Whether they succeed will depend mostly on the final pricing, but HTC seems confident of lowering the minimum cost threshold for Android, which can only be a good thing.

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That raises the cost and the legal threshold to sue an airline.

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Developed in the 1960s, the poverty threshold represents the basic cost of food for a household, multiplied by three.

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Because of the work that is already done to certify accurate payments as well as the additional cost of setting up the program and the cost of the audit, recovery audits may not be cost-effective at a low threshold.

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Essentially, 20% is a large enough threshold that it reduces the cost of hedging but not so large that it precludes a recovery.

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At this stage, the cost of implementing health IT is a high threshold for many providers to cross.

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Still, bond yields slid back over the 3% threshold to 2.95% as investors fled other asset classes grabbing for yield at any cost.

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