This decrease comes mainly from remuneration and recruiting expenses, partially offset by increased business development and travel expenses, and higher internal improvement project costs.

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On a sequential basis, expenses increased by $800,000 from $30.4 million for the second quarter, driven by sequential increases in certain discretionary spending categories, such as travel, business development, information technology and communication costs, as well as an unfavorable U.S. dollar exchange rate impact on our US dollar denominated expenses, both partially upset by reductions in certain other expense categories.

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