Sentences with phrase «start a price war»

And Malta just started a price war.

Amazon's Alexa just learned her 25,000 th skill, and the Echo started a price war among voice - activated smart home speakers.

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.

Moto started the price war in india with their moto g handset.

Not exact matches

We quickly engaged in a bidding war for 11,000 followers, at a starting price of $ 80.

Before branching out on his own, he was one of legendary investor Julian Robertson's first so - called tiger cubs, responsible for some big market calls during the 1990s such as the collapse of oil prices after start of the Persian Gulf War and the plunge in the British pound.

A price war started last year by Agropur and Parmalat, Saputo Inc.'s two largest rivals, has led to a 12 % drop in the company's third - quarter Canadian - sector profit from a year earlier, he said.

The Toronto Real Estate Board had predicted a sluggish start to 2018, particularly when compared to peak levels during the opening months of last year, when frenzied activity fuelled double - digit price increases and bidding wars were commonplace.

«While Americans do respond to the arguments that American jobs are being lost to low price imports and that the US should push for better trade deals, the counter arguments — that tariffs could hurt the solar industry overall, and that there is a risk of starting a trade war — do better,» notes Steve Kull, the director of University of Maryland's PPC.

Scarcity is top quality will drive the prices up, if we wait too long in acting then it is time that another club could show interest and then start a bidding war.

a player feels wanted and valued by a team that works hard to buy him, Arsene says he wants Higuain, his price is 28m but he bids 25m, tag of war starts and his price goes up a bit.

These numbers have been on the rise as more people sign up for What's Your Price and start bidding wars for first dates.

Clearly Stanton wanted John Carter to be a fantasy epic along the lines of Star Wars and Avatar, but the fits and starts of humor smack of reshoots and cold - footed studio execs frightened by the astronomical price tag and thinking, «Well, everyone likes Pirates of the Caribbean and those are kind of funny.»

In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92).

RM Auctions says that the race car started a feverish bidding war, and that the crowd erupted in applause and a standing ovation when the final bidding price of $ 11 million was reached.

Made in India, Made for India Ameo to start new war in compact sedan segment German car maker, Volkswagen has announced the price of Ameo compact sedan for the Indian market.

But the $ 139 Wi - Fi Kindle is 46 percent cheaper than Kindle's $ 259 starting price before the price wars broke out.

The price wars will be left to Amazon and B&N, and smaller eReader companies (Onyx might eventually be a good example of this) will start building higher quality devices meant for specific markets, and for people who still want a purpose - built reading device.

Clearly this space is only just starting to heat up, especially as a price war grows between Google and Amazon.

Episode 5 discussed the ebook price war, how to mend a «broken» scene, and starting your own writing group.

The really big news is Google starting open war with Amazon by starting to sell ebooks, not to mention telling publishers they can sell ebooks for the same price as hardcover books.

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.

Ultimately an HP Pavillion DM1Z for $ 450 is probably the heaviest competition for iPad or any tablet but if you are going to have a tablet that you want to use for any kind of productivity then this and the rest of the Honeycomb devices are going to take over once the apps start flowing and the price wars begin.

Probably this would be the initial price, once the tablet war start, every manufacturer will drop their prices for our happiness.

Today Amazon issued a major retaliation in the price war which Barnes & Noble started over e-Reader units just over a month ago — it announced two new and lower cost Kindle units that would begin shipping in late August and primed for the upcoming holiday season.

Kobo has started something of a price war for self published authors though, by offering a higher royalty to authors who use their self publishing platform.

The publishers are starting to take advantage of the Apple vs. Kindle wars and increase prices.

I received several inquiries last week when Barnes and Noble started a ereader price war by slashing the nook to $ 199, introducing a wifi version at $ 149.

In a decision that could start an e-book price war in the publishing industry, a federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement between the Justice Department and three major publishers in a civil antitrust case that accused the companies of collusion in the pricing of digital books.

War of the Woods Creator: Matthew Petz Platforms: iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), Android (tablets + phones), Web Price: $.99 / chapter Currently Available: Issues 1 - 5 Release Schedule: New issue every few months Description: WAR OF THE WOODS is another series that got its start as part of DC Comics» Zuda imprint, coming out a few months after IN MAPS & LEGENDS.

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I wonder if this is the start of an ereader price war.

Let's start by stating the obvious: the ongoing price war among Canada's big three ETF providers has been a boon for index investors.

In price war the companies have really started to touch their bottom line.

Ben Yearsley, investment director at the Wealth Club, also pointed to the price war in index investing which has made passives extremely cheap, suggesting the active industry should start becoming more competitive.

the reason that microsoft didn't put hd dvd in the 360 was because they didn't know if it would win and they also said that if br win then they will just go with br and if they put it in the 360 they will sell it around $ 400 and it will still be cheaper then the ps3, so just because br won doesn't mean that the ps3 will win, hell the ps3 always had a br player in it and the 360 didn't have any and it's still beating the ps3.the truth is that they both will be around as long as people want to play games and they will probaly run neck and neck like i said microsoft already said that if br win they would go with br when the war first started and it will be know problem and as far as sony charging more for microsoft to use the br drive is ridcilious because first, sony doesn't completly own br because br have a lot of other companies and people that invested in it and will make money just like sony will and second sony will want to make a good deal with microsoft because it would benefit both companies not just microsoft.hell microsoft had to pay to make an hd dvd add on for the 360 and i bet that it will be around the same price, maybe a little higher but not much for the br drive.

Last gen also came with its share of growing pains from the starting price of systems being more expensive and format wars, to devs learning how to appropriately make use of DLC, to systems dying because the hardware wasn't nearly as sound as it is now.

With Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Star Wars: Battlefront breathing down Halo 5's neck, it makes sense that retailers start to chip away at the price for Master Chief's latest outing.

Before we get started on what GamesRepublic have on offer for the Star Wars Sale, I would just like to point out that nobody is actually forcing you to purchase them, but you have to admit there is some really good prices so maybe take a minute and just saber the moment before they are gone... far far away.

It should be noted that Best Buy had a sale which started in April, that marked down GTA: Chinatown Wars to $ 20 from the original price of $ 35.

Image Courtesy of Crave Online What Midway Games was hoping would start a high - price bidding war between companies turned out to be their only shot at purchase when Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment's late - May bid of $ 33 Million turned out to be the studio's only offer.

Those subsidies started going away around 2013 and ended altogether earlier this year as pricing wars between the carriers hurt their businesses.

A price war started by a new phone carrier, Reliance Jio, in 2016 has given India one of the lowest prices for data in the world.

Coming to the pricing, the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone costs Rs. 38,999 and will go on sale exclusively through Amazon India starting midnight.

The Alcatel 10 inch 1T 10 and 7 inch 1T 7 won't exactly leave iPads struggling in a spec war, but with price points starting from $ 70 price tag (around # 60 / $ 85 / AU$ 60) it's hard to complain.

Be it the price, the build quality or the ability of the camera to match other flagships and that is the reason why we believe it will be a game changer — and one of them is to start a premium flagship war.

Redbox started the practice last month, offering customers the ability to purchase printouts of codes for movies like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Moana at its kiosks, with prices set far below digital retailers like iTunes or the Google Play Store.

The price of the coin has traded in the $ 6500 to $ 7500 range since the start of this month, due to the tug of war between bulls and bears.

You may even start a bidding war with enough interest, and that can really drive up the price.

The Wall Street firms are scooping up properties in the hardest - hit areas, promising high returns for the rental revenue streams — up to 10 percent annually — and starting bidding wars that have driven up some prices well above national averages.