Sentences with phrase «over agency pricing»

A number of them are in lawsuits with the DOJ over agency pricing, but all the short - term repercussions of that suit are already worked into the systems.

The DOJ has alleged collusion and price - fixing over the agency pricing model.

Penguin reached an agreement with the European Union «to settle its antitrust investigation over agency pricing, in order to «clear the decks» ahead of the company's proposed merger with Random House,» the Bookseller reported, noting that under the deal, Penguin «would not «restrict, limit or impede» e-book retailers» discounts or their ability to «set, alter or reduce retail prices for e-books» for two years.»

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The IRS launched the investigation in part because the price of bitcoin soared from $ 13 to over $ 1,100 during the years in question, and because only 802 people reported their bitcoin gains or losses in 2015 to the agency.

Although the FDA can't dictate prices or reject therapies over pricing concerns (they can only focus on safety and efficacy), the agency can encourage more competition through moves like this (as well as speedier approval pathways) which could spur drug makers to produce products that ultimately lower costs for patients — a goal cited by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb in announcing the list.

Crude oil futures are at just over $ 44 / barrel, after the International Energy Agency forecast prices would stay in the doldrums through 2020.

The average house price in the region is # 198,000, well below the national average, which is also stoking demand and prices are expected to increase 17 % over the next four years as demand races ahead of supply, according to data from agency, Knight Frank.

National - based rivals Mevgal, Fage and Olympos were also suspected of collusion over milk prices in 2004, according to the Associated Press agency.

Our free - agency is over and we stayed away from big names and prices.

When the 2000 season was over and Los Angeles would not meet their asking price, Dreifort and his agent, the insatiable Scott Boras, threw a line in the bountiful waters of free agency and found a single large fish: the Colorado Rockies.

Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.

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The Prius c actually offers a couple of advantages over the regular Prius, including a lower price tag and better gas mileage according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

As we noted recently in our story on the fight between California and the Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency over corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, when fuel prices are lower, Americans vote for larger vehicles.

The later 1.5 liter American - market CRX HF (high fuel economy) model (chassis codes EC1 and AF) could also reliably achieve very good gas mileage, more than a decade before gas - electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.5 liter is rated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(under the new rating system) at 42 miles per U.S. gallon (5.6 l / 100 km; 50 mpg ‑ imp) city and 51 miles per U.S. gallon (4.6 l / 100 km; 61 mpg ‑ imp) highway.

Asked if the higher pricing of e-books, in the wake of publishers» new agency agreements with Amazon, had also figured in the slowdown of e-book sales, Reidy noted that in the wake of publisher settlements over e-book price - fixing charges in the case with Apple, «I'm not supposed talk about pricing,» but added that «our data says that our pricing is effective.»

That statement was that Apple could not engage in book discounting under the agency model for at least two years, and then it could only negotiate terms of the so - called «agency model» (in which the publishers set the prices of their books, not the retailer) with one publisher at a time spread out over a period of six months each.

If Amazon had wanted to go head - to - head with Apple a few years ago — a giant who enjoyed monopoly control over both the online music business and the market for related hardware like the iPod — it might have offered record labels the opportunity to cut a deal that would have guaranteed them higher prices, just as Apple has done with publishers and the agency - pricing model.

Upholding the agency model would give publishers more control over pricing and limit discounting, helping the industry avoid sales losses as more consumers buy books online.

Hachette Book Group USA, where authors include Stephenie Meyer and Malcolm Gladwell, announced Thursday its support for the agency model, which gives publishers more control over pricing.

Under Macmillan's model, known as the «agency model,» e-books will be priced from $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 when first released, with prices changing over time.

Glance over at Explaining the Agency Model for E-Book Pricing in Layman's Language for a super-quick overview of what the agency model actually means, since unless you're a writer or otherwise connected with the publishing industry, most of the brouhaha in question actually won't mean much tAgency Model for E-Book Pricing in Layman's Language for a super-quick overview of what the agency model actually means, since unless you're a writer or otherwise connected with the publishing industry, most of the brouhaha in question actually won't mean much tagency model actually means, since unless you're a writer or otherwise connected with the publishing industry, most of the brouhaha in question actually won't mean much to you.

But when I read the discussion that took place over the weekend at Paidcontent.org between Mathew Ingram and Laura Owen that is described as a «smack - down,» I scratch my head and wonder if anyone can make something more than an emotional and nostalgic argument to defend a practice (the likely illegal price - fixing scheme called «agency pricing «-RRB- that is just such a «subsidy» model.

One last fact: Even after the price - fixing issue called «agency pricing» is settled and over, nothing prevents publishers from charging Apple and Amazon and any other ebook channel that comes online between now and forever, whatever price they want for an ebook.

