Sentences with phrase «higher than a bargain»

Nothing is priced higher than a bargain - basement # 500.

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Employers also find that pay transparency can remove an important bargaining tool when they want to offer good candidates higher wages than others employees in the same jobs.

In 2003, Tammy Kinley, an associate professor in the school of merchandising and hospitality management at the University of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs of women's pants, and found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit more loosely than those in bargain stores.

Fast casual chains sell food that consumers perceive as having higher quality than fast - food restaurants and are also priced a few dollars above those bargain - focused chains, but doesn't require table service like Olive Garden, Applebee's and other casual - dining chains.

But then, to investors who measure bargains in relation to the highs rather than looking at properly discounted cash flows, the Nasdaq seemed like a bargain at 3000 too.

To find a high - ranked school offering one of these executive MBAs for under six - figures, you have to reach down to the No. 9th ranked University of Texas at Austin which has an EMBA program for a bargain rate of $ 80,169 — less than half the cost of either Wharton program (See the full list of the top 50 Executive MBA programs in North America on the next page).

While the band was definitely in danger of being detained as political bargaining chips, you know damn well that those verbal threats of execution by the «high ranking members» were nothing more than just that.

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Also I haven't seen figures on Leicesters spending in 2015 buy my guess is that it was quite a bit higher than previous seasons give the number of players they brought in... some at bargain rates with hindsight... Wenger should be investing relative to clubs position as 7th richest club on planet and competing for top european honour..

Iannuzzi will begin his latest term at a critical juncture for the labor movement, as issues like collective bargaining and seniority are under attack nationwide, and as public K - 12 and higher education in New York struggle to cope with the devastating effects of more than $ 1 billion in cuts by state government.

It also strips them of their ability to collectively bargain for anything except wages no higher than inflation.

The more expensive charity shops tend to be those with higher quality, more interesting pieces but even then you probably won't be spending more than # 25, which in my opinion is still a bargain.

There is so much excitement about the fast fashion brand that in August, 1,500 people waited in queues outside High Street Phoenix for the opening of its first outlet in Mumbai — some for more than 30 hours to secure discount coupons for a bargain on their first H&M purchase.

The most promising candidate, Fiona's cousin Artie, an underachieving Medieval high school slacker, proves to be more of a challenge than they bargained for.

Though this high - tech heist nets Alex and her fellow thieves more than they bargain for.

Don McKay (R for profanity and violence) Prodigal Son whodunit about a jaded janitor (Thomas Haden Church) who gets more than he bargained for when he returns to his hometown for the first time in 25 years at the beck - and - call of his cancer - stricken, high school sweetheart (Elisabeth Shue) only to find himself implicated in a tawdry murder mystery.

The bargain is more than worthwhile — an hour of dead space is a fair price for the two hours of anarchic brilliance surrounding it — but it breaks the heart to think of how much higher it could have soared if Death Proof had found a better rhythm earlier.

However, writers - directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini apply some of the visual invention they displayed in (the vastly different) American Splendor to lend some freshness and style to this story of a slumming college grad (Johansson) who gets more than she bargained for when she takes up a nanny position for demanding, high - maintenance «Mrs. X» (Linney).

Once there, they and a rival group of explorers — who are in the hunt for some buried treasure — end up uncovering something more than they bargained for: the awakened mummy of the ancient High - priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who is determined to bring himself and his lost love back to full life.

State laws often bog charter conversions down with excess baggage, such as keeping the school under the district's collective bargaining agreement, or requiring that it have a higher percentage of certified teachers than other charters.

Moreover, collectively bargained contracts placed a premium on characteristics such as seniority and credentials rather than performance, further depressing the opportunities for the high - aptitude teacher.

· Among the larger districts, collective bargaining has more negative effects for high - minority schools than for other schools....

He also points out that collective - bargaining districts focus on seniority, protecting various benefits associated with longevity rather than pushing for higher pay.

Moreover, he found that the negative effects of collective bargaining are much greater for high minority schools than for other schools.

«We all must be wary of any system that creates a climate where students are viewed as part of the pay equation, rather than young people who deserve a high quality education that prepares them for their future,» says Bill Raabe, NEA's director of Collective Bargaining and Member Benefits.

Although the base model is basic, it's quite a bargain for a vehicle that includes all the essential safety equipment; and for those willing to option - up, there are more high - tech options than is typical for a basic sport - utility.

