Its costs climbed 4.4percentt, led by fuel expense of $128 million.
Its revenues were up 7percenttoto $1.26 billion, but its costs climbed at an even faster rate.
And while the company has continued to trim its marketing expenses over the last year, to $256,000, its nonmarketing costs climbed to $247.4 million.
The company, based in Coral Gables, Fla., said the costs of operating its network increased to $25.8 million, from $12.4 million, while marketing costs climbed to $32.8 million, from $20.9 million.
Shawkey oversaw the Police Department during the city's toughest time in years: the height of a recession that saw tax revenues drop while employee costs climbed.
Its bandwidth and computer costs climbed, and it was beginning to pay for some content.
While Dow's overhead costs climbed, continued weakness in America's housing and auto markets dragged down company sales.
That is good for the environment, but bad for the revenues that go into building and maintaining roads, because it means that the money collected from gasoline taxes has been dwindling while costs climb.
Student-loan debt may become the next U.S. asset bubble as rising tuition costs climb while household income stagnates, Standard & Poor's said.
Hewlett-Packard was up $3.13, to $118.63, while its rival International Business Machines climbed $1.56, to $124.81.
Elon Musk's SpaceX, meanwhile, actually saw its fair valuation fall in 2008, while its reported valuation climbed.
