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The product being internationally competitive it is able to service a large market with availability in time and state of the art performance at reduced costs per unit.

What we do costs an enormous amount of money: Iraq , Katrina, Rita. In order to pay for all that, we need to perform in the key demo. It's how we make our money. It's how the broadcasts are sold.

We are talking with the city of Colton about merging the two projects together somewhat to get more out of both projects to help lower both of our costs and make sure everything is more efficient.

We're here to see if budgets add up. After Hurricane Katrina, construction costs have gone up.

This ratcheting down of allowable sulfur adds to costs and also strains the refining system. In 2006, the EPA could well cost gasoline consumers more than Hurricane Katrina did.

This provision would open up the legal system to abuse by people who may not pay taxes and would drive up farmers' costs of defending themselves. We're obviously against that.

There are these hidden costs that are almost always borne by the low classes. It can take you half a day to get from here to Virginia Beach.

The provisions now taken reflect the anticipated costs to finish the projects.

Whenever you start an entirely new state bureaucracy like this initiative proposes, the costs always exceed initial estimates. When that happens, parents of preschool children could be charged a fee or the legislature could raise taxes on all Californians to keep the new bureaucracy going.

Whenever you make changes it costs extra money.

We had a very solid first quarter and are pleased with our performance. This is particularly true given the rapid increase in raw material prices and costs that we experienced.

We have significant concerns about the potential infringement on the right to associate. These kinds of costs would absolutely chill the public's ability to gather.

The only issue that is troubling is they feel some of the costs from energy are being passed on.

The primary question is, are you going to be able to produce cars and trucks that are compelling enough to sustain or even gain market share. Health care and pension costs are important issues but the primary issue is always what does your top line look like.

The primary issues today's initiatives set out to resolve are still lingering -- legacy labor costs at GM and a possible supply disruption at Delphi.

The price of gas is our most immediate problem, ... We pretty well know that it could drive up the costs on everything including building materials.

The price of gas downstream is always going to be higher because you have costs that have to be recouped for getting it to the customer. You have to process the gas. You have to transport it, and you have to sell it. There will always be a discrepancy there.

We've never discussed the costs of the movie, ... but if it went out and did $75-80 million, it would be a profitable movie for us.

We want to make sure the work force is fit and healthy, and that lowers health care costs overall.

The plan lacks a clear statement of how Ford is going to get its labor and design costs in line with its Japanese competitors. Lacking that, Ford will not be able to offer vehicles that are competitive in price, quality and content.

There are other areas where Congress can look to control costs and expenses. It's not necessarily quid-pro-quo that the money will come out of other coastal or water projects.

There are many advantages to being based here - it's a more mobile market, and there is access to lower development costs through outsourcing.

We're giving trial customers three months of next-generation services free, and after the first month presenting them with a total of their costs and asking, 'Is that value for your money?'

We're simply not going to be able to deal with education or public safety or any of the other issues satisfactorily if we haven't reformed state government and got both its costs and its service delivery changed.

We're set up to be a major research facility for the world, really, in this area. We're trying to lower the costs of reverse osmosis, for sure. In general the costs have already gone down a lot - from about $14 per thousand gallons 15 years ago to about $2 per thousand gallons today. But we're also looking at ways to customize this technology for areas where there really are no other options.

We're confident that, when they see it spelled out in detail, that they will find that these were prudently incurred costs and related to storm restoration.

Maintaining optimal performance of enterprise applications has become a business-critical initiative for today's enterprises. Comprehensive application performance management solutions, like Symantec i3 7.5, help organizations improve business efficiency and mitigate costs by quickly identifying and resolving potential bottlenecks within an application infrastructure.

Making the right purchasing decision involves factoring in a mix of cost and quality measures--but there are no standardized data sets on network costs that allow us to make apples-to-apples comparisons. These new HEDIS measures are a strong step in the right direction.

