Sentences with phrase «prices mean lower prices»

The depressed prices mean lower prices for refiners and less pump pain for North American drivers, but it's hardly good news for Canada's oil industry, which spent billions on oilsands projects after world crude prices had risen high enough to justify the investment.

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And of course leaving people alone much of the time means spending less money on advertising, which means we can keep our prices lower.

Miners such as Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue typically don't hedge or fix prices for future sales because that means their earnings can be lower if prices increase.

It's also a good time to think about the consumer discretionary sector, says Lewenza, as lower prices at the pumps mean consumers have more cash to spend.

Hartnett warns «deflationary» behavior may be required to stop the escalation of a trade war — which would mean lower stock prices and lower yields.

Loyalty means a customer is willing to come back to your brand for multiple purchases and experiences, forgoing your competitors» — even if those competitors are offering lower prices or similar incentives.

What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

Being cheaper doesn't mean you will win your customer's business and a savvy customer will be suspect if your pricing is too low.

Amazon is reportedly paying less than that, which means the acquisition price is significantly lower than the company's $ 1 billion valuation when it raised funding last year.

A McKinsey study showed that 80 - 90 % of poorly - chosen prices are actually too low, meaning companies systematically underestimate what they can charge.

And end to supply management in Canada could mean lower prices for such fine imported cheese.

«The rational response would be to lower the rental asking price, but that would mean the value of the collateral would be lowered and the bank would be forced to write down the loan,» he says.

Instead of happily selling me the higher - priced car, Mikhial focused first on what I needed, even if it meant selling me a lower - priced vehicle.

Arbitrage means to take advantage of price differences between markets: Buy low in one place and sell high in another.

But lower prices usually mean lower profit margins, which usually mean less investment in keeping the product current, which means more price pressure, lower margins?and so it goes.

Will it increase productivity and lower prices, through enhanced competition or through some other means?

Their main effort centered on convincing people that all consumers benefit from the widest possible choice of products at the lowest possible price -; which means that consumers would be the biggest beneficiaries of lowered trade barriers.

This does not necessarily mean that low oil prices would guarantee a deficit, a government committed to balancing the books can ensure surpluses through spending deferrals or further raiding of Employment Insurance premiums, though those create their own problems.

In addition, lower fuel prices and lower tax on fuel in Alberta means consumers have less incentive to purchase smaller or alternate - fuel vehicles, he says.

«We like buying companies or assets that have some hair on them, which means you get them at a somewhat lower price.

That means you could get the greater flexibility of one - way tickets for the lower price of a round trip.

While lower gas prices mean consumers theoretically have more disposable income, the Commerce Department recently reported that US retail sales were flat as shoppers have other priorities.

They may have achieved this position from a variety of means including a greater knowledge or experience base, exclusivity in a particular market, lower product pricing, better service options or even superior personal relationships — with special emphasis on the word «personal.»

While lower crude prices mean cheaper gasoline in the U.S., which should spur demand, that's not so much the case in other countries, where taxes represent a higher portion of the cost of gas (as in Europe).

Samuels said that while the state has among the largest budget reserves of any state, at a projected $ 10.4 billion by the middle of next year, continued low oil prices mean legislators will face some tough decisions when they return to Austin in January.

This often means fewer initial fees, more comprehensive coverage and lower price tags for top - of - the - line phones.

All three of these corporations have embraced the art of reinvention as a means to combat increasing competition, low crude prices, or to keep up with the latest developments in technology.

According to the Health Care Cost Institute, about 43 % of all spending by individuals with employer - sponsored insurance in 2011 was shoppable, meaning that it was spent on medical services whose prices could be significantly lowered without compromising quality.

That means traders who bought the options per Quigg's recommendation were already set to make a profit: If they exercise their option to sell the shares at the higher strike price and then buy at a lower price, they profit with the difference.

Success means the reinforcement of prices and revenue stability for producers after two difficult years; failure risks starting a fourth year of stock builds and a possible return to lower prices,» the IEA added.

Another negative effect of the sequester on Redhorse has been the mandate that the government put many of its procurements up for bid under a standard called lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), which as its name suggests, basically means the lowest price possible.

All of this should eventually mean lower ticket prices for travelers.

The low purchase price (at $ 9 per share, it's only a 3 % premium on the previous trading day's closing price) means it's not inconceivable another bidder could emerge.

In order to keep the price point low, they sacrifice computational power, which means they can not support the more sophisticated image processing programs.

Two weeks after Redford's remarks, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters lower government revenues follow from lower commodity prices like «night follows the day,» meaning a hard line of spending as he approaches his own coming budget.

Mild winters mean less home heating, lower natural gas prices and therefore lower coal use.

Making matters worse: Pfrang says the lower IPO pricing for Blue Apron means the company will likely be less competitive in the near term.

In other words, for a lot of Canadian consumers, Target right now means low prices, not chic designs or great shopping.

The study also concluded that the inclusion of immigrant labor meant prices for computer products were 1.9 % to 2.4 % lower.

Raynor cautions that this doesn't mean businesses should put «gold - plated Aeron chairs and Godiva chocolates in all the conference rooms,» but that businesses should figure out where they are better than their competition and exploit that gap with higher prices or higher volume, not lower costs.

More expensive isn't going to be the right choice for everyone (and there are quality programs to be had at lower prices) but if you want to fly business class, that means paying business - class prices.

The easy way is to charge less, but lower prices usually mean lower gross margins, which will force you to spend your startup capital faster than you should.

Defense's practice of giving minority companies a 10 percent price credit meant that companies owned by certain socially and economically disadvantaged groups did not have to be the lowest bidder to win federal contracts, and helped the department achieve the congressionally mandated goal.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

Intel's new 8th - gen CPUs don't necessarily mean lower prices for older gaming laptops, but you'll get...

«Weak crude prices mean lower gasoline prices.»

It's not just American companies that have grown lean and mean in this climate of lower oil prices.

«At appropriate prices — and that means at a very low multiple of current earnings — we will purchase more papers of the type we like,» Buffett wrote in 2013.

They were his compadres, and that meant they received the lowest prices for cartel cocaine and, later, heroin.

Comparing the most recent distribution of estimates with previous points in history (see chart below), there is greater clustering around the mean and noticeably shorter tails, suggesting a lower likelihood of major price swings over the next year.