41.   Drug companies found they had to put more effort and money into finding drugs while at the same time slashing their development costs.

42.   Executives said safeguards were also being put in place to make sure that development costs did not soar.

43.   Falling interest rates reduce development costs and make mortgages cheaper for home buyers.

44.   Ford also is dealing with high product and development costs for some new models, Healy said.

45.   General Mills blamed development costs for International Dessert Partners and market expansion by Cereal Partners Worldwide.

46.   Fujitsu and Siemens said they hoped to cut expenses, mainly by obtaining more bargaining power with suppliers and by spreading research and development costs over a broader base.

47.   GM executives acknowledged that the North American operations were not increasing productivity or cutting development costs as fast as they had hoped.

48.   GM executives acknowledged the North American operations were not boosting productivity and cutting material and development costs as fast they had hoped.

49.   Free-market advocates say FCC meddling will raise development costs and reduce the innovation that fuels competition.

50.   GM reaped greater profits because it had no development costs.