Sentences with phrase «added cost to consumers»

The total cumulative added cost to consumers of a strengthened RES would be less than 0.2 percent of total electricity expenditures through 2030 — or about 12 cents per month for the typical Minnesota household.

In itself this isn't actually a problem, as it doesn't add costs to the consumer.

Debt relief companies are increasingly playing the part of the middle man, at an added cost to the consumer.

Not exact matches

While many Amazon sellers are upset over this change — due to the added cost and process of shipping prepaid return labels — Amazon is certainly doing this to improve consumers experiences.

Sold direct - to - consumer and funded by Kickstarter, the company is able to use premium materials and invest in research without having to add in the cost of middlemen.

China «s consumer price inflation slowed to its weakest pace in almost a year in August, pulled down by abating food costs, although an encouraging moderation in producer price deflation added to growing evidence of a steadying economy.

For one thing, increases in commodity prices take time to trickle down to the consumer, and hikes depend largely on the willingness of retailers to absorb added costs.

McConnell's latest version aimed to satisfy both camps, by incorporating language by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas allowing insurers to sell skimpy plans alongside more robust ones, and by adding billions to treat opioid addiction and to defray consumer costs.

He observed that the reduced costs of distribution over the Internet are making it easier for businesses to serve consumer demand for niche items, and that collectively, the niches added up to quite a significant market for companies like Rhapsody, Netflix, or Amazon.

«Concerns about the economy, political stability and the increasing cost of living are causing apprehension for consumers in some markets, leading them to pull back on spending,» the report added.

In Alberta and B.C., GST is applied on top of the carbon tax on direct consumer fossil - fuel purchases, such as gasoline, as well as on products where a business has added some or all of the cost of the carbon tax to the cost of their good or service.

Add consumer - facing capabilities to existing infrastructure, such as provider search, appointment scheduling, and the ability to compare prescription drug costs.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Profile # 3: Consumer with 760 or Above Credit Score, Home Value of $ 400,000 and 20 % Down Payment The high credit score and 20 % down payment in this profile made it unnecessary to consider an FHA loan, which allows lower down payments at the cost of added mortgage insurance.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

Also, oil has gotten more expensive, which further adds to price increases since that raises the cost of shipping coffee to its end - user consumers.

Their protection keeps the prices of their products higher than they would otherwise be and thus adds to the costs of consumers, including other businesses.

We know that while consumers are strongly attracted to «free TV,» they also spend an enormous sum supporting it, through the purchase of their TV sets, the cost of electricity, and the add - on costs to every item they purchase which is advertised, not to mention the lost revenue in tax - deductible billions spent by advertisers.

«All our dairy foods assets, UHT, fresh milk, cheese, consumer powders, nutritionals are flat chat producing value add to capacity, as well as disciplined cost control in the business.

They work on much smaller margins and the price the consumer pays is in line with the added premiums provided to the farmer (often for quality in addition to organic certification), their own costs involved with organic certification, and the value added by actually roasting high quality beans that taste better.

The promotion of renewable energy is adding significantly to processing costs, according to an industry body that represents major energy consumers such as food packagers and chemical processors.

What should have been presented is decade long trends about: farm and processor bank debt; return on equity; full and part - time employment trends; farm and processor business numbers; domestic versus overseas value adding to commodities; volume and value of imported ingredients and products; international versus Australian processing costs comparisons for major foods like meats, flour, oils, milk products; and the farm gate price share of the consumer dollar for fresh foods like fruit and vegetables, milk, meats, bread, juice, eggs.

Senator Savino's S. 5274 would allow DFS to create a form disclosing all costs and warning consumers that add - on costs are not required to obtain loans and what the loan to value ratio is upon financing.

It added that the resultant drop in consumer spending could cost 47,000 jobs and lead to the closure of almost 10,000 shops.

«It will fail to provide comprehensive, useful consumer information, and it requires an extensive and unnecessary burden on the manufacturer that will add costs in a particularly bad economy,» Zielinski said.

