Asking investors to ignore these costs -- which the companies must pay in cold, hard cash -- is asking them to accept a fiction about a company's results.
Considering the heat wave that plagued much of the country in April and the recent cold snaps, it is asking a lot of a plant to fare well.
Even when Kmart is not forcing price cuts or delaying payments, it is asking for cold cash, some vendors charge.
UNHAPPILY out in the cold, scientists are asking, among other things, whether it is just a coincidence that their current marginal status in the policy arena coincides with the fact that there is no grand, moral figure among their ranks, no Albert Einstein or Andrei Sakharov to whom politicians would have to pay attention.
I took a taxi with my wife to the station and when I was on the train I was so cold that she was asking the other passengers for clothing".
Richardson's normally charming manner faintly frosts over when she is asked about this cold, Fife-style welcome.
Questions about consumption of ice in cold drinks were asked separately for ice made at home and ice consumed at work, school, or nursery.
To assess the impact on the health system, questions related to human resources, workload, system constraints, vaccine storage, transport, and cold chain were asked.
He got a cooler, filled it with ice, packed it with candy bars and made a cheerful, hand-lettered sign: "Ask for Cold Candy!" Not many people were asking for anything, besides water.
The question Ms. Lokshina and others are asking is how cold things are going to get.
