But he adds that many businesses are still concentrating on cost control to grow profits, which suggests a lack of confidence.
These include disciplined project management skills that will allow a company to process a resource play as efficiently as if it were an assembly line, repetitively drilling and fracking and completing wells one after another with a rabid eye on cost control.
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Everyone was also expected to send in a bi-weekly report on how they were doing on their cost control drive.
Earnings, on the other hand, surprised strongly to the upside, at 9 cents per share, compared to estimates of only once cent, based on strong cost control and improving product mix.
"Credit Suisse Group's core businesses look strong over the long term, and we intend to continue focussing on cost-control efforts and on achieving growth in our key markets, " said Credit Suisse Chief Executive Lukas Muehlemann.
The simplest way for the federal government to restrain Medicaid would be to end the current system of matching state spending and replace this with block grants, which would give the states an incentive to focus on cost-control.
Rather, take an aggressive stance on liability--on what you're responsible for and how you can control it--and the effect on cost management will be tremendous.
The enhancement in margin came on account of cost control, reduced bad debt and other factors.
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Unfortunately, Obamacare is trying to halt this cost-control effort by imposing crippling restrictions on high-deductible plans.
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But while there are many who would agree we live on a crowded isle, population control comes at a cost - social and economic.
Backed by the corporate bureaucracy, a chief executive might once have got by with good managers, cost-control, and a beady eye on the accounts.
Hefty cost cutting, an emphasis on quality control inspired by Mercedes and a range of desirable new models, such as the powerful, Teutonic-styled 300C, restored Chrysler to profit.
On taking the helm, Mr Sihler said that cost control would be one of his first priorities.
His study focused on the cost-effectiveness and productivity of "comfort control" systems regulating heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
Fourth quarter 2011 operating expenses, excluding the cost of equipment sales, remained consistent sequentially and year-on-year as cost savings programs in 2011 helped control expense growth.
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Space engineers are keen on extending the internet to space to control spacecraft because of the considerable cost and time savings that can be made.
Among other cities that have recently experimented with new parking technologies, some, including San Francisco, have introduced dynamic pricing systems that raise and lower the cost of a space in order to control the supply of available on-street spaces.
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Because the HAA harnesses the vast pool of money that is today distributed inefficiently through the tax break for employer-provided care, and then couples it with clever cost-control mechanisms, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation have judged that the HAA will be revenue neutral or even revenue-enhancing within a few years.
And since traditional phone carriers control the connections to 911 centers, VoIP providers worry they'll get gouged on the cost of handling those calls, seriously stifling growth of their business.
"The department believes that successful predator control can only be achieved when we have demonstrated that it is based on sound science, is cost-effective and has broad public acceptance, " Rue said.
Having visibility into and control of products while they are in digital form allows companies to make decisions that have maximum impact on the cost to design, source and retire products earlier in the product development cycle.
Adolf Merckle, the founder of a drugs, cement and engineering conglomerate, committed suicide on January 5th after burdening his empire with heavy debts and misguided financial gambles that ultimately cost his family control.
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