In the Senate, on the other hand, Democrats and four G.O.P. moderates have passed a proposal that demands the return of pay-as-you-go discipline.
At the same time, companies' credit ratings have fallen, because capital investments are not yielding enough of a return to pay off corporate debt, said John Lonski, the chief economist at Moody's.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at data provider Markit, said the return of the pay rise could also prompt the Bank of England to raise interest rates: "The long-awaited upturn in pay, which has been the missing element of the UK's economic recovery, looks to be finally upon us, reviving the prospect of a rate hike by the end of the year," he said.
"But the return of rising pay is just the first step on the long journey back to pre-crash wage levels.
The Syriza government's demand for the return of national pay bargaining, a relaxed timetable for pension reform and a lower budget surplus than that demanded by the EU, the IMF and the European Central Bank are all but ridiculed in Berlin, Helsinki and Riga.
For example, an experimenter might try to select a representative sample of people, randomly assign them either to find or not to find a dime in the coin return of a pay phone, and then measure the degree to which they subsequently help someone they take to be in need.[2] Finding or not finding the dime is the condition; degree of helpfulness is the outcome variable.
A return of all salary paid and prize monies earned by the convicted athlete to the team and/or its sponsors and investors, and extensive team testing of their own athletes.
"If, despite the department's efforts, compliance is not achieved, H.H.S. officials will consider all legal options, including termination of funding and the return of funds paid out in violation of the non-discrimination provisions," Mr. Leavitt said.
In a statement coinciding with the company's announcement of its first annual loss ever, ABB's board said it would seek the return of money "paid in excess of obligations" to Goran Lindahl and to Percy Barnevik, the architect of the 1987 merger that created the company.
The plan is to raise £2m to complete the financing of the Puriton solar farm in Somerset – so far, just over £1m has been raised – and the co-op is forecasting an annual return of 6%, paid gross after two years – though it says "returns to investors are not guaranteed".
In return, instead of paying 99 cents a song as on iTunes, users must first watch a 15- to 30-second advertisement.
