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ANDY SCHNEIDER They are no longer competitive because their technology is not up-to-date and their management costs...
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United HealthCare does not and will not raise premium costs to cover the cost of business transactio...
JAMES FREY With the world facing historically high crude oil prices, China's labor cost advantage becomes even ...
MA SHANG What we have seen over the course of the last year is that with [passenger] load factors very high a...
DANIEL KASPER We understand the high price of gas can really put a strain on consumers. But for many families, a f...
CYNTHIA HARRIS It is challenging to earn profits with today's high fuel costs while maintaining low-cost fares. We ...
BRANDON HAMM If foreign truckers have lower salaries and lower regulatory costs, then they will provide service a...
HAROLD MARTINEZ With the increased scale of the combined company, we can reduce overall product costs and provide mo...
BILL WATKINS Over the long run, if costs of fuel stay high or go higher, then the higher costs will be reflected ...
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PAUL FRONSTIN After costs, only the top 3% of managers produce a return that indicates they have sufficient skill ...
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GLEN SMITH Most of the LTL carriers can pretty much offset any large increase in fuel costs,
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BOBBY VAN The higher energy costs will put a squeeze on both businesses and households. They're spending so mu...
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Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to mor...
PAUL HAWKEN Fuel and fertilizer costs are up.
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KIT SPRING PDP makers have more room to cut prices by improving technology and saving material costs.
CHRIS KIM When energy costs go up, we still get the same rate.
BILL MERCK There are an awful lot of cost pressures in the system. While they may not be manifest in final good...
BRIAN FABBRI The focus this year will be on how effective companies are at cutting costs as oil prices will conti...
ALAN RICHARDSON Revenue is way up and we've cut costs in other areas, so we're in a good position to do these things...
ABBY OTTENHOFF The center was awarded money early in the year, but construction costs have gone up. Even after they...
GREG WHITE It's been the fuel costs that have hurt farmers more than anything. For example, the increased costs...
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MARK AESCH It's not just miners - I suspect there will be a few more industries feeling the effects of oil pric...
ANGUS GLUSKIE As we head into 2006 we continue to face low cost carrier competition in our domestic markets, a wea...
LARRY KELLNER The move is the right one for us, given the economic challenges many consumers face with lingering h...
BOB BERTINI Employers in many of these sectors have gotten themselves into a Catch-22 situation where if they do...
JACK MARTIN If the transportation fuel cost is so high, it makes our products noncompetitive with in-town nurser...
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ANGUS GLUSKIE What they have that a lot of the other top revenue teams don't have is control of player costs.
KURT BADENHAUSEN Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation cost...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ The new players have a cost structure that is on the average of about 2,500 dollars less a vehicle. ...
DAVID COLE The price has nothing to do with costs, so the sellers have to grope around for price points that th...
WILLIAM GREENE Increases in health and liability insurance costs, utility expenses, and garbage hauling fees were f...
DAVID ROBERTS![]()
Now they have a riddle.
- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices -- which continue to escalate -- and declining fares hav...
GEORGE MIKELSONS Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices -- which continue to escalate -- and declining fares hav...
GEORGE MIKELSONS You would think that with their costs going up and prices going up, you wouldn't make much more mone...
CHARLES BRADFORD Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago,...
ED MARAN Selecting the best site for a business operation requires balanced consideration of many factors, in...
HARTLEY POWELL In this time of defense budgets being what they are, there certainly is a mandate from the Pentagon ...
DAN BECK Although fuel costs were up sharply from last year, the increase was dampened to a large degree by o...
DONALD CARTY Too many organizations caused certain inconveniences to the management. The integration will help Mi...
WANG TAO Health care costs are spiraling out of control. They're pushing many companies toward bankruptcy. We...
CHRIS HOLT I knew energy costs were going to go up and, by golly, they have. It saves me money on my electric b...
ANDREW WEISS It's going to be hard for Delta to survive alone unless it can drive its costs down to the level of ...
BILL WARLICK Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices, which continue to escalate, and declining fares have ne...
GEORGE MIKELSONS Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices, which continue to escalate, and declining fares have ne...
GEORGE MIKELSONS [Mayor Goodman says the development is not a set back.] No set back at all. That's the important thi...
OSCAR GOODMAN The high price of fuel and fertilizer has played a significant factor in net returns to farmers. Thi...
JAMES RICHARDSON They certainly distinguished themselves ... but they are not immune to the pressures faced by other ...
MARK OLINE They cut maybe a little too much. They cut costs and now their costs are in pretty good shape. But t...
JEFF LONG We cannot continue to charge somebody what it had cost us in 1994. Our costs have gone up 70%.
HOWARD MARDER These costs do add up over time.
JOEL DICKSON It costs to much to have them dug up. There's a lot of people said the same thing. If they could aff...
JANICE TERRY Everything that we do now is competitive with other countries. China is going to continue to always ...
TOM CROSBY The [average] cost of a first class transatlantic trip equates to almost $1,000 per hour. Since they...
ANDREW MENKES I think United has proven its plan is viable. It has won over many skeptics. Its service quality per...
JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN They're pretty much avoiding America West at all costs and trying to go with other airlines.
AMY WRIGHT It's clear costs are going to go up.
ED MURPHY Our costs are going up, and we're having a difficult time addressing all the expenses we need to mai...
CHESTER GARDNER Although airlines have recently passed through a few price increases, they pale in comparison to the...
JOHN HEIMLICH But it's never too late to sign up. Some classes still have openings, and costs will be pro-rated fo...
JASON GENCK You expected them to lose a lot, but this is still a big hit. Delphi has excess capacity and costs i...
BRETT HOSELTON Italy is an attractive retail market for everyone. If BNP can come in and cut costs and improve prof...
ANDREW SENTANCE They are going to have to get costs down, they're going to have to cut more jobs. They have let down...
HOWARD WHEELDON
DOUG STEENLAND Jet fuel prices have been rising even faster than crude oil prices for the last year, but it was the...
DAN GARTON Keep costs low and spirits high, and the people of Southwest Airlines will keep LUV in the air.
HERB KELLEHER If the federal government shifts large Medicaid costs to the states, some states are likely to turn ...
ANDY SCHNEIDER They are no longer competitive because their technology is not up-to-date and their management costs...
DIEP THANH KIET There are some risks and challenges. As they expand internationally, their costs are going to go up....
DENISE GARCIA We have made incredible progress in lowering our operational costs for over two years now. However, ...
DAN GARTON I think airlines are going to find other ways of compensating for higher fuel prices, by either eati...
JACQUES KAVAFIAN In spite of rising costs and the carriers' desire to raise fares to cover those costs, there's going...
DAVE SWIERINGA As far as energy prices and core consumer prices, so far it is all smoke and no fire. Rising energy ...
CHRIS RUPKEY Fuel prices can go up any time regardless of the Kwacha failure because PPC has argued that the curr...
MABVUTO BAMUSI We understand the high price of gas can really put a strain on consumers, ... But for many families,...
CYNTHIA HARRIS If that portion of their costs are going up 4 percent and total revenues are going up 2 percent, the...
DALE KNAPP Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs...
DAN BUTLER While many companies use multiple logistics cost measures, the primary metric chosen can have a sign...
DAN GILMORE Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs...
DAN BUTLER Every time the cost of fuel goes up 10 cents a gallon it costs us $1.3 million.
CANDACE SMITH Every time the cost of fuel goes up ten cents a gallon it costs us $1.3 million.
CANDACE SMITH During the recent downturn, the legacy carriers have gradually used up their financial cushion of ai...
PHILIP BAGGALEY Going into Chapter 11 is expensive. The feeling is once they get out of the bankruptcy and get some ...
ALICE WHITE They are certainly a lower fare (airline) than many airlines, ... But Southwest is the real thing wh...
GARY KELLY As businesses import more product into the United States, they will have to reevaluate their transpo...
JAY BAIRD
United HealthCare does not and will not raise premium costs to cover the cost of business transactio... JAMES FREY With the world facing historically high crude oil prices, China's labor cost advantage becomes even ...
MA SHANG What we have seen over the course of the last year is that with [passenger] load factors very high a...
DANIEL KASPER We understand the high price of gas can really put a strain on consumers. But for many families, a f...
CYNTHIA HARRIS It is challenging to earn profits with today's high fuel costs while maintaining low-cost fares. We ...
BRANDON HAMM If foreign truckers have lower salaries and lower regulatory costs, then they will provide service a...
HAROLD MARTINEZ With the increased scale of the combined company, we can reduce overall product costs and provide mo...
BILL WATKINS Over the long run, if costs of fuel stay high or go higher, then the higher costs will be reflected ...
FRED ADAMS There have been similar findings with regard to diabetes care. When Pitney Bowes lowered costs for d...
PAUL FRONSTIN After costs, only the top 3% of managers produce a return that indicates they have sufficient skill ...
EUGENE FAMA As you reduce the number of units, the cost per unit is going to go up and they need to be competiti...
GLEN SMITH Most of the LTL carriers can pretty much offset any large increase in fuel costs,
JASON SEIDL I understand they've come up with some more numbers on fuel costs, but I would still like to look fo...
BOBBY VAN The higher energy costs will put a squeeze on both businesses and households. They're spending so mu...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH These results are pleasing in that good revenue growth was achieved in the current low inflationary ...
BRIAN JOFFE It's amazing how Toyota can cut costs even further. This definitely gives them a competitive edge ov...
ATSUSHI OSA The additional costs incurred in power generation should be seen as emergency expenditure. Once pric...
SOFJAN WANANDI
Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to mor... PAUL HAWKEN Fuel and fertilizer costs are up.
PAUL PATTERSON It's a very high fixed-cost business. You have satellite transportation costs, programming costs and...
KIT SPRING PDP makers have more room to cut prices by improving technology and saving material costs.
CHRIS KIM When energy costs go up, we still get the same rate.
BILL MERCK There are an awful lot of cost pressures in the system. While they may not be manifest in final good...
BRIAN FABBRI The focus this year will be on how effective companies are at cutting costs as oil prices will conti...
