However, this increased oversight and transparency does not necessarily translate
into less spending, as companies with board oversight of political expenditures spent about 30 % more in 2010 than those without such explicit policies.
Not exact matches
It manages to turn a
less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid —
into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never
spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»
The second possible consequence my colleague identifies is that if higher prices translate
into consumers willingly paying more for their lingerie, they'll
spend less elsewhere and someone else will as a result earn
less money.
Maybe you just wasted an hour at home talking yourself
into actually going to the blasted party, or perhaps it's simple math — the later you go the
less time you have to
spend there.
Similarly, when salespeople
spend less time chasing bad leads, that will allow you to divert more of your sales department's budget to better, more affluent salespeople, which will then translate
into a higher lead - closure rate.
Analysts say some of the rebound is a result of what happened last year, when large numbers of advertisers put
less into the upfront market and kept more of their
spending for what is called the short - term «scatter» market, where ads are bought on an as - needed basis.
When income is distributed very unequally, the only way for
less well - off people to have the same material possessions as more well - off people is to
spend all of their income and even to go
into debt.
And we all seem to have settled
into our new reality, which includes continually looking for ways to
spend less.
Republicans were also considering inserting Keystone
into other critical legislation dealing with energy,
spending or infrastructure that Obama would be
less likely to veto, said Hoeven.
If the NDP is scaling down its plans to a one or two percentage point increase, then it's not clear how a NDP government could avoid the
spending cuts that are built
into the current budget projection, much
less finance new
spending.
If you have a slow month, you'll know you'll have
less to
spend and can start thinking of ways to tighten up your budget and avoid getting
into debt.
For example, there are onboarding automation tools that allow you to
spend less time doing paperwork on first days and more time initiating people
into your culture.
Put 10 cents of every dollar that comes
into your hands somewhere where you are
less likely to
spend it.
But once you get them all setup and integrated
into your workflow, you'll be able to
spend less time on the administration side of your business, and more time on the money - making side... and who doesn't love that?
As Scotiabank mentioned in a note last week: «Higher interest rates are going to make the burden of refinancing the debt considerably heavier, and as more money goes
into servicing the debt, it means
less money is available to
spend on other things, which could lead to
less infrastructure
spending and increased austerity.»
Higher gasoline prices encourage more judicious use of vehicles, which translates
into drivers
spending less on fuel in a given year.
If the NDP is scaling down its plans to a one - or two - percentage - point increase, then it's not clear how an NDP government could avoid the
spending cuts that are built
into the current budget projection, much
less finance new
spending.
we never hide that we are not frugal by nature, we're not budgeters, and we've really only succeeded at retirement saving by employing a pay ourselves first approach that is essentially tricking ourselves
into thinking we have far
less to
spend than we actually do.
As a small business, allowing employees to work from home means you need
less office space and lower utility bills as a result,
less office equipment to purchase and maintain, and the
less money you have to
spend expanding
into new territories.
We get to plug revised expenses
into Max's income statement and help him turn his
spending around to get him out debt in
less than ten years.
Participants» choices are limited when bear markets occur, he argues: «You pretty much can't go back
into the workforce (so) your only course of action is to reduce your standard of living,
spend less.
The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed
into battery cages, which provide each bird
less space than a single sheet of paper on which to
spend her entire life.
If you knew how many of the «debaters» in this forum were paid shills sitting in boiler room type operations all day basically getting
into character and arguing the agenda their boss gave them you would
spend less time debating them and more time talking about their little known but thriving industry.
In the beginning much time is
spent in deconstructing (John 12:24 Except the grain of wheat falling
into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit; but with time the ratio of time
spent deconstructing grows
less and reconstructing increases.
Tax me
less,
spend less, and if you really feel compelled to keep a bit of pork in that fat Federal Belly... at least use my tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back
into their country after serving it.
The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed
into battery cages, which provide each bird
less space than a single sheet of paper on which to
spend her entire life.
The company plans to start its conversion by phasing more than a million cage - free eggs
into its products, sparing nearly 4,000 birds each year from being crammed inside tiny cages that provide each hen
less space than a sheet of paper to
spend her entire life.
I'm loving my job... which unfortunately translates
into more time
spent working and
less time
spent blogging and wedding planning.
His team is helping foodservice businesses automate accounts payable and turn invoices
into actionable data so that you
spend less time shuffling paper and more time steering the business in the right direction.