At the same time, he added, the government's feed - in tariff, the costs of which are shared by the government and electricity customers, has resulted in «more and more consumers hav [ing] to pay higher electricity charges to utilities.»

April 20, 2018 • Some consumers were charged too much to extend the lock on their mortgage interest rates, and the bank's mandatory insurance program added unneeded costs and fees to borrowers» auto loans.

No price has yet been announced, but Jeep officials say it will be less than a consumer would pay buying a stock Wrangler and adding the same special equipment, which would cost up to $ 8,000 above the base price.

Some vans and cars offer the system, but most automakers have found that when it comes to cars, consumers will settle for bags, anti-lock brakes and traction control without the greatly added cost of fuel - consuming four - wheel drive.

From the pre-installed Amazon Kindle eReader to full Amazon app integration and Flash 10.1 support, our new ViewBook 730 enables consumers to do all the fun things that they want to do on a tablet without the added cost for features they don't need.»

Hanvon's new technology meets consumer demand for finger touch displays while also lowering the cost to eReader manufacturers by adding a series of antenna sensors to the sensor board

Add to this the average consumers» expectation of what a tablet should cost which has come down to just $ 257 from $ 504 between the June 2010 and January 2011 period.

Problem is, all these features cost money to add to the device, and has to be passed on to the consumer.

I was adding to consumer staples companies when that sector was weak (dollar cost averaging), sticking to my philosophy and buying better yields.

Personally, I have found that investments with simple to definable «Moats» (like COKE's brand & worldwide distribution system, Wells Fargo's low cost deposit base, JNJ's three legged platform — branded drug, consumer products, orthopedic / surgical medical devices, Markel / Berkshire's multi-decade culture of cherishing being relied upon, Exxon's rigid adherence to conservative ROIC decison's on capex projects) enable me to not only maintain composure when times are challenging, but also add meaningfully during those times.

ShareIn this second part of «Mortgage Rules — Ever Changing» I'll address how the government adds costs to the mortgage and time to get the mortgage for the consumer.

In this second part of «Mortgage Rules — Ever Changing» I'll address how the government adds costs to the mortgage and time to get the mortgage for the consumer.

First, the interest rate on a HELOC works like any other consumer debt interest rate in that it adds to the total cost of borrowing over time.

How much does it cost to add the «Info Request» button to my listing and receive consumer inquiries?

With credit cards, consumers are given the choice to repay this balance or to break it up and pay it over time (referred to as «carrying a balance»), at the cost of these added fees.

Consumers certainly have a far easier time understanding the cost of credit now than in 1968, but the TILA has taken on so many aspects of credit and government agencies have added so many amendments, rules and regulations to them, that the process is just as complex and unwieldy as ever.

Lenders are likely to pass on higher fees that they pay to consumers, which will add to the cost of borrowing.

Nancy Peterson, Founder and CEO of Homestars, a website that connects consumers with contractors and other home improvement professionals, says that, according to their data, the average kitchen renovation in Canada costs $ 25,593 — but, she adds, that number depends on how extensive the work is and whether you're doing an outright gut of the space and replacing everything with new stuff.

The payments you make under a consumer lease might seem small compared to the cost of buying the item, but when you add up the total cost of renting, it is much cheaper to buy it instead.

Services, Energy, Consumer Noncyclicals, and Utilities are all industries where there are increasing returns to scale, and where minimizing costs likely dominate over trying to offer specialized products that add value.

Those costs are often passed along down the supply chain, leading to increased prices for consumers, adding another hurdle for those interested in joining the hobby.

add on shots, health check, spay / neuter, etc., and that price is jacked up without you realizing that many vets do all that either for free or at a greatly reduced cost, (it's a tax deduction as charity), yet the cost of what it would have been is passed on to the consumer.

There's a catch though, with games costing $ 60 a pop, consumers need to know, or at least think, they are getting their money's worth even if the overall experience would be better without the added feature.

EA was recently quoted as saying to keep up with the increase in dev costs going into this coming gen, they could just add the cost to games, so now they expect the consumers to pay $ 69.99 for games, and then micro-transactions after that.