Systematic theft generates an unbeatable cost advantage by avoiding the standard cost of propertied goods for which law-abiding competitors must pay.
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The great promise of the technology, which has attracted billions of dollars in venture capital investment, is that it will be able to undercut the cost of standard solar panels.
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So the immediate cost of servicing a standard repayment loan has become much more bearable.
Notice 2012-72 contains the standard mileage rates, the amount a taxpayer must use in calculating reductions to basis for depreciation taken under the business standard mileage rate, and the maximum standard automobile cost that a taxpayer may use in computing the allowance under a fixed and variable rate plan.
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Most experts agree that the Superlative CPI provides a more accurate measure of the average change in the cost of living than the standard CPI.
Hadoop is open source, Java-based software running on racks of commodity servers that are wired together using a standard, low cost 1 Gb Ethernet fabric.
Its cost-income ratio, a standard measure of efficiency, is a flabby 83%.
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The competition has never been tougher as a new generation of domestic companies is quickly setting the standard for low-cost and good-enough products.
Kate Haywood came home second, and was left counting the cost of having met the qualifying standard for Montreal in the semi-final, as only times clocked in the final counted towards qualification.
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Of course, the new format will cost more to produce than your standard next-gen disc, and we're not quite sure this isn't all madness to begin with, but we suppose we'll have to play the game if we don't want to end up buying every title in triplicate.
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Cell phones and CDPD cards can connect to standard notebook PCs for the cost of a cable, software and service.
As a result, the Seagate Desktop SSHD will cost you just slightly more than a standard hard drive while delivering dramatically faster performance.
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The Northeastern student even believes he can get the cost of materials below that of a standard whiteboard or blackboard, but only time will tell on that one.
While the CPI at one time was the measure desired by the public, government efforts turned the CPI away from measuring the price changes in a fixed-weight basket of goods and services to a quasi-substitution-based basket of goods, which destroyed the concept of the CPI as a measure of the cost of living of maintaining a constant standard of living.
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The amount of work we choose to undertake is flexible, and controlling scope allows us to maintain an acceptable standard in relation to time, cost, and quality.
As a result, Americans achieve a higher standard of living, but at the cost of leisure and health.
Compared to standard postpaid mobile plans, prepaid plans cost consumers less up front and do not require a contract.
Devaluation means inflation, capital flight (and who wants to hold a depreciating currency?), increased cost of capital, destroyed savings and a lower standard of living.
It's also cost effective: instead of two doctors (the standard in the field), each surgery is performed by one doctor with two assistants standing by.
These policies are more expensive, typically running at around 10% of the trip cost (versus 4% to 8% for standard policies), but they provide the most protection.
There may be new investment opportunities as companies applying standard inkjet printing techniques to reduce the cost of making solar modules or batteries continue to make progress.
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This battle is about to be re-enacted in the euro zone, where higher-cost countries have tied themselves to a new gold standard, in the form of the hyper-efficient German export machine.
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The processor threw off a lot of heat, could be used for only 12 hours a day, cost two to three times as much as a standard server because it was produced in small numbers, and had an Intel processor warranty of just one year.
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The important advantages from this Consortium are a global ecosystem of low cost phones and network devices that work off a common standard.
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For multinational companies reporting under GAAP and IFRS, there may be longer-term cost savings and improved investor relations from moving to one standard globally.
We honestly believe, as do most analysts, that it's not too long into the future before the price curves of technologies like standard photovoltaic solar and some upcoming breakthroughs are at cost parity with conventionally -- like, coal-burning-generated electricity.
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Mr Bewley concludes that employers resist pay cuts largely because the savings from lower wages are usually outweighed by the cost of denting workers' morale: pay cuts hit workers' standard of living and lower their self-esteem.
With industry-wide challenges in scaling current areal density technologies, this new platform allows HGST to design seven-platter drives in a standard 3.5-inch form factor that will cost-effectively extend the capacity and cost-per-gigabyte curve for many product generations to come.
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These make it possible to install custom programs into standard chips, rather than starting from scratch at a huge cost.
Similarly, a standard complaint is that that promise to bail out lowers the cost of credit to the banks: obviously, the promise raises their credit ratings, just as the withdrawal has just lowered said ratings.
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