Sentences with phrase «prices low cost»

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The larger the batch the lower the manufacturing costs so you can sell your product at a better price or make a greater mark - up.

By contrast, while the cost of older, branded pharmaceuticals continue to rise and contribute to increased spending, when discounting is considered, prices of these drugs increased, on average, 2.8 % in 2015, the lowest growth rate in years.

Costs back then were still low by today's standards, but the integrated mining operations were seeing operating costs of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of reCosts back then were still low by today's standards, but the integrated mining operations were seeing operating costs of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of recosts of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of return.

Suppose your strategy is to market a low - cost workout device to people who can't afford gym memberships or high - priced home equipment.

Imagine what that would do to your pricing models — and more importantly, your ability to deliver a quality product or service to customers at a dramatically lower cost.

A trip to SunTrust Park to see the Atlanta Braves costs $ 51 (and ticket prices for the team are the league's lowest — with some seats available for $ 6), while the Los Angeles Angels charge just $ 52.67.

If you rent, then paying for renters insurance, which tends to be very low cost (prices often start at around $ 100 a year, depending on location and other factors), is a must - have.

«If they're doing forward contracts, they want to be thinking about getting a good price for their fuel, looking into the future, to really take advantage of these lower costs, so they'll be able to take advantage for quite a while,» she says.

All this reduces turnaround time, setup costs and keeps prices low on small quantities.

For instance, large - scale development costs per asset have gone up while pressures from insurance companies and benefits managers to lower prices have also increased.

When the oil - demand peak came, Shell believed, petroleum prices might begin a slow slide, dipping too low to cover the costs of oil - sands production.

But if Mexico is the world's low - cost producer, the system deprives U.S. consumers of those bargain prices.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

The converse applies in down turns, cut production to maintain price value and cut costs and improve efficiencies, Additionally use low cost debt to buy assets for future development with debt to be repaid in booms.

The extra money has to come from somewhere, whether lowering other costs, raising prices, or reducing profit expectations.

The streamers thus have their pick of low - cost, high - grade projects and can drive a hard bargain, setting themselves up for strong earnings growth if and when commodity prices rise.

That is likely to raise the price of hiring contractors, a business strategy designed to lower employment costs.

April 30 - Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

Rock - bottom interest rates have lowered mortgage carrying costs, but affordability nevertheless decreases, the faster prices rise out of line with income.

The payments are made to insurers to offset some of their costs for providing lower - price insurance plans to Americans who earn up to 200 % of the federal poverty line.

Interest rates remain low, unemployment hovers around 5 percent, jobs are being added to the economy, and low gas prices have cut the cost of doing business.

April 30 (Reuters)- Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

Newton, who doesn't own the stock but has his eye on it, says investors have to believe that the U.S. will continue its push for energy independence and that natural gas prices will remain low enough to keep it a more cost - effective way to fuel up.

Participants were asked to not only guess what their partner's reservation price (the lowest price they would accept), but also questions that were designed to show how they perceived their partner — the study's authors were curious as to whether certain negotiation tactics might lead to a likability cost, even if they resulted in a few more dollars for the partner.

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

If the «full lifecycle costs» of the poor quality goods being imported from China were compiled, that «low price» turns out to be much higher than a superficial accounting reveals.

«Solar manufacturers in China have received considerable government and financial support and, together with their low manufacturing costs, have become price leaders within the industry,» the company claimed.

In other words, consumers» rather modest gains have been far surpassed by the profits reaped by corporations making stuff in China at huge reductions in cost and then lowering the price a bit on the finished retail goods.

Tesla, which is not yet profitable, currently sells a limited number of electric roadsters at a cost of more than US$ 100,000 each, though it plans to introduce a lower - priced $ 50,0000 Model S electric car next year.

Higher prices paid to farmers, combined with lower imports, may increase grocery and restaurant costs for baked goods and cereals as much as 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday in its first forecast of food - price inflation for 2018.

Critics of the deal had expected Britain to try to renegotiate the price, which they say was set too high before oil prices fell, dragging energy costs lower.

For example, can you lower costs or raise prices.

When you harvest losses and repurchase the stock at the lower price, you also lower your cost basis, or the original cost of the investment.

Western Australia's only onshore oil producer has suspended production after being hit by the low oil price and the high cost of trucking its output to Wyndham rather than the much closer port at Broome.

Consumer demand for cars was ready to rise on low oil prices, and lower raw material costs could also translate to lower costs for GM.

If you add the lower of these tolls into the calculation, and assume we'd have received similar prices on the west coast as the landed U.S. prices I used above, you're still looking at $ 8 to $ 12 million per day in transportation costs.

Diversified miner Independence Group has booked a $ 58.8 million net loss for the 2016 financial year, on the back of acquisition costs and lower commodity prices.

This up - sell will typically be a low - cost product offered at a fraction of the price of the original product and perfectly compliment the main product.

As the oil sector becomes increasingly focused on margins, Parex benefits from the low costs in that country, without the market access problems that impose a discount on crude prices in Western Canada.

The flipside of lower gas prices is lower operating costs.

But while the majority of small business owners are basking in the glow of lower fuel and energy costs, today's prices are not a boon for all businesses.

That year, drillers packed into the Permian basin in western Texas, where the cost of producing oil is low but the price tag on land — and the companies who own it — has skyrocketed.

CVS and Aetna argue that their deal will lower healthcare costs for employees of their large corporate customers, giving the company greater clout to negotiate down drug prices and better manage the use of those medicines.

The company achieves this in large part by beginning the design of every product with a low price in mind, and by building its furniture using low - cost medium - density fiberboard (MDF), which the company purchases in large volumes.

If you are having a hard time selling services at an acceptable profit, the problem may be that your employee costs are too high rather than the price is too low.

Amazon also sells low - priced grocery items through Amazon Fresh, but that grocery program costs $ 14.99 a month in addition to the regular $ 99 - a-year Prime membership fee.

It's one of the country's largest oil and gas producers, but, says Cheng, price differentials between Canadian and world oil prices, low natural gas prices, cost inflation and project delays caused investors to get antsy.

If Humana does not design and price its products properly and competitively, if the premiums Humana receives are insufficient to cover the cost of healthcare services delivered to its members, if the company is unable to implement clinical initiatives to provide a better healthcare experience for its members, lower costs and appropriately document the risk profile of its members, or if its estimates of benefits expense are inadequate, Humana's profitability could be materially adversely affected.

Instead, structural changes are pushing prices lower while raw costs rise: a threatening equation.

Amazon and Whole Foods can «engage in low - cost pricing and it also going to put pressure on wages,» Ro Khanna tells CNBC.