One factor driving the shift in costs: productivity.

生产率是导致成本变化的一个因素。

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Rio Tinto also unveiled a plan to rein in costs.

力拓矿业公司也公布了开销管理计划。

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And finally, the drug industry has learned to rein in costs.

最后一点是，制药业学会了控制成本。

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"The costs of doing nothing are trillions of dollars in costs over the next couple of decades, not billions, but trillions in costs without anybody getting better care,".

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With the recent spike in food prices around the world that you've all heard of because of rising energy costs.

大家都听说了,由于能源价格上升,导致了全球食品价格的飞涨

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Notice that these transport costs go up in the distance you have to travel and they go up pretty fast.

注意这些交通成本,随着距离而增长并且增长得很快

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He argues that this could lead to a reduction in costs of anything up to 80%.

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Time Warner Cable has high leverage and any increase in costs affect its value significantly.

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Indeed, at various stages, increases in costs were brought to the assembly's attention and were accepted.

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