However, if Oracle can make use of the cash balance to make acquisitions instead of paying off debt, it could open up a lot of strategic opportunities.
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Why not make them apparent instead of burying the product under ad agency production values?
Working on the others, such as knowing your numbers and making yourself attractive to investors, can make them strengths instead of obstacles.
First, the companies that had the data they needed and used it to make decisions (instead of relying more on intuition and expertise) had the highest productivity and profitability.
They have also made possible the development of totally integrated power systems, which make energy fungible: instead of having one engine dedicated to driving the ship and another one devoted to generating shipboard power, electricity from multiple sources can simply be routed to wherever it is needed at the time.
We divert that much of our waste stream to recycling and actually make money on it instead of paying tipping fees to dump trash in the ground.
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The industry is further seeking to reduce the amount of fund data it is required to mail to investors and instead wants to make most of it available only on the Internet, unless specifically requested.
They shield the film people constantly and make excuses for them instead of upholding national park protection laws.
These genes make RNA that, instead of making a protein, works to keep other RNA floating in the cell from making proteins.
We asked this basic question: How can we start paying for things that make people healthier, instead of just treating them when they get sick?
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It remains to be seen how many U.S. consumers will opt to make their own cola instead of simply opening a can they bought at the store.
In addition, the estate and gift tax will remain "unified, " meaning an individual can use his or her entire exemption to make gifts while alive instead of waiting until death.
But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.
As part and parcel of the Single Market, this attempt to make the EU economy one economy instead of 27 vaguely linked national ones, these rules were simplified.
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My hosts at Majdac farm show me a list of a dozen different plants - including balm mint, dandelion, dog rose, thyme, nettles and two types of violet - that make the delicious tisane that is offered instead of tea.
The law also makes sure that the IPAB is not in a position to make policy, but instead to simply make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, proposals that Congress is specifically empowered to override if it sees fit.
"I only had to make about five phone calls instead of 100 phone calls, " Mr. Cummins says.
Some factories now make furniture out of paper instead of wood, and the island has gained a reputation for making eco-clothes.
It would be like Amway diamonds getting their downline to make the soap for them instead of having to pay Amway for it.
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An even lower-cost group of domestic producers are the mini-mill operators, such as Nucor, which make steel from scrap metal instead of iron ore.
Even if we do try to make it more about uniting instead of separating, you have to acknowledge there are differences between men and women.
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That bankers make huge bonuses, trade instead of lend money, get tax breaks, helped cause the housing meltdown, and curry too much influence with elected officials and regulators.
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Maybe if we could make it a hundred bucks instead of five it would be worth it along with an excise on shacking up to fund a program for non-marital domestic violence, which brings me to the lawyerly stuff in the decision.
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One approach is to make the building do the work instead of the device.
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Can we make our product into a platform instead of just a game?
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Would it not make more sense to strengthen cars instead of weakening LTVs?
Frightened people make dangerous choices: to drive instead of fly, to buy guns.
Instead, make a better investment of time and money: start paying attention to how much you pay in 401(k) fees.
Having guys in front of Vokoun who played smartly with the puck instead of trying to make the spectacular play certainly helped.
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