Sentence examples for stiff management from inspiring English sources

A law to nationalise the country's private pension system was approved by Congress on November 20th, having won the support of some 70% of both houses, including many in the opposition.That vote reflects the widespread unpopularity of the private pension funds, which charged stiff management fees, and whose returns were depressed by being bullied into investing 55% of their assets in public debt.

The system, that is, works against funds with erratic performance (even if the long-term gain is good), as well as against funds with sales loads, stiff management costs or tax inefficiencies.

In this case, the company had a strong management team and financially committed founders, but it faced fairly stiff competition and had little patent protection.

The return is after paying a stiff 3% annual management fee and after Goldstein has pocketed a fifth of the profits.

Echoing Mr. Trumka, Mr. Sweeney said he would accept snap elections only as part of a bill that also called for binding arbitration and stiffer penalties against management.

The Coens, fans since their college days of vintage and alternative country-and-western music, came here last year to audition performers with Denise Stiff, who owns a management agency here and whose clients include Ms. Welch and Alison Krauss, the bluegrass and crossover phenomenon.

But the Fusion organizing drive stood out for the stiff resistance it met from management ― which declined to recognize the organization efforts and launched an anti-union persuasion campaign, sending executives Boris Gartner and Daniel Eilemberg to hold mandatory meetings with staff at company offices across the country.

Charter schools must meet clear academic and management measures or face stiff penalties, as shown by the closing of several poorly performing charters in Texas.

While Zoho faces stiff competition from enormously popular project management application Basecamp, the startup has been trying to spruce up its offering over the past year.

Sentences under Kenya's new Wildlife Conservation and Management Act are the stiffest in Africa.

Ms. Norton, 46, faced stiff opposition over her record on land management.