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...Continent's cultural diversity makes it hard to turn a profit on other homegrown programming; the lack of an export market to recoup costs doesn't help. Pornography, the quiet cash cow of the U.S. cable industry, is not as much of a draw in countries where full-frontal nudity is routinely shown on free...
...where he also failed to stamp his authority on the midfield, the Argentine skipper could be forgiven for wondering where it all went wrong. The rumor mill says Man U will sell Veron to finance the purchase of Ferdinand, but it is not known whether the English side will recoup its initial outlay. VALUE: $38 million, down from $43 million...
...paying their rebates all the way through until when they went under,” said Michael T. Sha ’02 over crystal-clear digital cell phone connection. Sha ended up losing some cash in the end, when the company quit sending the checks, but managed to recoup his losses by reselling some of the free merchandise he had acquired. “I probably didn’t lose much,” he says...
...their benefits, however, hybrids do cost a few thousand dollars more than their gas-only counterparts. While you may be able to recoup that money in fuel savings within 10 years, it's still a big initial investment. And the batteries are guaranteed under warranty for only eight years, at which point customers may have to shell out as much as $2,000 for a replacement. "People are not willing to pay extra money for fuel economy in the U.S.," says Rich Marsh, who heads GM's hybrid-truck program. That's why GM plans to market its hybrid...
...since the cost of testing a drug could be as high as $800 million, Grinspoon said he did not think many drug companies would pay for the necessary tests. Marijuana is a plant—and therefore cannot be patented—so companies would be unlikely to help recoup their testing expenses, he said...