If Boeing has to reconfigure the 787 to something other than lithium-ion batteries, the costs will make the 787 a permanent loser.
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The decision by Germany's Constitutional Court Wednesday to dismiss a complaint against Europe's permanent bailout fund helped ease pressure on borrowing costs for Italy and Spain, the countries next in the firing line of Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
George argues that temporary provisions are the only tax laws where the costs are fully accounted for because permanent tax cuts can cost much more outside the budget window than in the five- or ten-year period considered when the legislation is debated.
Obama will also express concern and ask about whether Japan will be able to restart nuclear power plants, and, if not, how Japan can limit the enormous costs and dislocations that will result from permanent closure.
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In addition, a line would have been drawn under potentially much higher costs by preventing the bail-outs from becoming a permanent flow of transfers.
While expenses related to the casualty are not included in the casualty loss itself, certain expenses such as any costs for the protection against future casualties should be capitalized as permanent improvements which will increase your basis.
But it can be performed effectively without the permanent stationing of U.S. troops on the Heights, with all the attendant costs and risks of such a deployment.
Lastly, each agency should review its policies associated with domestic civilian permanent change of duty station travel (relocations), including eligibility rules, to identify ways to reduce costs and ensure appropriate controls are in place.
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Many states and municipalities already face crippling pension costs, so they hire teachers on temporary contracts to prevent them acquiring the generous pensions entitlements of permanent staff, increasing turnover still further.
But the legal costs and fees to sponsor skilled foreign nationals for temporary visas (thousands of dollars) and for permanent residence (typically tens of thousands of dollars) call into question any supposed cost advantage in hiring foreign nationals.
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