Smart cost control The Jayapal bill is smart on cost control.
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This highlights the importance of cost control for the group.
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The company said it was carrying out "tight cost control".
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They focused on revenue and profit maximization, not cost control.
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No. 2 is how do you do systemwide cost control.
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Industry opposition also defeated cost-control measures in California last year.
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It rests on three pillars: cost control, cultural change and cuts.
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Cost-control must become the priority in the private market, too.
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Ghosn sought to combine tight cost control with ambitious expansion goals.
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"Cost control is essentially an antisocial activity," he told the subcommittee.
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There is no real vision of cost control or delivery system reform.
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"Solid cost control came despite record volumes," UBS analyst Alex Kramm said.
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The new, low-cost Control Center by Caavo aims for broader appeal.
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Big cost control comes from the only reliable source — rigorous supply competition.
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That puts the burden of cost control squarely on the government's shoulders.
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Instead, we should encourage states to pursue their own cost-control ideas.
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Since its inception, Medicare has exhibited poor cost control and unbridled growth.
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The decline in adjusted expenses by 3.4% in 103 highlights HSBC's cost control.
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What this tells us is that big oil has a cost control problem.
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"Impressive cost control leads to impressive incremental margin," Cowen said of Skechers results.
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The rub is that such impressive cost control is not forecast to continue.
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Margot: Cost control is one of those great unanswered questions in health policy.
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A key feature is tight cost-control mechanisms on overall health care spending.
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And his vision of cost control is reality in just one place: Maryland.
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"Our cost control capability is unrivaled," CEO Huang Wang told a news conference.
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One is cost control, or financial fairness, which is what I call it.
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Such an option would ensure a baseline of quality, cost control, and access.
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Building materials supplier SIG jumped 9 percent as 2018 profits surged on cost control.
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However, it is less clear what specific policies would have meaningful cost control effects.
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The cap sounds like a sensible move toward medical cost control, but it's not.
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That's also a cost-control measure — one of the law's most powerful, in fact.
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Building materials supplier SIG jumped 8.4 percent as 2018 profits surged on cost control.
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However, operating profit there climbed 13 percent due to "good cost control", it said.
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As other features of this week's bill reveal, cost control can be politically difficult.
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Those approaches were largely abandoned as policymakers pinned their hopes for cost control on HMOs.
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The world ruling body said "rigorous cost control measures" had helped keep expenses below budget.
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The bank benefits from strong and stable revenue generation as well as good cost control.
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"The biggest thing that went awry was just their strategy on cost-control," Miller said.
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The ratings also reflect Aegon's measured risk appetite and its continuing focus on cost control.
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Handelsbanken epitomises a more conservative Nordic banking style that prioritises cost control over revenue growth.
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We add capacity, we add flexibility, and it gives us cost-control capability as well.
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Our health care systems can be made more efficient, with better approaches toward cost control.
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It said the sales fall was partially mitigated by stronger margins and tight cost control.
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Halfords said the sales fall was partially mitigated by stronger margins and tight cost control.
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The idea behind the IPAB was that Congress often has little appetite for cost control.
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So whether the appeal is cost control or universal access, Medicare for All makes sense.
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That sort of cost control would require its own set of policies and difficult choices.
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"As online grocery penetration increases, cost control will become increasingly critical for grocers," analysts wrote.
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Disciplined pricing and cost control will be important in maintaining adequate earnings and sound capital ratios.
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"In response to these circumstances, we are continuing our program of rigorous cost control," he added.
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This is a place, though, where America's out-of-control costs paradoxically make cost control harder.
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We expect Kirov to follow a strict cost control policy as its expenditure flexibility remains limited.
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We anticipate profitability in this segment to remain pressured, partly mitigated by management's cost control initiatives.
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But there's another reason, I think: There isn't a big constituency for health care cost control.
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And it could do the same to Democrats' new plans if they attempt any real cost control.
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Operating margins will likely improve because of favorable shifts in sales mix, good cost control and synergies.
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AAC said profitability would increase due to improvement in its product portfolio, production efficiency and cost control.
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"Cost control remains adequate, but cannot match the top line shortfall," said KBC Securities analyst Jason Kalamboussis.
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"He is well known for his time in our downstream portfolio and his work on cost" control.
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They have aggressively pursued cost control initiatives and have held payment levels to providers to bare minimums.
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From there, we should all agree on the twin goals of universal coverage and significant cost control.
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Shell rival, BP, reported better-than-expected first-quarter profits last week, partially fueled by cost control measures.
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This cost-control measure would put a per-enrollee limit on federal payments to states for Medicaid expenses.
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Shop sales growth was ahead of expectations, Shore Capital analyst Darren Shirley, wrote, and accompanied by good cost control.
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Both Uber and Lyft are expected to go public this year, so cost control is certainly of major concern.
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Company officials said that their third quarter was bolstered by new model subscription additions and successful cost-control measures.
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The alternative approach to this kind of cost control is just to cut payments, while allowing volume to expand.
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The U.K.-based airline said strong cost control measures meant it remained on track to meet full-year targets.
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Yes, but: Some Republicans aren't prepared to choose between a cost-control agenda and a repeal-and-replace agenda.
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Why this will happen and what it means: Price opposed the cost control programs while a member of Congress.
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Distress over the conflict between lawbreaking patient advocacy and law-abiding cost control intensifies with a life-threatening disease.
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With mayors valuing cost control over water quality control, they will continue to defer maintenance and needed infrastructure upgrades.
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Zodiac said the rebound would be driven mainly by higher volumes and, "to a lower extent", better cost control.
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At the core of that paradox is confusion about what different groups mean when they talk about cost control.
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Profitability is sound, supported by strict cost control, low loan impairment charges (LICs) and the absence of material conduct costs.
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He said one space to keep an eye on is cost control, which proved not as good as he anticipated.
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This will be supported by expansion of the region's diversified tax base and prudent management aimed at operating cost control.
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But I think he's on firmer ground touting a reduced uninsured rate than cost control as the legacy of Obamacare.
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In exchange, Utah will ask for permission to impose per-capita spending caps and other cost control measures on beneficiaries.
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Fitch believes the city's cost control initiatives would generate savings in 2015-2017 to partially offset the expected revenue decline.
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The uncomfortable subtext in every conversation I've had with an insurance medical director -- and I've had hundreds -- is cost control.
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But Obamacare ran into the paradox of cost control: The policies that control costs are the policies people hate most.
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Fairly wide margins, supported by the emerging market operations and a cost control-oriented culture have supported pre-impairment operating profitability.
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The bank's overall results were solid, thanks to good cost control and a more than halving in losses from bad loans.
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Cost control measures, gradual shift to premium products and lower commodity costs likely to help offset pricing pressure in key markets.
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It is unlikely that those who support cost control and those who do not will want to proceed down that path.
