Competitors responded with a paper version and a cheaper base price, although GED Testing Service said its price includes services the other two test makers don't.

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An increase of more than two pence per litre on the current base price, the news follows negotiations with farmers.

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In July, Netflix shocked their industry-low-cost-leader video customer base with an abrupt out-of-nowhere 60% price increase.

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First, they shocked their value-oriented customer base with whopping, out-of-nowhere 60% price increase.

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To get there, with the monetary base unchanged, you would have to increase nominal GDP (mostly through price increases) by 70%.

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Since September 2008, the U.S. monetary base has increased by more than 200%, compared with a rise in the price of gold of about 70%.

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It may be shaping a cup-with-handle base, one of the most common patterns in winning stocks prior to big price moves.

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The lower base price is possible in part because of a wider range of options and configurations that come with the expansion of Volt production for sale nationally.

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Instead, the Fed is tasked with employing its Open Market operations to adjust the size of the monetary base so as to keep the COMEX price of gold as close as operationally practical to a target gold price.

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