Some offshore investors secured cheaper funds here in yen for investing in Japanese equities. They appeared to be nervous as they consider an end to the current ultra-loose monetary policy by the Bank of Japan would increase their costs.
Had the technology to dispose off the toxic ship been cheap and easy, the French themselves would have taken care of the ship instead of giving away the business to India.
We've seen a definite increase in clients who just enjoy being in snow country. They've discovered that a resort vacation in the mountains offers a lot of things and that air travel is often a lot cheaper in winter than in summer.
Given where spreads are relative to past history, they've gone from screamingly cheap to something close to fair value, Being appropriately valued isn't the same as without risk.
Globalization, the internet and cheap travel have made it so much easier to conduct the business of crime at one remove. We can't operate in isolation; we have to build up alliances in other countries.
If it doesn't stand up, we don't have to make it cheap because it's not going to get used.
If the county chooses to stay with the status quo, the new jail needs to be about 25 percent bigger. It is important to look at this seriously because interventions are always cheaper than incarceration.
If the grocery store you go shopping at suddenly has a number of different wholesalers for produce, then with the competition between the wholesalers you may end up with cheaper produce. But the individual shopper doesn't see the wholesaler.
If someone else can do it cheaper for you, you ought to look at it, especially if they can do it cheaper and at a higher level. It's tax money, but even if we didn't save money, it's about getting a higher level of service and about being a little bit flexible.
Left to their own devices, people will choose the mode that's cheapest to them not just in out-of-pocket costs but in time costs.