Sentences with phrase «higher cost structure»

Second, ULIPs had a very high cost structure including sales commissions of upto 80 % and high surrender charges.

Because of that, Air Canada «has a much higher cost structure than its competitors,» says Cameron Doerksen, an analyst with National Bank Financial.

What's really killing earnings and standing in the way of developing new coal reserves are plunging commodity prices that have left many producers stranded with high cost structures that are no longer commercially viable.

created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $ 100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $ 20 million annually.

Just as the arguments for higher cost structures in other industries have been washed away by the internet tsunami (go ask retailers or content providers), so too will the arguments for premium pricing for institutional trades succumb to the inevitable erosion.

«We have a very high cost structure, fees, charges, and taxes that scares away ultra-low cost carriers.

This imposes a higher cost structure but presumably, a profit - driven entity will find a less costly solution.

What would actually happen is that gasoline would become much more expensive, consumers would need to cut back spending on non-gasoline items, businesses would face a higher cost structure, and the overall economy would slow down with inflation - adjusted incomes falling.

For example, a hardware company will have a higher cost structure due to expenses related to components and manufacturing relative to software companies where the bulk of expenses is typically found in salaries and wages.

Contributing to the high cost structure was the new culture of working 9 - 5 Monday through Friday.

The decision to enter the organic market has come after extensive market evaluation to ensure that market premiums of at least 20 percent are sustainable for the long - term, in order to match the higher costs structure (of both on - farm production and processing) 30.

«Because of our high cost structures here starting with land — let alone utility costs, taxes and everything else — the Town of Southold's agriculture can't afford just to be a raw crop commodity agricultural industry anymore,» Mr. Baiz said.

And recall that hedge funds attract the top talent because of their high cost structure.

Now Carl Icahn is arguing the same thing — size and diversification are harming value at AIG, as well as a high cost structure.

Do they really want to build a DP infrastructure that has a higher cost structure than competitors?

Their high cost structure is such that the odds are heavily stacked in favour of the insurance company.

There's the attrition we've seen from Q - Cells, Solon, Odersun, and ECD as firms fall to bankruptcy, victims of their high cost structures and intense competition.

Our New York attorneys come from leading firms, drawn by the opportunity to represent world class companies without the conflict issues and high cost structures that beset many large US firms.

A number of investors lost a lot of money in ULIPs in mid 2000s, partly due to high cost structure of ULIPs and partly due to poor stock market returns.