Sentences with phrase «escalating costs as»

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Although Spain's borrowing costs have fallen over the past two months on the back of the ECB's new rescue plan, the Spanish 10 - year yield is still hovering just below 6 percent - a level that has been seen as unsustainable since the crisis escalated in 2011.

Some of these costs, such as energy for our facilities and vehicles, fuel surcharges from our transportation providers, insurance costs and enhanced security levels at our facilities, have escalated beyond our normal operating costs.

However, rising fuel and energy costs as well as environmental insurance and security costs continue to escalate beyond our normal operating costs.

It's reasonable to view part of the weakness in gold stock prices as being the result of spot gold falling close to its marginal production cost (which has gradually escalated over the past 15 years).

If rhetoric turns into policy, inflationary pressures would continue to build, already tense relationships among trade allies and foes would escalate, and it could cost the global economy a whopping $ 470B by 2020 as the chart below shows.

As an entrepreneur looking to disrupt the legal industry, Browder is very critical of lawyers and legal services that too are often cost - prohibitive, shutting out those who can't afford to pay fees necessary to escalate a small consumer complaint.

What will be the cost of producing energy from organic materials as the demand for such energy escalates and requires more and more agricultural land?

As numerous church - related institutions have faced financial crises brought on by escalating costs, growing competition from state and community colleges, and a shrinking enrollment, many have eyed the churches to which they are still «related» as possible sources of fundinAs numerous church - related institutions have faced financial crises brought on by escalating costs, growing competition from state and community colleges, and a shrinking enrollment, many have eyed the churches to which they are still «related» as possible sources of fundinas possible sources of funding.

In 2009, the decision was made to start streamlining the production of beverages on island as the cost of maintaining a full bottling and canning operation continued to escalate while sales were softening.

Call for former Olympic stadium to be torn down comes as London Mayor launches investigation into escalating costs of conversion.

Costs of repair and cleanup have escalated for the Glen Ellyn Park District in recent months as park sites have been frequent targets of vandals.

His initial annoyance was followed rapidly by incredulity and outrage as the park system horror stories mounted, including a construction budget for a single fieldhouse that escalated from an initial estimate of $ 950,000 to more than $ 2 million and a Washington Park waterslide that was carelessly built too close to a pool and will cost $ 100,000 to correct.

The economic downturn in recent years, which led to higher unemployment levels among fathers; the re-entry of mothers into the labor force; a growing number of parents working different schedules; and the escalating costs of child care are all cited as factors that have made fathers» increased child - rearing role more feasible and more necessary.

Negotiations with the public employee unions on contracts will have a dramatic impact on the budget as the county grapples with the rising cost of health insurance and rapidly escalating costs of paying into the public employee retirement and pension system.

The lawsuit lists Purdue, Teva, Janssen and Endo pharmaceutical companies as the defendants, and attempts to hold them responsible for health care and treatment costs related to opioid addiction, rising crime rates and escalating social issues across Albany County, said Elizabeth Smith, an attorney with Motley Rice.

Adam Barsky, chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, or NIFA, the county's third - party financial control board, also said rules governing overtime and mandatory positions filled — known as minimum manning clauses — do not provide flexibility to control escalating personnel costs.

The conditions, in a nutshell, are that the group and its purpose must be clearly defined; costs and benefits must be equally shared; decision - making must be by consensus; misconduct should be monitored; sanctions should start out mild and escalate only as needed; conflict resolution should be fast and fair; the group must have the authority to manage its affairs; and the relationship of the group with others must be appropriately structured.

One way in which the real world is not perfect, however, is that as the size of apparatus grows and the costs escalate, some experiments have started to use the number of authors to determine each collaborating institution's financial contribution, others to decide the number of hours an institution must spend on manning the apparatus.

As our healthcare system becomes more and more crippled by the escalating cost of chronic disease, prevention and reversal is the new cure.

Moore warns that we are facing seemingly insurmountable problems: rising energy costs, escalating competition for arable land for agrofuels, the grow of invasive species, the herbicide / glyphosate - resistant superweeds effect, aquifer depletion, and end of cheap water as global warming melts glaciers, and the weakening effectiveness of fertilizers on yield growth.

The cost to states for designing and administering high school exit exams is modest compared with the «rapidly escalating» costs school districts face as they try to raise student performance on the exams, concludes a report released last week.

It may cost more in the short term, but it will repay the investment many times over the years as running costs, such as power and water, escalate.

Staff sickness is a major issue for any school and, with the average daily charge to schools for a supply teacher being as much as # 100 higher than the daily pay rate for the absent teacher, costs can escalate quickly!

