For publicly traded companies, not only does management have the responsibility to offer fair value to their customers but they also have the obligation to meet the expectations of their stakeholders.
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But that's simply not reality, and it's not fair to Palm's customers to have to sit through a proxy war with devices that may or may not work tomorrow because Palm refuses to do what so many other companies have managed to do and simply integrate with iTunes properly.
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All these ventures have to focus on the needs of their customers to provide a fair value in exchange for their products and services.
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The bank also said it discontinued Countrywide products and practices that "were not in keeping" with its commitment to fair and equal treatment of customers.
Despite these points, we always do our best to set a fair purchase price for our customers.
With no definition of what constitute gross proceeds, any payment for anything is probably fair game, including payments to utility companies, vendors, suppliers, and customers.
"Energy firms must give their customers a fair deal and make these cuts before winter bills start to hit, " said Robert Hammond, of Consumer Focus.
Business leadershipThe beauty of the free market economy is that any company has the opportunity to sell products and services to its customers as long as their customers believe they are getting fair value.
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The increases reflect a forthcoming change to regulations that are aimed at ensuring that customers pay fees that are fair and explicit.
The price that the buyers have offered for the discount retailer, which competes with other club-membership stores like Costco as well as big-box stores like Wal-Mart to bring in loyal customers with lower passed-through product costs, is fair, say some analysts.
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Plans are underway to open a local depository that will allow customers to make everyday purchases with a debit card linked to their coin holdings at fair market value.
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For a few years, a fair number of other companies seemed to put almost as much effort into managing their balance-sheets as into wooing their customers.
He has spent a fair amount of his career involved with sales and marketing activities and understands the need for tools to facilitate regular contact with customers and prospects.
The organization accepts sponsorship dollars from food-related companies that pay family farmers a fair price, have ecological standards for farming practices, and make their commitment to sustainable and family farming known to their customers.
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