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Steven Snyder

This contract is another opportunity to apply and demonstrate ACS' aptitude for innovation. We look forward to creating and implementing customized collection and loan accounting solutions for DT that will provide a solid foundation to support its rapid growth objectives. Our Consumer Finance Solutions team will bring ACS' proprietary technology and best-in-class service and support to DT.

That takes into account doing 30 minutes of exercise a day, ... The most important thing is the exercise. People who keep it off are people who exercise regularly.

John Alexander

That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more concerned about students.

Christopher Ricks

That's not the same thing as saying that the latest account that he gives should be unmistakably taken as the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I wouldn't say he never wanted to be followed or be called a leader. (But) he probably wanted it less than it seemed at the time.

You would never hire an accountant to just put in the income side of how much you earn if you have a business. You put in the income and expenses and come up with a net figure.

You've got to take into account the studies were done before 9/11, before the dot-com industry went bust. There are fewer employees now in the U.S. 36 corridor than 2001, so there are a whole host of reasons to consider.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

You see, I'd not a very good place here; the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule, on account of the hat and cane, walk, and so on, though I thought I'd got over that by this time.

You need to see what's on there. It's the way to find out what accounts are joint that you need to address now. During and after a divorce, it's a good idea to pull your credit report twice a year, at least.

Jean Chatzky

Your credit score takes into account years of information in most cases. It's not going to improve in a day. But it may improve more quickly than you think. Generally, the last 24 months carry the most weight, so if you can keep clean for that long, you'll see a boost.

You probably had accounts buying the stock ahead of this deal, hoping it would be more prolific and dynamic than what it was ... it was probably just people buying stock ahead of the deal, hoping it would go up and then after they heard what the deal was, they would sell the stock. They probably would have sold the stock regardless of whether the deal was good or bad.

Kerry Greenwood

I didn't want to write a grown-up account of Gallipoli. I wanted to find out what would happen if I looked at Gallipoli through the eyes of an innocent.

Gary Miller

The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent.

John Madden

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.

There are more and more of these breaches, because information is money. The more computerized we are the more true that is. It?s not that hard to turn a piece of information into cash, by opening a fake cell phone account or a fake credit card account.

Rosa Parks

When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.

We heard testimony (last month) from shocked optometrists that had no idea that this money had gone to the personal account of Michael Decker.

The fact that Hollywood productions use famously creative accounting is no reason to compromise a basic principle of our tax system.

The problem with the November employment numbers is hiring for the holiday season. It's hard to get a gauge of what it's going to be. They do a seasonal adjustment to the number to account for that, but the seasonal adjustment causes wider swings. And this year Thanksgiving came later in the month, so hiring might have started after the November data was collected.

Don't fall for the pitch '15 months is as good as cash'?even if you have lawn furniture in your living room. Retailers know that most customers won't pay in full within 15 months, and they'll be charged interest from day one. So, if you sign up for such a plan, be sure to put one-fifteenth of the full payment in a special account each month and pay in full at the end of the interest-free term.

Custodial parents are very familiar with when their exes are sending in their checks to the state and they know that three days later their checks are supposed to be in the bank. If the checks were sent to the state on those three days after the fire, they have been processed and they will be posted to bank accounts by Tuesday at the latest, if they haven't been already.

Customers were withdrawing their accounts and liquidating what they could and moving cash out.

Currently, ethanol-enriched fuels account for approximately 3 percent of all automotive fuels sold in the United States, which is the equivalent of 140,000 barrels of imported oil per day. With increased consumer awareness and support for ethanol, we can move the needle and further reduce the amount of oil we currently import from other countries.

Current account targeting or inflation becomes the objective. You will have a framework to ensure that the extra money that comes in doesn't lead to change in competitiveness.

Creditors normally report updates to their accounts only once a month, so a consumer can't pay down the balance and expect it to be reflected on the report the next day.

Cross-border shopping accounts for a lot of jobs along the border, and it's significant even in places like San Antonio and Houston.

As I have begun to publish to the world, I shall give some short account of my Life, which hath been singular, from my youth up to this day.

And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy in this world and the hereafter, a grievous chastisement would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse which you entered into.

Norm Coleman

Ensuring the security of our global supply chain is critical to homeland security since maritime trade accounts for over 25 percent of the U.S. GDP (gross domestic product) and many experts believe that terrorists are likely to exploit the inherent vulnerabilities of the global supply chain for their nefarious purposes.

Energy prices are coming off, mitigating the positive effects of the current account number. The Canadian dollar is still closely tracking energy.

Educational toys account for 50 percent of all toy sales to kids aged five years or under. This is a category where parents make the primary purchase decision, not the kids. It's definitely a hot area for toymakers.

Edgar Johnson, unlike Major Parker, has quite an extensive criminal history. The judge did what he thought was just taking into account all of the circumstances (with a lighter sentence).

Each day the uncertainty surges and investor non-confidence increases amid the rise in cases of creative accounting in the United States.