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JOYCE LEE Jet fuel prices have been rising even faster than crude oil prices for the last year, but it was the...
DAN GARTON We have made incredible progress in lowering our operational costs for over two years now. However, ...
DAN GARTON We are a people enterprise and rising housing costs have undermined our ability to attract qualified...
HUGH FUTRELL We'll see some companies taking the pinch from rising costs such as fuel. Some industries will be re...
PABLO GARCIA If the transportation fuel cost is so high, it makes our products noncompetitive with in-town nurser...
JANET KISTER We intend to keep production in line with demand, and are taking aggressive steps to respond to weak...
JOHN FARACI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE ROSSI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE L. ROSSI It won't solve everything, but this bill can hopefully lessen the impact of the hurricanes and risin...
BILL GRANT Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. F...
MICHAEL PETRONE Increases in health and liability insurance costs, utility expenses, and garbage hauling fees were f...
DAVID ROBERTS We haven't ever before seen such sharp increases in costs as over the past two years. It's more than...
EIVIND REITEN Energy costs have increased immensely, ... And if we could get some rain, it would really reduce (th...
JOSE PENA![]()
The standard of 'affordable' housing is that which costs roughly 30 percent or less of a fam...
MATTHEW DESMOND There are certain things we have to do, so we have to be ready to pay for it. We can't send a whole ...
BRIAN BARNES![]()
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Fixed costs like salary, retirement, taxes, utilities, software, and general supplies are the brunt ...
WILLIAM POWELL Over the long run, if costs of fuel stay high or go higher, then the higher costs will be reflected ...
FRED ADAMS We have to work to try to help control those increases and costs.
GEORGE MCGRATH It's a little scary. Our employees deserve annual increases in salaries. We have new technologies an...
GARY GREENSWEIG Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS In the rush to contain health-care costs, the response of health plans has been to raise costs for p...
DANA GOLDMAN We'll take those (surcharges) down if and when there's reduction in fuel costs.
FRED SMITH We'll take those (surcharges) down if and when there's reduction in fuel costs,
FRED SMITH We were looking for great teachers - teachers with great enthusiasm who have a passion to coach. The...
MARK FARLEY We have raised $7 million for the Boca project. However, costs of the project have gone up, so we re...
VICKI PUGH Health care costs are spiraling out of control. They're pushing many companies toward bankruptcy. We...
CHRIS HOLT In spite of rising costs and the carriers' desire to raise fares to cover those costs, there's going...
DAVE SWIERINGA The Department of Defense is being eaten out of house and home by health care costs. More retirees a...
DAN GOURE Medical costs are rising significantly, so the fact that we offered a zero percent increase was subs...
TINA LANGE Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensat...
MICKY ARISON Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty abou...
GARY ALLEN We can't be sure of the exact figures, but the number of layoffs must be high. Several industrial fi...
JEFRI SIRAIT We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO The bulk of the increase is due to salaries and benefits. But utility costs have become a major fact...
FRANK CONNOLLY Despite the paring back of the workforce, total employment expense per employee rose 8.1 percent yea...
JESSICA POTTS Every country in the world is battling the rising cost of health care. No community anywhere has dem...
ATUL GAWANDE He was well-versed about the issues we talked about - health care costs, regulatory costs and things...
DAVID HUETHER I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for...
SERGEI BUBKA No one wants to pay higher fuel costs and Americans don't want to be told what to do.
BILL FLEISCHLI unanticipated rise in fuel costs.
PATRICK THOMAS![]()
In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without neces...
ANDREW LANSLEY We have the lowest average wage rate of any metropolitan area we compete with. This might sound good...
BOB ABBERGER Companies have made tremendous gains in efficiency in response to the challenge of the oil bill. In ...
BRIAN PEARCE Key to American's and the broader sector's future performance will be the industry's ability to rais...
GARY CHASE The challenge there is that we're looking for larger users, and there's been some leveling off of ac...
LARRY BURKHARDT![]()
We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt ...
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG![]()
Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform l...
TEMPLE GRANDIN We're in the process now of compiling those costs. Before Katrina, the preliminary estimates we had ...
KURT BRAUTIGAM A significant shift in either of those areas, however, could dramatically impact on fuel prices.
ELLIOTT EKI Health costs, energy costs, all those things came together like a perfect storm and now the district...
