Sentences with phrase «of price hike for»

There have been reports of a price hike for the Pixel and Pixel XL phones, something that could also mean we say goodbye to the low - cost Nexus handsets that have been here before 2016.

Since summer is always an expensive time to fly — many routes, particularly cross-country fares, cost three times as much in summer as the lowest base fare — with Virgin points, I had to hit the sweet spot between airlines trying to fill last - minute empty seats and the day - of price hike for truly stuck travelers.

The CMA's ruling comes amid a growing debate on both sides of the Atlantic about the ethics of price hikes for old off - patent medicines that are only made by a few firms and where there is little competition.

Not exact matches

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Valeant Pharmaceuticals» infamous price hikes for a pair of heart drugs called nitroprusside and isoproterenol — whose prices were increased by 310 % and 720 %, respectively — had significant downstream effects on patient care.

«The current pace of repricing in fed funds is not immediately problematic for the Fed and there is yet time to price more into the curve, though we'd argue that at the June meeting, it's likely the markets will have to come to grips with the possibility of a fourth hike in 2018 and price more appropriately,» Lyngen said.

Bond prices were higher, stocks waffled and the dollar flip - flopped after the Fed's post-meeting statement failed to deliver the clarity markets were looking for on the course of rate hikes.

One of Martin Shkreli's former companies has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is pledging to ditch its notorious ex-chief's price hike plans for a rare disease drug.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Each year the company raises its menu prices to cover increasing food costs, but it generally keeps those price hikes below the rate of inflation for «food away from home» to stay competitive.

Biogen is among companies that have been singled out for criticism in recent months; the Wall Street Journal called out the company for hiking the price of MS drug Avonex — 21 times, and at an annual average rate of 16 % — over the past decade.

It is also under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorney's offices in Massachusetts and New York, as well as Congress, as part of their probes into price hikes for certain drugs.

FedEx and UPS have each announced price hikes going into effect at the end of December, and UPS last month told Reuters it may charge retailers a premium for last minute deliveries.

Timmer: Yeah, so last August which was a key inflection point for the market — because at that point, nobody was expecting tax cuts anymore and the 10 - year Treasury had fallen to 2 %, and the bond market which of course is always pricing in the potential future, was pricing in only one more rate hike over the subsequent two years.

However, it's far simpler to do consistent, smaller price hikes on drugs used by a far greater number of people in order to make up for revenue gaps.

For one thing, increases in commodity prices take time to trickle down to the consumer, and hikes depend largely on the willingness of retailers to absorb added costs.

Nothing about the drug has changed in that time, and the fact that it's generic flies in the face of the argument that lack of generic competition is the reason for drastic price hikes.

When you have these kinds of price hikes, which in some cases I believe are just simply criminal and they are done because of greed, it's like putting a gun to somebody's head and saying you need to pay me this very high price for the drug or you die.

Both companies have since rolled back their price increases, and experts say that while drug prices will continue to rise the practice of hiking prices purely for profit may be on the wane.

But it should be paying a brand - name product rate of at least 23.1 percent, as well as an extra rebate because it has hiked the price of the device faster than the rate of inflation, according to the letter from acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt to the Senate Finance Committee ranking member Wyden.

Following the release, markets priced in a higher possibility for a third rate hike before the end of the year.

«The companies deliberately exploited the opportunity offered by debranding to hike up the price for a drug which is relied upon by many thousands of patients,» Philip Marsden, chairman of the CMA's case decision group, said on Wednesday.

Money managing giant BlackRock said last week a no - hike scenario is possible for 2016, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch also tore up its forecast, now calling for one hike this year — in September, for which the market is pricing in just a 38 percent chance — and no more until March 2017.

The Fed for example fought a difficult battle with inflation in the 1970s, hiking interest rates to recession - provoking levels and eventually winning a war of credibility over its ability to rein in price increases.

Price intends to pay for the hike by slashing his own salary of roughly $ 1 million annually, as well as by dipping into 75 to 80 percent of the company's expected 2015 revenue.

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch trekked to the House of Representatives on Wednesday to testify about her company's controversial price hike for the EpiPen.

Young Americans living with a devastating muscle disease in the U.S. face an approximately $ 88,000 price hike for a year's worth of treatment that's been around for decades.

