Contractors would cost out a project and then return the next day to find that they now only had enough money to build half the house.
There is nothing more frustrating that will frustrate a parent more than to say that you've got to buy more fruits and vegetables -- but to still see the cost out of kilter and see those goals out of reach.
But the good news is that both these routes may offer you a low-cost way out of the tax maze if you qualify.
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Disturbed would be the certainty of uninsured creditors that they would be bailed out to minimize the cost of bailing out insured depositors.
In addition to slashing jobs, HP said it hopes to wring cost savings out of areas such as real estate, information technology and procurement.
However heavy the cost turns out to be, in terms of lives lost and money spent, it is now too late to avoid it.
And if the cost turns out to be much larger than advertised, well, the author of this legislation wants you to know he never intended that.
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More and more younger workers are no longer willing to work for low wages in blue collar positions, and the high costs of real estate are pricing low-cost manufacturing out of China.
If Ross lived in neighboring North Carolina, at least some of the cost of Alyssa's devices would be covered, but because she lives in South Carolina, that cost comes out of her pocket.
Who among those of us who are lucky enough to be insured against illness would not like to be able to understand, in advance, what it is likely to cost us out-of-pocket should we find ourselves engulfed in a battle with cancer or some other unpleasant medical experience?
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Instead of including these payments as a cost in the income statement, Coke spread out the cost over a longer period, classifying it as an investment in retailing assets.
Have we pulled out cost as we reduced the number of defects that create detractors?
But the cost of sending out catalogs quickly exceeded the trickle of new revenues generated by the Web site.
Even if the U.S. unit labor cost trend flattens out, a continued 10 percent rate of appreciation appears likely.
The Germans want large investors - many of them Russians - to share in the cost of bailing out Cyprus.
It is not yet clear how much the switch would cost if rolled out to all of Norfolk's 1, 500 officers.
The company aims to mass-produce environmentally friendly homes like Priuses, taking the cost and hassle out of custom home building.
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Its financial sector has been dented by the global downturn and its taxpayers burdened by the cost of bailing out banks.
The big issue for Provenge, once supplies of it are no longer constrained, is how these cost issues play out over time.
Even so, the build out cost 50% more than I had anticipated.
Additionally, the guarantee fee (usually 1-3 % of the loan amount) was no longer waived, which increases the cost of taking out a loan.
Carson recalled the moment when the campaign figured out what it would cost to put a hundred organizers out in the February 5th states.
If a back surgery increases rather than alleviates pain, do the cost-cutters out there really think that surgeons are going to deliberately maim patients?
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The Home Department has not revealed the cost of an out-of-court settlement with AFR Advocates agreed after an unlawful police raid in June 2010.
Interestingly, the main reason why debt explodes is not the much ballyhooed cost of bailing out the financial system, painful as that may be.
Wal-Mart is notorious for squeezing every last ounce of cost it can out of its suppliers--much as Dell has done with its suppliers for years.
Though Fu was eager to host the festival, it was a pipe dream for five years because the cost of renting out a venue was just too high.
Spreading out cost so we all pay a little is one reason why identity theft has long been seen as more of a nuisance than a crisis.
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