Paybacks

You will have high interest rates, short-term paybacks, and plenty of red tape. ❋ Robert G. Allen (2006)

Governments would have to do it instead, because, unlike private financiers dogged by shareholders in search of near-term paybacks, governments could assume the risks and bear the responsibilities of investments that might take decades to mature. ❋ DANIEL YERGIN (1998)

Germany's renewables sector has rocketed, thanks to a system that guarantees long-term paybacks at above-market rates for cleanly generated power. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"All of those things help you allow the city to put in the things that are longer-term paybacks like ... big equipment like the air handlers and the chillers," said Joe Christie, a manager with Pepco. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What's more, most of the spending that comes in FY2012 or later is either for projects that simply take more than two years to complete (highways, school repairs) or infrastructure improvements that have long-term paybacks (renewable energy programs). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sure, area progressives are usually the only machines that pay the really big bucks, but the long-term paybacks on these machines are usually the lowest in the casino, and at 30 million to one odds against, your chances of hitting the big one are a teensy weensy bit better than zilch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, products like QUANTOS and our intelligence sensor management system in process analytics bring great short term paybacks to customers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What’s more, most of the spending that comes in FY2012 or later is either for projects that simply take more than two years to complete (highways, school repairs) or infrastructure improvements that have long-term paybacks (renewable energy programs). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Factoring in those so-called paybacks, the Treasury estimates that its commitments for rescue programs so far total $565.5 billion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While the paybacks could be a signal that the banking industry is stabilizing, analysts say it is far from a clean bill of health, and some said it was too soon to let the banks give back the money. ❋ By STEVENSON JACOBS And DANIEL WAGNER AP Business (2009)

It's about perceived "paybacks" for voting against a man that put "hair" on a woman's soda can? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Being effective politicians, they do not say what they really think: that any action they take against the Republican administration would be twisted into charges of "paybacks," "advantage-taking," or even portrayed as a coup, since as House Speaker Pelosi would assume the presidency in the event of departure by the president and vice president. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr Mighell said he felt the revelations about the trip might be part of "paybacks" he claimed the ALP had threatened him with when his union supported independent Les Twentyman against a Labor candidate in Koroit during the last election. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lack of leadership, mismanagement of resources and political paybacks have caused low morale, which decreases productivity and efficiency. ❋ Post (2010)