After a period of high prices, with few exceptions the cost of scrap has been on the decline for more than a year, and Steel Dynamics has managed to increase the spread between the price of steel scrap and its average selling price per ton.

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Moreover, any users who abandoned Windows would have to scrap investments in software and training, making the cost of switching prohibitive.

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He criticised the decision to scrap the Glasgow Airport rail link, which he claimed cost more than 1, 000 jobs and harmed the construction industry.

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For instance, one way to pay for bringing the uninsured into the health-care system (a noble Democratic priority) is to scrap a distorting tax-deduction that veils the true cost of health insurance, a policy espoused by John McCain last year.

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