Sincere words to that effect cost nothing and can make the difference between disengagement and productivity.
Raise the cost and the effect, in reducing consumption and boosting conservation, would be dramatic.
If, as is common, one partner left all assets to the other, then this tax-free transfer in effect cost the couple one of their two estate-tax exemptions.
Another possible macroeconomic effect of cost growth containment is a short-run impact on unemployment and employment.
Alpha and the rest of the Digital technology, people and patents have, in effect, cost nothing.
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.
Movements then in the liquidity or cost of breach can effect the manner in which changes in the money supply eventually come to change all prices proportionally.
Fossil fuel companies do not take into account the external effect of the cost of pollution or carbon emissions.
Our numbers show the effect of slowing cost growth over the long term.
The net effect is a cost-effective view toward long-term growth and community development.
But what about the second-order effect, the cost of replacing that same policy with another insurer in a spooked market?
One side-effect of the cost-cutting was a labour dispute in the summer of 1997, when short-haul cabin crews went on strike to protest against changes in their working patterns.
Investors may well want more than just half a point, especially as the money markets have in effect increased the cost of bank funding by much more than that.
And as for the ethics of physicians going along with this idea: given the prices of new drugs, doctors should be factoring in cost as another side-effect of their prescribing.
Democratic congressional aides have also not yet seen the final details of the agreement, and say they remain "skeptical" about whether it's too watered down to have a real effect on the cost of drugs for Americans.
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Whether or not the administration puts a temporary stop to deep-water drilling, we can only imagine what effect the added cost of higher premiums for drilling rig insurance and more sophisticated safety equipment is going to be in the months and years ahead.
Though recent economic data has offered some encouraging signs for the recovery, Hoversen argued that given the quality of the recovery and the fact that the main driver behind the earnings is cost cutting and a base effect, the currency markets seem to be reacting to a momentum that doesn't accurately reflect the state of the macro environment.
With their studios and transmitters in place, broadcasters are, in effect, fixed-cost producers.
Platform-based businesses, business that enable people (developers, customers, opinion formers) at low cost, are having a huge effect on the world around us.
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He has admitted asset bubbles are a negative side effect, or a cost as he puts it, of low rates, and has acknowledged savers are getting the short end of the stick.
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Offering insurance at a fixed, low cost will also have an unintended effect on behaviour: the sickest people will be the first to buy, since they expect the highest medical costs in the future.
How many Nutella customers would sign off on a lawsuit that seems to have the sole effect of increasing the cost of their breakfast spread and helping a few lawyers pay for their next trip to Aspen?
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The introduction of the euro has in effect brought down the fixed cost of trading in the euro area.
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The majority of these cost cuts would only begin to take effect from the latter half of fiscal 2012.
This should, in effect, drive down the cost of procreation and, by the logic of the marketplace, increase its appeal.
In effect, the government deficit cost the economy one trillion dollars in private investment that could but did not take place!
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If the plan has the desired effect, some of this cost will have been sunk before the government pops the question, perhaps tipping a few voters in favour.
He added that they "would therefore prefer to listen to the will of the House on this occasion" to ensure that the majority of a wider cost-cuttings programme could come into effect.
Although the direct, measurable cost of malpractice premiums is small, the effect on physician behaviour is enormous.
Other companies have to assess their own cost of downtime and the long-term effect extended downtime would have on the company.
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