Absolutely right there He won't go anywhere because he does what the board wants him to He delivers profit and very low risk and sets expectations at virtually zero so that's the fans don't expect too m7ch and he doesn't have to deliver and the board don't need to
spend Its a farce and more importantly a blatant con Every single fan who puts even a penny
into the club either through season tickets right the way down to buying a mug or a pen or a shirt is being robbed by a board who care NOTHING for sporting glory and even
less for the fans who finance the club There SHOULD be mass walkouts on home games and protests at every turn but, there won't be because the demographic of fans now is of a majority who are not true supporters but millennial who only want to say they attend the ground every other week.
The times Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United and Co. have gone on
spending sprees, brought in players that make us green with jealousy as they're players who are Football Manager superstars, have Youtube compilations worthy of shock and awe and possess great stats in the
less competitive leagues around Europe, only to fade
into the long list of players who never made it in the Premier league.
Perhaps your child can divide their allowance
into thirds: 1/3 to
spend, 1/3 to save, and 1/3 to use to help those
less fortunate than themselves.
Next year, with having to
spend for an additional 1/2 cup of fruit and whole grain rich, I'm very concerned my breakfast program won't break even... much
less provide me with the extra funding to keep my lunch program from running me
into the black.
Perhaps the child can divide their allowance
into thirds: 1/3 to
spend, 1/3 to save, and 1/3 to use to help those
less fortunate than themselves.
If anything is to be learnt, perhaps, it's that all parents — and I include myself — should
spend less time poring over how - to manuals and more time just tuning
into their instincts.
And, as a parent, you'll
spend less time pushing floppy heads back
into an upright position!
Since there are four different nursing gears all lodged
into one device, you end up
spending significantly
less money, which is extra cash you could use to buy other baby products.
Mr. de Blasio argued everyone ought to be happy with his vision for wrangling the horses
into Central Park, culling the herd of animals to
less than half its current size,
spending $ 25 million to convert a maintenance shed
into a new stable and restricting pedicabs to the area of the park above 85th Street to reduce competition.
Amid the furor of getting the $ 168 billion state budget passed prior to the holiday weekend, there were several
less talked about items that made it
into the final
spending bills, many of them focusing on advancing what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office called «The Women's Agenda.»
Cuomo has been
spending less time in Albany as he's gotten further
into his tenure, including when the Legislature is in session: He
spent 112 days of the first six months of the year there in 2011, 95 in 2012, 94 in 2013, 62 in 2014, and 63 in 2015.
The govt has to
spend money on either subsidies (rationing) or to improve standard of living.Subsidies take much
less time to implement than improving standard of living.Once a country chooses subsidies, it gets stuck
into the chicken - egg problem.This is how it happens,
So presumably, the
less wealthy, after being told what to
spend their money on by «society» for all their working years, reach pensionable age fully moulded by a paternalistic government
into financially responsible citizens who will commit a significant amount of their time to research where they want to invest their pensions, and subsequently enjoy «regular updates on how their pension fund was growing» — because of course, like house prices, pension funds can only rise in value.
Cuomo has said that he could flip what is currently projected as a $ 1.7 billion deficit for the next fiscal year
into a $ 2 billion surplus by 2016, provided he can hold state
spending growth to two percent or
less.
There is also a risk that while individual cuts are popular, it will play
into a broader image that the coalition are cutting
spending in an unfair manner, or are interested only in helping the rich and don't care about
less well off people.
The Waterfi SwimActive earphones took this
into consideration with «memory wire» technology: when you tuck the wires of these earphones behind your ears, the wire holds its shape so you can create a very secure fit and
spend less time adjusting your earbuds.
Then the chimps suddenly split
into two groups — one based in the north, one in the south — that
spent less time socialising with each other.
Authors speculate that perceiving more goal conflict could also have other behavioral consequences, that marketers should take
into account: consumers may
spend less time in - store on shopping trips or may utilize online shopping outlets at a greater degree.
There was much
less time
spent on theoretical discussions than Hayashi was used to; instead, one jumped
into experiments.
Delving further
into the data, the researchers learned that the more time young people reported
spending online, the
less sleep they got.
The team, led by Dr. Thomas W. Frazier, Ph.D. of Cleveland Clinic, hypothesized that more time
spent looking at social targets and
less time
spent looking at non-social targets could be combined
into a single «Autism Risk Index» to identify ASD cases.