The inconvenient truth that politicians and others ignore is that taxes not only are a way for the government to raise revenue but are also a price and a burden.
If monopoly A restrains its price in order to sell more, monopoly B will be able to raise its price and collect a bigger slice of monopoly rent.
If the profit margins aren't high enough, a price raise could be enacted with little resistance.
The best deterrence, therefore, is to raise the price of a bomb and deepen the disgrace.
But tenant bankruptcies could result in a decline in share price that could jeopardize the business model of issuing new shares as a way to raise money, one that falls apart with a meaningful decline in share price.
Political cultures have a hard time understanding that taxes don't just raise revenue, they are also a price and a burden.
"The change probably was a raise in the buying price, " Miller said.
There are good reasons to raise the price you charge to a customer: for example, if your input costs have gone up.
Earlier this month one of Anil's companies, Reliance Natural Resources, placed advertisements on the front pages of Indian newspapers, accusing the government of siding with his older brother over Mukesh's attempts to raise the price of gas from a big field.
They watch endless TV shows about houses and fancy themselves as interior designers, able to raise the price of their home with a new sofa and artful lighting.
History has shown us that companies typically will raise capital when the stock price is at a double-digit premium to book value.
President Bush has threatened to veto the measure, but the House is also considering a health care bill that would raise the price of cigarettes.
Taxes are nothing more than a price, and if you raise the price of delaying consumption in favor of investment, you necessarily get less of it.
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Sure, give the analysts a raise for coming up with the stock price prediction, but take away part of that bonus for not having the guts to say sell.
"Companies seek a listing not just because they can flog their shares at a high price after a few fantastic years of profit but because listing gives them the ability to raise capital efficiently and cheaply, " says Jonathan Dutton, an analyst for brokerage SBC Warburg Securities in Seoul.
One of the conundrums facing Merrill Chief Executive John Thain is the need to raise capital without taking a hit to an already depressed stock price.
One of the conundrums facing Merrill (nyse: MER - news - people ) Chief Executive John Thain is the need to raise capital without taking a hit to an already depressed stock price.
If we regulate that to a significant degree it will restrict the supply and raise the price of natural gas.
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Bottom line: Cable providers like Comcast could benefit from a scenario in which Netflix is forced to raise its subscription price.
Now you could be faced with two demands: potential sellers could realize that they are under pricing their wares and dramatically raise the price, or potential buyers could quickly bid up a toy to something that approaches its fair market value or beyond, creating a bubble.
Part of the consideration in setting price is whether or not there are plans to raise a larger venture capital round.
Besides, China's banks will not have to raise capital immediately, so a fleeting ramp-up in the share price will not help them.
Economists would generally argue that price is the right way (although with caveats, pure price allocation of drinking water in a drought might raise hackles) to do that rationing.
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The story goes back at least as far as World War II, when industries, desperately competing for labor but unable to raise wages under wartime price controls, began offering health insurnace as a form of compensation exempt from wage restrictions.
They set a goal for the amount they want to raise, which could be just enough for a down payment or the full price of a Dart.
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They provided the familiar price point, put it in a familiar looking plastic bottle, but made it just a little smaller giving consumers less liquid while allowing them to raise price on the 2 liter package.
Zimbabwe's fuel shortage was driven in large part by the government setting the price of gas at 20 cents a gallon and refusing to raise it.
Last year they tried to hold a public hunger strike in protest at the government's decision to raise the price of petrol overnight by 1, 600%.
Shanghai will raise the price ceiling on homes that qualify as "private ordinary homes" in a move that could spur sales, following a similar step by Beijing's municipal government in November.
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