Apple, Pearson and Macmillan continue to fight the US Justice Department in reaching a settlement over their agency eBook price fixing.

Instead, the agreements allow e-book retailers to discount prices up to the aggregate cost — generally a 30 % commission under the agency model — of the discount computed over the course of the contract, which is generally a year.»

Since those publishers were forced to abandon the «agency pricing» model, in which the publishers dictate to the retailers how much the book will cost, they have renegotiated with something called Agency 2, which essentially lets the retailers set their prices for ebooks as long as the total discount over time doesn't exceed thirty peagency pricing» model, in which the publishers dictate to the retailers how much the book will cost, they have renegotiated with something called Agency 2, which essentially lets the retailers set their prices for ebooks as long as the total discount over time doesn't exceed thirty peAgency 2, which essentially lets the retailers set their prices for ebooks as long as the total discount over time doesn't exceed thirty percent.

Following the Hachette dispute with Amazon over wholesale versus agency pricing — a dispute that saw Amazon remove Hachette titles from its website for a time — other publishers fell in line to try to negotiate new terms with the largest book retailer on Earth.

Those same five Big Six publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin, and Macmillan — ultimately came to agreements with Amazon in the US over the wholesale - versus - agency pricing model.

So all titles you sell at BN through Smashwords that are under $ 2.99 will earn you 60 % over 40 %, free and clear, without worry that retailers will discount (as Smashwords now operates with the Agency pricing model, except that we are the «agents» and set our own price).

The rumblings about Apple (s aapl) and the possible anticompetitive nature of its deal with book publishers over «agency model» pricing have turned into an all - out roar, with the news that the Department of Justice has warned the various parties about an impending antitrust lawsuit.

One key sacrifice was letting publishers move over to a so - called «agency model,» which let the publishers set e-book prices, rather than giving Amazon that power.

In fact, the kind of price control that the publishers have tried to assert over retailers through the agency model actually used to be flat - out illegal in the U.S. until relatively recently.

A February 10, 2010 presentation by one Publisher Defendant applauded this result (emphasis in original): «The Apple agency model deal means that we will have to shift to an agency model with Amazon which [will] strengthen our control over pricing.»

The return to Agency Pricing allowed the B5 to over price their ebooks and lose market share relative to everyone else.

Further, publishing houses are using mechanisms such as the agency model to retain control over pricing and to prevent e-retailers from having a dominant position in the value chain.

Amazon.com and Macmillan had their very public negotiations over e-book pricing (which saw Amazon suspend sales of Macmillan titles for a time), and Hachette also announced that they, like Macmillan, would base pricing of e-books on an agency model.

It is the first shot across the purchasing bow in big publishers» efforts to reset ebook pricing above the loss - leader $ 9.99 price point and retake control over that pricing by moving from the wholesale selling model to an agency selling model (first reported exclusively in Lunch Deluxe on January 19), at least for ebooks published simultaneously with new hardcover releases.

I can see why Apple is jaded with the platform, they colluded with publishers to implement agency pricing and had to pay over a hundred million to appease the Justice Department and give that money back to the customers that paid for ebooks.

I really haven't seen a benefit to either platform over the other, all of the stores have switched to agency pricing so it is almost irrelevant between B&N and Amazon from a price and availability perspective in ebooks.

Perhaps this is because publishers now have more control over pricing after the reintroduction of agency pricing through online retailers like Amazon.

So the lay of the land has shifted dramatically post the DOJ bringing the suit against the Big 6 over their Agency model pricing.

Fortunately, I am not in these fights alone: competition between distribution channels will tend to drive prices and agency fees down over time.

What that means is that, by the time this is over, we might again see a variation of agency pricing — remember, DoJ didn't say it was inherently bad.

That difference is especially important because the Big Five are the same five publishers which negotiated agency contracts last fall and spring, giving themselves more control over their ebook prices.

I'd be prepared to wager that consumers are more than happy to choose an e-book over a more expensive hardcover, but I question whether that preference holds up when the price point is the same for either format, as with agency - priced * paperbacks.

If one publisher insisted on the agency model, selling Stephen King's books for $ 9.99, they would make more money per sale, but lose more over the long run because another publisher would offer their books under the usual terms, letting the retailer set the price.

While this shift in emphasis has been very profitable for Amazon and appears to have been accepted by enough Kindle customers to allow ebooks priced over $ 9.99 to claim 30 % of the rungs on the bestseller list, 30 % may not be a high enough share to call this a victory for the agency model.

These two lists would indicate a colossal success for the Agency Model — Editors are picking 56 books priced over $ 10 as their favorites for the year and readers are picking 47.