Sentences with phrase «pricing war with»

Traditional publishers started mounting a spirited pricing war with indie authors during late 2013 to regain the sub - $ 4 eBook market which they had surrendered.

With competition in the solar space increasing, SolarCity engaged in a pricing war with many of its rivals, a race to the bottom that hurt deal profitability.

Datastream's executives knew they could never win a price war with larger rivals or compete with their huge marketing budgets.

The price war with Walmart comes at a time so - called food deflation is already pinching all these chains» sales and profit margins: Dollar General said prices for milk fell 8 % and more than 50 % for eggs during the quarter.

Stuck in a price war with its competitors and accused of failing to evolve its menu, the global company announced a $ 344 - million loss for the final quarter of 2002, the first in its history.

Aggressive growth and a price war with discounters this summer battered its fares.

Price wars with Amazon can be worse than brutal.

Finally, periodic price wars with larger carriers undermined the carrier's unit revenue.

The decision came after Coles was taken to the commission on fears that the price reductions, which kick - started a price war with rival Woolworths, was engaging in predatory pricing which would affect dairy farmers.

The rebirth of Coles under Wesfarmers also prompted a price war with Woolworths more than three years ago that has lowered prices across the board, led to the majors introducing their own private label brands and straining relationships with suppliers, which has been the target of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission action.

However, the pizza company has been dogged by store closures and threats of legal action from disgruntled franchisees amid a price war with Domino's and Pizza Hut.

This left Amazon with a big choice to make: continue fighting the price war with Google, take the fight to Apple, or try to fight both Google and Apple?

Apple may launch a price war with Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet — by releasing their own cheaper iPad tablet!

This spares you a price war with the salesperson as you've already set a price for your new car and have the money.

A prolonged price war with cuts across more ETFs will have an affect on revenue growth and profitability.

Virgin Atlantic could spark a premium - class price war with a British Airways by slashing fares by up to 40 percent.

That may spark a price war with Uber, but Uber is much bigger and better known, having 40,000 drivers and 3 million London users.

They have also lost the education department to Google and are now attempting a price war with a cheaper iPad tomorrow

Not exact matches

In the past year, major cities have occasionally seen bidding wars — not for homes but for prime rentals, with choice units renting for higher than asking price.

Microsoft and Google are also doing something that's familiar to any retailer who has ever competed with ­Amazon.com: They're engaging the incumbent in a price war.

There was a 25 - year boom that ended with the quadrupling of oil prices in the autumn of 1973 during the Arab - Israeli war.

With hostilities rising, war is seeming more inevitable, which increases the likelihood of rising oil prices.

With prices no longer rising so strongly, buyers are getting pickier, and bidding wars are falling out of favor.

Their main reasons for panic were that the Chinese government could retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S. goods; that steel and aluminum prices would rise, causing a ripple of inflation; and that Trump's move would spur a full - blown trade war, slowing the economy and potentially even sparking a recession or depression.

The Fed for example fought a difficult battle with inflation in the 1970s, hiking interest rates to recession - provoking levels and eventually winning a war of credibility over its ability to rein in price increases.

And for the Star Wars fan who has everything, the Jedi Challenges AR headset comes complete with a light saber motion - tracking, at a suggested price of $ 199.

That has led many to expect a price war that could hurt the likes of Kroger with a price war.

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With the advent of highly competitive pricing tools, winning the online pricing war can be a lose - lose for ecommerce retailers.

He was not only breaking with Republican orthodoxy, but was also inviting a trade war that would threaten the livelihood of the working class that he had based his campaign on; it was altogether likely that price increases as a result of his tariffs would wipe out the small income gains that his tax cut bill had brought and slow the healthy economy.

The war between Shari Redstone and Dauman comes as the company struggles to cope with declining cable TV ratings and plummeting stock prices and may impede plans to sell a minority stake in Paramount movie studio to outside investors.

Wall Street «s reaction to the deal was mixed, with some fearing a price war means the drug makers have lost ground to the insurers, while others suggested it might be just what «s needed to turn sales of the medicine around.

The flight toward cryptocurrencies in a nation where inflation in bolivar prices is projected to surpass 2,000 percent next year falls in line with what has happened in other countries stricken by war or economic collapse.

Risks associated with investing in Industrials include the possibility of a worsening in the global economy, acquisition integration risk, operational issues, failure to introduce to market new and innovative products, further weakening in the oil market, potential price wars due to any excesses industry capacity, and a sustained rise in the dollar relative to other currencies.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

But if Mr. Legere's previous commitment to a mobile price war is an indicator, consumers may end up better off with this deal than without it.

«Kooky 18th century protectionism will jack up prices on American families — and will prompt retaliation from other countries... if the President goes through with this, it will kill American jobs — that's what every trade war ultimately does,» Sen. Ben Sasse (R - NE) told Politico's Burgess Everett.

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

We begin with an analysis of the continuing bailout of insurance giant AIG and Monday's stock market selloff; price and debt deflation; the two sectors of the economy; two definitions of «free markets»; the classical economists; revolution from the right and the former Soviet states; the threat of war; IMF / World Bank resurgence; the dollar versus the euro; analogies to Rome, neo-feudalism.

With tensions running high between the US and EU, analysts have warned that the spat could devolve into a tit - for - tat trade war that would cause prices to rise and damage economic growth.

We view these comments as the true culprit in today's price action when coupled with a reduction in trade war fears.

Prices held steady until Thursday when President Trump announced another round of the tariff war with China sending prices down $ 1.50 a barrel on FPrices held steady until Thursday when President Trump announced another round of the tariff war with China sending prices down $ 1.50 a barrel on Fprices down $ 1.50 a barrel on Friday.

Rising commodity prices associated with the beginning of the Korean War had significantly strengthened Canada's trade balance with the United States, and the concurrent economic recovery in Europe had further boosted demand for Canadian exports.

They then claim that without limiting the supply of transaction space, miners will be hopelessly caught in a tragedy - of - the - commons price war, with the users paying rock bottom fees, leading to a collapse of commercial mining.

In the future there will be two types of organizations: the quick and the dead — those that are unforgettable and those that reside in a sea of sameness, those struggling with commoditization and those that transcend price wars by competing on relationship, innovation and radical differentiation.

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In recent weeks, the War on Gold, which is a subset of the broader War on Human Freedom, has sharply intensified, with massive, multi-billion dollar naked short price raids now being launched on a weekly and even daily basis by the criminal, state - sponsored price manipulators.

The livestock sector has sold out tremendously due to the Trump tariffs and a possible trade war coming with China, but I think all that bad news has already been reflected in the price as I will be looking at a bullish position in the weeks ahead.

I think that if it weren't for the trade war brewing with China wheat prices would even be higher.

However in this unprecedented sellers market with record setting condo prices, bidding wars and ultra low inventory - buyers...