The more flexible IT is in terms of cost structure and in terms of the ability to adopt new technologies, the more successful it will be.
And there has been a lesser but still striking increase in the cost of insuring French government debt, which looks like a contributor to the big rise in the cost of insuring the debt of big French banks such as Societe Generale.
In an earlier SportsMoney piece this summer regarding the most and least efficient sports franchises of the last five years, only the NY Mets and Seattle Mariners were worse than the Giants in terms of cost efficiency in MLB.
Inflation, the rise in the cost of fuel and the increase in VAT means that the cost of living has risen at a time when most of us are experiencing pay freezes, pay cuts and, in some cases, unemployment.
Crude oil, or its substitutes, will be produced for decades, but at an increasingly expensive tariff, both in terms of cost and energy, as it is sourced in the form of a heavy, sour (high-sulphur) material, or in synthetic form from tar-sands, shale and coal.
The cost of living, in particular the cost of housing, is also much higher in London (see chart).
This has a lot to do with the public-sector payrolls that are being cut or frozen to help balance state and federal budgets, some of which are badly in need of cost-cuts (see New Jersey).
FORBES: Labor Market Still Not Expanding, Despite Added Jobs
It provides some much needed elasticity both in terms of cost and more importantly the agility needed in the supply chain to support future growth.
FORBES: Forecast For The Auto Industry: Dense Cloud Coverage
Also, according to the WSJ, there was "a related trade...allowing the bank to capture the premium between the cost of default protection ending in 2014 and the cost of protection ending in 2017".
This makes it all the more surprising that some companies pay little attention to the impact on the discount rate of changes in their cost of capital.
The study takes into account all NHS costs associated with the birth itself - such as midwifery care during labour and immediately after the birth, the cost of pain relief in hospital, and the cost of any stay in hospital or neonatal unit immediately after the birth, either by the mother or the baby.
Lindsay Scott, of Help the Aged in Scotland, said predictions of a colder winter and recent increases in the cost of fuel could mean pensioners would face a particularly difficult winter.
Primary care practices would have to be certified as producing an acceptable level of results and patients would have access to our success profiles both in terms of cost and quality when selecting their doc for next year.
FORBES: Chicago Teacher's Strike: Where Rahm Emanuel and Unions Can Find Common Ground
In terms of cost differentiation between duplicate funds, Fuhr said investors need to be careful in understanding that often annual costs are adjusted based on level of assets in the fund.
More than 50, 000 individual prices are collected in each survey round, and a cost-of-living index is calculated from the price data to express the difference in the cost of living between any two cities.
We were told the use of a QVGA rather than HVGA screen on the Wildfire was a major saving in terms of cost, and we didn't feel like it was too big a sacrifice to make.
When prices for commodities rise, it is usually because of either a change in the cost of bringing the product to market (increasing fuels could do that), the cost of capital, or an imbalance between supply and demand.
FORBES: Production Of Iron Ore, Copper, Coal Falling, Is Goldman Sachs Wrong?
So, argues the Welsh Government, add 15 to that number - the expected rise in the number of donors under presumed consent - 15 people, 45 organs and that is not an insignificant number of lives saved, or money saved. 15 might not sound very much but purely in terms of cost to the NHS, just one single donor, argues the government, would make this policy worthwhile in cost terms.
Other proposals included in the package of cost-cutting measures include reductions in maintenance of parks and open spaces, charging schools for the provision of crossing patrols and reducing leisure services across the borough.
In fact, the cost of such care exceeds the median cost of rent in every single state.
FORBES: States Roll Back Support for Childcare as Parents Need it Most
Meanwhile, parents in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan face a 7% increase in the cost of instrumental lessons this year.
BBC: School music lessons in Wales cut by ?500k since report
The fall in the number of LNG shipments was blamed on steep increases in the cost of imported gas making coal cheaper for power generation.
In other words, most of the increases in the acquisition cost of the F-35 have nothing to do with the performance of the prime contractor.
FORBES: Super-Weapon: Why Have F-35 Fighter Costs Increased?
Barstein: The cost of the broker overseeing the plan IS NOT included in the cost of the mutual fund.
Also, the cost of the broker overseeing the plan is not included in the cost of the mutual fund.
"This turns out to be a bargain for the public in terms of cost versus the benefits, " he said.
Click here to see how the ten diets ranked in terms of cost.
In terms of cost per clicks and cost per actions, FBX was 53% and 85% lower than other comparable environments respectively.
FORBES: Facebook Exchange, Two Birds With One Stone: Challenge Google, Drive Revenues
Mr Lee says he considered manufacturing in Indonesia or Vietnam, but China came out on top in terms of cost and quality.
The sense that Skype is a free service, both in terms of cost and overt corporate control, is a big part of its appeal.
FORBES: Will Microsoft's Changes To The Architecture Of Skype Make It Easier To Snoop?
应用推荐