With skyrocketing costs of higher education, in conjunction with an ever - escalating dropout rate, the focus is taking a southward bend from offline to online learning, and we have myriad online learning statistics and trends as a testament.

But when it comes to the operation of districts, Christie and the Legislature's subsequent 2 percent cap on property tax increases is clearly having a more lasting impact, as schools try to meet escalating costs with fewer financial resources.

Applications are dropping and costs are up as independent schools wage a facilities arms race and try to deal with escalating technology and staffing costs — at Catholic schools, because the number of nuns is down 72 percent since the mid 1960s, and they have gone from comprising most of the teachers to fewer than 2 percent of them, requiring the hiring of higher - paid lay teachers.

But as budgets tighten and the cost of staging these dog - and - pony shows within the confines of a convention center escalate, more and more of these events are moved off - site and held in the evenings before the press preview — a real pain for us writers, because the reveals often overlap and we can't be in three places at once.

In the early days, I collected street addresses as well, but since the cost of postage has escalated, I no longer send postcards.

These costs often escalate as you approach your possession date, and both Rumack and Silverman have seen their fair share of «absurd» adjustments tacked on to a buyer's purchase contract.

These costs may include a land transfer tax (an escalating levy that rises to 2 % of the purchase price), a bank appraisal fee ($ 300), legal fees (roughly $ 1,200), as well as a high - ratio mortgage insurance premium, which is required if you make a down payment of less than 20 %.

And you need to know that these costs often escalate as you approach your possession date.

It's an available option if you are experiencing financial hardship such as job loss, military service extensions, or escalating medical costs.

It's reasonable to view part of the weakness in gold stock prices as being the result of spot gold falling close to its marginal production cost (which has gradually escalated over the past 15 years).

On top of the fact that your money is going towards an asset that isn't giving you much of a return, a house has costs that a rental simply doesn't have (or rather, it does have them, but they are wrapped into your rent)- closing costs as a buyer, realtor fees and closing costs as a seller, maintenance costs, and constantly escalating property taxes are examples of things that renters deal with only in an indirect sense.

Once considered an extravagance and largely ignored by the average family, pet insurance has now become the standard among a vast number of pet owners as they try to mitigate the escalating costs of keeping their dogs and cats healthy and happy.

With the escalating cost of veterinary fees, you can reach that with one illness or injury, as I recently experienced.

Cost — via using elevators — is minimal at first... but escalates as one climbs the Tower of Barbs.

As the game progresses, John's nightmare escalates and you will have to move fast, make quick decisions which could cost them their life.

As production costs escalate and the market becomes tighter, independent developers are increasingly finding their options limited.

The widening gap between escalating costs and narrowing research budgets is placing a strain on basic earth monitoring and means that fewer scientists are tackling increasingly complex issues, such as the impacts of aerosols, writes Kintisch.

A host of recent studies have suggested much of the pipeline of new coal plants the coal mining industry is depending on may never be built as environmental concerns in key markets such as China and India escalate and competition from gas and increasingly cost - competitive renewables intensifies.

As wind generating costs fall and as concern about climate change escalates, more and more countries are climbing onto the wind energy bandwagoAs wind generating costs fall and as concern about climate change escalates, more and more countries are climbing onto the wind energy bandwagoas concern about climate change escalates, more and more countries are climbing onto the wind energy bandwagon.

Climate impacts cost time and money by damaging critical infrastructure, disrupting economic activity, escalating medical expenses, losing work days, and requiring adaptations such as moving people out of harm's way.

However, compliance is business critical because, as can be seen from Johnsons, the penalties and costs of remedying breaches of the pension duties can escalate rapidly.

Pedestrian accident victims are left with escalating medical expenses, loss of income as a result of being unable to work while recovering, continuing treatment costs and long - term losses such as those that involve permanent injuries or disabilities.

As the reforms have reduced opportunities for referral fees and escalating costs, the fraudsters have found ways to build their income through layering profit into multiple heads of loss with either fictitious or exaggerated elements of the claim.

Knowing that successful litigants may not be fully reimbursed for their legal costs, this should encourage parties to settle disputes rather than proceed to a full trial, as the legal costs will continue to escalate as the litigation moves forward.

The total costs can then escalate when this happens as each party has to have independent advice and representation and often the legal matters are complex and will only be resolved with the assistance of a Judge.

I'm not saying the «caps» weren't set too low given the cost of law school, but as training costs escalated, the number of student positions became a budget cut target as the economy eroded.

I think it has become apparent that we live in a global society and in order to keep litigation costs from further escalating, we have to explore new ideas such as outsourcing, culling, and concept search technologies.