| 单词 | cut-rate |
| 例句 | He tossed a pair of dented metal bowls on the floor and filled them with cut-rate kibble from a bargain bag. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Rubbing his hands together, gleefully, like some kind of cut-rate Mephistopheles. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Middle Eastern medical tourists — particularly those in search of cut-rate hair transplant surgeries — are also realizing that Turkish doctors offer procedures at attractive prices. Another Hit for Turkish Tourism? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z His father, Benjamin, traded gold door to door and later sold cut-rate suits. Arnold Mesches, Artist Who Was Recorded by the F.B.I., Dies at 93 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s a landscape of vacation homes and cut-rate amusements with a complicated gravity that expels some characters, attracts others and causes still others to sink into fragrant, hazy torpor. The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Newsmax mimics that approach, only instead of dealing in sleeved blankets and cut-rate gemstones, it sells concentrated alarmism and far-right extremist fantasy. Watching Newsmax, the Fox News challenger: Like home shopping TV for dangerous far-right fantasies 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Like many Americans, pulling off a ski vacation is kind of a caper for our family, with cut-rate airfares, lift packages and peanut butter sandwiches on the hill instead of $12 bowls of chili. Why We Do It: The Family Ski Trip: Why Do We Do It? 2011-12-09T19:25:17Z Frum’s prescriptions for responding to Trump amount to cut-rate self-help: “Resistance begins by refusing to let him corrupt you personally.” Will Democracy Survive President Trump? Two New Books Aren’t So Sure 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z It’s the flip side, or backside, of Bollywood’s sparkle, a place of intimidation, titillation and cash-for-reels deals, with only glimpses of cut-rate glamour. ‘Miss Lovely,’ About Indian Exploitation Films 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z It was his idea to play the millionaire as a cut-rate Cary Grant — a lovely notion, since Grant's screen persona was a suave blend of the regally masculine and the flirtatiously effeminate. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z The set for the Dsquared show may have looked like a goofy cut-rate copy of that in the gorgeously detailed Paul Schrader thriller “American Gigolo.” Fashion Review: Review of Men?s Fashion From Milan 2010-06-23T21:42:00Z He’s here to lend some kind of gravity, to cut Meek Mill’s revving engine with a jolt of cut-rate solemnity. The Playlist: Lost (and Found) John Coltrane, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Elite climbers bristle at the crowds, and some blame cut-rate, Nepalese-run expeditions for upping the risks of death. Sherpas inexplicably blamed for mounting Everest accidents 2013-05-31T16:52:00Z He was hired to write scripts for Columbia, then a mainstay of Poverty Row, as the cut-rate studios were called collectively. Review | Fay Wray and Robert Riskin’s daughter revisits a Hollywood love story 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z It's cut-rate in the front where you can come in and it's like a bulletproof glass and you buy, you get your carryout. “Bar Rescue” boss Jon Taffer wants to show you how to argue better 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Yet even the profanity has lost its zing in this cut-rate retread, which mostly prompts admiration for how far Mr. Zwigoff ran with one joke. Review: ‘Bad Santa 2’ Works Through Mommy Issues 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s a success that seemed unlikely when it began life in 2013 as History’s first scripted series, looking like a cut-rate “Game of Thrones” knockoff. ‘Vikings,’ and Its Discontent Warlord, Begins Its Third Season 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z While a janitor at a cut-rate movie house, Big Wong buys a DVD duplicating machine and starts to thrive as a bootlegger, touting his “King of Peking Presents” discs. The Summer of Josh Brolin Continues, on Netflix 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Artworks from Jewish-owned galleries were “purchased” at cut-rate prices by Nazi art agents, and often sold to top Nazi officials. Poland Urged to Look for Nazi-Looted Art Still Held in Its Museums 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Playing himself as the creator, writer and star of a cut-rate, amateurish detective drama, he’s clueless, affected and obsessed with righting the wrongs done to him during his career. Review: ‘Cop Show,’ Colin Quinn’s Police Procedural Satire 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Clicking on “activities” for New Orleans, for instance, pulled up a discounted online bartending class as well as cut-rate museum tickets. Practical Traveler: How to use Local Deal Sites to Save on Your Next Trip 2011-02-16T15:49:21Z They play like cut-rate versions of Jack Lemmon and Shelley Winters. The Daring, Original, and Overlooked “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Here’s the saddest media strategy imaginable for a floundering Republican presidential candidate — or for that matter, any human being anywhere, ever — trying to boost your image with a cut-rate Donald Trump shtick. Huckabee goes full Trump and flops: His desperate debate night Twitter strategy was a disaster 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “For those who are younger,” she went on to lament, “my husband is a dry reference in a musical encyclopedia or a name on a record cover in the cut-rate rack of a discount store.” The Conductor Who Whipped American Orchestras Into Shape 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The word "Sekt" describes not one style of sparkling wine but a range, from cut-rate grocery store bubbly to complex wines rivaling Champagne. The Austrian sparkling wine worthy of a spot on your picnic table 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z In Henkel’s exciting and visceral debut novel, two New York art students spend a year in Berlin, where they get caught up in a swirl of seedy nightclubs and cut-rate booze. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z “Even if you’re paying cut-rate prices, you are there,” she said, spending money and supporting the local economy. Trailing Disasters: Savings, but at What Price? 2010-04-28T03:01:00Z When the three friends finally land in the same room, the battling Katherine and Daniel do their best cut-rate version of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in front of the suffering Nathan. Neil Gaiman’s ‘Ocean at the End of the Lane,’ and More 2013-06-26T18:50:28Z Fondomonte was operating on state land that it had acquired at cut-rate prices, but most of the state’s alfalfa production takes place on private land. Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Even with more legitimate websites than ever selling music to consumers at cut-rate prices, business is booming for rogue sites facilitating free access to copyrighted content. What 2011 in rock teaches us about the future 2011-12-28T06:00:00Z Because three days would pass, maybe four, and I’d be back in the J-Lo closet, sipping cut-rate Cabernet from the world’s saddest liquor store. My relapse years 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z A cut-rate flat above the surgery is among the perks of her new job; it even gets late afternoon sun, making it “tantamount to living in Australia.” The Boorish, Comic Life of an Exquisitely Awful Dentist 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Saddled with empty lots afterward, the city sold the land at cut-rate prices to lure new attractions. Orange County looks to redeem its fabled Road to Summer, one seedy motel at a time 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Many had cut-rate plans but nearly half were entirely uninsured, and would be asked to pay out of pocket on a sliding scale. DeSantis wants to 'make America Florida.' That could mean many more uninsured 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z At the same time, multilateral lenders were completing two rounds of debt relief that wrote down what many developing nations owed — in some cases to zero — and offered new grants and cut-rate loans. U.S.