• And, when these costs are high, that leaves less money to cover overhead expenses and less to pass into retained earnings for the company, Bierman noted.

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  • Conn's jumped 2.56, or 16%, to 19.05, after the regional consumer-electronics and appliances retailer reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as it benefited from higher average selling prices and set aside less to cover bad loans.

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  • That the mortgage interest deduction is landlocking individuals at a time when they need to be highly mobile in pursuit of work is yet another reason to abolish a tax-code provision that the property-less must cover.

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  • With less snow cover and a longer growing season, these non-migratory reindeer have taken advantage of the increased plant abundance, with the result that reindeer populations and their ability to reproduce are up, while mortality is down.

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  • But statistics for public-company carriers cover less than 20 percent of the industry, Perry said.

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  • The party says the government's capital allocation for 2013-14 will cover less than a quarter of the costs.

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  • His bank set aside less money to cover bad mortgage loans, as did Bank of America, which reported results earlier on Wednesday.

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  • However, GPs have been given less money to cover their practice expenses.

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  • By playing recordings of calls to the males they were monitoring, the team found that those which had been flea-free managed to overlap with almost two-thirds of the outsider's call, whereas the others managed to cover less than half of it.

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  • He said capital inflows would be "more or less" adequate to cover the current account gap.

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  • Meanwhile, although federal flood insurance was both subsidised and supposedly obligatory for most mortgage holders, remarkably few people on the Gulf had federal cover: less than a fifth along Mississippi's coast and only 40% in New Orleans.

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  • Because he has so much less historical ground to cover than Rothkopf, he is able to pay close attention to the vanished heyday of social-democratic politics in the West, a subject that Rothkopf skates past quickly to get to the present.

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  • All three are competing with foreign outfits that have either younger workers or make less-expansive promises to cover the doctor and drug bills of retirees.

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  • Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that provides coverage to the poor and disabled, would be expanded to cover everyone earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level.

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  • Those whose files come on screen to the accompaniment of flashing red lights will not find it easy to obtain cover for much less than the cost of paying for their treatment themselves.

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  • They are easy to start, less work to maintain and often cover more ground than just investing.

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  • Sheila can use discussion when Callum feels in the mood for talking, and cover topics in a less structured manner.

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  • As a result, fewer reporters have less options in terms of what they cover.

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  • It found that in all three subjects, pupils now have to learn a wider range of topics than they used to, but cover some of them in less depth.

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  • Then we counted how many more--or less--issues the celebrity's cover sold, as compared with the magazine's average newsstand sales.

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  • Added to the general atmospheric warming in the region, the researchers also describe an amplification process whereby reduced snow cover on the surrounding tundra and less sea-ice in the Arctic Ocean push up temperatures still further.

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  • Officials hoped the sum, enough to cover Greece's borrowing needs for less than a year, would be enough to calm markets.

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  • The entitlement numbers are calculated as the present value of future promises less future taxes (at present rates) to cover them.

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  • Another option is to scale back his ambitions, going for the less grand but still worthy goal of expanding health cover to the many tens of millions without it.

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  • But it is the robust values given to the three other buildings in the deal that should provide some comfort and cover for investors and lenders interested in less prominent buildings.

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  • While burn damage is normally patched with pieces of excess skin from a person's own body, this does not work if the whole face needs to be covered -- the skin of the entire back is less than half of what would be needed to cover the full face and scalp, Siemionow said.

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  • On the other, this kept us whisking about for longer periods in the den, as it didn't cover as much ground as our cheaper, less sucky options.

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  • Towerstream, however, is likely eying the much-less expensive adjacent A and B spectrum blocks, which cover regional slices of the U.S. Licenses in these blocks would let Towerstream expand into cities like Sacramento, Calif.

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  • The gaming community is more or less already sold on Bioshock: Infinite, and so this cover art might be a late-game attempt at capturing a broader market.

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  • When the discussion veered briefly onto foreign policy, Mr Clegg seemed less assured, suggesting that he may do less well in next week's contest (which will cover international affairs).

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