Abandoning the euro currency would have significant costs, especially for Germany as a heavily export-oriented economy.
More importantly, companies now must be prepared for the significant costs that this program will bring to their business.
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Haryana is a landlocked state and Maruti faces significant costs to transport vehicles to ports for export from its factories.
On top of the costs of new devices, there can be significant costs to disposing of the old ones safely and effectively.
Giving out free credit reports could mean significant costs for credit agencies.
The ability to refuel satellites in space could one day save satellite operators from the significant costs of building and launching new replacement satellites.
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The other significant industrial user is iron and steel production, though iron ore and various other metals used to make alloys are also significant costs.
And it was the right thing to do to ensure that seniors who faced significant costs through the prescription drug program were helped in alleviating that cost.
"The significant costs associated with global, national, regional and local newsgathering cannot be sustained if news organizations cannot protect the integrity of our publishing process, " she said.
Recycling hazardous electronic equipment for material recovery (e.g. rare earth, and precious and other metals) in a manner which can substantially mitigate the hazards, entails significant costs.
"Success will require steadfast commitment and incur significant costs, " Gen.
"This is an absolute attack on privacy online and it is far from clear this will actually improve public safety, while adding significant costs to internet businesses, " he said.
Of course, transplants are also expensive, with costs in the hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars per procedure, and additional significant costs throughout the years for the follow up care.
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Financial regulation imposes significant costs on the economy.
In 2011, Stockton's new financial managers issued a blistering critique of past accounting practices and acknowledged that the city's previous financials had hidden significant costs, including the real cost of employee compensation and retirement obligations.
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"There is a real danger if it does not go ahead there will be very significant costs to the police both in terms of time and finances and that we will have an inferior response to the serious organised crime that we face, " he said.
It is worth noting that this maladroit and shortsighted policy may have profound political costs to the Bush Administration -- even as they are incurring significant strategic costs to the nation.
Separate from the risks of addiction, these 3 are significant psychological costs to brain doping.
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All are anti-market and bring with them significant regulatory costs with little gain.
Businesses with server farms or massive data centers could eliminate performance bottlenecks and ensure long-term upgradability while saving significant operational costs in space and energy.
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However, there are significant defense costs associated with having that done.
The paper said that although this was "critically successful" it had "significant unanticipated costs which were not covered by the Scottish Government grant for the project".
Reforestation efforst in IndonesiaCap-and-trade and similar climate change legislation could not get through the U.S. Congress for the simple reason that their potential benefits were outweighed by their significant economic costs.
If I am not mistaken, with its cloud-based computing, Amazon cannot separate a book sale transaction from a data cloud rental without incurring significant additional costs in redundant and unnecessary IT infrastructure.
But even that charge is not too embarrassing for the chancellor of the time, Alastair Darling, because the NAO says the oversight has not led to any significant additional costs for the state.
But this too would carry significant economic costs.
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But the company said last Tuesday that burying the main high power line would lead to a delay of up to three years and generate "significant" costs that would have to be passed onto consumers.
In March the German-owned companies blamed the global economic crisis, developments in the nuclear industry in Germany and what they called the "significant ongoing costs" of running the Horizon joint venture for the decision to withdraw.
Meanwhile, the company lowered its full-year earnings guidance range by 25 cents per share, citing significant legal costs incurred in the first quarter as well as anticipated future legal costs, including those in connection with a proxy contest.
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