Sentences with phrase «by raising prices of»

Maybe then you'd realize that harm has been done by raising prices of e-books.

Automakers and their American consumers will bear the brunt caused by raising prices of two metals essential to the production of cars and trucks in the U.S. «The President's pending decision on tariffs and quotas for steel and aluminum trade highlights several unfortunate ironies,» said John Bozzella, President and CEO of Global Automakers.

«It turns out 4 to 5 percent is enough of a discount for shoppers,» CEO Marc Lore said, discussing the results of tests the company ran over the past few weeks by raising the prices of some products.

It used to make up for those sales drop - offs by raising the price of its remaining products.

In the study, researchers modelled three ways that the soft drinks industry may respond to the levy: reformulating drinks to reduce sugar content, passing some of the levy to consumers by raising the price of sugary drinks, and using marketing to encourage consumers to switch to lower sugar drinks.

I have a piece in the Week in Review section on what these experts say is a gaping technology gap that can not be filled by raising the price of polluting.

A tax Cap - and - trade can only work by raising the price of lower - priced hydrocarbon fuels, so that people are forced either to use higher - priced alternatives or to use less energy.

The oil companies are willing to oblige by raising the price of oil tremendous amounts to help to squeeze more production out of their oil rigs and alternate sites.

By raising the price of course!!

Not exact matches

The recession of 1973 - 1975 in the U.S. came about because of rocketing gas prices caused by OPEC's raising oil prices as well as embargoing oil exports to the U.S..

Say I'm running Esso right now, and I need to raise my price by 5 cents because the cost of crude oil went up.

Meanwhile, it raised the price of high - end iPad Pro models by $ 50.

By raising prices and adding a more expensive model, Apple can generate a big jump in revenue even if it sells the same number of phones.

So if the value of the dollar rose, Mexican companies could raise their prices in pesos to pay for the tariff, and those higher prices wouldn't be felt by American consumers because higher value dollars would compensate for the difference.

The tariff would force Mexican companies to raise prices, though probably far less than the full 20 %, since they'd take part of the hit by shrinking margins.

Co-founders Devin Haman and Jeff Bozz (last we saw them, they were firing a pair of hard - partying friends named Holly and Molly) will be back for a new season on E! later this year... AmieStreet.com, a music - downloading start - up that raises the price of a song as it gains popularity, hit the jackpot when users found recordings on the site by Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the woman linked with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

Prosper, another online lender, has been looking to raise a new round of funding in exchange for equity at a price that would slash its market value by more than 70 %, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

It plans to raise $ 204 million by offering 15.7 million shares (43 % insider) at a price range of $ 12 to $ 14.

The Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) this week raised the price of industrial milk by 1.5 %.

The company plans to raise $ 875 million by offering 37.25 million shares at a price range of $ 22 to $ 25.

It plans to raise $ 125 million by offering 8.3 million shares at a price range of $ 14 to $ 16.

Today the New York Times argues that Amazon is a new kind of conglomerate, noting that it's not in danger of anti-trust regulation because it isn't exploiting its dominance by raising prices:

It, like everyone, was hit hard by recession, and did what a lot of companies did: dramatically reduced costs, laid off workers, raised prices, and went back to customers and said, «I'm sorry we can't honor this contract...» The response from Wall Street was, «Wow, you've done a great job managing your costs!»

Oops: The $ 400 juicer which raised $ 118 million in funding from the likes of Kleiner Perkins and GV might not be so impressive, Bloomberg reports: Investors just found out they can make juice by squeezing the company's produce packs with their hands, no $ 400 machine (already a drop from the original $ 700 price tag) required.

A separate index by the Bank of Japan that strips away the effect of energy costs also showed inflation slowing, suggesting that weak consumption and falling import costs are discouraging firms from raising prices for a broad range of goods.

Today, it announced that it is raising the price of the offering by roughly 50 percent:

Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full - year profit by 60.7 per cent to $ 46.6 million on the back of the production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.

As the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producers.

• Level Brands, a Charlotte, N.C. - based consumer lifestyle brand inspired by Kathy Ireland, said it raised $ 12 million in an offering of 2 million shares priced at $ 6.

That effort, which put supply and demand in more of an equilibrium, raised prices by a few dollars (interestingly, before actual implementation).

Hedge funds and other money managers raised their net bullish position in the six most important futures and options contracts linked to the price of crude and fuels by 45 million barrels in the week to April 20.

The pricing details were an update that Shake Shack provided in its latest regulatory filing, a key step as it moves forward to raise millions of dollars by launching its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Kraft Heinz, whose brands include Velveeta cheese and Heinz ketchup, said it raised prices in the United States and in other parts of the world, driving overall pricing up by 1 percentage point.

As a remedy, it will most likely raise the prices on its steak and barbacao items by as much as 6 % later this year, placing Chipotle in a bind given its stated vision of keeping its menu options «accessible.»

And after announcing a «social contract» to keep drug price hikes below 10 percent a year, his company raised a slew of prices by 9.5 percent.

The U.S. drugmaker Novum Pharma has raised the price of two of its skin care treatments that are commonly used to treat conditions such as eczema and acne to nearly $ 10,000, according to figures by the Financial Times.

The Yom Kippur War between Israel and Egypt / Syria in the fall of 1973 hastened the 1970s oil crisis when OPEC declared an embargo that raised the posted price of oil from $ 3.00 a barrel to approximately $ 12 by spring of 1974.

Failure of prices to recover raises the prospect of even deeper cuts to investment by oil and gas companies next year and would likely result in Canada's economy remaining on a slower growth path than the 2.2 per cent pace we are expecting.»

Meanwhile, Lululemon is angering customers (again) by raising prices on some of its products.

Exempting some nations marks a compromise from Trump's initial plan for across - the - board tariffs, which was harshly criticized by members of his own Republican party who said it would cost U.S. jobs, raise consumer prices and hit American manufacturers.

This means that whenever Apple raises prices, those increases get passed on to the large majority of consumers by carriers.

In his statement, Shkreli insinuated that the charges levied by the FBI are linked to his decision in September to raise the price of antimalarial drug Daraprim by 5,500 percent.

U.S. drugmaker Turing Pharmaceuticals, led at the time by hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, caused outrage last year by raising the U.S. price of Daraprim, an old anti-infective drug, by more than 5,000 % to $ 750 a pill.

Rogers Communications will raise prices for most of its current internet plans by $ 8 a month, starting Monday.

• DFB Healthcare Acquisitions, a New York City - based blank check company backed by Deerfield Management, said it raised $ 250 million in an offering of 25 million units priced at $ 10 a piece.

Amphastar became yet another drug price - hiking villain facing intense public scrutiny when it raised the price of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, by more than 100 %.

If we raise each team's Forbes.com value by the same multiple as the Bills» sale price, which is 1.497 times bigger, the Dallas Cowboys are now worth $ 4.8 billion instead of their Forbes.com value of $ 3.2 billion (cont.

T - Mobile is raising the price of its premium unlimited plan by $ 5, or 7 %, as competition in the wireless market starts to cool amid rampant merger talks.

A congressional committee has demanded that Shkreli appear at a hearing about his decision to raise the price of a lifesaving medicine by more than 5,000 percent.

That tax would fund half - priced MetroCards by using $ 250 million of the revenue that the tax would raise.