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"We have not been able to offset revenue decline with cost control," said Mizuho CEO Tatsufumi Sakai at an earnings briefing.
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Rzeszow is seeking to improve the efficiency of its public services delivery, and continuing with its spending rationalisation and cost control.
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The results reflect "continued loan growth, good cost control and relatively low-risk costs," CEO Ralph Hamers said in a statement.
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There will be a serious debate about the cost control, choice, and coverage characteristics of any plan to replace the ACA.
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The impact: Repealing the IPAB takes away what was initially seen as one of the ACA's most significant cost-control measures.
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The cost-control law allows the state to require that extra step in its approval process for major new hospital construction.
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Durable Margin Improvement: Abbott will likely focus on improving margins through cost control and generating a favorable shift in sales mix.
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Formula E isn't as expensive as other major motorsports thanks to cost control measures put in place by the series's organizers.
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The Affordable Care Act did attempt some cost control within Medicare, and it did make insurance more affordable for many people.
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The average cost/income ratio has also slightly improved due to tight cost control but is higher than at conventional banks'.
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With its bottom line threatened, Boeing focused on speed instead of rigor, cost-control instead of innovation, and efficiency instead of transparency.
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But Mr Martin treats "Made In America" by Sam Walton (the founder of Walmart) as a sort of Bible, revering cost control.
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Meanwhile, although cost control is looking better than even reform advocates expected, America's health care remains much more expensive than anyone else's.
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We expect cost control to continue, although costs should slightly outpace revenues by 0.2% during 2017-2021, due to ongoing campus capex.
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"Adjusted EBITDA (was) driven by successful management of cost inflation through revenue management and cost control," Jefferies analysts wrote in a note.
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Improving efficiency and cost control measures would remain a priority "given the changing economic environment and the increasing competitive conditions," Almarai said.
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We expect profitability to remain low but stable, underpinned by resilient revenue generation, tight cost control and a continued focus on underwriting.
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They are also often on the boards of major area health systems, who can find their interests threatened by cost control efforts.
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Management continues to show good execution on its cost control strategies, which resulted in flat expenses both sequentially and year over year.
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Some supporters of Medicare for All want to change that; Warren has proposed aggressive cost control measures as part of her plan.
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"It's really off the back of incredible innovation, hyper-segmentation, cost control and just making the PC cool," Weisler said on Thursday.
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Nevertheless, the impact may still be noticeable for LRGs that have been less successful in spending and cost control in recent years.
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As well as growth and cost-control, several questions focused on the company's culture and business practices following a string of embarrassing scandals.
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The improvement was led by sound cost control, as underlying operating expenses fell by 7% yoy despite continued investments in digitalisation and compliance.
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Voters will have an opportunity to decide for or against a government that's failing on health care, taxes, trade, cost control and regulation.
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Nevertheless, profitability metrics held up well, benefitting from some small balance-sheet expansion, solid margins, diversified non-interest income and good cost control.
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Republicans argue that healthcare costs are rising too steeply under ObamaCare and the primary focus should be on cost control, not coverage expansion.
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Congress, in a bipartisan move, postponed and is threatening to kill a couple important provisions that could create budgetary and cost control problems.
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In the early 2000s, again at Reinhardt's recommendation, Taiwan converted to global budgets to pay for health care as another cost-control measure.
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HSBC's group profits of US$6.11bn were down from US$7.06bn a year ago but above analysts' forecasts, thanks to decent cost control.
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While that showdown led to new legal standards for drug safety and effectiveness, cost-control measures never made it to the final bill.
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Cost control was also key in SUB's private banking segment, where it helped mitigate adjusted gross margin erosion (134bp in 3Q16, 7bp lower yoy).
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What they're saying: Jennings is among the policy experts arguing that employers have a strong incentive to get more proactive about cost control now.
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The guidelines, which come into effect from August, covered the areas of investment decisions, financial management, cost control, dividend distribution and foreign exchange business.
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"Better visibility into subscriber growth, rising [average revenue per user], and cost control fuels our confidence EPS growth will resume in 29," it said.
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This was mainly driven by tight cost control in the face of rigid revenue, in turn allowing the city to preserve a balanced budget.
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President Carter was "obsessed with broad public and private health care cost control, and Reagan abandoned that, with the exception of Medicare," he said.
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But the digital revolution, cost-control pressures and shifting reader tastes pushed many libraries away from paper and the maintenance of fragile old classics.
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This will be underpinned by the city authorities' continued cost control measures and tax revenue increase, supported by projected growth of the national economy.
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In our assessment of profitability, we expect the bank's cost control discipline and lower LIC to remain a strength, supporting its earnings generation capacity.
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Some things Ackman could pressure the company to work on include beefing up its expertise in marketing, cost control and information technology, industry analysts said.
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Italian broker Equita said that the fourth-quarter results "are significantly higher than expected" thanks to a good performance of interest income and cost control.
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Maryland is also the home to a health care cost control policy known as the all-payer rate setting that is generally liberal wonks' dream.
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This was due to stricter control on tax evasion, which partially compensated declining transfers, while cost control kept operating spending in line with 2015 figures.
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Sources say tension was inevitable from the moment Ternium, an outsider with a strong reputation for cost control and productivity, took joint control in 21.
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There may only be one source of bipartisan agreement when it comes to the Affordable Care Act — opposition to its revenues and cost-control measures.
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Maryland is also the home to a health care cost control policy known as the all-payer rate setting that is generally liberal wonks' dream.
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Strict cost control encouraged DuPont to forecast full-year operating earnings of $3.25 per share, higher than its previous estimate of $3.15-$343 per share.
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Helped by tight cost control, Royal Mail's adjusted operating profit before transformational costs rose 5 percent to 742 million in the year ended March 27.
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BAWAG's performance compares well with those of its domestic peers and is supported by a strong focus on cost control, efficient processes and pricing discipline.
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The bottom line: One person's cost control is another person's pay cut — and that fact will always complicate the execution of these ostensibly shared goals.
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There may only be one source of bipartisan agreement when it comes to the Affordable Care Act — opposition to its revenues and cost-control measures.
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Sources say tension was inevitable from the moment Ternium, an outsider with a strong reputation for cost control and productivity, took joint control in 2012.
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N reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on strict cost control and said it expected to cut more costs this year than previously anticipated.
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This will be underpinned by the city authorities' continued cost control measures and tax revenue increase, supported by the projected growth of the national economy.
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The company, which has subsidiaries in Sub-Saharan Africa, said the performance was achieved mainly on the back of "broadband success" and better cost control.
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The "fragmented" U.S. health-care "system" prevented cost control overseers from rooting out overuse promoted by fee-for-service physicians and their overly demanding patients.
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The BoE's regional staff reported businesses were tightening cost control and holding off on investment ahead of Britain's March 2019 withdrawal from the European Union.