Let's say that a patient has a prescription for a liquid medication and it costs me a net of $50. So I get the cost of that plus that $1.50. When I reach into the drawer, I just spent that $1.50 for the cost of the bottle to put it in.

Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications.

Lower labor costs and tax benefits have, for example, caused publishers like EA, UbiSoft, and others to move more production to Canada.

Lower equity prices and higher financing costs should damp household and business spending, and greater uncertainty and risk aversion may also lead to more cautious spending behavior,

Lower costs will give you higher net returns. I think cost is critically important.

Last year the costs came out to about $8000 just to be in this one league. We didn't have the commitment from the students to be able to not forfeit games and to travel.

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.

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

Leading employers in the U.S. remain committed to helping their employees with health benefits coverage and programs to improve their health and the health of their families. These employers know that one of the most important ways to control costs is to help employees and their families get and stay healthy.

Many of the weakest firms no longer exist, and those once considered the titans of the Internet are trimming payroll and other costs to the bare minimum.

Many of the problems with the U.S. healthcare system were exposed after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita when paper health records were lost and victims were unable to access their health information or provide complete medical histories to caregivers. It's clear that establishing a healthcare network that utilizes information technology to improve care, reduce errors and cut costs is critical. An effective, efficient system is not only important to advancing the health of our society, but also to our economic well-being and long-term competitiveness.

Many Mexican companies have adapted to softer demand by cutting costs and this will be extremely positive for margins once demand picks up in the second half, as we expect.

Many organizations have ILM initiatives or are interested in starting one because of all the publicity. But the biggest driver is that storage costs are growing at an astronomical rate, and they're being mandated to cut the storage budget.

Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually much cheaper when all of the costs to public health, social services, and waste handling are factored into the same equation.

Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation costs, ... They're often bundled together with other costs and reported at an aggregated level, thus preventing companies from allocating transportation costs to specific products, customers, or business units.

Many companies are under pressure to keep their costs down, but they don't steal their office furniture off the truck, ... One of the reasons people steal software is that it's easy to do.

Search for Common Ground has done some very interesting things. They've figured out that costs of mass media productions in third-world countries is miniscule, especially given the new technologies, compared to what you'd expect to spend to make it into the mass TV market in the United States.

Seagate is excited about the opportunity to achieve greater scale, reduce supply chain costs, and leverage combined R&D efforts across a broader product set. With the increased scale of the combined company, we can reduce overall product costs and provide more innovative products at more competitive prices.

send a strong signal to Beijing that Congress will not sit idly by while China's mercantilist trade policy injures U.S. employers and costs us jobs.

Selling 'cool' stuff isn't 'cool' if the stuff doesn't work as advertised and Apple fails to comply with its obligations under its warranty and California laws. Like every other industry, Apple must fix products that are defective for free, and refund the costs incurred by its customers.

She said that the state of Michigan would pay for all of our closing costs and five percent down." ()

Old systems top to bottom need to be ripped out and rebuilt and you can't do that during a single summer so there are tactical challenges to renovating North High School too. When you add the costs of renovating North High School and renting space or transporting students to a different space during a year of construction renovating isn't cost-effective. The cost is almost the same as building a new school.

Some customers have the expectation that you flip a switch and you're done. But there are setup costs and training costs and ramp-up costs. There's getting the system customized to match the business context and then getting people to use the system. CRM implementations are still complex, even if they're delivered in an on-demand fashion.

Some companies believe if they took over Knight Ridder, they could raise the margin, either by cutting costs or raising revenue.

Should any errors occur, they can be monitored, and answered, without having an operator on site. This reduces support staff costs while ensuring timely and complete backups.

Simply ceasing activity or dropping production dramatically is not possible. However, many of us are looking at how we can turn fixed costs into variable costs, and options such as contract farming become all the more attractive.

Simple information requests encounter huge roadblocks or exorbitant costs and there are massive delays in getting information.