-China split shadows hopes for lifting debt load from global economy 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z So all they really need to do is sell more of these cut-rate tickets and fewer regular economy class seats. Warning: More airline fees are on the way 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z They try to use their credit card for “free” insurance or go online to find a cut-rate policy. Advice | 5 signs you have the wrong travel insurance If cut-rate streaming services want ROOT, or any RSN, they must pay just like those cable distributors. Explaining why Kraken fans ‘hold the keys’ to viewing game broadcasts 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z It urged Meta to end its reliance on "cut-rate" outsourced moderation that "chews through workers". Meta denies African content-moderator firm exit poses risk 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “If you get cut-rate funding, you’re probably going to get cut-rate representation,” he said. L.A. County shifts lawyer program for the poor from Bar Assn. to already busy public defender 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z He initially sold his signature pillows directly, through homespun infomercials and in booths at home and garden shows, as well as through cut-rate newspaper ads and radio spots. How Mike Lindell’s Pillow Business Propels the Election Denial Movement 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The idea sounded simple enough: The countries would pay only cut-rate prices for Russian oil. Allies aim for risky Russian oil price cap as winter nears 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Pro tip: If you’re driving, there’s a parking garage underneath the Independence Visitor Center that is $26 for the day, a cut-rate price for the city. 8 iconic places to visit in Philadelphia for free or for cheap 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z But T-Mobile has been surpassing estimates for new subscribers this year, helped by its cut-rate mobile phone plans. T-Mobile surprises as tech winner in tough stock market 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The Bolt EUV’s low price doesn’t mean it has a shorter driving range or cut-rate interior. Edmunds: 5 electric SUVs for almost any budget 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z For too long, a U.S. women’s soccer player opened a paycheck that told her she was cut-rate merchandise and that her gold medals were cheap. Perspective | It took a revolution, but the U.S. women’s soccer team got what it deserved 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, as Putin's military flattens cities like Kharkiv and Mariupol, making Russia an outlaw state, a mendicant Moscow is likely to become a cut-rate source of much-needed Chinese fuel and food imports. How to end the war in Ukraine: Sanctions against Russia won't work — but this might 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z And farmers who cannot afford to feed and water their animals are selling them off at cut-rate prices. Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z The U.S.-China solar trade fight dates back to President Barack Obama’s administration, when U.S. solar equipment manufacturers complained about competition with cut-rate Chinese products. Opinion | Biden must end this ruinous solar power trade war with China 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Because the feed lots face relentless pressure from the packers for lower prices, they demand cut-rate terms from the ranchers. Record beef prices, but ranchers aren’t cashing in 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Because the feed lots face relentless pressure from the packers for lower prices, they in turn demand cut-rate terms from the ranchers. Record Beef Prices, but Ranchers Aren’t Cashing In 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z “It’s huge,” Ms. Ginestet lamented, rummaging at a cut-rate table where baskets of nearly expired pears were priced at €1. At a Paris Market, Costs Rise, Even for the Humble Baguette 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The countertops are rusty, the prices cut-rate, and shoes and shirts often optional. Samba, Cachaça and Pickled Eggs: ‘Dirty Feet’ Bars Are ‘Essence of Rio’ 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The response to the offer of cut-rate homes has been overwhelming in some places, such as the town of Biccari, which lies nestled in the forests of northern Puglia. Buck the system: In Italy, old towns eager for new blood sell homes for about $1 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Political parties routinely siphon vast sums from the country’s health budget through corrupt contracts that either deliver cut-rate services or do not deliver at all. Inferno kills more than 90 in Iraqi coronavirus hospital 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z If the action here is pretty cut-rate Romero, the team dynamics are a far cry from Howard Hawks. Review: Zack Snyder returns to zombies with gristly thriller ‘Army of the Dead’ on Netflix 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z But the guess here is they will add a cut-rate veteran or two at some point. Analysis: Here are the needs the Seahawks can still meet in free agency 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Although its government is nearly insolvent and half of its citizens live in poverty, South Africa is considered too rich to qualify for cut-rate vaccines from international aid organizations. For Covid-19 Vaccines, Some Are Too Rich — and Too Poor 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The cut-rate knockoff is actually quite elegant, even if it, too, often loses the mood in an overbusy plot. A monster movie mash: Looking back at ‘Dracula,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and other films of the ’30s and ’40s 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z But even with those advantages and the ability to sign cut-rate contracts, analysts say Rex faces formidable odds in competing against larger players. 'Poking the bear': Regional airline Rex using downturn to challenge Qantas, Virgin 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Biden would do well to remind them how Trump actually made the money he then proceeded to lose: By shilling for multi-level marketing schemes and cut-rate pizza chains. Biden should attack Trump as a massive, ludicrous failure — not just a tax cheat 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Billionaire oilman George Kaiser funded an acclaimed $465 million public park and other public amenities, and offered cut-rate housing to attract young entrepreneurs. Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Billionaire oilman George Kaiser funded an acclaimed $465 million public park and other public amenities, and offered cut-rate housing to attract young entrepreneurs. Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z American consumers are accustomed to prices for manufactured goods that reflect their cut-rate international roots — and few if any pharmaceutical CEOs would buck that trend, even for the most patriotic of reasons. Column: Trump taps Kodak (yes, that Kodak) to bring stability to the drug market 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The catch here is that the unemployment checks created a far more effective economic stimulus than the cut-rate paychecks people are being sent back to. Red-state reopening has been a disaster — and Republican hopes for a comeback are collapsing 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z He provides oil changes and other routine maintenance at a cut-rate price — “bait,” he said, to get customers into his store and buy tires or other parts. A governor, a pharmacist and a nun: How South Korea's coronavirus stimulus wound through a city 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Long a key partner of local charities, spotlighting problems that need fixing and providing free or cut-rate advertising to charitable groups, newspapers now find themselves the charity case. How do you raise money for your newspaper’s survival during a pandemic? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Hers is a cautionary tale for anyone looking for cut-rate coverage at a time when the cost of commercial insurance is rising and a wide range of alternatives are on offer. How a company misappropriated Native American culture to sell health insurance 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Many scammers, as well as some legitimate breeders, will try to lure you in with cut-rate prices for purebred pups and then demand hefty payments for special crates, vaccinations and transit services. Column: Pets make great coronavirus companions. And scammers know it 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Cruise ship companies offer a tantalizing proposition, to be sure, by selling all-inclusive, hassle-free vacations at what can feel like cut-rate prices. Don’t bail out the cruise industry 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Most of the cut-rate frames and lenses offered by these companies are manufactured abroad, primarily in China. Column: Coronavirus could accelerate moves toward 'telemedicine' 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z McCoy was loved by local families, who for decades enjoyed a variety of special privileges, such as cut-rate lessons and skiing passes for children. Dave McCoy dead, made Mammoth Mountain into popular ski resort 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z German customers were canceling orders, suddenly able to buy increasingly high-quality shoes at cut-rate prices from Chinese suppliers. The Chinese Roots of Italy’s Far-Right Rage 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z This war on Thanksgiving is clearly a cut-rate sequel to the wildly successful "war on Christmas," a long-running right-wing lie that liberals want to cancel Christmas. Donald Trump's new lie is a real turkey: Now liberals are waging war on Thanksgiving! 