Sentences with phrase «general cost more»

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In general, as mutual funds get larger, their expense ratios drop, as operating costs get spread across more investors.

Additionally, there is some evidence that people tend to be more cautious with their healthcare spending in general when they have a high - deductible plan, even for nondeductible costs, so employers are trying to slow the total spending.

In 2009, General Motors killed its Pontiac line of vehicles, which was named for the city, and then announced the closure of two local plants, putting more than 2,000 people out of work and costing the city a huge chunk of tax revenue.

«Those big «unicorn» shows — the price of any one of them might go up in a more competitive market, but general content costs are quite predictable,» he said.

Efficient pricing will, in general, charge users with high demand more than users with low demand even if those users impose no additional costs on the network.

In New York, the Attorney General's office has recovered more than $ 330,000 in penalties and costs from gas stations that gouged customers after Sandy.

For the moment, retirees interested in knowing more about their projected costs in today's circumstances can run their age, planned retirement age and general health through an online Fidelity calculator.

Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk's report noted that the government now spends more on debt interest than it does on post-secondary education, and those interest costs are growing.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Only the prospect of economic gains would lead enterprises to cut costs, improve service and become more businesslike in general.

To learn more about low - cost index fund investing (and the «case» for investing in general) read The Coffeehouse Investor and The Bogleheads» Guide to Investing.

Perhaps it makes sense to conclude with the more general observation that changes in the size of global capital flows and the accompanying imbalances increase the importance of sustaining the credibility of monetary policy, because they increase the costs of a loss of credibility or a negative shock to credibility.

Giant companies such as Citigroup and General Motors — a share of which cost little more than a pocketful of spare change — were at risk of being delisted.

General Mills added Wednesday that it is also looking to use more trucking companies and other freight carriers to try and keep costs down.

As the U.S. dollar rises the general trend in commodity prices denominated in U.S. dollars is downwards because they cost more when purchased with other currencies.

But more general support for consumer spending is coming from growing incomes, sustained high levels of confidence, low borrowing costs and wealth gains across a range of assets.

For companies that have seen sales, general, administrative, or other costs expand faster than revenues, and been unable to tame increases using more mainstream techniques such as outsourcing, zero - based budgeting offers the prospect of identifying waste, focusing attention on business strategy, and targeting resources to key goals.

In general mutual funds are more expensive because of higher expense ratios (the ongoing annual costs), load fees (typically 2 to 5 percent of the investment), transaction costs and taxes on short - term capital gains.

WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife during a European trip last summer that cost taxpayers more than $ 122,000, according to a VA inspector general report released Wednesday.

Believe it or not, a Buyers Market can also be a good news story for a seller who now will have potential buyers considering the cost of some upgrades or renovation in their budget and taking the time to make sound decisions, providing more stability to your sale and the market in general.

His chief of staff, Viveca Wright Simpson, made false representations to a VA ethics lawyer and altered an official email to secure approval for taxpayer funding of Shulkin's wife's flights, which cost more than $ 4,000, the VA inspector general found.

In general, when I experience a massive sell off in one of my holdings, and I still believe in the company / industry as a whole, I simply buy more and average down my cost and enjoy a higher yield on my current buy.

Adding to that, the Philippines has become more appealing for large - scale investors such as car and electronics manufacturers which look to diversify away from Thailand due to the country's political instability and unstable outlook and from China due to increasing wages and general costs there.

In general, Saturday night stays will cost you 4 % more.

In general, flying on Friday will cost you 20 % more than flying on the cheapest day, which is Tuesday.

And yes, there has been inflation, but it is widely and credibly reported that higher education costs have risen far more and far faster than the general rate of inflation.

Food which (in general, for people who live in cities) costs more when hunted than alternative sources of food (like fast food or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches).

The provision encourages the wealthy to purchase more housing than they need or would otherwise buy if housing were treated like other assets, and thereby forces up the cost of housing in general.

While organic food in general is 10 - 40 % more expensive than it's «conventional» counterparts, we believe that the benefits of eating organically far outweigh the costs.

