If he cuts less than this he will lose some weight, but eventually his intake will match the maintenance level for what he now weighs, and without further cuts his weight will stabilise.

ECONOMIST: The difficulty of losing weight is captured in a new model

The adjustment we're talking about is to subtract maintenance-level capital expenditures, such as for boilers, plumbing and roofs.

FORBES: Shaky Dividends

The stock trades at 21 times its adjusted funds from operations (net plus depreciation minus maintenance-level capital outlays).

FORBES: Magazine Article

This measure, an obsession of real estate research firm Green Street Advisors (which provides us with much of our REIT data), is net income plus depreciation minus maintenance-level capital expenditures.

FORBES: Good Neighbors

The level of the maintenance track adjacent to the busway has been raised to reduce the risk of flooding.

BBC: Guided bus wheel

Never mind that the jobs "created" are funded for only five years or that they tend to be low-level security and maintenance jobs and offer no training in new skills needed in the 21st century.

FORBES: Mind the Geese

At the local level, water-user associations responsible for the management and maintenance of irrigation canals have been set up with foreign help.

ECONOMIST: The heavy costs of non-co-operation

"There is no such thing as a safe level of asbestos and cases like this should serve to remind tradesmen and those involved in maintenance activities that asbestos remains a significant danger to their health".

BBC: Belfast Health Trust fined over City hospital asbestos