Sentences with phrase «rather than a banker»

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She had been considered as a candidate for deputy Treasury secretary but withdrew rather than undergo a banker - bashing confirmation hearing.

With a background as an investment banker rather than as an economist rooted in a particular analytical framework, Powell will lead «a more data - driven Fed, which at the current juncture means a more dovish Fed,» until and if inflation recovers, said Robin Brooks, chief economist at the Institute of International Finance.

Be realistic about financial estimates and projections: «When you present a plan to bankers and financiers, or even to your employees, people will get way more excited about what's real rather than some huge thing that's never going to happen,» says Ciccarelli.

He stood up to greedy bankers, chastised corporations for sitting on piles of cash rather than investing, cracked wise with the media, and even managed to name - drop Down With Webster, a Canadian rap - rock group of questionable talent, without damaging his cred.

Bankers seem more inclined to point to specific, troublesome rules within the law, rather than blaming Dodd - Frank in its entirety.

Anyway the point is that if you are a banker and conceive of your job as «save the careers of corporate managers» rather than «do what is best for the corporation,» that's a little weird.

At a time when markets are pointing to the problem over the next generation as being inadequate rather than excessive inflation, central bankers need to spur demand and co-operate with governments.

So rather than being a model to emulate, Latvia shows what is wrong with the neoliberal policy that bankers are telling other countries to adopt.

In this case, the dissident — backed by two seasoned executives and two investment bankers — opted for incremental activism rather than bringing in a new management team.

Bankers would be expected to be college graduates, but they normally learned the business of banking by experience in banks rather than by special courses in an institution of higher education.

They look like bankers and lawyers and investors rather than as humble men of God.

it wont change till Silent stan is bought out or Wenger walks or the board start thinking like football club owners rather than investment bankers, which most of them are or were in former lives so don't expect any changes anytime soon.

Bankers might also be opting to hold onto their current properties rather than potentially be forced to sell at a discount.

«The government is continuing with failed economic policies which serve City bankers and tax - dodging corporations like Starbucks, Amazon and Google, rather than ordinary people.»

Cameron says the move is about getting lending going, rather than bashing bankers.

Let's use our engineering for engineering rather than becoming investment bankers.»»

Some comic mishaps leave the Baxters again in need of money, but rather than pass the hotel onto banker Martin Ridgeway (Keenan Wynn), who shows an unusually strong interest, Johnny thinks that just maybe a snowmobile race with monetary prize could be the answer.

Jon was able to recruit a group of leaders so talented one investment banker had to be convinced that they were employees rather than outside consultants.

Of course the management, directors, and bankers took their millions of dollars of fees in cash rather than stock in the companies they supposedly supported.

Even if you feel you are a «saver» rather than an «investor,» it doesn't hurt to talk to a professional just as you would with your personal banker.)

If you have not yet settled on a financial institution to bankroll your real estate purchase, try negotiating with bankers based on a 15 year mortgage plan rather than a 30 year mortgage plan.

If you are paying off your mortgage in a biweekly fashion rather than monthly, then you have a great deal of leverage when it comes to negotiating a fixed interest rate that is at the bottom of the range that your banker gives you for your credit score.

Rather than a Green Bank, the World Bank is revealing itself to be a banker for the super-powerful corporate elite.

Perhaps more Americans will return to operate their own ecopreneurial companies that operate under triple bottom lines, sharing their surplus rather than hoarding it like the investment bankers did on Wall Street.

Attorneys can now annotate, organize and broadcast documents and exhibits entirely from their iPad rather than lugging around bankers boxes and reams of paper.

Transactional lawyers may want to insist on a «cut of the deal,» like bankers, rather than accepting hourly wages.

Rather than borrow from a bank, you can act as the banker, using your policy as the bank.

Rather than repel bankers and their clients with its volatility, XRP seemed like a good fit for a payment service such as MoneyGram.

Corporate bankers are like retail bankers, but they deal with companies rather than everyday people.

Use 39 years of outside selling financial services to now work as a personal banker or Small Business banker in a branch or corporate office in an administrative position, rather than outside sales.

But, getting proper valuation on sustainable home features may be the norm rather than the exception in as few as three years, says Teresa Lopez, a licensed mortgage banker in Austin, Texas.

The only way to prevent this is to have interest rates set by the market rather than central bankers.»