Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only was there often no payoff on the bottom line, but corporate chiefs who expected at least some applause from Wall Street for reducing labor costs also got a nasty shock. "Senior executives may think that a press release announcing layoffs sends a signal like, 'Look, I'm cutting costs, therefore reward me,' " says Carol Coles, president of Mitchell & Co., a management consulting firm in Waltham, Massachusetts. "But investors are a lot savvier than that. They know that firms that had major layoffs often have more significant problems. Streamlining a company does not push stock prices higher...
Students who tried to make long distance calls were met only with a fast busy signal. And some lines were disconnected, leaving callers to many rooms to be greeted with only a recording informing them, "You have reached a non-working or disconnected number at Harvard University...
...says empowering such minority advocates--rather than reducing their roles--at the highest levels of the College administration would send a signal to students that the College has their interests in mind...
...Once the signal is sent, it is more likely that the positions of Serbians will change," he said...
Nevertheless, the pollsters are clearly sending a signal about their respect for the Clarkson program, which despite its mediocre production, features one of the most talented teams in the league. Tuomainen, Hugo Belanger and Todd Marchant tallied 15 points combined this past weekend, and they're skilled enough to perform that feat every weekend...