And this race to the bottom line price may have led many retailers to sacrifice the very features that differentiated themselves in the marketplace to begin with, such as product quality, merchandise selection, and customer service.
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Since the market hit bottom in late December, the price of a ton of hot-rolled steel has risen by more than 50% (see chart).
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The double bottom frequently precedes big price moves.
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By taking a narrow view of costs, with a principal focus on labor costs, it could appear on a spreadsheet that shipping factories and jobs to China would help the bottom line and pop the share price, and along with that, eye-popping management bonuses.
Determining the actual marginal cost of production is somewhat tricky since the commodity is priced globally in dollars, but the bottom lines for South African mining companies are ultimately determined by the price they receive in South African rand, with their expenses also paid in rand.
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If the effect is to, say, halve the rate of further home-price decline, then stocks might be near the bottom right now and the economy will probably recover in 2009.
This creates a bottom for the market by putting a price on the most problematic paper.
The biggest price tag of all is the bottom line on total cost of care.
He explained this with a chart (see the bottom of story) in which the gold price is overlaid against the U.S. monetary base, showing both have risen dramatically over the last several years.
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The bottom line: Greenfield seems to think the current price talk range looks, well, bubbly.
Penney, its brand, and its bottom line, will be the ones paying the price.
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Rather than focusing entirely on the price, sellers should look at the bottom line: Their net profit.
In November New York City-based Gordon Brothers Capital, an investment concern, stepped in and bought the business at what was apparently a rock-bottom price.
The bottom line, Savant said, is that the price of gold in India slipped from 27, 611.71 rupees for 10 grams as of April 8 to 23, 869.73 on Monday.
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Finally, U.S. housing is recovering with a house price-to-income ratio at the bottom of its 40-year range.
The bottom line: payday lenders deliver convenience at a high price, even when borrowers might qualify for cheaper loans elsewhere.
Price wars in the UK and elsewhere are hurting the bottom line as well, and like other operators Vodafone has seen its average revenues per subscriber fall by more than half during the past four years.
The bottom line here: Microsoft has put out half a product for the full price.
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Bottom line, Wal-Mart represents a rare investment treat at the current price.
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But as I said, the bottom line message is that we feel the pain that all Americans feel on the price of gasoline today.
Heckmann bought most companies with US Filter's high-price stock, diluting earnings per share and masking the fact that most bottom-line growth was coming from acquisitions.
Still, recent price action hints the crude oil market has put in a near-term bottom.
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However, recent price action hints the crude oil market has put in a near-term bottom.
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March silver has seen price action recently that suggests the market has put in a near-term bottom.
Despite this poor price action, options traders are betting heavily that the IGN has formed a bottom.
March silver has seen price action recently to suggest the market has put in a near-term bottom.
Since 2003 bottom, the stock market has had tremendous volatility, he said, whereas the gold price has had a relatively orderly, linear advance that has shown no signs of excess.
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Both CEOs took over their companies near the bottom of the capital markets trough and have worked their companies back up to a stock price nearly identically above the pre-crash all-time high.
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