The world is turning from compliance as a cost center to compliance as a necessary aspect of retaining clients or growing the business.

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Besides the tragically high human and material cost, the latest deluge harbors another sad aspect: much of the losses could have been prevented.

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We would see the same kind of real-cost reductions in MRIs and in every other aspect of medicine, except in the salaries for medical personnel.

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Another aspect driving the ultra wealthy is their high cost of living.

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The other controversial aspect of option plans is that they appear to be cost-free, but are not.

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Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this 50-year federal experiment is its inordinate cost.

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Even if the cost cuts work and Big Oil finally agrees to support the group, environmentalists are squarely against the drilling aspect of the plan.

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