But because benefits are contractually guaranteed, the obligation to cover any funding shortfall lies with taxpayers.
First, that Chesapeake is desperate to sell assets to raise cash to bridge its funding shortfall.
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To make up the funding shortfall, courts are imposing higher filing fees on litigants.
The police authority has now said it may have to make cuts to make up the funding shortfall.
So why is there a USD multi-billion funding shortfall for local profit making businesses that create value for local stakeholders?
The funding shortfall is "the only cloud on our horizon, " she says.
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In Oxford, the university has published its own "corporate plan", outlining the "radical and innovative measures" needed to tackle a funding shortfall.
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Supporters groups remain unconvinced as to the viability of any move to Nunnery Way, with the board admitting there is likely to be a substantial funding shortfall.
She also referred to uncertainties over the sustainability of current fund-raising efforts to fill the funding shortfall and inquired about prospects for future developments in this regard.
Theodore interviewed dozens of venture capitalists, female founders and tech industry experts (both female and male), quizzing them on the challenges facing female founders and soliciting their perspectives on what was driving the female funding shortfall.
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The effect of funding the pensions shortfall was evident during the past 12 months, and BA said that employee costs increased by 5%.
Cornwall Council is holding a crisis meeting with bus operators to try to find a compromise over a shortfall in funding.
Another firm, United Utilities, has said it will have to sell off parts of its business in order to make up any shortfall in funding.
Three-quarters (75%) of respondents to the latest survey said the shortfall in funding meant they would be unlikely to reduce their childcare fees even if the government lowered staff-to-child ratios.
If Congress does not replace the current Continuing Resolution with one providing more flexibility to move money around in response to urgent needs, then the shortfall in funding for readiness created by sequestration turns into a genuine crisis.
The Air Force announced earlier this week that it is grounding a third of its active-duty fleet through September 30 due to a shortfall in funding driven by the need to bring spending into compliance with the deficit law.
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In addition, more than 90 had had to draw on financial reserves to make up the shortfall in Whitehall funding.
But a spokesman said the "ongoing and significant" shortfall in the funding available for these courses had meant the university subsidising these courses for several years.
The credit crunch has caused a shortfall in private sector funding.
But it said local authorities faced a massive cash shortfall because of reduced government funding and an increasing elderly population.
"The 2011 floods flash appeal remains distressingly under-funded, with a 73% shortfall, and if more funding is not received relief supplies will run out within weeks, " UN spokeswoman Stacey Winston said.
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The pupil premium has helped to a certain extent but as only around one in 10 students get free school meals, the funding hasn't been enough to compensate for the shortfall.
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This five-year shortfall is equivalent to almost a year and a half of annual Defense Department funding.
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