Sentences with phrase «paid sales almost»

That's why we started studying the impact of piracy on paid sales almost two years ago.

Not exact matches

If you only have one product or service, your business is almost certainly not a viable business, but more like a hobby or avocation: You may make sales and get paid, but you will never grow very large or become very profitable, much less make a living off selling that one product or service.

The European Union on Tuesday ordered Ireland to collect up to $ 14.5 billion in back taxes, plus interest, from Apple Inc., after ruling that the technology giant cut an illegal deal that allowed it to pay almost no taxes from 2003 to 2014 on profits for sales throughout the 28 - nation region.

The European Union found Tuesday that Apple contributed almost no tax on profits for sales across all EU nations and has been ordered to pay up to $ 14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland.

The bids started jumping in increments of $ 10 million, and almost immediately reached $ 225 million, far surpassing the previous record for a sale at auction: the $ 179.4 million paid for Picasso's «Women of Algiers» at Christie's in 2015.

Whereas these stores differ from thrift shops due to quality and consistency, they're different from consignment stores in that they pay cash upfront for merchandise (rather than passing along a portion of the sale if and when an item is purchased) and the focus is almost exclusively on recent fashions, instead of anything antique or «vintage.»

If the sale happens at these numbers, MSD and TFC will have made a profit of almost $ 90 million on their 2016 investment after paying a 5 - percent fee to Grand Central and still own more than 500,000 square feet of air rights.

More importantly, almost all of Apple's cash and securities are stashed overseas, proceeds from sales outside the United States that Apple will not bring back because it would then have to pay U.S. taxes.

This week marks almost exactly a year since shares in the infant formula group collapsed, after Chinese regulatory changes exposed risky take - or - pay contracts and triggered a slump in sales.

I get almost all of his clothes at garage sales, usually 50 cents an item, the most I'll pay is a dollar.

I spent almost 4 years of my life trying to get the funding for that Point of Sale system — we applied for grants, we looked for a private funder, we approached the city — until finally we were able to get it funded through a parcel tax which was sold to the voters as a pay increase for our hard working and underpaid teachers, but which also contained a small portion vaguely dexcribed as «technology.»

There are almost always artist specials for 10 % off, and a tiny, microscopic amount of the sales from those leggings come back to yours truly to help pay for this site.

I almost never pay retail, relying instead on consignment stores, vintage clothing shows, flea markets, outlets and sample sales.

There is a lesson to be learned about them, they almost always have a good sale, or one right around the corner, so don't pay full price, ever!

The one drawback is that it needs a belt to give it some shape, but considering it is on sale for almost $ 50 (if you find a code), that is a small price to pay.

American Eagle Outfitters almost won me over, but they weren't putting their jeans on sale fast enough and since this is seasonal / trendy I didn't want to pay over $ 30.

Since 2008, almost all of school's general fund monies, the fund paying teachers, is generated from sales tax.

If you're not in a position to pay for editing or cover design right now, I'd suggest taking on some paid writing work (which almost certainly means writing non-fiction — e.g. articles, blog posts, sales copy, editing / proof - reading for local businesses).

Not only did they take down almost 50 of my book's reviews, but after I signed the petition and then wrote a couple of emails asking why they were paying it no mind my sales mysteriously tanked.

Yet Amazon insists it makes almost no money and they refuse to show how much they are paying authors from this huge increase in Amazon sales that can be tied to one thing, KINDLE EBOOK Ssales that can be tied to one thing, KINDLE EBOOK SALESSALES.

Amazon gave away almost 50,000 Just Add Water ebooks over the weekend, and sales on the second in the series, Just Add Salt, is now in the top 100 paid in Humor.

The amazing team here at Smashwords: Our development team spends every day dreaming up and developing new tools to give our authors and publishers a competitive advantage; our service and vetting teams dedicate their days to supporting our authors, publishers and sales channels; our merchandising team works to promote our authors at major retailers and library platforms; our marketing team focuses almost 100 % of its effort empowering indie authors with best practices knowledge they can use anywhere, even if they don't publish with Smashwords; our finance team manages the inflow and outflow of money to ensure our authors and publishers are paid on time, every month; and my wife, advisor and confidant, Lesleyann, without whom I would have never co-written a novel about soap operas that started this grand adventure.

For daily unit sales, the survey shows that at least a third of all paid ebook unit sales on Amazon.com are indie self - published ebooks but the real number is almost certainly several percent higher.

There's a 5 % sales load which, because of agreements with advisers and financial intermediaries, is almost never paid.

For example, Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian paid $ 170.4 million for Amedeo Modigliani's reclining nude woman, at Christie's New York on Nov. 10, almost three times the total of the Hong Kong evening sale.

Bantry Bay and Fresnaye too have seen almost all recently recorded sales to cash buyers, paying as much as R34 million in Kloof Road, Bantry Bay (Gauteng buyer) and just under R40M (Ave Protea) and R48 million (Arcadia Road), both in Fresnaye and both sales to local Capetonian buyers.

Since the Realtor gets paid his commission only upon a completed sale, and because he has a family to support, it is only natural and almost inadvertent that the Realtor will subconsciously use all of this information in order to nudge one or the other of the parties (or both) toward a compromise sale.

I often explain to a buyer that almost every time, I get paid from the sale proceeds of the home but that occasionally, some people refuse for one reason or another to pay a commission or to pay an amount I expect to be paid or that Is not commensurate with my efforts to obtain a sale on a home for my buyers that is acceptable to the buyer, to protect the buyer by writing a well thought out contract where the buyer does not need to worry about legalities because I have the years of experience behind me and my Brokerage accepts legal liability for the contract.

I wonder how the producer at CTV's CANADA AM national morning TV show now feels seeing as how Dale was numerous times championed / interviewed on that show to promote Realtysellers et al, shamelessly extolling the virtues of his FSBO Robin Hood - like dream to help consumers save big bucks at the expense of those nasty traditional Realtor models by paying «him» up - front dollars for a highjacked MLS listing to go along with a do - it - yourself set of ten dollar signs and some otherwise free - via - the - internet forms, and... oh yes, I almost forgot, some generic advice from the end of a telephone by a sales «professional» sitting at a desk in a basement somewhere?

As a practical matter, banks almost never «call notes due» based on the due - on - sale clause as long as they are still getting paid.

Having been through many real estate market ups and downs over almost four decades, both as an investor, sales broker and realty writer, I've learned that success in a slowing real estate market requires paying greater attention to negotiation skills.

The prices they paid and softening rents from the short sales and foreclosures in the area have made them almost lose money now.

To access data for comparable properties you can use a paid or free service such as Zillow or Redfin, but to really get the most detailed information you will probably want access to the Multiple Listing Service, or MLS — a service which provides almost every detail on a property that is up for sale or has recently sold.