But such a loss-leader model does not seem to be working in the daily-deal industry.
In this respect, at least, the compensation program would seem to be working well.
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Some efforts to make restaurants feel more separate from their hotels seem to be working.
But EarthLink's strategy of marketing itself as an alternative to AOL doesn't seem to be working.
"You stand and fall by your philosophy and ours seem to be working, " Johnson, 52, told BBC Sport.
The irony of the Canadian situation is that for years, curbs on fishing didn't seem to be working.
In France, by contrast, the politicians seem to be working well beyond 35 hours a week to discourage entrepreneurs.
Pagoclone doesn't seem to be working out, but with trospium, Indevus may have a one more shot at comeback.
Should you fire an employee that does not seem to be working out?
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On the bright side, there is one regulation that does seem to be working in getting these banks to downsize a bit.
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"Markets work on a second-by-second basis, while politicians seem to be working to a monthly calendar, " Jeremy Stretch from CIBC told the BBC.
The hidden risk, therefore, is that the tactics that seem to be working now will prove to be inadequate to control rising prices later.
It does not seem to be working, although Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate since 1988, fiercely defends the decision to experiment in this way.
Notwithstanding the fact that almost every technology company now claims to be sitting at that particular intersection, it certainly does seem to be working out for Limelight.
"The psychiatric services seem to be working under such pressures that they are being forced to take unacceptable risks with the lives of both patients and occasionally the public, " she said.
Usually, when a medicine doesn't seem to be working, you get a debate between those who say it's the wrong medicine - and others who say it's just not been applied forcefully enough.
While at the moment, the U.S. and Russia seem to be working at cross purposes on this and other issues, Trenin of the Moscow Carnegie Center says there is one thing that unites them.
So far it does not seem to be working, because Mr Ensign is on the whole fairly moderate: he avoids talk of an enormous tax cut, for instance, preferring to cut the national debt.
The price signals seem to be working.
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But it doesn't seem to be working.
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These are all well-intentioned, but based on the numbers, none seem to actually be working to stem the rising tide of non-golfing citizens.
"I seem to be happier when I'm working, " he told The New York Times in 1995.
Generally speaking Salesforce employees seem to be younger and far more comfortable working and socializing in social networks.
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But it's also critical to know that there are many who are working and working and working, and don't seem to be making any headway.
While those rumors have yet to be confirmed, it does seem possible that Apple is indeed working on a way for OS X users to run Windows apps, and wants to use BAPco's tools to benchmark the Windows-on-OS X performance (though the tools are said not to work all that well in virtual environments).
But compared to working conditions elsewhere in China they do seem to be good, if not better than almost all of the alternatives.
Admittedly, working for nearly 20 years at a large Wall Street firm like Paine Webber would hardly seem to be a promising start to an entrepreneurial career.
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