At stake is a decision that could influence the cost of medicines for most Americans because the ruling is expected to determine the pace at which lower-cost generic drugs become available.
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In arguing in support of their merger, executives of Live Nation and Ticketmaster maintained that they have limited influence on the cost of concert tickets, which is ultimately dictated by the financial demands of performers.
Perfect knowledge and significant market influence over their own cost and demand functions.
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But the very fact that official policy has remained so loose, for so long, has meant that the Bank has much less influence now on the cost of borrowing for households.
This market presents a huge opportunity because cosmetics sell directly to consumers without the cost-controlling influence of an insurance company.
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But one of its under-takings is having an enormously positive influence on the global economy--and its cost is a nanofraction of the routine infrastructure undertakings that can end up costing billions of dollars.
But one of its undertakings is having an enormously positive influence on the global economy--and its cost is a nanofraction of the routine infrastructure undertakings that can end up costing billions of dollars.
Give them up and the cost in terms of power, weight and influence for Britain would be infinitely greater.
EADC, wielding huge political influence, could be the worst possible thing for European governments who want to deal with new defence challenges in a cost-effective way.
But the audit is reportedly not going to include a cost-benefit analysis, owing to the difficulty of quantifying such aspects of EU membership as foreign affairs influence.
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The issue is significant because it could influence the debate over whether to seal off Lake Michigan from the Chicago waterways, a mammoth engineering task that would cost billions of dollars and take years to complete.
We think that countries that have had either the reality or the perception of political influence in their central banks have had real problems -- problems with respect to inflation, with respect to the cost and availability of credit, including to consumers and to small businesses.
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