For one, if the dollar is weakened, dollar costs for U.S. exporters will necessarily rise.
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That is much cheaper than the rate on the black market where one dollar costs about 6.3 pesos.
Matters can only be made vastly worse as the multibillion-dollar costs of a Bosnia peacekeeping operation have to be factored in.
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Venezuela's government has stopped issuing import permits, nor is it providing dollars at the official exchange rate for imports from Colombia (a dollar costs almost three times more on the parallel market).
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Fifth, if you are approached with potentially invalidating prior art, you may wish to force your own patents to be examined ex parte in order to save both the time and multi-million dollar costs involved with litigation.
Among the companies that fit this bill are EADS, with 75% of its revenue in dollars and only 28% of its costs in the greenback LVMH (50% dollar revenue to 33% dollar costs), Siemens (40% dollar revenue to 35% dollar costs), Ericsson (43% dollar revenue to 32% dollar costs), BMW (30% dollar revenue to 205 dollar costs), Volkswagen (20% dollar revenue to 12% dollar costs), Porsche (35% dollar revenue to 0% dollar costs), SAP (35% to 30%) and Rolls-Royce (48% dollar revenue to 26% dollar costs).
On Friday, dollar borrowing costs increased and crossed a new threshold, one warning sign of strain in the global financial system.
The manufacturing sector has been a key beneficiary of the Federal Reserve rate cuts, which reduce borrowing costs for companies and also depressed the dollar, which lowers costs for American factories, compared with those in other countries.
The winning investments are companies with more dollar revenues than costs, says Credit Suisse.
Credit Suisse advises that they look for cheap exporters with more dollar revenues than costs.
Worse, each dollar spent eventually costs the public collateral economic damage due to tax-generated disincentives and distortions.
Kraft, which will split into two companies next month, blamed the lower-than-expected guidance on a strong dollar and other costs.
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Since John is still doing his laundry during peak load hours, the utility is paying top dollar in infrastructure costs and high-cost backup power plants.
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If you look at the Congressional Budget Office testimony that was released today, it said that in terms of bang for the buck, so in terms of how much kick you get from a dollar of budget costs, direct spending, like investing in roads and schools and other - the electricity grid is actually more effective than tax revisions.
So while each dollar spent on grants to students reduces final tuition costs less than one for one, each dollar spent on subsidies to public institutions reduces tuition costs by more.
Higher materials prices led to a spike in profits, which were offset by a weaker dollar and rising energy costs.
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Exporters complained as the peso flopped around and ultimately strengthened 13% between 1999 and April 2002, increasing their costs in dollar terms.
For each dollar added to school budgets, the costs of maintaining teacher health benefits took a dollar and forty cents.
Abbott has manufacturing operations around the world, and a strong U.S. dollar has historically favorably impacted costs too.
That's helped with labor costs when the dollar is strong and with finding customers abroad when the greenback is weak.
He also estimates increased transportation costs at a dollar a barrel--another reason to keep refineries close to where crude oil is pulled from the ground.
With its recognized brand, billion dollar revenues, and inflated costs begging to be pared, GM would have attracted bidders out of the Gazoo, even in 2009.
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For each dollar of highway spending, the costs of congestion were only reduced by a eleven cents.
Given the multibillion-dollar exposure to settlements and legal costs, most of the promises made by bank CEOs will probably do little to move investors.
At the rate things are going, the yuan will reach parity against the dollar, measured by unit labor costs, about two years from now, possibly sooner.
The use of pesticides such as Furadan -- a tablespoon of which costs less than a dollar and is enough to kill a lion -- has become a particularly ruthless way of doing so.
Commodities have been rising on account of demand and loose monetary policy in the US, in particular, where near-zero capital costs have weakened the dollar and turned money managers onto hard assets like oil, gold, and agricultural commodities.
Kicking off earnings season, Alcoa posted second quarter results after the bell on Monday, hitting EPS expectations of 32 cents right on the head as the Dow component realized higher prices and saw increased demand, despite a weak U.S. dollar and rising energy and material costs.
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Typically, the losers from a stronger dollar are companies with most of their costs in dollars.
Conversely, sporting goods companies are adversely affected because their production costs are in dollars or dollar-pegged currencies.
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