Word: lowest
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...reason is a careful strategy of making acquisitions that expand NCI geographically and also fit into an integrated structure that makes NCI the lowest-cost producer in its industry. Sheer size helps: the company has become one of the 10 biggest U.S. buyers of steel, enabling it to wangle discounts unavailable to competitors. It also saves on transportation costs by locating--or buying--plants close to steel mills. NCI builds its own automatic welding equipment, specially designed to weld mainframes of buildings together. Five years ago, it began buying painting plants, and it is the only company in the industry...
...their businesses, Hewlett-Packard and Rockwell International are carrying on more traditional--and in Rockwell's case, quite drastic--cost-cutting programs in remaining operations. Tommy Hilfiger has not only adjusted quickly to a changed marketing mix but also shifted garment production into Asian plants, where labor costs are lowest...
...begin to understand the frustration police feel when the gang member says that shooting a cop wins you honor these days; that all his contemporaries do is fight and shoot and get high and steal; that he will never identify the kid who shot him because ratting is the lowest; that he burns names under an R.I.P. tattoo on his left arm when close friends die; that he doesn't expect to live to 25; that sometimes he dreams about going legit and getting a really good job. Like what? "I don't know," he says. "Like maybe a telemarketer...
...free itself from the government yoke, the airlines are trying to make sure that bureaucrats keep out of their business. The carriers, under a heavy congressional squeeze to address increasing customer complaints, on Thursday announced their long-awaited "passenger bill of rights." Among the measures: informing customers of the lowest available fares, better notification of delays and cancellations, prompt ticket refunds and better service. Congressional critics were encouraged but refused to give the airlines the all clear. "Legislators remain ready to move if this is not enough," says TIME business reporter Julie Rawe...
...sporting goods, housewares and appliances around the clock. But each day select items are put up for group sale at an initial price--say, $40 for a radio. The more buyers who join the sale by day's end, the lower the price will go. All buyers get the lowest price offered...