Sentences with phrase «call these price increases»

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association sent a joint letter to Turing earlier this month calling the price increase for Daraprim «unjustifiable for the medically vulnerable patient population» and «unsustainable for the health care system.»

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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Valeant Pharmaceuticals» infamous price hikes for a pair of heart drugs called nitroprusside and isoproterenol — whose prices were increased by 310 % and 720 %, respectively — had significant downstream effects on patient care.

When Cohn raised concerns Thursday about price increases for steel and aluminum products, Trump called it a «small price to pay.»

Gordon is curious about an untested policy called «price - level targeting,» which would refocus monetary policy on achieving an absolute increase in prices over time, rather than the current emphasis on the rate of change.

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's iPhone sales on a call with analysts on Thursday, noting that even though the number of devices sold declined, price hikes helped iPhone sales revenue increase 13 % to a record $ 61.6 billion.

Netflix increased prices and spun out its DVD service into one called Qwikster.

He used cans of Campbell's Soup and Coca - Cola to stress his point about what he called insignificant price increases from Trump's tariffs.

John specifically described his concern over Trump's calls to bring manufacturing back to the states — and what he sees as an inevitable price increase for American consumers.

Long gone are the days when Saudi Arabia acted as the so - called «swing producer» in the global oil market, when it would increase or decrease production to keep prices stable and profits high.

Netflix chief financial officer David Wells said during an earnings call the robust numbers were due to the pricing plan increases, the upcoming slate and the fact Q4 was strong for the company in 2016.

Her comments came shortly after the Senate Committee on Aging asked Mylan to provide information on the reasoning behind what it called the «drastic» price increase of EpiPen, and the American Medical Association «urge [d]» Mylan to «rein in these exorbitant costs.»

Netflix has been offering ultra high - definition 4K — so - called for the screens» horizontal resolution of 4,000 pixels, about four times greater than full HD — for the past few months, but the company only recently sneaked in a quiet price increase.

On Monday, the SEC announced a trading suspension of shares in a firm called The Crypto Company, the share price of which increased 2,700 percent this month.

A long call is when a trader believes that the option exercise price will be greater than the share price and that the share price will increase.

As the leadership of corporations has passed from what Thorstein Veblen called the «engineers» to the financial managers, the objective is not to produce more or expand market share, but to increase the price of stocks, other securities and real estate.

Biotech stocks slumped Tuesday ahead of the Democratic presidential debate on speculation that candidates will call for measures to limit drug - price increases.

Akorn said in its March earnings call it expects a modest decline in annual sales in 2017, largely because of pricing erosion and increased competition for a key drug, ephedrine, a central nervous system stimulant.

However, the increase in demand for Bitcoin transactions is also raising the price — called a miner fee — of making a transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain.

The IRS has recalculated the limit because the tax law applies the so - called chained consumer price index to increases in HSA contribution limits.

While the prices of the license packages and the cycles remain fixed variables, the so - called frequency increases steadily.

Analysts at Cowen called out the upside potential in offshore service provider Helix Energy Solutions (NYSE: HLX), upgrading the stock from market perform to outperform and increasing their price target from $ 8 to $ 10 per share.

Looking forward, however, Zillow's forecast calls for a more modest 1.1 % price increase for the Danville housing market.

I think, also, the price moves have enabled us to increase our share, particularly in APAC, in Europe, which I mentioned on the call.

While the current price / peak - earnings multiple is already at an elevated level above 18, what I'll call the «P / E equivalent» multiples on other fundamentals are: 21 on the basis of book values, nearly 23 on the basis of enterprise value / EBITDA (which factors in the increasing share of debt on corporate balance sheets), over 25 on the basis of revenues, and 29 on the basis of dividends (largely because dividend payout ratios remain relatively low even on the basis of normalized earnings).

Their 12 - month forecasts for Seattle and Portland (through October 2017) call for price gains of 6.9 % and 7.5 % respectively, much higher than the 2.7 % increase predicted for the nation as a whole.

Regrouped Biotech's Stock Price Could See Fifteenfold Increase Source: Streetwise Reports (3/28/18) A recent conference call provided clinical and financial updates.

