In non-executive ones, they do a bit better, accounting for just over a quarter of board chairmen and 36% of directors, but still nowhere near their share of the workforce.
On the other hand, if some have to be broken to help a current college student or to pay off debt in a way that might work a little bit better for you, do it in a way that minimizes any damage and move forward.
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"We're offering those teams a chance to fly out of Europe, South America, Asia, acclimatise in Nairobi for a few days, do a bit of training, sight seeing, and then fly down for the world cup, it's only a four hour flight from Nairobi to Joburg, " he added.
Moreover, these foreigners can now do a bit to cushion the blow for Americans: already global demand, coupled with a weak dollar, is boosting American exports.
From there you can sell it on eBay, or do what I do and work with a friend who sells quite a bit on eBay and have them do it for you.
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Companies can, for example, do a bit of public relations judo if customers are unhappy about service.
If your server is a Windows box and you're unfamiliar with the vicissitudes of cross-platform networking, you'll have to do a little bit of research on best practices for smooth communications between the two.
First on my to-do list for Fancy Hands: outsource a bit of reporting.
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Boxing it do keep 'em out of trouble for a bit but sometimes I think their hearts are too big.
Both firms believe that busy shoppers will welcome the opportunity to do a bit of Christmas shopping while they hang around for a bus.
To explain what Corning has--or may have in fiber optics--FORBES will have to step out of character for several hundred words and do a bit of science reporting.
"He's been pushing it for a bit and just couldn't do it, " Muller said.
It's a workout that hopes to work out some of our energy problems and offers a glimpse of what could be achieved if we all do our bit for the environment.
How much peer pressure do you have from others who might think you're a little bit too churchy for them?
Jeff, do you want to talk a little bit about how you see this from a -- for a company that operates internationally?
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"The smart way for the retailer to do it is to ... raise prices a little bit here, a little bit there over time so that the consumer doesn't have one big sticker shock, " says Wharton marketing professor Stephen Hoch.
An industry veteran says that more managers of big banks will come to realise that they do not need to pay twice over for the same bit of business, first by building a global infrastructure and then by rewarding an investment banker.
So I think it would be best for it to have a kind of bit of a rest and then hopefully do it again.
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You can start today by aiming your arrow at this bit of financial empowerment: Do not rely on anyone else, like a husband or boyfriend, for your financial security.
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He believes that it is entirely appropriate, as the American people do, that the wealthiest should be asked to pay a little bit more as we develop a balanced package for long-term deficit reduction.
President Bush will do his bit in an address to the UN on Thursday in which he may seek the setting of a deadline for the readmission of weapons inspectors.
It began in December 1967 when five secretaries at a ventilation and heating company volunteered to work an extra half hour each day without pay to do their bit for the flagging economy.
The European Central Bank, operating within the legal limits imposed on it by the treaties that govern the European Union, is providing some liquidity to the banks and a bit of relief on the interest-rate front for sovereign borrowers, but it cannot do much to prevent the insolvent from being forced to default.
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In the short run it would probably be a bit of a tonic for bank stock prices and equity markets, but it doesn't do anything to solve the problem of the euro crisis at all.
For all its success, Facebook now faces a bit of an existential crisis: What to do about death?
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And do you expect now that the elections here and in Israel have taken place, there might be a little bit of leeway for the two leaders to perhaps seek a different relationship?
"The other unusual thing about this year is that foreign stocks tended to do a bit worse than domestic markets, and that's a kind of reversal of a trend we've seen for most of this decade, " he said.
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