• The Environment Agency said the Sheffield Lower Don Valley Flood Protection Project would involve repairs to existing defences, as well as "raising walls and reinforcing existing structures along a stretch of the River don between Nursery Street in Sheffield and Blackburn Brook near the M1".

    BBC: South Yorkshire to get ?14m flood defences

  • One would presume the margins would also be lower if they don't control the overall contract.

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  • Both require molds to be made and either close off the ear entirely or provide an "open fit, " letting in lower frequencies that don't need amplification.

    WSJ: Conquering Retirement: Hearing-Aid Shopping Tips

  • Lower prices mean you don't need a big raise to get ahead.

    CNN: Still On A Roll?

  • Vegetarian restaurants have lower overheads since they don't need freezers, says Marisa Ledesma, one of the owners of Bio Restaurante, a smart eatery.

    ECONOMIST: Argentina's meaty diet

  • "When people run with music their rate of perceived exertion is lower than if they don't use music or other devices, " says Gershon Tenenbaum, director of the graduate program in sport and exercise psychology at Florida State University.

    WSJ: Optimal Music for the Gym

  • Set a dollar amount that you'll divert to your emergency fund, but don't lower your 401(k) contribution below the amount needed to get a full employer match, he says.

    WSJ: Your Emergency Fund Needs a Boost

  • "We know that's true, because in states that already require background checks on private sales, the rate of women murdered by an intimate partner armed with a gun is 38% lower than in states that don't have such background checks, " he said.

    CNN: Threatening letters to Bloomberg test positive for ricin

  • Lower costs mean that Medicare premiums don't continue to spiral beyond our ability to sustain it, and our insurance premiums are stretched farther.

    CNN: McCain's October 11, 2007, speech on health care

  • Bebchuk's study finds that companies where executives are protected by golden parachutes generally trade at lower levels than those where CEOs don't have them.

    WSJ: In Defense of the CEO

  • But the lower capital gains and dividend rate don't expire until Dec. 31, 2008 and Silverblatt doubts Congress' failure to act this year would have much effect.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, WPO and FTR collectively make up 1.38% of the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund ETF (DON) which is lower by about 0.2% on the day Friday.

    FORBES: The New #1 Most Shorted S&P 500 Component: Washington Post

  • Apple has stubbornly resisted offering a lower-priced iPhone, or a handset with a significantly larger screen-size (older, discounted models don't count as a true lower price effort).

    CNN: Samsung is spanking Apple in earnings, sales

  • Germany and France never run much lower than 10%, but politicians don't seem to care.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "The finding of this landing gear, " he said, "just goes to show that we need federal people in here to do a comprehensive, full search of lower Manhattan to make sure that we don't get any more surprises, " as happened in 2007 when body parts were discovered in nearby sewers and manhole covers.

    NPR: NY Officials Seek Human Remains Amid Plane Debris

  • She says a lot of folks on the lower end of the socio-economic status don't, therefore, their diets suffer.

    CNN: Blog: Living on Food stamps

  • Lower corporate tax rates allow business to reinvent into their business, and that is especially true for small business who don't have the lobby power or accountants to get the lower effective rate.

    WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

  • It means streamlining, making the system work, records going, lower administrative cost, less paperwork, but they don't pay more.

    NPR: Obama Pushes Health Care Overhaul

  • Unless you have some capital losses to sop up your gains, you likely don't want to sell the lower-basis shares.

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  • Rebates are useless--they don't change incentives the way lower tax rates do.

    FORBES: How Capitalism Will Save Us

  • At the same time, officials across government have been exploring how to nudge consumers who don't have bank accounts toward lower-cost financial-services providers.

    WSJ: Tax Refunds Move to Debit Cards

  • As your bracket fills out, don't pick any team seeded lower than No. 8 to advance to the Final Four--only two such teams have ever made it.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Incentives to promote energy efficiency and clean energy manufacturing don't automatically create jobs or lower carbon emissions -- but these steps provide a framework in which companies can compete and innovate to create those jobs and reduce energy consumption.

    WHITEHOUSE: Job Creation and Economic Growth

  • And if actual carpenters don't care enough about companies paying lower wages, Chaison said, why should anyone else?

    NPR: Union Outsources Picket Lines to the Homeless

  • All of this, presumably, should lower costs for buyers, while giving them convenience they don't get driving from lot to lot looking.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • You've got a tradeoff here between the deeper liquidity found in the nearer-term contracts and the lower trading costs of buying far-out futures that don't have to be rolled over so often.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Many net-price calculators are based on data from the 2010-11 academic year, and omit data from students who don't receive grants, skewing the estimates lower.

    WSJ: The New College-Cost Calculators: Are They Accurate?

  • "As a country, we are consuming more natural gas than we are finding, " says Sempra Chief Don Felsinger, adding that more infrastructure will help lower the cost of the fuel that typically sets electricity prices.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The Lakers light their court in the same fashion, but they're the Lakers, in showbiz L.A. (For what it's worth: Barclays is much lower-lit than Madison Square Garden.) The Nets don't have to try so hard to be cool.

    WSJ: Brooklyn Nets: Come On, Brooklyn: Turn On the Lights

  • Online-only retailers have significantly lower labor costs and, at least, for the time being don't collect sales tax in most states.

    WSJ: Target Sends Letter Vendors Asking for Help to Combat 'Showrooming' Comparison Shopping

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