Higher transportation expenses, along with growing demand for agricultural exports from the United States and increasing need for corn-based ethanol for gas supplies, has sent commodity costs soaring.

运输费用的上涨，伴随对美国农产品出口的需求日益增长，以及对作为汽油补充的玉米制成的乙醇的需要增加，使得货物价格扶摇而上。

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Over time, this will mean that an increasing share of medical expenses is paid out of individuals’ pockets.

在将来，这意味着个人将支付更多的医疗费用。

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That presentation shows how revenues are increasing (hopefully) and how expenses are increasing (hopefully less than revenues).

这样一张表会告诉我，收入如何增长（期望它增长），以及费用如何增长（期望它少于收入）。

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Will there be a race to the top, continuing the trend of increasing expenses in an attempt to further differentiate oneself from the masses?

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Whatever the merits of those adjustments may have been, they had the effect of increasing expenses in a program where cost is a crucial metric of success.

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Given the pressure from pay-TV companies and increasing programming expenses, we see limited room for profit growth.

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