Tianjin, northeast China, Jiao Zhiwen sells about 220,24 yuan ($22010,21) in small loans each month, one of hundreds of thousands of loans agents helping to fund the country's unprecedented consumer spending spree.
Having fought off Europe's debt crisis with a 2 trillion euro spending spree, some ECB officials are concerned that governments have used their time poorly, failing to improve the bloc's shock absorption capacity and leaving it vulnerable to future shocks.
But by ushering in a spending spree on health, education and policing after years of economic austerity, Johnson has fuelled expectations of an early election - something his team says will not happen before Britain leaves the EU on Oct. 31.
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - After a spending spree stretching from hotels to electronics distribution in 4603, Chinese conglomerate HNA Group says it is now investing in financial services, betting on asset managers and consumer finance for growth at home and overseas.
It was a big day for New York teams, with the Giants going on a spending spree, picking up the rising star defensive end Olivier Vernon from the Dolphins and Janoris Jenkins of the Rams, perhaps the top cornerback available.
Policymakers have turned to record credit expansion and an infrastructure spending spree to stabilise growth this year, but concerns are growing about the dangers of too much debt-fuelled stimulus and delays to economic reforms that could hurt longer-term growth.
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is planning to drop $10 million to advertise during the Super Bowl, the start of a massive election-year spending spree that will intensify over the coming months, according to four people briefed on the plans.
On Tuesday in Virginia, all three seats flipped from Republican to Democrat -- after a $215 million spending spree in the state by Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun-control group aligned with billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
HIGH STAKES Salvini called for an election, aiming to cash in on his surging popularity to return to power, this time as prime minister, with a mandate to launch a big spending spree next year and challenge the European Union's fiscal rules.
Their evidence included psychological speculation that the brothers didn't seem to grieve "properly" after the murders, that they engaged in what was described as a $500,000 "spending spree," and that they ordered a computer specialist to erase a will from a family computer.
However, a construction boom, fueled by a government infrastructure spending spree and a housing rally, have helped boost prices for building materials from steel to copper in recent months, while coal prices have jumped as the government tries to shut excess mining capacity.
Luckin has been on a spending spree to open shops and burned through $150 million within the first six months in operation, its founder said in July when the company had a cash reserve of 2 billion yuan, or roughly $290 million.
Tsipras, who faces elections in about a year's time, used a keynote policy speech in the northern city of Thessaloniki to announce a spending spree that he said would help fix the ills of years of belt-tightening, and help boost growth.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was present at the event, has promised to usher in the golden age of infrastructure through a six-year, $180 billion spending spree and has sought Chinese investment to modernise and build airports, roads, railways and ports.
Bought for only £7m – an afterthought from the change lying around after Spurs had spent quite a bit of the infamous Bale money – nobody expected Chadli to be one of the longest-serving and important purchases from that ridiculous summer spending spree.
The government has programmed a $180 billion spending spree on infrastructure during the president's six-year term to create jobs, lift economic growth to as high as 8 percent, and attract foreign investors turned off by high power prices and transport bottlenecks.
Unfortunately, instead of moving now to avert potentially severe consequences in the not-too-distant future, national leadership seems content not to just to watch the red ink grow but to go on a gleeful spending spree and effectively hasten the problem along.
How the usual Johnson 'circus' will translate into firm policy positions is something of an open question at this stage, though early indications suggest he's intending an infrastructure spending spree — to feed the popularity contest that has, after all, swept him to power.
Flush with the $100 billion they claim to be getting in assets unfrozen under the deal, the mullahs have gone on a spending spree, finally purchasing, among other things, the Russian S-300 missile system, which is now being delivered to them.
Even though the bailout has ended, Greece will be loath to go on a spending spree any time soon - it still has to generate high budget surpluses under a post-bailout surveilance plan agreed with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
Anbang, which also bought the Waldorf Astoria as part of its spending spree, withdrew its application with the New York State Department of Financial Services to buy Fidelity & Guaranty Life, an insurer based in Iowa, because regulators had asked about ties between shareholders.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy grew slightly faster than expected in the second quarter as a government spending spree and housing boom boosted industrial activity, but a slump in private investment growth is pointing to a loss of momentum later in the year.
