Also, the museum faces an iffy fund-raising climate and increased security costs.
Even if they are willing to take the chance, the increased security costs of doing business may keep safety-conscious companies away.
But it acknowledged uncertainty amid continuing fallout from the war in Iraq, increased security costs, the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome and the revamping of the airline industry.
Mr. Karamanlis went on a spending spree to prepare for the 2004 Summer Olympics; the increased security costs imposed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 pushed the price tag even higher.
FACING a dire state economic forecast and increased security costs related to the threat of terrorism, Westchester County Executive Andrew J. Spano has proposed a budget for 2002 that would increase the property tax levy by 9.5percentthethe largest county tax increase in 12 years.
Instead, a fine display of disunity between parts of the party is vexing the planning for the Democratic convention this summer.Holding the first political convention since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 was never going to be easy, even though the federal government is chipping in $25m to offset increased security costs for the Democratic event in July.
It was revised upwards after taking into account previously overlooked costs such as VAT, increased security costs, and an expanded brief to regenerate the lower Lea Valley area.
Hugh Basham, managing director of DHL Express, Ireland, said such costs would include: extra pay for night-working staff who usually work day-time hours, increased security costs to prevent lorry hijackings and stock theft overnight and extra labour costs at delivery points.
Agency officials acknowledged such data could help them identify security cost trends and their impact on the reconstruction projects, as increased security costs resulted in the reduction or cancellation of some projects".
The high crime rate has been a drag on foreign investment in Africa's biggest economy, making it more difficult to retain high-level talent and recruit from abroad, and increasing security and insurance costs for businesses.
