Sentences with phrase «pricing schemes used»

«Recent drought in California gave rise to changes in pricing schemes used to regulate water use in irrigated agriculture and residential sectors.

It's just a matter of which carbon pricing scheme we use to capture them — either the carbon tax, or a California - led regional cap and trade system that B.C. is still considering joining.

As for more elaborate time - of - day pricing schemes using smart meters or plugged in battery cars I'll await further results as they come to hand.

Not exact matches

Through these schemes, Shkreli obtained over $ 5.6 million in cash and Retrophin shares or the use of Retrophin shares worth over $ 59 million (at current market prices).

They offer different pricing schemes based upon which top level domains you're going to be using.

In its October 2012 study, Virtual currency schemes, the European Central Bank concluded that the growth of virtual currencies will continue, and, given the currencies» inherent price instability, lack of close regulation, and risk of illegal uses by anonymous users, the Bank warned that periodic examination of developments would be necessary to reassess risks.

When critics attacked Uber's so - called surge pricing policy, a system akin to the scheme used by airlines and hotels to raise prices when demand is high, the CEO who'd been fanatical about lowering prices began publicly mocking customers who complained.

uhh he was a ponzi financier who kept people signing on to his scheme by using new capital to meet promise of big guaranteed annual returns... and wenger is much the same tells fans he is bringing guaranteed football glory by selling off top players and bringing in cheap options while charging exhorbitant prices to fans who recall the glory days while siphoning off money to himself and board... its not perfect but it will do....

The Government needs to act urgently and we are calling on Gordon Brown, who only recently pledged to ensure that he will do everything to eradicate fuel poverty, to use the additional VAT receipts he will receive from the price increases and direct them into energy efficiency schemes for the fuel poor.»

Clegg also used his interview today to dismiss warnings from Vince Cable that the government's Help to Buy scheme could lead to a price bubble.

The Department for Transport worked with local authorities across England on road pricing pilot schemes, the intention being to use evidence from these as the basis of any national decision.

A brief glance at other schemes around the world shows how road pricing can be used effectively, without penalising the motorist.

The following headlines splashed across the Mail: «The price of going soft on cannabis: Labour's experiment «pushed up hard drug use and crime», and the Telegraph: «Cannabis use soared by a quarter after Class C downgrade, study finds», and» «Softly softly» cannabis scheme drove up hospital admissions for hard drugs, study».

The book also reviews innovations in water pricing, such as new reform mechanisms, achieving social objectives via water pricing achieving revenue recovery, water - use efficiency and customer equity, and schemes for charging the poor.

Water pricing in Israel reflects the true scarcity value of water, with different pricing schemes based on water sources (treated wastewater, desalinated water, groundwater, storm water, surface water) and uses.

Now we've gone one step further, and based on the end user and our local partners» feedback, launched a pricing scheme that we advise to use if your site targets Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets.

Recourse will be on for the same price but sold desperately Great resources to use as a model scheme of work

Those initiatives include; Let's Get Digital, a scheme to help schools get the most out of technology and incorporating groundbreaking projects with Microsoft and Google; DigiSafe, a centre of excellence for online safety; CyberProtect, founded to protect schools from security threats; SuperCloud which is about helping schools save money through the cost effective harnessing of next generation cloud technologies; SmartBuy, a commitment from LGfL to use its economies of scale to purchase technology and software for schools at a vastly reduced price saving schools money and allowing access to technology that might otherwise be out of financial reach; and Bridge the Divide which is about tackling inequality and supporting those most in need.

Further emphasising this price advantage is the Lexus RC's fairly generous standard equipment levels: dual - zone climate control, power - adjustable front seats, a reversing camera and a 7inch multimedia interface (with an, admittedly, rather fiddly touchpad control scheme that's nigh - on impossible to use intuitively on the move) come fitted on every RC model.

«It is good to see the dual rating scheme being used as it encourages vehicle manufacturers to develop advanced technologies for their vehicles, even if pricing of the product does not allow it to be standard across the range,» he said.

Euro NCAP Secretary General Michiel van Ratingen says: «It is good to see the dual rating scheme being used as it encourages vehicle manufacturers to develop advanced technologies for their vehicles, even if pricing of the product does not allow it to be standard across the range.»

The DOJ's case turns on «agency pricing,» a scheme that former Apple CEO Steve Jobs had used with publishers, the WSJ reports.

And no, Amazon isn't using that enormous shift in royalties from 70 % to 35 % as «a price signaling scheme to cue authors to their most favorable pricing.»