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Those programs are continuing despite lawmakers last month successfully delaying another of the law's cost-control measures, the "Cadillac tax" on high-cost insurance plans.
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This will be supported by the city authorities' continued cost-control measures and tax revenue growth, aided by the projected growth of the national economy.
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The lender said it would tighten underwriting across its business and maintain tight cost control in each segment, especially when it comes to discretionary spend.
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The parts of the Affordable Care Act that have turned out to be the most vulnerable are the cost-control measures, not the coverage expansions.
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Other encouraging factors included "very strong" cost control and better management tone, which offset pressures from investor skepticism around the food retailer's turnaround, the note said.
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The growth, coupled with tighter cost control and higher ticket prices and fees, have helped the Chicago-based carrier counter a surge in crude oil prices.
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Two key themes that are likely to outlast the headlines are demographics and a renewed emphasis on cost control in health-care services, in our view.
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Continued cost control, a strategy that the company has been relying on for the last four years, helped it beat analyst estimates for adjusted pretax profit.
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What they're saying: The top 2020 Democrats have actually released "insanely aggressive" cost control ideas, says Larry Levitt, executive vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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However, the company got consumers to pay more for their beer and, together with tight cost control and a stronger Brazilian real, earnings and margins there improved.
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"Apple has also become a master of cost control, something it has finally learned is a must for the survival of any industry Robin Hood," he added.
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BK's returns benefitted from seasonally higher revenue in depositary receipts, higher investment management fees, good cost control, and a modest reserve release due to a loan recovery.
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This will be driven by prudent management aimed at cost control and an expected steady increase in operating revenue of 5% per year over the medium term.
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Building materials supplier SIG jumped 10 percent as 2018 profits surged on cost control and thermal processing service provider Bodycote rose 9 percent on a profit beat.
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Despite posting a fall in first-quarter profits, the Netherlands' largest lender by assets said it had been supported by continued loan growth and good cost control.
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"Dirks has shown that he achieves economic success with firm cost control," Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said in a statement, highlighting his ability to strike partner deals.
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Yet we have seen what the free market has done over the last 70 years, and it has not been a success in terms of cost control.
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Half of the survey respondents said they would maintain efforts to increase cost control measures this year, and nearly two thirds believe these changes would be permanent.
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Free fruit tends to be axed when oil prices fall, only to return when prices rise, as the company's priority switches between cost control and employee morale.
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What they're saying: Once employers reach the end of their rope on health care costs, the cost-control debate is going to ratchet into a higher gear.
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Vertical integration supports the ratings due to better input cost control and exposure to the less volatile infrastructure construction, which in turn is supported by the government.
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Though shifting more responsibility to the investor-owned private sector seemed to backfire as a cost-control measure, it was consistent with broader deregulation in the 1980s.
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In addition to cutting loss-making business such as the United States, Just Group said it would focus more on cost control and using capital-efficient assets.
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The two drugs are not easily available in China, where a focus on cost control and long approval backlogs means many specialist drugs are often out of reach.
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The bottom line: Businesses don't have the same cost control leverage that government payers do, meaning that becoming engaged in politics will be their primary route to reprieve.
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The idea that they, or any other Congress operating similarly in the future, might tackle entitlements in general, much less the cost control problems facing Medicare, is farcical.
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The VR also factors in the bank's sound Omani franchise (with a 13% market share), depth and stability of management, good cost control and resilient asset quality metrics.
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"We view this as conservative based upon recent new products and others in the new product pipeline, and ongoing cost-control initiatives," Edward Jones analyst John Boylan said.
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This relative restraint from Premier League clubs reflects both the extent of their financial advantage over other leagues and the impact of domestic and European cost control measures.
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"A key issue will be Deere's ability to maintain good cost control with revenue declines in both its business units," Jefferies analyst Stephen Volkmann said in a note.
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Those signings have set P.S.G. on a collision course with the European soccer body UEFA, which has insisted it will punish clubs that breach its cost control regulations.
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"The US health care system has been designed as if, with enormous intelligence and intent, it was to be as resistant to cost control as possible," Aaron says.
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"Operating result adjusted for this one-off cost item was actually in line, with better than expected net interest income and sound underlying cost control," said Albert Ploegh.
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UEFA's decision also raises the prospect of further penalties from the Premier League, which has its own cost control regulations that rely on clubs' providing accurate financial information.
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The plan will require an investment of 1 billion reais, Gomes said, adding he sees margins relatively stable as cost control efforts compensate for a higher capital expenditure.
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Essentially the federal government would pay each participating state a bonus based on the savings they achieve after adopting a range of policies and innovations in cost control.
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While there are scenarios where the impact could be minimal, we believe continued cost control and investments in a value-for-money converged product should minimise any impact.
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Gutman is also more bullish on Walmart thanks to what he categorized as "an unprecedented commitment to cost control," which should help the company offer customers the lowest prices.
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"Volume growth returned in our hospital and ambulatory segments... Our cost control program is off to a great start," interim Chief Executive Officer Ronald Rittenmeyer said in a statement.
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I also think about the future of Obamacare's cost control experiments, another place where we can see what the future of health policy would look like under Trump's HHS.
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The group intends to increase lending to the SME and consumer sectors and enhance fee-income generation, which, combined with lower funding costs and cost control, should support earnings.
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The Swiss lender, which reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday, implicitly reaffirmed the importance of its mostly advisory and equities business by focusing on cost control to boost profitability.
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Hugo Boss said it expected full-year operating income before special items roughly on the prior year level as online investments and product quality improvements counterbalance strict cost control.
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The bank is building a track record of resilient and stable profitability, underpinned by management's focus on the bancassurance business model in its core markets and tight cost control.
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This will be underpinned by cost control measures, gradual tax revenue growth in line with an expected recovery of the Russian economy and ongoing transfers from the federal government.
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Analyst Vijay Rakesh downgraded Dutch chip manufacturer NXP Semiconductors, telling clients that while management's cost control initiative is appreciated, the company's 2019 global GDP outlook looks a little optimistic.
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What we haven't seen, however, is a clear and accurate picture of its financial outlook—or any evidence of sustained cost control and modernization efforts across its vast enterprise.
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Micron said on Wednesday it saw recovery in the memory chip market, after reporting quarterly profit that beat analyst estimates as cost control helped offset falling demand and prices.
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There were many factors behind the lower spend, a CNOOC official said at a news conference in Hong Kong, including the postponement of some projects and good cost control.
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Sound cost control contributed to the small improvement in the net margin on AuM to 23bp for the quarter, despite continued gross margin erosion and a larger AuM base.
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More than 100 economists signed a letter in 2015 arguing that the tax should not be delayed or reduced unless it is replaced by a better cost control measure.
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Fresnillo, Mexico's largest gold producer, said it would put in place a cost-control programme in the second half of the year and delay renewals of equipment and infrastructure.
