"There should also be an end to discounted drinks, such as two-for-one deals, happy hours and supermarkets selling alcohol at below cost prices, " Mr Craik said.
The defendants schemed with each other, raw material suppliers and certain lenders to flood the U.S. market with solar panels at below-cost prices, the Fremont, California-based company said in the complaint.
This would allow a risky portfolio to be liquidated at a predictable pace and cost should prices fall in response to a drying-up of liquidity.
In theory, global trade should cause prices in different countries to converge: the prices of low-cost producers should gradually increase as wages rise (ie, China's falling prices were a temporary anomaly), while the prices of high-cost producers should fall.
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The cost of input prices for firms was up, notably in food, fuel and cotton.
One of Christine Quinn's signature pitches as she runs for New York City mayor is a housing plan that would create 80, 000 new low-cost apartments with prices that potentially could stay below-market rate forever.
Fuel, after all, is not just a source of emissions for the shipping industry, it is a cost, so higher fuel prices mean that more efficient shippers will have a greater cost and profitability advantage.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that consumer prices declined last month as the cost of gas fell sharply and food prices were unchanged.
The government also said consumer prices declined last month as the cost of gas fell sharply while food prices were unchanged, the latest evidence that inflation is in check.
When fuel prices rise, the cost production and transportation rise, putting upward pressure on the prices of other commodities.
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Sales at stores that offer lower prices for cost-conscious consumers also reported weaker sales than analysts expected.
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Their argument: It will raise energy prices and cost the economy trillions of dollars in lost economic growth.
For years, Tesco managers paid attention to perfecting the mix of supplier driven cost efficiencies with low prices.
Ad prices in cost per thousand impressions (CPM) and cost per click (CPC) were both far lower on Facebook than on the Web.
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CAP's cost by bringing support prices closer to (lower) world levels, eliminating most food surpluses and making up the difference with direct income support to farmers.
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But what most consumers care about is how much the service will cost and how those prices compare to the other 4G carriers, namely Clearwire and Sprint.
Dousing the monetary tightening flames further was a cooling in cost pressures with input prices declining by 2% during the month and at twice the predicted pace leaving the annual pace of gain at a still admittedly high 15.7% pace.
High inflation is usually positive for corporate revenues, but only for companies that can raise prices ahead of cost.
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Rising real estate prices make the cost of manufacturing prohibitive for some companies.
It should undermine the cocky assurance of anyone who claims that current cost-benefit analyses set prices rationally or compassionately.
The cost of living and house prices are lower and family ties stronger.
American consumers are especially vulnerable, because low fuel taxes leave a thinner cushion between the cost of crude and retail prices.
If a sharp rise in share prices reduces the cost of capital, for example, then firms will be tempted to overinvest.
Those rising prices have put cost pressure on both consumers and companies, and are currently holding back the domestic economic recovery.
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Cost cutting and higher selling prices helped the company post a gross margin of 40.1% in Q4, up from 30.4% in the third quarter.
Some governments have opted to provide incentives for loss-making smelters to continue operating which is preventing the rationalization of high-cost capacity, thus depressing prices.
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One bright note: higher beer prices and some cost cutting helped the company keep its overall financial performance for the quarter in line with its forecasts.
The CPUC also took a slap at the federal government by voting to pass on the full cost of rising wholesale electrical prices for power used by federal facilities.
While thin-film solar panels have lower efficiencies than conventional crystalline silicon panels like those found on residential rooftops, they could be produced at a cheaper cost, especially when silicon prices rise.
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