Maartje Wijffelaars, senior economist at Rabobank told CNBC Monday that the risk that Greece goes on a spending spree or reverses reforms after the current program is limited as current and future debt relief is tied to prudent fiscal and economic policy.
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer borrowing increased by the biggest amount in more than 267 years in November, boosting the unexpectedly robust post-Brexit vote economy in what could prove to be a big spending spree ahead of an expected rise in prices.
The euro is under pressure because of the impact of the Turkish lira collapse on euro zone banks with exposure to Turkey and due to concerns about a fiscal spending spree by the Italian government which is involved in a standoff with Brussels.
The money funded an enormous spending spree by business executives and officials that included diamonds and other jewels, Birkin bags, Picassos and a Monet, as well as Hollywood films like "The Wolf of Wall Street," according to federal prosecutors in the United States.
U.S. companies spent $181.6 billion on buying their own shares in the fourth quarter, above the third quarter of 2019 but 18.6% lower than the record reached in the fourth quarter of 22.13, due to a spending spree resulting from massive tax cuts.
TV executives all tell a version of the same story: They fell in love with a script for a TV show only to lose out to Netflix, which is on a spending spree in almost every genre, from dramas to children's programming.
But HNA is now looking to shed at least some of its sprawling interests in the huge 7.83 billion yuan ($15.84 billion) business district, as it has done with many of the interests the company has amassed in a $50 billion global spending spree.
The index has now been above the 50-point neutral level which separates expansion in activity from contraction for four straight months, adding to growing views that the world's second-largest economy is stabilizing thanks to a government infrastructure spending spree and a housing boom.
Maduro, a former bus driver and union leader elected after Chavez's death in 2013, said Colombian shoppers and organised criminals were buying up the 100-bolivar bills to go on a spending spree in Venezuela, worsening shortages of basics such as flour and antibiotics.
New York (CNN Business)Netflix has been on a spending spree for talent and content, so it should come as no surprise that the streamer announced on Tuesday that it is raising its monthly fees by $2800 to $2, depending on the subscription plan.
Beyond his campaign's enormous spending spree, the amount the billionaire former New York mayor has given directly to his campaign shows why he will likely be able to stay in the race for a long time, regardless of where he stands in the polls.
Worryingly, the four main economic policies that defined Argentina's lost decade of populism have been adopted or are actively being considered in some form or other in Washington: protectionist trade policies, aggressively loose central bank policy, oppressive government regulations and a government spending spree.
Despite what has been widely described as a profligate spending spree, designed to woo support for its cinematic oeuvre, Netflix's films aren't expected to stand out with the real voters, at least from the award-mania we have been subjected to thus far this year.
Although his nomination of Neil Gorsuch couldn't get much better and his mild deregulation deserves some praise, his large tax cut and simultaneous spending spree will add at least $14 trillion over 10 years to an already whopping national debt of almost $21 trillion.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. refiners and pipeline companies are likely to embark on a capital spending spree in the next year, fueled by a provision in the recently-passed U.S. tax bill that rewards investment in new projects, said energy industry lobbyists and analysts.
Modi, who has vowed to modernize India's armed forces with a $150 billion spending spree, personally intervened in April 2015 to agree on the smaller order of 36 and give the air force a near-term boost as he weighed options for a more fundamental overhaul.
The numbers may help to ease concerns of slowing momentum in Asia's economic powerhouse, which had surprised markets with robust growth of nearly 6.9 percent in the first nine months of this year, thanks to a government-led infrastructure spending spree and unexpected strength in exports.
The spending spree underscores the need to replace output from the Daqing oilfield in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang as well as a push to increase the country's natural gas output to meet growing demand for the fuel as part of Beijing's shift away from coal.
"Rather than go on a spending spree, we expect the chancellor to let borrowing fall at a faster rate than before and save any major giveaways for closer to the next general election, scheduled for 2020," Capital Economics, a consultancy, said in a note to clients.
Fears are growing that China is using its overseas spending spree to gain footholds in some of the world's most strategic places, and perhaps even deliberately luring vulnerable nations into debt traps to increase China's dominion as the United States' influence fades in the developing world.
In what would be a big deal for markets though, investors are also hoping Germany will also make a U-turn from its devotion to balanced budgets and embark on a spending spree to boost Europe's largest economy, rather than just relying on central bank policy.
