The directors sold directly to concessionaires, who had to make their profits above the high prices asked by the company.

Eye-clean stones of a vivid primary green hue ( as described above ) with no more than 15 % of any secondary hue or combination ( either blue or yellow ) of a medium-dark tone command the highest prices.

Simon paid out early on the bet in 1997 ( before his death in 1998 ) based on his expectation that prices would remain above 1996 levels ( which they did ).

If a PC company attempted to increase prices above the market level all its customers would abandon the company and purchase at the market price from other companies.

The conjectural assumptions of the model are ; if the firm raises its price above the current existing price, competitors will not follow and the acting firm will lose market share and second if a firm lowers prices below the existing price then their competitors will follow to retain their market share and the firm's output will increase only marginally.

: For prices above the prevailing price the curve is relatively elastic

Wheat futures in September, 2007 for December and March delivery had risen above $ 9. 00 a bushel, prices never seen before.

A 2004 report by the United States Department of Energy stated that both the Shell technology and technology used in the Stuart Oil Shale Project could be competitive at prices above $ 25 per barrel, and that the Viru Keemia Grupp expected full-scale production to be economical at prices above $ 18 per barrel ($ 130 / m < sup > 3 </ sup >).

Therefore, such banks will only sell toxic assets at above market prices.

Noncontributory pensions were also introduced for all persons aged eighty and above, while in 1973, a new Social Security Act was passed which introduced benefit indexation in the United Kingdom for the first time by index-linking benefits to prices to maintain their real value.

A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets when market participants drive stock prices above their value in relation to some system of stock valuation.

Therefore, New Keynesian models assume instead that firms use their market power to maintain their prices above marginal cost, so that even if they fail to set prices optimally they will remain profitable.

The anti-competitive agreement by producers to fix prices above the market price transfers some of the consumer surplus to those producers and also results in a deadweight loss.

Its gritty reputation kept real estate prices below those of most other areas of Manhattan until the early 1990s ; rents have increased dramatically since and are currently above the Manhattan average.

For example, in the United States, the patent rights given to pharmaceutical companies encourage them to charge high prices ( above marginal cost ) and to advertise to convince patients to persuade their doctors to prescribe the drugs.

Thus given no arbitrage opportunities, the above relationship ( put-call parity ) holds, and for any three prices of the call, put, bond and stock one can compute the implied price of the fourth.

" Dealers snapped up his works and his prices were often above 4, 000 francs per painting.

The prices in the real-time market are determined by the LMP algorithm described above, balancing supply from available units.

Two poets are paired on each record, in the order given above.

We are above being jealous.

The funds recouped by reductions in item 12 above are used: first, to increase the unadjusted allotments to the specified minimum in those States where the unadjusted allotment is less than the minimum allotment ( item 13 above ) ; ;

On the remainder of the clear channels, the dominant ( class 1 ) -- B stations are protected as described above, and the relatively small number of secondary ( class 2 ) ) stations permitted to operate on these channels at night are required to operate directionally and/or with reduced power so as to protect the class 1, stations.

Foliage is the outstanding photo subject in many of the Southern locales mentioned above and some specific tips on how and where to shoot it are in order.

( 2 ) Mechanized bunks -- they sit within the feed lot, are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ;

It is apparent from the above and from experimental evidence that the cooling requirements for the anode of free burning arcs are large compared with those for the cathode.

There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed out, and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear, so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar.

There are no data published in the literature on the shape of low viscosity drops to confirm the above formulas.

The Af layers are stacked normal to the ( 111 ) axis with the lower oxygens of one layer directly above the upper oxygens of the neighboring lower layer, in such a manner that the repeat is every three layers.

If modernization programs are imposed from above, without the understanding and cooperation of the people, they will encounter grave difficulties.

As mentioned above, where families are concentrated in larger numbers, group controls seem strongest and most effective.

