41. Columns Shares of America West have languished, even though the company has a strong balance sheet and low costs. 42. Companies are flocking to the market, taking advantage of historically low borrowing costs. 43. David Kathman, an analyst with Morningstar, an investment advisory service, said the key to Internet profitability is low costs. 44. Credit for that optimism goes in part to relatively low borrowing costs. 45. Delta said Express will be immediately profitable, based on stronger-than-expected bookings and low costs. 46. Despite the simple construction and low cost of these cameras, they can produce pictures of surprising quality. 47. DuPont said its fibers business has been bothered by new competition from small companies with low costs. 48. Dolby, too, began by selling low volumes of professional encoders and high volumes of decoding chips at very low cost. 49. EBay has no inventory, so it can operate efficiently and with low overhead costs, more like Dell Computer Corp. than like Amazon.com Inc. 50. El Mundo has been profitable for three years, due to its low costs and high technology. |