Sentences with phrase «arms around the cost»

It sounds like an exciting competitor for the Chevy Volt, particularly if they can get their arms around the cost equation.

Not exact matches

The Senate Armed Services Committee will most likely hold a hearing next month specifically to examine how the Pentagon squandered $ 12 million on direct costs and around $ 20 million in overhead for the gas station.

For midsize businesses (those with more than 50 employees and less than 1,000) getting their arms around their total cost of ownership (TCO) in human resources — what they are actually spending on employees and the cost of managing them — can be easily overlooked.

The total cost of the broken arm is around 68,000 yen ($ 600).

This is exactly the kind of arm a team trying to reload should be going for, as sure, he'll cost New York prospects, but he'll also be around four seasons to lead their rotation — he's not a rental, he's not a one - year guy they'll get a draft pick back for when he leaves.

For less than $ 50, it may be the one thing that sticks around for the baby's first year that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

«I'm listening to the people in the field and we're still trying to wrap our arms around the estimates of what it's going to cost,» Flanagan continued.

The union estimates the cost of arming an estimated 500 patrol officers with assault rifles would be around $ 700,000, or about $ 1,400 per officer.

You can also opt for an around - the - arm phone holder, which costs about $ 7.

Here are a few examples: the for - profit company will install their own handpicked boards that in turn hire the company for «management,» and these fees routinely cost up to 15 % of the school's FTE; the for - profit company will demand that parents purchase supplies directly from the school itself, which is often another LLC that charges exorbitant rates for the basics; in many cases, the biggest part of the scam is one LLC (e.g. Red Apple Development, the construction arm of Charter Schools USA) will purchase land to build the school on and then turn around and charge the school (read: taxpayers) rent that is substantially higher than the going rate / property value, sometimes as high as a million dollars a year.

You may hear «Once in a Lifetime» thrown around in conversation, but that doesn't mean it should cost an arm and a leg.

The black market ammo cost for a kill in Africa is around $ 2, of which US corporations, such as Olin - Winchester Arms, make a significant percentage of the gross.

The consumer wants something that is strong enough to run or at least trickle charge their laptop enough to work on it while out and about, with the charger not being impossible to carry around, and also not costing an arm, a leg, and a first born child.

Since the cost of living is already stretching many budgets taut in and around Boston, insurance is the last thing most folks in Beantown want to spend an arm and a leg on.

Luckily, this limited item will not cost you an arm and a leg, coming in at ¥ 129 or around $ 19.50 USD.

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The third one, when winter comes around, I will have to use the emergency heat setting to get the heater to work AT ALL which costs an arm and a leg (I pay utilities on those three units).

Once it gets its «arms around the data,» the company then helps create ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.