They lost their right to appeal to Tax Court by economizing on their Federal Express charges.

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Savings have been achieved through "reduced corporate overheads and a simpler corporate structure, " he said, not by economizing on safety.

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Hence, the most patient-centered way to reduce health costs is to allow seniors, rather than bureaucrats, to do the economizing.

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But all that economizing is different from being "stingy, " she says.

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With founders often unable to raise more finance at a higher valuation than the previous round, many have chosen instead to stretch their existing cash by economizing.

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Otherwise, I would have to visualize what the managing partner of a firm of tax attorneys would be ordering done to the economizing office manager who would be held responsible for this nightmare.

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By contrast, the young parents, living on only one income, or if the wife has a part-time job, one-and-a-half incomes, of which the take-home portion, after deductions for tax and pension contributions, are economizing, avoiding major purchases, trying to save a little while making ends meet.

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