Sentences with phrase «like value billing»

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But the trade - off of this focus on shareholder value is spending that benefits other stakeholders, like employees and customers, said Bill George, the former CEO of medical - device company Medtronic.

Steinberg and his team argued that Thomas's value to the Bills exceeded that of a running back and was more like that of a quarterback.

People like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Michael Dell did so, becoming cultural heroes and creating value along the way.

But a provision inserted in the final bill also allows the deduction to be claimed up to a certain fraction of the company's depreciable property — property like buildings that lose their value over time.

Value investor Bill Miller, who's had a strong track record over the years, tells CNBC he's not giving up on stocks and likes airlines and homebuilders.

While a 2005 study found 96 % of managers at U.S. companies self - identify as extroverts, there's a long list of successful CEOs — individuals like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos — who value quiet reflection over social stimulation.

[8] e.g. Frank McAveetyMSP, Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Evidence Session 7 June 2006 gave the «perfect example» of a woman in a long - term same - sex relationship, who herself was adopted: ``... the woman is in a stable relationship, understands what it is like to bring up children in difficult circumstances, cares passionately and possesses moral values that are as strong as those of anyone around this table.

This seems like an excellent opportunity to buy low on the Bills, as they're also offering contrarian value and have been hammered by sharp money.

Added Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, «Public servants like Bill Larkin shine brightly and light the way for cooperation and friendship even in an era when those essential values are vanishing.

If budgets are statements of values, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo clearly values the fight he is waging against a federal tax bill he views as both onerous and directed at states like New York.

«My response is, and using his words, «to be quite frank with you,» I think it's just a typical response like any other police commissioner who refuses to see the value and the authority of the City Council,» Mr. Williams, who sponsors one of the early intervention bills, said in a phone interview.

He also had very harsh words for Mayor Bill de Blasio, criticizing him for trying to shut down charter schools and stressing that he was referring to liberal Democratic politicians like him when he made his derisive comment about «New York values» earlier in the campaign.

The bills also emphasize the value of having mission agencies like NASA continue to support training and public outreach activities — a jab at last year's failed attempt by the Obama administration to designate NSF, the Department of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution as the three lead agencies for STEM education.

Sandwich meats purchased at the grocery store — even those billed as «natural and organic» — are not necessarily any less expensive and often feature obnoxious stabilizers like carrageenan, an additive with no nutritional value that has raised a red flag for its gastrointestinal inflammatory effects since the 1960s.

Say: «If our meter is a whole, kind of like 1 whole dollar bill, how would we represent that on the place value chart?»

On this note, and «[i] n sum, recent research on value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis added].

Like Treasury Bills, Agency Discount Notes are issued at a discount and mature to par value in short - term intervals.

Home equity loans are a good example of this type of credit: As a homeowner, you can put your house up as collateral in exchange for borrowing against some of the value it has accrued over time to cover things like medical bills, major repairs or other unexpected expenses.

Agency Discount Notes Like Treasury Bills, Agency Discount Notes are sold at a discount and mature to face value in short - term intervals.

I'd heard a few fund managers, like Black Creek Investment Management's Bill Kanko, were finding it harder to find stocks fitting their value criteria.

Like Treasury Bills, these are sold below face value and mature to face value in short - term intervals.

During this period, technology based innovation has provided many new value - added features for checking accounts like debit cards and online bill paying.

Billed by great actors like Shawn Ashmore who plays Jack Joyce, the acting and production values are done phenomenally well, making you think that you really watching a TV show through the five acts available in the game.

Just like the posers Al Gore and Bill Clinton (posers because they have chosen a «great cause» that has no intrinsic moral value), your rhetoric is laughable... so thanks for the laugh!

Whatever the automatically generated bill looks like will then have to be checked against budgets and considered to see whether all of the items contained in it are actually chargeable as per whatever costs order has been made, let alone making a value judgment as to whether the costs are proportionate and reasonable.

Some people believe that situations like this carry a potential for fraud — the health care provider gets clients directly from the lawyer, so they might have an interest in increasing the treatment or bills in order to increase the case value and to receive more referrals from that lawyer.

