And its government has not been a wise spender of the meagre revenues it already has.
The synergies on offer are so meagre only because the two firms are unusually complementary.
An elderly pensioner, Raisa survives on a meagre state pension and by growing her own vegetables.
It also far exceeded the meagre 0.1% advance during the first three months of 2001.
Medicare reform of even a meagre sort will have to wait until next year.
Nor do they pay much attention to the benefits of the invasion, however meagre.
"The bibliography of the bank is meagre and leads to nowhere in particular, " Jarvie observed.
For how long will concerns be so narrow, and rewards so meagre, if growth really falters?
The programmes available for the poor are at once limited and helpful, meagre and costly.
His workforce cut to 30 from 150 all have second jobs to make up their meagre wages.
Those most staunchly opposed were women in their 20s, many of whom earn meagre wages.
Going abroad is attractive for Japan's big three, because the domestic market offers such meagre returns.
It shares an Irish-style housing bust with the meagre growth prospects of Portugal and Greece.
For the poor median wage would be a considerable increase on their currently meagre wages.
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It would undo, in short, the rather meagre gains of the past three years.
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The effect has been to slow already meagre growth further and push up inflation.
After an hour of shooting, the Lou made off with the Jikany's cattle and their meagre possessions.
And to the meagre stimulus and zombification of industry can be added a third Japanese trait policy indecision.
There was some meagre consolation to be had from the comings and goings lower down in government.
Meagre wage increases (for those lucky enough to be in work) mean shoppers have little extra to spend.
At the same time the government refused a 2% increase in the meagre wages of its civil servants.
Most of the displaced are cared for by relatives, which puts a heavy burden on their meagre resources.
In particular, low-income people would be forced to save even if their present level of consumption is meagre.
But the meagre wages crimp disposable incomes and kill incentives to work harder.
Studies suggest that operating the two side-by-side can cut Bluetooth's already meagre bandwidth by as much as a third.
Despite its meagre resources, UNIVA has succeeded in empowering many rural and peri-urban people through work-related literacy skills training.
Going by its dividend-yield, Wall Street has looked pricey for some time, offering a meagre income of just 2%.
"Martelly is wasting the meagre resources of the country, " said Edner Rosier, one of the organisers of the protest.
They have been a meagre source of capital, providing only 3.4% of the finance that companies raised last year.
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