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z While retailers use the promise of low-low-low prices and cut-rate doorbusters to gin up excitement, the reality is that this is all about moving inventory. Newsletter: Those Black Friday deals? They're not as good as you think 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Buyers got cut-rate deals and exclusive rights to the land for 50 years, making them eligible for subsidies when Hungary became part of the system two years later. The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U. for Millions 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z While the premise here resembles a cut-rate version of the visionary Spike Jonze film “Her,” the twist of the hero’s obsolescence makes it feel somewhat fresh. Review: Jim Gaffigan breaks out in 'American Dreamers’; and more 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Asus cut costs without making it feel like a cut-rate phone. Asus ZenFone 6 review: a neat flipping camera, but the battery life is better 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Abston then wrote checks totaling some $80,000 over four years to purchase cut-rate food that was meant for the poor and wrongly used it to feed prisoners. Sheriff accused of scamming church, food bank pleads guilty 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z For most Cubans, tapping the Internet meant traveling to a public hotspot, buying a scratch-off phone card and surfing on a cut-rate smartphone. Cubans are using social media to air their grievances — and the government is responding, sometimes 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Authorities say Abston then wrote checks to purchase cut-rate food that was meant for the poor and used it to feed prisoners. Alabama sheriff charged with scamming food bank, church 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Cuba has denied that charge, while saying it has sent thousands of medical and educational personnel to Venezuela, under a program that exchanges their services for cut-rate and free Venezuelan oil. Trump administration ends group travel to Cuba by Americans 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z If you turn the lights down, and light a few candles, it might seem habitable in the way of cut-rate Baja motels. Amid a super bloom of birthdays, we pause to reflect on life in L.A. 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Two ground-floor shops competed by contrasting cut-rate with couture. The Lumber Exchange was a center for commerce in early 1900s Seattle 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The notably gray statue cutouts are plywood stage flats, the big-bucks contest turned into a cut-rate theatrical spectacle. Review: The Allen Ruppersberg show at the Hammer Museum is a don’t-miss tour de force 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Many argue that any such risk is outweighed by Huawei’s cut-rate prices and technological prowess. U.S. Campaign Against Huawei Runs Aground in an Exploding Tech Market 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Nicaragua and Cuba, who have also denounced the U.S. moves, are ideologically attuned to the Maduro government and have received cut-rate oil in return. With risks ahead, Trump administration pins hopes on Venezuela’s opposition 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z And along this section of highway, the state sells lottery tickets and tax-free cut-rate liquor. Opinion | As a Vermonter, I know: New Hampshire doesn’t deserve the first primary 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, speculators bought cut-rate row homes and sat on them, waiting for a payday. Baltimore trying to stem decades-long disappearing act 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, speculators bought cut-rate row homes and sat on them, waiting for a payday. Baltimore trying to stem decades-long disappearing act 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Competitors branded Huawei a cut-rate vendor of copycat equipment, and companies including Cisco Systems and Motorola filed lawsuits over alleged trade secret theft. Explainer: Who is China's Huawei Technologies and why is it... 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z With cut-rate prices that made their services accessible in low-income countries, they quickly gained millions of users. Grab, Go-Jek wage street fight for SE Asia 'super-app' supremacy 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Mueller knows way, way more than we know, and he’s way, way ahead of Trump and his cut-rate legal team. Mueller isn’t after Manafort; he’s after Trump 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z A.&P.;, which introduced the first cut-rate grocery store in 1912, was also sliding into a long decline that would last through decades of ownership and management changes. Editorials from around New York 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s vote was about showing whether Congress will “allow insurance companies to scam Americans with cut-rate health insurance,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Senate vote on health care likely fodder for both parties 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Among other allegations are that he obtained tickets to the Rose Bowl and work for his wife, along with the cut-rate housing. Ousted EPA head Pruitt denies getting improper gifts, income 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Since Amazon is renowned for its cut-rate deals, it would seem safe from federal intervention. Amazon antitrust critic has her own critics now 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z The remainder is given at cut-rate prices to Caribbean allies like Cuba, to repay loans to China and Russia, and to supply the domestic market, where gasoline is virtually free. After Venezuela Strongman’s Victory, Isolated Nation Faces Growing Chaos 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The remainder is consumed domestically, where fuel is virtually free, or given to allies including Cuba at cut-rate prices. Venezuela’s Creditors Are Cutting Its Crude-Oil Lifeline 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Bollore Group is suspected of using communications arm Havas to provide cut-rate services to African leaders, who ensured that another subsidiary would win shipping terminal contracts. French billionaire Bollore charged in Africa corruption case 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z A cut-rate loan works just as well and would be much easier to hide. Opinion | Americans, it’s time for some extreme vetting 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z They say Western ranchers have long taken advantage of a system that gave them access to publicly owned land at cut-rate prices. In the Battle for the American West, the Cowboys Are Losing 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Nor will NRA members stop supporting gun rights because Delta declares them unworthy of a cut-rate fare. Opinion | Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn’t good for business – or America 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Here, tech startups occupy cramped rooms next to computer repair shops and cut-rate travel agents. The story of Mr Sudhir: how to survive in Delhi's 'grey market' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z They did so in a studio above their paygrade, but through a cut-rate deal among friends. L.A. noise-punk band No Age explains how layers of hiss and shards of melody combine to create 'a pretty good magic trick' 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Such cut-rate pricing is mostly due to bold technological innovations and newfound operational efficiencies that allow SpaceX to not only build its rockets for less money, but also reuse them. Elon Musk Does It Again 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Industry experts say the consolidation of the hotel industry should not result in unusually high rates for guests because giant hospitality companies operate many brands, ranging from cut-rate hotels to swanky, luxury inns. Latest hotel deal puts more rooms in the hands of few hospitality companies 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Residents won a reprieve when the federal government imposed a temporary moratorium on foreclosures, which stops banks and investors that bought mortgages at cut-rate prices from evicting delinquent borrowers or starting new foreclosures. The Next Crisis for Puerto Rico: A Crush of Foreclosures 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z It clearly draws upon personal memories as it strains to drum up hilarity and life lessons from the aftereffects of a disastrously cut-rate hairdo. Even the movie itself is having a bad hair day in 'Permanent' 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z It would impose a one-time, cut-rate tax on corporations’ foreign profits, while exempting future foreign profits from U.S. taxation. Senate tax drama intensifies as bill faces key panel vote 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z That would be a loss to science, Esposito says, because the cut-rate landers can't match sophisticated sensors, such as mass spectrometers and radar, for answering key questions. Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Many locals say the government’s talk about growing as a tech hub is a comfortable distraction in a country that heavily depends on Russia for cut-rate fuel and political patronage. How Europe’s Last Dictatorship Became a Tech Hub 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Tighter protections would also increase costs at companies ranging from fast-food restaurants that use so-called zero-hours contracts without guaranteed work, to behemoths like the cut-rate airline Ryanair, which relies on agencies for pilots and staff. Europe’s On-Demand Economy Draws Complaints. And Regulators. 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z But the local currency is in free fall, putting those cut-rate drugs, as well as basic imported medical supplies such as needles and saline, increasingly out of reach. A Venezuelan woman had grown used to shortages. Then her HIV drugs ran out. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z It would impose a one-time, cut-rate tax on corporations’ foreign profits, while exempting future foreign profits from U.S. taxation. Senate tax drama intensifies as bill faces key panel vote 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Now rooms rent for $160 a night, a cut-rate price at which the hotel still struggles to find takers. Debt-Ridden Chinese Giant Now a Shadow of Its Former Size 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Language by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz would let insurers sell cut-rate policies with skimpy coverage. Senate GOP Turn Down Their First Option to Replace Obamacare 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Amazon, feared among retailers for its cut-rate pricing and online dominance, is expected to accelerate those trends. Amazon's Whole Foods deal under scrutiny - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Little better exemplifies this concept than the Raspberry Pi Foundation's series of cut-rate micro-computers. These Are the Best New Gadgets of 2017 So Far 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The thieves hawk the cut-rate gasoline in plastic containers along roadsides. Clashes between soldiers and gasoline smugglers leave 10 dead in Mexico 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z This deluge of cash abandoning higher-price actively managed funds for Vanguard’s plain-vanilla cut-rate vehicles has come as an existential shock to a mutual industry that has long been resistant to change. Vanguard rules the world of low-cost index investing 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z More broadly, this deluge of money abandoning higher-price actively managed funds for Vanguard’s plain vanilla cut-rate vehicles has come as an existential shock to a mutual industry that has long been resistant to change. Vanguard Is Growing Faster Than Everybody Else Combined 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z United said it is selling cut-rate tickets on some flights from Minneapolis to seven of its hub cities, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Wells Fargo fires 4 executives over sham-accounts scandal 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Personal injury lawyer Robert Mongeluzzi, who represents family members and survivors, reminded the jury that Basciano hired cut-rate workers when public safety was involved — but Sprague to defend his assets in court. Jury to assess blame in fatal Philadelphia building collapse 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z There were more than 16,000 cabs in New York before the city began regulating the number in 1937 out of concerns that an oversupply had led to reckless driving, congestion and cut-rate fares. Yellow Cab, Long a Fixture of City Life, Is for Many a Thing of the Past 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z A stylish surface goes only so far to disguise the fact that we’re being sold some pretty cut-rate goods. Jamie Foxx goes undercover in the moody but rote Vegas cop thriller 'Sleepless' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Big manufacturers in most industries are struggling with overcapacity, pushing them to sell goods overseas at cut-rate, even money-losing prices, just to cover their operating costs. Trump’s Pick on Trade Could Put China in a Difficult Spot 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z One such deal recently attracted the attention of Britain’s Serious Fraud Office, which is investigating Congo’s cut-rate sale of mining rights through an Israeli tycoon who is a friend of Mr. Kabila’s. As President Joseph Kabila Digs In, Tensions Rise in Congo 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z But when he spotted one at the nonprofit home-improvement store for the cut-rate price of $50, he immediately scooped it up. A High-End Kitchen on the Cheap 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z There was the Viagra scam, in which the callers offered to sell cut-rate Viagra; there was a low-interest loan scam, in which people were asked to deposit $1,000 as proof of income. India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The effort failed, but it taught him the challenge of trying to do science on a cut-rate mission. Here's who could win the $20 million XPrize for roving on the moon—but will any science get done? 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z That success rate, from a cut-rate approach, impresses observers. Saudi gene hunters comb country's DNA to prevent rare diseases 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In Britain, an early beachhead for such U.S.-style shopping extravaganzas, Black Friday yields similar cut-rate prices, long lines and occasional scuffles among shoppers. Black Friday Sales—Europe Style 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Most of the eight abandoned homes have been snapped up at cut-rate prices by developers who have rehabbed them and rented them out. Black families encouraged to buy homes with Chinese drywall 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Fueled by cut-rate Indian exports and inaction by world narcotics regulators, tramadol dependency extends across Africa, the Middle East and into parts of Asia and Eastern Europe. Tramadol: The Opioid Crisis for the Rest of the World 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z That’s about a quarter of the price of a cut-rate charter flight. For the Galaxy, traveling to games is plane exhausting 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z So we went the budget- and timesaving route: online decorating services, sites that offer cut-rate pricing, provided the process takes place entirely online. Online Decorating Services: We Tested Three Out 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Supporters wanted to use the building for a beer garden, restaurant, TV studio and event space on the ground floor, with a cut-rate, 65-space office setting on the second floor. Aspen council backs away from plan to renovate city building 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z In an eerie coda, when money surfaced, the Queens County public administrator offered a funeral home $4,295 to disinter and transfer her body to a cut-rate New Jersey graveyard without markers. Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Owen Smith, a Labour shadow cabinet minister, said Johnson was “a cut-rate Donald Trump.” Iain Duncan Smith backs Boris Johnson over EU-Hitler link 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Amazon should offer a cut-rate combo of "The Art of the Deal" by Trump and "The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership" by Matthew Green, a political scientist at Catholic University of America. Trump's Toughest Sell Yet 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Dairy farmer Robert Laszlo said that "sales tax evasion and imported products being sold at cut-rate prices to supermarket chains" are preventing "food made with Hungarian milk" from reaching buyers. Hungarian dairy farmers marched with their cows on the streets of Budapest to protest cheap imports and tax evasion which they say are destroying fair competition and blocking their access to markets 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The soundtrack of spa waiting rooms and cut-rate yoga classes across the land? Jill Kelley knew something was up with David Petraeus when he started listening to Enya 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The connotations: mediocre acting, directing and writing; cut-rate production values; and, most of all, niche product. A ‘Faith-Based Film’ Rises Above the Usual 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z These firms operate in a cut-rate corner of Hollywood — one in which outsized aspirations and naiveté collide with companies touting a chance at a career in front of the camera. Selling Stardom: Aspiring actors are reeled in by talent listing firms 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The Islamic State trades with individuals and businesses in the countries it is fighting, selling oil at cut-rate prices to Kurds in Iraq and the government of Mr. Assad, among others. Predatory Islamic State Wrings Money From Those It Rules 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The cut-rate travel deals are already now “standard in the industry,” said Cole Hernandez, a spokesman for Denihan, a hotel operator. Bargain-Hunting for a Holiday on the Beach 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It smuggles most abroad, mainly to Turkey, selling at cut-rate prices and generating nearly $50 million a month. Airstrikes hurt, but unlikely to halt, IS oil smuggling operations in Syria and Iraq 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Her mother applied for a grant and a cut-rate mortgage on her daughter’s behalf without telling her, in order to build a more modern and spacious version of the old wood cabins. America's poorest white town: abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugs 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z At 25 cents, we were a cut-rate product. These Were Warren Buffett’s First Jobs 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z And there is the Baltimore of boarded-up rowhouses, furtive alleyway heroin deals and cut-rate corner stores where cheap booze is sold from behind bulletproof glass, the jagged Baltimore of HBO’s “The Wire.” A Fragile Baltimore Struggles to Heal Itself 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z When no one speaks for the deceased, the office is partial to two fairly dismal, cut-rate cemeteries in New Jersey. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Some refineries, chemical companies and labor unions that have benefited from cut-rate crude have also lobbied against repeal. House Approves Oil Exports Despite Veto Threat 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z H & M has been controversial in recent years, as critics accuse it of producing clothes in Third World “sweatshops,” and the new collection is built around cut-rate versions of Rousteing’s garments. The Instagram King of French Fashion 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z At least he’s a premium Cuban cigar, not a cut-rate cigar. ‘Eveready’? ‘Unit Two’? GOP candidates’ Secret Service code names, ranked 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The most striking part of Steinmetz’s account is how Charles almost lost the Empire by choosing a cut-rate banker who offered him better terms, rather than going with Fugger. How to Finance an Emperor’s Election 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z If they do not, they may well be faced with attending under-resourced public schools or private schools with cut-rate tuition and quality. School choice that goes too far 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Digital may never replace in-person cut-rate tickets entirely, but Mr. Hollingworth said he believes more Broadway shows will begin to offer it, at least as a supplement. Theater-Ticket Lotteries Go Digital 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The band's makeup intentionally mimicked cut-rate plastic surgery. Noise band Health, as anxious and rude as ever, adjusts to a new scene 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The idea is to offer the liquid-alternatives funds and ETFs cut-rate prices for thinly traded holdings like low-rated corporate debt and bank loans when they are forced to sell to meet daily redemptions. Hedge Funds Gear Up for Another Big Short 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Among those expenses provided at cut-rate prices were hotel suites in Hong Kong and lavish meals in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Three admirals forced out because of links to bribery scandal 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z While leasing has traditionally been most prevalent among luxury brands, automakers in all market segments are now pushing cut-rate leases aggressively on a wider range of models than ever. Sizzling New-Car Lease Deals Under $200/Month 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z For some people, it’s rooftop cookouts and cut-rate fireworks; for others, it’s just another block of time they can spend blasting through their Netflix queue. Why we got a Lil Wayne Tidal mixtape in 2015 instead of a Lil Wayne album in 2014 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z So it's obvious that a $5,100 education – or even a $5,700 education – will be a cut-rate job. The Wrong School Choice 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Why had Greller spent a week as a life coach disguised as a caddie, quieting the cameras and reading the greens and offering cut-rate therapy? The suffering of Dustin Johnson: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Some discount brokerages offer cut-rate fees to list and sell, and they tend to bear the brunt of agent boycotts. Realty agents may split when they’re offered a sub-par commission 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z These include disability and liability coverage for members and access to cut-rate credit cards and entertainment discounts. Suit against teachers unions isn't about free speech but silencing members 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z In Louisiana, with processors buying fewer crawfish, farmers and fishermen have little choice but to keep them in the muddy water or sell them by the side of the road at cut-rate prices. Tangle over guest workers traps Louisiana crawfish trade 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Nazarbayev will receive his new mandate as Kazakhstan’s growth is expected to stall from the slowdown in the Russian economy and cut-rate oil prices. Kazakhstan President Set to Win Fifth Term, Even as Economy Falters 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said earlier this month that it would begin processing cut-rate payments to doctors starting Wednesday. Hours from deadline, bipartisan Medicare bill heads to White House 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z He wound up buying a huge swathe of ex-military land at cut-rate prices. The World Comes Back to Andermatt 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z For years, Venezuela has used cut-rate oil to buy anti-American support from cash-strapped Caribbean governments. In Jamaica, Obama indicates that he will remove Cuba from terrorism list 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Venezuela provides cut-rate oil to at least a dozen Caricom members — as it does for Cuba — and the administration is trying to persuade those countries to diversify their energy sources and turn their allegiances northward. At the Summit of the Americas, focus is likely to be on the U.S. and Cuba 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The federal Central Valley Project has offered cut-rate water to California farmers for years, encouraging them to plant liberally. An unrelenting drought should spur California to overhaul its water system 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The government in mid-March set up a warehouse in the Yaguara barrio in east Caracas where goods confiscated from contraband vendors and offending retailers are resold at cut-rate prices. Packs of black-market foot soldiers raid