It hasn't been all glimmer and glam for RCA of late, with the ancient consumer electronics brand lagging behind innovators in the field, being mostly relegated to cheap also-rans.
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On the other hand, cheap gas also means cheap electricity, and cheap electricity will promote more electric car ownership.
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Cheap petrol also encourages enormous waste as well as smuggling to neighbouring countries where it is more expensive.
Cheap financing also makes it easier for buyers of its portfolio companies to arrange financing, and for Carlyle to pocket hefty sums on those transactions.
The reason is simple: gas is abundant and cheap, and the power plants that use it are also cheap.
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Until recently, it was also cheap to deliver electrons from power plants to customers.
Interest rates were at record lows until the recent jump, but cheap money has also failed to stimulate growth.
And not only is it good to look at, its gas is also cheap to develop and cheap to produce.
SMH's boss, Nicolas Hayek, who invented the cheap and successful Swatch watch, that cheap cars could also become fashion items.
Lefsetz disagrees, saying that the industry needs to either legitimize file-sharing or create something "just as good" that is also cheap.
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People involved have another argument: They say the designers didn't spend much time on the items, which are also cheap to make.
Vanguard's supermarket in Shenzhen has 350 staff, and 500 other people promoting not just expensive electronics, but also cheap items like toothpaste and shampoo.
Shallow theatrics and cheap entertainment are also useful both for which I have some talent, which may have been why I was selected for my team.
Chinese Chinese stocks are also cheap compared to emerging markets.
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Cheap fossil fuels are also undermining efforts to develop and adopt renewable energy.
They treat us really as a third-world country, because we're cheap, but we also have the technical skills.
As noted here, the logistics concern also looks cheap relative to history.
The railway also brought cheap and high-quality foreign yarns to handweavers, which increased the quantity and quality of their output.
As well as injecting capital, the kingdom could also offer cheap fertiliser, which it can produce by using subsidised gas.
For instance, they will not support subsidized school lunches for poor kids unless their own children also get cheap food.
The idea: Not everything has to be dirt cheap if you can also sell familiar brands at lower prices than the other guy.
Metformin, a cheap generic, has also been shown to prevent diabetes.
He has also persuaded cheap-fare no-frills airlines such as Ryanair, based in Dublin, and Gill Airways, based in Newcastle, to start flights to Ireland and London.
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.
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