Jain: What we need in India -- and in other emerging markets -- is a low-cost access device which can make the Internet a mass-market service, a utility service.
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That sums up Christopher Brereton, co-founder of PictureHealing, a Santa Monica-based company with a low-cost do-it-yourself mobile app builder for nonprofits.
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It would be nice to think there is a "free lunch" available here - a cost-free way for the government to lend its good standing in the financial markets to worthy private projects, to make it easier for them to raise the money they need.
Facebook, Apple and a raft of start-ups are all trying to develop a low-cost payment system, which could be a lucrative undertaking in itself.
But, by and large, the successes capitalise on India's strengths as a high-value rather than a low-cost producer.
He showed a slide of a boy in South Africa, born without fingers on his right hand, who received a low-cost prosthetic made by a 3-D printer.
Once you know how much you need, consider purchasing a low-cost term policy from a high-rated insurer for the maximum length of time you might need the coverage.
But that same money disappears fast for a two-earner family in a high-cost city like New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, with three children approaching college age and parents who may need financial help.
If we can do that in a energy-efficient -- in a cost-efficient way, then that would be hugely helpful to us.
One is a migration from contracts calling for arbitration by three-person panels to that by a single arbitrator - which can be a cost-saving move because it entails paying only one arbitrator.
This is most likely to occur in places where there have been major reorganizations or layoffs, and new employees are seen as a threat to veteran workers or a lower-cost, lower-caliber replacement for a beloved former colleague.
Mr. Schneider says students should compare net college costs after projected aid. (They can approximate net costs using the government's College Navigator tool) The riskiest investment is a high-cost liberal-arts college that lacks a strong brand name and doesn't offer much aid, says Mr. Schneider.
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Living at home and starting out at a low-cost community college, then transferring to a four-year college for the final two years, will wipe away a hefty chunk of room and board costs, as well as some tuition.
Venture for America is a two-year fellowship program for recent college graduates to work in a start-up or early stage company in a low-cost city.
But buying inexpensive housing, with a low-cost, fixed-rate mortgage, offers a different balance of risks.
It looks to be a low-cost, high-volume Marketplace ad for a group dedicated to advocating for gun ownership rights.
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But with a low-cost structure and a quick development cycle, Socialbakers can be a big winner.
Social media can be a low-cost way for a small firm to staff up quickly.
Sony is a high-cost producer with a brand name that is second to none.
Investing in actively-managed mutual funds that charge high fees can lower your standard of living in retirement by as much as one-third over a low-cost index fund strategy.
But even a premium service can be cost-effective: A university using ScienceDirect, for instance, could save perhaps two-thirds of what a paper-journal subscription would cost.
When a product is manufactured in a high-cost country, shipped to China and subjected to a distributor mark-up, the end result is a very high landed price.
Tim is skeptical that a high-cost, high-tech Apple TV will sell at a premium price point, as some analysts are suggesting.
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Even if as many as one-quarter of all beneficiaries moved into a low-cost plan offered in their area, the new system would still result in more than a third of all beneficiaries facing higher premiums.
Heck -- even Apple, the most famously-closed ecosystem in the entire technology industry, decouples hardware from software insomuch that Macs are released on a timetable completely unrelated to that of Mac OS and can be upgraded -- at a cost -- for many years, at the owner's leisure.
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One way to set it apart is with unique 18-inch wheels, a no-cost option.
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"Motorola WILDER provides on-the-go consumers with a touch screen experience that is splash and dust-resistant, offering a cost-conscious option that is still cool, " said Paolo Prearo, general manager for Motorola's Mobile Devices business, Motorola Mobility Italia.
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Sony, which recently stopped manufacturing PlayStation 2 for sale in some territories, could re-launch the console as a low-cost gaming device.
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Lion Air is a low-cost carrier that holds about a 45 percent market share in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago that's seeing a boom in both economic growth and air passengers.
Barbara Ryan of Deutsche Bank wrote in a note to investors this morning that Schering-Plough is "no longer a growth story, but a cost-cutting one" and that she doesn't see the company's shares being awarded a higher multiple.
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