Sentences with phrase «up the price»

Glumac then shipped the items to an unnamed New York entity for a marked up price, and paid the Finans a cut of the proceeds.

Unregulated digital entities, created by just about anyone out of nothing, that assume some value denominated in fiat currency simple because they're being traded between anonymous people or bots whose only desire is to make prices go up, on unregulated opaque exchanges where everyone thinks price manipulation is good as long as it pushes up the price....

BEIJING, May 2 (Reuters)- Chinese property speculators are starting to bet on a rapid improvement in relations between North Korea and the rest of the world, pushing up prices in the border city of Dandong and even spurring buying interest in the world's most isolated country.

When former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said last fall that his earlier enthusiasm for corn - based ethanol production in the United States was a mistake, he was conceding something that had long been obvious: the practice of diverting food crops to biofuels has contributed to food shortages and driven up prices for staples across the globe.

The way Pat sets up her pricing is that each of the four possible spaces in the trailer is rented at a fee.

The high demand and limited supply has apparently created an opportunity for small third - party retailers that have some consoles in stock to jack up the price.

Providing further support have been supply cuts led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries introduced in 2017 with the aim of propping up prices, as well as by the potential of...

BEIJING, May 2 - Chinese property speculators are starting to bet on a rapid improvement in relations between North Korea and the rest of the world, pushing up prices in the border city of Dandong and even spurring buying interest in the world's most isolated country.

As soon as you bring up the price of any commodity, you're going to increase the chances of things like this happening.»

And at present, PE funds are choking on cash, driving up prices of potential targets.

One way to reduce costs, he recommends, is to reduce «dead space» in shipping boxes that might be too big for the item, which drives up prices.

The move could drive up the price of imported vehicles, and as a result protect vehicles made by American workers.

'' «Good» inflation is a consequence of an improved growth backdrop, leading to an increase in wages that pushes up prices and services,» it said.

Tim Cook's strategy to push up prices worked, as unit sales of the iconic smartphone rose only 3 %.

Starting in January of last year and due to continue throughout 2018, OPEC and 10 other producers agreed to production cuts to overcome a glut and push up prices.

«The falling pound is driving up the price of imports and rising oil prices are being reflected in higher fuel costs,» he added.

«It's going to drive up prices and they're moaning about it.»

Keurig has been telling retailers, coffee makers and consumers that only its own proprietary pods will work with its new machines, which is harming competitors and driving up prices, according to Club Coffee's claim.

«And the greater fool has this belief that's wrong that they are going to grow [subscribers] forever and one day jack up price and keep the excess price increase,» said Pachter.

«It would be just incredibly improbable if that wasn't driving up prices in the west by some magnitude.»

Oil traders are eagerly anticipating an extension to OPEC's production cut this week, but one analyst has told CNBC that comments from the oil cartel could be just as powerful in propping up the price of the commodity.

Younger kids can practice adding up price totals and counting change.

A wave of younger collectors are driving up the prices of recent model cars, upending the traditional market, according to a classic car expert.»

According to a recent study from Kaiser, to make up for the loss of CSR payments, insurers would have to jack up the price of premiums by an average of 19 % more than the current projected increase for 2018.

Demand for oil is expected to drop in 2017, the International Energy Agency said in a report on Wednesday, raising further problems for producers as they try to ramp up prices.

In September, the pair sent a letter to Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli after he jacked up the price of Daraprim, a drug used to treat malaria and parasitic infections in patients with weakened immune systems, from $ 13.50 to $ 750 per pill.

Over in the House of Representatives, Democrats have also been hot on the tail of pharmaceutical companies that have jacked up the prices of some of their drugs, though they've making less headway than their Senate bipartisan counterparts.

Along Colorado's Front Range, fourth - generation farmer Kent Peppler said he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he can't afford to irrigate the land for the full growing season, in part because deep - pocketed energy companies have driven up the price of water.

Factors like storage, refrigeration and shipping can drive up the prices at national grocery stores, so you can generally score much better deals at small markets that get their produce from local farms and wholesalers.

Arbitrarily jack - up prices and force your customers to accept a new you - are - a-DVD-watching-loser brand?

But the numbers drop pretty fast when certain niceties are specified — such as $ 100,000 - and - up price tags, the likelihood of severe motion sickness, dizziness, and acceleration - induced unconsciousness, as well as an unknown but certainly less than trivial chance of being incinerated in a rocket explosion or errant atmospheric reentry.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut output by about 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for six months from Jan. 1 to prop up prices and reduce a glut.

«A trade war on steel and aluminum is going to help a small number of people and it's going to hurt a lot more and drive up prices, said Mary Ann Hurley, vice president, fixed income trading at D.A. Davidson in Seattle.

But they represent another way for Wall Street and shale producers to increase the flow of oil, and frustrate plans by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to prop up prices.

While fracking typically consumes less water than farming or residential uses, the exploration method is increasing competition for the precious resource, driving up the price of water and burdening already depleted aquifers and rivers in certain drought - stricken stretches.

Schmalz worries that a lack of competition is driving up prices for consumers and making the economy less dynamic.

When the company nudged up prices above food - away - from - home inflation in the first quarter of 2014 (a rare move for McDonald's), the average check grew, but the number of customers dropped.

«Some say that's consequently driving the up the price of beer and soda, while the bank collects storage fees.

Excess speculation restricts supply and jacks up prices, too — which further cements the belief in the minds of buyers that they have to act fast, and that the recent pace of the market is sustainable.

It lost over 11 % of its trade - weighted value in the four months that followed, forcing up the price of imports.

Imagine the old days: You went to a store and had no idea what other stores charged for the same products — which meant the store you were in could jack up the price.

If they remain steady, keep pushing up the price.

«With online auctions, am I supposed to compete with other buyers to drive up the price of an item?»

The regulator got the structure of the concept right, but it messed up the pricing, especially in regards to Bell, they said.

If the run - up is sustained, however, it would likely push up prices elsewhere, says Tsur Somerville, a real estate professor at the University of British Columbia.

Some fear foreign investment money in these housing markets has helped drive up prices.

The mix of higher tariffs, a falling loonie and the inevitable «buy American» and retaliatory «buy Canadian» protectionist policies that would follow NAFTA's collapse would all serve to push up prices for consumers.

Cold weather drove up the price of natural gas — making coal look like a more attractive fuel option.

And no, we can't just jack up prices and pass the additional cost along to customers.

Instacart listened and restructured its business, taking a percentage of each order instead of marking up prices.