What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.
His short-term measures to reduce expenditure brought the figure down to £1,420 million.
There is, however, an urgent need to address these issues which require further action and more short-term measures.
We have to take into account the fact that intervention is a fine and - I was happy to hear - short-term measure.
However, this is a short-term measure which will not resolve the problem of disappearing jobs.
We understand the need to commit to both short-term and long-term measures.
Not only aid but trade was the answer, as a short-term measure to assist.
A number of short-term measures can be taken quickly to ease the situation.
Sarah again changed her mind about the local vacancies and thought that taking them wouldn't be too bad as a short-term measure after all.
Ecogen said that with the short-term measures, its working capital will last about six months.