Sentence examples for costs widens from inspiring English sources

This week the Fabian Society reported that poorer renters are at risk of huge shortfalls in rent, as the gap between housing benefit and mid-market average housing costs widens.

Sales increased 24percentto to $583.8 million, in the quarter ended May 1. Nvidia's chief executive, Jen-Hsun Huang, said the gross margin, the share of sales left after production costs, widened to 36percentt, from 32percentt a year ago.

But during that time, Questar aggressively cut costs, widening operating margins and boosting free cash flow.

Merck Finck's Becker said Lone Star would now begin the process of cutting costs, widening IKB's product range and looking at ways to generate more revenue from its core business of lending to small and medium-sized businesses.

That reduces Valero's operating costs and widens its profit margins.

It is the third time that the company's chief executive, W. James McNerney Jr., has raised the 2004 forecast, as cost cuts widen margins and consumers and companies increase spending.

Average wages have stagnated since 2001 because of high energy prices, rising health-care costs and widening inequality.

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So they have moved quickly -- by Japanese standards, at least -- to cut costs and widen profit margins.

Both Moody's and Standard & Poor's recently downgraded Italy's debt ratings and warned of more to come, pushing up borrowing costs and widening credit spreads.

The operating loss was exacerbated by restructuring costs which widened year on year from a €4m loss in 2008 to a €9m loss last year.