Sentences with phrase «rather than the return»

They expressed a strong bias toward revenue growth over cost reduction (64 % vs. 18 %), and an equally strong bias toward investing cash rather than returning it to shareholders (57 % to 14 %).

And I'll gladly suffer through all these pet peeves rather than return to the days when workout rooms were the size of walk - in closets, HBO cost extra, Wi - Fi was a novelty and the average hotel bed had the topography of a mountain range.

Coworkly, a side project that's currently dominating the majority of Arar's time, arose from a desire to fill a gap he's seen in Ottawa for many years now — namely, a community of startups that focus on venture capital and raising money rather than returning to the basics of bootstrapping and profitability.

«We expect most or our return to come from compounding of intrinsic value rather than a return to intrinsic value» Ira Rothberg

Moreover, many advisers said that executives now feared that spending money on a deal rather than returning it to shareholders would invite activist scrutiny.

«The majority of those that have left seem to indicate a desire to remain within the continental US rather than return to the island,» said Tony Suarez, vice president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC).

Like Gombrowicz, Kornowski comes from the lesser Polish - Lithuanian gentry; like Gombrowicz, he becomes a fashionable writer in Warsaw in the 1930s; like Gombrowicz, he is on a trans - Atlantic liner when war breaks out with Germany and, like Gombrowicz, rather than return to fight for his country, he jumps ship in Buenos Aires.

I visited for two weeks last August, and rather than returning rested, in touch, and connected with the universe, I came back exhausted, stinky, dehydrated, and shaken by the widespread poverty and sickness I witnessed there.

rather than returning to whole foods, i'm thinking of trying to vitamix it up into some coconut butter.

Everybody knows that Patrick Vieira was a mountain of a player for Arsenal back in the day, but there were quite a few Gunners fans that got annoyed when he decided to go and become a coach at Manchester City when he retired from playing rather than return to the club that made him into a star.

From his name OsloGunner maybe he prefers to spend his hard earned cash on other things, rather than return flights from Norway and tickets to games.

Speaking to Bild on Thursday, Bayern Munich forward Kingsley Coman has expressed his desire to remain in Bavaria rather than return to Juventus at the end of his loan stay.

They drove to the Warwick Hotel in Manhattan rather than return to their home in Greenwich, Conn..

Rather than return to first base with nothing to show for running halfway out into the outfield, Prince snagged a nacho chip from one of the unsuspecting fans in the front row.

The 23 - year old midfielder from Swiss club Basel looks like he will be the first though, as The Mirror is reporting that he will be flying straight to London after his christmas break back in Egypt rather than returning to his current club.

Still, entering the draft was probably the right decision for him, rather than return to school and risk further hurting his stock.

Height: 6» 3» Weight: 185 Age: 19 Last: 44 Stats: 10.3 PPG, 5.6 APG, 1.5 SPG Duval was in a tricky spot after an underwhelming freshman year, but made the right call to turn pro rather than return and lose playing time to Duke's incoming recruits.

That would be good news for Derby's bank balance, but the bad news is City see Hughes as a capture to play now rather than return him to Pride Park.

Today at 01:14 pm - The Italian is on the radar of both London clubs after leaving Bayern Munich (Picture: Getty) Carlo Ancelotti would prefer to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal rather than return to Chelsea for a second spell, according to reports.

To reiterate, he must be allowed to continue his development on loan rather than returning to academy football, where he would find things quite a lot easier rather than challenging himself further.

Unfortunately it's so essential to our daily routine that we deal with the annoyance rather than return it and going without one for a time.

Rather than return to lobbying and agency PR, he is continuing to work part - time for the leader's office.

If it is in fact a new form of Pan-Africanism, it is one that is rooted in a cultural aesthetic more than a political ambition, its leaders run blogs rather than political parties, and it calls for a reinterpretation rather than return to African culture and values.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» Democratic Party Executive Director Basil Smikle said.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» said Basil Smikle, the executive director of the state Democratic Committee in an email statement.

He said he planned to get a puppy for his wife because «she'll find it easier to say O.K.» on the occasions when he stayed in a hotel after work, rather than returning home.

The former foreign secretary will suggest his brother is pandering to Labour's core vote rather than reaching out to the middle classes and that his strategy will keep the party in opposition rather than return it to power.

«Given the serious nature of the allegations made last week, the campaign contributions given by the defendants will be set aside in a separate account to be made available for any forfeiture recoveries pursued by law enforcement upon case disposition, rather than returning the funds to the defendants,» Smikle said in the statement.

As the ankles swell, the lymph fluid, rather than returning to the heart is accumulating in the lower legs, feet and ankles.

T'Chaka leaves behind N'Jobu's young son, N'Jadaka, known in the U.S. as Erik Stevens, rather than return the boy to Wakanda.

It seems likely that she'll appear in flashbacks rather than a return from the Quantum Realm where she's still lost in sub-atomic space but the fact that Pfeiffer is returning to superhero movies at all makes a serious turn up for the (comic) books.

The evening hit a crescendo when, accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award, Oprah Winfrey brought the house down with a speech calling for the day when no woman would have to say «Me too»; Barbra Streisand expressed shock that she was the only woman to receive a Globe for best director, and even Thelma and Louise (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) were resurrected to announce one of the evening's top awards, perhaps to show how far the industry has, and has not, come since they drove off that cliff 27 years ago rather than return to their limited lives.

Last December BESE decided to extend the RSD's shelf life rather than return the schools to OPSB control.

The only concession to terrorism fears was that rather than return to Greece...

Advocates of BTB argue that some results are more optimistic and that to the extent employers discriminate, this necessitates additional training and enforcement rather than a return to the box.

Rather than return greater power and respect to the states, the Gillard government proposed a significant increase in Commonwealth involvement and oversight in public and private education.

And any surplus funds are collected as profit rather than returned to the schools the company serves.

A new survey by the Council for a Better Louisiana shows that, by a wide margin, New Orleanians would prefer to keep public schools under the umbrella of the Recovery School District rather than return them to the control of the Orleans Parish School Board...

The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking public comment on its request for a waiver to use carryover federal funds rather than returning them to the federal government.

The success of the old Trafic allowed Renault to focus on developing key areas with this model rather than returning to the drawing board and the approach has paid off.

Simply because a signed copy of a book will encourage someone to keep it, rather than returning it to the little library for someone else to read.

A good girl would not have faked her own death rather than return to her family in shame and humiliation.

So, rather than returning to a central home page or menu, BlackBerry is pushing something they call BlackBerry Flow.

Rather than return a check with insufficient funds, the bank makes full payment to the payee.

Tax ramifications for early withdrawal include a 10 % penalty plus withdrawals being taxed first as income (rather than return of capital) under the «last in first out» (LIFO) method.

Granted, a case can be made for the return OF one's capital rather than the return ON one's capital.

This is because Warren believes he can generate higher returns (in intrinsic value and in turn eventual share price) through investing in the purchase of new businesses, rather than the returns to shareholders through payment of a dividend.

For example, they wrote, from Nov. 6, 2008 through June 3, 2010, «the Russell 1,000 Financial Services Index gained 10 %... Yet FAS FAS, -1.47 %, the (3X) leveraged ETF, rather than returning 30 %, lost 72.4 %, and the -LRB--3 X) inverse leveraged ETF, FAZ FAZ, +1.53 %, rather than losing 30 %, lost 97.9 %.»

The big driver here will always be time, rather than return — even a v small Gross Return looks extraordinary on a Gross IRR basis if the timeline involved is v short.

Rather than returning the item, the program will pay the item and charge a fee.