Earlier today, San Francisco-based housing-data firm Trulia.com released a new analysis of renting versus owning in various cities around the U.S. As part of the excercise, Trulia identified 10 cities where the cost of purchasing a home was exorbitant compared to the local cost of renting.
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Economically, it was broader than you might think given the cost of purchasing high-end mobile devices.
According to Zillow, the cost of purchasing a home in Dallas-Fort Worth is less than 10 times the annual rent.
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Investors can nudge their portfolios closer to a market economic weighting in real estate by purchasing a low-cost equity REIT index fund or ETF.
This helped too: Global, like some of its rivals, got around an accounting change by reporting cash earnings that did not directly reflect the cost of purchasing bandwidth.
Once you know how much you need, consider purchasing a low-cost term policy from a high-rated insurer for the maximum length of time you might need the coverage.
Another reason is the cost of purchasing the device and plan, which seems likely to be a mismatch with potential subscriber defections from other carriers such as Sprint and T-Mobile.
Along with the initial high cost of purchasing an electric car, the lack of charging stations across the country is a big deterrent for consumers looking to buy electric cars.
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Model S should be price at little premium to competition due to lower cost technology, purchasing power of partners and absence of legacy costs.
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Although the company must invest in efficiency up front (as would also be the case with purchasing offsets), the cost savings can result in companies both doing good and doing well.
We would -- we've got plans to lower cost, to change purchasing models, address medical liability, insurance accountability, chronic and preexisting conditions, and access to affordable care for those with those conditions, insurance portability, expanded access -- but not doing it with creating more government, more bureaucracy, and more cost for the American taxpayer.
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Low interest rates have translated into more purchasing power for homeowners, as the cost to finance homes has gone down.
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"This combination of two outstanding companies is a natural fit, " explained Johnson, citing cost saving due to fuel purchasing power and the dispatch of generating plants.
Exactly what will each extra job cost consumers in terms of reduced purchasing power?
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The panel, which included airline and airport officials, advocated some basic principles like knowing the cost of the entire trip before purchasing a ticket.
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By standardizing specs for commonly purchased items and working together across silos, we can pool our purchasing power to leverage our size and lower cost.
As the cost of goods and services rises, purchasing power is diminished if wealth is not increased at an even faster pace.
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Brands essentially underwrite the cost of products that consumers are already purchasing in exchange for their branding to be applied to those goods.
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So it will be much cheaper for the uninsured to remain that way and pay the penalty, which will usually be much smaller than the cost of insurance, and then delay purchasing protection until they actually need healthcare.
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More importantly, starting a cellar is by far the most cost-effective way of buying wine, as purchasing by the dozen automatically qualifies for a discount.
It is also time to allow states, small businesses and other organizations to increase their purchasing power by banding together to offer health insurance at lower cost.
When pharma and device companies approach health systems to pitch their ideas for lowering the cost of healthcare, the conversation gets delegated to purchasing managers who just want to negotiate down the price of the drug or implant.
We do need to adjust for purchasing power parity (PPP) or the difference in what things cost.
Even if a person is fortunate enough to have a pension, many pension plans do not have a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) provision, so purchasing power goes down each year.
The assumption is that if African purchasing power remains relatively constant over the next few years and the cost of imported replacement weapons remains significantly higher than the cost of the old stuff, total numbers will decline over time.
Boutiques.com currently has the same business model used by Like.com, where merchants pay if shoppers end up purchasing the goods on other sites, or sometimes pay a small cost for each time a shopper clicked on their merchandise to learn more.
All the cost benefit of buying consumer was erased in one cycle of purchasing in less than 1 year.
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Everyone supplying electricity to end users must purchase some amount of that higher cost power: or pay a fine (by way of purchasing a renewables certificate) for not doing so.
Most economists reckon that the best way to compare living standards is to take GDP per person measured at purchasing-power parity (PPP), which adjusts for differences in the cost of living in each country.
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