11.   A surge in those costs this year could contribute to an overall rise in business labor costs, fueling inflation concerns.

12.   But he was given sweeping powers to cut regulations to decrease business costs.

13.   But concern over business costs is shared by economically attuned Democrats as well.

14.   Changes in government regulation, along with sweeping reform of the civil justice system, would pare business costs and presumably raise output.

15.   China will give foreign companies up to a two-year grace period before taxing their capital goods imports, a move that will inflate business costs.

16.   China will give foreign companies up to two years grace before taxing their capital goods imports, a move that will raise business costs.

17.   Earlier this month, it opened its newest offices in Salem, N.H., in part because of its cheaper business costs and available work force.

18.   Failure to reach an agreement on the wider tax overhaul proposals designed to lower business costs and boost consumer spending will stifle growth and job creation, economists said.

19.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan today criticized racial discrimination in the workplace, saying it leads to higher business costs, lower output and diminished creation of wealth.

20.   For years, New York has routinely granted millions in tax breaks to corporations that threaten to leave the city for places where labor and business costs are cheaper.