JOHN ASHLEY We know that people who participate in the programs actually do have lower health care costs,
JACK MAHONEY Despite the triple threat of rising fuel costs, devastating weather events and an uncertain economy,...
GARY DILTS Given what illegal immigration costs each year, given that 30 percent of inmates in our federal pris...
JOE KASPER [In addition, wage increases of between 3 percent and 4 percent have largely been agreed upon, thoug...
ERIC RABE![]()
And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a ...
BARACK OBAMA It's a very high fixed-cost business. You have satellite transportation costs, programming costs and...
KIT SPRING Fuel and fertilizer costs are up.
PAUL PATTERSON We believe Bridges to Excellence will raise the quality of care for our members and State Health Pla...
BOB GRECZYN We know that if people are confident in their discretionary income and the health of the economy, th...
CATHY KEEFE Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CREWS CUTTS [Even with the rising costs, the travel industry is having its best year since before 2001.] Last ye...
AMY ZIFF Consumption continues to rise on higher farm incomes, rising employment and increasing consumer loan...
AMPON KITTIAMPON We need more than $5 million because construction costs have gone up.
BRENDA KEELER But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because...
SIGMAR GABRIEL While masked by the high cost of fuel, our restructuring initiatives have begun to produce tangible ...
EDWARD BASTIAN The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting inc...
HANK JOHNSON Things have always operated with somewhat of a shortage. We could always use more qualified substitu...
PAUL ALDERETE Things have always operated with somewhat of a shortage. We could always use more qualified substitu...
SUPERINTENDENT PAUL ALDERETE At least some in the purchaser community, who have been paying 20 percent and 25 percent increases i...
MARC P. VOLAVKA The out-of-pocket cost is usually about $50 to $55 a day (per inmate) that we pay to another county ...
GARY HANSON Employees are bearing more of the costs because double-digit increases are unsustainable.
BLAINE BOS The budget is similar to the past year's budget, but like other businesses, we have increases in sal...
FRANK JACOBSON Between warehousing, utilities and transportation costs, retailers have been paying unprecedented pr...
BURT FLICKINGER If it comes down to it, it's going to mean cutting down on your operating costs to pay for your fuel...
CINDY ANDERSON We have 85 percent of our fuel bill hedged at $26 a barrel. Because we were able to purchase insuran...
BETH HARBIN If the federal government shifts large Medicaid costs to the states, some states are likely to turn ...
ANDY SCHNEIDER Rising energy costs not only threaten our economy and our state's competitiveness but also greatly i...
GOV. DONALD CARCIERI We work continually to hold costs down. However, we are now faced with unprecedented increases in en...
WAYNE YAKICH We know that customers are tiring of these electric rate increases. However, we are building a new p...
DAVID KYTO The spike in general has an effect on our operating costs. And again the fire department uses about ...
FRANK ORTIZ We finished the fiscal year at the end of June $7.5 million over budget for fuel costs. If we contin...
CANDACE SMITH This cost-of-living adjustment is being eaten up by rising gasoline and heating costs, another doubl...
BILL NOVELLI By increasing the cigarette tax, Tennessee will reduce smoking, save lives and help offset the risin...
JEANETTE SCHATZ We still have areas with growth, so if we have surplus teachers we could send them there.
JANE TURNER Maybe it's because we have two oil men in the White House who don't seem to have the sensitivity of ...
ROBERT MENENDEZ Amtrak must respond to increased costs of operation which have risen for a variety of reasons, inclu...
CLIFF BLACK The most important reason for rising costs is that we are so good at developing new ways to diagnose...
ALAN GARBER Foreign companies are mostly worried about the possibility of rising costs.
CHRISTIAN DOERINGER While many companies use multiple logistics cost measures, the primary metric chosen can have a sign...
DAN GILMORE Everybody's wrestling with rising health care costs and so are we. This is an 80-20 co-insurance pla...
ED STEADHAM It is now time to reverse the trend we have seen developing over the years, that of beauty at all co...
BILL MUNSON![]()
Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and ...
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS Corruption in health care costs more than money. The price of corruption health care is paid in huma...
HUGUETTE LABELLE Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation cost...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ There may continue to have been some pressure both from fuel and on paper costs.
JANNA SAMPSON For five years, Republicans in Washington have consistently failed to help working families confront...