Venezuela markets 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Its best handsets are not quite as good as Apple’s or Samsung’s best, but they are far better than those from other, cut-rate rivals—and they cost half what an unsubsidised new iPhone does. The Xiaomi shock 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He offered to rent her a cut-rate nurse. Greek Austerity Spawns Fakery: Playing Nurse 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Despite “an unprecedented amount of data” to send, the video-streaming company was using cut-rate providers — “perhaps to cut costs and improve its profitability” — to carry content to the big broadband companies, Verizon said. Shifting Politics of Net Neutrality Debate Ahead of F.C.C. Vote 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The suspects belonged to 11 different syndicates who purchased pigs that died of disease from farmers at cut-rate prices then illegally processed them into bacon, ham and oil. Business Highlights 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z As Beijing’s energy needs exploded over the past decade, Caracas emerged as a key partner by borrowing billions of dollars from the rising Asian superpower in exchange for cut-rate oil. Oil prices push Venezuela to brink of economic collapse 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z We then randomly assigned the same number of simulated tags to positions within these regions, using probabilities proportional to the DNase I cut-rate bias model for the sequence context surrounding each position. Conservation of trans-acting circuitry during mammalian regulatory evolution : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Thieves use stolen credit cards to get gas and then sell it at cut-rate prices to truckers and gas stations that are part of the scheme. This Week In Credit Card News: New Protections For Prepaid Cards, How Thieves Steal Gas 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z At other voting locations, people were selling cut-rate onions, cabbage and carrots. Ukraine pro-Russia rebels hold elections in the east, fueling conflict Price: Microsoft seems to be using its vast riches to sell its band at a cut-rate price, because $199 is a heck of a deal for all the features the Band packs. Microsoft Band vs. Apple Watch vs. Jawbone Up vs. Fitbit Surge 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z And that’s not counting any additional regional spiffs, option package discounts, cut-rate financing or owner loyalty/conquest rebates that may apply. Pickup Truck And Hybrid Car Sales Headed In Opposite Directions, But Not Just Because Of Cheaper Gas 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Rosneft, now Russia's biggest oil producer, was the main beneficiary of bankruptcy auctions where Yukos' assets were sold off at cut-rate prices. Arrest of one of Russia's business elite worries investors 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z We still have this image of China as one big factory floor where millions of poor people slog away on assembly lines churning out cut-rate toys, clothes and electronics. 4 Things Alibaba’s IPO Tells Us About a Changing World Economy 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Amgen sits on what was public land until the late 1990s, when the Port of Seattle sold it for a cut-rate $13.5 million to jump-start biotech. Past time for a new college in Seattle 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z It also opens the door to cut-rate forgeries claiming to be made in Switzerland to its stringent standards. How to Make Sure That's Really Swiss Cheese 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z To overcome that reticence, Ms. Wilkis Wilson said she created programs that allowed beauty companies to showcase new products rather than simply offer items at cut-rate prices. Gilt Groupe Co-Founder Takes Aim At The Beauty Business 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Banning them prompts dealers to sell their soon-to-be-illegal stock at cut-rate prices. Chemical highs 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Check automakers’ websites under a “special offers” tab to see if a cash rebate, cut-rate financing or other form of sales incentive is being offered. How To Get The Best Deal On A New Car Without Being Taken For A Ride 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The all-inclusive concept became so popular that by the 1990s several competitors had copied the idea, some at cut-rate prices. Andrea Bonomi, the Dealmaker Challenging Club Med's Go-Private Bid 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Manufacturers’ incentives in the form of cash rebates, cut-rate financing and especially leasing deals continue to be generous, particularly among slower selling models. Where To Find The Summer's Best (And Worst) Used Car Deals 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z It may also make it harder for Internet rivals to provide alternative, a la carte programming at cut-rate prices, and casts Aereo's own future into doubt. Big broadcasters vanquish upstart Aereo at U.S. Supreme Court 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It may also make it harder for Internet rivals to provide alternative, a la carte programming at cut-rate prices. UPDATE 3-Big broadcasters vanquish upstart Aereo at U.S. Supreme Court 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Her lawsuit seeks class-action status for people who owned or leased GM vehicles sold between July 10, 2009 and April 1, 2014, or who later sold such vehicles at cut-rate prices. GM hit with $10 billion lawsuit saying recalls damaged brand 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z While these are no India or Egypt cut-rate deals, these prices still represent a significant discount to what we’re being asked to shoulder in the U.S. The Sovaldi Tax: Gilead Can't Justify The Price Its Asking Americans To Pay 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Crew members for a time were allowed to buy custom-made Breitling watches at a cut-rate price of $500 — a fraction of their retail cost. Former Blue Angels commander found guilty in Navy probe, reprimanded Instead, she bought a cut-rate plan for $148 a month that helps pay for hospitalizations and doctor visits. Affordable Care Act only chips away at a core goal 2014-04-21T22:14:43Z Jason Houseworth, Block’s president of product management, is also pleased to see Intuit stealing some of his market share with cut-rate offers. H&R Block Doesn't Want to Do Your Penny-Ante Taxes 2014-04-14T16:54:08Z Norwegian Air, which until recently specialized in low-cost flights within Europe, burst onto the global scene last spring with a new offer of cut-rate flights to popular holiday destinations in Thailand and the United States. Norwegian Air Swings to a Loss 2014-02-13T12:31:04Z That effort generated large losses in the fourth quarter as the bank sold assets at cut-rate prices, according to a person familiar with the matter. Deutsche Bank Considers Issuing Profit Warning 2014-01-17T19:41:08Z Perhaps that’s wishful thinking from brokers who are seeking cut-rate deals for their clients at the World Trade Center. One World Trade Center Is About Half Vacant—So What? 2013-11-14T11:00:01Z And Spirit also serves Chicago from New York, offering even more cut-rate fares. The Sky-High Price You’ll Pay for Airline Mergers 2013-11-09T15:18:58Z Instead, SpaceX offered the firm a cut-rate price to fly on the new rocket's demonstration run. SpaceX ready to test-fly new Falcon rocket 2013-09-27T22:39:17Z McKeon once received a cut-rate loan from lender Countrywide Financial, as researchers for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington point out. The Predator king 2013-08-02T01:10:58Z His wife turned a cut-rate apartment in affluent Cambridge into an improvised salon, offering facials at attractive prices. Photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev makes controversial Rolling Stone cover 2013-07-17T19:29:31Z It is unclear how he will do that without offering grain at cut-rate prices to exporters or governments, and that may lead to charges of dumping. Insight: Smuggling rice to Thailand - like coals to Newcastle 2013-07-14T21:25:53Z A latecomer into the telecoms market, it began selling cut-rate SIM cards on April 25. Make or break moment for Myanmar reforms in opaque telecoms sector 2013-06-24T03:13:42Z And a cut-rate sushi chain, which flourished in difficult times, just started a line of upscale restaurants for customers newly able to afford “petite extravagances.” Hope in Japan That ‘Abenomics’ May Be Turning Things Around 2013-05-20T22:25:25Z Mobilicity was one of three aggressive startup companies that used cut-rate pricing of unlimited talk-and-text plans to challenge the established operators. UPDATE 