Sentences with phrase «raised deal prices»

He also said that a «purchasing frenzy» had raised deal prices to a level that the company could not stomach.

Not exact matches

In order to maintain a competitive edge, retailers haven't been able to raise prices to make up for lower sales lest they scare away those searching for the best deals, noted Preston.

For the deal to close, the investor coalition must buy at least 13.4 % of Uber shares from existing shareholders, so if enough shareholders choose not to tender, it may have to raise its price.

The French president warned that trade wars, rather than trade deals, «destroy jobs» and raise prices for the middle class.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

When AT&T and Time Warner announced their $ 85 billion blockbuster merger in October 2016, politicians immediately said the deal would be scrutinized for its potential to raise prices for consumers.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued AT&T Inc on Monday to block its $ 85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc, saying the deal could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers.

In what might represent the concerns over Proton, Citi, for one, noted that the deal would improve the valuation of the seller, raising its target price for DRB - Hicom's shares to 2.30 ringgit from 1.86 ringgit, keeping a Buy / High Risk call on the stock.

Many of Shell and BG's big shareholders have voiced support for the deal but a slump in oil prices below $ 30 a barrel has raised concerns that Shell may be overpaying for the smaller rival.

The deal resolves claims it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices.

U.S. trade partners and energy firms have warned Commerce that the plan would violate free - trade deals, disrupt supply chains, raise prices and potentially cause layoffs.

Whether you like it or not, your «price of admission» may be that you're the first to raise this issue — and you could have an impact on how positively it's dealt with.

After years of buying up companies then raising the prices of their drugs — a strategy that rapidly amplified Valeant's revenue and stock price — Valeant is now struggling to grow by other means, while dealing with the consequences of its previous actions.

If the hacks cause a user backlash against Yahoo, the company's services wouldn't be as valuable to Verizon, raising the possibility that the sale price might be re-negotiated or the deal may be called off.

Should the deal's underwriters exercise an option to purchase up to 2.4 million additional shares, Ardagh said it could raise as much as $ 372.6 million (352.2 million euros) at the top of its price range.

They get special pricing and sweetheart deals, and they've beaten the market 7 - to - 1 and raised dividends as much as 600 % in the past decade.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but a person briefed on the deal said the price for the company, which raised $ 60 million in capital, was over $ 100 million.

The F.T.C. said the deal, as originally proposed, would have harmed competition by reducing the number of competitors and enabling Hertz to raise rental car prices.

The DOJ sued AT&T last fall claiming that the deal would dramatically raise prices for consumers, largely because AT&T will likely try its best to make it harder and more expensive for competitors to license the content (like HBO) essential to competing with AT&T.

Initially, the directors rejected the proposal: They felt it would strain resources, particularly as Tesla was dealing with manufacturing challenges with its Model X. (Separately, a month later, SpaceX purchased $ 90 million worth of bonds from SolarCity, a move that reportedly raised eyebrows in Washington, with some lawmakers concerned that Musk was using his aerospace venture's high - priced government contracts to buoy his solar company.)

We passed on all of these deals and often tried to discuss the possibility of more modest amounts of capital raised and at more realistic prices.

Within weeks of the deal, Valeant went from investor idol to pariah as its business model of buying older drugs and raising the prices attracted international scorn.

Twitter was able to price the IPO above an already raised indicative range, and the deal still attracted investor subscriptions that totaled 30 times the number of shares on offer, according to market sources.

Blackstone undertook the biggest deal ever for a real estate investment trust by paying $ 36 billion for Equity Office, a price that was raised to $ 39 billion by the conclusion of the deal.

The postponement, until December 14, comes four months after the ACCC raised concerns the deal may reduce competition in fuel and convenience retailing and lead to higher pump prices by removing a strong competitor.

Any deals for the pair should be lined up quickly, as a truly successful run in the European Championship could not only raise their price - tags, but turn the heads of Real Madrid or Barcelona also.

We also waited too long on making a proper Lemar offer and after some big deals including Neymar, they predictably raised their asking price.

Publically, Everton have slapped a # 50million price tag on Barkley, but with one year on his deal remaining, the club appear to have accepted they will not be able to raise anywhere near that amount.

Talk turns to healthier food as school board raises breakfast, lunch prices (July 27, 2011): Another story focusing on the balancing act required to make school menus healthier while dealing with rising food and meal costs.

Calls to action include: more manpower, with pubs bars and supermarkets contributing to the costs of late night policing, earlier closing times, more training for frontline workers in dealing with alcohol problems, a lower drink - drive limit and raising the price of the cheapest alcohol.

The best solution to the MTA problem is congestion pricing, which can raise a lot of money and also deal with the increasingly paralyzing congestion in Manhattan.

So to deal with that, lawmakers approved a local law that cements pay rates for legislators and some elected officials starting in 2017, and includes raises in the future tied to the consumer price index.

The acquisition of Harcourt General Inc. by European and Canadian media companies is raising concerns from some observers about the impact of the deal on school textbook prices and quality.

The raised ride height puts this car in the crossover segment, where a price below the Forester's and better mileage — estimated at 25/33 mpg city / highway — are probably enough to seal the deal.

They have recently raised their prices disproportionately and made exclusive deals with lead providers that excludes their competition.

Wow at that price... as mentioned above the 125i sounds like a better deal if you do not need the raised height in this Countryman.

At the same time, I saw from foreign publishers that as soon as I signed overseas deals, emails would trickle in through my agent asking if I could raise the price on the English editions in their countries.

Step back to this sentence for me: «At the same time, I saw from foreign publishers that as soon as I signed overseas deals, emails would trickle in through my agent asking if I could raise the price on the English editions in their countries.»

Reports as early as March suggested the Department of Justice had opened an investigation into an alleged 2010 deal between Apple and the five publishers — Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster — that forced Amazon to raise ebook prices.

Amazon.com is letting two more major publishers raise prices of electronic books for Kindle readers in deals struck just days before Apple releases rival iPad computer tablets, the Wall Street Journal reported.

I have no way to know for certain, but I suspect I am losing money on this deal, at least with the omnibus priced at $ 7.99 (I may raise the price down the line, especially if I ever «un-free» the first book).

The Justice Department complaint portrays Apple's deals with the publishers as a conspiracy that raised prices and hurt consumers.

It just sours the deal since they're lowering the sale discount on the Note II by slyly raising the full retail price.

Ultimately, though, they convinced Apple to allow them to raise prices high enough to make the deal palatable to them.

In addition to considering how much Apple will pay, an amount that could be in the neighborhood of half a billion dollars under existing anti-trust precedent which allows for triple that amount in cases involving price fixing, Judge Denise Cote will also consider the concerns that the DOJ has raised that Apple's punishment wasn't strict enough to prevent the tech giant from engaging in similar deals down the road.

Despite having three of its co-defendants in the price fixing lawsuit raised by the Department of Justice take the deal and run, Apple wants to have a court decide the outcome of the allegations against it for price fixing.

When setting up a Countdown Deal, you set up the initial discount price which then is raised incrementally to full price at the end of the deal's perDeal, you set up the initial discount price which then is raised incrementally to full price at the end of the deal's perdeal's period.

(I subsequently raised the prices on my books to $ 4.99, so the box set is now an even better deal.)

At $ 139 it's a killer deal and perhaps Amazon will be blown away by the amount of interest and have to raise the price.

If so, you need to republish and raise the UK price to # 1.93 before running a Countdown Deal in the UK.)