DAMIEN LAVERA
JOYCE LEE Jet fuel prices have been rising even faster than crude oil prices for the last year, but it was the...
DAN GARTON We have made incredible progress in lowering our operational costs for over two years now. However, ...
DAN GARTON We are a people enterprise and rising housing costs have undermined our ability to attract qualified...
HUGH FUTRELL We'll see some companies taking the pinch from rising costs such as fuel. Some industries will be re...
PABLO GARCIA If the transportation fuel cost is so high, it makes our products noncompetitive with in-town nurser...
JANET KISTER We intend to keep production in line with demand, and are taking aggressive steps to respond to weak...
JOHN FARACI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE ROSSI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE L. ROSSI It won't solve everything, but this bill can hopefully lessen the impact of the hurricanes and risin...
BILL GRANT Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. F...
MICHAEL PETRONE Increases in health and liability insurance costs, utility expenses, and garbage hauling fees were f...
DAVID ROBERTS We haven't ever before seen such sharp increases in costs as over the past two years. It's more than...
EIVIND REITEN Energy costs have increased immensely, ... And if we could get some rain, it would really reduce (th...
JOSE PENA
The standard of 'affordable' housing is that which costs roughly 30 percent or less of a fam... MATTHEW DESMOND There are certain things we have to do, so we have to be ready to pay for it. We can't send a whole ...
BRIAN BARNES
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Fixed costs like salary, retirement, taxes, utilities, software, and general supplies are the brunt ...
WILLIAM POWELL Over the long run, if costs of fuel stay high or go higher, then the higher costs will be reflected ...
FRED ADAMS We have to work to try to help control those increases and costs.
GEORGE MCGRATH It's a little scary. Our employees deserve annual increases in salaries. We have new technologies an...
GARY GREENSWEIG Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS In the rush to contain health-care costs, the response of health plans has been to raise costs for p...
DANA GOLDMAN We'll take those (surcharges) down if and when there's reduction in fuel costs.
FRED SMITH We'll take those (surcharges) down if and when there's reduction in fuel costs,
FRED SMITH We were looking for great teachers - teachers with great enthusiasm who have a passion to coach. The...
MARK FARLEY We have raised $7 million for the Boca project. However, costs of the project have gone up, so we re...
VICKI PUGH Health care costs are spiraling out of control. They're pushing many companies toward bankruptcy. We...
CHRIS HOLT In spite of rising costs and the carriers' desire to raise fares to cover those costs, there's going...
DAVE SWIERINGA The Department of Defense is being eaten out of house and home by health care costs. More retirees a...
DAN GOURE Medical costs are rising significantly, so the fact that we offered a zero percent increase was subs...
TINA LANGE Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensat...
MICKY ARISON Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty abou...
GARY ALLEN We can't be sure of the exact figures, but the number of layoffs must be high. Several industrial fi...
JEFRI SIRAIT We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO The bulk of the increase is due to salaries and benefits. But utility costs have become a major fact...
FRANK CONNOLLY Despite the paring back of the workforce, total employment expense per employee rose 8.1 percent yea...
JESSICA POTTS Every country in the world is battling the rising cost of health care. No community anywhere has dem...
ATUL GAWANDE He was well-versed about the issues we talked about - health care costs, regulatory costs and things...
DAVID HUETHER I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for...
SERGEI BUBKA No one wants to pay higher fuel costs and Americans don't want to be told what to do.
BILL FLEISCHLI unanticipated rise in fuel costs.
PATRICK THOMAS
In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without neces... ANDREW LANSLEY We have the lowest average wage rate of any metropolitan area we compete with. This might sound good...
BOB ABBERGER Companies have made tremendous gains in efficiency in response to the challenge of the oil bill. In ...
BRIAN PEARCE Key to American's and the broader sector's future performance will be the industry's ability to rais...
GARY CHASE The challenge there is that we're looking for larger users, and there's been some leveling off of ac...
LARRY BURKHARDT
We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt ... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform l... TEMPLE GRANDIN We're in the process now of compiling those costs. Before Katrina, the preliminary estimates we had ...
KURT BRAUTIGAM A significant shift in either of those areas, however, could dramatically impact on fuel prices.
ELLIOTT EKI Health costs, energy costs, all those things came together like a perfect storm and now the district...
