1.   An overdraft offered more flexibility but higher cost.

2.   Business is also booming in the Far East, though Hong Kong suffered from higher costs and increased import duties.

3.   But rather than extract monopoly profits, firms can enjoy their Market power by operating with higher costs so being x -inefficient.

4.   Car rental firms have found it hard to increase their prices to cover these higher costs.

5.   Cirrus also was saddled with higher operating costs than other companies, in part because it had grown so fast.

6.   City officials denied any retaliation but said they approved the settlement because they feared higher costs from a protracted legal battle.

7.   Deterioration of Market conditions and higher fixed costs were blamed for the Decline.

8.   Higher insurance costs will make it harder to afford coverage, swelling the numbers of uninsured.

9.   In essence, this requires assessment of whether the extra benefits exceed the higher costs.

10.   It blamed lower holiday sales, crimped gross Margin, stormy weather and higher costs.