Sentences with phrase «lower operating spending»

Most of the lapse within National Defence was due to lower operating spending, which amounted to over $ 1 billion.

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The single biggest element is $ 17.6 billion over five years in spending restraint, including anticipated lowered operating costs of $ 6.8 billion over the same time period.

That's why analysts expect the government to look for operating expenditure cuts — such as cutting remaining fuel subsidies — even as it tries to keep up development spending and target lower - income households, often called the B40, or bottom 40 percent with incomes of less than around 2,500 ringgit a month.

That doesn't necessarily mean Uber's operating costs were low — they spend money on everything from research and development to discounting worldwide to hiring lobbyists — but it did mean that Uber figured out a way to avoid adding drivers» employee benefits and car ownership, maintenance and insurance to those costs.

At Parks and Resorts growth in operating income was driven by higher results at our domestic operations which saw gains in both attendance and guest spending, partially offset by lower results at our international operations.

Other direct program spending, consisting of operating expenses for Crown corporation, defence and all other departments and agencies, increased $ 2.3 billion (4.2 %), primarily reflecting increases in federal government employee pension and other future benefit liabilities, reflecting the impact of lower interest rates.

We develop comprehensive programs to lower your operating supply spend, and streamline packaging for distribution centers and e-commerce operations.

Despite claiming two English titles, in 1921 and 1960, Burnley have spent the majority of the past 40 years in the lower divisions and they continue to operate with the smallest budget in the Premier League.

«Based on a review of operating results through the first half of FY 2017 and updated data on State programs and activities, DOB has lowered its spending estimates in several areas, including mental hygiene, preschool special education, and higher education.»

$ 1.5 billion of total cost improvements achieved, including $ 977 million of operating cost improvements and $ 483 million from lower exploration and evaluation spend in the first half of 2013.

Such transmission tweaks include reducing the engine's time spent operating at a very high rotational speed to lower mechanical friction, or reducing time spent with an open throttle to lower air friction in the cars cylinders.

Although the system requires water to operate, the amount of liquid that is spent is lower compared to the environmental damage caused by the refrigerant gas and electricity used by traditional systems.

He also noted that spending money on failed schools hasn't been limited to voucher schools: Last year, for example, taxpayers spent about $ 361 million operating 52 low - performing public schools in Milwaukee in which 10 percent or fewer of the students were considered proficient on state tests.

In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

Philadelphia falls in the middle, spending about $ 13,000 per student to operate schools, compared with about $ 23,000 per child in Lower Merion, according to state data.

With the exception of the District of Columbia, which is anomalously low at 61 percent in 2010 — 11, state spending on salary and benefits exceeds 75 percent of total operating expenditures in every state.

Like the Education Next survey, the Friedman survey asked respondents whether they thought public school spending was too high, about right, or too low, after first randomly assigning the respondents into two groups: one that first heard a prompt explaining that the average U.S. public school spends $ 10,658 per pupil (this is average operating expenditure per pupil), while the other group was not given any prompt.

The year - over-year improvement was primarily the result of the higher sales volume, together with lower operating expenses and lower technology investment, including in Storia School Edition, partially offset by higher promotion spending in Clubs in the current quarter.»

Some believe that, when an economy is operating below its potential growth rate, lowering interest rates to inflate capital asset prices indirectly stimulates the economy through a wealth effect: People who own stocks, bonds, and houses will spend more if they feel wealthier.

The convenient rates result from the low operating cost in Vietnam, low spending for advertisement and above all - the low transaction costs via Internet.

This subtly asserts that while a court has higher standing costs, it may generate lower costs per case, because counsel will not spend time on arbitrator selection and because, if precedent operates, counsel will be able to consider certain questions of law settled.

Both handsets come running Android Go Edition, a lighter version of the operating system that's designed specifically to work on lower powered, budget devices with an aim of providing a smartphone experience to those with very little to spend.