Sentences with phrase «of a price war on»

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But recent market turmoil reminded the world that share prices don't always go up, as rising interest rates, sweeping technological change, and the possibility of a trade war stoked anxiety on Main Street and Wall Street.

«A trade war on steel and aluminum is going to help a small number of people and it's going to hurt a lot more and drive up prices, said Mary Ann Hurley, vice president, fixed income trading at D.A. Davidson in Seattle.

The news sent the shares of grocers like Kroger (kr), Supervalu (svu) Sprouts Farmers Market (sfm) and even Walmart, the largest U.S. grocer, and Target (tgt), down on fears of an intensification of the price wars among the food retailers and that fact that Amazon will instantly have 450 new physical locations.

Their main reasons for panic were that the Chinese government could retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S. goods; that steel and aluminum prices would rise, causing a ripple of inflation; and that Trump's move would spur a full - blown trade war, slowing the economy and potentially even sparking a recession or depression.

Before branching out on his own, he was one of legendary investor Julian Robertson's first so - called tiger cubs, responsible for some big market calls during the 1990s such as the collapse of oil prices after start of the Persian Gulf War and the plunge in the British pound.

It will be interesting to see how Witty takes on this new role on the opposite end of the drug price war.

The deal speculation comes at a time when European telecoms have shown an eagerness to consolidate amid a crowded market that has created an ongoing price war that weighs on the revenue of companies like Orange.

Fuel prices have been in a downtrend since June, losing nearly 50 percent of their value, on the back of a price war waged by OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) against the U.S. shale producers and as demand from China decreased amid slowing growth.

Trade wars, shooting wars, political wars and corporate wars on honest pricing represent the four flashpoints of volatility...

He was not only breaking with Republican orthodoxy, but was also inviting a trade war that would threaten the livelihood of the working class that he had based his campaign on; it was altogether likely that price increases as a result of his tariffs would wipe out the small income gains that his tax cut bill had brought and slow the healthy economy.

The inflation wars of the 1970s and 1980s led to a broad consensus on two fronts among academics and policymakers: First, central banks are responsible and accountable for price stability, which was often acknowledged through the formal adoption of an inflation targeting framework.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Oil prices settled slightly lower on Wednesday, as a surprise draw in U.S. crude stockpiles triggered a rebound from session lows hit after China proposed a broad range of tariffs on U.S. exports that fed fears of a trade war.

NEW YORK Oil prices settled slightly lower on Wednesday, as a surprise draw in U.S. crude stockpiles triggered a rebound from session lows hit after China proposed a broad range of tariffs on U.S. exports that fed fears of a trade war.

Up until a couple of years ago, the grocery price war had largely been fought over mainstream products like soda, soup and cereal, leaving higher - end organics to compete on quality.

NEW YORK Oil prices fell about 2 percent on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on China, reigniting fears of a trade war between the world's two largest economies that could hurt global growth.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Crude oil prices got a scare on reports that Gary Cohn, chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump, is resigning, which raised fears that the world is on the brink of an all - out tariff and trade war.

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Prices held steady until Thursday when President Trump announced another round of the tariff war with China sending prices down $ 1.50 a barrel on FPrices held steady until Thursday when President Trump announced another round of the tariff war with China sending prices down $ 1.50 a barrel on Fprices down $ 1.50 a barrel on Friday.

In the future there will be two types of organizations: the quick and the dead — those that are unforgettable and those that reside in a sea of sameness, those struggling with commoditization and those that transcend price wars by competing on relationship, innovation and radical differentiation.

In recent weeks, the War on Gold, which is a subset of the broader War on Human Freedom, has sharply intensified, with massive, multi-billion dollar naked short price raids now being launched on a weekly and even daily basis by the criminal, state - sponsored price manipulators.

And gold prices tend to spike on rumors of war, let alone when the shooting begins.

Homes in these five metros stay on the market for an average of just 54 days and rarely feature slashed prices; bidding wars are common in these hot housing markets.»

Gold prices have also been flip - flopping on a daily basis with no trend in sight as there is so much uncertainty due to the possibility of a trade war with China.

Most newsworthy in this year's edition, the 87 - year old billionaire pointed out that Berkshire Hathaway now has a $ 116 billion war chest to spend on a deal, but that prices were too high for him to spend any of it in a big way last year.

Cocoa prices are now trading below their 20 - day but still far above their 100 - day moving average as the trend is mixed as prices topped out on April 2nd around 2647 as the hot and dry weather conditions still do persist in West Africa, but the commodity markets, in general, are drifting lower due to the fact of the possible trade war with China.

