Sentences with phrase «fired because of our price»

We are almost never hired or fired because of our price (about 4 % of all engagements are decided upon price).

What I can guarantee you is that you aren't hired and fired because of price or quality.

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The Skirball Fire, named because of its proximity to the Skirball Cultural Center, is pushing its way through the high - priced Bel - Air area and threatening the Getty Museum.

Fisher - Price is voluntarily recalling about 65,000 motorized infant seats because of a risk of a fire hazard.

But you might want to check your serial numbers, because Fisher Price just announced a recall of approximately 63,000 infant motion seats because of concerns of overheating and even fires.

«We face a terrible price because of Albany's irresponsibility,» Bloomberg charged as he unveiled a doomsday budget that eliminates 20 fire companies, closes dozens of senior centers and cuts the city's workforce by 11,000 people.

Lt. Brian Falise of the Syracuse Fire Department said the reason for the switch is because there has been a steady increase in the price of EpiPens over the past few years.

It is under fire from some environmentalists because of its relatively lax targets and low carbon prices, along with its vulnerability to fraud and abuse.

We're seeing a lot more natural gas because of its price and the retirement of coal - fired power plants.

Two years ago the U.S. Department of Energy predicted a resurgence of coal - fired power plants because of the rising price of oil and natural gas.

One key component of any price reduction will be drops in the cost of batteries, where Tesla has an advantage because it uses the same lithium ion cells used in the vast array of consumer electronics, where such batteries have also faced fire troubles occasionally.

No local school district will want to fire 10 % of their already low supply of teachers just because housing prices dropped - something that would raise class sizes by 10 % when our State already has the highest class sizes in the nation.

I recently bought an iPad mini 2 because of the reasonable price for this model currently and because I was somewhat irritated with Amazon for their sometimes clumsy text layout on my Fire HDX 8.9, like huge spaces between words and lines and off - center pages.

Th Fire android device may resonate with consumers because of the low price but according to Piper Jaffray analyst, Gene Munster, Amazon will likely lose $ 50 for each Kindle Fire tablet that it sells.

I want the Kindle Fire and I ain't old, I am 16 and have a Windows Phone and Android device and an iPad, I don't want it because other devices are too confusing, but because I am very involved in the Amazon ecosystem, I purchase stuff from there all the time, and they have all the media I need (News, Mags, Books, Music, Movies, TV, Apps) So it's not because I'm to old or stupid to understand a normal android tablet, it's because this is what fits alot of peoples needs, for a great price.

Manufacturers and consumers alike better brace themselves: memory chip prices have hit a two - year high because of a major fire in a massive Chinese production plant.

A jointly - produced tablet or e-reader priced to compete with the Kindle Fire made sense, according to both analysts and Computerworld's analysis, in part because of the partnership that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced the last day of April.

However, the Kindle Fire won by a nose, not only because of its lower price and free cloud storage, but because it is part of Amazon's impressive ecosystem of e-books, Amazon apps and streaming video content through the Amazon Prime service.

Whether you're a globetrotter or a looking for an travel tablet or something to entertain your child with loads of controls, the Fire HD 8 is well worth considering, because at this price, there's very little that comes close.

The reasoning behind this affordable price tag is because of Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet which launched last year with great success.

I have watched so many people who otherwise wouldn't consider a tablet purchase a Kindle Fire this year because of the great price and good company brand.

That's partly because the price of the new Kindle Fire, which is scheduled to begin shipping Nov. 15, is half that of the original Kindle — just $ 199.

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet debuted last month with the promise of being the only tablet with a real shot of challenging the iPad, mainly because of its rock - bottom price: $ 199, less than half the price of the cheapest iPad model.

Because of Amazon's online services and storefronts, the Fire has raised the expectations of what a tablet in the $ 200 price range should be and do.

The Amazon Kindle Fire... is quickly becoming a favorite to hack and mod because of its low $ 199 price point.

The Kindle Fire is only viable at that price because of Amazon's heavy emphasis on media sales after the purchase.

If you don't use space heaters, for instance, you may get a slightly lower price than someone who does because of the slight increase in fire risk from space heaters.

Assets are at fire sale prices because there is not enough balance sheet capacity to buy and hold them over a period where the realization of value is likely.

All of these were large enough in their own right to be minor crises, and they sent measures of systemic risk up for a while, but ultimately, they were self contained, because market players with strong balance sheets picked up the pieces from failed players, and earned a reasonable return off them after buying up the «toxic waste» at fire sale prices.

But it's a grave danger for those near or in retirement: Selling stocks at fire - sale prices, either out of panic or because you need income, can cause massive financial damage.

Well they have issued a full on press release that covers everything in full detail, include US pricing and an official trailer and because this is one of «Everything» posts where we take all of that information and stick it into one place, that's exactly what we're going to do with today's Fire Embem news, so here it all is

I know some here will decry that I am not talking about the issues because I do not try to obsfuscate with a discussion of the spot market price of coal vs long - term contracts, or use of coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternative).

Stanwell Corp, the Queensland government owned electricity generator, has failed to make any money in the past year from its 4,000 MW of coal and gas fired generation because rooftop solar has taken away demand and pushed down wholesale electricity prices.

We estimate that electricity prices were about $ 10 / MWh higher because of gas - fired generators» higher input costs.

Our modelling indicates strongly that a tax at this low level will have no effect upon coal - fired generation and, given the relatively low price elasticity of demand for electricity at the retail level (probably because electricity has been so cheap in Australia), the demand side effect would be negligible and difficult to spot given the srong secular growth in demand.

If you don't use space heaters, for instance, you may get a slightly lower price than someone who does because of the slight increase in fire risk from space heaters.

If you already need to replace your smoke alarms anyway — fire - safety experts recommend doing so every 10 years because sensors wear out — we think the price premium for going smart, while not insignificant, is a small one to pay for added peace of mind.

It's priced aggressively, too, at $ 29.99, which makes it a compelling choice for those considering shopping for a stick like Chromecast or Amazon Fire TV Stick, simply because of price point.

These things aside, the real reason people will look at the Amazon Fire HD is because of its pricing.

Because of the vast number of problem loans on their books, some lenders want appraisers to value troubled assets at unreasonably low levels in order to serve their agendas of «dumping» troubled assets at fire - sale prices.