Perhaps more importantly, though, whey isolate delivers that (slightly) higher protein concentration at the cost of general health.

Yet privatisation has in general failed to improve the level of services provided to consumers while costing the taxpayer far more than alternative public schemes (see for example Warwick Funnell, Robert Jupe, and Jane Andrew, In Government we Trust).

This show of insensitivity on the part of the Akufo Addo government will inflict more hardships on workers who have already had to contend with sky rocketing prices of goods and services and a general increase in the cost of living.

Among other findings, the report also revealed that while the total number of County residents on Medicaid has risen due to fuller implementation of the Affordable Care Act («ACA»), Erie County's portion of Medicaid costs is projected to drop by more than $ 6.4 million from 2013 due to the Act's implementation and the state's Medicaid cap, and is approximately $ 340,000 less than 2012; the biggest increase in Medicaid recipients was seen among whites age 18 - 64, while other demographics remained consistent; and that the number of persons on Medicaid continues to grow at an average rate of more than 4 % each year, a trend noted by the Medicaid Inspector General's office in his September 2013 report.

Brendan Barber, secretary general of the TUC, said the «revelations of the mounting cost of paying for GPs to sit on committees rather than look after their patients, even before the bill becomes law, provide even more reasons why parliament should vote it down».

In fact, it's the ghosts of the 2014 Democratic primary that are more likely to come back to haunt him in 2020 for two reasons: First, because criticisms from the left on his attempts to appease rural conservatives are largely accurate; second, the exposure of his vulnerability from the left forced him into taking positions which may cost him in a general election.

As a result of the Attorney General's investigation into high gas prices during Hurricane Sandy, Attorney General Schneiderman secured over $ 300,000 in penalties and costs from more than 40 gas stations in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley that gouged their customers.

The comptroller - general said that the measure was to save cost, ensure security of critical data base and create more jobs for Nigerians.

A 2010 Arizona's Office of the Auditor General report found minimum security prisoners cost 33 cents (20p) a day more per prisoner than public ones.

As shown in Figure 3, for more than two decades Medicaid spending in New York and nationwide rose at a pace well above the general cost indicator for state and local governments; the near doubling of the price index between 1991 and 2011 was more than matched by the greater than quadrupling of national Medicaid costs and an approximately 350 percent increase in New York's Medicaid expenses.7 (The more rapid growth in other states likely reflected their expansion of eligibility, which New York had already implemented.)

The New York state attorney general says FedEx Corp. has cost the state more than $ 10 million by unlawfully shipping contraband cigarettes to consumers.

And some East End officials have complained over the years that the county was gradually shifting more of the cost for its police department into the general fund, a contention that Mr. Bellone appears to agree with.

More than 40 protesters were eventually arrested at the rally, which was over general cost shifts, a push for increased funding, and the expired faculty union contract.

Just officially detailing already well - known cost over-runs and obvious mistakes made by Whitehall typically earned the PAC Chair more headlines than engaging with more difficult task of fostering more general and sustainable improvements in systems and policy - making.

But their priorities did not match the general populations: they are more concerned with affordability and housing costs than others.

«The on - off insurance scheme for these drivers would cut Uber's costs while pushing more risk onto drivers, passengers and the general public.

In addition to Praxair, some of the more than 100 companies that receive low - cost hydropower from the Niagara Power Project include Ford Motor Company, 3M, DuPont, General Mills and Nestle Purina.

This means in 2011, at the point in the electoral cycle when costs should have been at their lowest, Labour was employing 67 more staff than the Tories had had to fight the general election and spending # 1.4 m more on its wage bill.

It cost far more than Mass General's $ 46 million tab, but IBA swallowed the expense, gaining a foothold in the market, credibility and, soon enough, rising share value.

«Patients were 30 % more likely to be in the group that had the highest costs if they received general anesthesia alone,» said Dr. Memtsoudis.

In general, LED upgrades should be made earlier and more frequently in places — such as California, Washington, D.C., and Hawaii — where electricity costs are high.