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With lower sales and higher costs, carmakers will have to raise prices, the last thing they need at a time of weak demand.

Higher costs seem to be more accepted for cancer treatment than for other illnesses, but there's no rule on how much is too much, he said.

One implication of such a process may be that the overpayment of a top executive has higher costs than have previously been realized.

"Overcapacity and strong competition leaves few firms with the ability to fully pass these higher costs on to final goods prices, " he said.

A lot of investors trade frantically and achieve nothing but higher costs; Mr Miller changes just 15% of his portfolio every year.

In addition , labor supply continued to be tight and overtime work was common, resulting in delivery delays and higher costs .

It was not known whether the price increases resulted from higher costs or from collusion among the producers.

Some of this excess return will have been eaten up by higher costs; trading costs were substantial until the last 20 years.

Will retailers either take a smaller profit or be prepared to pass on higher costs to consumers?

Others say that private-sector efficiency could never have compensated for its higher costs of borrowing and requirement to turn a profit.

China's biggest steelmaker has been raising prices for many products this year in an attempt to recoup higher costs for iron ore and energy.

Congestion externalities----Higher costs resulting from an attempt to use resources at a higher-than-optimal capacity.

If hiring more persons means higher costs for employee benefits, then the corresponding laws would have to be changed.

usually in research and production of higher costs means that more particularly with respect to require only a small number of packaging.

However, due to a relatively small operator experience, resulting in lower operating efficiency, higher costs, lower operating rate.

Higher food prices aren't hurting Kroger so far -- the grocery chain has managed to pass along higher costs to shoppers.

The defeat has flummoxed business and mining leaders, who were preparing for the higher costs of a carbon-trading economy.

"We've only started to see the impact of higher costs translate into higher consumer prices, " Lapp said.

Procter & Gamble blamed higher commodity prices for crimping margins and said higher costs will lower annual earnings by about $1 billion.

Apart from the impracticality of the proposed cargo inspection, the higher costs would be passed on to the end-users.

"Chinese producers are continuing to enjoy bumper profit growth, which suggests they can absorb higher costs into their margins, " he said.

Rejected visas and higher costs are the main obstacles for an overseas wedding, Li says.

Over the past two months, several officials have warned about the impact of higher costs and a stronger currency on the export sector.

If that means higher costs for US companies, the response might be to cut costs at home.

This, inevitably, has led to accelerating wage gains, and employers understandably take every opportunity to pass on higher costs.

The impact of the higher costs is being disproportionately felt by developed countries with struggling economies and lower growth prospects.

In the meantime, coastal companies are suffering from higher costs, including wage growth as well as rising expenses for raw materials.

Either companies will have to absorb the higher costs in their margins, or consumers will lose spending power, or both.

Xiamen cities such non - first -line stars out of the higher costs, like corporate sponsors and more difficult.

The export sector, one of China's growth engines, is already battling against higher costs and weaker markets.

Also important have been constraints on supply: bad harvests, inadequate investment and higher costs.

To limit the market of an industry to one country would often mean reduced efficiency and higher costs.

Yum said on Tuesday it raised menu prices after the quarter ended to help offset higher costs.

The sanguine point out that, because profits are fat, firms need not pass higher costs on to prices. But it seems they are already doing so.

Well, I'll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified. These investments will result in higher profits for our company.

Import duties, red tape or other delays or costs in the delivery of inputs means higher costs.

Its share price has held up fairly well despite stockmarket turmoil and dramatically higher costs for raw materials, notably aluminium.

Local gasoline stations may respond to the wholesale price of gasoline by increasing their prices to cover their higher costs.

Workers want higher wages; new labour laws are designed to wipe out sweatshops that bring higher costs which squeeze many companies.

But experts say the recession has not cut enrollment in four-year programs, even with their higher -- sometimes much higher -- costs.

That should, in theory at least, mean they will charge higher costs for their funding.

However, smaller operators are likely to suffer the most, as many of the larger producers have the capacity to absorb higher costs.

While WLAN supports higher speeds and longer range than Bluetooth, it also has higher costs and higher power consumption.

Freight costs to China have increased due to constraints and higher costs in the bulk shipping fleet.

Businesses also were hit by higher costs, especially for energy, metals, plastics, chemicals and food.

higher returns may be negated by higher costs, reduced liquidity and higher risk .

In total, the higher costs of leverage are likely to offset the benefits of greater leverage.

The higher costs simply reflect the actual risks of the financial institutions.

