It has a low cost base and support from British Airways in key areas such as sales and marketing.
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It has a relatively low cost of living, an educated workforce (the University of Iowa is two hours away), and it's a Midwest financial and insurance center, home to many banks' refinancing operations.
It has spawned several low-cost imitators and the ultimate brand compliment--counterfeit Bubble Wrap, made in China and found on sale at a Home Depot in Southern California.
It has unveiled a low-cost retail package for domestic customers.
It has spawned several low-cost imitators and the ultimate brand compliment--counterfeit Bubble Wrap, made in China and found on sale at a Home Depot (nyse: HD - news - people ) in Southern California.
Struggling against high costs, it has lost out to low-cost rivals.
To help get people out of the sprawling, squalid shanty towns it has built 2.7m low-cost homes, housing around 10m people.
The Union of Housing Movements says that it has indeed proposed simple, low-cost schemes, such as one to redevelop the Hotel Sao Paulo.
Founded in 1949 as a maker of basketball shoes in Kobe, Japan, Asics's sales are smaller than a global heavyweights like Nike, and it has become increasingly reliant on low-cost manufacturing partners in other parts of Asia to compete.
Founded in 1949 as a maker of basketball shoes in Kobe, Japan, Asics's sales are smaller than global heavyweights like Nike, Adidas, and Puma, and it has become increasingly reliant on low-cost manufacturing partners in other parts of Asia to compete.
And that low cost has made it easier for young families, which tend to have lower incomes, to get their children insured.
So far it has a dozen or so such low-cost joint ventures, including a 50-50 deal announced in December with Petrochemical Industries Co. of Kuwait.
But while it has so far relied on a low-cost manufacturing strategy for its success, it is shifting gears as a restless work force and the results of its one-child policy threaten its manufacturing advantage.
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But the cost of servicing it has been low, partly because of the tough restructuring Mr Kirchner imposed on bondholders.
He has admitted asset bubbles are a negative side effect, or a cost as he puts it, of low rates, and has acknowledged savers are getting the short end of the stick.
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The low cost of the machines means it has to sell a lot of them.
It has been claimed that a scheme that could provide low cost heating for homes in County Antrim is in doubt because of government policy.
If your 401(k) plan has a brokerage window, use it to buy low-cost exchange traded funds.
But it also has many advantages, notably its high speed and low cost.
There are however examples of success like Spanx and if you have an excellent idea the time it takes to succeed has been shortened significant with such a low cost promotional channel.
"But I think the third thing is China has matured to a point where it is no longer a low cost center of labor ... in cutting edge businesses, it wants to really develop its own brand and its own next generation of technology, to walk into the fight with your own swords by investing in the next Google, the next Apple, " Law said.
This virtually eliminates counterfeits, and ensures that the health system has the low-cost, high-quality drugs it needs.
At the same time, it has a big agricultural potential as well as the availability of low-cost labour.
As a result, IT has moved from a low-priority to high-priority, a cost center to a profit center, non-strategic to strategic.
The lack of a coordinated, low-cost and convenient collection system has made it difficult to implement effective recycling programs for consumer electronics.
It has also begun to obtain some of its basic garments from low-cost countries, although the bulk of its production remains in Europe.
It has also reportedly paired up with Android and HTC, which suggests low-cost phones.
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It has significantly cut overhead costs and more easily hired employees drawn to the low cost of living in Idaho, he added.
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It is understood the airport has not received any offers from other airline companies to operate low-cost flights.
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Gateway, the low-cost computer maker that competes with Dell, has already said it expected lower than expected sales in the fourth quarter of the year.
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