And there have been ongoing rows over price fixing in the construction and fine arts sectors.
But there will be intense sensitivity over price - whether too much or too little.
Indeed Bass and Starwood recently held extensive merger talks, which broke down over price.
Then Heathrow could concentrate on serving the business market, which prizes frequency and convenience over price.
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For instance, by using data-driving marketing, retailers will learn which consumers value bonus reward points over price-matches.
Verizon has long tried to buy out the Vodafone stake, but differences over price have scuttled deals in the past.
Back in Chicago, joined by Donohue and cbot Chief Executive Bernard Dan, they haggled over price at Sullivan's steak house.
Buffett almost lost his sweetest deal in the final hour over price.
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In the tech-hardware business, competition over price is really a function of scale: firms with higher volume can make things more cheaply.
But Japanese buyers had been reluctant to make the change and even up to 2010 were still prizing security of supply over price.
This argument over price volatility is simply an excuse: food commodity speculation is bad just because it is and it must be stopped.
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Last December, the subsidiary pulled out, citing big debts, disputes with the municipality over its failure to invest and an argument over price increases.
When Matthew Leffers of San Francisco opened his home to the crew of Reese Witherspoon's Just Like Heaven, he discovered he didn't have to quibble over price.
Also preying on Mr Ebbers's mind is his failure to secure Nextel, the only remaining independent national mobile company, after lengthy negotiations broke down in May over price.
Negotiations on the export of natural gas are still stalled over price, which is no wonder given the effect of the shale gas revolution on the world market.
They prosper in niches where customers prize quality over price.
The Department of Justice said it settled with three publishers in a suit over price competition and e-books and said it continues to litigate with Apple and two other publishers.
Lastly, if you and the buyers wind up with a small gap in your final negotiations over price, ask the brokers if they'd bridge it by accepting a lower commission.
Often it comes down to a battle over price.
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Most have stalled with disagreements over price and control.
But MP James Plaskitt contrasted the fines handed out to firms found guilty of mis-selling by the FSA and the action taken by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over price fixing.
As public scrutiny intensifies over price transparency in health care, a new report shows 72 percent of the nation, or 36 states, failing to improve information to consumers on what medical treatments and procedures actually cost.
They include worries over price cuts and shrinking profit margins, the ability of Apple CEO Tim Cook and his team to keep executing and delivering compelling new products, and the prospects for growth in key markets, especially the smartphone market.
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Other settlements include two stations in Westchester County that Schneiderman said marked up the retail price over wholesale by more than 40 percent and a Spring Valley station that marked up the retail price over wholesale by 98 percent.
Over the long term, that compounded coupon is likely to be a larger component of overall total return than even sustained price appreciation, substantially smoothing over daily price fluctuations.
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Over the medium term, however, we expect the downshifting from higher to lower end plans will likely minimize the impact of the price increase on ARPU, and churn should quickly stabilize as subscriber anger over the price increase moderates and they realize there really are no viable competitors to turn to.
Realistically, the U.S. government only has so much control over the price of gas.
The US government suing the technology giant Apple and some major book publishers, over the price of electronic books.
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