Sentence examples for fortune agreed from inspiring English sources

Box office sales have been weak from the start for "Scandalous," so much so that two of its producers, Dick and Betsy DeVos, of the Amway family fortune, agreed last week to underwrite the show's financial losses after its standard financial reserve had been depleted.

A1 Health & Fitness F6 BUSINESS DAY C1-20 Family Pays U.S. $460 Million The Pritzker family, heirs to the Hyatt hotels fortune, agreed to pay a record $460 million to the government to avoid being punished for the failure of Superior Bank, an S.& L. that regulators seized last summer.

Fortune Brands and General Growth, too.

If every hiring manager in the Fortune 1000 agreed to hire just 10 veterans over the next year, we could all but eliminate the unemployment rate for veterans.

He has pledged to spend millions by the primary election in September — not at Mr. Bloomberg's level, but still a formidable sum against opponents who, lacking personal fortunes, have agreed to abide by spending limits in exchange for public matching funds.

In a shocking reversal that could splinter his party and seriously damage his political fortunes, Berlusconi agreed to throw his support behind Letta.

Terrified by the idea of life without a billion dollar fortune, Arthur agrees to the marriage, and drinks his way inexorably towards it until one day when he bumps into a "radiant stranger" in Grand Central Station -- and falls in love with her immediately.

Thomas went to America to seek his fortune, and Victoria agreed to join him later with their two children.

Overtime is now voluntary, rather than compulsory at the factory; compensation for three sacked union activists has been agreed; Fortune has agreed to enter the International Labour Organisation's 'Better Factory' programme; maternity pay has been increased and will be paid monthly in advance; and new pay structures are being explored to bring Fortune up to the level of other local employers.

Now it is open to bids from anyone prepared to attempt to turn around its fortunes after a court agreed this week a liquidation plan for its original developers – allowing the partly occupied building to be put on the market.

Raul J. Fernandez, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Proxicom Inc., an Internet company that does business with the Fortune 500 companies, agrees.