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And, with the collapse of ObamaCare, Trump has a huge opportunity to advance an effective, market-based approach to American health care coverage and cost control to help everyone.
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In recent months, a loose grip on cost-control allied to high capacity in Europe has led to the demise of low-cost carriers Air Berlin and Monarch Airlines.
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The sport's European governing body, UEFA, announced in May that a committee investigating clubs suspected of breaching cost-control rules had referred Manchester City to a panel of adjudicators.
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He was "obsessed with cost control," Mr. Marchant said, to the point where he would go around company offices and turn off the lights in rooms that were empty.
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But the focus will be on how cost-control efforts are taking hold at Alphabet's "other bets" like Fiber and Nest, where ambitious dreams are coupled with hefty losses.
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Provider claims were compensated at Medicare payment rates – yes, finally an element of real cost control for hospital and doctor charges that drive the claims that drive up premiums.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pulp, paper and packaging board maker Stora Enso on Friday reported better than expected quarterly profit, thanks to price increases and cost control at its troubled paper business.
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Assuming globalisation to be irreversible, firms embraced such practices as lean inventory management and just-in-time delivery that pursued efficiency and cost control while making little provision for risk.
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They have remained relatively strong, owing to mix shift to newer and higher margin devices and its ongoing focus on cost control which offset a more challenging hospital reimbursement environment.
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Pernod Ricard posted a 3 percent rise in first-half profit from recurring operations on Thursday, helped mostly by robust demand in its main U.S. market and by cost control.
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These benefits, however, are conditional on strict cost control and a focus on working capital, which has led to some pressure on performance for Fitch-rated peers in the region.
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The French food group posted a higher-than-expected rise in first-half operating profit, helped by cost control and synergies from its acquisition of U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave.
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Chinese demand for baby food and sales from its water division, however, remained solid and Danone also posted a 7.9 rise in first-half operating profit, helped by cost control.
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The design of the cost-control board was legally questionable, but it represented an effort to cap the growth of America's largest entitlement program, and Republicans replaced it with nothing.
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Problems with both projects when Mr. Byford took over had been a blow to the system's image "and hurt its credibility for cost control and project management," Mr. Munro said.
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The easiest way to constrain spending is to seek out healthier patients and dump sicker ones – no cost control strategy works as well as manipulating who enrolls in the program.
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UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by its pharmacy benefit management business, medical cost control and raised its full-year earnings forecast.
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BEVERLY BURRISALBUQUERQUE To the Editor: Bret Stephens is right to point to the importance of medical cost control, but his suggestion that the Obamacare exchanges are fundamentally unworkable is nonsense.
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It makes it tougher to control costs, as doctors and hospitals facing a cost-control squeeze in one pool might simply charge more to patients or insurers in the other.
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The bank's strategic update, though, focused on cost control – the lender targets a 72 percent ratio of expenses to income by 2021, compared to 75 percent previously – and higher shareholder payouts.
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It may look like poor cost control, with expenses rising at a 7% annual rate, but it also means we live up to our legal status as a non-profit organisation.
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Cost-control measures and reforms to the way benefits are distributed, not to mention the elimination of any redundant or fraudulent spending, would help mitigate the rising expenditures on these programs.
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"Despite some softer top-line performance and better-than-expected cost control, we would categorize the release as generally clearing low expectations," William Blair analyst Dylan Carden wrote in a note.
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Though healthcare transparency and cost control measures have been attempted in other states, they all deal with pharmaceutical costs generally, making the Nevada bill unique in its specific focus on diabetes.
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However, pressure on earnings from high credit costs is likely to persist through 2017, although solid cost control and lower risk appetite should prevent a severe significant decline during this period.
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Under his leadership, GE was recognized for its disciplined execution, Six Sigma quality and cost control, and leadership excellence at all levels, built around its in-house training center at Crotonville.
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The pick up in profitability is driven by capacity management and cost control, with unit costs - the cost of moving a container on global seas - down 3% in the third quarter.
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In 2015-2016, Kirov Region gradually restored its operating balance to record a small positive current balance as its government kept operating expenditure (opex) almost unchanged with strict cost control measures.
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The mandated expansion of coverage and cost control efforts have been through their first round of economic testing, and it appears consolidation — in one form or another — is the inevitable result.
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In his SOTU, Carter spoke on a slew of topics at length, from health care cost control to a commitment to nuclear safety and security, leading to his substantially long address.
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COST CONTROL The results indicate that Tesla is controlling costs better, a metric that investors have questioned Musk on before and that he was quick to talk about on the call.
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"The encouraging thing to me about Tesla is from Elon there is less talk, less bluster ... he is focusing on the business, focusing on the product and focusing on cost control."
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It is not too late to insert a provision in the current Senate bill or other bills to be proposed that supports states leadership and responsibility for long term cost control.
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Nordea Bank AB, Svenska Handelsbanken, Swedbank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken all achieved an underlying return on equity of between 11.3% and 15.8%, driven by good cost control and very low loan impairment charges.
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While economic growth prospects are muted, Fitch expects further improvements in profitability metrics in the medium term, driven primarily by from lower retail deposits rates, Banif-related synergies and good cost control.
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Jefferies analysts highlighted a dip in mobile service revenues and pressure from promotions as weaknesses, while praising the Swiss company's cost control that is helping preserve profit margins in a tougher market.
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"European earnings should still be improving because of a modest, moderate improvement in top-line sales growth, and very strong cost-control," said Andrew Milligan, global market strategist at Standard Life Investments.
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"We view this quarter positively as EPS was well ahead of our estimate and consensus, as revenue, cost control, and credit all came in better than expected," said RBC analyst Darko Mihelic.
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The stable sector outlook hinges on banks' continued ability to mitigate earnings pressure from low interest rates and high competition in Austria, through price discipline, cost control and reduction of excess capacity.
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This will be supported by the administration's cost control measures and Tatarstan's allocation of additional share of personal income tax collection to the city's budget (0.5ppts in 2017 and 1.7ppts in 2018).
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This highly orchestrated process helps Luke's Lobster ensure quality and cost-control at each of the company's shacks, minimizing the type of disorder that slowed the company down in its early days.
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That agency is believed to pay some of the lowest prices nationally for drugs because it's allowed to directly negotiate with manufacturers – making it an appealing model for drug cost-control advocates.
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With growth expected to be subdued through the end of the decade, Nokia is looking to keep investors on board with tight cost control, investments in new technology and returns to shareholders.
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"We think we have a high level of technical expertise and the ability to watch costs and be the prime mover in combining this world-class technology with world-class cost control."
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Its 2016 net cash cost fell 20 percent year-on-year to $1.20 per pound, beating its target of $1.30 per pound on tighter cost control, increased production and lower input prices.
