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It's hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices.

很难估计出不同选择的成本和收益。

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Labour represents around 70% of Japanese business costs: though hard on individuals who are sacked, the rise of non-regular workers has let firms cut costs fast.

劳动力成本约占到日本商业总成本的70%：虽然对被解雇的人有些残酷，非正式工的增加让企业能更快地削减成本。

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At Viralheat we have scaled to crunch billions of brand mentions a day for only tens of thousands of dollars per month in hard costs.

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Now employers are trying to give staff an incentive to think hard about costs.

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We believe that considering the strong margins that Apple is able to maintain on its Mac line, it will be better able to absorb the shocks of higher hard drive costs and hence not increase the pricing.

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