In that same period, France -- where labor costs are a contentious issue -- has seen its costs increase by 4.3%.
As you know, all developed countries are struggling with the issue of labor costs at home and how to address structural issues in their manufactoring sectors.
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That makes it possible to have a pragmatic discussion of the issue, weighing the costs and benefits of different policies for financing, building, and maintaining roads.
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It turns out, though, that the issue isn't switching costs--it's learned behavior.
And again I would point you to, on the issue of reducing health care costs, what he did with the Affordable Care Act.
The blasting law has since been reversed, but costs remain an issue as the value of the peso continues to fluctuate vs. the dollar.
He really wants a faster airplane, although costs are an issue.
The 65-year-old Di Montezemolo also warned earlier this year in an interview with CNN that costs were an issue, "we are spending to much, " he said.
While China also presents notable opportunity for revenue growth, costs could become an issue for Nike.
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Yet the issue of how to pay transition costs is one of the biggest questions surrounding the shift to individual accounts.
Developing mother tongue learning materials and its attendant many costs is a major issue that needs to be addressed by the Government of Nepal.
The above is a cash flow financing issue, not a matter of transition costs.
Higher fuel costs are not the only issue facing Tepco, Japan's biggest utility provider.
However, at the heart of every corporate practice that touches upon an environmental or social issue, there are individuals weighing the costs and benefits of taking social responsibility factors into consideration.
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It will impose tighter limits on their payroll costs, force them to issue more detailed and more frequent accounts, and make it illegal for a higher tier of government to take on the debts of lower tiers.
"Given that Reliance has a strong credit profile and has been a regular issuer of senior dated bonds, they are in a position to issue perpetual bonds and capture low borrowing costs for the long term, " Mr. Thakur said.
The deal GE (nyse: GE - news - people ) reached with the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communication Workers of America (IUE-CWA) and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) covers wages and pensions--but what to do about rapidly rising health costs was always the thorniest issue, as it is an issue with workers, unionized and nonunionized, across the economy.
And one of the most important ways for us to control costs is to deal with the issue of prevention.
In the current climate, with health costs emerging as an election year issue, creating a Lipitor-size success might not be possible.
But scattered government and private data exist on scores of regulations and on the agencies that issue them, as well as on regulatory costs and benefits.
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Rob Vingoe, from Berryman's bakery which has four shops in Cornwall, said rising food costs were "more of an issue" than the so-called "pasty tax" of 20% VAT on hot food.
We can help address the issue and show them how to reduce the costs of taking the apps forward, so we show them more choice than they had expected.
During the 2008 primaries, Obama had tried to draw a contrast between himself and Hillary Clinton on the issue of health care by emphasizing reduction of costs rather than just expansion of coverage.
It argued that with ballooning health costs, national health insurance was an issue whose time had come.
If we are serious about improving health care quality and lowering costs, we need to address the issue of accountability.
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