By renting out cloud-based computers by the hour, companies could run any OS, software or programming language on a powerful virtual machine.
Amazon launched its service in March 2006 by renting basic data storage and has since gone into services like computing and databases.
You might also be able to earn extra income with a part-time job or even by renting out a room to a tenant.
Starting in the late 1980s, many families bought or built second homes in vacation spots, covering the overhead by renting them out during the high seasons.
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However, it is possible to visit independently by renting a car to visit the basin (there is no public transportation to this remote corner of Sabah).
Question: Did Segall know that he might be able to skip the accounting rigmarole and do as well or better by renting the condo only 14 days a year?
They can get paid in two different ways: either by a percentage (usually about a third) of the gross fares, or by renting the cab by the day or week and paying all fuel costs.
By renting a car and mapping out a loose itinerary along the Mediterranean and Aegean it is nearly impossible to avoid stumbling upon ancient amphitheaters and temples, secluded turquoise-water coves and bustling resorts within minutes of one another.
When Britain's beacons went automatic in 1998, Trinity House Lighthouse Service, the corporation chartered to run lighthouses by Henry VIII in 1514, decided it could make more money by renting out the cottages than by unloading them.
Airbnb, founded in August 2008, is dedicated to the promise that lots of people are willing to earn money by renting out a room in their home and that lots of people are willing to save money by crashing in strangers' abodes rather than in motels or hotels.
Avoid baggage fees by buying or renting a specialist kit on arrival.
So, if you earn income by, say, renting out a holiday cottage, any loss on the letting activity could be offset against your income from other sources, resulting in a lower overall income tax bill.
The proportion of households renting privately fell by almost two-thirds between 1971 (20%) and 1991 (7%), then remained between 9% and 11% until 2008.
With guidance from Jean Duboc, a veteran of Carrefour's hypermarket division, CBD has reduced construction and operating costs of its hypermarkets by 30% since 2000 by making simple changes like renting out space at store entrances.
They decided that the lifestyle they had built was no longer sustainable and decided to make structural changes, by selling their home and renting, using the equity to pay off debts, establish a cash emergency fund and contributed to college savings for their children, which was of major importance.
The only fall was in Yorkshire and the Humber, where the cost of renting a home dropped by 0.5% in the last year, it suggested.
Finally, we looked at alternative scenarios of the costs of renting versus buying , by changing the mortgage rate, the income tax bracket for tax deductions, and the time horizon.
There are a number of implications for companies such as Netflix, which in the last year or so announced it was moving away from renting DVDs to providing videos by streaming them over the Internet.
The NHF, which represents 1, 200 housing associations in England, said the cost of renting a home had risen by 37% in the past five years and was expected to rise by a further 35% over the next six years.
The dominance of short-termism is evidenced by the magnitude of institutional stock "renting" for terms of 12 months or less, the volume of high-speed, high-frequency algorithmic short-term trading, the short average tenures of chief executive officers and the dominance of executive compensation tied solely to short-term results.
Newman's first propitious stumble was out of the business of renting minicomputers, a business doomed by the invention of the PC.
Newman's first lucky stumble was out of the business of renting minicomputers, a business doomed by the invention of the PC.
Each year that goes by, we are more thankful to be renting.
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The federal government will start renting apartments for New York residents displaced by superstorm Sandy who remain homeless.
Mr. Emanuel had argued that he maintained his residency by paying property taxes on his Chicago home while renting it out during his stint in Washington.
He also raised questions about potential changes in the First Sale doctrine, which basically allows for the renting of purchased DVDs without any recourse by the original content producer.
Meanwhile, the man who had been renting a guest cottage at the home owned by Sohus' mother also left town and the couple's truck was later traced to him on the east coast although it was never found.
But the alarm was raised by two friends when he failed to return to a flat they were renting in Venosc.
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