• Standard Life sees most of the wasted money in shadow financing going to property developers.

    FORBES: How Scary Is China's Shadow Banking System?

  • In this respect, the NFL accurately represents the wasted time in the typical large hierarchical bureaucracy.

    FORBES: Not So Super Sunday: Eleven Minutes Of Actual Playing Time

  • The wasted opportunity was put into sharp focus after 14 minutes when another breakaway saw Ivica Olic double Croatia's lead.

    CNN: Croatia crush England Euro dreams

  • South East Water said it was adjusting the bill to normal usage and investigations were ongoing about the wasted water.

    BBC: Peacehaven tenant Ryan Bishop gets ?74,000 water bills

  • Outside the SOEs, I see little evidence of the wasted investment I saw in Thailand at the time the phrase "golf course capitalism" was coined--before the Asian crisis back in 1997.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Should I bill Forbes for the wasted expense?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The wasted money was Bristol's, not Merck's.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Absent a common currency in the form of the dollar, the U.S. would still be a rich country, but far less vibrant for all the wasted effort necessary to facilitate interstate trade given 50 different floating money concepts.

    FORBES: Talk Of the Euro's Coming Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated

  • However, the greatest cost of job interviews is not the wasted time of the interviewer, it is the fact that they are poor at identifying how effective applicants will be if they are hired, and they can easily lead to lawsuits.

    FORBES: Job Interviews: Users Beware

  • "The polarizing organic photovoltaic cell demonstrated by Professor Yang's research group can potentially harvest 75 percent of the wasted photons from LCD backlight and turn them back into electricity, " said Youssry Boutros, program director for the Intel Labs Academic Research Office, which supported the research.

    ENGADGET: Photovoltaic polarizers could make self-charging smartphone dreams come true

  • When the few users came to him to complain about their preferred solutions no longer being available, he was able to explain the rationale with data, pointing out the wasted time and dollars that were put into the antiquated systems while new ones were readily available.

    FORBES: Two Steps to Build Innovative IT DNA at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • These are the impediments to the movement of people and goods brought on by Sept. 11: the wasted hours of employees showing IDs to get into their building, the delays at the airport, the backlog of trucks at the border, the increased cost of air freight, the dead weight of higher insurance premiums.

    FORBES: The Detour Economy

  • These are the impediments to the movement of people and goods brought on by Sept. 11: the wasted hours of employees showing proof of identification to get in their building, the delays at the airport, the backlog of trucks at the border, the increased cost of air freight, the dead weight of higher insurance premiums.

    FORBES: The Detour Economy

  • Lest you need a sobering reminder about the US culture of waste: if the rest of the world wasted the way Americans do, we would by now need three more planets and one extra atmosphere.

    FORBES: "Junky Jacquie Hates to Waste" and Other Modern Tales in Sustainability

  • The favourite wasted no time, wrapping up the sixth set 3-0 as he neared the inevitable.

    BBC: Power surges to 10th title

  • The hosts wasted no time in ripping through the tourists' batting order as their bowling attack proved too strong with Bangladesh reduced to 33-3 by tea.

    BBC: South Africa make Bangladesh toil

  • The Penguins wasted no time in pouncing on the Islanders, beating Evgeni Nabokov four times in the game's first 22 minutes, including goals by Letang and Dupuis 32 seconds apart early in the second period.

    WSJ: Penguins set tone with 5-0 romp over Islanders

  • I'm also issuing a new goal for America: Let's cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next 20 years.

    BBC: State of the Union: Obama pledges to reignite economy

  • The Knicks wasted no time in taking control of the game, shooting 52.4% (11-for-21) in the opening quarter, including 62.5% (5-for-8) from long range to take a 28-23 lead heading into the second.

    WSJ: Knicks Beat Up on Depleted Boston

  • Regardless of the time wasted, no company can easily afford the time and cost of human resource issues or even liability concerns when employees are faced with unwanted content or personal privacy boundaries are breached.

    FORBES: Your Privacy has Gone to the [Angry] Birds

  • For City, the loss could intensify the turmoil threatening to engulf the club as it wasted the last chance to end the season with a trophy.

    NPR: Wigan Beats Man City To Win FA Cup For First Time

  • In the end his third effort struck the wall before Vassell wasted the final chance of the match with a shot which was too close to Myhill.

    BBC: Hull 2-2 Man City

  • Having replaced David Strettle with Danny Care midway through the half, Quins wasted the chance to go 6-0 up soon after when Andy Gomarsall's errant penalty attempt sailed wide.

    BBC: Sale 28-6 Harlequins

  • Some folks are quick to argue that all the time wasted and mistakes made as undergraduates is an inevitable part of the college process--maybe even the point of the process.

    FORBES: Grownup Training

  • We have to eliminate the "wasted" senior year of high school so that our students see the importance of education to their future.

    FORBES: U.S. Sen. Michael Enzi

  • While that might not sound like the most exciting thing in the world, the company's CEO says that it could not only drastically reduce the electricity wasted by electronics that currently rely on silicon components, but significantly reduce the size of the components as well.

    ENGADGET: Transphorm promises brickless laptop chargers, power savings aplenty

  • The Ivorian wasted a one-on-one opportunity with Blackburn keeper Paul Robinson after the break, but once Anelka had made the game safe with Chelsea's second goal, Drogba seemed to rediscover some of his self-belief and almost scored a third with a delightful chip that floated inches over the bar.

    BBC: Does victory over Blackburn indicate a Chelsea revival?

  • The Kiwis wasted no time in retaliating however, when Robbie Paul sprinted clear, but Sean Hoppe dropped the Bradford star's pass with the try-line beckoning.

    BBC: Great Britain 16-22 New Zealand 22

  • The BBC has certainly not wasted the opportunity to promote itself with the 30, 000 Christmas cards the corporation send out.

    BBC: What do your Christmas cards say about you?

  • Lib Dem health spokesman, Jim Hume, said these costs did not take into account the value of the medicines being wasted, or the cost of prescribing them in the first place.

    BBC: Pills

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