That payment, officials said, will be the last in a remarkable spending spree in which the university frequently paid more than $22016 million a year to sponsor parades, buy tables at charity galas and civic association breakfasts, and make donations to cultural institutions and other groups.
To be sure, China's economic growth has unexpectedly accelerated this year, racing ahead at 6.9 percent in the first half, but much of the impetus has come from record bank lending in 2016, a property boom and sharply higher government stimulus in the form of an infrastructure spending spree.
"There's constant pressure to deliver," said the bank's blockchain lead Alex Batlin, who is leaving for BNY Mellon - which until recently has not appeared very active in its work on the technology but now seems to be on a spending spree, recently advertising 37 open positions on Blocktribe.
China's economy has surprised financial markets with robust growth of nearly 6.9 percent in the first nine months of this year, underpinned by a recovery in its manufacturing and industrial sectors thanks to a government-led infrastructure spending spree, a resilient property market and unexpected strength in exports.
The baby is moving into the stage of eating solids, so a recent Amazon spending spree included a new tray for our borrowed high chair, special spoons and bowls, and a sippy cup I hope he one day has the dexterity to use; the bill came to around $80.
None of that stopped him from becoming a go-to source for journalists who have been trying to make sense of a Chinese soccer spending spree that has sent cash westward after President Xi Jinping announced in 22017 he wanted to turn the country into a soccer powerhouse.
In the past two months Mr Erdogan's government has gone on a spending spree to woo voters, offering cash bonuses of over $400 per year to each of the country's 12m pensioners, tax breaks for new property-buyers and an amnesty for money, gold and other assets brought in from abroad.
Considering the compendium of gifts the Kardashians have offered us in honor of past holidays, this round-up was actually surprisingly tame with the majority of gifts barely breaking the $300 mark (perhaps they're trying to save a little bit of dough after their multi-thousand dollar holiday spending spree?). kendallj.com
The blueprint has little to no chance of being enacted as written and amounts to a vision statement by Mr. Trump, who as a businessman once called himself the "king of debt" and has overseen a federal spending spree that will earn him that title in an entirely different arena.
Recovering loot: A $250 million megayacht with a movie theater is among the extravagances that the U.S. has tracked down and taken away from a fugitive Malaysian financier named Jho Low, who prosecutors say helped siphon billions of dollars from a Malaysian government investment fund, then went on an spending spree.
The brutal murder immediately sets off shock waves in tony Beverly Hills, but detective Les Zoeller (Sam Jaeger) is almost instantly suspicious of the boys, with younger brother Erik (Gus Helper) rushing off to play tennis and Lyle (Miles Gaston Villanueva) quickly embarking on a spending spree after the grisly murders.
Read More: I almost never use my debit card outside of ATMs for 2 important reasonsIf a thief gets hold of your card — either the physical card, or just your information from it — and goes on a spending spree or makes a withdrawal, you lose the cash the person spends.
Along with the rest of trade-dependent Asia, China's economy gained a lift this year from an exports boom, while a government-led infrastructure spending spree and a resilient property market drove growth in the Asian giant to a surprisingly strong 6.9 percent in the nine months of the year.
Facing a $53,000 per player signing restriction in the 2015-16 spending period due to the massive spending spree that netted them Yoan Moncada in the 2014-15 period, the Red Sox were able to nab prospects Simon Muzziotti and Albert Guaimaro, among others, at exactly that price: $300 grand.
But to ease tensions in financial markets - which sold off Italian bonds amid fears that the government would go on a spending spree and fail to keep its mammoth debt in check - Tria and others came forward last week to say the main measures would be phased in over its five-year term.
But as a new Premier League season opens this weekend, and as Liverpool looks back on a $20 million summer spending spree that capped a multiyear remaking of its roster, even Manager Jürgen Klopp knows that his team can only be bright, relentless and on the verge of greatness for so long.
Hannah Beech of the NYT explains: Fears are growing that China is using its overseas spending spree to gain footholds in some of the world's most strategic places, and perhaps even deliberately luring vulnerable nations into debt traps to increase China's dominion as the United States' influence fades in the developing world.
That changed in 2004-2005, when it spent about $1 billion to buy two retailers, Bompreço S.A. Supermercados do Nordeste and Sonae Distribuição Brasil S.A. The deals expanded Wal-Mart's operations into the northeast and south of Brazil, and marked the beginning of a spending spree aimed at building a national footprint.
