If a new mobile phone, not including the two-year contract, costs you one hour of work, it may be a better choice than a phone that costs twenty hours of work.
Mr. Glueck says because Skyfire is by contract liable for legal costs stemming from a customer's use of its product, he essentially had to put his software on hold with customers until the lawsuit was resolved late last year.
True, the company swung to a profit from a loss and reported that operating margins were once again positive, but it warned those margins are likely to contract as higher feed costs flow through and hit during what is a period of seasonal weakness, after the end of the summer and early autumn barbecue season.
By buying a longer contract you can reduce transaction costs, but be careful and use a stop-loss order.
Depending on the contract you have, certain costs for accessing the internet on your phone - usually referred to as data charges - may apply.
Appeals, contestations, audit cost (both provider and insurer driven), reconciliations, contract loading, software license costs, as well as general administration, network development, marketing, commissions and profit all are major factors why private insurance administrative costs are higher.
Another doubted Diamond would become embroiled in the Serious Fraud Office's recently launched Libor probe, even if sources at Barclays confirmed to CNN they are bound by Diamond's contract to cover his legal costs, should he face any.
He said the project may help stabilize consumer energy costs, since the contract locks in the price Delmarva will pay per kilowatt-hour.
While General Motors managed to hold the line on fixed costs in its tentative contract with the United Auto Workers union, the company will still be dishing out plenty of cash to workers over the next four years.
Second, working with NASA imposes contract complexities, schedule delays and added costs that jeopardize business viability.
This implies that the social, psychological or family disruption costs of breaching their mortgage contract must have been quite high.
Airbus, which has cut only the equivalent of 6, 000 jobs (mostly contract workers), faces heavy redundancy costs in France and Germany if it tries to lay off any more people.
Further, the firm will also try to control costs by trying to improve contract management, expand a globally coordinated supply chain initiative and reduce energy consumption, among other targets, Rollinson said.
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"Capita promised to save the Army hundreds of thousands of pounds in recruitment costs when they won the contract and we now know how they intend to do it - through closing recruitment centres that for decades have been valued features of British high streets, " Mr Smith said.
Under a production-sharing contract, an oil company would recoup its costs and then be entitled to a proportion of the oil extracted, instead of being paid a fixed fee for each barrel.
Cerberus got a company dependent on a narrow range of sales (trucks and sport utility vehicles), behind on key technologies, burdened by high U.S. labor costs (though the new labor contract with the UAW includes some savings) and having little presence outside of North America.
But that one contract you landed could cover your social media marketing costs for years.
This includes mining, processing, and support costs as well as a review of contract services, parts and supplies, and salaries and wages.
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It's an open secret that many higher standard factories often sub-contract orders to these sweat-shops to keep costs down and meet customer's deadlines.
Since all the parties to these contracts would like to tailor the contract terms to optimize their profits or minimize their costs, they have a tremendous need to customize the billing and compensation for each relationship.
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In that climate of uncertainty the U.S. Agency for International Development opted for a cost-plus, fixed-fee deal--a contract often used by governments to exert some control over costs and give the contractor incentive to engage in open-ended work.
The group was awarded a fuel contract in May from the Pentagon while it faced mounting legal costs over the disaster.
So replacing contract personnel with full-time government workers will tend to raise costs unless the government workers are substantially more productive.
The lower costs were chiefly from lower staffing and salary levels at contract towers, which had an average of six controllers, while FAA towers had 16.
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Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the work rule and hiring flexibility of the auto maker's recent Spanish labor contract can serve as a road map for its efforts to cut costs in France.
Unlike defense firms, plaintiff lawyers must front all the costs of the case, including weekly paychecks for their contract attorneys, in hopes of winning a big recovery a few years down the road.
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The lower costs were chiefly due to lower staffing and salary levels at contract towers.
Typically, capital costs will expand with distance from land and water depth and contract as the size of a project increases.
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This week's tentative contract with the United Auto Workers will rid GM of some of its biggest costs.
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