Sentences with phrase «at big cost»

But this avoidance comes at a big cost.

To ensure that Black Ops isn't fading from your memory just yet, Treyarch have returned with the games second map pack which comes with four new competitive multiplayer and a Zombies map to boot, but this lovely package comes at big cost; a whopping 1200MSP to be exact.

The market may work it out or it may do so at a big cost to the breed much like it did to the English bulldog.

The best part is the Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund breaks the myth that international exposure comes at a big cost: Unlike most emerging market funds, this fund has a significantly low expense ratio of 0.18 %.

Rycroft is not supposed to care about the death of another faerish refugee, but he does, and getting to the bottom of what happened to her will come at a big cost.

Hundreds of hydroelectric dams planned for rivers across the Balkans would provide green energy — at a big cost

I guess this is why I don't like church schools or hospitals, they are furthering their agenda at a big cost to our patriotic fiber.

Not exact matches

A premium tier, which includes pre-negotiated flight rates and a round - the - clock travel concierge, is aimed at bigger companies and costs $ 15 a month.

A spike in fuel prices, generally airlines» biggest cost after employee pay, is eating away at carriers» profits.

Its biggest source of revenue is a series of 8 - week long courses that costs $ 285 per person, with roughly 1,000 students enrolled at a time.

Big companies often have rigorous tests for new job applicants to make sure they are the right fit; Plum extends this type of «big company» evaluation process to small businesses — at an affordable cost and sensible scaBig companies often have rigorous tests for new job applicants to make sure they are the right fit; Plum extends this type of «big company» evaluation process to small businesses — at an affordable cost and sensible scabig company» evaluation process to small businesses — at an affordable cost and sensible scale.

According to Industry Canada, Big Pharma spends more than $ 1.3 billion a year on R&D — and many global drug makers are increasingly looking at Canada for top talent and a cost - competitive advantage over the United States.

The concept of using online communities to solve problems for big companies is intriguing — the wisdom of crowds has been tapped at a low cost in a variety of industries and has proved surprisingly accurate.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.

A big focus at the annual energy conference was how to keep costs low, while using technology to maximize efficiencies.

Advances in user interfaces, automation and cognitive computing are removing the barriers to adoption of big - data tools and they are now at costs that small businesses can afford.

Rising property taxes and increasing utility costs are the big ones, but it has entered into a natural gas contract that caps future gas prices at $ 4.50.

He says, «The cost of customer acquisition is very high and if you're letting the competitors get those customers when at a potentially lower cost than the online channel, I think you're missing out on a pretty big opportunity.»

«Costs become a bigger consideration when you start looking at other asset classes,» he said.

Bob Johnson, director of photovoltaics at research firm Strategies Unlimited, in Mountain View, Calif., says PV cells may drop below their current price by 30 % or more by 2010, even without big technological advances, making the cost of solar energy competitive with conventional sources.

Estimates peg the cost of a gigabyte at somewhere between a penny and 10 cents, yet Bell and other big ISPs want to charge up to $ 4 per.

«Our biggest concerns are reduced access to advice for the lower end of the investor spectrum and higher costs for individuals,» said Andy Blocker, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

Some pundits and companies have found the cost prohibitive for firms operating on a smaller scale than behemoth Google, but at least one tech company is willing to take the idea and run with it — big time.

Given the potential opportunity cost associated with avoiding the stock market — which could be as much as $ 3.3 million over 40 years, according to NerdWallet — as well as the benefits of compound interest over four decades, the bigger risk may be not investing at all.

Studies have demonstrated that the single biggest cause of cart abandonment is an unexpectedly high transaction cost — typically a high shipping cost — that is only revealed at checkout.

In part, that's because the rich have more discretion on when and where to buy homes — and with the costs of owning a home in New York going up with the tax plan, apartments aimed at the rich will see the biggest price hits.

Since then, commodities trading has come under pressure at big banks as funding costs have risen and regulators have clamped on their ability to make bets with their own money.