1-Telus says to buy Mobilicity for C$380 million 2013-05-16T14:04:10Z It also complained about the steady flow of cut-rate oil to Cuba, which Capriles said would end if he won. Maduro Wins Venezuela Presidential Vote, Opposition Candidate Demands Recount 2013-04-15T07:05:21Z The company then selects one destination and sells you your tickets — which it says are marked down by up to 40 percent, beating even other sources of cut-rate fares. Cheap Flights -- If You Don't Care Where 2013-03-13T12:30:00Z Much of the Volt’s volume was attributed to cut-rate lease deals that made it decidedly more affordable than its $39,000 sticker price. Cadillac ELR and Cheaper Nissan Leaf Extend Push Into Electric Cars 2013-01-16T01:29:41Z Mr. Boies, who is charging Rhode Island a cut-rate $50 an hour for his legal services, said he agreed to take the case because he believes that pension changes are needed across the U.S. Small State Gets Big Pension Push 2012-12-12T01:36:08Z But many Spaniards, he said, are opting for cheaper €1,000 funerals and choosing cut-rate coffins made from composite wood. Spaniards Scrimp on Funerals Amid Austerity 2012-11-22T08:51:23Z Amazon and eBay Inc, meanwhile, are succeeding in reaching consumers through mobile devices, particularly Amazon with its cut-rate Kindle Fire tablets. Mobile revolution, economy trip up tech giants 2012-10-19T01:23:10Z Same thing for the notion of Samsung becoming known as a reliable maker of quality products rather than as a cut-rate also ran. The Sad State of Japan's Consumer Electronics Giants 2012-10-02T03:05:38Z In the late 1980s and 1990s, it was a trailblazer in cut-rate telephone and online trading. The Method Behind Schwab's ETF Price-Cutting Madness 2012-10-01T16:28:58Z And the Federal Acquisition Service, which handles purchasing for the government, will reduce the fees it charges agencies to buy from a cut-rate list of approved vendors. Tangherlini hoping changes after scandal will ‘bake’ into GSA’s DNA 2012-09-12T16:05:00Z Dinners are communal, and there are cut-rate cars for rent, though children are no longer raised in group quarters separate from their parents. Near Miss for Kibbutz in Path of Sinai Incursion 2012-08-08T19:15:03Z Lacking the money for a new sign, they kept the old name, V.I.M., and started selling irregular jeans at cut-rate prices. Whatever Happened to Jordache? 2012-07-26T22:02:14Z Online retailer Amazon.com Inc., which gets five stars from reviewers on Wall Street, was pricey to begin with and doesn't look any more attractive with a cut-rate tablet thrown in. A Tougher Review in Store for Amazon 2012-07-25T21:16:18Z These banks have strong credit controls, have generally avoided cut-rate pricing to gain market share, and have been gradually adding fee-based, rather than interest-centered, businesses. Analysis: Big banks' glory days feared to be gone for good 2012-07-25T05:02:01Z A flood of excess advertising space, the rise of electronic advertising exchanges that sell ads at cut-rate prices, and the weak U.S. economy are all contributing to the slowdown, publishing executives and observers say. Analysis: In scare for newspapers, digital ad growth stalls 2012-06-07T04:12:52Z He didn't shop around much for insurance during the seven years he was with Allstate because he once was burned by a cut-rate insurer. Allstate adjusting to acquisition of Esurance 2012-06-03T05:00:00Z Among the allegations was that executives of companies received cut-rate shares in IPOs in return for giving banks their business. Facebook Fed the 'Ignorant' Masses an IPO Lite 2012-05-30T14:37:41Z Following its usual blueprint, Fortress starting in late 2010 snapped up about 1,000 of these policies at cut-rate prices, then waited to reap the benefits due once the original holders died. Vulture Investor Battles for Death-Bet Payouts 2012-04-20T00:17:33Z Some say cut-rate sprays and scrubs work as well as pricier versions; others are unimpressed. Another was candy. The Best (and Worst) Things to Buy at a Dollar Store 2012-03-12T22:05:40Z Sure, but a stroke of good fortune for the Reds, who got a key piece for a potential division contender at a cut-rate price. Best and worst of free agent signings for 2011 2012-02-04T21:48:00Z Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos is squeezing profit margins in search of growth, looking to add customers by pushing free shipping and offering its Kindle devices at cut-rate prices. Amazon’s Sales Miss Estimates, Profit Drops as Costs Surge 2012-02-01T01:14:10Z These are the folks who often charge upwards of $1000 per hour for their services, and yet their websites look like the work of some cut-rate freelance designers. The Industry With the Worst Websites 2012-01-25T11:05:00Z New Orleans is counting on attracting venture capitalists and start-up firms from inside and outside the United States that are looking for cut-rate overhead costs and a city with economic momentum. Silicon Valley in the bayou? New Orleans hopes so 2011-12-21T22:00:50Z There is no question that the high cost of legal education and legal services is a concern, but I find it hard to believe that the cure is cut-rate schools in poor Southern states. Economix Blog: Answers to Reader Questions About Law School 2011-12-20T16:08:58Z The announcement Wednesday that the Federal Reserve, working with other central banks, will offer dollars to foreign banks at cut-rate prices surely raises the question: Why do foreign banks need dollars? Economix Blog: Why Do Foreign Banks Need Dollars? 2011-12-01T18:09:06Z But some intrepid U.S. investors are venturing across the pond to snap up corporate bonds at cut-rate prices. European Bonds Lure U.S. Bargain Hunters 2011-11-06T21:37:28Z After all, it was just months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and many of New York’s most luxurious apartment buildings were desperate to find tenants, offering wildly generous incentives and cut-rate deals. Rents in Manhattan Rebound to Record Highs 2011-10-15T22:47:35Z The cut-rate prices, coming at a time when the cost of a meal in Italy has climbed to unprecedented levels, infuriated a public already fed up with the disproportionate compensation enjoyed by its ruling elite. The Beginning of the End For Italy's Pampered Politicians? 2011-09-08T07:20:00Z Pubs, motels and others have been offering free meals and cut-rate lodging to vacationers and others stranded by Irene. Vermont Leaf-Peeping Season May Fall Victim to Images of Floods 2011-09-02T09:22:02Z Benefits for the member organizations can include discounted or free items from Catalyst sponsors, including job postings on Monster.com, cut-rate Starbucks products and culinary training videos from rouxbe.com. Teaching the homeless to feed the hungry: Seattle?s FareStart spreads its mission nationally 2011-09-01T18:16:14Z After all, New York is not short of wealthy divorcees or those who would like to snap up their belongings at cut-rate prices. 'Divorce parties' take off as American women offload their designer pasts 2011-08-06T23:06:59Z Groups are the essence of this network-crazed era, and coupons embody cut-rate deals. Chicago News Cooperative: An Old Company With New Tricks to Teach 2011-07-15T02:52:23Z Other choices would include whether to sell at cut-rate prices financial assets such as gold in Fort Knox or loan portfolios acquired through the bank bailout, to avoid default and keep government services going. Bondholders May Vie With Farmers If U.S. Must Choose in Default 2011-07-07T04:27:12Z The program offers land to developers at cut-rate prices if they sell some floors of the apartments to families from the slums below market price. Creating a Children's Refuge in Morocco's Worst Slums 2011-07-06T16:55:13Z Mr. Chávez, who considers himself to be Fidel Castro's spiritual heir, provides Cuba with up to 100,000 barrels a day of cut-rate oil, making the island's economic survival largely dependent on Mr. Chávez's largess. Ch?vez Illness Sparks Succession Talk 2011-06-24T01:07:20Z The result, he said, has been a phenomenal growth in cut-rate bus companies, driving down ticket prices. Deadly Bus Crashes Shine a Light on Drivers Struggling With Fatigue 2011-06-12T00:42:06Z Compounding the woes for the Finnish phone maker, Asian handset manufacturers are increasingly turning to Google's free Android software, which is popular with operators and consumers in cut-rate markets. Analysis: Nimble Asian rivals raid Nokia's emerging markets turf 2011-06-07T02:32:21Z But after the war had disrupted things so much, the American settlements were wide open to the cut-rate Hollanders, who could sell and ship cheaper than anybody alive. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Purkes's cut-rate grocery store will sell you all you want for ten cents each. