The rising cost of imports added significantly to the overall figures, as iron ore imports were up 83 percent in value during the quarter, with soybeans up 25 percent, crude oil up 39 percent, and metal-cutting machinery up 72 percent in value.
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He described BP as "too lean" following rounds of cost-cutting that led up to the disaster.
Seeing parents eat fruit and vegetables - and cutting up portions for children both boosted their intake.
"We are excited about the many possibilities this cutting-edge technology opens up and the impact it can have in many different situations, " said Geoff Smithson, technology director, sensing systems, at Cambridge Consultants.
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The corporate culture, meanwhile, had to shift from one focused on efficiently implementing what is decided elsewhere to one that consistently comes up with cutting-edge ideas.
We covered our Treasury shorts as yields spiked in late March and became buyers shortly thereafter as our conviction increased that both leading indicators and CPI are set to peak in the immediate term, potentially cutting short the tactical back-up in yields we envisioned.
These traders added to their net-long position by bumping up gross longs and cutting gross shorts, allowing the net-long position to rise for the first time since April 26.
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The firm said it was considering the move in a range of cost-cutting measures while it weighed up its future involvement in the mine.
It offered to nail down the Middle East problem and scour Otari's phone bills for cost-cutting changes that could save up to 30%.
Name any fad taken up by the cutting-edge, clued-in global-finance set, and the chances are he has thought about it and passed by.
And cutting taxes is generally more bottom-up than hiking spending.
Other industries are coming up with more cutting-edge applications.
Chances are, those scenes wound up on the cutting-room floor as Clooney struggled to bring his movie under two hours (with six minutes to spare) and still make sense of the laborious machinations that clog up the third act.
Yet the real fear is that today's furious price-cutting is not so much real liberalisation as the start of a stitch-up.
It added that along with a pick-up in demand for international and domestic travel, cost-cutting measures were likely to help boost profit.
In part, Apple's strategy is a throwback to an earlier era, when companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation paired their own software with cutting-edge computers built from the ground up.
Munster, however, picked up where they left off as Dominic Crotty intercepted a loose Swansea pass on his own 22 and raced up-field, cutting inside last man Thomas to touch down for his side's second try of the night.
Car buyers need to beware: Good performance, sleek design and cutting-edge technology don't always add up to good quality.
Obviously, Congress could choose to cut discretionary spending less and make up the difference by cutting so-called mandatory entitlement spending if it so desired.
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On some courses he was a bit of a figurehead, glancing over the blueprints drawn up by associates and perhaps showing up at the ribbon-cutting.
That seemed very possible when Clarke attempted to loft Fidel Edwards over the off-side field but ended up cutting him straight to Sulieman Benn at third man.
Sinclair, who has been called up to the England under-21 set-up, ran at ease down the left into the box before cutting back at the by-line for Joe Allen who was denied by the feet of Steele from close range.
Moreover, Carrefour's stop-and-go policy of cutting prices in the first half of the year and raising them in the run-up to the Christmas season irritated customers, who voted with their feet.
Sandaza's presence was giving Saints a cutting edge that was absent in the Hearts line-up and it was the Spaniard who set up the opener in an otherwise even contest.
If Retirement Savings Plus accounts enabled low-income Americans to build up sizeable nest-eggs outside the Social Security system, the notion of cutting Social Security benefits might become less politically explosive.
The article offers a simple, top-line summary of the initiative, noting practical ways it will make business start-up easier and more attractive, including cutting taxes on small businesses and making access to capital easier.
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In Europe, the debt crisis had worsened again, with Greece warning in October that it could not come up with the degree of cost-cutting demanded by the IMF, EU, and ECB in order to receive the next payment on its bailout, which was needed by early November.
Exelon should benefit from an improving economy, which will drive up energy demand, and robust cost-cutting.
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