£3.7m – Estimated cost of introducing same sex marriage, according to Government figures.
DaimlerChrysler said yesterday that it still expected 2004 profit to rise slightly, held back by losses at its Mitsubishi Motors affiliate and the cost of introducing new models.
The wild proliferation of filter brands continually elevated the advertising revenues of the television networks, because the cost of introducing a new brand went into millions of dollars.
Mr. Halaby's tenure coincided with one of the worst slumps in the airline industry, compounded by a general recession, inflation, increased competition and the high cost of introducing the Boeing 747.
That was well above analysts' expectations of about $800 million for the quarter, historically the most difficult of the year for auto manufacturers because of the cost of introducing new models.
Freeman used the figures to argue that cyclists should be made to pay a form of vehicle excise duty to contribute to the cost of introducing a bicycle registration scheme.
The cost of introducing digital technology emerged anew when British Sky Broadcasting also reported its eighth successive quarterly loss, which widened to $152 million, five times that of a year earlier.
This cut would be after recognising the additional cost of introducing the "national living wage", which means staff over the age of 25 must be paid at least £7.20 an hour from April.
Over the summer, carmakers face the high cost of introducing vehicles for the new model year, which begins in October, and they generally pile on incentives to clear their dealers' lots of leftover cars.
Council leaders say that Hammond's claims are completely untrue and that the extra money councils can raise will not come close even to what is needed to meet the cost of introducing the national living wage (estimated to be at least £600m this year).
Sony's net income for the quarter ended March 31 was 15.7 billion yen ($127 million), compared with a loss of 36.7 billion yen ($298 million) in the quarter a year earlier, which was caused by the cost of introducing the PlayStation 2 game console.
