Sentences with phrase «by a lower price of»

(I am usually lured by the low prices of conventional produce, so I only buy organic when it's cheaper or when I can really taste the difference.

The salary cap will increase competitive balance by lowering the price of talent, as well as decreasing payrolls and increasing profits, which would be amplified by revenue sharing.

The loom created far more jobs than it eliminated, by lowering the price of clothing and increasing the volume of sales dramatically.

In an era of escalating auto prices, Mercedes has done an about - face by lowering the prices of most of the cars in its lineup in recent years.

By lowering prices of its Readers and its eBook Store content, though, and now by supporting the epub standard, Sony has proven that it's willing to fight for this market.

Reuters explains: «Subsidies on oil, gas or coal are meant to help the poor by lowering the price of energy but the report, issued on the sidelines of a 160 - nation U.N. climate meeting in Ghana, said they often backfired by mainly benefiting wealthier people.»

Biofuels for aviation are becoming available in small quantities, but are receiving little investment and are hampered by the low price of oil.

If you do not bring added value to the table by building relationships and guiding your clients, you risk losing business to someone who does or being undercut by the low prices of an online service.

Not exact matches

The OPEC member that needs the «lowest» price of oil to balance this year's expenditure is Iran, at $ 52 a barrel, according to data by RBC Capital Markets.

But unlike Calgary - based rival Cenovus Energy Inc., which temporarily throttled back oilsands output in the first quarter because of low prices, Husky says it is cutting output because it can make more money by buying «distressed» barrels from other producers.

The recession of 2001 was caused by the «Internet Bubble,» in which internet stocks and businesses eventually fell to much lower prices.

By contrast, while the cost of older, branded pharmaceuticals continue to rise and contribute to increased spending, when discounting is considered, prices of these drugs increased, on average, 2.8 % in 2015, the lowest growth rate in years.

Costs back then were still low by today's standards, but the integrated mining operations were seeing operating costs of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of return.

Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

Perth continues to take out the title of Australia's most affordable capital city when it comes to buying houses and apartments, driven by lower property prices and low interest rates, a report released today has found.

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

The bank cited the prospect of slower economic growth in Canada brought about by lower oil prices as one reason for moderating the rate.

The potential deal, while still unconfirmed, has already attracted its fair share of skeptics who doubt it will go through due to Tsinghua's low offer price and the fact that U.S. regulators are likely to be cautious about a large takeover by a Chinese state - owned company.

Nonetheless, the judge declared «consumer harm is not relevant» to competition policy; Sears broke the rules by selling tires at a lower price than its competitor most of the time.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

In 2013, for example, Magnetar and several other hedge funds sued over the acquisition by 3M (mmm) of biometrics company Cogent, seeking about 55 % more money for their shares in the target, which they claimed were priced too low.

According to the Financial Times, «JPMorgan executives are particularly concerned at the disappointment felt by Bear's rank and file, many of whom are shareholders, at the low takeover price.»

Even in the face of these exclusionary agreements that have unreasonably restrained competition, some companies, such as TreeHouse, have fought hard to win market share away from Green Mountain on the merits by offering innovative, quality products at substantially lower prices.

By December 1997, Campbell had joined Spinergy as R&D manager for its newly christened Spox line of lower - priced wheels.

Still, the Fed chairman reiterated his argument that lower rates boost growth by helping increase prices of stocks, homes and other assets.

Disruptive innovation: In an industry ruled by low prices, proved that the segment of U.S. consumers prepared to pay more for local, responsible, organic, fresh, or natural grocery products is much more than a niche when there's a perceived personal benefit.

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

Roughly 4 out of 5 said low wages could not be justified by a corporation's desire to provide products and services at very low prices, or by their promise to create jobs.

The burden of comparatively high corporation tax is carried by investors through lower returns, workers through reduced wages and / or consumers through higher prices.

Russia's stock market dipped on Monday morning, dragged lower by the prospect of fresh U.S. sanctions and lower oil prices.

Western Australia's only onshore oil producer has suspended production after being hit by the low oil price and the high cost of trucking its output to Wyndham rather than the much closer port at Broome.

I noted a week ago that Bernanke had essentially eased monetary policy by spurring a loosening of financial conditions via higher stock prices, lower bond yields, tighter credit spreads, and a weakening of the U.S. dollar.

And the low prices offered by foreign sellers and hobbyists are part of what makes Etsy so appealing to consumers.

Many commentators go on to conclude that the higher incomes generated by high commodity prices have given Canadians a temporary reprieve from the problem of low productivity growth.

UK house prices should, however, continue to be supported by an ongoing shortage of property for sale, low levels of housebuilding, and exceptionally low interest rates.

It says the economy, hit hard by low oil prices, will benefit from the growth of an entertainment industry.

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

The goal is to generate vast quantities of lithium - ion batteries by early 2017, in time for the launch of Tesla's lower - priced electric vehicle, the $ 35,000 Model 3.

Olsen, who installed pricing software by Houston - based Acorn Systems last March, learned that some customers were placing only very small orders of some lower - priced items.

The company achieves this in large part by beginning the design of every product with a low price in mind, and by building its furniture using low - cost medium - density fiberboard (MDF), which the company purchases in large volumes.

Short - sellers aim to profit by selling borrowed shares in the hope of buying them back later at a lower price.

Tree — who said the policy change restored a price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.

It is doing that is by transforming the second floor of the world famous department store Harrods in London into a «mini Dubai» to showcase what they can snap up for a surprisingly low price.

By creating a margin - focused and reliability - focused business, Backblaze was able to profitably add the ability to do what Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others have at a much lower price of $ 0.005 a gigabyte stored or accessed a month (in comparison to Amazon or Microsoft's $ 0.022).

HTC also said that it would lower the price of its HTC Vive headset for one day on Apr. 5 by $ 100 for new customers.

By including consumers in the process of putting the products together and keeping prices low, Ikea has managed to keep shoppers coming back.

Because the price is substantially lower and the customer doesn't necessarily need the level of quality guaranteed by the premium brand.

Ethanol demand has been vital to farmers who are buffeted by low commodities prices and the threat of a global trade war.

Baby Jogger's woes had been brought about, in part, by fierce competition from lower - priced rivals selling strollers through big - box stores and discount websites for as little as $ 99, less than half the price of a Baby Jogger.

On the cost front, the company has been able to lower the price of its cars — built by Renault - Nissan — to about $ 30,000.