Not exact matches
As the North American oil transportation
system continues to evolve, with new pipelines, reversals of existing lines and a growing role for oil - by - rail, what is clear is that the North American oil market will eventually settle into a new era of
pricing relationships which will be very different than those which prevailed prior to 2008.
As businesses and individual customers gravitate toward really expensive units or affordable desktop models, these factors combined are raising the average selling
price of industrial
systems.
Problems and dissatisfaction with the
system only arise when
prices collapse,
as manipulated
prices always do, and
as they already have.
The U.K. takes it so seriously that it invested the Bank of England with the power to deflate any asset -
price bubbles that it identifies
as threats to the financial
system.
Pretty much from his first statements
as governor in 2013 — that's about $ 100,000 ago in real estate appreciation terms — through to last week when the bank released its latest financial
system review, Poloz has walked a tightrope between admitting that elevated house
prices and debt levels pose a risk to the economy, and assuring Canadians that the likelihood of a crash is actually pretty low.
As the
prices of wheat and honey have skyrocketed, they've decided to start a collective buying
system, though, of course, opting in is optional.
It pointed to the continued presence of fragile fixed - income market liquidity
as a key vulnerability in the overall financial
system, while it repeats the risks of a sharp increase in long - term interest rates, stress from emerging markets like China and prolonged weakness in commodity
prices.
There are definitely abuses of the
system, such
as the likes of Mitt Romney sticking ridiculously low -
priced assets into retirement accounts.
So you get a newer, better looking
system with more powerful internals and it's the same
price as an older, slightly less svelte version.
The share
prices of major hospital chains such
as HCA Holdings Inc, Community Health
Systems Inc and Tenet Healthcare Corp fell a few percentage points within minutes of the Supreme Court's announcement.
System prices can be
as much
as $ 500 per phone station.
One Uber customer told The Verge that he saw surge
pricing as a way of rigging the
system, something that favored drivers over riders.
The
system punishes poor Canadians by tripling milk
prices, while putting not only the European free trade agreement in jeopardy, but the ongoing Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations
as well.
The main challenges in developing this application was the integration with multiple
systems, some of which were legacy
systems; and the update frequency of the application,
as products and promotions had to be created on the go,
prices change on a continuous basis and new products are added every hour.
Olympus Corp ended up 6.6 percent to 1,985 yen, reaching the 2,000 - line at one point for the first time since October 2011, after UBS Securities started its coverage with a «buy» rating and a target
price of 3,000 yen
as the company on Monday submitted to the Tokyo Stock Exchange a written affirmation on the internal control
system as stipulated in the securities listing regulations.
That reality would seem to suggest that the U.S. should adopt a
system similar to those in other countries, which more tightly regulate drug
prices and where the government largely subsidizes health care costs (
as opposed to employers largely doing so in the U.S.) through what's known
as a single - payer
system.
New
systems also will need to be
priced low enough to entice hospitals and outpatient surgical centers that have not yet invested in a da Vinci,
as well
as convince those with established robotic programs to consider a second vendor or switching suppliers altogether.
With recent uproar over drug
price hikes by Valeant (vrx), Mylan (myl) and Martin Shkreli, healthcare experts have reached a consensus: The
system as we know it is officially broken.
But that volatility,
as Ghosh likes to note, is the upside of the integrated nature of the company, which gives it a continued hedge against the differential in world oil
prices through its downstream and midstream assets — on the midstream side, Husky operates a 2,000 - kilometre crude - oil pipeline
system, and its downstream operations include upgrading and refining crude oil, and marketing gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt and ethanol in Canada and the United States.
Entrepreneurs in the field say that focusing on the
price of Bitcoin is missing the point — its value is
as proof of concept for a new kind of payment
system not reliant on third parties like governments, big banks or credit - card companies.
Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting
systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages
as low
as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock
price.
The Uber executive who spoke to Reuters pointed to a new «upfront» fare
system that gives passengers a quote before their ride starts
as one of Uber's key strategies to solving its
pricing problem.
This has been the situation in Canada for the past seven years,
as reflected in increasing levels of household indebtedness and elevated house
prices — although,
as I'll discuss later, regulatory measures have been used to mitigate the resulting financial
system risks (Chart 2).3
The effect of transfer payments to the financial sector —
as well
as the $ 5.3 trillion increase in U.S. Treasury debt from taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac onto the public balance sheet — is to support asset
prices (above all those of the banking
system), not inflate commodity
prices and wages.
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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and
price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such
as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business
systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger
as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses
as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger;
as well
as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com
as well
as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
The accuracy of our market timing
system alone is worth the
price of the subscription (
as low
as $ 2 per day) many times over, especially when market conditions rapidly change,
as has been the case over the past month.
Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk have been accused in a lawsuit of exploiting the country's opaque drug -
pricing system in a way that benefits themselves and the intermediaries known
as pharmacy benefit managers.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, accuses the companies of exploiting the country's opaque drug -
pricing system in a way that benefits themselves and the intermediaries known
as pharmacy benefit managers.