I say «curious» because Marathon came under intense scrutiny for its initial plans to hike the drug's price to $ 89,000 per year even though it's available for a mere pittance in other countries (and doesn't actually address the root causes of Duchenne, but rather just some of its muscle - wasting symptoms).

Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar, whose daughter has food allergies, called for a Senate hearing and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe into the matter on Monday, and Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent Mylan CEO Heather Bresch a letter describing the consequences the price hike has had for his constituents.

These plans are exactly what they sound like: They allow you to pay for portions of your child's college tuition now, locking in current prices — protecting you from exponential tuition hikes if your child is still years away from attending college.

The Senate tax bill would substantially increase premiums in the individual market for health insurance, and middle - class families would bear the brunt of the price hike.

Several economic indicators this week may help discern the timing of the first rate hike, especially the consumer price data for May released on Thursday.

The Senate Special Committee on Aging has had quite a few questions for price - hiking pharmas over the last year; in April, the committee grilled Valeant's then - CEO J. Michael Pearson for at least 9 hours in advance of a public hearing on price increases.

«Overall, a report showing strong job growth, a falling unemployment rate, and steady wage gains should be mildly hawkish for markets and supportive of continued but gradual Fed rate hikes, keeping a June hike well priced above 90 per cent,» TD said.

Commonwealth Bank has cut its Australian dollar forecast for this year and next to take into account a slowing global economy, the pricing out of an interest rate hike in Australia this year and a firming of the US dollar.

CBA cuts Australian dollar forecasts for 2018, 2019: CBA has cut its Australian dollar forecast for 2018 and 2019 to account for a slowing global economy, the pricing out of an Australian interest rate hike and a firmer US dollar.

If you're «Pharma Bro» Martin Shkreli, the often - reviled poster boy for prescription drug price hikes, you turn to social media, of course.

Shkreli, who was arrested Thursday morning on securities fraud charges, has effectively waved a red flag for months in front of federal prosecutors, keeping himself in the media glare with a hugely controversial price hike of a drug that benefits AIDS patients, pregnant women and cancer patients, attacking his critics, including presidential contender Hillary Clinton, and lighting up Twitter with outrageous statements.

Had you not had that slowdown in the first part of the year, had you not had the unsettledness with the value of the dollar and the price of oil, I think the Fed was gearing up for a June rate hike and in a sense missed that opportunity because the data turned against them.

Case in point: Shake Shack, famous for its long lines and griddled burgers, hiked some of its menu prices by up to 36 cents last month so it could better compensate its staffers.

Impact for investors There are two primary reasons that investors should take notice of the Amazon Prime price hike.

During its discussion of its most recent quarterly results, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) notified the world that it was considering a price hike of $ 20 to $ 40 for its Prime service.

Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Foreign - Exchange Strategist Shaun Osborne says the Canadian dollar is poised to rally to C$ 1.20 versus its U.S. counterpart by year - end, from C$ 1.2683 at 12:35 p.m. Tokyo time Wednesday, as traders who've been reducing expectations for a third BOC interest - rate hike in 2017 begin to price one back in.

All in all, the Fed continues to expect inflation to rise gradually toward 2 % over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of energy price declines and other factors dissipate, but the pace for hikes in interest rates could well be moderate, as the Fed has been indicating.

Sellers can also convince customers of the need for a price hike by pointing out how long it has been since prices were raised.

Or perhaps there's another explanation for why the increases took place in late winter rather than the usual price hike season, just before the kids get out of school.

Others are speculating that the park companies are getting a price hike out of the way in early 2014 just so that they can add on another price hike before the year is over, without getting as much grief for jacking up prices by, say, $ 10 or $ 12 all at once.

Markets currently priced in below half of a hike for the remainder of 2016.

We believe that a high degree of economic confidence for the euro zone will lead the ECB to hike rates next year, even though inflation will likely remain far from the bank's price - stability objective.

According to the CME's FedWatch tool, Fed Funds futures traders are pricing in about an 85 % chance of a rate hike at the central bank's June meeting, so the scope for a recovery in the greenback may be limited, especially with two more NFP reports and CPI readings ahead of that meeting.

The market is pricing in a 50 % chance for a hike and the ratio suggests that the majority of the Fed officials are leaning towards another tightening step.