BPA Puts Big Price on Lost Benefits
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Mar. 3--Replacing all the power benefits from the lower Snake River dams would cost $400 million to $550 million yearly, the Bonneville Power Administration announced Friday.
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AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs.
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Tens of millions of pounds have been overpaid through benefit errors or fraud, according to a new report.
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Electrolux, the world's largest maker of consumer electronics, says third-quarter profits have been hit by the rising price of raw materials.
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Sometimes, stock buybacks destroy shareholder value.
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Quality Distribution is hammered after reporting a large loss for the second quarter.
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The company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.58 billion,  citing a $6.1 billion charge related to transferring employees from a multi-employer pension fund.
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Straining under the looming pension crisis in the airline industry, the federal pension benefits insurer yesterday reported that its deficit more than doubled from a year earlier.
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Returns of products that do not  easily link together or work like consumers believe they should  is costing manufacturers, communication carriers and  electronics retailers almost $14 billion a year in the United  States, according to Accenture.
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After years of double-digit cost increases, employers are seeing a significant slowing in the rate of growth in what they pay for employee health insurance.
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Consumers pay the price for high merchant fees.
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Don't buy without considering threat of entry, bargaining power, and more.
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How your computer could be costing you thousands of dollars.
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The acquisition of EOP has a ripple effect throughout the industry.
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Polysilicon prices are hurting even this scrappy recycler.
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Government subsidies can be a real drag.
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Every day, consumers plunk down millions of dollars for cell phones, computers and high-end electronics that are supposed to make their lives better. And every night, they lie awake worrying that their new PCs or plasma TVs will spontaneously combust the day their warranty expires.