Sentences with phrase «companies raised the prices»

When one company raises the price, the others quickly follow.

In just the past 14 months, drug companies raised the prices of 20 prescription drugs by 200 percent.

«With travel companies raising prices for fans travelling to the Euros, sports retailers providing more new kits to buy and countless opportunities to get yourself down the pub, supporting England this summer could be very expensive.

(A few months later, the company raised prices on a slew of its drugs by 9 percent.)

Playster is one of the few companies involved in the unlimited subscription model and recently the company raised their prices.

Productivity dives and a wage - price spiral develops as companies raise prices to protect compressing margins.

From listening to other consumer companies» earnings calls, I have gathered that every time companies raise prices, in an effort to pass commodity inflation on to the consumer, demand drops off.

Allyn Hughes wrote this summer that, «as a result of the low interest rates and investment returns, insurance companies are likely to earn less on their portfolios,» which, naturally, leads to insurance companies raising prices in order to recoup those losses.

With insurance companies raising the prices on term insurance for the last year and a half, this new product overcame some obstacle that allowed Genworth to lower prices and rocket to the top -LSB-...]

With insurance companies raising the prices on term insurance for the last year and a half, this new product overcame some obstacle that allowed Genworth to lower prices and rocket to the top of the price leader board.

Not exact matches

• Leo Holdings, a London - based blank check company, raised $ 200 million in an IPO of 20 million shares priced at $ 10 a piece.

The company won't raise its prices to pay for the switch; instead, it's delaying an upgrade of its security camera system.

Instead, they'll raise prices for U.S. companies that purchase imported steel used in aerospace and medical equipment, petroleum refining gear, heavy machinery, construction materials, and consumer products from soup cans to baby carriages.

The company's share price rose 6 percent in early trading on Friday after at least 14 Wall Street brokerages raised their price targets on the stock - a measure of the confidence around the stock among sector analysts.

That doesn't leave Square a lot of wiggle room if the credit card companies decide to raise interchange fees: «Because we generally charge our sellers a flat rate,» higher swipe fees «could make our pricing look less competitive, lead us to change our pricing model, or adversely affect our margins,» the company said in its prospectus.

• IBEX Holdings, a Hamilton, Bermuda - based customer service company, said it plans to raise $ 60 million in an IPO of 4 million shares priced between $ 14 to $ 16 apiece.

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.

Companies are going to try and raise prices.

• Mudrick Capital Acquisition, a New York City - based blank check company formed to acquire a post-bankruptcy business, said it raised $ 200 million in an IPO of 20 million units priced at $ 10 a piece.

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.

Amazon is reportedly paying less than that, which means the acquisition price is significantly lower than the company's $ 1 billion valuation when it raised funding last year.

The San Francisco software company, which raised $ 250 million in VC funding, is seeking to sell 13 million shares priced between $ 12 and $ 14 per share.

Valeant has been at the center of a political firestorm over prescription medication costs and pharmaceutical companies, which depend more on acquiring or licensing existing therapies (and then raising their prices) rather than fueling R&D into new drugs.

The company is seeking to raise as much as $ 370 million by selling 16.2 million shares priced between $ 17 to $ 20 each.

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

Companies would have to raise prices at a time when global demand is mediocre.

The company said it plans to raise $ 75 million in an offering of 5.4 million shares priced between $ 13 to $ 15 a piece.

With the core consumer inflation steady in January from a year earlier, it is a sign that a strengthening economy has yet to prompt companies to raise prices, a challenge policy makers have yet to overcome despite years of massive stimulus.

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!»

Each year the company raises its menu prices to cover increasing food costs, but it generally keeps those price hikes below the rate of inflation for «food away from home» to stay competitive.

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.

But inflation remains distant from the BOJ's 2 percent target as companies hold off on raising prices and wages, citing uncertainty over the economic outlook.

Responding to Tory charges that the NDP's proposed cap - and - trade system would wind up raising gas prices by 10 cents per litre, Jack Layton blamed Stephen Harper «s subsidies to big oil companies and support for the harmonized sales tax in Ontario for higher gas prices.

Valeant CEO Joe Papa told attendees of Wells Fargo's healthcare conference earlier this month that the company would start raising prices toward the end of the year.

Clark soon felt the new company was spread too thin and subsequently made poor decisions for Kodiak Cakes, including raising prices.

US - focused biotech company pSivida has released pricing details of a $ US16 million capital raising, after two weeks of volatile trading in its ASX - listed shares.

On Wednesday, a U.S. judge pronounced Apple guilty of conspiring with publishers to raise book prices — a verdict the company plans on appealing.

• AMERI Holdings, a Princeton, NJ - based company creating ERP software, raised $ 6 million in an offering of nearly 1.48 million shares priced at about $ 4.12, within its $ 4 6to $ 5 range.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

If the company has to raise the prices of its products, this will not scare off consumers, he said.

A lot of companies worry that raising the minimum wage will mean they have to raise prices, and that will push customers away.

Marking his 13th Uncarrier promotion on Thursday at CES in Las Vegas, T - Mobile CEO John Legere also promised that for customers who sign up for the current unlimited plan, the company will never raise the price.

To make a somewhat long story short, when Mylan raised the price of the EpiPen, they went from a company quelling fear to a company instilling fear.

It said it expected to price its shares at around $ 13 to $ 14 a share, raising questions about whether the company would be valued at less than its private company valuation of nearly $ 2 billion.

Shares in soon - to - be transformed Croesus Mining have soared after the company completed a $ 7 million capital raising with shares priced at a hefty premium.

Online personal shopping company Stitch Fix priced its initial public offering (IPO) below expectations in a downsized offering on Thursday, raising $ 120 million.

«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.

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.

For companies, an economic recession may keep stock prices low, so issuing securities may not generate as much money as the company needs, or can raise elsewhere.

The other thing that concerns me is when other drug companies like Pfizer, the ones that you may have in mind, are about to raise prices.