Although the base Sport model is basic, its quite a bargain for a vehicle that includes all the essential safety equipment, and for those willing to option - up, there are more high - tech options than is typical for a basic sport - ute.

But even if the new S - Class Convertible's asking price in S 500 guise is 15,351 euros higher than the Coupe's (at least 139,052 euros), it is almost a bargain.

But no, Volvo says, we're a bargain when compared to similarly equipped models of the Audi Q7 premium plus Quattro, which starts at 54k but goes up much higher than that; a BMW X5 xDrive35i with a 3.0 - liter six - cylinder turbo and awd with 8 - speed auto which starts at $ 59,895 but rises higher than the Volvo here in question; and even a Mercedes AMG GLE 43 4Matic which starts for 68 grand but is priced similarly to the BMW.

Long term (over 30 days) or permanently bargain priced books remain on the site permanently unless author requests removal or the book is reported as priced higher than $ 3.

I seem to be selling about 1/6 as many copies per book in German, but I'm making a little more than 1/6 as I've priced the German books a bit higher than in the English markets, both to compensate for the 20 % VAT and because Germans seem to be accepting of these prices — and they're still a bargain, much lower than many of their traditionally published books in the same genre.

Long term (over 30 days) or permanently bargain priced books remain on the site for 1 year unless author requests removal or the book is reported as priced higher than $ 3.

A deputy sheriff on the Texas - Mexico border gets more than she bargained for when she pursues three escaped convicts into the high desert — just one of the four horror novellas in this collection by screenwriter and graphic novelist Wheaton.

Four Nails in the Coffin by Mark Wheaton A deputy sheriff on the Texas - Mexico border gets more than she bargained for when she pursues three escaped convicts into the high desert — just one of the four horror novellas in this collection by screenwriter and graphic novelist Wheaton.

In corporate bonds, high yields often signal danger rather than a bargain.

That's because — as mentioned — high yield can sometimes be a danger sign rather than a bargain.

That's because a high yield may signal danger rather than a bargain if it reflects widespread investor skepticism about the company's ability to keep paying its current dividend.

Rather than a sign of a bargain, high yield may be a danger sign.

Buyers continue to believe that homes are overpriced and expect bargains, while a greater percentage of sellers, perhaps emboldened by stabilizing conditions, think their homes should be priced higher than their Realtors are recommending.»

You can enter your guesses as to future P / E10 levels, such as 14 to represent typical valuations, 8 for bargain valuations and 18 for higher than normal valuations.

Fortunately, given that interest rates are still at historic lows, the Education Department can lock in a bargain - basement cost to refinance its entire loan portfolio rather than continuing to game the yield curve where higher - priced, longer - term student loans are financed with lower - priced, shorter - term government borrowings.

That's because a very high yield may signal danger rather than a bargain if it reflects widespread investor skepticism that a company can keep paying its current dividend.

The lawsuit claims that since the University of Rochester's 403 (b) plan has more than $ 4.2 billion in assets, it has tremendous bargaining power to demand low - cost, high - quality administrative services; however, it instead has failed to adequately take proper measures to understand the real cost to plan participants for TIAA's services, to properly inform participants of the fees they were paying to TIAA as required by law, and to act prudently with such information.

Thus, investors hope that if they buy these stocks at bargain prices and the stocks eventually increase in value, they could potentially make more money than if they had invested in higher - priced stocks that increased modestly in value.

At bargain valuations, many high quality companies will yield more than 10 %.

Upon further inspection of the stocks in my database, I determined that high - quality companies with Price - to - NCAV Ratios less than 3.00 were also bargains.

Savvy investors know that low - P / E stocks are better bargains than high - P / E stocks, all else being equal.

However, since all three screens look for stocks with strong recent price action, it is not surprising that the median price - earnings ratios for the Bargain screen (37.0) and Growth screen (108.0) are significantly higher than the median price - earnings ratio for exchange - listed stocks (18.1).

While the stock market peak in 2000 was higher than the current market (measured on the basis of the Shiller P / E ratio) the wider distribution of P / Es meant that there were many bargains available in 2000.

There are a lot of bears waiting for rock bottom valuations, but the promised bargain valuations don't materialize because others invest at higher prices than you would, and the prices never get as low as you would like.