Sentence examples for announcement rather than from inspiring English sources

General Motors apparently decided to make its own announcement rather than allow the Federal government to disclose the defect data.

"Think of the column as coming out after the E1 announcement rather than before the election," Mr. Goldberg said by telephone.

We measure variation in information placement based on the extent to which positive information is concentrated in the earliest part of the earnings announcement, rather than being spread evenly throughout the document.

But since markets are forward-looking, the announcement rather than the enactment of QE should move oil prices; indeed, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, disappointed markets last month by not signalling another round of QE (see Buttonwood).

"I was expecting a member of top management to come down from his ivory tower to face us with the layoff announcement, rather than sending the kitchen supervisor with guards to escort us off the premises like criminals.

Although there was some support for Mr. Rajoy, on the grounds that he still intended to hit the 2013 target, his decision to make an announcement, rather than negotiating first with the bloc's executive branch, the European Commission, was seen by some as a political misstep.

Ms. Paulsen said the advertisements should be viewed as public service announcements rather than as advertisements for Pravachol.

Many stocks made moves based on individual companies' announcements rather than investors' overall worries about the economy or weak earnings reports, which have controlled trading activity in recent weeks.

On early morning and late evening flights, the airline will make only safety announcements, rather than the current barrage of sales pitches and marketing, and dim the cabin lights.

"My thought was, if we could get celebrities — and I didn't define the word 'celebrity'— to make the announcements, rather than these brute ones we tend to make, then hopefully more people would actually listen to them," Mr. Pally said, adding that he was pleased to see that his brainchild had been expanded.

More investment funds now trade against a company's short-term profit announcements rather than its long-term fundamentals.