Read more: How To Protect Yourself From SIM Swapping Hacks Ortiz was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport on his way to Europe, according to sources close to the investigation, who said Ortiz was flashing a Gucci bag as part of a recent spending spree they believe was financed by the alleged crimes.
The worst-case scenario is that everybody else goes out of business, unable to compete with Netflix's spending spree, and once Netflix dominates the market, it cuts back on its total number of projects — similar to how the company reduced Blockbuster to ash just in time to shift its focus away from its DVD-by-mail service.
To prevent someone from running off with your phone and having a spending spree, you need to verify your identity as you hold your phone on the payments terminal in any direction—this is usually done via a fingerprint on modern phones, but you can also unlock your phone before you pay with a PIN or pattern.
It was all part of Trump's spending spree in the late 1980s that included the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York, the famed Palm Beach Estate Mar-A-Lago, the Eastern Air shuttle which he renamed the Trump Shuttle, the 282-foot Trump Princess yacht and the largest tract of undeveloped land on the west side of Manhattan.
The detonation that rocked Northeast Asia on Wednesday morning and Pyongyang's claim to have set off its first hydrogen bomb — a boast there is good reason to treat with skepticism — are a reminder that the North Koreans have been on something of an atomic spending spree while American negotiators were cloistered in Vienna striking deals with the Iranians.
Bernie SandersBernie SandersJoe Biden faces an uncertain path Bernie Sanders vows to go to 'war with white nationalism and racism' as president Biden: 'There's an awful lot of really good Republicans out there' MORE is on a spending spree Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.
In recent years, the billionaire has reportedly spent more than $750 million on real estate in Chicago, New York, Miami, Palm Beach, Florida and London, U.K. Griffin certainly has the funds to keep up his spending spree, as Bloomberg estimates that the hedge fund manager took home about $1.5 billion in income from his role at Citadel in 2019.
The 2019 manifesto not only incorporated all of Labour's previous promises, but also promised a massive spending spree that included, among other things, funding for a million "climate jobs" in every region; "kick-starting" a Green Industrial Revolution to tackle the climate emergency by shifting to renewable energy, investing in rail and electric cars; and providing additional spending on international climate finance.
Volatile Italian markets saw renewed selling pressure on Wednesday over fears the League/5-Star program would led to a spending spree that would endanger the country's heavily indebted accounts and spark a showdown with the EU. Italy's 10-year bond yield, a gauge of political risk, hit a 14-month high, while the cost of insuring exposure to Italian debt rose to a 1-year-high.
Authorities say that Robert and Tiffany Williams — 36 and 35, respectively — did not notify either their bank or police after discovering that a bank teller's error had mistakenly increased their funds reportedly from just over $1,000 to six figures, but instead went on a two-and-a-half week spending spree in early June, burning through more than $000,000 of the money, according to the Williamsburg Sun-Gazette.
This year's sale promises more deals than any other Amazon event in history, with two times as many TV deals as Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined in the US. Full details of these deals haven't arrived yet, but if you can't wait until this fall for a spending spree, and if you haven't used your free 30-day trial for Amazon Prime just yet, this week might be a good time to sign up.
By March, the brothers — who'd gone on a spending spree in the wake of their parents' demise — had been charged with the murders, and the case was enveloped by sensationalism as the trial was broadcast on Court TV. (Both brothers were eventually sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.) This two-hour documentary re-examines the case through interviews with Lyle Menendez as well as with assorted family members and friends.
Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenBiden looks to shore up lead in S.C. Hillicon Valley: Dems cancel surveillance vote after pushback to amendments | Facebook to ban certain coronavirus ads | Lawmakers grill online ticketing execs | Hacker accessed facial recognition company's database Push for national popular vote movement gets boost from conservatives MORE (D-Mass.) predicted Thursday that former New York City Mayor Michael BloombergMichael Rubens BloombergGiuliani: Bloomberg 'jeopardized' stop and frisk by 'overusing it' Bloomberg calls on Trump to implement firearm background checks The Hill's Campaign Report: Gloves off in South Carolina MORE will go on another campaign spending spree in an attempt to erase the memory of his rocky performance in the previous night's Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas.

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