It takes a double-size margin on premium gas, but the highest grade represents only 2% of its gasoline sales, versus 7% industrywide.
Michael Dell echoed their concerns, saying he had been hugely surprised at the size of the premium HP was willing to pay.
One is that globalisation and competition from Asia (especially China) have put a bigger premium on size.
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Second, globalisation puts more of a premium on size than ever before.
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"We've been clear, as evidenced by the size of our offer premium, that speed is of the essence for the deal to make sense, " Liddell said.
The story then was bodybuilding in California, American football's premium on size and, as we now know, East Germany's producing at its height perhaps 30, 000 athletes on steroids and winning Olympic medals per hit 600 times as often as Americans.
While high fuel prices would logically make smaller and more efficient models in greater demand, and thus demand higher prices, NADA says that used full-size pickups are commanding premium prices these days, with depreciation at about half the rate of the average auto, due in part to the healthier housing and construction sectors.
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Moving forward with the establishment of Samsung Display Corporation, the company will continue to enhance profitability by expanding sales of premium panel products such 3D, large size and LED panels, while smartphone demand is expected to continue to fuel OLED panel sales.
The brand commands a big monetary premium to comparable rivals due to a combination of its size and profitability.
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Company officials said many corporations of Verizon's size now have employee's picking up 26% of their premium payments in an environment where costs are advancing at 12% per year.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was "protecting the frontline, handing power to teachers and introducing a pupil premium for the poorest" - but the "size of the deficit means we have had to make tough decisions".
At 3.9kg (8.6 pounds) it's reasonably light for a system with this screen size, and with an all-aluminum chassis, it has a more premium feel than other MSI machines (not to mention some competing models from brands like Alienware).
According to academic research, this premium usually lies somewhere between a thoroughly whopping 50-70%, dependent on the industry, the size of the firm, etc.
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