Sentences with phrase «despite having less money»

In the 2011 biographical movie about Oakland Athletics» general manager Billy Beane's efforts to assemble a winning team from a small budget, Brad Pitt starred as the guy who employed the assistance of a number - crunching economist to use data and analytics to put together a competitive team despite having less money than most other major league teams — about one third that of the New York Yankees.

Despite having less money for salaries and benefits, private schools appear to be better able to recruit quality teachers and to dismiss poor ones.

[9] Despite having less money than both his main rivals, Tonko won the primary on September 9, 2008 with a plurality of 40 % of the vote.

Not exact matches

Assuming the exact same investments above, if you were to pay 20 % carry on each of your investments, despite not generating any profit, you would still have to pay the full $ 20K in carry on the one successful investment, and would therefore end up with less money than you started with, or $ 80K returned (probably less after other fees and expenses).

If GEICO had earned less money in 1982 but had paid an additional $ 1 million in dividends, our reported earnings would have been larger despite the poorer business results.

I couldn't care less if we sign anyone, in fact, I hope Wenger doesn't spend any more money, because we've only got worse, despite quality players coming.

There are other factors too — his wrist injury, his insistence on playing for Great Britain in the Olympics despite said injury — but none of that would matter if Deng made less money.

Shame on you naive fans that still confused that the cowardly board are having any impact on what's happening on the pitch, that's ok, but I happen to think there's a direct correlation between those people and the fact that despite more money and greater resources we have become less competitive.

Despite Arsene Wenger's best efforts, Phil Jones slipped away to Manchester, for what seems to have been a move for less money.

Add to that the fact that despite spending far less than Arsenal (particularly on wages) Spurs have not only caught the Gunners but overtaken them and you have to ask the question of what you get for your money.

While it's clear that GOP chairs are less than thrilled with the idea of putting up Maragos against Gillibrand — despite his pledge to spent up to $ 5 million of his own money — the comptroller nevertheless has the support of the Nassau and Suffolk County Republican committees.

Loser: Joe Sestak Despite barely losing to Toomey in 2010, Sestak has raised less money than both his opponent in the Democratic primary and the Republican incumbent.

They followed me and I them a long time ago, but like you once I saw thier site I shied away from ordering for same fears as you, having taken chances with another such company that many have bought from and it was failure and stress, despite others success... I ended up donating the clothing being over it, it was no money out of my pocket it was a Xmas gift via a gift card, but no less upsetting.

Especially as the hybrid model doesn't have access to those items as standard, despite costing $ 63,635, but at least the hybrid's standard - fit dual - zone climate control is welcome - though, as other hybrid alternatives from rival car makers are available for substantially less money, we wouldn't advise you go for the Lexus over its main competitors.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

I want to like this tablet because of the relatively low price, and I'm happy that Toshiba has put some price pressure on its competitors, but considering that it's possible to get better tablets for less money, the price still isn't low enough, and the specs are just a little too low to give it a proper thumbs up despite its fancy exterior.

Despite your best intentions to spend less and save more money, you might have gotten off track.

If GEICO had earned less money in 1982 but had paid an additional $ 1 million in dividends, our reported earnings would have been larger despite the poorer business results.

The average used car buyer, on the other hand, despite borrowing less money, would pay $ 4,700 in interest all told, or $ 895 a year.

Despite having less padding, the Kurgo gives the more expensive Ruffwear a run for its money when it comes to durability, comfort and design.

Despite earning lot more money and not having to deal with fragmentation in iOS, third party App developers are finding it harder to write stable applications for iOS than Android (despite making less money, less incentive to improve stability and having to deal with lot more fragmentDespite earning lot more money and not having to deal with fragmentation in iOS, third party App developers are finding it harder to write stable applications for iOS than Android (despite making less money, less incentive to improve stability and having to deal with lot more fragmentdespite making less money, less incentive to improve stability and having to deal with lot more fragmentation).

Despite Bitcoin's failure to achieve its initial promise as quickly as early enthusiasts expected, Coinbase, a digital money startup based in San Francisco, has continued to chug along, attempting to find its footing in a market defined less by everyday consumers than by speculators and aficionados.