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"Cost control is a focus for the bank, especially for their domestic business as their revenues are not growing," said Toyoki Sameshima, head of equity research at BNP Paribas Securities in Tokyo.
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BHP today still appears to be running very much along the lines Andrew Mackenzie set, namely a strong focus on cost-control and boosting efficiencies in order to generate strong cash flow.
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"Our operating loss was lower than expected at the beginning of the quarter, primarily due to continuing cost control activities across the company," Chief Executive and Chairman Jan Carlson said in a statement.
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Screenshot: Replex While there are variety of similar cloud cost control startups out there, Kirchoff says his company has been purpose built for cloud native environments and that is a key differentiating factor.
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By the numbers: 41% of voters said they have at least some trust in federal agencies when it comes to cost control, compared to 47% with little or no trust in the feds.
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Despite the large headline loss, Chief Executive Carolyn McCall said that bookings for the summer were ahead of last year, pricing pressures in the sector were easing and cost-control had been good.
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Tight cost control and higher transactional revenue contributed to an improvement in net margins in the wealth management (WM) division, which was complemented by strong performance in the wealth management Americas (WMA) division.
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The robust underwriting results were supported by a number of initiatives RSA implemented recently, including optimising pricing and claims processes, investing in new IT infrastructure and focusing on underwriting discipline and cost control.
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New engine regulations, changes to the cars to make it easier for drivers to overtake, a more equitable distribution of prize money and some form of cost control are expected to be discussed.
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The group unveiled plans to improve profitability which include redeploying capital to sales and trading from underperforming corporate lending in its corporate and investment bank (CIB), and continuing to focus on cost control.
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Cost control in the health system has been so unexpectedly effective that the government is now projected to spend less on health care with Obamacare than we were projected to spend without Obamacare.
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"In our view, Nestle's culture can be best described as introverted and lackadaisical, especially in its attitude towards cost control and profitability," RBC Capital analyst James Edwardes Jones said in a report last week.
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In the aftermath of a slump, it is easy for corporate leaders to preach the need for continued cost control, but as the cycle matures and the supply chain tightens, cost pressures inevitably build.
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Its 2016 net cash cost fell 20 percent year-on-year to $1.20 per pound, slightly ahead of its target of $1.30 per pound, benefiting from cost control, increased production and lower input prices.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates praised efforts by Tokyo organizers to lower the budget for the 2020 Summer Games, saying cost control was important for attracting future bid cities.
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"Sales were driven by our new, innovative products within diabetes and obesity care, and we are seeing the effects of our cost control initiatives," said Chief Executive Officer Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen in a statement.
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PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - French food group Danone posted a higher-than-expected rise in first-half operating profit, helped by cost control and synergies from its acquisition of U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave.
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The world's second-biggest spirits group posted a 3 percent rise in first-half profit from recurring operations on Thursday, helped mostly by robust demand in its main U.S. market and by cost control.
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SHANGHAI, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Air China Ltd , the country's flagship carrier, said its first-half net profit dropped 12.45 percent, hurt by foreign exchange losses that outweighed lower fuel costs and cost control measures.
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Both private banking and asset management showed improved performance, primarily driven by revenue growth and, to a lesser extent, by cost control, and private banking contributed 78% of divisional pre-tax profit in 9M0003.
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Since then, federal agencies have issued rules and guidelines to ensure that prior authorization requirements, medical necessity criteria and other cost-control techniques do not become barriers to mental health care and addiction treatment.
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" Bob Fernley, the Force India deputy team principal, underlined that while cost control in particular "will have a benefit," the downside is that "it will take a couple of years or so to implement.
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President Barack Obama and his first budget director, Peter R. Orszag, as well as some health economists, championed the board as one of the most significant cost-control provisions in the 2000 health law.
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As a result, we see 2Q18 as a positive step for Tesla as a manufacturing organization, but a step that requires continued forward momentum in cost control, operating efficiency, and ultimately positive cash flow.
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"Even though the company is expected to maintain profit momentum via cost control, we believe that margins will still be under pressure," China-based investment bank, Guotai Junan Securities, said in a recent note.
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Once you get a critical mass of people in, the employment-based plans that remain under Medicare for America will be able to leverage that new system to get some degree of cost control.
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The company, which made Lindsay Page chief executive officer in April after the departure of founder Ray Kelvin following misconduct allegations, said it was actively focussing on cost control and marketing as a result.
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"Since the end of the period revenue growth has been broadly in line with the third quarter, gross margins and cost control have been good," Chief Executive John Martin said in a statement on Tuesday.
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At the same time, I still think that if there's going to be a breaking point where direct government-driven cost control becomes more widely politically palatable, employers will be the ones who drive it.
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Jefferies analysts highlighted a dip in mobile service revenues and pressure from promotions as weaknesses, while praising the Swiss company's cost control that is helping preserve profit margins in what has become a "tougher market".
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Along with other changes to Part D, "the expanding role of high-cost medicines may be eroding plans' incentives for and ability to achieve cost control," MedPAC's James Mathews wrote in congressional testimony delivered yesterday.
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The adjusted profit in the first nine months to end September rose 1.3% year-on-year to 4.6 billion dirhams, thanks to higher mobile data revenue and cost control, the company said in a statement.
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The airline, which has been battling fierce competition from rivals and over-capacity in Europe, said strong cost control and the easing pressure on some prices meant it still expected to meet full-year targets.
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On June 30, 1982, President Reagan issued Executive Order 12369 to establish the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, which quickly became known as the Grace Commission after its chairman, businessman J. Peter Grace.
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"GS seems well positioned for a stronger macro environment given revenue upside, good cost control and a valuation below peers (despite similar/higher current and expected returns)," wrote analyst Matt O'Connor in a note Tuesday.
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The move, part of a financing round worth $590 million, will help Joby launch an electric air-taxi service by 2023 and gives the company access to Toyota's prowess in manufacturing, quality and cost control.
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And less coverage in general: Republican ideas about cost control are all about "skin in the game," requiring people to pay more out of pocket (which somehow doesn't stop them from complaining about high deductibles).
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The VR also reflects Fitch's expectation of a modest improvement in Bankia's operating profitability, supported by a gradual change in loan mix, further funding cost reduction, cost control discipline and lower loan impairment charges (LIC).
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A combination of revenue growth, improved product mix, cost control, efficiency measures and greater fab utilisation will support profit margin expansion as the impact of less profitable parts of the business come out of the mix.
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Both Goldman and Morgan Stanley have presentations before their investors coming up later in May, and cost control has been a key topic that was brought up at other Wall Street banks' presentations already this year.
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When I was in the culinary arts program at Kapiolani Community College, I went on a field trip to learn about food cost control at Wailana when it was in its infancy in the early 1970s.
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The staffing company said its net fees in Europe's largest economy, Germany, grew 2% in the quarter, although there were signs of client cost control and slower decision-making, especially in the manufacturing and automotive sectors.
