Today they've been overtaken by Russian and Chinese consumers, who demand luxury goods from designer boutiques but also cheaper ware available in department stores and specialty fur shops.
However, this would be more limited in its powers and scope than a full judicial inquiry - but also much cheaper and quicker.
Moreover, the disease could be combated not only with Cipro, which is expensive, but also with cheaper drugs such as doxycycline, which the U.S. government bought in spades from generic-drug maker Ivax (nyse: IVX - news - people ).
But it also discriminates against cheaper producers further afield.
And J-1 labor is not only cheaper, but also often more motivated.
Bolstered by users like Andersen and Ostrowski, developers are adapting their location-based applications to run on the iPad. (Most of these apps work best on the 3G version of the iPad, which has built-in GPS, but will also operate on the cheaper, Wi-Fi-only iPad.) The trend caught some developers by surprise.
Pierre Lang, president of the Freyming-Merlebach region, adds a few other temptations for outside investors: not just lower employment costs than in Germany but also energy that is 20% cheaper, and land that is up to ten times cheaper.
But the point is, it's going to be cheaper, not only for that family but also potentially for the entire community, if they stay in their home.
Global trade brought us cheaper products, but it also allowed companies to hire in low-wage countries.
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The smaller chip size not only makes it cheaper to produce, but also more power-efficient.
Global trade brought us cheaper products, but it also meant that companies could locate overseas in low-wage countries.
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But industry also wants to see fewer taxes, cheaper energy, less bureaucracy and better transport networks, says Paulo Skaf, FIESP's president.
However, there have been concerns that if firms are granted patents for updated versions of their drugs, it may not only deny access to cheaper medicines to poor people, but also hurt the makers of generic drugs.
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Rather, it is a good recounting of how investors are dumping active mutual funds for cheaper passive strategies, partly over fees but also over a general feeling of discontent regarding performance.
Consumers may think that digital download is the future, and will be the easiest way to get games in a few years, but the death of physical media also comes with the death of used, cheaper games.
But although a shorter term would make the capital requirement cheaper, it would also undermine the incentive for the train operator to invest in long-term improvements in the service they provide.
But nonbusiness consumers, take heart: Cheaper, book-focused e-readers are also likely to be revamped soon.
But there's also another threat to the local industries: Chinese imports that are even cheaper than the Western hand-me-downs and locally made clothes.
Roche's 454 Life Sciences unit, the biotech Illumina and Applied BioSystems have all introduced new gene sequencers that are far cheaper and faster than the ones that sequenced Venter's genes, but also less exacting.
Shopping is also a key attraction in Hudson, and Warren Street is lined with high end but cheaper-than-the-city antique shops, boutiques and art galleries.
However, cheaper competitors, including supermarkets and Tchibo, a coffee seller that also flogs cheap but presentable clothing and household goods, have their eye on the market too.
The law also allows the importation of drugs from Canada -- where many are cheaper -- but only if the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs.
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