Sentences with phrase «than a rule as»

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Chinese - language dailies may be more influential than the Post, but changes in its editorial direction are seen as a barometer for press freedom under Chinese rule.

You know this old rule: Always leave the state of the campsite (in this case, a hot desk) just as good — or slightly better — than you found it.

Those three words once associated with the rules of retirement investing no longer hold true, as many retirees have been forced to assume more risk than they would like.

As a rule, humans almost always believe they deserve more credit for a job well done than they would be willing to dish out to a co-worker who completed the same task.

In K. Anders Ericsson's famous study of violinists, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell as the «10,000 hour rule,» Anders found that the best violinists spent more time practicing than the merely good students.

As Adams and others have pointed out, his posting didn't necessarily violate Twitter's rules because he used Zenkel's corporate email address rather than a personal or private one, and also because that address was freely available elsewhere online.

Rather than providing rules or scripts, you should ask them to treat the customer as they themselves would like to be treated — surely the highest standard.

Of course if you aren't a spiritual person than it will be difficult to see your work as a sacred offering and because business is about making up your own rules, I would say... choose to see your business in whatever way works for you!

The Arbitration shall be held either: (i) at a location determined by JAMS (or, if applicable, AAA) pursuant to the Applicable Rules (provided that such location is reasonably convenient for you and does not require travel in excess of 100 miles from your home or place of business); or (ii) at such other location as may be mutually agreed upon by you and NBCUniversal; or (iii) at your election, if the only claims in the arbitration are asserted by you and are for less than $ 10,000 in aggregate, by telephone or by written submission.

The IRS RMD rules can be a bit confusing, and failing to satisfy your annual RMD can be expensive, costing you an excise - tax penalty of up to 50 percent on the amount not distributed as required, warns Manisha Thakor, director of Wealth Strategies for Women at Buckingham and The BAM Alliance, a community of more than 140 independent registered investment advisors throughout the country.

With new SEC rules allowing for crowdfunded companies to repay contributions with equity (as opposed to just goods and services), seeking funds through Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or any of the many other crowdfunding sites is an even more appealing option than it used to be.

But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is based on scientific research with repeatable results — the exact study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better than a health app.

As a simple rule of thumb, if the value of each point is less than 1 cent, use cash and keep your points for a higher - value opportunity.»

I mentioned the 4 percent rule earlier; in case you aren't familiar, this is a widely - cited informal rule that, as long as you withdraw no more than 4 percent of your well - diversified investments per year, you should be able to outlive your savings indefinitely.

The general rule is to think of email as a way of having a conversation rather than as form of correspondence.

But with her Liberals winning a majority government Thursday, Wynne emerged as the saviour of her party's flock, putting a fresh face on a troubled party that has ruled Canada's most populous province for more than a decade.

Under proposed CFTC rules, these companies would be required to hold more capital against certain derivatives trades - also known as «swaps» trades - than banks.

Pro-Trump outlets including Breitbart and the Daily Caller have taken up the banner of opposition to net neutrality, apparently more as a proxy battle than on the merits of the rules themselves.

They have these advantages, according to the reports of western companies: they usually have more of a sense of responsibility than do their unmarried sisters; they're less likely to be flirtatious; as a rule, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it — maybe a sick husband or one who's in the army; they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently.

In Tuesday's ruling, a three - judge appellate panel rejected Pauley's narrow definition of «repeat infringer» as only covering users who upload infringing content, rather than ones who downloaded songs for personal entertainment.

As always, this depends on the individual business, but a good rule of thumb is that you shouldn't take out more than you can pay down to zero at least once during the next 12 months.

As a rule of thumb, limit a tweet to having no more than three hashtags.

The new rule, which reportedly is more than 300 pages long, which will take effect once it is published in the Federal Register, blocks so - called «fast lanes,» known more formally as paid prioritization, will forbid ISPs from blocking or slowing of some content in favor of others and will make clear that all lawful content has equally standing.

