And, given the fact that the patient has relatively little cost-share in the form of a co-pay, the patient will likely agree to have the additional tests done.
Under the scheme, directors would have received nil-cost share options if the board met annual return targets over the next three years.
Of course, if your aim is to dollar-cost average your share purchases over a long period of time, this is not a factor.
All users within a couple of hundred feet of the base station who have an inexpensive Wi-Fi device in their PCs or PDAs can then share low-cost, high-speed access to the Internet--without having to pay individually for more expensive dedicated DSL or cable modem service.
As Messrs Burrough and Helyar recount, firms such as RJR Nabisco suffered long-term damage to their brand and market share due to aggressive cost-cutting that was driven by the need to pay off debt and interest.
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This is a big failing, because clearing and settlement account for 80% of the cost of European cross-border share trading.
RYANAIR, the most aggressive of Europe's low-cost airlines, saw its share price plunge by 30% on January 28th, following reports that the European Commission is about to clamp down on cut-price-deals which it has with relatively out-of-the-way airports keen to lure tourists.
The company also nudged second-quarter earnings expectations lower, sayin the earthquake and its aftermath will cost the company five cents a share in second-quarter earnings.
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"At this point we are willing to sacrifice cost for brand-name recognition and market share, " Kan says.
Careless share-price falls cost jobs, to paraphrase that World War II poster phrase.
The Germans want large investors - many of them Russians - to share in the cost of bailing out Cyprus.
He won, the company won, and his 500 co-workers won, because they share 25% of the overall cost of Serigraph's self-insured plan.
Over the past year, United Airlines has lost U.S. market share to low-cost airlines such as Southwest Airlines and JetBlue.
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American Airlines over the year has lost U.S. market share to low-cost airlines such as Southwest Airlines and JetBlue, and we expect this to decline further in the near future.
Today those egos are badly bruised and, in line with trends elsewhere, it is low-cost airlines that are taking an increasing share of the market.
With savings achieved on the operating side, Cisco will be able to make aggressive price cuts to compete better with low-cost rivals and gain even more market share.
Most large banks have successfully tapped shareholders old and new for more money, though at the painful cost of attracting short-sellers and seeing their share prices collapse (see article).
Proponents of the Cypriot account levy argue that this way gets foreigners who have taken advantage of Cyprus's low-tax regime to share the cost of the bailout of the country's banks, which have been hit hard by their over-exposure to bad Greek debt.
Reports suggest that the government is bearing the brunt of the cost, but it remains to be seen how much of its share is in the form of land and low-cost loans.
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Given that Russia has already teamed up with India to co-develop and co-produce a version of Moscow's fifth-generation fighter, and that China is co-developing with Pakistan a very low-cost fourth-generation fighter, the U.S. may decide to try and protect market share and lift an export ban on F-22s.
The latest Rolls-Royce models share many components with BMW models, such as the 7-series, but cost more than twice as much.
Most of the online firms are now rapidly transforming themselves from low-cost trade-executors into electronic financial-service companies offering a full range of retail products, from share-trading to insurance.
Excluding charges for cost cuts and other one-time items, per-share earnings fell to 28 cents from 33 cents.
Lion Air is a low-cost carrier that holds about a 45 percent market share in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago that's seeing a boom in both economic growth and air passengers.
With savings achieved on the operating side, Cisco will be able to make aggressive price cuts to compete better with low-cost rivals such as Huawei and gain even more market share.
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In a bid to acquire a foothold in low-cost generics, the Japanese firm paid 737 rupees a share last June, forking out a premium of 31% to the company's stock price at the time. (See Daiichi Sankyo Decides Generics Are Healthy Biz).
It not only offers cost savings and bill-paying efficiency, but is a way to share new music and shows, she says.
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In America, new tax breaks on health savings accounts make it attractive for individuals to build up nest-eggs to pay for their increased share of the cost.
It operates the low-cost aircraft carrier model and holds about a 45% market share in Indonesia, a country spread across around 6, 000 inhabited islands with a population of 240 million people.
Unadvertised fact: The expensive car will share a chassis and many of its high-cost components with next year's Malibu--and also with the forthcoming Pontiac Grand Am, a new Saturn model and likely a Buick.
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