WellPoint has never, according to Carroll, allowed its medical costs to rise above 84% of the the premium dollars it takes in.
Rising debt multiples and falling financing costs has allowed private equity firms to pay more for properties.
Lower costs have allowed Mr Hudson to price landing charges at Prestwick below those of rival airports.
This rising demand has tolerated increased costs and allowed universities to raise prices uninhibited by normal economic forces.
The gas has lowered energy costs, allowed the U.S. to lessen reliance on foreign energy and provided private landowners who sit atop well sites with a gold mine in royalties.
This "originate-to-distribute" model gave lenders (and, thus, mortgage borrowers) greater access to capital markets, lowered transaction costs, and allowed risk to be shared more widely.
Since November, Union Bank has also allowed borrowers to roll the costs of a refinance, like the appraisal fee and loan processing fee, into the mortgage.
But Exxon Mobil says its lease allowed it to deduct production costs and exclude natural gas used as part of the production process before it calculated the royalties.
If they substitute imported coal for domestic coal they worry that they may not be allowed to pass on the costs and that if they are, the electricity boards won't be able to pay.
And he said, in future, Tory MPs would be allowed to claim only for basic costs on second homes such as rent and utility bills and not, as at the moment, for furniture or food.
We invested in this company with a tax credit that allowed you to boost capacity and lower costs and hire hundreds of new workers.
Beginning in 2007, regulators allowed companies to save shipping and paper costs by sending only a one-page form to shareholders, while referring them to proxy statements and annual 10-K reports online.
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Insurance companies went along with it because it allowed them to shift some of their costs onto taxpayers, and fire fighters went along with it because it turned what was formerly volunteer work into paid civil service.
This process has not only made banks more diversified and stable, but it has also allowed them to strip out masses of overlapping costs.
The European Commission has allowed governments to cover the insurance risks and costs faced by airlines since the terrorist attacks last month, and is willing to consider compensation for flights cancelled when American airspace was closed for four days.
Though the teams would have been expected to pay that money back, having the cash now would have allowed teams to make loan payments and pay other costs.
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Innovative solutions like demand-driven forecasting, in which real-time customer demand information is translated into super-lean production and delivery, have allowed companies to dramatically reduce inventory levels and the costs associated with them.
Why should it be legal for ministers who live in "grace and favor" apartments (where they are allowed to live for free) to claim additional costs allowances for properties they are meanwhile renting out?
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Dealing with these large chains reduced distribution costs, facilitated efficient ordering practices, allowed the creation of set title lists, and created a coherent network for book signings and literary events that promoted publishers and sellers joint interests.
Higher costs at hospital based facilities may lead to fewer allowed visits per year.
However, participating taxpayers will be allowed to deduct as a loss their out of pocket transaction costs, typically promoter and professional fees.
The costs of the change rise steeply the shorter the time allowed.
The suit argues that if he had been allowed to unlock the phone and use a foreign SIM card, the costs could have been avoided.
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Nurseries and childminders in England are to be allowed to look after more children per adult in an attempt to cut childcare costs and boost standards.
You will find many businesses all over the country using the EDDM program on a jumbo postcard that share the costs with 14-16 advertisers normally and no direct competitors are allowed.
Falling interest rates and rising house prices have allowed millions of homeowners to take out bigger mortgages without increasing their debt-service costs.
State regulators around the country are holding hearings to determine what the actual costs are to RBOCs and to set a price in each state that RBOCs are allowed to charge.
Military pay and benefits were allowed to drift far out of alignment with civilian compensation rates, so much so that their skyrocketing costs endangered the viability of the All Volunteer Force.
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