Which will, of course, put the low-cost PS3 into direct price competition with the Wii U over the holidays.
But something like 70% of shoppers go shopping with a directional list, not detailed enough to do a lot of direct price comparison.
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Other gold investments, such as mutual funds, may be made in smaller dollar amounts than bullion, and also may not have as much direct price exposure as bullion does.
And although it has convincingly shown itself able to confound the efforts of retailers to avoid easy and direct price comparisons, it has a harder time dealing with what their suppliers do.
"It's more psychological than operational as the price of oil has no direct bearing on the price of electricity, " said Michael Carboy of Signal Hill Group.
Consumers across the world, such as in the UK and the US, have been hit by rapid rises in the price of petrol as a direct result of the oil price rises in recent months.
The fundamental point is that, in the presence of inelastic supply curves, demand-side subsidies face a headwind of adverse price effects, while direct public provision gets a tail wind of favorable price effects.
As a direct consequence, the price for a barrel of the black goo has reached a level last seen before the panic spike in 2008.
If you believe oil is on the rise, there are ways to get direct exposure to the price of oil, as well as many oil companies worth considering.
In a seemingly direct inverse of the price move, the volume of shares being borrowed has also climbed by 30% since the rumour, while the cost borrowing Netflix stock jumped from just 0.78% on an annualised basis, to 4.4%.
Although it has put forward ideas for replacing price supports with direct subsidies, its plan would not much change farmers' behaviour.
Direct operator billing will also reflect the same price points as current payment methods, ensuring a consistent user experience.
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On Thursday, the group made its latest album, In Rainbows, available for direct downloading from the Web at an unusual price: whatever fans feel like paying.
Much of the uptick in production is a direct result of the sharp decline in the price of natural gas which has been largely triggered by the unprecedented growth in shale gas production.
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Before we got to the price, Phil Schiller launched a pretty direct attack on a rival device.
The latest changes mean that direct debit customers will see a gas and electricity price increase of 8.7%.
Given the positive metrics for the company, the limited direct competition, and the nearly 20% stock price drop today, NetFlix is attractively valued.
Ironically, Europe's much-criticised Common Agricultural Policy has been moving away from price and production-based subsidies towards direct payments to farmers that have far less impact on trade.
The first is to invest in private equity and venture capital funds, which provides direct exposure to private companies but at a steep price (see story, p. 158).
These direct providers are able to combat many concerns through price transparency, easy access and lower costs as they establish what is basically a menu of cash only services.
However, the report argues that central bankers should respond to asset-price movements for other reasons than merely their direct impact on inflation.
The fact is there is not a direct correlation there because it's a global commodity and the price of oil globally is affected by a number of factors, including economic growth in China, India, Brazil, and other countries, as well as this one, and by a lack of stability in various regions of the world.
For half the price the radios fed tower data to a central point with a direct connection to a telco's fiber.
Altisource Residential hopes its strategy will result in "a lower acquisition price and therefore a higher return relative to competitors that focus on direct purchases of single-family rental properties, " according to the prospectus.
Vulnerable farmers could be protected by direct income support, as they are in America and Europe, rather than with price supports that punish consumers.
Moreover, by offering increasingly generous packages to students who haven't demonstrated a need, private colleges and universities make haggling and bickering the norm, and direct too many dollars away from families that can't afford the high sticker price and whose needs therefore go unmet.
Under a private system, the link between price deviation and correction is immediate and strong because supply is under the direct control of the currency issuers, who have the means through loan and trading operations to tightly clamp down on (or expand) the supply.
That way, we can calculate the average rent and asking price for an identical set of properties in a metro area , for a direct apples-to-apples comparison.
Denise Incandela, president of Saks Direct told WWD the company plans to lure those bargain-hunting fashionistas over to full price merchandise on saksfifthavenue.com by displaying tantalizing product shots of new items on the Fashion Fix site.
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Pre-Sal Petroleo would also run a new contract system that allows the state to implement production-sharing agreements that would direct more of the oil windfall to the state than to the oil companies whenever the price of oil goes up.
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