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The cost control measures are estimated to result in $25 million in savings this year and will be a centerpiece of its strategy over the next three years, the company told analysts on an earning call.
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"There's still very tight cost control across most companies in the UK, but some of the investments that were put on hold a year ago, a small proportion of those are now being released," he said.
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"Positive like-for-like sales in cycling and a further acceleration in autocentres growth, combined with gross margin improvement and cost control, results in a very positive message coming from today's third-quarter update," they said.
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As chief operating officer at Credit Suisse, Mr Bouée was instrumental in the tighter cost control that, with the push into wealth management and greater investment in Asia, has been a hallmark of Mr Thiam's tenure.
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This time around, GM says, through disciplined cost-control it has finally found a way to make affordable vehicles in bulk for emerging markets, loaded with the technology that consumers want and still make a profit.
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The CBO took a dim view of this idea, and decided that the only cost control measures it would score were cruder efforts to reduce the quantity of health care consumed by encouraging higher-deductible plans.
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Mid-year six-month banking system results (9083H16) continue to be supported by recurring operating income and adequate asset quality and cost control, which helps compensate for lower loan growth, higher corporate taxes and local currency devaluation.
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The stabilisation will be supported by the region's robust tax base, including an additional EUR7503 million attribution from the national government as a share of principal taxes, and tighter cost control partly offsetting declining fees and transfers.
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Earnings generation and profitability remained sound in 2016 and 1Q17, with higher average AuM and sound cost control supporting the operating margin (48% in 2016) of Amundi, which is at the upper end of its peer group.
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This will be supported by the region's prudent fiscal management aimed at cost control and stable flow of current transfers and tax revenue in 2016-2018, mitigating the negative impact of a prolonged economic downturn in Russia.
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Solid Budgetary Performance Under Fitch's base case scenario, Marche is forecast to post a stable operating balance of EUR160m (operating margin around 5%) over the medium term, due to tight cost control and a solid tax base.
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More revenue—from the sale of broadcasting, marketing and licensing rights to World Cups—and tighter cost control ought to be enough both to keep shareholders happy and also to raise money to foster grassroots initiatives worldwide.
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The state's cost-control experiment goes back to the 1970s, when economists and policy wonks in the United States started panicking about health care costs and Congress passed laws encouraging states to experiment to address the problem.
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Mullen said the profit rise was driven by operational efficiencies and forensic cost control, but he added that the company was still investing in content and had launched seven regional news sites in the last six months.
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Such a state-oriented approach is appropriate, as most of the policy levers for cost control already reside at the state level including: Once a few states are successful with proven strategies, others will quickly adopt them.
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Fitch-defined operating profit improved in 2015 to GBP533m, from GBP498m in 2014) as a result of broadly stable management fee margins (just under 50bps), higher average AuM and strong cost control (operating expenses were up 3.3% yoy).
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"The most significant pressures on client spending seems to be the impact of low growth and cheap money driving asset purchases, consolidation and zero-based budgeting," it said, in reference to the private-equity approach to cost control.
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Unfortunately, this approach to cost control and quality assurance generally did not work in medicine before the ACA, and certainly does not work now as it becomes even more ingrained into our health care system under the ACA.
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Members of the investigatory chamber of UEFA's financial control board, a group set up to analyze the accounts of clubs suspected of breaking strict cost-control regulations, met two weeks ago in Nyon, Switzerland, to finalize their conclusions.
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The big picture: When combined with aggressive cost control measures and the redirection of current state spending into the "Medicare for All" system, Warren says her plan requires an additional $20.5 trillion of federal spending over 10 years.
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And when Senator William Proxmire, Democrat of Wisconsin and chairman of the subcommittee, asked him about the C-22006A overruns, Mr. Fitzgerald volunteered, "Your figure could be approximately right," and outlined the program's cost control and administrative failures.
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This is another big obstacle to passing a single-payer system in Vermont, or anywhere in the United States: Our health care system is so expensive, it makes any change — any attempt at serious cost control — nearly impossible.
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Fitch forecasts deficit before debt variation to average 203% of total revenue in 2016-2018, below the high 19%-24% seen in 2013-2014, as the regional government focuses on spending rationalisation and cost control to reduce new borrowings.
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Six of the 23 major S&P sectors were higher, with the health index up 250 percent after a report said Medicare spending levels did not exceed targets and did not warrant the formation of a cost-control board.
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Companies and banks said that the credit market remained tight and businesses said they were still focused on cost control rather than making new investments, but some respondents said cost-saving measures had been exhausted, according to the poll.
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COST CONTROL: The Hill's Peter Sullivan reports: Hillary Clinton is calling on the manufacturer of the EpiPen to immediately reduce the cost of the device, as an uproar builds over the recent price hike for the emergency allergy treatment.
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In any case, it was all spent, with the monthly burn rate at the startup going as high as $6 million a month at its peak, and then down to $2.5 million when Karhoo went into cost-control mode.
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The food group posted a stronger-than-expected rise in first-half operating profit on Thursday, helped by cost control and improving sales at its core dairy division in Europe following a revamp of its Danonino and Actimel brands.
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Allowing it to do so would not only breach cost control regulations in Spain, Tebas said, but also leave him open to criticism personally, given how outspoken he has been about spending by Gulf-backed teams in the past.
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Improving FCF: Bristol should generate steady improvements in FCF during 2017 and beyond, as new products recently launched gain traction and margins gradually improve owing to cost control and favorable shifts in sales mix of newer, higher margin products.
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In an effort to adapt to the new market conditions, the company has introduced cost control measures and had 100 supply vessels stacked as of June 30, resulting in a reduction of 10 percent in direct and general costs.
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It's also a good sign that cost control — the intention of the Cadillac tax, a 40% excise tax on the most generous employer plans — is still not very popular with lawmakers, even as health care costs continue to rise.
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"While we appreciate the continued focus on new product initiatives, refreshed store concept, clean-up of wholesale distribution, focus on sales productivity improvement, ecommerce and cost control, the jury's still out on the timing and magnitude of brand turnaround," they said.
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"On the one hand, there were strong revenues in large corporates and good cost control in French and international retail banking, but on the other hand, top line and costs disappointed in Corporate Centre," JPMorgan said in a note to investors.
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Equity transcribed: Silicon Valley's founder fetish infantilizes public companies After quite a lot of time, a business pivot, two different credit lines, buckets of capital and a refocus on cost-control, Dropbox may be finally on the path to going public.
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Last year, Nostrum had to work to stabilize production from two of its wells and complete a gas treatment plant in Kazakhstan while working to improve its balance sheet and tightening cost control as it targeted a ramp-up in production.
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Write-downs to the value of its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands of $15.4 billion caused the company to notch a fourth-quarter profit loss, representing a notable about-face following years of stringent cost control and industry-leading margins.
