Investment in original programming will depend on incremental benefit, which may be hard to measure in the short term.

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While that puts it ahead of its competitors, the incremental benefit is minimal given the low demand and availability of 3D programming on television.

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Are taxpayers prepared to pay any sum for an AIDS or cancer drug, no matter how high the price and how small the incremental benefit in years of life saved?

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"We are pleased with the early results from revenue initiatives implemented in first quarter 2013 and are excited about the incremental benefit expected for future periods, " CEO Gary Kelly said in a statement.

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Given what is likely to be a small magnitude of incremental cardiovascular benefit of high potency statins over low potency statins in reality, a pressing question is how to identify patients for whom the risk-benefit balance for high potency statin treatment is unfavourable.

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In our view, URS stands to benefit from incremental infrastructure investment in the United States and further stimulus spending could provide a boost to revenues over the next couple of years, in our view.

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"We will benefit from the incremental revenue from Advertising.com, as well as maximising our own advertising inventory using their technology, " said AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller.

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For most customers, the tax benefit will pay back the incremental 0.2% cost several times over.

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