Low Cost

The underlying costs in most of the current so called low-cost regions are going up and in some including China by as much as 1 ½ percent per month. ❋ Steve Denning (2011)

PARIS - After popularizing the idea of low-cost broadband Internet service in France, upsetting a few vested interests in the process, the telecommunications entrepreneur Xavier Niel wants to do something similar for mobile phones. ❋ By ERIC PFANNER (2012)

So there's a huge -- again, when we call it low-cost, we truly mean because it is low-cost.

PARIS - After popularizing the idea of low-cost broadband Internet in France, upsetting a few vested interests in the process, the telecommunications entrepreneur Xavier Niel wants to do something similar for mobile phones. ❋ By ERIC PFANNER (2012)

The Fascist and Nazi regimes outlawed trade unions, but they worked hard to make factories safer, cleaner, and more pleasant workplaces, and also provided subsidized housing, low-cost vacations, and sports programs to millions of workers. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

But in many business-to-business markets, as well as those business-to-consumer markets that demonstrate differential customer costs as in the examples above, it makes sense to selectively raise prices for high-cost customers, offer lower prices for low-cost customers, and fire the customers who cost more than they expend. ❋ K. Sudhir (2012)

The lender has brought down its total exposure to unsecured loans to 3% from the highs of 12%-13%, reduced its net bad loans as a percentage of total assets to below 1% and has created a strategy around increasing its share of low-cost and stable current and saving account, or CASA, deposit base. ❋ Nupur Acharya (2011)

At some point China won't be a low-cost country anymore. ❋ Andre Sterk (2011)

For a fragile sector that has struggled to compete with low-cost companies overseas, the gains could be fragile, especially if companies in the U.S. find productivity gains that mitigate the need to hire new workers. ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2011)

Meanwhile, international pilots have demanded that pilots flying planes for Qantas's low-cost offshoot Jetstar be paid the same wages as pilots flying Qantas-branded planes. ❋ Ross Kelly (2011)

Combining low-cost, locally-available construction materials with innovative and appropriate design, Murphy's team has reduced the in-hospital transmission of air-borne diseases, and improved learning opportunities for construction trades. ❋ Jeffrey Hollender (2011)

Airbus ended the show on a high note with an order for 200 A320neos from Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia Bhd., valued at $18.5 billion. ❋ David Pearson (2011)

A biography on the Milwaukee brokerage firm's website said Mr. Noack "specializes in assisting a variety of debt issuers in obtaining low-cost capital through the utilization of innovative financing techniques." ❋ Jeannette Neumann (2011)

Hey Dude the last one left me in panties. I think I'll need some more [low cost dating] from now on. [Low cost dating] is when at the end of date you spent only money for gas and taxes but the ride was for free. Example of [Lowcost dating] prices One way ride: [0.00]; Baggage Handling and Check in: free; Gas and taxes: 4.99; ❋ Mave73 (2008)

Undergraduate [History Major]: "Hey Dr. Travis, would you like me to put a [gloved] fist inside of your asshole and wiggle it around? We call it the Low Cost Dorm Room [Prostate Exam]." Interested Professor: "Well go again son, so long as you don't pull out the lightbulb I stuck up their last night while watching Judge Judy." Undergraduate History Major: "It's free so long as you look me in the eyes and call me The Old Pretender." ❋ TheSouLOfGenIus (2014)

"Well it look like Jeff is going to be a low cost high velocity bullet stopper, I mean soldier." "Yeah and I'm going Medical ([corps]) so try not to [get shot] [Jeffie]!" ❋ Olive Thomas (2005)

I thought your husband was going to be here? Me too, but he is a [Ultra Low-Cost Pilot]. He has to [volunteer] to pick up last second flights to get paid close to what real [pilots] make. ❋ CrazyolMaurice (2023)