Calima was one of the early movers in the liquids - rich corridor running through the Montney Basin, which is already one of the hottest shale plays in North America on the basis of its proven ability to produce big volumes of gas at low cost.

And use tangential issues as opportunities for misdirection: By making a big deal about issues you don't really care about, you can concede them later at no real cost.

Samsung sold more phones than anyone else, but sales slowed and profits fell last year as other Android - phone manufacturers made similar devices at half the cost and Apple finally released two big - screen iPhone models.

One of the big expenses we had at Custom House was the capital cost of all the servers and special air conditioning and backup generators, and the redundancy site at the other side of the country.

Previously, while Alison was working in marketing at Google and Dan was studying at Stanford, the siblings had started a private tutoring business, but quickly realized two big problems: the high cost of tutoring and its dependence on the physical presence of tutors for instruction.

But he survived by solving his production problems then finding a manufacturer that was willing to build the manufacturing machinery, run it, warehouse his product and fulfill big orders, all at one turn - key cost.

If a widget costs $ 1 dollar to make, and the retail price is $ 4, and the product wholesales to boutiques at $ 2, a big box retailer may only offer the manufacturer $ 1.25 — just 25 cents over the cost to make it.

The reason I was so successful in the wine business is because I sold every big named wine at cost.

According to a new poll by Morning Consult and Money Magazine, 49 % of respondents who canceled a meal kit service cited the cost (starting at $ 8.99 per serving on Blue Apron) as the biggest reason for their cancellation.

Nearly a quarter of TV owners purchase their big screens for the Super Bowl, and often at a lower cost.

The last piece of advice I give people looking to make big deals is to avoid bidding wars at all costs.

(Although in terms of overall cost, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, of which Berkshire already owned 23 % when it was acquired, at $ 44 billion still ranks as Buffett's biggest deal.)

The inside story of the plane that nearly brought down Canada's biggest aerospace player, and how it's kept the lights on at all costs

Maybe another way to look at this is the following: The markets for products / services, especially in the software space do no warrant a heavy cost structure and logically, a big company or a huge VC investment.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

Trump's central campaign promise, as you know, is to build a «big, beautiful, powerful wall» along the U.S. - Mexico border, which analysts at investment firm Bernstein estimate could cost anywhere between $ 15 billion and $ 25 billion, requiring 7 million cubic metres of concrete and 2.4 million tonnes of cement, among other materials.

Some Republicans have complained the changes would cost too much at a time Washington is running big budget deficits.

An article in yesterday's Village Voice looks at the rising costs of post-secondary education (PSE)  in the United States. It points to research suggesting that the «biggest single factor» contributing to the rising cost of PSE for both private and public institutions is the cost of employee health benefits.

One of the big upsides of a DRIP is that this regular investment in a particular stock assures you'll be benefiting from dollar cost averaging, meaning that because you're regularly investing — quarterly, in most cases — and because stocks rise and fall, you'll avoid buying a stock at its highest price.

Toshiba is seeking a minimum of $ 18 billion for the world's second - biggest producer of NAND chips and wants to get the deal done as quickly as possible to help it cover billions of dollars in cost overruns at now - bankrupt nuclear unit Westinghouse.

At the same time, Sorrell may have become a liability, at least symbolically, in an era when big clients under pressure to grow profit margins amid sluggish sales growth turned to agency fees as a seemingly bottomless bucket of cost savingAt the same time, Sorrell may have become a liability, at least symbolically, in an era when big clients under pressure to grow profit margins amid sluggish sales growth turned to agency fees as a seemingly bottomless bucket of cost savingat least symbolically, in an era when big clients under pressure to grow profit margins amid sluggish sales growth turned to agency fees as a seemingly bottomless bucket of cost savings.

The homegrown, do - it - yourself programs we created at virtually no cost consistently generated more interest from qualified buyers than the big bucks programs that the «professionals» were running for us — and resulted in millions of dollars in sales.

At CMIT, the lowest - cost, most highly credentialed resources are applied to recognizable issues first, while bigger problems are escalated to higher - skilled resources in a fluid and seamless manner so that resolution can be quickly achieved