In fact using the onboard Kindle Store to shop is pretty much impossible with the current color scheme because things like the price disappear from view.

To work out the GST you may be eligible to use the margin scheme, under which your GST liability is one - eleventh of the margin on the sale of the property, rather than one - eleventh of the total selling price.

The scheme promoters used investors» money to buy assets such as ski fields and aquariums at premium prices.

The various robo advisor providers all use different pricing schemes, so comparing the costs can be pretty difficult without computer assistance, and there isn't a simple «winner» — the costs of each will vary according to your situation.

The AAdvantage loyalty program uses a zone - based pricing scheme that naturally favors international, premium cabin awards that may or may not have connections.

But before we delve into this review and hack some monsters up, it's important to explain that Crimson Alliance has a rather unique pricing scheme; the initial download of the game is completely free and will allow gamers use of any of the games three characters and access to the first three levels of the game, or fifteen minutes of online co-op action.

States are not equal in the international system and international law is frequently used by the North to discipline the South — in the specific case of the UNFCCC it's pretty easy to imagine that «non compliance» by a Southern country would lead to them being excluded from the finance and technology transfer that the North owes them for their climate debt... so why should those who have not caused climate change sign up to a scheme where the polluters always get off scot - free but they may have to pay a price?

Because energy prices affect every single America, everyone has a stake in the issue of whether the government imposes additional restrictions on fossil - fuel use, including carbon pricing schemes such as those proposed by PRG.

Cramton and Stoft have previously proposed using this scheme to reward poor countries who adopt a much higher carbon price.

We just need to recognize prices very real limits and use it to best drive technological change (I proposed earlier last year a carbon tax scheme that funds innovation, for instance).

Pricing schemes, which can take effect immediately, don't have this problem, they can use existing technology.

In so doing, Mann and his colleagues promoted laws, treaties and regulatory schemes that imposed higher prices and greater government / activist control over energy use, economic growth, and virtually everything modern societies eat, drive, make, ship and do.

And of course my favorite non-BRICS, as it has a very USA - like economy in miniature (except a stable, growing economy and well - managed low - corporate - tax haven that uses direct democracy to decide tax issues) with a carbon cycle pricing scheme that could become a model for a made - in - America policy that puts revenues from carbon - emission - pricing in the pockets of the owners of the carbon cycle — the citizens, directly, British Columbia.

Dynamic pricing established specifically for the load from plug - in vehicle charging might pave the way to a similar scheme for all of our energy use.

Peter recommended in particular the revival of the County Council Smallholders» Scheme and its extension to London boroughs; a derelict land to give incentive to use land partly for food production; and a Fair Trade scheme for London farmers so that customers could be compelled to pay fair price (and not be tempted by price promotions, which are paid for not by supermarkets but by farmers).

In another, wiretapping was used to charge gas stations in a price - fixing scheme.

The stocks were often used as fodder for «pump - and - dump» schemes, where stock brokers dupe their clients to buy shares in shell companies, raising the price of the stock, before the initial shareholders would sell off their shares for a profit, leaving the shares worthless.

The Database is used by both private Law Firms and Corporate Counsel worldwide to effectively price the legal services offered or received either in Hourly Rates or Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs) such as Fixed Fee, Transaction Fees, Fixed + Hourly Rate, Collars, Caps, Contingencies and Bonus pricing schemes.

Life insurance companies use banding and price breaks to implement the same pricing scheme.

In 2015, the US federal indictment reports that email addresses stolen from JPMorgan Chase 83 million compromised account in 2014 were eventually used by the unauthorized party to boost stock prices in the pump - and - dump schemes.

Email addresses retrieved in a 2014 attack that compromised data on some 83 million JPMorgan Chase customers was later used in pump - and - dump schemes to boost stock prices, according to U.S. federal indictments in the case in 2015.

Palmer suggests that pump groups exist on chat platforms like Telegram and they orchestrate these schemes using trading bots to artificially increase prices before selling off their holdings at a large profit.

The bulletin detailed how groups of traders orchestrate pump - and - dump schemes intended to manipulate the price of individual cryptocurrencies, often through the use of fraudulent tactics such as spreading inaccurate or misleading news reports on social media.

using mathematical modelling techniques and statistical concepts to determine probability and assess risks, such as analysing pension scheme liabilities, to price commercial insurance

The only ongoing requirement is to verify the accuracy of utility rates used in the estimated bill section of the software, which performs «what if» analyses and evaluates price schemes from multiple - energy providers.