That comment exemplifies the struggle the discount chain, known for its "blue light" specials that sent shoppers scurrying down aisles for a limited-time bargain, has had to endure in modernising its image.
At the same time, bargain-basement comedies with no name stars pulled in big bucks.
By re-engaging Pyongyang diplomatically rather than increasing the external pressure, George W. Bush relegitimized the North and gave it yet more time to bargain.
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Higher top rates may also discourage big earners from spending too much of their time trying to bargain for a larger share of the overall pie.
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If you work for a small employer, especially if your co-workers have small account balances, your employer may have a harder time driving a bargain with the financial firms, often called "record keepers, " that administer 401(k)s.
"Even if they give notice on Monday that they are seeking the death penalty, they can come off that and enter into a plea bargain any time, " said attorney Dan Recht, a past president of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar.
Many working poor don't have smartphones or computers or the time and know-how to bargain shop on the Internet.
For those who acted willfully, the one-time twenty percent penalty is a bargain.
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The two units bargain at the same time, but their contracts are separate and independent agreements, the union noted.
The poor countries showed themselves resentful at the problems they have faced in implementing the Uruguay round agreements, and this time they drove a much tougher bargain.
Sure, those democratic states will talk, and bargain, and hog air time on Al-Arabiya.
What better time to troll European shares for some bargain investments?
Aetna must have figured the cost was a bargain in that by the time Hug went to work for the Equitable, much of what he knew would become obsolete.
Real estate investment trusts are on the move again, and Ross Smotrich, an analyst at Barclays Capital, thinks now is a perfect time to buy blue-chip REITs at bargain prices. (For another take on REITs, see page 108.) He likes Boston Properties ( BXP, 50) , which owns classy office buildings like Boston's Prudential Tower, San Francisco's Embarcadero Center and, in Manhattan, 399 Park Avenue, Times Square Tower and Citigroup Center.
In time, new acquisitions in Asia, bought at bargain prices as the crisis drives down the value even of sound companies, will bring in new income streams.
If you are working on something else, on company time, you are not fulfilling your end of the bargain.
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In a recent interview with Newsweek, Mr Rajaratnam said that FBI agents offered him a plea bargain just five years' jail-time in exchange for wearing a wire and taping his conversations with Mr Gupta.
At the same time, famous buyers are unlikely to get any kind of a bargain, since sellers often push famous folks to pay full price.
"People love getting a bargain, and Ross has new stuff coming in all the time, " says Fox.
They make sense if the sales price is truly a bargain, but realize that you will be spending plenty of time and effort to complete all of the paperwork and requirements.
Most houses that were sold were to first-time home buyers who received the rebates, or auctioned and foreclosed homes at bargain prices by those hoping to flip them later.
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China has fooled itself again, this time in believing that holding their trade imbalance in dollar denominated treasury bonds represents a fair bargain.
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Specifically, Mulally insisted that the U.S. tariffs be rolled back over time, rather than immediately, to make sure Korea held up its end of the bargain.
Bargain hunters stepped in to buy the dip in gold prices at the same time the U.S. dollar index sold off from higher levels seen earlier in the day.
While aiding the law was part of his plea-bargain, testifying won't get him softer terms--only the proverbial "time off for good behavior" can do that.
And the reason I ran for President, the reason I ran the first time for a state Senate seat on the South Side of Chicago was because for too many people that bargain, that dream felt like it was slipping away -- for too many people.
Having agreed to bargain across the table and not in the media, SAG will have no further comment at this time.
There was a viewpoint at that time that Sprint was planning to force Clearwire into bankruptcy and then reclaim its very valuable spectrum assets at a bargain price.
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