Now lots of lawyers don't bill by the month or by the week or by the year, lots of lawyers bill either flat fees or hourly fees, but during that time you still need to make sure that person sees values and if you're going to have a relationship with that client over time, you need to make sure that they see value in staying connected to you or staying friends with you and maybe that's as simple as doing a monthly or a weekly newsletter like Noah does, but you need to make sure that they believe that it is valuable to stay in your circle so that their ready to hire you when it's time to hire you.

What he's talking about is when you're billing somebody monthly for a service, that's a habit and they just do it because maybe they like you, maybe their loyal to you, but eventually they go while I'm not really getting the value from this, which is why it's so important for lawyers to make sure that clients appreciate the value their giving.

Tarlton's article focuses on four law firms that are reinventing the practice of law through delivering corporate services in unconventional ways, offering flat fees and other value billing models, eliminating vestiges of traditional law practice like a partner - associate structure.

Legal futurists like Richard Susskind and Mitch Kowalski have long predicted that value - based billing is the wave of the future for the legal profession — in part because corporate clients are beginning to demand it.

Given laypersons don't set out to buy a lawyers time — what would «value billing» look like?

You may recall that UNCITRAL's Working Group on Electronic Commerce meets at the end of October to continue work on electronic transferable records (like bills of lading, warehouse receipts, negotiable instruments etc)-- documents that have to be unique to keep their value.

I think so often metrics in the law firm library circle around things like number of reference requests, docketed / billed hours spent, and budget targets; it is good to learn about alternatives that provide more value for measuring performance.

The shift to monthly billing is also allowing these firms to bundle a number of services and offer them as a package — resulting in a larger uptake of higher value services like quarterly management reporting.

Like the iconic Bartlit Beck firm (see post here), Valorem strictly avoids billing for its work based on time expended, and has instead become known for agreeing upfront with clients on the actual value of its legal services — with appropriate incentives based on actual outcomes.

It puts a monetary value on things like lost wages and earning potential, medical bills and future medical expenses, property damage as well as pain and suffering.

For example, you probably have medical bills showing the cost of your past medical treatment, or you can refer to a vehicle valuation service like Kelley Blue Book to establish the value of your vehicle.

The common refrain from private practice lawyers (especially those who know how I feel about hourly rate billing) is that in - house lawyers who talk about value based billing really just want to pay less, and are not really interested in concepts like sharing risk.

We're keen to test things like law firm convergence, flat fees, value billing, competitive tenders, firm size and reach, and legal project management,» said Jonathan Pearl, Sony Electronics» General Counsel.

Depending on the claim, you may be assigned a primary adjuster who conducts a thorough investigation of the accident, a field adjuster who appraises your car vehicle, a total loss specialist who finalizes the vehicle value, and a medical payments / personal injury protection adjuster who handles medical bills, like emergency room visits.

People handling your claim may include a primary adjuster who conducts a thorough investigation of the accident, a field adjuster who appraises your car vehicle, a total loss specialist who finalizes the vehicle value, and a medical payments / personal injury protection adjuster who handles medical bills, like emergency room visits.

If you're leaving enough inheritance to trigger estate taxes, you might want to use a cash - value life insurance policy (like whole life) to pass funds to your heirs to pay the tax bill.

The long - awaited bill, which goes into effect on April 1, still does not recognize bitcoin as a currency, but it has accepted that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have «asset - like values» that can be used «as payment to indefinite parties for the cost of purchase or rent of items or receipt of services and which can be transferred by means of electronic data processing systems,» explained Bitflyer exchange.

In order to move value from the bitcoin network and the Ethereum network, for example, users typically needed to go to an exchange and swap currencies like travelers do with paper bills.

Such a system would be a boon for security and applications like recurring billing; however, the current scripting system does not allow reading transaction values or past transactions.

So if you are reading blogs like this, and especially if you are following discussions on LinkedIn groups where there are way too many posters who are as phony as a $ 7 bill, you need to investigate who is offering the advice before you accept it at face value.

We know that adding modern day systems like solar power and other tools can save greatly on energy bills, but does installing these systems add value to the home?

Real estate owners cashing in on rising property values often roll sale proceeds into 1031 tax - deferred exchanges of «like - kind» properties in order to avoid paying what can be a hefty capital gains tax bill.

This is Adam's opinion and Bill Cobb does not recommend you obtain «comps» or try to estimate your home's value from sites like Zillow or Trulia.