"By lodging papers with the High Court the bidders are keeping open their ability to pursue the Department for Transport for the costs they wasted on bidding for the cancelled Greater Western franchise procurement, " he said.

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This costs more than just wasted journeys.

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The costs to the affluent and middle class in wasted dollars and hours of emotional hardship can be minimized with proper planning and action, informs the NAEPC Education Foundation news release.

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From there, Sunny wasted little time building tools to provide transparency on the relative costs, benefits, performance and utilization of IT applications and services.

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Lib Dem health spokesman, Jim Hume, said these costs did not take into account the value of the medicines being wasted, or the cost of prescribing them in the first place.

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Nanotech also allows for "green manufacturing"--manufacturing processes that can take place at ordinary temperatures, reducing energy costs, while the use of non-toxic catalysts minimize pollution and bottom-up construction leaves no wasted material behind.

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