The tendency is for banking
systems — and the currency — to collapse after such bubbles,
as falling
prices for their real estate collateral (aggravated by an exodus of flight capital) hollow out the banking
system's balance sheets.
Solar roof tiles cost nearly twice
as much
as a solar
system comprised of traditional solar panels, coming in, on average, at a
price range between $ 30,000 - $ 50,000 compared to $ 10,000 - $ 20,000 for panel - based rooftop solar
system.
So the aim was not only to provide basic infrastructure needs freely or at subsidized
prices, but to prevent private owners from erecting tollbooths on roads and charging monopoly
prices for power, phone
systems (
as in Telmex in Mexico or similar phone monopolies in the post-Soviet kleptocracies).
Layton was responding to criticism from Jack Mintz — the economist oft - quoted by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper
as justification for his tax policies — that the cap - and - trade
system the NDP proposed to cover the cost of $ 3.5 billion worth of green initiatives in the first year would raise gasoline
prices by 10 cents per litre.
Unfortunately, Mr. Krugman's failure to see today's economic problem
as one of debt deflation reflects his failure (suffered by most economists, to be sure) to recognize the need for debt writedowns, for restructuring the banking and financial
system, and for shifting taxes off labor back onto property, economic rent and asset -
price («capital») gains.
As the temporary once - off effects of GST, construction «pull forward», the Olympics and the threefold
price pressures pass through the
system, the fundamental health of the economy can reassert itself.
According to Recorded Future, most Dark Web illicit services have implemented alternative payment
systems besides Bitcoin,
as a way to counter recent
price fluctuations, high transaction fees, and the ever - increasing transaction time.
This means, to return to iron, if you understood China
as a growth «
system», with its own logic, its liquidity channels, its institutional distortions, its balance sheets that embedded pro-cyclical or counter-cyclical tendencies, etc. you would have known that once the process started, rebalancing was going to cause iron ore
prices (and
prices of other hard commodities) to collapse, and I stressed,
as I often do, that I did not think the word «collapse» was overly dramatic.
The software industry is in the middle of a multiyear cyclical transition
as organizations are focusing investment on technologies to support existing
system structure, in order to maintain competitiveness, while still taking advantage of cloud / subscription - based
pricing where it makes sense to grow and advance the business.
As an auto - trading tool, the Numberion Money App represent a
system based on algorithms and calculations which automatically analyze the market and
price values so that they can predict winning trades.
But what has changed is the enormous amount of currency that's been added to the
system so that's why you're seeing the
price go up
as you know there's no more gold no more no less of the gold.
And
as politicians suggest plans to rectify an imperfect
system, many health care companies feel the heat, particularly biotechnology companies, which then see weakened stock
prices.
Landstar
Systems: After a period of weak trucking activity and weak load
pricing, this truck brokerage business performed exceptionally well
as both
pricing and load volumes rebounded.
He had read about bitcoin, and launched an exchange and
price quotation
system on the same domain
as his former exchange: Mt. Gox.
That will change soon, if Poloz can shake off some of the concerns that,
as he acknowledged in a speech last week, keep him «awake at night» — such
as record - high home
prices and household debt, lagging youth employment and cyber threats that could disrupt Canada's financial
system.
Takeaways include features of the Berkshire
System from the shareholders» viewpoint: (1) Berkshire is unusually congenial to taxable shareholders, enhancing compounding rates considerably; (2) Berkshire's internal cultural features such
as autonomy, decentralization, and permanence help attract sellers of high - quality companies to selll to Berkshire at reasonable
prices with managers who stay on and become substantial shareholders; and (3) There is a close symbiotic connection between features (1) and (2) that reinforces Berkshire's high compounding rate and long time horizon.
The 1970's saw a rise in the
price of commodities generally, and gold acted
as a barometer for how little people trusted the new financial
system that replaced one of the rarest metals on earth with «made up money».
Used by companies such
as UniCredit, UBS and Santander, Ripple has been increasingly adopted by banks and payment networks
as settlement infrastructure technology, with American Banker explaining that «from banks» perspective, distributed ledgers like the Ripple
system have a number of advantages over cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,» including
price and security.
Although headline - grabbing days induce fear, in reality last week's events left markets close to their mid-June levels, with investors taking
prices down in a way consistent with political shocks
as opposed to financial
system shocks.
Takeaways include features of the Berkshire
System from the shareholders» viewpoint: (1) Berkshire is unusually congenial to taxable shareholders, enhancing compounding rates considerably; (2) Berkshire's internal cultural features such
as autonomy, decentralization, and permanence help attract sellers of high - quality companies to sell to Berkshire at reasonable
prices with managers who stay on and become substantial shareholders; and (3) There is a close symbiotic connection between features (1) and (2) that reinforces Berkshire's high compounding rate and long time horizon.
Since we are value investors, some might find it strange that we would use a publication whose ranking
system is based mostly on
price and earnings momentum
as a primary source of idea generation.