JOHN ASHLEY We know that people who participate in the programs actually do have lower health care costs,
JACK MAHONEY Despite the triple threat of rising fuel costs, devastating weather events and an uncertain economy,...
GARY DILTS Given what illegal immigration costs each year, given that 30 percent of inmates in our federal pris...
JOE KASPER [In addition, wage increases of between 3 percent and 4 percent have largely been agreed upon, thoug...
ERIC RABE
And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a ... BARACK OBAMA It's a very high fixed-cost business. You have satellite transportation costs, programming costs and...
KIT SPRING Fuel and fertilizer costs are up.
PAUL PATTERSON We believe Bridges to Excellence will raise the quality of care for our members and State Health Pla...
BOB GRECZYN We know that if people are confident in their discretionary income and the health of the economy, th...
CATHY KEEFE Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CREWS CUTTS [Even with the rising costs, the travel industry is having its best year since before 2001.] Last ye...
AMY ZIFF Consumption continues to rise on higher farm incomes, rising employment and increasing consumer loan...
AMPON KITTIAMPON We need more than $5 million because construction costs have gone up.
BRENDA KEELER But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because...
SIGMAR GABRIEL While masked by the high cost of fuel, our restructuring initiatives have begun to produce tangible ...
EDWARD BASTIAN The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting inc...
HANK JOHNSON Things have always operated with somewhat of a shortage. We could always use more qualified substitu...
PAUL ALDERETE Things have always operated with somewhat of a shortage. We could always use more qualified substitu...
SUPERINTENDENT PAUL ALDERETE At least some in the purchaser community, who have been paying 20 percent and 25 percent increases i...
MARC P. VOLAVKA The out-of-pocket cost is usually about $50 to $55 a day (per inmate) that we pay to another county ...
GARY HANSON Employees are bearing more of the costs because double-digit increases are unsustainable.
BLAINE BOS The budget is similar to the past year's budget, but like other businesses, we have increases in sal...
FRANK JACOBSON Between warehousing, utilities and transportation costs, retailers have been paying unprecedented pr...
BURT FLICKINGER If it comes down to it, it's going to mean cutting down on your operating costs to pay for your fuel...
CINDY ANDERSON We have 85 percent of our fuel bill hedged at $26 a barrel. Because we were able to purchase insuran...
BETH HARBIN If the federal government shifts large Medicaid costs to the states, some states are likely to turn ...
ANDY SCHNEIDER Rising energy costs not only threaten our economy and our state's competitiveness but also greatly i...
GOV. DONALD CARCIERI We work continually to hold costs down. However, we are now faced with unprecedented increases in en...
WAYNE YAKICH We know that customers are tiring of these electric rate increases. However, we are building a new p...
DAVID KYTO The spike in general has an effect on our operating costs. And again the fire department uses about ...
FRANK ORTIZ We finished the fiscal year at the end of June $7.5 million over budget for fuel costs. If we contin...
CANDACE SMITH This cost-of-living adjustment is being eaten up by rising gasoline and heating costs, another doubl...
BILL NOVELLI By increasing the cigarette tax, Tennessee will reduce smoking, save lives and help offset the risin...
JEANETTE SCHATZ We still have areas with growth, so if we have surplus teachers we could send them there.
JANE TURNER Maybe it's because we have two oil men in the White House who don't seem to have the sensitivity of ...
ROBERT MENENDEZ Amtrak must respond to increased costs of operation which have risen for a variety of reasons, inclu...
CLIFF BLACK The most important reason for rising costs is that we are so good at developing new ways to diagnose...
ALAN GARBER Foreign companies are mostly worried about the possibility of rising costs.
CHRISTIAN DOERINGER While many companies use multiple logistics cost measures, the primary metric chosen can have a sign...
DAN GILMORE Everybody's wrestling with rising health care costs and so are we. This is an 80-20 co-insurance pla...
ED STEADHAM It is now time to reverse the trend we have seen developing over the years, that of beauty at all co...
BILL MUNSON
Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and ... CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS Corruption in health care costs more than money. The price of corruption health care is paid in huma...
HUGUETTE LABELLE Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation cost...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ There may continue to have been some pressure both from fuel and on paper costs.
JANNA SAMPSON For five years, Republicans in Washington have consistently failed to help working families confront...
DAMIEN LAVERA
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