This is not going to cost the taxpayer anything. The company will bear the costs for the delay.

这不会花纳税人的钱。公司将承担延误费用。

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One way to lower costs will be to forge alliances with foreign companies or to expand internationally through appropriate takeovers – in short, to "globalize."

降低成本的途径之一将是与外国公司结成联盟或通过适当的兼并进行国际性扩张–简言之，就是“全球化”。

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Many Americans will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal system.

许多美国人依然会担心其司法体系可能产生的高昂费用。

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But BP says it will pay cleanup costs and all "legitimate claims" for losses and damages from the spill.

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If the company gets too leveraged then there's too high a probability that the company will fail and there are costs to bankruptcy.

如果公司的杠杆率太高,那么公司倒闭的可能性会极高,然后会产生破产费用

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They will do it as long as the home price is high relative to their construction costs.

只要房价相对建筑成本有利可图,建造商们就不会停止步伐

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The energy industry estimates it will costs billions for China to meet tougher fuel standards.

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So there are ways that we can streamline the system that will reduce costs, and that will help control costs not just in the private sector, but also for Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid.

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Borrowing costs will increase, as any attempt by the central bank to keep rates lower will be met with resistance and QE3 (which will keep borrowing costs low) will not be readily accepted as evidenced by the refusal of House republicans to raise the debt ceiling.

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