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"Their approach has brought a new culture of transparency to the sport and illustrates willingness to debate fundamental issues such as the distribution of the prize fund monies, cost control and engine regulations," Sauber and Force India said of Liberty.
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The Affordable Care Act will ideally be relegated to the dustbin of domestic policy history and replaced with a law that passes muster as good economic policy, budget policy and sensible support for a private sector-driven, cost-control effort.
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"The combination of strength in many of our end markets and our team's continued focus on operational excellence — including strong cost control — helped us deliver improved margins and a record first-quarter profit," Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby said in a statement.
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STOCKHOLM, June 29 (Reuters) - Fashion retailer H&M posted on Thursday a 10 percent increase in fiscal second-quarter pretax profit, beating expectations for a 1.6 percent increase, and said it was helped by continued expansion and tight cost control.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Several listed Chinese steel companies expect to either return to profit or log a strong rise in net profit for 2016 due to improving product prices as the government attempts to cut excess capacity, and cost control efforts.
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The Mexico-based miner, which said it would put in place a cost control programme in the second half of the year, said it now expected annual capital expenditure of $655 million, down from its previous plan of $710 million.
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P.S.G. had been under investigation by UEFA for months amid concerns that the club's lavish spending on players could not be covered by its income — a violation of UEFA's strict cost-control regulations known broadly as its Financial Fair Play rules.
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Currently, the delivery speed and cost control in Shanghai Gigafactory surprise the Wall Street, Musk also said they plan to invest on small E-SUV in China and launch a design center to create "original car" to sell it worldwide.
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Nissan Motor Co named Senior Vice President Makoto Uchida as its next chief executive on Tuesday, picking a relative outsider who joined the automaker mid-career and is known for his rigorous work ethic and relentless focus on cost control.
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Cheng said if California can eventually achieve universal coverage, and pass tight cost control mechanisms to reduce overall health care spending, it can serve as a model for other states and possibly, provide a state and national template for single-payer.
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"Labour shortages continue to place upward pressure on build costs throughout the construction sector, however, a strong operational focus and an embedded culture of cost control has helped Bellway minimise any dilutive effect on the gross margin," the firm said.
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The world's largest yoghurt maker, whose brands include Actimel and Activia, on Thursday reported a bigger than expected rise in first-half operating profit, helped by cost control and the first benefits from its acquisition of U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave.
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Together with cost control and efficiency gains from recent integrations, this provides some flexibility to cope with profitability headwinds in 16 from low interest rates and lending volumes as well as lost revenues from the removal of interest rate floors.
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The most fundamental reason is it's very hard to put in place powerful mechanism for cost control if there are a lot of people who are outside the system or in systems that are not governed by that price control.
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If employers ever reach the conclusion that they've taken this kind of cost-shifting as far as it can go, they could be powerful voices in the political debate over more aggressive cost-control measures — and they do want to control costs.
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"It is nice to get the strong cost control confirmed, especially at a time where the expectations for future growth is diminishing and there is great uncertainty about the impact from new low-sulphur fuel requirements," said Sydbank analyst Mikkel Emil Jensen.
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The 52-year-old firm — like its peers Smurfit Kappa Group Plc, Sappi Ltd and DS Smith Plc — has been plagued by pricing pressures from higher costs for raw materials and said on Thursday it had implemented "strong" cost control across the group.
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As recently as last week, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber, José Narciso da Cunha Rodrigues, announced his group would review a recently agreed settlement between the chief investigator and Turkey's Galatasary, a club that has now twice breached the cost control regulations.
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In another bid to win over conservatives, it will make some structural reforms to Medicare and repeal ObamaCare's Independent Payment Advisory Board, a cost-control program that never got off the ground because critics argued it would take medical decisions away from doctors.
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The commission is expected to begin its work in 2020, with its charge to consider a path forward on single-payer and tight cost control mechanisms, including a global budgeting system that establishes a fixed amount of health care spending for the state.
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News reports about the documents suggested the team had deceived officials responsible for UEFA's cost control rules by misrepresenting the source of some of its sponsorship income, a key component in meeting regulations imposed on all teams participating in European club competitions.
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Chief Executive Emma Walmsley, who is trying to reinvigorate GSK's pharmaceutical business, its largest division which has lagged rivals in producing new blockbuster drugs, said stronger commercial execution, new launches, notably shingles vaccine Shingrix, and better cost control was driving GSK's growth.
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"We have given (setting up studios) a thought as well, but can't find a way to make it work in terms of cost-control and team-bulding," he told CNBC at a meeting of the China Entrepreneur Club, an exclusive summit of business leaders.
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SAO PAULO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian cosmetics group Natura Cosmeticos SA said on Wednesday its second-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year ago, slightly above market expectations, helped by solid sales growth in all segments as well as cost control efforts.
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Congress has already repealed several unpopular parts of the law as part of last year's tax legislation — most notably the individual mandate, which now expires at the end of this year, but also the Medicare cost-control board (known as the Independent Payment Advisor Board).
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BANGKOK, April 18 (Reuters) - Thailand's Tisco Financial Group Pcl said on Monday quarterly net profit rose 5.2 percent from a year ago due to higher net interest income and cost control, but lending fell 13 percent, hit by a sluggish economy and weak market for cars.
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Recurrent operating income, superior asset quality (loan loss provisions accounted for only 0003% of earnings before taxes and provisions as of year ended 2016 ), and good cost control has been key to maintaining good operating profit-to-RWA at a 1.7% average for the past five years.
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"I think one thing that has really marked Bernard's tenure as the head of upstream is a move towards digitalization and he has also had a very strong focus on cost control," Jason Gammel, senior oil and gas analyst at Jefferies, told CNBC's "Street Signs" on Friday.
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The short-term cost-control measures established by the league's clubs effectively link increases in a team's wage bill to growth of its commercial revenue; that Arsenal, for example, has not increased the latter means it is not in a position to throw money at the former.
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As well as growth and cost-control, several questions focused on the company's culture and business practices following a string of embarrassing scandals have included sexual harassment allegations, a massive data breach that was concealed from regulators, use of illicit software to evade authorities and allegations of bribery overseas.
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An upgrade would be contingent on continued improvement in capital ratios, notably the adoption of higher capital ratio targets in the next strategic plan than the current CET1 target ratio of above 12%, reinforced group cohesion and cross-selling, as well as strong liquidity management and cost control.
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"Despite the lack of growth in domestic broadcast deals announced to date, we still expect to see overall revenue growth in the coming seasons, and if this is complemented with prudent cost control, we expect that pre-tax profits will be achieved for the foreseeable future," added Jones.
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"Most of us who have been working on this program have real heartburn for there being a cost control aspect of it, because you never know when there is going to be a natural disaster or an area where you need more money in the program," he said.
