Taking this mantra on face value, many discount the value of formal training, and end up under investing in it.
But Elliott insisted on full face value plus past due interest.
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"It's crafting and putting the best face on the value statement that you're making, " he says.
Did he calculate the tax based on the full face value of your purchase, or the discounted amount you paid for it?
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You certainly cannot take any of their statements on this issue at face value.
Now, operators of warez sites face charges based on the value of the software exchanged -- which can reach millions of dollars -- rather than any profits they earn -- which are negligible.
"Chinese people put quite a lot of value on 'face, ' " says 23 year-old winner Cheng Pei Quan, who earned the nickname "The King of Collars" because he can sew 95 collars an hour, a third more than average.
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At the same time, the European Central Bank agreed to exchange Greek government bonds it bought on the secondary market for less than their face value, provided the debt-restructuring talks succeed, according to people briefed on the negotiations.
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
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And they kept the face value 100 cents on the dollar, thus allowing the creditors to pretend they still want it.
Even some of the most coveted seats, like the track and field finals, are on sale for many times above face value.
David Edmonds, head of telecommunications watchdog Oftel, said on Wednesday he had taken "at face value" Altavista's announcement in March that it would give web-users access to the internet at a flat rate.
The solution: never take what you read at face value, and always rely on a trusted source.
While top seats on the floor are going for multiples over face value, some of those upstairs are bringing little-to-no price increase.
In the end, negotiations settled on a bond exchange that will cut the face value of Greece's debt to private creditors by half.
While the uniqueness of the offering -- and the delightfully low price point -- may draw in a few customers, you may want to think twice about about completely ruining its (small) resale value by plastering your face on it.
On March 29th a federal district court in New York made a ruling that, taken at face value, turns America's approach to the patent protection of genes on its head.
Ticker brokers scarf up the best seats to many events, and then sell them in the secondary market way above face value, largely to the people on the Forbes Billionaires list.
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Its whole thesis that the Pentagon needs to start searching for alternatives hangs on government cost estimates, but it simply takes those estimates at face value without asking why the costs keep rising or whether the estimates are even valid.
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Monetarism fails on its face for taking from money its sole purpose which is stability in value.
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The Welsh Rugby Union said it clearly stated on each ticket that they are not to be re-sold above face value.
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Iberia executives at the Madrid stock exchange put a brave face on the stock's opening fall, saying the airline represented value for investors burned by the meltdown in tech stocks.
"I think Dr Fox has made a very full and frank admission on the things that did go wrong and I think we should take that at face value subject to the investigation that will be published later today, " he told presenter John Humphrys.
At face value it looks harmless enough: news organisations will have to bid for space on the two public television channels.
Lee had an attractive offer for the stores: He would pay them cash on the line if they would sell him gift certificates at about a 10% discount off face value.
The offer on the table would give have SK Global paying the foreign creditors up to 40% of the face value of their debts, while the Korean institutions swap up to 47% of their debts for shares.
On Click, we like to put theories to the test, no matter how persuasive they appear at face value.
Taken at face value, the belief that January is an important indicator of the twelve month period imparts greater importance on January than any other month and other twelve month periods.
Argentine government bonds are trading at a quarter of their face value, while lending to Argentine businesses faces a "risk premium" of more than 40% on top of normal interest rates.
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