Galleon, which is still being unwound, said in court papers that it was one of the investors that purchased a block of Human Genome stock from FrontPoint just before the company's negative announcement, costing it about $1.5 million.
Since the announcement, the cost of three-month borrowing has fallen below the 6.75% minimum the bank was charging.
Inside the news division, an announcement about cost reductions had been anticipated for weeks, causing what one employee called a "dark cloud".
Asked about employers' concerns that Brown's announcement could cost jobs, Mandelson recalled the level of resistance when the national minimum wage was introduced.
But according to Hussain, after Google's Chromecast announcement, the cost of building similar devices changed almost overnight.
The software giant hired Santana to perform the multi-Grammy-winning single "Smooth" at the Windows 2000 announcement (estimated cost for the five-minute performance: a six-figure sum).
But the Conservatives argued that Labour's "panicky" housing announcements would cost more than twice as much as it was claiming.
Fortunately, as you may remember from previous announcements, the cost is pretty low; $20 per year, and it gets you online game access and a growing library of NES classics.
He declined to comment on the disparity between the dollar amounts listed in the public announcement and costs enumerated in the internal documents.
"We might get more announcements around cost-cutting," he said.
Announcements of cost-cutting measures are expected to accompany the airline's third-quarter results later this month.
