Companies that can produce products that are sustainabl, but also cost and function the same as non-green competitors will find overwhelming market acceptance.

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We also sought input from Michelle Madhok, online shopping expert and CEO of Momfinds.com, who's got cost and function at the top of her priority list.

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Human societies will thus continue to search for new sources of water, but the cost of procuring water is a function of the combined cost of extraction, harvesting, transportation, treatment, storage, and delivery.

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In particular they will need to communicate carefully and clearly over the function and cost of their Power disc time.

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On health care, Huckabee says the current system does not let the free market function because the overwhelming share of the cost is picked up by the employer, while employees, who benefit the most, pay a small fraction of the bill.

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Since I had built a shared services model within the global IT function, taking millions of dollars out of cost structure while improving service levels around the world, our CEO thought it would make sense to look for opportunities to utilize that same model in other parts of the business.

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They included cost of living and the tax climate for retirees (generally a function of state law).

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The decrease is primarily attributable to the continuing effects of actions taken in conjunction with Clearwire's cost cutting initiatives in 2011 including lower employee-related expenses resulting from headcount reductions and outsourcing of the customer care function, reduced marketing spend, as well as decreased selling commission expense associated with our no-contract product offering which was launched at the beginning of 2012.

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