Sentences with phrase «raising their prices because»

For a variety of reasons DigitalGlobe nonetheless chose a U.S. launch provider, but Alfers warned that if U.S. launch service providers must raise their prices because they have to buy more insurance, that could be the tipping point.

But when the self - pub author becomes a bestseller — they raise their prices because people are willing to pay that price, and many of them have made deals with print publishers and have hardcovers, etc. at the higher price because they will sell.

«When that market attacker corrected and raised their rates, it enabled us to say funding costs are going up, we're not making enough spread at this rate... and we need to raise pricing because the cost of funds is going up.»

Then at night the only source is the coal, and because the energy companies have to recover their capital costs, they either raise the price because they're not getting any return for the day, or they slowly go bankrupt.

Jimmy Bhullar, insurance analyst, JP Morgan Chase states that companies are forced to raise prices because of the high catastrophe losses they incur in some regions.

Eventually, you can raise your prices because of the increase in bookings.

Not exact matches

The recession of 1973 - 1975 in the U.S. came about because of rocketing gas prices caused by OPEC's raising oil prices as well as embargoing oil exports to the U.S..

Say I'm running Esso right now, and I need to raise my price by 5 cents because the cost of crude oil went up.

BoC Governor Mark Carney feels he doesn't have to raise rates because inflation, as measured by the core Consumer Price Index (CPI) is still within target.

That doesn't leave Square a lot of wiggle room if the credit card companies decide to raise interchange fees: «Because we generally charge our sellers a flat rate,» higher swipe fees «could make our pricing look less competitive, lead us to change our pricing model, or adversely affect our margins,» the company said in its prospectus.

The prices of those platforms have raised eyebrows because of criticism about the dependability of the video gaming experience they're selling.

So if the value of the dollar rose, Mexican companies could raise their prices in pesos to pay for the tariff, and those higher prices wouldn't be felt by American consumers because higher value dollars would compensate for the difference.

Price, for example, said she lost a bid into a secret society because of her work raising awareness about alleged assailants at Yale.

Today the New York Times argues that Amazon is a new kind of conglomerate, noting that it's not in danger of anti-trust regulation because it isn't exploiting its dominance by raising prices:

Many of Chase's employees said she would lose customers if she raised prices, because Zipcar had set up with different assumptions.

If the Fed is indeed putting off raising short - term interest rates — perhaps because of an economic slowdown overseas, economic turmoil in Russia, or because of lower oil prices — then that's potentially good news for the stock market.

Still, the massive price increase means that Mulesoft left money on the table when it offered because it could have set its IPO price higher than $ 17, potentially raising more money from investors.

Nothing against distributors, it's just nice to be able to set our own prices, to not absorb the cost of a middle - man, not have to raise our prices to support that... because when you do, the consumer ends up paying that cost.

Epstein did not feel he could simultaneously raise prices during the lunch rush; instead, he has grown the corporate - catering side of his business, where he can charge more per sandwich because «the perceived value of a catered lunch is higher.»

«We haven't raised our prices in seven years, and the reason we're able to do that is because we keep on investing in infrastructure and equipment to make us more efficient,» says Marc Kadonoff.

That's because printing money tends to depress the U.S. dollar, lower interest rates and raise commodity prices — all of which tend to make farmland attractive.

The company recently raised the prices of its products in the U.K. because the pound has lost value after the Brexit vote, which caused consternation among supermarket chains and consumers.

«That's good news for workers because they can command higher compensation, but many small business owners aren't yet confident enough to raise prices to offset the higher labor costs,» Dunkelberg said.

Because of the drama in Saudi Arabia and further extended production cuts planned by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Morgan Stanley just raised its forecast for the price of oil, estimating WTI to average $ 58 a barrel in the second quarter of 2018.

Core inflation is higher than the underlying trend, because a decline in the dollar is raising the prices of imports.

The wage pop [last Friday's 2.9 % growth in hourly wages] spooked the markets because investors, already skittish as valuations were a bit steep (though not as bad as people have been saying, given strong current and expected corporate earnings), envisioned this sequence: wage growth gooses price growth (i.e., inflation), which raises both market and Federal Reserve interest rates, which slows growth and shaves corporate profit margins.

