They can borrow and lend using the gold-linked currency of denomination, or simply use it as a basis for pricing goods and services.
Are you pricing your products and services too high?
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Apparently investment consultants are not effectively negotiating on behalf of their pensions clients, managers are not being consistent in pricing their services and clients are not carefully reviewing the recommendations of their consultants regarding fees.
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The industry is experiencing growing pressure on margins and a need for pricing flexibility, and must develop new services to retain customers.
Additional information on pricing and countries where the services will launch will be made available in the coming months.
With a closed looped of its own related products and services and marketing, AXP pricing has a built-in competitive advantage.
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We want them to be able to get fair pricing in the medication and services, and also be able to set up, like, educational programs.
Their experiences with those products and services, along with their pricing, packaging and merchandising, all communicate something to customers about the people who produced them.
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Assessing the quality, breadth of services and pricing of investment advice can be a daunting task for consumers.
This has driven down demand and pricing for pressure pumping services like fracking that are used to extract gas from shale rock formations, severely impacting margins of most large oil field firms including Baker Hughes.
Independent system operators in Texas, California, and the Midwest have been creating policy, procedures, pricing, and other mechanisms to support storage services.
Kayak provides travel buyers a one-stop research solution to best fares along with travel management tools and services such as flight status updates, pricing alerts and itinerary management.
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Looking beyond logical changes to performance on products and services in terms of innovation, style and pricing, this new crisis-induced variable is key to our business and redefines the breakdown of the marketing mix.
If you need a refresher: Netflix announced it would split the pricing of its DVD delivery and streaming services, basically doubling the cost of similar service, then flinched at customer outrage, renamed its DVD service and then changed its mind.
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Pricing of healthcare services is notoriously opaque and it is difficult to shop around.
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Managers should think long and hard about the pricing of their services.
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However, results from the international operations are expected to be encouraging as the company has lower exposure to the global pressure pumping space and enjoys better pricing power for its services.
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She called for a social strategy - to look at minimum pricing and licensing controls on home delivery alcohol services - as well as criminal justice controls, such as making breathalysers compulsory.
Also, aggressive pricing cuts from Google and Microsoft for their cloud services has resulted in the company following suit.
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When selling new innovative services, tweaking and optimizing pricing and creating tailored packages from various options are vital processes for ensuring the profitability of new business models.
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By the way, the pricing of institutional investment advisory services is also irrational and often excessive.
The report provides guidance to plan sponsors for negotiating fees with managers and may be useful to managers in pricing their services.
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Unlike online travel agencies such as Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline, Kayak does not provide online bookings directly but gives consumers a one-stop search solution to the best fares along with other value-added services like flight status updates and pricing alerts.
Congress left the job of enforcing of minimum pricing rules exclusively with the Dept. of Health and Human Services, she said.
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While under the opaque pricing model, users bid for services at discounted prices and Priceline earns the difference between the price an individual is willing to pay and the price charged by the travel service provider.
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Changing your pricing structure is unfair to customers who rely on your product and services to run their business.
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