In the late 1990s, Mr. Stone reports, a new executive "cut a rare office perk, free Advil, which he viewed as an unnecessary expense," setting off "a near insurrection among employees".
As a director of Coca-Cola, in which Berkshire has a major stake, Mr. Buffett played a leading role in persuading the company to begin recording stock options as an expense, setting an example that was followed by a number of other big companies.
It was probably cheaper to put the media under the influence, though organizers spared no expense setting up Thursday's event.
I suggest I bring our designer over at my own expense, set him up in a rehearsal room for two weeks to build the set, and after that time we'll have a demonstration on stage.
The expense set his finances back by years.In Steinbeck's novel, "the migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for pleasure, dug for pleasure, manufactured pleasure," often of a boisterous sort.
I think that the company is profitable on a marginal device basis, but the larger Surface expense set yet outstrips its incomes.
Only with war and the secession of southern states did the Hamiltonian-inspired agenda make real headway with passage of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to small farmers, and the Railroad Acts which, at government expense, set off construction of the transcontinental railroad.
In a sign of returning stability to the banking industry, Morgan Stanley incurred higher-than-expected compensation expenses, setting aside $3.9 billion in the second quarter for compensation, a startling 72percentt of its total revenue.
They allow customers to maintain their own accounts, but quickly fund then switch over to shared accounts to collaborate with each other on financial planning by tracking shared expenses, setting goals, and keeping an eye on the shared account's "safe-to-spend" balance, which includes the money not already committed to bill payments and savings.
Strikes in Papua New Guinea preceded the Summit, as locals protested the expenses set aside for the hosting.
Maria and Victor have about three months' living expenses set aside.
