Dividends provide the comfort of an income stream and cushion against falling stock prices.
This machine is a collision sensor, which knew in a split second to activate your automobile air bag and cushion the impact of your collision with the inside of the car.
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But, as illuminated in a book, Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan(2008), by Syracuse University professor Margarita Estevez-Abe, just looking at spending misses the arguably larger importance of a vast array of subsidy programs and policies that protect and cushion workers and citizens from market forces and limit competition.
If consumer spending does slow sharply, then at least Australian policymakers, unlike those in the United States, have plenty of room to cut interest rates and taxes to cushion the economy and prevent a recession.
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The kingdom has about 4 million bpd of spare capacity and can cushion further blows to production.
Small replicas of sculptures sit on her polished coffee table and each cushion on her couch is arranged just so.
Dividends are low and the cushion of unrealised profits that banks could rely on has dwindled with the decline in the stockmarket.
Another sop to the soft-hearted 21st-century modern man is the option of using straw to pad your socks and hopefully cushion the blows.
In London, it was presented along with an assortment of objects purportedly related to famous individuals, such as Winston Churchill's cigar and a cushion from Sigmund Freud's office.
Turkey desperately needs such assistance to cope with the lingering, devastating effects on its economy of the last Gulf War and to cushion it from the costs of the next one.
But it would be better to have that inevitable recession as far into the future as possible, and preferably with a little inflationary cushion and some room for active policy responses.
Turkey desperately needs such assistance to cope with the lingering, devastating effects on its economy of the last Persian Gulf war and to cushion it from the costs of the next one.
Let me add 'economic stimulus', 'access to capital funding' and 'stimulate the economy' and suggest that tomorrow, we'll hear from the Welsh government, once again, that they know growth and jobs are vital and that cushion or no cushion, their challenge is to create them.
Wayne Kong Yuk-shan, a branch officer at an Aeon office in the Central business district, says some 100 people, a number of them male, queued every day to apply for the pastel-pink card - and choose their free gift from a selection of Hello Kitty appliances. (These days, the giveaways are Kitty cup noodles and a cushion.) "Hong Kong people are very influenced by Japanese culture, so they like Kitty, " says Kong.
County have lost just once in the league in 12 months and have romped to a phenomenal 27-point cushion and the champions are hoping to beat the current record points tally of 99 as Holdsworth's men can achieve 109 points.
It also says the biggest banks should go further than this and have a safety cushion of between 17% and 20% of assets, made up of highest-quality assets topped up with bonds that can be easily converted to equity.
It would be used to buy back debt, and as a cushion in hard times.
With his little homemade seat cushion and gray hat on its hook screwed into the 402s tray.
Wales has a softer cushion and the potential for a faster trajectory out, with the depreciation of sterling.
Germany were content to sit back with their two-goal cushion and try to hit Wales on the counter.
United had to reverse the move and build more cushion into its schedule.
Turkey has been negotiating with America over a multi-billion-dollar package of aid and loans to cushion the economic impact of war.
That gave him a two-shot cushion and allowed him to stick to his cautious strategy on Sunday instead of attempting a Mickelsonian charge.
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This person could have taken that job, spent the next year rebuilding her cash cushion and networking as a calm and employed (therefore more desirable) professional.
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Have a cash cushion and a good line of credit.
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O'Gara's conversion gave the Lions a 10-point cushion and after replacements Matthew Rees and Shane Williams joined the fray, they earned a second in the 69th minute through their dominant scrum.
Lynch thinks that it won't take long for savvy oil traders to notice the gradual building of the capacity cushion and to decide that there is no real threat of supply disruption.
Thankfully for America, it entered restructuring with a significant cash cushion and the stigma of flying on a bankrupt airlines has evaporated over the years, so operations have continued more or less as normal.
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Crocs, which have some structure, cushion and breathability, can be an easy alternative to flip-flops, while sandals with a substantial foot bed and softer and broader straps are also a better option, Oswell said.
And it can help cushion the blow for parts makers by introducing them to new buyers and giving loans to smaller businesses.
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