Sentences with phrase «in soaring costs»

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U.S. drugstore operator CVS agreed in December to acquire Aetna for $ 69 billion, seeking to tackle soaring healthcare spending through lower - cost medical services in pharmacies.

Chief among these is that labour costs in Canada and the United States are becoming relatively more competitive as the Chinese economy soared and wages there gradually caught up to more developed economies.

The move by these hugely successful companies is, in fact, only the latest in a slew of corporate actions aimed at reconfiguring healthcare in the U.S. — a system where outcomes, for the most part, remain woefully disconnected from costs, and where those costs continue to soar without the mooring of reason.

I'd complain bitterly to my dad about the soaring cost of tuition, which was closing in on $ 2,000 a year.

In another salvo aimed at crypto bulls, Bitcoin is an «environmental disaster,» he said, citing its soaring energy costs.

What's left are more like ponds, or puddles, or even droplets clustered in solid rock, and the capital cost and time frame to extract oil from them have soared.

In the U.S., major clothing retailers like Levi Strauss & Co. have begun imposing selective price increases in response to soaring cotton costIn the U.S., major clothing retailers like Levi Strauss & Co. have begun imposing selective price increases in response to soaring cotton costin response to soaring cotton costs.

Manjoo notes the inconvenient fact that, in some of the most visible cases, the soaring costs of delivering these small - scale, bespoke services on a hyper - local basis with quickly growing volume has in fact already brought about price increases, not savings, for the end users.

In the last few months, the price has shot up dramatically, which has put many coffee retailers and wholesalers in a bind: how does one keep prices affordable amidst soaring costIn the last few months, the price has shot up dramatically, which has put many coffee retailers and wholesalers in a bind: how does one keep prices affordable amidst soaring costin a bind: how does one keep prices affordable amidst soaring costs?

But by 1974, with fuel prices soaring and development costs estimated at $ 2 billion to $ 3 billion, Boeing's partner in the project, International Husky, couldn't find enough customers for the 754, and the project was canceled.

Shares of Virgin America Inc, a low - cost airline partly owned by Richard Branson, soared more than 30 percent in their market debut, underscoring the buoyant mood in an industry that is emerging from a long spell of turbulence.

True, a 529 plan isn't the only answer to soaring tuition costs, but from the looks of this survey, consumers are sorely in need of a refresher.

A 529 plan isn't the only answer to soaring tuition costs, but from the looks of this survey, consumers are sorely in need of a refresher.

PBMs have come into the spotlight in the debate over soaring drug prices, with manufacturers accusing them of contributing to inflating costs.

Those views are largely predicated on three factors: higher borrowing costs; increasing curbs on home buying to cool soaring prices; and government - mandated shutdowns of some steel mills and factories in coming months to reduce winter air pollution.

As iced coffee started to soar in popularity, the brand started releasing new, premium variations on the drink - that all cost significantly more.

Real interest rates, which subtract inflation from the nominal rate to show the true cost of borrowing, soared as high as 8 % in the aftermath, as demand for goods and services evaporated and prices tumbled.

On September 14, Bloomberg reported that, «according to people with knowledge of the matter,» some vendors, fearing getting caught up in a bankruptcy and facing soaring costs to insure their receivables from Toys «R» Us, are curtailing their shipments to the company.

my current scenario: 60k annual + bonus of 15k - 50k Live in Texas (very low cost of living) age: 26 Have 50k in equity in my home, prices continue to soar where I purchased as well as for the next half decade.

Gross writes that, «Soaring debt / GDP ratios in previously sacrosanct AAA countries have made low - cost funding increasingly a function of central banks as opposed to private market investors.»

Hartford - based insurer Aetna Inc. has jointly released a new ranking of healthy communities across the country that it hopes will show other regions how to improve the health and well - being of their residents and slow the soaring cost of health care in the United States.

