The indie ebookstores, which are being ass - kicked
by Agency pricing, did a good job of educating customers about different devices and file formats, and were very clear about what they had available and what you were buying.
A lot of the attention to ebook sales is driven
by the agency pricing model that is currently being dragged through the courts in the US.
Remember, audiobooks do not abide
by agency pricing, so retailers can discount them and take a loss.
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.
Despite rising debt levels and increasing home
prices, Canadians continue to allocate less income toward paying off debt, according to the Canadian Household Financial Health and Consumer Credit Q1 2015 report [paywall] recently published
by credit rating
agency DBRS.
After a two - year investigation
by Canada's antitrust
agency, Amazon Canada has agreed to change its
pricing strategy in Canada and pay a fine of Can $ 1.1 million (about US$ 840,000) for displaying misleading
prices about savings.
My proposals were rejected
by a large federal
agency for several years because they said my
pricing was too low and not on par with the larger firms» proposals.
The six secondary sources used
by OPEC are the International Energy
Agency, oil -
pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW).
Outback Western Australia is the worst - performing property market in the nation, according to a new report
by ratings
agency Moody's, which also found housing
prices in Perth have fallen
by 8 per cent since peaking in December 2014.
Although the FDA can't dictate
prices or reject therapies over
pricing concerns (they can only focus on safety and efficacy), the
agency can encourage more competition through moves like this (as well as speedier approval pathways) which could spur drug makers to produce products that ultimately lower costs for patients — a goal cited
by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb in announcing the list.
The
price discipline relied on
by the global duopoly of BPC and Canpotex (Saskatchewan's potash international shipping
agency) has — at least for the time being — ended, but according to analysts it's the big players who are really going to be able to weather the industry's current troubles.
Although much of the recent drop in oil
prices has been due to the prospect of higher exports from Iran in the coming months (the International Energy
Agency forecasts an extra 300,000 barrels a day
by the end of March), the dumping of stored oil is essentially a short - term factor, and its influence on crude
prices should logically pass quite quickly.
The move comes as the Hong Kong - based trader aims to rebuild investor confidence after a brutal commodities downturn coincided with a questioning of its accounts in early 2015
by Iceberg Research, sparking a collapse in its share
price and ratings credit
agency downgrades.
The next few weeks will give investors an insight into whether the production cuts
by OPEC and non-OPEC will be fully implemented and will be a crucial period for
prices of the commodity, according to a new monthly report
by the IEA (International Energy
Agency).
Prices for crude oil, the world economy's most essential commodity, will need until 2020 to recover from the
price war unleashed last year
by Saudi Arabia, the International Energy
Agency said Tuesday in its annual outlook for the global energy market.
(There are even more valuation methods for travel
agencies than
pricing packages offered
by the cruise lines!)
«As more entrepreneurs are starting online businesses, there is an increased demand for freelance website designers and developers who are capable of delivering attractive and functional websites at a lower
price point than offered
by larger
agencies.
Fairbanks said another problem with Prop 61 is its linkage of
prices paid
by state
agencies to the VA's
price, which is not public information, and it is not clear if the state could compel disclosure.
Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer
price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined
by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental /
agency operating costs.
The S&P 500 surged
by more than 1.6 % and
prices rose for mortgage - backed and
agency securities and Treasury notes.
The International Energy
Agency that previously warned of lower for longer oil
prices and warned last year that the oil
price recovery was threatened
by the possibility of weak demand now has changed its tune and is now saying that it is «mission accomplished» for OPEC as oil stocks shrink at a record pace.
14th October 2016 Lower commodity
prices, market instability, reduced investment and increased environmental awareness, have been cited as reasons for the global decrease in exploration activity
by scientific
agency for natural sciences the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Figures published
by the European Union's statistics
agency Eurostat showed consumer
prices in the 17 euro - area countries fell 0.5 % on the month in July, compared with a fall of 0.1 % on the month in June.
The European Union's statistics
agency said Friday consumer
prices rose
by just 0.7 % in the 12 months to January, down from an 0.8 % annual rate of inflation in December, and further below the ECB's target of just under 2.0 %.
The
agency said the
price of goods leaving factory gates in November fell for the second straight month, although
by just 0.1 %.
The HHS secretary went on to say that his
agency wanted to find ways for Medicaid and Medicare to bring drug
prices down
by creating more resources to negotiate with pharma companies.
