• ECB's target range mean that it is not ready to ease monetary policy just yet.

    ECONOMIST: Europe's economies

  • Josie Irwin, head of employment relations at the Royal College of Nursing, said a pay award based on the 2% inflation target would mean a real terms pay cut because costs such as council tax, mortgage interest and other housing costs would not be covered.

    BBC: Doctors are unhappy with the recommendation

  • There is also a risk that payment by result might mean organisations target those who will likely give them good results.

    BBC: Can the probation changes cut reoffending?

  • "Part of the difficulty with 3G and indeed in many cases 2G coverage has been that Ofcom set national targets for coverage and I'm delighted to see that Ofcom in respect of 4G have set a Northern Ireland target which will hopefully mean that there's more coverage, " the minister said.

    BBC: Northern Ireland broadband provision defended

  • Since many drugs only seem to work for certain people, this would mean companies to target medicines to patients who would be helped--making clinical trials cheaper and easier.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Japan has ratified, so we will do our best to achieve Kyoto our target, although it may mean buying credits from overseas (developing countries) - that does not mean we are totally satisfied with Kyoto, " said Mr Arima.

    BBC: Japan waits on US for CO2 targets

  • And the second is to try and fathom out what the various pieces of evidence might eventually mean for its inflation target.

    ECONOMIST: The economy

  • But the BDA's Scottish committee said the "target-driven" qualifying criteria would mean more practices might abandon all health service patients to focus solely on private work.

    BBC: It is hoped Polish dentists will help bridge the dental gap

  • As it currently stands, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has set a target of limiting the rise in global mean temperature to 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels.

    BBC: Climate change evident across Europe, says report

  • The Item Club also says that the government's choices include sticking to the current inflation target of 2% - which could mean no more interest rate cuts for some time, and therefore lower economic growth.

    BBC: Food price rises 'to hit UK hard'

  • This does not mean that the Fed should adopt a target for the Dow.

    ECONOMIST: Trapped by the bubble

  • "People are beginning to realize that just because you can buy it at Target or Wal-Mart, doesn't mean it's safe, " Janssen says.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • It may mean subscribing to the publications that your target audience reads, following the influential members of that audience on twitter, attending the conferences and meetups, noting the issues that interest them and around which that community coalesces.

    FORBES: 7 Steps to Better DIY PR

  • The target, due to be met by 2006, will mean that 46% of England's secondary schools will enjoy specialist status.

    BBC: Loans deal to lure new teachers

  • But that doesn't mean people aren't still looking for the target that eluded Mr Harris and so many before him.

    ECONOMIST: Business travel

  • In theory, the government has a 7% growth target, but continues to insist that the overshoot does not mean a "hard landing" in the shape of an overbalancing economy.

    BBC: A Chinese steelworker

  • Such trends mean that Britain will almost certainly fail to meet the target agreed with the World Health Organisation of reducing health inequalities by 25% by 2000.

    ECONOMIST: Health

  • That will mean yet more spending cuts and tax rises to meet the deficit target of 6% of GDP set by international lenders.

    ECONOMIST: Latvia's election

  • But sending direct mail to these lists for leads would once again mean spending money so instead I called magazines and other advertising vehicles in our target market and offered to swap our list for advertising.

    FORBES: Fathers and Sons

  • Despite the fall in June's inflation rate, the figures mean the CPI rate has still overshot the Bank of England's 2% target for 35 of the past 41 months.

    BBC: UK CPI inflation in surprise fall to 4.2% in June

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