The subsidiaries are on 50 - year firm,
fixed price contracts with the Government; the contract prices are subject to redetermination every 3 years.
Not exact matches
Musk, who has a
contract to supply the space station
with cargo using the smaller Falcon 9, said his
pricing is more
fixed than traditional aerospace firms.
NASA's new
contract model provides recipient companies
with fixed -
price contracts, supplemented
with milestone payments in recognition of significant technological achievements.
Best of all,
with Kinder Morgan predominantly working
with fixed - fee
contracts, it avoids a lot of exposure to wholesale natural gas
pricing.
The reply also claimed that the agency was able to obtain higher
prices by making one - off deals
with recyclables brokers rather than entering into a
fixed -
price contract following a competitive bidding process.
(7) Treat the contents of any tank as Government property in accordance
with the Government Property (
Fixed -
Price Contracts) clause; and
(3) Treat salvage, scrap or other ship's material of the Government resulting from performance of the work as items of Government - furnished property, in accordance
with the Government Property (
Fixed Price Contracts) clause;
My point was that if RWA goes too far towards trying to punish Harlequin in the future, it might actually end up engaging in actual
price -
fixing (not any wussy interference
with contract): specifically, insisting upon
price points and punishing publishers (or authors
with publishers) that don't comply.
The Department of Justice revealed today that a possible resolution to the Apple e-book
price fixing case might see Apple be forced to end its existing agreements
with the five publishers it's accused of conspiring
with as well, and not enter into new e-book distribution
contracts for five years
with those publishers that would «restrain Apple from competing on
price.»
Moving forward
with its case, the EC dropped the
price fixing focus, presumably because they found no provable violation in the
contracts Amazon struck
with the publishers.
Apart from the growing sentiment that self - publishing may lead to better returns and longer careers, there's the recent costly settlement over allegations of
price fixing to contend
with, as well as the loss of untold amounts due to Amazon's removal of pre-order buttons on Hachette titles, and their refusal to sell or deliver certain HBG titles under their
contract matter is resolved.
In May, as it negotiated a new
contract with Hachette Book Group (a settling defendant in the ebooks
price -
fixing case), Amazon pulled the preorder buttons on most Hachette titles, stopped recommending its authors» works, and burdened Hachette's books
with artificial delivery delays.
Instead of the option having a
fixed percentage payout, each
contract has a
fixed payout
with the
price of the
contract changing based on what traders are willing to pay.
Subtitle E: Additional Market Assurance -(Sec. 351) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to: (1) require energy derivatives to be traded on a CFTC - regulated exchange unless CFTC issues an exemption; (2) require CFTC to
fix limits,
with respect to energy transactions, on the aggregate number of positions which may be held by any person for each month across all markets subject to the CFTC's jurisdiction; (3) require CFTC to convene a Position Limit Energy Advisory Group to give CFTC recommendations on such position limits; (4) give CFTC exclusive authority to grant exemptions for bona fide hedging transactions and positions from position limits imposed on energy transactions; (5) revise provisions concerning bona fide hedging transactions; and (6) require CFTC to issue a rule defining and classifying index traders and swap dealers for the purposes of data reporting requirements and setting routine detailed reporting requirements for any position of such entities in
contracts traded on designated
contract markets, over-the-counter markets, derivatives transaction execution facilities, foreign boards of trade, and electronic trading facilities
with respect to significant
price discovery
contracts.
The electricity is sold into the Alberta power pool
with pricing substantially
fixed through mid - and long - term
contracts.
The IESO enters into a 20 year
contract with project owners, paying owners a
fixed price for the electricity they produce and sell to Ontario's power grid.
The Mars manufacturing plant simply
contracted for the output of the system, providing them
with a
fixed price for energy during peak hours.
In court proceedings in 2013 against Apple (Case 1:12 - cv -02826-DLC, United States of America v Apple Inc, et al), a US federal judge ruled that the
price - matching provision in Apple's
contracts with five major book publishers, was part of a scheme to
fix e-book
prices.
The following shall be prohibited as incompatible
with the internal market: all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the internal market, and in particular those which: (a) directly or indirectly
fix purchase or selling
prices or any other trading conditions; (b) limit or control production, markets, technical development, or investment; (c) share markets or sources of supply; (d) apply dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions
with other trading parties, thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage; (e) make the conclusion of
contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which, by their nature or according to commercial usage, have no connection
with the subject of such
contracts.
The Applicant also seeks consequential relief, including damages representing the difference between the
price it paid under the
fixed -
price contract and the
price it would have paid if it had entered into a
contract with a different supplier.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued fines to 103 construction firms after they were found to have colluded
with competitors to
fix the
price of building
contracts.
Participating Dentist (Provider) is a dentist who signs a
contract with the insurance company and agrees to provide dental services and supplies to eligible participants at a
fixed price.
* Experience
with T&M, Cost Plus and
fixed price government
contracting