Sentences with phrase «artificially inflated prices»

In the lawsuit, the plaintiff accuses Coinbase of «artificially inflated prices» by means of disclosing buy and sell orders moments after Coinbase launched BCH support on Dec. 19, 2017.

«When Coinbase's customers» trades were finally executed, it was only after the insiders had driven up the price of BCH, and thus the remaining bitcoin customers only received their BCH at artificially inflated prices that had been manipulated well beyond the fair market value of BCH at that time.»

The respondent, Option consommateurs, alleged that the appellants conspired to inflate the price of DRAM, which artificially inflated the prices of DRAM and products containing DRAM sold in Quebec.

As we fill our vehicles with gasoline and watch the cost numbers whirl with artificially inflated prices, we might ponder, just why is it that, by refusing permits, our government did not allow us to drill for oil off the coast of Virginia?

Online applications, including social media and messaging apps, have been used to push up the price of tokens, in order to sell them to other buyers at artificially inflated prices.

As properties affected by mortgage fraud are sold at artificially inflated prices, properties in surrounding neighborhoods also become artificially inflated.

But all this is assuming (A) ebook growth will continue to a saturation point — it could be this is all new and shiny and the early adopters are hoarding a lifetime's supply of books (B) as Joe pointed out, NY will hang onto artificially inflated prices for ebooks for too long and give lesser - known authors their one current competitive advantage of price and (C) people will still be willing to pay for ebooks, or any content, in five years.

At Top Quality Motors you will find no artificially inflated prices, no high pressure sales people, and no misleading statements.

Bettors will overwhelmingly pound big market teams like the Dallas Cowboys or New York Giants, and these teams typically have artificially inflated prices.

As a result of the fraudulent conduct alleged herein, Plaintiff and other members of the Class purchased Longfin common stock at artificially inflated prices and suffered significant losses and damages once the truth emerged

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) Akorn's failure to comply with FDA data integrity requirements would jeopardize Fresenius» acquisition of Akorn; (ii) the Company lacked effective internal controls over financial reporting; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, Akorn shares traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, and class members suffered significant losses and damages.

It continues: «Such material misrepresentations and / or omissions were done knowingly or recklessly and for the purpose and effect of concealing Zynga's operating condition and future business prospects from the investing public and supporting the artificially inflated price of its securities.»

It's hard not to wonder if such a sales method could artificially inflate prices in an already hot market, particularly around Vancouver, where the bulk of the 20 properties currently listed on PLS are located.

In finance, a pump and dump is a form of fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an asset through misleading sentiment in order to sell it at a higher price in the near future.

While this can deter some bettors from betting the favorite, it creates an excellent opportunity to bet the underdog at an artificially inflated price.

Square bettors love to pound the favorite while sharp bettors would simply wait for bookmakers to adjust their odds before taking the underdog at an artificially inflated price.

«Designer brands repeatedly going on sale may eventually be forced to artificially inflate prices to counter the margin pressure,» notes Matthew Walker, Creatures of the Wind chief executive, who served as president of The Row from 2008 to 2011.

We do not artificially inflate our prices in the hopes of winning a negotiating contest with our customers.

Unlike some of our competitors who artificially inflate their prices just so they can offer 50 % discounts all the time, our black / white packages are packed with value and already in the sub - $ 1000 range.

It is thus in the economic fitness of things that we charge only very normal and reasonable prices from all our valued customers, since we are well aware of market dynamics and the ill effects of unreasonable and artificially inflated pricing in terms of our long term business growth and development over time.

Second, this legislation would only affect Quebec, so consumers in other parts of Canada would not have to pay the artificially inflated price, meaning readers who live along the borderline between Quebec and a neighboring province would simply move their book purchases across the line to avoid paying a higher price.

Anti-Trust authorities based out of the EU have raided several major publishers on the premise of price fixing and artificially inflating the prices.

The only thing agency pricing has done is artificially inflate the price of certain e-books and that, in turn, has opened the market to small press published and self - published e-books.

How considerate of you to artificially inflate the prices of ebooks to make paper books seem a better proposition.

But this is the exception that proves the rule, because legacy publishing functions as a cartel, exploiting its lock on paper distribution channels to artificially inflate prices.

I don't believe unified pricing models or companies colluding with each other to artificially inflate prices.

Pump and dump scams work by artificially inflating the price of shares.

What if they artificially inflate prices, blackmail the rest of the world, etc?

Pump and dump» (P&D) is a form of microcap stock fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price.

I'm not real big on those options since it's my opinion that the amount of insurance should be decided by a family's needs, not by an artificially inflated price of a cash value product.

A BuzzFeed News report highlighted how scammers were using Facebook advertising to spread bitcoin - and cryptocurrency - related fake news to artificially inflate the price of their holdings.

Berk said that Coinbase is artificially inflating the prices of cryptocurrencies.

«Unless the Bitcoin Cash proponents stage another attempt to artificially inflate the prices, I can see it following the same trajectory as its parent coin.»

Scammers have artificially inflated the price of cryptocurrencies on apps like Telegram, which popular among cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

It is a form of a microcap stock fraud that is engaged to artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, for them to sell the token that was cheaply bought at a higher price.

If Tether is found to be artificially inflating the price of the cryptocurrency market and the altcoin is found not to have the reserves to back up the supply, it could potentially take down those exchanges which rely on USDT (such as Bittrex and Poloniex).

Not exact matches

These suits accused him of having profited through insider trading and making «materially false and misleading statements» that «artificially inflated» the company's stock price.

Back then, shells — that is, companies with ticker symbols but no operations — became synonymous with so - called pump - and - dump schemes in which stockbrokers artificially inflated share prices after a shell merged with a private company, without making financial statements on the acquisition available to investors.

It concluded that while Valeant (VRX.TO) had probably not been artificially inflating its sales numbers, its relationship with the specialty pharmacy firm Philidor RX Services «may well cause Valeant to collapse,» taking its share price to zero.

Loose monetary policy has artificially inflated stock prices despite weak economic growth, he said, adding: «Instead of buying low and selling high, you're buying high and crossing your fingers.»

The Commerce Department has imposed tariffs averaging 20 % on Canadian lumber shipments into the U.S. NAHB believes the tariffs are harming housing affordability, home builders and consumers by artificially inflating lumber prices, which are running at an all - time high.

There will be plenty of access to supply when home building stops because the prices of everything have been artificially inflated by the taxes imposed on the imported materials.

Contrary to the incessant spin that debt levels and prices don't matter, they most certainly do when the payments begin to rise on those artificially inflated assets.

«That could, in the short term, be artificially inflating house prices.»

Millennials, as a result of artificially inflated home prices have backed off the ownership theme, and many more are locked into renting due to increased debt.

Loose monetary policy: Low interest rates, some which are zero or even negative, work to artificially inflate asset prices.

Since casual bettors are willing to take longshot payouts at bad prices, opportunistic bettors can capitalize on artificially inflated lines as sportsbooks attempt to mitigate their risk.

We do not artificially inflate our preowned prices in the hopes of winning a negotiating contest with our customers!

We do not artificially inflate our pre-owned prices in the hopes of winning a negotiating contest with our customers!

We are able to offer this deep discount (it's deep for us), not because we artificially inflate all our prices to accommodate a huge discount, and not because we undercut the value of the discounted packages, but because we are confident that the majority of authors who publish with Outskirts Press once will choose to publish with us again and tell many of their friends about their great experience.