Is he trying to buy more time to get the economy turned around when he says that?
They can decide to just delay all, most or some parts of implementation to buy more time to more definitively kick the can.
Nokia said it would scrap its dividend to buy more time for a turnaround, despite a return to profit in the fourth quarter.
Another potent sign of change is that a motion to buy more time to think about gay ministers without any commitment to change was narrowly defeated.
The Fed extended its Operation Twist program last month, in a bid to buy more time for the economy to show whether it is driving through a rough patch or running out of gas.
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Sanchez said he expects that ultimately a deal will get done before the deadline, or a small stop-gap measure will be agreed to in order to buy more time, which would cause gold prices to retreat.
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The alternative is to buy the stock after it has gone public, which gives you more control, the option to buy more shares, and more time to evaluate the company.
On the other hand, I could attend another academic institution to buy myself more time.
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And with ad rates low, Wendy's has been able to buy more air time and repeat this message more often.
But the ECB is a large holder of toxic Greek paper and has to stand prepared to buy more each time the market cracks its head open.
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Silberman did his best to assuage creditors and buy the contractor more time to drum up the cash.
And over time, yield returns on stocks that are used to buy up more shares means higher returns over time.
In fact, Smith says, the higher prices are a sign that it's time to buy more equipment to increase capacity.
The responses were close to evenly split: just a few more saying now is the time to buy energy stocks than those who suggest waiting.
That unique authority expires May 18, but the government retains the ability to juggle its books to buy several more months' worth of time before facing default.
But Schwartz did say the JPMorgan lifeline was "a bridge to a more permanent solution, " meant to calm the markets and buy it time.
She said doctors are planning to operate in coming days in an effort to divert that crash, which should buy her a few more weeks and more time for a potential direct donor to reach out to the Murnaghans.
Bernard Arnault, LVMH chairman and CEO, said at the time LVMH would continue to buy more shares but did not intend to take control, to make a public offer for the company nor to seek seats on the board.
The landlord will have to respond to this answer, which will buy you a little more time in your apartment.
Rebalancing, so that a portfolio continues to have a fairly constant percentage of stocks and bonds, forces an investor to buy more equities when stocks are down and sell them when they're up, without requiring him to time the market.
Freeing up more cash could buy the company time to see if there really is a desire for a number three smartphone company.
It's more expensive for them to buy and sell shares across multiple time zones and markets.
During that time, the company began enticing wholesalers to buy more than they needed, increasing current profits by borrowing from the future.
That suggests many could buy some time, reducing deficits more gradually so as to spread out the hit to growth.
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Yet shorter-term and prudent expedients are still possible, which might bring greater reason and order to public financial affairs, and might buy some time until longer-term, more-libertarian solutions are possible.
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One example that Lodish admires: auto dealers that pitch the notion that now is a good time to buy a big vehicle because the discount will save customers more than enough money to compensate for the extra fuel costs over four or five years.
It can also buy time for advocates of serious and genuine spending cuts to widen their following (and gather more votes).
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Extending the permission for OASI to borrow from the disability and Medicare funds would buy a bit of additional time, but probably no more than 18 months.
In Shanghai, a survey by Soufun.com, a real estate website, found that 80% of home buyers expected prices to drop further next year, but more than half polled said that they would buy a house within that time period.
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