More broadly, the ratings
agency predicts that U.S. home
prices will increase
by 4.5 % in 2016, and that «nominal
prices will approach levels reached during the 2006 housing bubble.»
The
agency said that with the number of rigs running in the US plunging
by 60 per cent in response to lower oil
prices, US shale oil production had «buckled» in April, «bringing a multiyear winning streak to an apparent close».
Article spinning (the practice in which articles are rewritten multiple times using software) to get many «unique» articles for the
price of one is a common practice used
by such
agencies.
The minister also said the
agency would help supply Israelis «with lulavs at a fair
price by encouraging domestic date farmers to greatly boost their supply.»
World food
prices posted their biggest monthly rise for four years in June, buoyed
by a surge in sugar and increases for most other edible commodities, the United Nations food
agency said on Thursday.
Global dairy
prices leapt up in January rising more than any other group of food commodities in the monthly Food
Price Index, published
by the UN food
agency.
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Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the
price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating
agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed
by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 %
by the end of 2016 after averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report
by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.
A survey conducted
by the Ghana News
Agency (GNA) in Accra indicated that
prices of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages...
According to the calendar analysed
by the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the bureau will release data on consumer
price index and inflation,
price watch on diesel, petrol and kerosene.
The reply also claimed that the
agency was able to obtain higher
prices by making one - off deals with recyclables brokers rather than entering into a fixed -
price contract following a competitive bidding process.
DALLAS — State Senator Royce West (D - Dallas) met with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley
Price, Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Dallas County Schools Interim Director Alan King, Dallas» city attorney and city manager and staff for those
agencies to discuss solutions to pay for school crossing guards currently employed
by Dallas County Schools.
The $ 4.4 million purchase amount happens to be the same
price JSK was to have been paid last year
by Reception Hotels and Resorts, a Rockland County company that obtained a tax break last June from the Niagara County Industrial Development
Agency for a $ 27 million purchase and renovation.
A recent independent review found that costs for the WFIRST project could not be kept beneath the $ 3.2 - billion cap set
by NASA, and the
agency has been working to revise the design to reduce the mission's
price.
«Water
Pricing Experiences and Innovations» (Springer, 2015) presents practices and implementation experiences from many countries that face water scarcity conditions similar to those faced by California and elsewhere, and introduces a wide set of water - pricing methods that California agencies might consider as they address the state's historic d
Pricing Experiences and Innovations» (Springer, 2015) presents practices and implementation experiences from many countries that face water scarcity conditions similar to those faced
by California and elsewhere, and introduces a wide set of water -
pricing methods that California agencies might consider as they address the state's historic d
pricing methods that California
agencies might consider as they address the state's historic drought.
Solar panels could produce electricity at the same
price as coal - and natural gas - burning power plants
by the end of this decade if countries direct resources at this rapidly advancing corner of the energy industry, according to the Paris - based International Energy
Agency.
With the government's coffers squeezed
by low oil
prices, RosCosmos has had to slash its budget for the 10 - year plan to 1.4 trillion rubles ($ 20.5 billion), down from the 3.4 trillion rubles the
agency asked for a year ago.
EIA predicts «much brighter prospects» for natural gas supply, keeping
prices at about $ 8 per million British thermal units
by 2030, compared with the International Energy
Agency's outlook, which predicts $ 16 per million Btu
by 2030, Gruenspecht said.
In addition, vaccines are routinely bought
by public health
agencies at a low
price.
The Weston A.
Price Foundation submitted a 65 - page petition to the FDA asking the
agency to retract the 1999 soy / heart health claim, written
by Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, and signed
by Kilmer S. McCully MD, Mary G. Enig, PhD, Galen D. Knight, PhD, and Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A.
Price Foundation.
He proposes that vitamin D's toxic effect is primarily the result of higher levels leading to a deficiency of vitamin K and postulates that patients can be given higher doses of vitamin D, potentially offering greater therapeutic value,
by administering vitamins A, D and K simultaneously.41 It is hoped that future studies will evaluate their interactions, in order to better treat patients, and support public health efforts, as recently proposed
by the Weston A.
Price Foundation to the National Institutes of Health43 as the
agency considers the Strategic Nutrition Research Agenda.
The escorts are controlled
by agencies which already
price tag them, and they just have the «work» or «trading» with their client.
They agreed to meet, I had to pay translator from
agency because they did not want to use my translator (half
price), they take me to really expensive restaurants ($ 500 each lunch) and then they say good
by asking me to pay for their taxi.
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