Sentences with phrase «not by raising prices»

Life insurance companies have been through some rough times just like the rest of the world but they have now decided to balance the load, not by raising prices for new customers, but by playing with words and definitions and screwing their long time customers.

Not exact matches

BoC Governor Mark Carney feels he doesn't have to raise rates because inflation, as measured by the core Consumer Price Index (CPI) is still within target.

So if the value of the dollar rose, Mexican companies could raise their prices in pesos to pay for the tariff, and those higher prices wouldn't be felt by American consumers because higher value dollars would compensate for the difference.

The blue light coatings also cost extra, but they won't raise the price by much.

Today the New York Times argues that Amazon is a new kind of conglomerate, noting that it's not in danger of anti-trust regulation because it isn't exploiting its dominance by raising prices:

It, like everyone, was hit hard by recession, and did what a lot of companies did: dramatically reduced costs, laid off workers, raised prices, and went back to customers and said, «I'm sorry we can't honor this contract...» The response from Wall Street was, «Wow, you've done a great job managing your costs!»

Oops: The $ 400 juicer which raised $ 118 million in funding from the likes of Kleiner Perkins and GV might not be so impressive, Bloomberg reports: Investors just found out they can make juice by squeezing the company's produce packs with their hands, no $ 400 machine (already a drop from the original $ 700 price tag) required.

After all, as Regeneron CEO Len Schleifer pointed out, pricing a drug to its value would suggest that its price shouldn't have to be raised year after year, even if it's by the single digits.

When asked why Chipotle would risk hurting its brand by raising prices when it doesn't need to, an executive replied that was among the considerations in deciding whether to proceed with the hike.

The central bank knows that every period a fraction 1 / n of the sticky price firms will cut their prices by 5 %, and to offset this it loosens monetary policy just a little so that the flexible price firms raise their prices by (5 / n) %.

I do not see how they can raise prices by much.

While economic growth in the fourth quarter came in strong, helped by expanding consumer spending, firms aren't raising prices.

«There are actually businesses, that you will find a few times in a lifetime, where any manager could raise the return enormously just by raising prices — and yet they haven't done it.

Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, the drugmaker that raised the price of an anti-infective drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent, suggested that it won't cut the drug's list price, instead offering to negotiate discounts with hospitals.

Please keep in mind they don't have as tight a definition of IPO as Prof. Ritter, but they have more information on proceeds raised, filing activity, pricing activity, and a breakdown of IPOs by sector.

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had last month denied reports of a directive to state oil firms to absorb at least Re 1 a litre of hike by not raising prices in line with cost.

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As in much else, the social issues raised by advertising are not based on the number of advertisements placed, but on the cultural and social impact of the influential visible advertisements in advanced media that go far beyond the mere announcement of price and availability of commodities.

Dein was forced out and the old board done everything they could to raise the share prices before they all sold, they even made a pact not to let the club be owned by a majority share holder!!!

This will encourage profitable teams like the Knicks to not just grow profits by raising ticket prices and expanding marketing, but to actually make smarter basketball decisions.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Pre Gazidis we didn't miss out on a main target because of a couple million, if Wenger was so stubborn to not raise a price then how come he did just that to get Nasri?We got Cazorla 12 months after we initially went for him because we didn't increase our bid by a couple million...

He cost the Blues a whopping # 27 million, which a few years ago may have raised some eyebrows considering he's still a teenager but he shouldn't be intimidated by the price in today's market.

Dozens of these types of boaters — who say they're not rich and work hard to afford a boat — complain they are being priced out of the city's harbors by the Chicago Park District, which has raised harbor rates every year as far back as memories can reach.

The campaign warns voters about the effects of a possible default if the debt ceiling isn't raised by Aug. 2 and spins a near - doomsday scenario of high gas and food prices along with dire consequences for 401 (k) accounts.

And earlier this year, the lobbying group PhRMA launched a multimillion dollar ad campaign designed to repair its image by reminding the public that the industry aims to discover new drugs, not just raise prices on old ones.

The bill has been stalled by political wrangling over a proposed amendment by Senator Mitch McConnell (R — KY) which would eliminate funding for enforcing new EPA climate regulations unless the secretary of energy certified that they would not cost jobs or raise the price of electricity.

