It's a poor deal for government finances but a great deal for consumers, '' marvels Slott.
Labour have criticised the government's sale of Northern Rock as a poor deal for taxpayers, saying it was sold off at a "fire sale" price.
However, a poor deal for the U.S., carried out in the name of expediency, could be a weight on the shoulder of every Congressional Democrat and Republican defending their seat in 2014.
Whereas both CiU and ERC are split over economic ideology, both agree that Catalonia gets a poor funding deal from the Spanish central government.
Citing low attendance and a poor arena deal at the antiquated Met Center, Green claimed he had no choice but to let the team go south.
And they can focus their overseas aid on the issue that is most difficult for poor countries to deal with themselves: disease.
They have far too much to do at home: double the size of their business every five years or so, avoid bad debts, find more capital, cope with rapidly shifting patterns of corporate lending, bring banking to millions of poor people and deal with the politicians.
Not surprisingly, only 29 percent of employees believe that steps are taken to deal with poor performers.
And many rich countries exacerbate the problem by recruiting from poor ones to help deal with their own shortages.
ECONOMIST: Africa desperately needs more health-care workers
In the worst cases, debt has strangled the firm, or new management has been poor, or the deal was mispriced.
ECONOMIST: American investors fight each other over Celanese
Humans don't use animal power for agriculture much more, but oxen and horses are still harnessed for work in less-developed countries, particularly as poor farmers have to deal with increasing fuel prices.
Leadership at the highest level is needed from all countries, powerful or poor, to seal a deal in Copenhagen.
Instead of going through up to 14 different government agencies to obtain a title, poor Lima residents had to deal with only one.
It should have worried more that Welsh voters may ask why their deal is so poor compared with that being offered to the Scots.
How do you deal with failure and poor performance against a backdrop of good numbers?
The deal, along with poor third-quarter results, caused Renault's shares to tumble.
The head of the ambulance service in the West Midlands has been called in to help the East of England operator deal with criticism over poor performance.
Ultrabook shoppers looking for a well-built, unusually compact 13-inch model should consider the Dell, but the relatively poor battery life might be a deal breaker for some.
WSJ: Walt Mossberg: Dell's Slim, Speedy Ultrabook Fits Anywhere, but Loses Steam
Many poor countries felt they got a raw deal from the earlier Uruguay round and were not convinced that they had much to gain from a new round.
He watched the band deal with incompetent security forces and poor sound systems and always -- always -- paparazzi and screaming fans.
Despite many concessions for heavy industry and poor newcomers to the EU, the final deal (perhaps to its credit) left everybody unhappy.
ECONOMIST: Global consensus on climate change is maddeningly elusive
Banks will have to overcome a culture in which businesses get most of their credit from suppliers, which offer poor value but are seen as easier to deal with.
While globalization has increased productivity drastically, and made the wealthy in this country a great deal more wealthy, and the poor in developing countries more wealthy, the vast middle has not seen nearly as many gains.
During times when oil prices are low, a big company like Exxon Mobil can come in with all its financial strength and its technology and offer these poor countries, such as Angola, a deal that's hard to beat.
EU. But on the whole, poor countries are justified in feeling they get a raw deal.
In fact, ideologically he is something of an old-time liberal himself (he devoted a great deal of energy to boosting the number of poor students at Harvard).
ECONOMIST: A defenestration at Harvard: The Summers also sets | The
Myanmar authorities, too, have issued warnings to coastal communities, but aid officials warn that areas there are far less equipped to deal with such potential disasters because of relatively poor investment in disaster relief.
应用推荐