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  • It's difficult to see how Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe's motivation of a water market will get us to feed the nine billion-plus by mid-century.

    Water Water, Nor Any Drop to Drink 2011

  • One concern of investigators in both Japan and overseas is who received the $1 billion-plus in payments that Olympus made as it continued to hide its losses, and whether any of the money went to organized crime groups.

    Former Olympus CEO to Meet With Japanese Police Phred Dvorak 2011

  • Qatalyst's dollar volume of $1 billion-plus U.S. tech deals since August 2010 tops all rivals except Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley , according to Dealogic, a research firm that tracks mergers.

    Quattrone Revisits 'Friends' Anupreeta Das 2011

  • Company and government officials still want to earn a profit for U.S. taxpayers on the Treasury's $40 billion-plus AIG investment, so the government has put off plans to divest its remaining stake until market conditions improve, say people familiar with the matter.

    AIG's Benmosche Extends His Stay Serena Ng 2011

  • Mr. Quattrone was the leading Silicon Valley banker of the dot-com era, and his three-year-old boutique investment bank, Qatalyst Partners, has advised on nine $1 billion-plus technology acquisitions in the past year, capped in August by two valued at more than $10 billion apiece.

    Quattrone Revisits 'Friends' Anupreeta Das 2011

  • Jefferson County, Ala., won court permission to investigate the settlement deal that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co . made with Houston Astros owner Jim Crane, in a ruling that could bolster the county's hand in its own lawsuit over the role the Wall Street bank allegedly played in the county's crippling $3 billion-plus sewer debt.

    Alabama County Scores in Fight vs. J.P. Morgan Katy Stech 2012

  • As part of the her proposed $400 billion-plus worth of spending cuts, Bachmann has also suggested privatizing the TSA.

    Michele Bachmann: 'Naked Pictures' Of Me Could Show Up On Internet After Full-Body Scan The Huffington Post 2011

  • As part of the her proposed $400 billion-plus worth of spending cuts, Bachmann has also suggested privatizing the TSA.

    Michele Bachmann: 'Naked Pictures' Of Me Could Show Up On Internet After Full-Body Scan The Huffington Post 2011

  • Efforts to finalise a $2 billion-plus bid by India's GVK Power & Infrastructure for two Australian coal mines owned by Hancock Prospecting have been delayed due to differences over valuation, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

    Deals India: Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • It was these two initiatives to increase supplies and yields, not an emphasis on order and organization, which made it possible for the human population to grow from under two billion to the six billion-plus today.

    Water Water, Nor Any Drop to Drink 2011

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