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Uchida, a senior vice president known for his unflagging work ethic and relentless focus on cost control, was described by one long-time associate who spoke on condition of anonymity as a "foreigner with a Japanese face" - a straight talker who was direct and to the point in conversations.
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Manchester City: The soccer club's chief executive and its coach, in their first public comments about a two-year ban from the Champions League, denied that it had broken cost-control regulations in pursuit of on-field success and said it would fight to have the punishment overturned.
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"Notwithstanding fierce competition for user mindshare and advertiser dollars and a history of being hugely unprofitable, progress towards profitability, improving user growth trajectory, strong traction among advertisers, and sustained cost control have benefited Snap's outlook," wrote Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, in a note following the company's earnings report.
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But this looks very much like a one-time adjustment; and the broader picture is that health costs have actually gone up much more slowly since Obamacare was enacted than they did before, in part due to the law's cost-control features, which have worked far better than most expected.
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Soriano also doubled down on a statement City issued on Friday that excoriated the bodies responsible for overseeing UEFA's financial fair-play regulations, a series of cost-control measures that apply to all of its member clubs, and he rejected the assertion that the club had not cooperated with investigators.
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"We spent two days with the leaders of healthcare innovator UNH and walked away more bullish on the LT growth trajectory, ability to disrupt the industry driving leading cost control and share gains, and achieve an unheard of 2900 nps by 2025," PiperJaffray's Sarah James said in a recent note to clients.
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The New York Times reported on Monday that investigators believe that Manchester City should be banned from the prestigious Champions League for at least a year for their interactions with investigators and licensing authorities looking into whether the club kept within cost control regulations, a policy commonly known as financial fair play.
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And it was proud of Valeant's deal-driven, slash-and-burn strategy: "We believed extraordinary value could be created not from a traditional strategy of high-risk R&D bets but rather from a focus on operational excellence, cost control and asset divestitures," ValueAct said in glowing support of the company back in 2009.
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They were certain that when Americans understood what was in the law — when they saw it would cover tens of millions of people, and regulate away the worst abuses of the insurance industry, and let children stay on their parents' plans, and use Medicare to pilot a host of cost-control experiments — they would come around.
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PLC - BUSINESS UPDATE AND CLOSURE OF UK SCHOOLS * MALVERN INTERNATIONAL PLC - MALVERN'S UK SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY 20 MARCH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE * MALVERN INTERNATIONAL - BOARD PUT IN PLACE CONTINGENCY PLANS AND APPLIED STRONG COST CONTROL MEASURES AT OUTSET OF 2020 * MALVERN INTERNATIONAL PLC - HOWEVER, AS EXPECTED WITH ONGOING UNCERTAINTY NEW BOOKINGS ARE, AT PRESENT, MINIMAL Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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News media outlets, including The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reported that the outcome of the investigation was likely to be a recommendation that City, which had already been sanctioned for breaking the cost-control rules in 2014, faced a ban of at least one season from the Champions League, a trophy the club has never won but covets the most.
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"If we just take a step back indeed for the bank as a whole we had a good set of results and particularly domestic markets and international financial services had its revenues held up well and all that cost control, low cost of risks, significantly down actually, led to 1.8 billion euros of results," he told CNBC on Monday ahead of the earnings report release.
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"This is something that, if you went back two years ago, you didn't see anywhere near as much activity in this space as you see now, because I think people are getting more comfortable with the cloud, with security, with financial management, cost control — all of these different areas that have been developing over time," Shaukat said of the second kind of sales relationship he described.
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Media Ltd: * BRENDON COOK HAS COMMITTED TO REMAIN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNTIL AT LEAST END OF CY20 * COMPANY DECIDED TO WITHDRAW ITS FY20 EARNINGS GUIDANCE ON 1553 MARCH 2020 * FY20 YEAR TO DATE REVENUE REMAINS IN LINE WITH PRIOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD * ANNOUNCES REDUCTION OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM BY $25M - $35M BELOW PREVIOUS GUIDANCE RANGE OF $60 - $70M * INITIATIVES INCLUDE COST CONTROL WITH IDENTIFIED SAVINGS OF $20M - $30M IN OPERATING EXPENDITURE AND FIXED RENT EXPENSE REDUCTION * PERFORMANCE IN Q1 WAS CONSISTENT WITH DELIVERING ORIGINAL FY20 EBITDA GUIDANCE OF $140M TO $155M * LARGEST SHAREHOLDER HMI CAPITAL COMMITTED TO SUB-UNDERWRITE UP TO $17.7M ACROSS EQUITY RAISING Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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KEY ASSUMPTIONS Fitch's key assumptions within our rating case for the issuer include: - Core-telecom revenue to increase by low single digit percentage in 2017 as growing broadband and media (IPTV) revenue offsets the decline in fixed-line voice revenue - Core-telecom EBITDAR margin in 0003 to be similar to the 2016 level with effective cost control - Capex to stay around KRW3.3 trillion (cash basis) in 2017 (2016: KRW3.3 trillion) - Free cash flow to remain positive in 2017 RATING SENSITIVITIES Future developments that may, individually or collectively, lead to positive rating action include: - Core-telecom adjusted net debt/operating EBITDAR below 2.0x - No sustained decline in absolute level of core-telecom operating EBITDAR - Sustained positive pre-dividend free cash flow Future developments that may, individually or collectively, lead to negative rating action include: - Core-telecom adjusted net debt/ operating EBITDAR above 3.0x - Sustained decline in absolute level of core-telecom operating EBITDAR - Sustained negative pre-dividend free cash flow LIQUIDITY Robust liquidity: As of end-March 2017, KT had cash and cash equivalents of KRW13 trillion, which was sufficient to cover short-term debt of KRW1.8 billion.
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KEY ASSUMPTIONS Fitch's key assumptions within our rating case for the issuer include: - Core-telecom revenue to increase by low-single-digit percentage in 2017 as growing broadband and media (IPTV) revenue offsets the decline in fixed-line voice revenue - Core-telecom EBITDAR margin in 0003 to be similar to the 2016 level with effective cost control - Capex to stay around KRW3.3 trillion (cash basis) in 2017 (2016: KRW3.3 trillion) - Free cash flow to remain positive in 2017 RATING SENSITIVITIES Future developments that may, individually or collectively, lead to positive rating action include: - Core-telecom adjusted net debt/operating EBITDAR below 2.0x - No sustained decline in absolute level of core-telecom operating EBITDAR - Sustained positive pre-dividend free cash flow Future developments that may, individually or collectively, lead to negative rating action include: - Core-telecom adjusted net debt/operating EBITDAR above 3.0x - Sustained decline in absolute level of core-telecom operating EBITDAR - Sustained negative pre-dividend free cash flow LIQUIDITY Robust Liquidity: As of end-March 2017, KT had cash and cash equivalents of KRW13 trillion, which was sufficient to cover short-term debt of KRW1.8 billion.
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