The wireless segment saw operating margins tumble to 23.7% from 30.1% a year ago, as costs of sales and service soared 39% as the company absorbed the costs of launching sales of the Apple iPhone.
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The two south Caucasian bosses have absorbed the political costs of these bitter defeats, and charted a long-term strategy to reverse them.
They or their employers (the burden usually gets absorbed in salary costs, and yes, Forbes Inc. has an interest here) would have to rethink the foreign assignments.
Those costs are absorbed mostly by governments and insurance companies, though U.S. health plans are more likely to make patients pay, on average, 23% or more of the price.
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If there are costs that are not being absorbed by the market participants, free markets produce less than optimal results.
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Much of the real costs of these events are absorbed by brands that are eager to have access to an important consumer group one that both makes many household purchasing decisions and is active on social media.
Funds with the highest costs produce the lowest returns, as client money is absorbed in charges and bid-offer spreads.
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"We've absorbed some of the rise but we're now looking at our costs carefully, " she added.
London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel insists that the costs of ensuring athletes made it to the startline could be absorbed by organisers.
"Unfortunately, the increases in costs that we have seen since making this pledge can no longer be absorbed and mean that we are unable to keep prices at their current levels beyond this autumn, " he added.
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