But the MTA wants to keep wages flat for the contract's first three years, and then allow for 2% increases in both 2015 and 2016 for about 34, 000 bus and train workers.
Keep your feet flat on the floor, roll your shoulders back and keep your ears directly over them so your head isn't tilted forward.
If prices drop by 25%, then you have to sell 25% more machines just to keep your sales flat.
Put another way, flash makers who want to keep their revenues flat have to ship four times as much product today as they shipped at the beginning of 2010.
So, it could keep provider payments flat by doubling premiums.
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Keep your lower spine flat against the back of the chair to maintain proper curvature.
This would keep the yield curve relatively flat or mildly inverted as the Fed resumes hiking.
You could chalk this one up to some success in government meddling (and associated incentives) as we did manage to keep total automotive employment essentially flat, i.e.
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It's because of appliance and efficiency standards that we've been able to keep our energy usage relatively flat, and considering California is on average a warmer state, that's pretty amazing.
While premiums to book value have eroded in recent quarters as share prices stagnated and dividends were flat or cut, keep in mind that the relative attractiveness of the Agency MREIT yields has actually increased as competing investment yields have fallen.
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This is bad news considering that refineries had been running flat out in recent months to keep up with high demand.
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If the oil price stays flat or falls, that formula may keep working only if the repression is stepped up.
Sony shares have lost two-thirds of their value over the last five years, as the company has struggled to keep pace with new developments in portable music and flat-screen televisions.
The company will pay the Browns a flat fee for the arrangement, then keep all revenue from the transactions done over its site (it will charge a 10% fee to buyers and 15% to sellers).
Mr. Witt used to view flat-front pants warily and vowed to keep wearing pleated pants even if they rapidly were going out of style.
In effect, that widening spread means that monetary conditions have tightened and lending across the economy has been flat, despite the Bank's efforts to keep policy as loose as possible.
His impulse was to keep smoothing her hair, where it had been tangled and pressed flat beneath her head scarf.
Ideal for anyone planning a short stay abroad, the new packages offer tremendous value over pay-per-use rates and help keep wireless bills predictable by giving customers a bucket of minutes for one flat price when roaming in more than 220 countries.
"With the flat cells, their middle legs are scrabbling continuously, so they keep their wings moving to maintain their balance, which is a lot less energy-efficient, " Dr Glover continued.
Alternatively, the Tesla roadster, with a top speed of 200kph, would leave it in the dust and keep going for another 300km or so after the Smart's battery was flat.
Aside from ultra-lux furnishings, a bounty of Jacuzzis and enough flat-screen LCD panels to tile a roof, Connor says "Solemates" also lets guests keep fit in style.
In most cases, the companies are compensated by the colleges, either with a flat fee or a rate based on the number of students they put into a program that helps keep them from defaulting.
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