Car buyers pay for labour, steel and paint, but the price sticker may not reflect the full cost of the noxious goo the car factory spills into a river.

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That means that it will almost certainly get the exclusive right to sell a copy of Lipitor for six months, a period during which it will be able to price a generic at almost the full cost of Lipitor.

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With Fairfax's share price almost at an all-time low, a full takeover would cost her relatively little.

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The higher cost means gourmet coffee drinkers aren't seeing the full benefit of a steep price drop in the past year.

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But AQR co-author Dean Headley says full-price and premium airlines like Virgin tend to attract more complaints than low-cost economy carriers, so Virgin might have taken a hit on customer complaints because its passengers expect more than those flying other airlines.

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In another view, a system of micro-tasking rather than a full-time job means that it is too small a scale to really price out the cost of these benefits on a per task level.

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