We are actively working to persuade libraries to purchase titles - and keep them forever - through our service, instead of continually licensing ebooks
at higher prices from other services.
I developed this approach after buying a number of very popular books
at high prices from the big publishing houses and feeling it was like The Emperor's New Clothes — the books were horrible by standards of literature, but had impossibly great reviews.
After that, all other users will be able to choose: either to buy tokens
at a higher price from the team or at a lower price from the private trader.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future
pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting
from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or
from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations
from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover
from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase
price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or
at all; 18) competition
from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to
higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies
at the Council on Foreign Relations, said
higher oil
prices lessen all the worries
from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.
Shares hit the public market
at an opening
price of $ 165.90 Tuesday, but ultimately fell more than 10 percent
from the opening
price to close
at $ 149.01 — still
higher than expected.
It comes as little surprise then that Saudi Arabia and Iran — apart
from the tense regional archrivalry — are reportedly
at odds over where to go next with the OPEC deal, and how
high an oil
price the cartel should target.
Since the recession ended in mid-2009, the economy has been expanding
at sub-par rates as a string of problems
from higher gas
prices to Europe's debt crisis have acted as a drag on the U.S. economy.
January's preliminary figure is down
from $ 702.7 billion
at the end of September, but up
from $ 632.4 billion
at the end of March, when the start of a bull market began sending stock
prices higher.
The TSX got some lift
from the energy sector with oil
prices at a 15 - month
high.
The
price gap behind the rise of cross-border airfare shopping, according to Tae Oum, a professor
at the University of B.C., stems
from Canada's
higher fuel
prices, wages, asset
prices, landing and terminal fees and air traffic control charges.
South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround
from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed
at a heated market that saw local
prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for
higher than international levels.
Was there a lesson learned
from the PlayStation 3, which initially came
at a relatively
high price?
Gravity was inundated with résumés — 4,500 in the first week alone — including one
from a
high - powered 52 - year - old Yahoo executive named Tammi Kroll, who was so inspired by
Price that she quit her job and in September went to work for Gravity
at what she insisted would be an 80 - 85 percent pay cut.
Yes, Square,
priced at $ 9 a share in November, well below the $ 15.46 a share
at which it last raised money
from private investors, then traded as
high as $ 13.50 before the close of 2015.
Recent data
from the Shiller
Price Earnings Index shows that stocks are
at an all - time
high.
Oil
prices slipped away
from 2018
highs on Thursday, with global benchmark Brent trading
at $ 71.15 in early afternoon deals, down 0.8 percent, and WTI trading
at $ 66.38, around 0.6 percent lower.
As the S&P 500 rose, investors positioned themselves to profit
from new
highs by demanding more call options, which are instruments that give them right to buy stocks
at an agreed
price.
High - grade hits of copper and gold
from the maiden drill program
at Jubilee sent Hammer's share
price soaring
from 3.4 cents in mid-December to a peak of 5 cents early in the new year.
Rive argues that when the factory is up and running it will be able to produce
high - output PV cells
at about 55 cents a watt — about a 20 % reduction
from current
prices, which will help Rive get closer to his goal of making solar cheaper than fossil fuels.
Oil
prices eased
from recent
highs with Brent crude futures off 94 cents
at $ 73.70 a barrel, while U.S. crude lost 67 cents to $ 67.43.
The merger will allow
AT&T / Time Warner to negotiate for even
higher prices for Turner content than Time Warner could before the merger because the merged firm can credibly commit to walking away
from a deal if, say, cable company A balks
at the
price.
He's not getting rich
from high prices at the pumps.
The head of tax
at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which advises developed nations on policy, said the UK could use its freedom
from EU rules to slash corporate tax but the political
price would be
high.
Amid generally
high commodity
prices, they have been extracting more dollars for their products and collecting
higher profits: realized net farm income stood
at $ 4.5 billion in 2010, up 46 %
from the previous year.
But its
high - end product line, with each piece of equipment retailing
at prices from $ 650,000 to $ 3 million, was expensive to produce.
The economy
at that time benefited
from much
higher rates of productivity growth, which allowed employers to raise pay and hire more without having to lift
prices.
Strong domestic economies are supporting even
higher prices at the same time that demand is being boosted by exports
from the U.S. Gulf Coast to customers in Mexico and South America, he added.
