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...design a new computer system. Seven firms offered to do the work at prices ranging from $2,000 to $201,000. But the winner was Fujitsu, which submitted a bid of less than a penny. The practice smacked of dumping, in which goods or services are sold below cost. Fujitsu hoped to recoup its initial loss by having city officials eventually buy more expensive software and hardware. While Fujitsu has admitted to carrying out similar practices in the past, it offered to retract the latest bid. Even so, the government has pledged to investigate whether the company broke any laws...
...months the Cutlips had sold their house and moved with their four children to Seattle, with no job and few friends, but with a determination to find a less stressful life. Today the family is settled in the wooded suburb of Issaquah in a cedar split-level that cost them $110,000 less than their California home. Even if Kelly's income has dipped 20%, his commute is mercifully brief. At the wheel, he says, he no longer starts at the sound of a backfire for fear it might be a highway shooting. "We were tired of being...
...year-old child to Seattle from Orange County just five months ago. Recalls Terry: "We came here to try to live a simple life on one income. I wanted to be June Cleaver; you know, 'Honey, I'm ho-ome!' " But they soon became disillusioned by the surprisingly high cost of living -- including what they call "sneak taxes" on housing, autos and services -- and convinced that opportunity knocks louder back in Southern California. "I'd love to take our house and lake with us, but I can't wait to get back to the whole Southern California scene," Terry Maxwell...
...affected by the new student health insurance program represents a little less than 15 percent of the total number of college and university students in the state. Under the new regulations, those students are required to pay anywhere between $200 and $600 per year in premiums, with an average cost of $270. Students cannot register for classes this fall unless they have health coverage. Although most schools accept "equivalent coverage" as a substitute for the plans mandated by the state, a few schools, notably Curry, Dean and Hellenic College, require that all students sign up for the state's plan...
...Harold Hawkes, Harvard's associate director for engineering and utilities, said the University uses about 115 million kilowatts of electricity and 600 thousand tons of fuel annually--at a cost of $15 million. He said those figures can be reduced by monitoring of energy use more closely and improving insulation of buildings...