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Oh yeah, and don’t forget the fans are staying away in droves, no matter how much cut-rate beer is offered. Cubs players pants their manager 2011-05-18T14:10:00Z Home prices dropped in 118 of 153 cities as foreclosures that sell at cut-rate prices devalued real estate, the National Association of Realtors said May 10. U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall to Five-Month Low, Freddie Mac Says 2011-05-12T14:23:36Z Home prices fell in more than three-fourths of U.S. cities in the first quarter as foreclosures that sell at cut-rate prices devalued real estate, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday. BofA Chief Says Bank Still ‘Struggles Mightily’ on Mortgages 2011-05-11T19:01:38Z And with brides-to-be strapped for time and increasingly pitching in for their own weddings, the stores say they're making the all-important dress selection process more convenient, casual and cut-rate. Costco says 'I do' to wedding gowns 2011-03-18T20:30:37Z To add to my troubles Stigler advertised a cut-rate sale on garden seeds! Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z It was meant to take on “cut-rate” rivals, suggesting that these cheaper policies may not cover such “mayhem.” Allstate 'mayhem' ads win award 2011-03-11T20:46:00Z Thus the animating paradox of their condition: they are reaping the benefits of the corporate search for cut-rate labour but also bearing the burdens. Accent neutralisation and a crisis of identity in India's call centres 2011-02-09T14:00:00Z The tax credit that boosted sales at the start of last year is gone, and cut-rate prices on foreclosures are drawing buyers to existing properties. Industry Predicts Surge in New-Home Sales 2011-02-08T05:24:44Z To discuss cablegrams or even cut-rate wireless, however, would be an affectation. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The goods the stores peddled at cut-rate prices became the nation's culture. Borders struggles amid rapid changes in book sales 2011-01-21T02:51:01Z The bankers were expected to offer a cut-rate fee, trading profits for the prestige of managing a historic offering and getting in line for future underwriting business from the company. UPDATE 5-Dimon, Gorman, Moynihan pitch for AIG share sale 2011-01-14T02:53:34Z Smith was asked how getting money for their families jibed with getting free or cut-rate tattoos. Pryor among 5 Buckeyes banned for 5 games in 2011 2010-12-24T00:16:24Z Here in Henderson, a place of once seemingly unstoppable sprawl, there were banners Wednesday advertising cut-rate deals on homes built where there was desert 20 years ago. Behind Census Figures Showing Boom in Nevada, a Story of Bust 2010-12-23T04:39:32Z Foreclosures reduce real estate values because they sell at cut-rate prices. Home Prices in U.S. Fell 3.4% in October, FHFA Says 2010-12-22T19:59:40Z Some directors believed that AIG should hold on to assets instead of rushing to sell them at cut-rate prices, selling them later as the economy recovered and the businesses improved. Special report: Inside AIG's tortuous turnaround 2010-12-21T15:31:38Z The Phoenix-based company appealed to the state's highest court, arguing that the newspaper's cut-rate advertising was legitimate competition that benefited local businesses. Court Sides With Small Business in Predatory Pricing Case 2010-11-24T09:41:00Z Club members who have lived in the Pointes for years say they don't begrudge newcomers like Huchingson their cut-rate entry into the community. Real Moms of Grosse Pointe 2010-10-10T07:25:00Z It doesn’t really fit in with the shabby bodega, the shabbier launderette, the bargain nail salon and the cut-rate furniture shop nearby. Shared Plates: Keeping It Kosher 2010-10-07T15:59:00Z But it quickly drew accusations from Republicans and others that it had circumvented campaign-finance laws by providing cut-rate campaign services to favored candidates through an affiliated for-profit group, Data and Field Services. No Charges Against Working Families Party 2010-08-21T00:10:00Z But it quickly drew accusations from Republicans and others that it had circumvented campaign-finance laws by providing cut-rate campaign services to favored candidates through an affiliated for-profit, Data and Field Services. No Charges Filed Against Working Families Party 2010-08-20T20:45:00Z The big-name international brands that operate maquiladora factories continue to operate, taking advantage of free trade and cut-rate labor. The Mexican Border?s Lost World 2010-07-31T19:27:00Z In addition to providing daily frustration to commuters, New York Avenue is a scenic gateway to the city for tourists, providing a panoply of rail yards, cut-rate motels, gas stations, empty lots and abandoned warehouses. New NE traffic pattern puzzles drivers -- and GPS devices 2010-06-15T14:39:00Z Merchants from Baghdad travel to his junkyard to supply their shops for cut-rate prices. U.S. military's castoffs become sought-after items at yard sales across Iraq 2010-06-04T04:00:00Z He initiated the purchase of a tract of land in West Windsor, New Jersey, near Princeton University, whose development turned a huge profit due to its cut-rate purchase price and access to transit and jobs. Toll Bros CEO resigns, Yearley to replace 2010-05-17T22:33:00Z In order to avoid boom-and-bust cycles and to ensure a degree of stability and modest guaranteed profits, the New Deal architects of regulation were willing to sacrifice perfect competition and cut-rate prices for consumers. Bank reform should only be the start 2010-04-27T11:01:00Z "With News Corp having a vast array of diversified assets, they can afford to essentially buy market share in the New York newspaper market by offering cut-rate advertising," said Miller Tabak's Joyce. EXTRA! Wall Street Journal heads into NY hyperdrive 2010-04-24T00:11:00Z It would not be about his writings, but about the way his life was hijacked earlier this year by members of the group that Mr. Patel describes as “a cut-rate Scientology.” From Mortal to Messiah to a Screen Near You? 2010-04-09T00:31:00Z The founders tried to get cut-rate cocktails, especially after many members lost jobs at law firms or in publishing. Aperitif + Beer + Cocktails = Tipsy 2010-03-20T19:15:00Z Canada warned its nationals on Tuesday against going to Ciudad Juarez, once a freewheeling destination for tourists seeking tequila, sex and cut-rate dentistry but now rated one of the world's most murderous cities. Protests greet Mexico's Calderon after U.S. killings 2010-03-16T20:12:00Z The small cut-rate carriers that did endure clogged the runways, contributing to the ever-worsening congestion of American airports. Bank reform should only be the start 2010-04-27T11:01:00Z Campbell got GM to offer cut-rate loans, but only on used models that were piling up. Chevy's James Campbell: The Toughest Job at GM 2010-02-18T22:00:00Z She kept up on the cut-rate game, and when people asked for things she didn't have she just sent 'em to Belcher's. The House of Torchy The Euphoriatorium was a large, garish place which specialized in cut-rate drugs and aphrodisiacs. The Status Civilization Would you blow her to a bowl of chow mein at some chop suey joint, or could you get by with a nut sundae at a cut-rate drug store? Torchy and Vee I wouldn't go trotting back there on a cut-rate excursion, let alone making a pilgrimage to the sacred, I mean scared, spot. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer If there is, I'll wager that it is a cut-rate price. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers The non-Conference agents were principally lower grade, cut-rate concerns, and not of the standard either professionally or financially to which the Guardian was accustomed. White Ashes His one extravagance, in the past, had been cut-rate seats in the best theatres. The Man Thou Gavest Joel sent for a cut-rate Shyster, who brought a bundle of Papers tied with Green Braid, and assured the Old Gentleman that the Proceeding was a Mere Formality. People You Know The druggist thrust out a bottle already wrapped in a printed cover, and the price, as became a cut-rate pharmacy, proved to be ninety-eight cents. The Wrong Twin The cut-rate boom is about to collapse, and there is trouble brewing in the labor organizations. The Grafters These pictures had been shopped one Saturday afternoon at the cut-rate department store and were largely Zoe's choice, happily corroborated by Lilly. Star-Dust With this I got a cut-rate ticket home and surprised and horrified my parents by dropping in on them one morning just after prayers. Remarks There were "rate-wars," "cut-rate sales," secret intrigues, and rebates; and there were subterranean passages—some, indeed, scarcely under the surface—to council chambers, executive mansions, and Congress. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners |
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