Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne said he welcomed the thrust of the government's plans to simplify the tax system, but he said "today's announcement, I'm afraid, sounds rather more like an attempt to grab headlines than real evidence of a push to improve legislation".
Don't get us wrong -- we applaud RIM's efforts to officially enter into the dangerous world of 140-character social networking -- but when it comes to a integrating a service that can dominate your life with a device that's intended to simplify it, efficiency isn't just important, it's vital.
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Despite Mr. Stoppard's efforts to simplify the story, the actors and director occasionally had trouble interpreting the scripts.
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It's tempting to simplify things and blame it all on global warming.
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If Cleveland Clinic appeals to the emotional side of our brains to provide a simple, soothing experience, the supermarket chain Trader Joe's tries to simplify rational choice.
Mr Bush's other main second-term goal on the home front, to simplify America's bewildering tax code, seems an even more distant hope.
Interestingly, the group's purpose is to simplify things and make the user "feel less intimidated, " but we're not so sure that tossing extra labels and probably a few hidden dollars in the pricetag to compensate for "their work" is the best approach.
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During this time, he was able to halt the loss of market share by the company's DSL business, to improve customer service and to simplify and harmonize the company's range of brands.
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Let's see if we can simplify things a bit for these beleaguered souls.
To simplify Britain's messy state pensions in a way that rewards responsibility (David Cameron's favourite abstract noun) and pays for itself would be impressive.
This would be true of today's announcement to streamline and simplify the planning system, and to introduce a presumption in favour of supposedly sustainable development into planning decisions.
Early voting can help simplify each campaign's "very complex and labor intensive end game, " Seligson said.
If you need more room than that, perhaps it's time to heed Thoreau and simplify.
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Among other things, this document is meant to simplify the EU's workings and make its institutions more open.
Sun's Jini OS project aims to simplify the integration of Java-enabled devices by allowing the devices to automatically send small applets to each other.
To simplify, let's create three categories: technology, communications and memes.
Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) to use a nascent technology called Cisco Eos to simplify the music company's management of a large catalog of band Web sites.
Plans were drafted to simplify and brighten Ebay's home page and add features to make the auction process more lively and competitive (for example, a software widget that would show bidders who they were up against).
According to documents received by Forbes.com, Warner Music Group has spent months negotiating with networking giant Cisco Systems to use a nascent technology called Cisco Eos to simplify the music company's management of a large catalog of band Web sites.
Lord Lawson's instinct was to cut taxes and to simplify them: he cut both income-tax rates and the number of bands, and streamlined the corporation-tax regime.
The task force's job description is to propose ways to simplify the tax code, reduce tax evasion, close loopholes and make changes in corporate tax breaks.
Hillcrest's motion solutions, based on Freespace technology, simplify the design of motion enabled products.
Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives.
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Motorola Mobility, owned by Google, fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives.
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Hendrik Lenstra, of the University of California, Berkeley, discussed with the assembled company one way to simplify and speed up Dr Agrawal's algorithm.
In a report, the development bank said India's recent decision to set up a ministerial panel to expedite clearances for large projects and the federal cabinet's approval to a proposed law that aims to simplify land acquisition procedures are steps in the right direction.
First and foremost is the 180-degree swiveling LCD, which, like Samsung's MultiView flavor, flips all the way forward to simplify composition for self-portraits, but it also offers some nifty gesture controls, letting you wave briefly to trigger a two-second countdown, for example.
He's a leader in helping Ford wring out waste and simplify work rules to boost productivity. (Many Ford plants, in fact, are adopting four-day workweeks, fewer job classifications and lower pay for janitors, just like GEMA.) But Sullivan objects to how few jobs at GEMA are left for UAW workers earning top-tier wages.
Simplify the process of setting up your PC's performance by conveniently providing you with the option to tweak, defrag, or update any outdated drivers.
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"I was working on a bunch of things mechanically, and then basically scrapped everything and really tried to simplify my swing to the point where there's nothing going on, " Hafner said.
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