Word: outlay
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...wherever we can in our investment portfolios. In the short run, they don't look like very good investments. This is one of the barriers. Even big companies, which may want to do something, still face a five- or seven-year payoff. Up front, it is a huge capital outlay. They feel hamstrung because of the shareholders and Wall Street...
...hard to see what attracts criminals to the software racket. A drug dealer pays about $47,000 for a kilo of cocaine, and can sell it on the street for about $94,000, a 100% profit. But for the same outlay of $47,000 - and a lot less risk - an enterprising crook can buy 1,500 pirated copies of Office 2000 Professional and resell them for a profit of 900%. The rise of cybercrime has prompted police organizations across Europe to set up new high-tech crime divisions. The Hague-based force that coordinates police investigations into organized crime, Europol...
...failed to stamp his authority on the midfield, the Argentine skipper could be forgiven for wondering where it all went wrong. The rumor mill says Man U will sell Veron to finance the purchase of Ferdinand, but it is not known whether the English side will recoup its initial outlay. VALUE: $38 million, down from $43 million...
...time when asking parents for huge allowances for no particular reason becomes totally unacceptable. Or, to put Amtrak's conundrum in a different, perhaps less emotional light, consider this: if you had a car that only ran when it felt like it but required a huge and nearly constant outlay of cash, would you keep it? Let's hope that Washington finally has the sense to call in the tow truck and put Amtrak (and its erstwhile passengers) out of our collective misery...
...student body, nor expressing interest in conferring with the representatives it elected to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Standing Committee on the Library. The “research” cited in the council’s own report on the matter is minuscule compared with the outlay of funds and reorganization of services required to extend operating hours. An outlay of funds that is, incidentally, considerably more substantial than the so-called “overly expensive packets” Rohit Chopra ’04 criticizes the library for sending to first-year students! The Harvard...