Thus, as Price perceived so clearly, the only way for humans, with their limited ability to take in food, to properly nourish themselves is to eat mostly nutrient - dense foods; and the emerging science of biochemistry confirmed the dietary habits of primitive peoples by revealing just which foods best meet these requirements — all of them animal foods, and not necessarily steak or chicken but seafood, and milk products and organ meats from animals raised on mineral - rich soil.

PlayStation Plus subscription's price has recently been raised in North America, but other territories won't suffer any change as confirmed by Sony Europe.

This time around, Brewer really goes for broke with a pulpy tale that isn't afraid to push a few boundaries and raise a few eyebrows, but while its strong sexual and racial themes will no doubt turn many people away, remarkable performances by the film's two leads make this one winter film that's actually worth the price of the ticket.

new cars in my life by myself, and never got the priced raised on me or told me i did nt qualify for one of the fifteen rebates because i had good credit.

i have purchased 8... new cars in my life by myself, and never got the priced raised on me or told me i did nt qualify for one of the fifteen rebates because i had good credit.

BMW is finally bringing its baby SUV, the BMW X1, to the US this fall as part of the X1's mid-life refresh or life cycle impulse (in BMW - speak) and it fits a whole lot of trends into a car smaller than the Toyota RAV4: It targets city dwellers who need small vehicles for tight parking spaces; it speaks to baby boomers who have fewer possessions (and kids) to lug around but still want an upscale vehicle; and it has many but not all of the big - Bimmer tech goodies that can raise the price of a new Bimmer by $ 20K, including BMW's suite of applications that live in the center stack for music, information, and navigation.

Adding water resistance will probably raise the price tag by a fair margin and affect sales, but then again, it's not like Samsung's high - end tablets aren't already overpriced.

By the way, I raised my price after the second Free Promo from 2.99 $ to 3.99 $ and the effect was not diminished because of it.

Apple understood that the final Apple Agency Agreements ensured that the Publisher Defendants would raise their retail e-book prices to the ostensible limits set by the Apple price tiers not only in Apple's forthcoming iBookstore, but on Amazon.com and all other consumer sites as well.

They did not get where they are today by raising the price.

By the end of 2009, however, the Publisher Defendants had concluded that unilateral efforts to move Amazon away from its practice of offering low retail prices would not work, and they thereafter conspired to raise retail e-book prices and to otherwise limit competition in the sale of e-books.

This, combined with the fact that Amazon hasn't announced that it plans to raise the price of its electronic books, offers hope that Amazon's profits will soar even higher (according to that PW article I just referenced, Amazon's stock already climbed by 63.1 % in that period from December 31 to June 30.

I'm not in that highly - branded category, but I do have two series with a traditional publisher who has recently raised my e-book prices by a dollar.

Exactly how does someone with no market share propose to not only set prices but raise them higher than prices set by a company with ninety percent of the market?

While Apple was willing to raise e-book prices by as much as 50 percent over Amazon's $ 9.99, it did not want to be embarrassed by what it considered unrealistically high prices.»

The best idea he can come up with is to deliberately cripple ebooks by raising their prices and delaying their release for 18 - 24 months so they don't compete with printed copies.

It's just overwhelmingly irrational that Penguin are doing everything possible to attack and hurt their real customers — raise ebook prices, delay releases, keep ebook quality low — and at the same time are trying to reach people who don't read by releasing apps and games.

Trust Publishers to not only try to kill eBooks by raising prices but also to club eBooks together with apps and games — something that might hurt eBooks even more than unrealistically high prices.

Everything from Comcast (120.00 to now 163.00), utility bills will be going up by at least 40 % when rate caps come off, food prices shot up 32 % and I haven't got a raise or cost of living for over a year.

I don't own any wireless device and my wofe's is subsidized by her employer, so I care much less of tiny reducing of wireless prices than I care about RCI and BCE profits and potential dividend raises.

Interested parties will have to head to the App Store on their phones and shell over $ 1.99, a price which is not unfair by any means, but definitely raises the question of whether we should have to pay for this kind of functionality at all.

Claims they were being ripped off, questions raised by the game time and also the lack of multiplayer, suggesting it's not worth its price tag.

I had been continually raising my prices, little by little, but the amount I knew I'd have to charge in order to not feel resentful was more than I'd ever made on any single piece!