But such a loss-leader model does not seem to be working in the daily-deal industry.
When a 20 percent soda tax is recomputed according to a dynamic model, a 20-pound loss after five years turns into a four pound loss (assuming, that is, every other assumption in the tax model is also correct).
The model shows that lasting weight loss takes a long time to achieve and suggests that more effective weight loss programs might be undertaken in two phases: a temporary, more aggressive change in behavior at first, followed by a second phase of a more relaxed but permanent behavioral change that can prevent the weight regain that afflicts so many dieters despite their best intentions.
The hardware is usually (at least at the beginning of the model cycle) sold at a loss.
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Jim Collins , growth guru and editor of OTC Insight looked at a loss of more than 38% in his newsletter's model portfolios in 2002.
Also clear to those paying close attention, the amp-enabled aluminum-clad flagship model (ZP120) has undergone an intense weight loss treatment, leaving it significantly smaller than its predecessor (but still capable of driving 55W of sound).
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"If you attempt to impose ... a credit card and registration model ... there will be a substantial loss of readership, " said David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, describing part of the plaintiffs' strategy.
While the stock has performed well over the past six months, and the company expects to deliver 20, 000 Model S units this year, Tesla reported a fourth quarter loss amid declining margins.
The Justice Department's lawyer, Mr. Buterman, said the contract provision all but assured publishers would beg off the wholesale model, to avoid having to match lower prices and absorb the margin loss.
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Even fewer pointed out that although the annual loss has been cut by 50% the club is even further from a sustainable business model than it was at the end of the 2009 financial year.
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The Replicator may have just been pushed off this writer's Christmas list. (Note to self: send updated letter to Santa.) But, this isn't a loss for MakerBot Industries, because it's being replaced by the Replicator 2, the newest model of 3D printer from the company.
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The traditional Japan Inc model of global expansion is to spend decades ploughing profits generated in a protected home market into loss-making operations abroad while building global market share.
Yamaha designed the model with left-right symmetrical audio circuitry to provide the shortest circuit path for audio signal travel without loss of audio signal purity.
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