With its flexible financial system and the gradual elimination by the 1970s of all capital restrictions, the United States was able quickly to adapt, and began running large trade deficits whose costs, in the form of unemployment and consumer debt, it was willing to absorb for geopolitical advantage, the importance of which soared during the Cold War.

But as uninfected and accessible land became increasingly rare in the the mid-1950s, production costs in Central America soared.

Amazon has surprised officials in cities vying for the company's new headquarters by asking how to avoid soaring housing costs and paralyzing traffic.

In the interim, Birchbox had to turn to venture debt in 2015, which hung over the company as revenue growth slowed and customer - acquisition costs soareIn the interim, Birchbox had to turn to venture debt in 2015, which hung over the company as revenue growth slowed and customer - acquisition costs soarein 2015, which hung over the company as revenue growth slowed and customer - acquisition costs soared.

The reasons behind the soaring cost of health care in the US that insurance companies don't want you to know about.

The report found that shelter costs rose by close to six per cent this year to $ 76 a month because of soaring rents in Vancouver and «modest» increases in utilities and telephone expenses.

You can have a bad trade, ensuing in removing reduction Bitcoin back than you invested, but being still, in theory, accountable to taxes, when the cost of Bitcoin did soar between your trades.

Recent study by Instant Offices found that despite rising cost of office and workspace, demand for it continues to soar in Hong Kong.

The rise in volumes mined ensured Galaxy's unit costs soared from $ US325 per tonne to $ US415 per tonne quarter on quarter, and there was no assurance in Galaxy's statement that the issues would be temporary.

But while the scientific community is in consensus about climate change, its effects on insurance aren't so clear, despite the soaring cost damage.

Germany's chronic care crisis — the care industry suffers from lack of workers and soaring costs — has for years been mitigated by eastern Europeans migrating to Germany in growing numbers to care for the country's elderly.

If petroleum were priced in terms of its total cost in pollution and with its scarcity in view, food prices would soar.

The high demand for vanilla and the supply shortage has resulted in a volatile vanilla market with soaring costs.

Rising commodity and ingredients prices continue to hit the global food chain with US food giant Kraft the next in line to be hit by price pressures suggesting that despite reasonable fourth quarter figures, the soaring costs are...

I think we can now all agree even with the high rate of medical technology and the soaring cost of childbirth, the United States is still in a sorry state.

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

Those living in London are hit by the benefit cap, as if the soaring cost of rent in the capital is their fault.

The scheme was abandoned by the succeeding Labour government in 1974 on grounds of soaring costs and damage to the environment.

In some cases services have deterioriated at a time when the cost to the council tax payer has soared.

Faced with soaring health care costs in state prisons...

«Council tax responsible for «soaring living costs» Main Conservatives field more candidates than Labour and Lib Dems in local elections»

This would also raise the cost of renting privately, which flies in the face of his criticism that rental prices are already soaring.

The soaring costs have been largely triggered by stock market losses during the depths of the recession in 2007 and 2008.

Stonewalling a pay raise over the issue might increase the odds that the problem gets solved, but it could be to the detriment of the members who rely solely on their legislative pay, many of whom are minorities who live in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods where costs of living have soared since the last increase.

The trees were brought over from Florida and planted in 2001, when debate was already ranging over the cost of the Portcullis building, which soared from # 165 million to # 235 million and prompted an inquiry.

Most ratepayers slammed PSEG Long Island and LIPA's planned 4 percent, 3 - year rate hike at a public hearing in Riverhead last night, saying rates were already too high and left uncertainties about costs soaring even higher.

A new front has opened in the battle against the «big six» energy companies, with environmental charities demanding a full public inquiry into the soaring costs of energy bills.

«Spending in the wider economy is also hit because millions of public sector workers are enduring a pay freeze - while inflation is high and the cost of household necessities, like energy, are soaring.

«The «remorseless increase» in council tax has caused soaring living costs, the Tories claimed today in a fresh attack on the Government before next month's local government elections.