Amazon announces the first price increase for Amazon Prime on a wildly successful earnings call.

Just enter the amount you want to invest (amount to RISK should be the right word), and click CALL if you believe the price of the selected asset will increase or PUT if you believe the price of the asset is going to decrease.

The overall home price forecast for California in 2017 calls for an increase of 4.2 %.

The rise in the Ornua Purchase Price Index (PPI) justifies calls for further milk price increases, IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O'Leary Price Index (PPI) justifies calls for further milk price increases, IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O'Leary price increases, IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O'Leary said.

Arla Foods called its decision to increase its farm gate milk prices an effort to «build confidence in the British dairy industry» following the demonstrations.

The NFU called on Müller to explain why the company is not increasing it in line with «extremely positive» market signals for UK milk prices to its suppliers.

Continuing progress in its international industrial markets and a generally increasing demand for milk have enabled Arla Foods to raise the price paid to its co-operative members per kg of milk — the so - called Arla price — by 7.5 Danish ore.

A House version of the bill called for the price increase measure to expire after 10 years and for the USDA to perform and impact assessment after four years.

The Government needs to act urgently and we are calling on Gordon Brown, who only recently pledged to ensure that he will do everything to eradicate fuel poverty, to use the additional VAT receipts he will receive from the price increases and direct them into energy efficiency schemes for the fuel poor.»

The increased price for the EpiPen — hike by some 400 percent — has led to bipartisan outrage toward Mylan as a generic version may soon be offered and calls for federal and state investigations grow.

Dr. Peter Ozo - Eson, the General Secretary of the union, had disclosed yesterday that the major organs of the congress would meet to appraise the indefinite strike called to protest the recent increase in the fuel pump price from N86 to N86.50 k to N145.

While Cuomo has called for a congestion pricing plan that would create a system of tolls during peak hours, de Blasio has preferred a catch - all tax increase on the rich to pay for it.

The Republican Senate leader not only opposed cost - of - living increases to the rent and income thresholds at which units lose price controls — which Gov. Cuomo wanted — but he also ruled out calls to include a renewal of rent regulations in the looming budget deal.

Several of New York state's largest and most influential business groups are coming together to fight Cuomo's call for a $ 15 minimum wage, saying such a steep increase would devastate small businesses and lead to higher prices for consumers.

But MTA board members showed little appetite for even biennial increases at their meeting Wednesday, talking instead about the prospect of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio agreeing to some form of congestion pricing or a so - called millionaire's tax.

«It is really unfair to the people of Ghana that anytime we had increased petroleum price, there was a call for increase in transport fares,» he said on TV3's News 360 on Wednesday.

The Chamber of Consumer Protection is calling on the Ministry of transport to call the GPRTU to order, because the transport union disrespected the consultative process and imposed the price increases before the dialogue between the National Petroleum Authority the Ministry of Transport and the Transport Union itself.

The call for the review of the price hike, which has stoked nationwide anger toward manufacture Mylan, dovetails with a proposal included in the Senate's one - house legislation that would block steep increases in prescription medications without justification.

In freezing the fuel duty freeze, Osborne will be repeating his autumn statement from last year, raising calls by some for the total scrapping of the fuel duty escalator under which tax is supposed to increase by the retail price index (RPI) every April until 2014.

Responding to the statistics released today showing that the average House Price had increased by 1.0 % over the last 12 months, the Welsh Liberal Democrats Housing Spokesperson, Peter Black, has called on the Welsh Labour Government to get the Help to Buy Cymru scheme up and running as soon as possible.

Some politicians have called for: Congressional hearings on the escalating pricing, an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, and action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to increase competition by hastening approvals of competitors» products, the AP reported.

Opponents decided to «load up» the bill with what Jane Cunningham called «killer amendments,» which threatened to increase the cost of the program from the estimated $ 40 million price tag of the tax credits to $ 226 million.

The average transaction price of a new vehicle is $ 34,127, up 57 % from 20 years ago, Welch says, calling 24 % of that increase regulation - related.

«We have had higher list - price increases than our competitors, and we will continue to go for pricing and lose some volume rather than see our contributions deteriorate,» Dr. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes Benz said in a conference call last week.