21. And because it is surrounded by terraces, he now spends several thousand dollars a year on plants. 22. And Continental decided it could no longer compete with United for the Denver market and pulled out after prolonged losses that reached millions of dollars a month. 23. And eliminating visits could save SBC tens of millions of dollars a year. 24. And he claims that consumers are still wasting billions of dollars a year. 25. And only about a third cover the pill, which costs about a dollar a day. 26. And that failure, Hahn estimates, could raise the cost of compliance in the Northeast by tens of billions of dollars a year. 27. And the users seem willing to pay, at least a few dollars a year. 28. And, others wonder, even if the services bring incremental benefits, will they justify prices that can run hundreds of dollars a month per desktop? 29. Anyone who thought gasoline would never again be available for less than a dollar a gallon has had a pleasant surprise. 30. Archer Daniels Midland pled guilty to a price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers millions of dollars a year in higher prices for soft drinks and detergents. |