Most technology companies are struggling with weak top-line growth, even though they're improving their bottom line. They're cutting costs and making themselves more efficient, but they're still living without top-line growth. That's tough.

Mobile technology is the way forward. The costs are not overwhelming and the benefits are substantial. When we looked at how much time it would save our engineers and how much we'd save in administration, travel and fuel bills, it was clear that the advantages greatly outweighed the costs.

Mobile technologies increasingly enable real-time collaboration and access to information across the healthcare system, allowing for more informed decisions in clinical and administrative scenarios. Whether used for checking case-management records, consulting with a colleague, or any number of other important daily activities, mobile solutions empower people to generate efficiencies and reduce costs in the healthcare setting, but most importantly contribute to higher-quality patient care.

Mr. President, in your State of the Union address you said keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. As the big oil companies are posting record profits, many families in New Jersey are finding it difficult to balance the costs of filling their tanks with other critical needs of their families. We urge you to address the growing crisis before the summer travel season begins.

Much like eBay and other sites, this move provides a platform for everyday users to participate in utilizing the Internet in a commercial way while providing a service to the community at-large. Under this new structure, Expert and Elite rank users will enjoy a high level of control over the sponsored links being presented on their user pages, including their content, appearance, quantity, promotion, even their costs to advertisers.

Mazda is gaining on new models that are selling really well, lower production costs from platforms shared with Ford, and the weaker yen,

Medicare is projected to run out of money in 2001. That date of fiscal insolvency can be put off for several years by relatively incremental and modest changes, but when the baby boomers start retiring, ... At that point, costs go up very rapidly, and more extensive action will be necessary.

Medical Protective made a commitment to Texas policyholders, legislators and regulators that we would closely monitor the impact of tort reforms passed in 2003. We are pleased that the emerging data continues to suggest a moderating trend in loss costs and that we are, therefore, in a position to reduce our Texas rates again. We are also pleased to confirm that last year's acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway has helped us attain the industry's highest financial rating, allowed us to expand our underwriting appetite to additional practice specialties that meet our underwriting criteria, and provided us with the capital to open the door for even more Texas healthcare providers who desire the strongest carrier.

Medical costs are rising significantly, so the fact that we offered a zero percent increase was substantial.

Medical care costs continued to rise but premiums stayed flat. People continued to use services even though the premium wasn't enough to cover them.

My impression from what has happened in other states is that student-loan costs have definitely gone up.

Nestlings probably suffered the highest energetic costs from disturbances because of their dependence on adults for food.

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk.

One of the things that has crept into the Microsoft discussion is usually Total Cost of Ownership. Microsoft likes to look at the long-term costs. They also like to look at the costs inherent in migrating from Microsoft to Linux, which is going to obviously be a complication.

One incentive is that energy costs are pretty low up here.

No one play costs you the game. I was pretty impressed that we were able to battle back and tie it up.

No one knows what the environmental costs of messing up the existing infrastructure will be.

One way to measure the size of a company, industry, or economy is to determine its output. But a better way is to determine its added value - namely, the difference between the value of its outputs, that is, the goods and services it produces, and the costs of its inputs, such as the raw materials and energy it consumes.

On issue after issue, the Bush Administration has put the interests of its corporate cronies ahead of protecting the safety and security of America's working families. The Republican culture of corruption continues to have real costs for America's working families. Instead of protecting their corporate cronies, Republicans in Washington should join Democrats in fighting to put the safety of the American people first by restoring honest leadership and open government, enforcing workplace safety rules, and ending the outsourcing of our national security.

My concern is, do they have the big picture right? They're moving in the right direction. Obviously, they're in a perilous situation. They continue losing market share. Their costs are increasing. You can't sustain that.

More people living with HIV/AIDS get their health care from Medicaid than any other federal program. Cuts to Medicaid and increased user costs for Medicare recipients will have an enormous ripple effect on HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs designed to serve as the payer of last resort.

