payback
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In common with most companies involved in the buildout of AI infrastructure, Alibaba’s shareholders are being forced to weigh up whether the eventual payback will reward the upfront investment.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The government is trying to free-up space by reducing the number of short-term prisoners and strengthening community payback orders.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The wedding, this theory goes, was payback for 20 years’ worth of media that characterized her as desperate and lovelorn and having only herself to blame for boyfriends who wilted under the media’s gaze.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
The steps BMW takes now—which will have an unspecified negative impact in 2H—should bring more visible payback in coming years, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
And then in a higher tone she repeated, "The big payback!"
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Enticements for investors are relatively low-cost funds, with annualized management fees typically below 1%, and, of course, immediate paybacks.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
It often takes 10 years to site, design, construct and commission a conventional PSH plant at a time when private investors are realizing paybacks of 10 years or less from subsidized solar and wind farms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
Besides the pandemic, they’ve had to face economic pressures from rising costs of living, college loan paybacks and an uncertain economy, among other challenges.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
But it has long been clear that the net metering paybacks are overly generous, even lavish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
“It would put pressure on utilities and telecoms” as well as on companies that consistently increase quarterly paybacks to shareholders, he said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2017
