Gold has only the value demand gives it.
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He would like to move into the formal economy so that he can serve larger customers, who demand value-added tax receipts.
They must also sell the product, build brand equity, create differentiation and produce value by generating demand and securing future earnings for the business.
Careful calculations of a company's value and of demand among big investors for an IPO are important, but broader investor sentiment is more unpredictable, especially when the company has a name as familiar as LinkedIn or Facebook.
Ultimately the pricing is a function of the demand and value that customers have for that service.
It fell to 63% in mid-2009 from 72% in 2001 because of the decline in its value, not reduced demand.
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Interest in things such as green products and healthy foods will continue to grow in a post-crisis world, but customers will be less willing to pay a premium for them, and will demand more value for money when they do.
That being the case, if both parties distrust that the dollar will hold its value then sellers will demand more dollars, even as buyers accept higher prices as they seek to rid themselves of a dollar they believe is falling in value.
Large sculptural meteorites remain in high demand, their value determined less by scientific than artistic appraisal.
As mentioned earlier, our team funcioned like central bankers, as we were overseeing an entire value chain from supply through demand.
Dr. KARL CASE (Wellesley College): What really determines the long-term mortgage rate is some combination of inflationary expectations, international demand, the value of the dollar.
This is a world that operates from an inside-out perspective, pushing products at customers, parsing and manufacturing demand, tweaking the value chain to achieve ever greater efficiencies, and concerned about outputs more than outcomes.
They will be asking, what is the value added by our campus when demand can be aggregated either by bringing students to campus or, much less expensively, by reaching and teaching students online virtually anywhere in the world?
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This de-leveraging process should help support the value of the dollar and reduce the demand for gold as a refuge.
But even those games bringing less demand can be of some value, such as a charitable donation and corresponding tax writeoff.
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This will give people the power to hold local government to account, and to develop new public services like a local version of TheyWorkForYou, or Bebo applications that tell teenagers when the local sports centre is open as well as the power to see which councils are providing the best value for money, so residents can demand the same from their own.
It's a testament to the consumer demand for these products and the value proposition they deliver viewers.
This demand would not exist if the value of the dollar were defined in terms of gold.
Impressive growth in air freight is largely a result of growing demand for transportation for high-value and perishable consumer goods.
Demand for shares pushed its stock value up 10% since the IPO.
The consensus view, expressed by either buying or selling the stock determines the market value of the security through a supply-demand equilibrium.
Publishers could demand a cut of the resale value from a secondary market, but publishers and platforms could ultimately retain their users and dedicated fans.
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The root issue I have with gold is that its price is based not on the present value of future cash flows but supply and demand.
Since, in most states, the limited partners can't control the portfolio's management or force the partnership's dissolution, an unrelated buyer would demand a discount from the underlying value.
Under a genuine gold standard, the money supply responds automatically to the demand for money, and the value of money is anchored by defining the dollar in terms of gold.
We hope to extend our video service to other platforms in the future, where there is a reasonable level of demand and where we can offer value for money for licence fee payers.
At work we associate by market demand for our skills, which ignores value judgements.
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Providing cutting-edge patent-protected technology at a remarkable value, Trakdot offers innovative solutions that meet global demand.
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Not since the Middle Ages, when monks peddled indulgences to the guilt-ridden at Eastertide, has there been such demand for a product of such questionable value.
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