More than nine years into our longest economic expansion on record, more employers are now using health insurance coverage to attract and keep workers, and are absorbing rising costs rather than passing them on to their employees. But this may change if the economy cools down, and the bigger challenge that still remains is how to help the 44 million Americans who are uninsured despite the robust economy.

My guess is that if the costs aren't too high and we'll be able to absorb them within our existing budget, the county manager is not too keen on recommending that we pursue reimbursement.

Maybe it's because we have two oil men in the White House who don't seem to have the sensitivity of understanding the nature of these energy impacts upon the American people, both in gas prices and as we look forward to the upcoming winter season in terms of home heating fuel costs as well,

Now the overhead for running dealerships has grown so much, it costs a lot more to operate all those franchises. If you're lucky, you're making a 1.5 percent to 3 percent profit.

Now the equipment in the car costs more than the car.

Near term, risks associated with restructuring actions, an aging product portfolio in a hyper competitive environment, deteriorating market share, an over reliance on light trucks and fleet sales, and higher borrowing costs inhibit a return to peak profitability.

Obviously, we are happy to open our arms and our homes and our shelters to people in need. But there are going to be mid-term and long-term costs associated with this. I promise you Texas will not be forgotten. We will not be silent.

No doubt the financial markets are anticipating that something could change. Whether that happens this summer or later remains to be seen, ... There are some broader negatives in the economy right now but the they will take a long time to work through. For now, we can still get decent growth in profits even as costs rise.

Revenue is way up and we've cut costs in other areas, so we're in a good position to do these things.

Phase two of the emissions trading scheme would result in further hikes in energy costs at a time when firms are enduring the highest gas and electricity prices for more than a decade.

PG&E has been paying out tremendous amounts of dollars for power costs to out of state generators and we have undercollected over seven -- nearly seven -- billion dollars compared to what our ratepayers are paying. And for our financial survival, we need simply to be able to finance the costs of that power,

People would start to worry about growth, and given the fact that the market is already looking for the Fed to end its rate increases this could be a dollar negative. No one would expect central banks to be raising rates in an environment where energy costs are going up sharply.

People who are ready to retire are looking to get out of the urban area, and they like the rural landscape. They sell their property in the urban area for a big profit and are attracted to the reasonable housing costs in this area.

Policymakers would be wise to reconsider the wisdom of current sentencing and drug policies, both to avoid expensive incarceration costs and to invest in more productive prevention and treatment approaches to crime,

Policy makers make policy on long-term trends, ... This is temporary. Labor costs will eventually come down.

Policy-makers have been worried that rising energy costs could lead to higher prices for other things including higher wages and compensation, but it looks like companies are keeping their employment costs in check.

Portugal is still one of those places, ... where you can have a really great dinner out, which might cost $18 to $23 in Manhattan, only costs about $9 to $11 in Portugal.

My sense is that the high oil prices we've sustained throughout this year are beginning to take hold in the operating costs of a wider swath of US companies.

On the bright side, we see satisfaction with Transaction Costs increasing slightly, which is a departure from last year. This shows that retailers are exceeding customer expectations with their pricing strategies for both products and shipping. If online retailers can manage expectations and maintain overall satisfaction during this last week, they should continue to gain value from the holiday shopping season.

One of the major difficulties is that, as the head of a major corporation once said to me, Australia is on the way to Antarctica. But if the mines at Cape York were concerned about getting directly to the rest of the world then (Cape York) would be the best place for it. But the difficulty is in start-up costs and energy costs. But let's just see what we can get.

One of the most provocative things we found was the share of student costs covered by loans has fallen even as the amount of loans has increased.

I was so tense. You have to be so connected. You have to be communicative. You have to be so sharp. This costs so much energy. It was not so hard physically. It was the tension.

I would be surprised if once the entire picture is visible to us, if we haven't suffered a claim increase and an increase in claim costs directly due to the hurricanes.

I would expect costs to rise as the year goes on. They shifted some savings into this quarter.