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Mittal figured he could cut his raw-material costs in half by buying direct-reduced iron rather than scrap.
FORBES: Carnegie would be jealous
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On my second run during a horrible week I got poison ivy, a raw red band that cut across my calf and left my whole lower right leg red and inflamed.
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The premise: Buy up lots of small companies in a fragmented business--such as used cars, funeral homes, office products, food distribution and medical diagnostics--then purchase raw materials in bulk to cut costs.
FORBES: Wrong Address
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The paper industry consumes a tremendous amount of energy and raw materials: thin cardboard could cut both.
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With steel manufacturers already under pressure due to increased raw material prices, it was inevitable that they cut down on production to combat the decline in the steel prices.
FORBES: ArcelorMitttal Cuts Production As Steel Demand Falls
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The sector is heavily dependent on costly imports of the raw materials used in producing fertilizer, and Lula wanted to cut farmers costs, and thus allow for space to reduce subsidies, by getting Vale to dig and produce potassium at sites it has leased from the government, but has not yet produced much of anything.
FORBES: Agnelli Gone, Will Vale Join Amazon Dam Project?
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The precious metals and many other raw commodity futures markets did get a boost from the China rate-cut news Thursday.
FORBES: Comex Gold Weaker but Up from Daily Low After China Rate Cut; Bernanke Awaited
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Mr. Ohlsson said declining costs for raw materials such as cotton and wood likely would allow the company to cut prices another 1% this fiscal year.
WSJ: IKEA Chief Ohlsson Says Red Tape Is Hobbling Growth
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She wanted to dig down to the raw shame of this failure in Hilda, this thing inside her, poisoning everything, cut off and spoiled and shrivelled up.
NEWYORKER: She��s the One
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It wasn't until later that afternoon, when our friends cut into the cake, that we realized that the seeping liquid wasn't just raw egg whites, but raw batter as well.
WSJ: The Cake That Steals the Party