The competition for the best players has forced up salaries for all players, not just free agents.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Unlike Major League Baseball,salaries in the National Basketball Association and some other leagues are capped.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

"Their problem was, what do you give us by way of carry-away salaries?

VOA: special.2011.02.24

"Young people have emphasized salaries to support their families, because in many cases the military industrial complex has little money,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

He warns that inaction would lead to lower salaries, higher unemployment,lower profits and an increased number of people without insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

(OMITTED) And with increased salaries, Chinese should purchase more, helping restore parity in trade surpluses on global markets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

RFI broadcast an interview with the spokesman for U.N.peackeepers in eastern Congo who said army deserters were complaining about ethnic conflict and nonpayment of salaries.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

He responded to a complaint about cuts in jobs and salaries for California teachers by urging people not to expect "something for nothing" from their government."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Even the smallest daily activity, like brushing one's teeth, requires a trip to the tank, where people pay a large portion of their meager salaries for containers of cloudy,brackish water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

All are highly-educated management-level professionals who previously earned six-figure salaries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Nothing is free. So,the reason I make that point is, you cannot ask local elected officials to raise teacher salaries and cut taxes and balance the budget and increase roads.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"The reduction in our salaries has reached 30 percent." "And if we figure into that the increase in taxes, every family of a Coast Guard, police officer and firefighter will see its income reduced to 8,000 euros annually."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Earlier this year, police salaries were increased and many are now being paid through bank transfers, so no one is able to take a cut of a policeman's pay before it gets into the hands of the employee.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16