Such a credit could also eliminate the onerous marriage penalties faced by low-income single parents whose EITCs can shrink or even disappear when they tie the knot.
Like Salesforce.com , RightNow aimed to sell its customer relationship management (CRM) software as a low-maintenance, Web-based service, not a shrink-wrapped product.
By keeping interest rates very low, that meant that businesses that had seen consumer demand really shrink were still able to service their debt and to keep their doors open.
There are other ways to shrink the gap between Germany's high savings rate and relatively low investment, the underlying reason for its current-account surplus.
And the low-cost carrier isn't letting up: while it plans to shrink overall next year in the face of the recession, it's actually adding service to some of the US cities business travellers frequent the most.