The bank surveyed a number of runners in New York and found that the Apple Watch's
high price point and lack of internal GPS were the main reasons athletes might stay away
from the new wearable
at first.
The company (and its bankers) would then move down
from the top bid until it reached the
highest price at which it could sell all the shares it wanted to offer.
It is a manual about getting money
from those who have it and are, given reason and their interests met, very willing to spend it — on just about everything, and more of it,
at higher average
prices than any other consumers.
Every manufacturer I spoke to said that T. J. Maxx orders a
high quantity
from their sources so they can buy
at the lowest
price.
If I use the elasticity (
price gains with respect to wage growth)
from the full sample, the model predicts inflation hitting 2.8 % by the end of 2019; if I limit the sample to the 1980s, when the elasticity was
at its
highest,
prices hit 3.7 %
at the end of 2019, before which point the Fed would surely slam on the brakes.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's No 2 lender by assets, on Monday said it raised A$ 2.1 billion ($ 1.55 billion)
from institutional investors
at A$ 78 a share, 9 percent
higher than the offer
price.
The article makes the point that unlike most ETFs,
high yield bond ETFs often trade
at prices far
from their fair value.
The floor
price, which begins this year
at C$ 10 per tonne and increases to $ 50 by 2022, will cost the country's economy about $ 2 billion, or 0.1 % — before factoring in «the prospect of additional growth that could result
from clean technology investments spurred on by a
higher price on carbon,» The Canadian Press notes.
Gold
prices clocked in
at four - month
highs recently, while bitcoin plunged 50 %
from last month's record levels.
Toronto - Dominion Bank sees as many as 90,000 jobs lost by the end of the decade
from the move and Eric Lascelles, chief economist
at RBC Global Asset Management, says
higher minimum wages across Canada could boost consumer
prices by 0.5 percent over two years.
And
price volatility is actually
higher at lower rates than it is with
higher rates because you don't have as large of an income stream to cushion the blow
from the loss of principal.
When rates rise, this is a huge plus for bond funds because they can continuously reinvest
at higher rates, which offsets some of the sting you get
from the
price decline.
While I generally consider this advice to be wise, especially for inexperienced investors who should probably opt for something like an index fund, working with a qualified advisor or, if they are wealthy enough, an asset management group, the problem comes
from the fact that if you find a truly outstanding business — one that you have conviction will continue to compound for decades
at rates many times that of the general market, even a
high price can be a bargain.
The latest valuations — according to Moodys / REAL Commercial Property
Price Index — show
prices for U.S. retail, industrial, apartment and office buildings have fallen on average by half
from their mid-2007
high and are back
at 2001 levels.
But by the time MPs actually get around to holding hearings several months
from now, the
price of crude may well have fallen to the point that this most recent bout of pain
at the pumps will have been forgotten — or it may have soared so
high that the only affordable way anybody will be getting to Parliament Hill is by bicycle.
The buyer essentially rents
from me
at a slightly
higher price, of which the extra money goes to paying down their buy cost.
At the time, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated higher oil prices had chopped 0.5 percentage points from growth in the first quarte
At the time, Mark Zandi, chief economist
at Moody's Analytics, estimated higher oil prices had chopped 0.5 percentage points from growth in the first quarte
at Moody's Analytics, estimated
higher oil
prices had chopped 0.5 percentage points
from growth in the first quarter.
One of the big upsides of a DRIP is that this regular investment in a particular stock assures you'll be benefiting
from dollar cost averaging, meaning that because you're regularly investing — quarterly, in most cases — and because stocks rise and fall, you'll avoid buying a stock
at its
highest price.
Because the South Korean bitcoin exchange market have outgrown many major markets and demand
from local investors are
at all - time
high, Demeester explained that in the short - term, the
price of bitcoin may depend on the South Korean bitcoin market along with Japan and the US.
The stock has now suffered the deepest
price correction — a decline of
at least 10 %
from a significant
high, since the stock climbed out of its 2012 - 2013 bear market in August 2013.
Furthermore, notice how the orderly pullback
from the recent
highs has enabled the
price to find support
at its 20 - day exponential moving average (beige line):
Some 5.7 % of corporate junk bonds
from emerging markets are trading
at prices below 70 cents on the dollar, more than double the rate for
higher - risk U.S. bonds, according to JPMorgan.