Sentences with phrase «companies subsidizing the cost»

It's like, you know that idea about formula companies subsidizing the cost of donor milk, or formula being socialized by the government so that inferior ingredients that raised profit margins were not an option?

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The company is reportedly considering a $ 1.2 - billion expansion of its Oakville plant — contingent on government subsidizing one - third of the cost.

[8] See Palmiter, supra note 18, at 886 («By shifting the proposing shareholder's solicitation costs to the company, the rule compels the body of shareholders to subsidize self - appointed corporate reformers.»).

This came as the company stopped offering subsidized smartphones, forcing customers into 24 - month device payment plans that require them to pay for the full cost of the smartphones.

Governments are pushed to this by the operation of the economy with increasing costs of production, losses of peasant farmers and local companies, with dumping of subsidized foreign goods into their liberalized market.

I know this is sort of a radical notion, but has anybody considered that insurance companies might be interested in subsidizing the cost of a breast pump for working (and nursing) women they cover?

Most insurance companies nowadays will subsidize all or at least part of the cost of your breast pump.

«It should be noted that the Governor and his environmental and energy resources team are trying to do what has not been accomplished — or even attempted — in other states that have permitted hydrofracking: to regulate hydrofracking such that the gas companies bear the full cost of production of their product, and not have their product «subsidized» by the degradation of the State's water, air and land resources.

Hybrid publishing companies behave just like traditional publishing companies in all respects, except that they publish books using an author - subsidized business model, as opposed to financing all costs themselves, and in exchange return a higher - than - industry - standard share of sales proceeds to the author.

Vanity presses are also called «subsidy publishers,» which may also mean a slightly different business approach, if the company asks for their costs to be subsidized but then does market the resulting book and pay royalties.

And the Mountain View - based company wants to do it at a subsidized cost, meaning the Kindle Fire might have some pretty tough competition in the future.

But to be fair, the $ 79 Kindle does come with ads and special offers that help to alleviate a bulk of the subsidized costs, and the $ 99 Kindle (without ads) means the company isn't making a loss from those tablets.

«Hybrid publishing companies behave just like traditional publishing companies in all respects, except that they publish books using an author - subsidized business model, as opposed to financing all costs themselves, and in exchange return a higher - than - industry - standard share of sales proceeds to the author.

Are you counting the cost to replace your phone or tablet off contract, since the wireless company won't subsidize it in the middle of the term?

Other companies might have someone else manage the DRIP but might subsidize some transaction costs giving you low cost to invest.

What changed is the govt no longer subsidizes the insurance company's costs for the gold plating of silver plan, leading to bizarre behind the scenes actions (some states make other silver plans more expensive, others spread the pain more broadly I think).

I used to think massive investment in basic science might be our only way out, but when I read about the real cost for producing electric cars (ex., greenhouse gases used to make batteries), subsidized solar companies going under because they can not compete with China (which doesn't care about labor needs or pollution), etc., then I wonder about that too.

On business channel Monday night they said US solar companies are being killed by heavily subsidized Chinese imports of solar produxts that are being sold under cost of production - not sure how true this is - that is one reason why a company like first solar FSLR has stock that is crashing, Although this may be good for the consumer to have cheap panels manufactured in China it may not be the best for the health of US solar industry and for the emphasis on greeb jobs abd technologies in the US

Eliminating the considerable overhead represented by the roughly 600,000 drivers it contracts in the U.S. alone may be the company's best path to profitability: It could help Uber reduce costs enough to stop subsidizing the cheap, on - demand rides that helped build up its enormous market share.

Essentially, the company is subsidizing the cost of its subscription with the capital it raised from data firm Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY), now its majority owner.

Amazon needs more of these types of skills for Alexa if it wants to make it a massive hit with consumers, and the company seems willing to subsidize costs for the time being.

To date, the company has been subsidizing the cost of tickets through the influx of capital it received after selling a majority stake — $ 27 million — to data firm Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY) in August.

Famed venture capitalist Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures has called the net neutrality situation a «nightmare» for startups trying to get funded, saying that he expects telecom companies to «pick their preferred partners, subsidize the data costs for those apps, and make it much harder for new entrants to compete with the incumbents.»

Still, it seems likely that the company is losing money, because it's subsidizing the cost of every ticket its users buy, including in big cities where ticket prices hover around $ 15.

And, critically, it means CI programs offer more for less since the cost of running CI is in effect subsidized by hiring companies.

Some companies also would receive a revenue share from RMC - captured referral fees, further subsidizing FTB Benefit costs.

The company subsidizes associates» marketing costs.

But perhaps the most important change is that smart home services are starting to be offered by companies such as ADT, Comcast and Verizon, which are making cutting edge technology more accessible by subsidizing up - front costs with longer term subscription fees.

Most utility companies offer incentives; some even subsidize the cost up to 50 %.