ALAN RICHARDSON Revenue is way up and we've cut costs in other areas, so we're in a good position to do these things...
ABBY OTTENHOFF The center was awarded money early in the year, but construction costs have gone up. Even after they...
GREG WHITE It's been the fuel costs that have hurt farmers more than anything. For example, the increased costs...
BOB WELLS Gasoline prices are still eating in the consumers' wallet, and fuel costs are now in the price of pr...
PHIL RIST There appears to be some low-hanging fruit across the organization on the cost side. It will be taki...
GLENN SCHORR First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-c...
GERARD ARPEY It wouldn't have been a bad year if prices hadn't improved. They were realizing 3-4 cents a pound im...
CLARENCE MORRISON All of them did some good things. All of them have some things that they need to clean up. It's stil...
JONATHAN SMITH As recent earnings announcements illustrate, vendors are facing strong competitive pressures. These ...
GEORGE SHIFFLER Going forward, [sales] volumes will be dampened by high gasoline prices and other energy costs, now ...
CARLOS GOMES Knowing where people are, where they want to ride the bus and where they want to get off allows us t...
MARK AESCH It's not just miners - I suspect there will be a few more industries feeling the effects of oil pric...
ANGUS GLUSKIE As we head into 2006 we continue to face low cost carrier competition in our domestic markets, a wea...
LARRY KELLNER The move is the right one for us, given the economic challenges many consumers face with lingering h...
BOB BERTINI Employers in many of these sectors have gotten themselves into a Catch-22 situation where if they do...
JACK MARTIN If the transportation fuel cost is so high, it makes our products noncompetitive with in-town nurser...
JANET KISTER I'm not hearing people talk about commodities shares being good value any more. Rising costs and a s...
ANGUS GLUSKIE What they have that a lot of the other top revenue teams don't have is control of player costs.
KURT BADENHAUSEN Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation cost...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ The new players have a cost structure that is on the average of about 2,500 dollars less a vehicle. ...
DAVID COLE The price has nothing to do with costs, so the sellers have to grope around for price points that th...
WILLIAM GREENE Increases in health and liability insurance costs, utility expenses, and garbage hauling fees were f...
DAVID ROBERTS
Now they have a riddle.- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices -- which continue to escalate -- and declining fares hav...
GEORGE MIKELSONS Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices -- which continue to escalate -- and declining fares hav...
GEORGE MIKELSONS You would think that with their costs going up and prices going up, you wouldn't make much more mone...
CHARLES BRADFORD Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago,...
ED MARAN Selecting the best site for a business operation requires balanced consideration of many factors, in...
HARTLEY POWELL In this time of defense budgets being what they are, there certainly is a mandate from the Pentagon ...
DAN BECK Although fuel costs were up sharply from last year, the increase was dampened to a large degree by o...
DONALD CARTY Too many organizations caused certain inconveniences to the management. The integration will help Mi...
WANG TAO Health care costs are spiraling out of control. They're pushing many companies toward bankruptcy. We...
CHRIS HOLT I knew energy costs were going to go up and, by golly, they have. It saves me money on my electric b...
ANDREW WEISS It's going to be hard for Delta to survive alone unless it can drive its costs down to the level of ...
BILL WARLICK Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices, which continue to escalate, and declining fares have ne...
GEORGE MIKELSONS Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices, which continue to escalate, and declining fares have ne...
GEORGE MIKELSONS [Mayor Goodman says the development is not a set back.] No set back at all. That's the important thi...
OSCAR GOODMAN The high price of fuel and fertilizer has played a significant factor in net returns to farmers. Thi...
JAMES RICHARDSON They certainly distinguished themselves ... but they are not immune to the pressures faced by other ...
MARK OLINE They cut maybe a little too much. They cut costs and now their costs are in pretty good shape. But t...
JEFF LONG We cannot continue to charge somebody what it had cost us in 1994. Our costs have gone up 70%.
HOWARD MARDER These costs do add up over time.
JOEL DICKSON It costs to much to have them dug up. There's a lot of people said the same thing. If they could aff...
JANICE TERRY Everything that we do now is competitive with other countries. China is going to continue to always ...
TOM CROSBY The [average] cost of a first class transatlantic trip equates to almost $1,000 per hour. Since they...
ANDREW MENKES I think United has proven its plan is viable. It has won over many skeptics. Its service quality per...
JOSEPH SCHWIETERMAN They're pretty much avoiding America West at all costs and trying to go with other airlines.
AMY WRIGHT It's clear costs are going to go up.
ED MURPHY Our costs are going up, and we're having a difficult time addressing all the expenses we need to mai...
CHESTER GARDNER Although airlines have recently passed through a few price increases, they pale in comparison to the...
JOHN HEIMLICH But it's never too late to sign up. Some classes still have openings, and costs will be pro-rated fo...
JASON GENCK You expected them to lose a lot, but this is still a big hit. Delphi has excess capacity and costs i...
BRETT HOSELTON Italy is an attractive retail market for everyone. If BNP can come in and cut costs and improve prof...
ANDREW SENTANCE They are going to have to get costs down, they're going to have to cut more jobs. They have let down...
HOWARD WHEELDON
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