The result should be lower-cost tools for a broader swath of the market, and promote more cross-pollination across different geographies, according to Grignon, Nimble's chief executive.
Thus, while costs are not the only consideration in setting up and sustaining SLV-I [ 56, 57], the program costs for SLV-I should be lower than practice-located costs, or at least lower than or equal to reimbursement rates for SLV-I to be sustained.
Kodak and Hewlett-Packard did not disclose their pricing, but in a conference call with securities analysts, executives said equipment costs should be lower than for silver-based processing and actual processing costs would be similar.
And costs should be lower, thanks in part to Magna's 30% lower labor costs in Austria compared with Germany's.
These costs should be lower.
This alone should mean monthly costs should be lower.
It also said merger-related costs should be lower than expected.
There ought to be savings in information systems, and operational and regulatory costs should be lower.
Costs should be lower than for mutual funds, they say, because trading of E.T.F. shares usually occurs between investors, without fund providers issuing or redeeming shares.
"Heating costs should be lower this winter since natural gas prices are down," said David Dismukes, associate executive director and professor at Louisiana State University's Center for Energy Studies. "Natural gas prices are down because of considerable, new supplies from shale, along with high inventories of gas in storage and relatively tepid demand -- particularly on the industrial side".
