Microsoft has been sitting on a ton of cash for a long time, so why raise the dividend now?
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So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?
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Why raise money from API versus traditional venture capitalists?
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Why not raise the income-tax threshold, in particular, rather than tinkering with the bands and basic rate?
So why not raise the quota--or better yet--scrap it altogether?
Now, the reason why I raise this, even though Mr. Jordan will be confirmed, is that it is so indicative of a breakdown in the system when a nominee as highly qualified as he is, with bipartisan support as he has, who's reported out of committee unanimously, still faces filibusters.
HMOs as well as the trade group AHIP, when explaining why they must raise rates next year, make a bunch of excuses.
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Why not simply raise the response rate or increase sample size?
And that is why refusing to raise the debt limit still more, beyond 100% of what all of America even produces in a year, as President Obama wants to do, does not mean defaulting on the national debt.
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Employees leave with an empty box and little understanding as to why they received that raise.
These factors may explain why management failed to raise its full-year earnings guidance following the earnings release.
So why not continue to raise objections to Democratic proposals and try to deny them more legislative victories, or at least sully any they get, as they did on health care reform?
Many of his colleagues "will raise 10 objections why something cannot be done, " he says.
There was no shortage of workers at the lower wage level, so why give an unforced pay raise let alone a doubling?
Mr. Abdulmutallab's alleged links to Yemen also raise questions about why the Administration is now returning Guantanamo detainees to that unstable Middle East nation.
So what I've said is look, for wealthier people why don't we raise the cap? (Applause.) Make them pay a little more payroll tax. (Applause.) Not everybody is wild about this idea, not surprisingly. (Laughter.) And so what I would like to do -- I had a fiscal responsibility summit where I brought together Republicans, Democrats, experts on all these issues -- how do we start dealing with our long-term deficits, our long-term debt.
Yet the latest figures raise more questions about why England's resources are so unevenly distributed.
Still, the study does raise the question of why recessions might hinder rather than help industrial restructuring.
"It does raise the question of why we need 10 carrier battle groups and close to 100 attack submarines, " he said.
It does, however, raise the question of why the army refused to use emergency powers last year to eject the PAD from Bangkok's main airport arguably a graver security threat than a rabble at a roundabout.
This report will raise wider questions about why mobility seems to have slowed - whether it is a result of the education system, a reflection of the economy or a deeper pattern of social change.
Why not, some say, raise the stakes and require men and women between 18 and 42 to serve a couple of years in the military to earn something even more precious: U.S. citizenship for themselves and their children?
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That's why your school needs your permission to raise an enquiry on your behalf.
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Why do you risk your life to raise your voice? a reporter asked her.
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