This could be attributable to more efficient space-usage or better negotiating skills when signing a lease.
Are there ways that we can do a better job negotiating for better prices?
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The more trouble the bank is in, the less publicity it will want and the better the negotiating position of the executive.
It acknowledges another important point: that you and I as savers and consumers are better off negotiating for ourselves, without The Bernanke turning our relationship into a managed a trois.
Mr Wickremesinghe claims that his United National Party has a better chance of negotiating peace.
Intelisys software automates the purchase-approval process, freeing up the purchasing department to spend time, say, negotiating better prices.
Many schools, including top-tier institutions, don't offer extra enticements to attract students and not all students are successful in negotiating better deals.
Get rid of it, he argues, and EA's sports business will be able to get better terms when negotiating for licenses from professional sports leagues.
No tipping, and even better, no negotiating with the UBER driver.
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On the other hand, considering that you might end up getting a better job or negotiating a higher salary at your current job as a result of your research, going to a few interviews is a pretty good investment of your time.
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Residential and commercial rents, even in New York City, are down--not, perhaps, south of 14th Street in Manhattan, but elsewhere in the city, mere mortals are negotiating better deals with their landlords, or moving to neighborhoods they had thought were out of reach.
Coaches say that workers who lose their jobs as part of group layoffs have a tougher time negotiating a better severance package.
Ed Miliband, its leader, condemned Mr Cameron's veto but is vague about whether he would have signed the treaty or how he would have gone about negotiating a better one.
But assuming that James Bond could ace the GMAT and provide enough non-classified information in his essays to satisfy the admissions team of his significant accomplishments, then many MBA programs would welcome his perspective on working under pressure, negotiating a better deal, and meeting tight deadlines.
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All the better to pitch it right when negotiating - or seeking to deceive.
That, in and of itself, imposes an unfair burden on her to be better than the pool of applicants who are negotiating within the norms of their gender group.
In 2011, workers staged a three-month protest asking for better pay, with miners only going back to work after negotiating a close to 40% pay rise.
Moreover, women are often more persistent when negotiating with men, and their efforts tend to produce better outcomes for all parties.
And it is great that people are more aware and concerned about issues like climate change, but it would be even better if they supported their elected representatives not to lose their nerve in negotiating effective regulatory instruments in this area.
We don't know what we're going to inherent from President Bush, but there is a big problem looming on the horizon that we had better pay attention to, and that is President Bush is intent upon negotiating a long-term agreement with Iraq which would have permanent bases, permanent troop presence.
Representative RAHM EMMANUEL (Democrat, Illinois): Democrats made a pledge that if we got to Congress we were going to take the language that the pharmaceutical companies got, strike that language, rip it out and then specifically tell the secretary to begin negotiating prices with the pharmaceutical companies so we can get a better price both for the seniors and the taxpayers.
Suddenly, just like the federal employees -- there are millions of them so they can drive a harder bargain with insurance companies -- you, as an individual or a small business owner, could be part of this pool, which would give you more negotiating power with the insurance companies for lower rates and a better deal. (Applause.) Right?
The appeal document also seeks to answer ICC concerns about Saif al-Islam Gadhafi's well-being, saying the government "has expended considerable resources in order to ensure the safe and secure temporary custody" of Gadhafi in Zintan and is negotiating to bring him to the capital, where facilities would be better.
"You had bus operators, track workers, signal maintainers reading the newspaper today with a better grasp of what the MTA was going to do with the negotiation than the negotiating committee of the union and the leadership of the union, " he said.
Then again, we also know that by not negotiating with terrorists, and by keeping jailed terrorists in prison, we stand a better chance of protecting the lives of the rest of us.
That having bureaucrats and government deciding upon prices, negotiating with suppliers, using the sheer weight of money at their disposal to get better prices, would curb the way that health care seems to have its own, higher, inflation rate.
Mr Abhisit's political career may be over, but it would be better for Thailand for him to stay on, for now, and drag protest leaders back to the negotiating table.
When my local radio station is reporting everyday on how the mayor is re-negotiating or canceling municipal or county collective bargaining agreements due to financial crisis, will this somehow hit home better when the broadcaster relays the results of the stress test, maybe even telling me some grade from A-F has been assigned to my home town by the government?
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