There would need to be a whole fierce debate first which would turn the whole community into a metaphorical state of civil war, then a vote, then miners have to agree, then there might be a coin - split, price would probably dive, and so on.

Eurozone officials are unanimous that it means a commitment to financial war against labor — to austerity and yet further economic shrinkage; to faster privatization selloffs (but not to Russians if they offer higher prices, as Gazprom did) and hence higher prices for hitherto public utilities; to no rejection of past insider privatization deals to higher value - added taxes on consumers; and to lower pensions for labor.

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She suggested shipments of oil from Alberta and B.C. natural gas traversing Alberta could be on the chopping block, and had no firm answer about what Horgan's NDP government would have to do to provoke such a last - resort retaliation, a nasty flash of trade warring that could send Lower Mainland gasoline prices skyward.

The DJIA is still within 10 % of the highs that it hit earlier this year, so it is safe to speculate that a full on trade war between the world's two largest economies probably isn't being priced in at the moment.

On CNBC, a Wall Street veteran was asked on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange how it was that the price of oil had not soared because of the missile war in our region, and he replied unhesitatingly, «Because there are no oil wells in Gaza»On CNBC, a Wall Street veteran was asked on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange how it was that the price of oil had not soared because of the missile war in our region, and he replied unhesitatingly, «Because there are no oil wells in Gaza»on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange how it was that the price of oil had not soared because of the missile war in our region, and he replied unhesitatingly, «Because there are no oil wells in Gaza».

The latest chapter in the continued tug of war over Tesla's stock price has Goldman Sachs reinforcing its sell position on TSLA, setting a...

Economists have warned that many of Trump's proposals — including suggestions that he would impose blanket double - digit tariffs on goods from Mexico and China — could backfire on the American economy by causing prices to rise or igniting a trade war.

Muchembled also resists a Western triumphalist narrative by suggesting that the taming of domestic violence was not simply the result of a progressive civilizing process» marking European civilization as the height of human evolution» but came at the price of colonial conquest on other continents and terribly destructive wars among nations in Europe.

Also, for the first time, Abraham is told that his seed shall be victorious in wars with its enemies — which means, of course, that there will be later need for God - fearing men to sacrifice their sons, this time in battle; in the absence of fathers who are willing to pay such a price, God's way on earth can not survive in the world against its enemies.

However, I sometimes wonder if on Judgment Day we will be as proud when we learn about atrocities our nation has committed against Muslim nations in the form of economics, or unjustified wars, or price manipulation of crops and technology, or who knows what else?

The «war on drugs» is counterproductive, since it raises the price of the drugs, makes drug trafficking more profitable, and thus encourages dealers to try to sell more.

Nehru's suspicion of businessmen shaped as much by the European distrust of capitalism between the wars as by India's forced de industrialization by the British East India Company committed him to state control of prices, wages, and production, and to strict limits on foreign investment and trade.

The worst - case scenario is a full - blown supermarket price war coming on the heels of a turnaround phase where Woolworths has already invested heavily in price.

Dairy farmers have called on the supermarkets to use their appearance before Senate to commit to ending the price war (ironically, much of this inquiry is about whether their conduct is anti-competitive; such a joint commitment would be the most overtly anti-competitive act to date).

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But domestic - focused processors are under intense pressure as margins are sandwiched by the spiralling cost of milk and depressed prices on retail shelves due to a supermarket war between Coles and Woolworths.

Treasury announced on Monday it had received a second takeover offer, and the prospect of a bidding war caused shares in the company to jump above the identical offer price of the two bids.

«With our dairy industry in crisis due to the milk price war, and our fruit growers leaving tonnes of produce to rot on the ground because they are not being paid enough to harvest it, Australian farming is reaching breaking point», Mr Croft said.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

1) Ten years without a significant trophy yet the Manager is never questioned 2) Selling off key «World beater» Players season after season and replacing them with mediocre at best replacements 3) Keeping a 33 % shareholder who is one of the world's richest men AND a true football fan as far away from the board as possible 4) Charging possibly the highest prices in Europe but NOT reinvesting within the team in any really significant way 5) Classing 4th place in the EPL as a trophy 6) Boasting of a # 100 million war chest for transfers then quibbling over a few hundred thousand on deals.

Listening to the words of Wenger on the subject, it appears that our boss has decided not to try competing with the spending power at Old Trafford, to avoid a bidding war that will push the prices even higher.

There was much made of Arsene Wenger's «# 100 million war chest» at the beginning of the summer, and having already spent # 53m of it on Alexandre Lacazette, it would appear that there is only enough left in the kitty for either Lemar or Mahrez, unless the Gunners offload one of the higher - priced stars to increase their buying power.