Most of them are, but they have been splitting the difference for years between value (i.e. price and positioning) and volume (i.e. percent of inventory sold).
In other words, instead of setting a date for interest rates to go up and easy monetary conditions to tighten, they would seek to tie those decisions to variables that reflect their dual mandate (i.e. price stability and full employment).
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There were arguments over the price of e-books, with publishers wanting the top price set at seventeen dollars and Apple insisting on fifteen.
On the future of e-books, Mr Coates said that the price of e-books will come down and a lot more people will use them but it is still "a tiny fraction" of book market as a whole.
For a real-world example of the effect of lower search costs, think of today's e-reader price wars.
That has certainly been the case at Merrill, where brokers fought furiously against the introduction of cut-price e-brokerage.
It only took four days for Amazon to take advantage of the ruling on the e-book price-fixing settlement.
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It took awhile to read the writing on the wall, but Macmillan has finally settled the antitrust lawsuit brought by the US Justice Department for the publisher's alleged e-book price fixing.
Publishers balked at Amazon's strategy out of concern that low prices could cannibalize their print sales, set unrealistic expectations in the minds of consumers, and lead Amazon to demand e-book price concessions from publishers.
He notes that the stock continues to trade at a discount to its peers, such as Kroger (KR) and Safeway (SWY) based on p-e ratios and price-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) multiples.
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When the US Department of Justice sued Apple and five major book publishers over alleged e-book price rigging, it immediately became clear that a few of these companies would do just about anything to avoid trial.
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HarperCollins, one of the three publishers that settled with the Department of Justice over the e-book price-fixing case, is already seeing its title discounted below what they had been selling for by Amazon, the leading U.S. bookseller.
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Class-action lawsuits in America and Europe have challenged their ability to set the price of e-books.
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At the same time, Gallivan notes that there are forces driving the price of e-discovery down, which is incredibly important for smaller firms, including solo practitioners.
The court ruled the 12 had deliberately and repeatedly mislabelled the wine as one of the more expensive varieties of grape in order to get a better price from E and J Gallo.
On the other hand, auto companies which have been successful in Indian markets have built cars keeping Indian consumers in mind i.e. a competitive price, a good mileage and a low after-sales cost.
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Another year of sluggish return on investment (fell in calendar 2011 due to investments in price, e-commerce, etc.) as Wal-Mart places capital into a robust amount of international unit growth and profit dollars into lower prices.
As the price of e-readers approaches zero, it opens up more opportunities for people who have been left on the wrong side of the digital divide to access the same wealth of information, entertainment and education as people with normal vision and average-or-better income.
To Amazon, the devices are just delivery channels for more content and the e-reader push towards lower and lower price will allow the company to throw e-readers in with the delivery of a book or a large enough commitment to a content subscription.
That price will include e-mail-based installation support along with a one-year subscription to priority FTP service.
At the same time, Amazon fought hard to promote its digital initiative while lowering the price of its e-books.
If a payment estimate changes after Buyback Boss receives a device, the company notifies the customer via e-mail of the price change.
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The Department of Justice said it settled with three publishers in a suit over price competition and e-books and said it continues to litigate with Apple and two other publishers.
By assuming responsibility for the roles once played by publishers, authors are earning up to 70% of the list price as their e-book royalty versus the 17.5% paid by traditional publishers.
At this time last year, the industry was wondering about the impact of a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit filed in April 2012 against Apple and five leading publishers alleging price fixing for e-books.
More and more customers use its big box stores as showrooms to look at goods, only to then use a smartphone to find a better price online at e-retailers like eBay and Amazon.com.
All active e-book customers noticed the price jumps in Amazon, which was forced to comply.
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The weekly OBV has just broken through its resistance, line e, which also confirms the price action.
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