“…He also considers why organizations full of smart people and machines can make foolish mistakes'from investment banks losing billions to intelligence agencies misjudging geopolitical events'and shows how to avoid them…”

“…Hydrometallurgy, which involves the use of aqueous solutions for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual material, plays an integral role in the multi-billion dollar minerals processing industry. There are numerous hydrometallurgical process technologies used for recovering metals, such as: agglomeration; leaching; solvent extraction/ion exchange; metal recovery; and remediation of tailings/waste. …”

“…Rice is the staple food of more than half of the world's population - more than 3.5 billion people depend on rice for more than 20% of their daily calories. …”

“…Access to energy is one of the greatest challenges for many people living in low- income and developing contexts, as around 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity. Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE) are considered a promising approach to address this challenge and provide energy access to all. …”

“…At the century's end, Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by 2.5 billion worldwide. In the first book length examination of film and television representations of this enduring institution, distinguished scholars of media and political history analyze the screen representations of royalty from Henry VIII to 'William and Kate'. …”

“…Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though 'going to the pictures' remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens' leisure habits. …”

“…New empirical analysis estimates that the scale of global CIT revenue losses could be between USD 100 and 240 billion annually at 2014 levels. The report also presents a toolkit to assist countries evaluate the fiscal effects of BEPS countermeasures. …”

“…Over the past 15 years, 3.34 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, have been affected by violence. …”

“…The Australian government spends almost A$ 1 billion on climate change mitigation programmes. Many of these programmes are market-oriented, including a mandatory certificates trading system…”

“…Despite all of this, the EU's potential gas supply-demand gap could reach 27 billion cubic metres in 2023. This new report provides the IEA's latest analysis of the extent of the EU's potential gas supply-demand gap in 2023 and sets out the practical actions that can close that gap while avoiding excessive strains for European consumers and for international markets. …”

“…Green Mountain Coffee Roasters went public, moved to selling wholesale exclusively, invested in Keurig, and became one of the few coffee companies to ever reach $1 billion in sales. It became one of the top-performing stocks of the 1990s on the Nasdaq exchange, and from 1995 to 2015, its stock had a 70 percent compounded annual rate of growth. …”

“…This book outlines a powerful path to riches that authors Joseph and JoAnn Callaway used to sell a billion dollars in real estate in just ten years--a feat never before achieved. …”

“…The final chapter presents an overview of Australian radio astronomy from 1960 to the present day, as Australia prepares to co-host the multi-national, multi-billion-dollar Square Kilometre Array. Nearly 300 high-quality images complement the text, drawn from a wide range of sources including the extensive collection held by the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive. …”

“…., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company with $1.6 billion in annual revenue"--…”

“…He then outlines his business journey from Investment Banking intern to CEO of a multi-billion financial services company -- touching on his ups and downs, especially through the global economic crash of the last decade -- and goes on to describe, in each chapter, the ten most important principles he personally applies to his life. …”

“…Learn the secrets to getting dramatic results on YouTube Derral Eves has generated over 60 billion views on YouTube and helped twenty-four channels grow to one million subscribers from zero. …”

“…In the US alone, the arts are a $763 billion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation. …”

“…Readers from all over the globe are expected to greatly benefit from this Special Issue collection regarding their own work and the goal of improving breeding efficiency with molecular breeding to generate environment-adaptive, high-yield, and high-quality vegetable crops with which to feed the global population of 9.7 billion in an extreme climate by 2050.…”

“…As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. …”

“…It was meant to demonstrate a greater level of both transparency and accountability for the administration of payments amounting to over $60 billion of Commonwealth expenditure. For many years there was a real 'buzz' around the Centrelink experiment and staff and clients were generally enthusiastic about the transformation. …”