Sentences with phrase «of operating expenditures»

Prior to the lawsuit, firms devoted 20 % of their operating expenditures to R&D; during the years after the lawsuit, after controlling for other factors, they reduced that spending by 3 % to 5 % of operating expenditures, representing about a 19 % reduction in relative R&D spending.

Not exact matches

That's especially true for the pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications industries where internal R&D usually means more hiring, higher capital expenditures and increased fixed operating costs, all without the guarantee of a return.

In addition to the U.S. tax benefits, the Dow component is in the middle of an aggressive cost savings campaign — called «Business Transformation» — designed to curb operating expenditures to free up cash.

In addition to the U.S. tax benefits, the Dow component is in the middle of an aggressive cost savings campaign to curb operating expenditures to free up cash.

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.

with respect to any such meeting where the total expenses to the operating division exceeded $ 150,000, a description of the exceptional circumstances that necessitated the expenditure of such amounts.

Free cash flow (FCF) is a measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures.

Although the oil and gas industry is a major target of Western sanctions, financial strains have been partially alleviated by reducing capital expenditure and rouble devaluation, which cut operating costs by around 30 %.

Cash Flow Return on Invested Capital (CFROIC) is defined as consolidated cash flow from operating activities minus capital expenditures, the difference of which is divided by the difference between total assets and non-interest bearing current liabilities.

If Microsoft generates 50 million in operating cash flow, has capital expenditures of 20 million, pays preferred dividends 10 million and pays common dividends 5 million, Microsoft has a cash dividend payout ratio of 25 %.

On the salient legal advice point, the memo concludes that US laws prohibiting foreign nationals managing campaigns — «including making direct or indirect decisions regarding the expenditure of campaign dollars» — will have «a significant impact on how Cambridge hires staff and operates in the short term».

If you don't operate a child care services business, your business can claim a non-refundable investment tax credit of $ 10,000 per child care space or 25 % of the eligible expenditure for every new child care space your business creates in a licensed child care facility your business operates for the benefit of the children of your employees.

Moody's confirmed the states triple A debt rating but noted a «modest weakening of the state's financial position... primarily driven by higher levels of operating and capital expenditure».

During the past several years, political contributions of Berkshire subsidiaries have been less than $ 10 million per year or less than 0.1 % of Berkshire's consolidated annual operating expenditures.

Examples of forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding the Company's plans, assumptions, expectations, beliefs and objectives with respect to store openings and closings; product introductions; sales; sales growth; sales trends; store traffic; retail prices; gross margin; operating margin; expenses; interest and other expenses, net; effective income tax rate; net earnings and net earnings per share; share count; inventories; capital expenditures; cash flow; liquidity; currency translation; growth opportunities; litigation outcomes and recovery related thereto; the collectability of amounts due under financing arrangements with diamond mining and exploration companies; and certain ongoing or planned product, marketing, retail, manufacturing, information systems development, upgrades and replacement, and other operational and strategic initiatives.

However, the various expenditure reduction exercises over recent years, without major cuts to programs and services, have forced departments to operate «closer to the edge», implying that the lapse at the end of the year will be lower than in previous years.

The Estimates, on the other hand, excludes these expenditures, arguing that because they are reported through the Employment Insurance Operating Account, they are separate from any of the appropriated organizations listed in the Estimates.

S&P opined that, in the words of the Canadian Press, «in the next two years there is a one - in - three chance the province will not be able to meet its budget targets of low or no growth in operating expenditures.»

* Finances: Moody's notes a «modest weakening of the state's financial position... primarily driven by higher levels of operating and capital expenditure».

In addition, there are material expenditures missing from the operating budgets going forward, such as the Golden Ears bridge toll fees removal in year two and beyond, the one - third replacement cost of the Pattullo bridge (which was to be funded by tolls) and the second 50 % of the promised 100 % MSP premiums reduction.

The company has also shifted its operating income range to a presumption of thin profitability instead of loss, despite $ 525 to $ 625 million in capital expenditures.

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC): Function of Operating Earnings and Net New Investment, Capital Expenditures (Positive)

With energy often accounting for over 15 % of operational expenditure, a robust energy management strategy can be one of the most effective ways to reduce operating costs and increase profits, while optimising efficiencies, processes and resources.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court found that New Yorkers Together, which is funded by the Communications Workers of America, and a UFT organization called Teachers for Todd, were operating in violation of independent expenditure rules spelled out in the state election law.

