Sentences with phrase «time price raise»

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At a time when airlines were beginning to experiment with baggage fees and were discussing mergers, raising ticket prices and generally making the flying experience miserable, JetBlue was different; passengers like me loved them for it.

Companies would have to raise prices at a time when global demand is mediocre.

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:

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.

As the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producers.

Is It Time to Raise Prices?

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. drugmaker Novum Pharma has raised the price of two of its skin care treatments that are commonly used to treat conditions such as eczema and acne to nearly $ 10,000, according to figures by the Financial Times.

But there are risks to raising prices, particularly when your customers are going through tough financial times.

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.

Investors also began to price in the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at least three times this year.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

It was in September that the New York Times reported on Shkreli raising the price of Daraprim to $ 750 per pill.

During that time employees might get a raise, rendering the price quote unprofitable.

U.S. drugmaker Turing Pharmaceuticals, led at the time by hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, caused outrage last year by raising the U.S. price of Daraprim, an old anti-infective drug, by more than 5,000 % to $ 750 a pill.

If we raise each team's Forbes.com value by the same multiple as the Bills» sale price, which is 1.497 times bigger, the Dallas Cowboys are now worth $ 4.8 billion instead of their Forbes.com value of $ 3.2 billion (cont.

Netflix raised its subscription prices for the first time in three years, but only on new customers.

It has raised its target for the overnight rate three times in the past year after cutting it in response to a drop in oil prices.

In a counterintuitive move, Ingrassio decided to boost profits and ease production pressures by raising prices for the first time in his business's history.

Though this may sound like financial suicide during economic hard times, Cardone insists that raising prices — and not offering discounts — is the best way to survive.

The economy at that time benefited from much higher rates of productivity growth, which allowed employers to raise pay and hire more without having to lift prices.

Poloz's approach to now had been a series of gentle nudges; raising housing prices and record household debt as concerns, but at the same time accepting that buyers and their lenders likely knew what they were doing.

When a company raises $ 100 million at a $ 1 billion valuation it simply means in that moment in time, someone was willing to buy some of the company at that price.

If you believe the outlook will make funding more difficult (in time and price) you owe it to yourself to keep your burn rate in check so you can last longer until you need money and either «grow into your valuation» or at least get through a period of time where raising capital is more difficult

At the same time, the Fed may raise rates if inflation picks up, and there's a host of reasons that could occur: acceleration in wages, a weaker dollar, rising commodity prices, growing risks of protectionism, overseas cash repatriation.

Trump delays metal tariffs on EU, Mexico and Canada: Reuters Special Counsel Mueller has far - ranging questions for Trump: NY Times US consumer spending and price inflation picked up in March: Reuters Pending homes sales in March for US point to subdued growth: CNBC Dallas Fed Mfg Index: mfg activity rebounded «strongly» in April: Dallas Fed Chicago PMI edges up in Apr, remains relatively subdued vs. recent history: MW Fed expected to hold rates steady this week and raise rates in June: Reuters Rising gas prices on track to deliver most expensive driving season since 2014: AP Initial Q2 GDPNow estimate for US economy is a strong 4.1 %: Atlanta Fed US Treasury in Q1: 2018 borrowed the most since 2008: Bloomberg

It is generally recognized that in times of rapidly raising prices, local real estate appraisals fail to keep up with the rising market.

When Amazon finally raised the price of Prime for the first time in 2014, to $ 99, it was already worth about $ 97 based on simple inflation from the original $ 79 cost.

«The energy sector posted stronger returns in September due to a rebound in oil prices which helped lift Canadian equities, while the bond market slipped into negative territory after strong Canadian economic growth led the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates for the first time in seven years,» said James Rausch, Head of Client Coverage, Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

Nevertheless, sales of substantial amounts of our Class A common stock, including shares issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options or warrants or settlement of RSUs, in the public market following this offering could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.

Every time a property changes hands at a higher price, building assessments are raised proportionally — and begin to be re-depreciated for these higher valuations, regardless of how often the buildings already have been written off.

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.

Options give an employee the right to buy shares of a company at some future time at a price specified in the option, thereby providing workers an incentive to improve performance and raise the stock price.

This is the fourth time Shake Shack has raised prices over the past two - and - a-half years; the ShackBurger was $ 4.75 in mid-2014.

However, there comes a time when it just makes sense to raise prices, and with the health of the economy improving, this could be a prime time to reassess your pricing strategy and make some upward adjustments.

Brian Wansink, professor and director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, noted that in deciding when to raise prices, companies have to time the roll out carefully.

At the same time that Wall Street analysts are raising their price targets on the stock, reception for the iPhone 8 and the iOS11 isn't as exciting as hoped, said Wolff.

I have raised the issue of the divergence between copper and silver prices many times.

«[Crypto values] went too high, too fast... at the time I urged caution, saying an asset that goes almost vertically up should typically raise alarm bells for investors... Arguable, even before the frenzied peak in December, when the price of one Bitcoin reached an all time high of more than $ 19,000, the market was beginning to become frothy and overheated.»

Instead of simply raising prices, look for ways to charge more for your product while at the same time giving the buyer more value.

One of the ways to find a company with a strong economic moat is to look for companies that have an almost monopolistic market position and can maintain pricing power while also raising their prices over time.

Markets now think that there is some chance that the Fed will raise rates at its late June meeting, and have fully priced in a move by the time of its mid-August meeting.

«There are actually businesses, that you will find a few times in a lifetime, where any manager could raise the return enormously just by raising prices — and yet they haven't done it.

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.

But despite raising interest rates three times since October 2010, housing prices continue to climb.

Additionally, Sonkin feels LVB has pricing power as they've raised prices on pianos 4 % each year for quite some time.

Therefore, we expect the Fed to raise key interest rates six more times (vs. the 3.2 times that markets currently price) from now until the end of 2018, and expect the other major developed - market central banks to tilt toward a less dovish / more hawkish stance.

There's really no telling what the price of a coin will be once mining rewards are in fractions of a coin level, but it seems that during that time more and more people will enter the market with interest and vigor, and those people will help raise the price as well as stabilize it by having a far greater number of people who can decide if and when Bitcoin is losing value.

The Internet video service is about to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more Internet video programming such as its popular...

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