This, in turn, would lead to a spike in the cost of capital.
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That a rise is the licence costs will lead to a rise in the cost of phone calls.
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At the moment, the various plans cost the firm roughly the same, but Mr Ness believes that defined contribution will lead to big cost savings in the long run.
Microsoft underwent its Internet epiphany and successfully clobbered Netscape, grabbing the lead in the browser market, albeit at the cost of setting in motion the biggest antitrust action for a generation.
He believed that forcing parties to represent themselves in cases would lead to greater court delays and cost the system more money.
An increase in prices to pass the cost pressure to customers will be too risky in current scenario as it can lead to loss in market share which may further deteriorate the situation.
Ultimately the country did create a few well-positioned enterprises, yet low-cost Chinese manufacturers have nonetheless seized the lead in this industry.
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So there is a cut-off height above which it makes no sense building, but hubris (esp. during a credit boom) makes people want to add a dozen floors too many, and credit booms also lead builders to underestimate the cost of capital tied up in those extra floors.
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The report justifies the tax with the same old mantra that obesity is increasing, soda consumption is increasing, government studies speculate that increasing the cost of sugary drinks would lead to a reduction in overweight, etc.
Critics point out that these side effects will lead to reduced credit availability or increased cost of credit overall, in a healthy global economy.
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In turn, this would aggravate current problems with cost shifting and lead to even higher premiums.
Predictably, pain-free financing means that to most French patients the cost of their treatment is irrelevant, while they lead the world in the number of times they go into hospital, and swallow more pills than any other nation on earth, bar the Japanese.
Those calling for immediate action may be right that losses should fall mainly on creditors in the form of higher inflation and fiscal transfers since the alternative of forcing citizens of indebted countries to bear the cost of adjustment is politically impossible and likely to lead to a collapse in the euro.
Societe Generale's chairman and chief executive chairman Frederic Oudea said the bank's cost cutting efforts would lead to a total of about 1.5bn euros in savings during the 2012-15 period.
In addition, higher short-term interest rates increase the opportunity cost of holding currency and checking accounts, and therefore will lead to an increase in the turnover or velocity of money.
Inside sales has been the high-growth area of sales and lead generation since the market crash of 2008 when companies scaled back travel and high cost positions in favor of a new generation of sales people, a high velocity business model, and leveraged affordable technology that companies rent instead of buy.
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That is still twice the cost of black and white printing, but Xerox hopes it will lead to an explosion in the use of color printers.
We expect that these cost savings will mostly be passed on to customers, which should lead to a decline in the average selling price per gigabyte for SSDs.
The groups also say that the cost of treating service-connected injuries could lead to veterans quickly maxing out their benefits in third-party insurance, risking coverage for not just them but their families, who are also covered under the plans.
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The OECD argues that the cost of new border restrictions could increase the cost of foreign trade by around 1% to 3%, and could lead to a reduction in trade flows by several times as much - by between 3% and 9% - more than counterbalancing the savings made by tariff cuts in the last round of trade talks.
Secretary of the FBU in North Yorkshire, Richard Stevens, said it was a "cost-cutting measure" that would lead to further job cuts.
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However, it is actually a significant shift in the business and economic models for provisioning and consuming information technology (IT) that can lead to a significant cost savings.
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