Dividends are also predictable and visible, unlike share buybacks which are just promises and can be delayed or stretched out.
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Businesses are a web of promises, and at a basic level, their success turns not just on the promises they make to customers but also to their employees.
Donors who really care how their money is used need to avoid ambiguity and rely on more than just good faith promises.
That all the negotiations and promises were just delays to allow this situation to develop.
It promises not just new birds and cute little masks for the existing ones, but a revamped physics engine with shifting gravity focused around asteroids and planets rather than one consistent force.
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From Toy Story to Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo to TheIncredibles, Cars to Wall-E to Up, the company continues to produce films that deliver fun and fantasy, not to mention moments of genuine poignancy, just as their brand promises.
From Toy Story to Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo to The Incredibles, Cars to Wall-E to Up, the company continues to produce films that deliver fun and fantasy, not to mention moments of genuine poignancy, just as their brand promises.
Or just maybe, it was because the promises you made felt like an adorable tease I just had to have.
The current plan takes years and this will be seen as just an excuse to break promises later.
The crowdfunding site which has just arrived in the UK promises an interesting new business model for the games industry.
The U.S. just elected a president who promises to strengthen government's grip on how health care is paid for and delivered.
The college admission season is gearing up in full- force, and it promises to be just as crazily competitive as last year.
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The 2009 edition of what Borg called "the toughest Slam" promises to be just as entertaining and draining as those that have gone before.
And this is just the beginning, he promises.
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Just remember that most insurance advertising promises low monthly costs and a purchase experience that is simple, quick, and often times automated.
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He and his colleagues need to reassure the trade unions that they are on their side, not just give warm reassurances and vague promises.
Basically, companies just need to act on the promises they make.
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The Democrat threat over tax rates is just the opening move in what promises to be an historic chess match played out using barroom brawl rules.
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"UPC is going to keep attacking just as it has been, " promises Mark Schneider.
SmartThings promises to let you do just that, offering a system that connects everyday physical objects to a cloud-based control center.
The draft agreement would give the leaders of the Bangsamoro more political and economic powers, promises the people a "just and equitable share" of the region's abundant natural resources, and pledges to address the needs of poverty-stricken communities.
No promises on a commercial version just yet, but the researchers see plenty of potential for it, and are even talking about a portable, GPS-equipped version that police or emergency responders could use before entering a dangerous area.
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While NEC isn't making any promises for the near future just yet, Rohm says that it'll begin shipping its first custom ICs in the second half of this year, and that the first products using them could start showing up by the end of 2009.
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We don't know if Apple plans to use its learning in any kind of shipping product, although it's undoubtedly been interested in the category before -- and its ambitions of having iPhone-optimized hearing aids could well get a lift from technology that promises real understanding, not just a boost in volume.
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Microsoft just announced more functionality, and more interesting promises, for its Bing search engine.
But all that will just be a warm-up for what promises to be an awful year-end when lame-duck lawmakers will face their own version of an ugly triple witching hour.
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Sure, we've heard all sorts of lofty promises from these guys, but just because one provider makes good and offers up an HD newcomer in one locale doesn't mean that you'll be seeing it anytime soon.
But after doing so since June, factoring into prices expectations of substantial and meaningful actions, they have reached the point where they need a lot more than just more hints, rumors, and stalled promises to prevent them from beginning to factor back out the expected actions that are still not taking place.
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Inside that slightly bigger frame is a battery that promises 10 hours of runtime -- just like the others.
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