With local budgets already strained, town halls that face higher costs for servicing debt will need to squeeze spending on public services.

Just last month, Next, warned that prices may rise by 8per cent next year due to higher costs, including cotton, and January's VAT hike.

In 2008 it was far above this trend. Under those conditions, firms passed higher costs onto consumers quite promptly.

Meanwhile, food producers have been quick to pass on higher costs to consumers.

As we know, these parallel systems have contributed to duplication, higher costs, and the undermining of national capacities.

The country's biggest salt company was initially reluctant to cooperate, fearing higher costs, a Unicef report said.

A wrong choice of steel or faulty heat treatment may give rise to serious disruption of production and higher costs.

To cope, manufacturers in several areas "noted some ability to pass along higher costs to customers" the Fed said.

However, this method has been limitted seriously as the lacking of complexity in installation and higher costs in maintenance.

Under those conditions, firms passed higher costs onto consumers quite promptly.

Companies may find it difficult to pass on higher costs as the recovery shows signs of losing momentum.

These expand at the expense of the inefficient firms with higher costs.

For food executives, how quickly to pass along higher costs presents difficult choices.

Employers have denied men employment because of the higher costs associated with providing family medical benefits to potential employees.

Those higher costs are one reason that U. S consumer prices have risen this year, despite the weak economy.

Our prices increase is simply due to the higher costs caused by the soaring prices of raw materials.

At the same time, rocket record oil prices have met meant higher costs for petroleum-based fertilizers and for energy and transportation.

But with inflation now running around 6 percent, many workers complain that their still-modest wages are being wiped out by higher costs.

Midstream and downstream processors of raw materials will bear the brunt of higher costs.

Many must import Norwegian mackerel, incurring higher costs, to please the growing number of shoppers refusing to buy fish caught off Japan.

At the same time, record oil prices have meant higher costs for petroleum -based fertilizers and for energy and transportation .

The steelmakers would face higher costs if they move to quarterly prices linked to the spot market.

The higher costs complicate Spring River's effort to rebound from the global economic slump.

But the latest increase in prices is forcing governments to pass on the higher costs.

Moreover, all of the increase in the price of Chinese imports reflects the fall in the dollar against the yuan, not higher costs in China.

And that means higher costs for staples like bread or cereal.

The higher costs are transforming the economics of agriculture.

Investors who own bonds backed by those mortgages could face higher costs from the snags.

China and America could thus potentially be hit with much higher costs for imported oil.

If securitization comes back, but is simpler and based on a "buyer beware" system, that too will have higher costs.

Inevitably, more redundancy would mean higher costs.

Higher costs for European companies will have two effects.

Higher costs for imported oil might pass through into higher inflation, forcing the government to take further steps to tighten policy.

" We have to absorb higher costs and lower profits , " Mr Du said . " We should come up with solutions , not just complaints . "

A more significant, though mistaken, argument is that the higher costs imperil the economy.

This has left garment manufacturers in Asia bracing for higher costs.

Aparently, it's not increased demand, or higher costs for feeding the animals that's driving the price up.

A: Well, I'll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified.

The continued liberalization of fuel prices will eventually lead to higher costs for producers.

Still, some are taking steps in anticipation of higher costs.

And the boomers' descendants may have more cash but they are also likely to face far higher costs.

On a very basic level, higher costs in China are prompting businesses to diversify their export supply chains.

The higher sales are helping to offset higher costs for steel.

In the end, it means less production, fewer goods, and higher costs for consumers.

Higher costs also will affect how clothes are made.

But Heyzer says the region is full potential in trade is undermined by impediments such as bureaucratic red tape, leading to higher costs.

Higher costs may also rein in demand.

More and more English education institutes for preschoolers have sprung up, shouldering parents with higher costs.

It will be easier to pass on higher costs to the wealthy.

They will only wind up passing on new, higher costs to their rate payers.

There are ways to offset the higher costs of deposits.

Few borrowers can meet that threshold, and they will thus face even higher costs.

But, they could insist, the alternative would have been to become, say, Spain, with its far higher costs of borrowing.

Using solar power to pump water has higher costs at first.

Another shift, analysts said, is that many vacationers are avoiding airlines because of the higher costs.

Only one in 10 complained of higher costs, now or expected in the future.

Mr. Dewan cut back import orders by two-thirds, saying he can't pass on the higher costs to buyers.

Despite higher costs and delivery times, unlike email, a letter is rarely overlooked, Swissinfo said.

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