That means there's less than a year left for the two parties to come to an agreement or face a «cliff edge» scenario where ties between the U.K. and the EU are suddenly severed with no arrangement as to how to move forward outside WTO rules.

Though one lobbyist representing Amazon expects new regulations to come gradually, rather than a single ruling banning delivery or making its widespread use legal, the next set of rules, anticipated as early as February, are not expected to allow for delivery.

In his dissent, Pai's main complaint was with what he saw as a double standard: He said that the order unfairly stuck ISPs with stricter rules than internet companies like Google, which are able to harvest and monetize personal data more freely under looser guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission.

«As a rule,» he said, «we're smarter than we are capable.»

If your customer, as a rule, does not pay vendors in less than 60 days, then prepare to accept that — don't start harassing the customer just because your terms are net 30.

Let employees use complaint - resolution policies as guidelines rather than rules.

Use the 2 - minute rule: If a message requires action from you that you can complete in less than 2 minutes (such as typing a reply and hitting Send), do it at once.

Although there are no guarantees that anyone other than the taxpayer involved will receive the promised treatment, private letter rulings serve as useful barometers of the IRS's thinking.

But in its 2015 rules, the agency redesignated broadband as a telecommunications service rather than an information service.

In terms of coordination, can we imagine putting a greater focus on self - organisation and collective wisdom, rather than bureaucratic rules and procedures, as a way of getting things done?

As a rule of thumb, BBC will order ahead only on parts with shipment times longer than a couple of weeks.

Backed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, the rule, believed the first of its kind nationally, requires restaurants to post a salt shaker encased in a black triangle as a warning symbol next to any menu item with more than 2,300 milligrams (0.08 ounce) of sodium

The TSA said in July it was imposing new security rules requiring U.S. domestic airline travelers to remove all electronic items larger than mobile phones such as tablets, e-readers and video game consoles from carry - on baggage for screening.

That has been part of the appeal of the so - called «4 percent rule» — an investment - income strategy that says as long as you withdraw no more than 4 percent of your initial portfolio, adjusted for inflation, on an annual basis during your retirement years, you shouldn't run out of money.

The price to earnings ratio of a drug company is going to be less useful than the price to cash flow ratio as a result of these accounting rules.

Under the new changes, «small creditor» — now defined as institutions with less than $ 2 billion in assets originating fewer than 500 first - lien mortgages per calendar year — would now apply to a 2,000 - loan annual origination limit, effectively easing the path for more banks and credit unions to comply with the ability - to - repay rule.

As discussed below, the Department believes the approach adopted in this final rule likely yields the most desirable outcomes including avoidance of costly market disruptions, more compliance cost savings than other alternatives, and reduced investor losses.

Also, bills have typically traded below other money market rates during tightening cycles, as they do now; periods where bills trade at or above other rates have been the exception and not the rule.36 Thus, the smaller increase in bill yields than in rates on other term instruments is not surprising, and I do not read it as undermining the general conclusion that the policy rate increase was effective in firming money market conditions.37

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

As a general rule, however, «politics have very little effect on the stock market other than short - term knee - jerk reactions,» said Karyn Cavanaugh, Voya Investment Management senior vice president.

As a rule of thumb, if you spend less than $ 10,000 per year on gas, dining, or hotels, the Stash Hotel Rewards Visa card is probably not worth the fee.

As it is designed to do, our rule - based system for market timing provided the requisite signals for us to close our long positions (other than ETFs with low correlation) and get out of the way before downside momentum really started kicking in.

Moreover, last week's rule - based shift to «sell» mode, the first in more than six months, means we are now free to begin looking for potential short selling opportunities as well (here is a basic primer on short selling).

My rule of thumb: if there are less than a total of five founders / investors, I don't even think about equity as compensation and neither should you.

As a result, whenever we propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, other than with respect to (1) a registration related to any employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization or other transaction covered by Rule 145 promulgated under the

It implies that such rules would need to be designed to treat broad issues, such as increases in financial system leverage or aggregate credit growth, rather than more limited sectoral issues.