If the stop price is still substantially below the current price of the stock, it often makes sense to raise it because the odds of the trade working out have now been greatly diminished.

Core inflation is currently higher than the underlying trend, because the lower dollar is raising the prices of imports.

But the fallacy remains that to control prices one must use unemployment, implicitly slowing the economy to raise unemployment because businesses behave badly raising prices.

«Business Roundtable strongly disagrees with today's announcement because it will hurt the U.S. economy and American companies, workers and consumers by raising prices and resulting in foreign retaliation against U.S. exporters,» Joshua Bolten, president of the influential Business Roundtable, said in a statement.

Ironically, the trend of companies raising less capital actually enhances the importance of the initial round buy - in (both because that initial buy - in becomes less diluted meaning the first round price was that much more important and because even if an angel wants to buy up more in later rounds they'll have less of a chance to do so; I also believe that along with the trend of companies raising less capital we're also seeing earlier and somewhat smaller average exits — also enhancing the value of initial round buy - ins as fewer investors are truly swinging for the proverbial fence).

On the other side of the debate, Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, argued in a speech on Thursday night that the Fed should not raise rates this year because price inflation remains too low.

While predatory pricing technically remains illegal, it is extremely difficult to win predatory pricing claims because courts now require proof that the alleged predator would be able to raise prices and recoup its losses.405 Revising predatory pricing doctrine to reflect the economics of platform markets, where firms can sink money for years given unlimited investor backing, would require abandoning the recoupment requirement in cases of below - cost pricing by dominant platforms.

Earlier this month, San Diego - based Jack in the Box Inc., a fast - food chain with restaurants mainly in the western U.S., raised its prices 1.5 percent, saying it was being cautious about increases because of the competitive environment.

If US prices are higher because of higher import prices, there is more pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates, especially with unemployment in the 4 percent range.

Health care is very local, and companies have traditionally had a hard time preventing hospitals and doctors from raising prices or delivering mediocre care, because they don't have enough leverage to force health care providers to do things differently.

Still, the question is fascinating because it raises a legitimate question of why commodity prices are rising.

In part because of this increased Google Play revenue, May raises his price target on Google shares from $ 1,025 all the way up to $ 1,190.

The Markham, Ontario - based company was aiming to raise about C$ 80 million ($ 62 million) selling shares at C$ 10 each, after lowering the price from a range of C$ 12 to C$ 14, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.

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.

Those trends have made it difficult for businesses to raise prices, because that could chase away customers.

-- whatever dip in Chinese buyer demand there isn't due to the raised foreign buyer taxes, but rather because of its real estate prices that are overpriced.

During year 3, Monk Mart again raises its dividend by 8 % from $ 1.08 to $ 1.17 per share, and because the P / E and payout ratio remained static, the stock price is now $ 34.99 per share.

The company also faces increasing content costs, because the big Hollywood studios and content owners are not thrilled about an upstart rival gobbling market share on the back of their products and are raising their prices.

The report added that because of this investment gap, «American businesses pay $ 27 billion a year in extra freight transportation costs, increasing shipping delays and raising prices on everyday products.»

Because the price isn't guaranteed, there is the possibility that a long streak of poor market activity could raise your premium and make your policy become unaffordable.

The fact that the financial markets feel wonderful right now is precisely because yield - seeking speculation and monetary distortions have raised security prices today to levels where they are likely to stand years from today — with steep roller - coaster rides in the interim.

As the economy reaches constraints, prices begin to rise and the Federal Reserve has to raise interest rates and, as I like to say: Every economic expansion does not die of old age; it dies because the Federal Reserve shoots it in the head,» said Minerd.

AO Smith which makes water heaters and air purifications products is raising the price tag on its products by 12 percent because of higher steel prices, and rising freight costs.

The ONLY reason 2015 and 2016 were higher is because in July 2015 we raised our prices (including renewals) by 50 %!