1.   Our refining costs remain lower than those of the industry and we are taking steps to improve on this advantaged position.

2.   And many costs remain hidden within stacks of bureaucratic paperwork.

3.   As a labor costs remain in check, businesses are able to absorb higher material and production costs without passing them onto their customers by investing in technology.

4.   As recently as October, several exhibitors said its costs remained exorbitant, although featherbedding and mob influence appeared to have been rooted out.

5.   Advertisers have been hard to come by, and bandwidth costs have remained fairly high.

6.   But experts say such changes would add high-risk cases to the insurance pool without ensuring that costs remain reasonable.

7.   But it will take several decades before robots attain the productivity levels of humans, and cost remains a constraint.

8.   Certain fixed costs will remain, including maintenance and debt service on capital improvements and equipment.

9.   Chip costs remained high, and devices sometimes refused to talk with each other.