It's good the governor avoided calls for spending some of the money on recurring operating expenditures, which would simply dig a future hole to be filled by tax hikes.

This represents a reduction of only 2.9 percent of the total operating expenditures projected to be made by school districts statewide during the 2010 - 11 school year, and 7.3 percent in State support.

All capital budget items shall include justifications based on return on investment, leverage of other revenue sources, payback period, impact on credit rating, relative value in reducing operating or capital costs, or other such appropriate measures typically utilized to justify and prioritize such expenditures.

Real Estate Board PAC, a political expenditure arm of the Real Estate Board of New York, spent just over $ 300,000 in operating costs and...

Each capital project request shall show: recommended priority; development; time schedule; estimated costs for planning, site of right of way, construction, equipment and other features; status of plans and land acquisition; anticipated effect of project on annual operating budget; possible sources of financial aid; recommended expenditures by years; and such other information as the Budget Director and Commissioner of Environment and Planning may deem advisable.

Resource allocation operates on the basis of relative expenditure need, as agreed through political judgement.

«Throughout the history of the presidential public finance system, the program has operated admirably to the point of fairly equalizing campaign expenditures between the major party candidates, and providing primary candidates with the resources to be able to run campaigns,» said Holman «It made elections very competitive, quite open and fairly scandal - free.»

«The specific amount of such spending — which could impact growth in State Operating Funds expenditures — is not projected in the Executive Budget.»

«While it's well - intentioned by them,» said Mike Reich, a member of the Queens party who presided over the meeting, «the executive committee has voted to table this because the additional expenses would be astronomical and the restrictions on it would hamper the ability of the political party to operate in an election time where you have to make quick expenditures in response to Republicans — as you know, Republicans can drop a million dollars in a district in a blink of an eye — and we have to be able to respond.»

This appeared to be the start of continuing steps to reduce both operating and capital expenditures in...

The budget is able to exploit this loophole by not «adjusting for payment timing differences and accounting changes,» such as through premature debt service payments or «shifting expenditures out of state operating funds spending.»

It is not possible to operate a small facility without taking huge losses each year, and a big facility with more features could be considered an unnecessary waste of public expenditures.

The idea that we have an energy expenditure limit is known as the «constrained model of energy expenditure,» in contrast to the popular, but now seemingly disproven belief that we operate on an «additive model of energy expenditure.»

[Update: An earlier version of this post omitted Virginia from the list of states adopting STC programs since 2010 and incorrectly labeled total per pupil expenditures as operating per pupil expenditures.]

If tuition is taken to be fifty percent of college operating costs, then ed schools can conservatively be estimated to spend $ 2.5 billion annually in direct operational expenditures.

For example, rather than having to forgo large expenditures on new hardware to manage your applications» peak traffic, managed hosting provides predictable (monthly or annual) billing from the operating budget, and often pay - per - use billing for periods of peak usage.

Country - level variables included in the analysis were per capita GDP, teacher salary levels, average expenditure per student, external exit exams, school autonomy in budget and staffing decisions, the share of privately operated schools, and the portion of government funding for schools.

This was a shift of about 6 percent of current operating expenditures that went from salary to benefits (see the figure below for a breakdown of Missouri expenditure numbers from 1998 to 2014).

Moreover, they do so while operating with similarly high percentages of students eligible for free / reduced lunch, similarly high student mobility rates, similar curriculum frameworks, and similar per - pupil expenditures.2

Under the new formula, the charter rate is tied to the change in the district's average operating expense and, importantly, takes effect after nearly a decade of district expenditures growing significantly faster than charter funding rates.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides more than ten years of Per Pupil Expenditures Reports, which contain operating per pupil expenditure data.

Total annual public education operating expenditures in Texas approximate $ 7,000 per student and aggregate spending increased by 43 % over the five years ended in 2002, more than twice the sum of enrollment growth and inflation over the same period.

Tuesday's vote also included the reduction of about $ 865,000 in operating funds for expenditures such as contractual services, employee professional development, travel, supplies and more.

It's difficult to know how this ratio of dollars spent on teacher salaries to overall operating budget compares to other school districts as current financial transparency requirements do not report salary expenditures at this «granular» a level.

«It is open to an authority to include in its scheme a form of loan arrangement for schools which does not operate by way of a licensed deficit but rather by way of actual payments to schools or expenditure by the authority in respect of a particular school on condition that a corresponding sum is repaid from the budget share.»

The Current Expense of Education & Per - pupil Spending report on that page includes operating expenditures only.