101.   However, moving to the new system could cost billions of dollars worldwide to replace equipment and software and update existing applications, experts say.

102.   Industry fears the rules could cost them billions of euros in liability insurance, forcing them to move out of the EU.

103.   It also could cost billions of dollars in federal revenue used for road projects, they say.

104.   It briefly shut down Congress, sowed panic and has forced security steps costing billions.

105.   Long-term rebuilding is expected to cost billions, and countries are expected to make new pledges at a conference in January in Japan.

106.   Major changes could cost billions of dollars to install and maintain.

107.   Natural disasters ranging from earthquakes to tidal waves have cost Asia billions of dollars and thousands of lives in recent years, a conference was told Tuesday.

108.   Reconstruction will cost billions of dollars, the official said, declining to provide a specific estimate.

109.   Rebuilding Kosovo will cost billions of dollars though EU officials will not put a price tag on it.

110.   Rebuilding the economy and the country will cost billions of dollars, he said.