They have confidence in their ability to work the supply chain and work down cost curves.
At the same time, interest rates in the US are currently near record lows - helping drive down cost of raising funds for companies.
At Citi the expense problem has gotten so out of hand that Chief Executive Charles Prince has appointed an executive whose primary mission is to hunt down cost savings.
This may not be too terribly useful for the average home user, but for the tablet PC market doing all the buying right now (healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, of course) it drives down cost, ups reliability and security, and actually makes the generally ho-hum specs of the machine something a little more of a powerhouse on its new platform.
Ultimately, that drives down the cost of capital in the U.S. relative to our competitors.
These kinds of efficiencies are driving down the cost of solar thermal, said Woolard.
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Utilities, of course, want to drive down the cost of everything from paperclips to borrowing.
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Financial institutions can play help aggregate demand and run down the cost curve of the industry.
"The theory is that private sector competition will drive down the cost of drugs, " she said.
Bringing down the cost of LEDs this way really will let in the light.
If a company's competitors have quickly replicated its product and driven down the cost, the game has changed.
It cut interest rates twice last year, to bring down the cost of borrowing for consumers and businesses.
By providing sensible subsidies for private health insurance, he has brought down the cost of the health service.
Like traders throwing good money after bad, their instinct is to average down their cost of their position.
But Hormel is hedging some of that risk on top of efforts to pare down the cost structure.
Pure Storage has a way to drive down the cost and time to store huge quantities of data.
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Money should be invested to bring down the cost of de-salination for people's water supplies as population grows.
We invest in reform that will bring down the cost of health care for families, businesses and our government.
Each has succeeded at driving down the cost of measurement and making it fun by creating communities of self-trackers.
He says the challenge is to bring down the cost of manufacturing it.
He has also enacted a limited mechanism that could bring down the cost of Medicare (see health article).
All the while, cross promotion drives down the cost of acquiring new subscribers.
Deputy Rob Duhamel said it would do nothing to help bring down the cost of an average home in Jersey.
Some are betting that such volume will drive down the cost of that fuel, making all of the alternatives unattractive.
This should, in effect, drive down the cost of procreation and, by the logic of the marketplace, increase its appeal.
Prabhat Dayal, the chief of the Rajasthan Energy Development Agency, is optimistic about bringing down the cost of solar-generated electricity.
This will not only cut down the cost of inputs but it will also reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture.
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Finally, my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for millions -- families, businesses, and the federal government.
We recently pushed more competition into the shipbuilding industry, which allowed the Navy to bring down the cost of our ships.
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