Thus, in the example cited above Fromm rests his whole case on the premise that the workers are being deprived unconsciously, unknowingly, of fulfillment, and then supports this with survey data reporting conscious, experienced frustrations.

When the index words or electronic switches are reserved because of actual usage in the statements described above, the position or order of the statements within the program is not important ; ;

At its most ecstatic moments, husband and wife are elevated far above worldly cares.

The ideal storage temperature for long periods is about fifty-five degrees, with an allowable range of five degrees above or below this, provided there are no sudden or frequent changes.

In the first courtyard there are some fine bas-reliefs and friezes, and in the second a series of delightful terraced roof gardens above an ivy-covered wall.

Though the sales gains these two dealers are experiencing are above average for their business, farm equipment sales are climbing in most rural areas.

Judgments are continually rendered regarding the potential buyers' income, educational level and above all, racial extraction ; ;

The most brilliant displays are along the Skyline Drive above Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and throughout the Great Smokies between North Carolina and Tennessee.

The numbers of species cited above follow Frost and the total number of known amphibian species is approximately 7, 000, of which nearly 90 % are frogs.

Over and above that, however, was his growing suspicion of Chuck Stober's part in recent events.

Unfortunately, however, and for reasons to be discussed in the following chapter, no rate relationships can be made completely nondiscriminatory as long as all or some of the rates must be set above marginal costs in order to yield adequate revenues.

Hell, however, does not fit modern, humanitarian concepts of punishment because it cannot deter the unbeliever nor rehabilitate the damned, this however, does not affect the Christian belief which places Biblical teaching above the ideas of society.

Other conservative Lutherans, however, may favor High Church Lutheranism which remains generally favorable to the traditional doctrine of Apostolic Succession ( see above ).

Rapid cycling, however, is a course specifier that may be applied to any of the above subtypes.

Subthreshold symptoms were generally still substantially impairing, however, except for hypomania ( below or above threshold ) which was associated with improved functioning.

Now, however, due to the precession of the equinoxes, the feet of the Great Bear constellation do sink below the horizon from Rome and especially from Athens – so Ursa Major gets to cool her feet and legs in the sea, in spite of Ovid ; however, Ursa Minor ( Arcas ) does remain completely above the horizon, even from latitudes as far south as Honolulu and Hong Kong.

It was not until 1997, however, that a direct experiment, by S. Lamoreaux, described above, quantitatively measured the force ( to within 15 % of the value predicted by the theory ), although previous work van Blockland and Overbeek ( 1978 ) had observed the force qualitatively, and indirect validation of the predicted Casimir energy had been made by measuring the thickness of liquid Helium films by Sabisky and Anderson in 1972.

) The scoreboard is, however, within the regulation of the NFL guidelines — hanging approximately five feet above the minimum height.

If in the above example Mary had overpaid, paying £ 750 for the watch, her damages in contract would still be £ 450 ( giving him the item he contracted to buy ), however in tort damages are £ 700.

Historically, a dot was positioned above certain consonants to signify Séimhiú, however this has largely been replaced by the usage of the letter H, although this dot can still be seen in Gaelic Script.

They did so, however, in a relatively weak division ; no other team in the Norris finished above. 500.

The choice above, however, is typical because it has two useful properties.

As stated above, however, opinions continue to diverge, so that one recent critic might dismiss the debates in Euripides's plays as " self-indulgent digression for the sake of rhetorical display " and another springs to the poet's defence in terms such as: " His plays are remarkable for their range of tones and the gleeful inventiveness, which morose critics call cynical artificiality, of their construction.

If, however, the firm is not a perfect competitor in the input markets, then the above conclusions are modified.

The tropical Atlantic ocean experiences depressed activity due to increased vertical wind shear across the region during El Niño years .< ref > On the flip side however, the tropical Pacific Ocean east of the dateline has above normal activity during El Niño years due to well above average water temperatures and decreased windshear.

As noted above, however, most of the Hollywood films now considered classic noirs fall into the broad category of the " B movie ".

The genome size is positively correlated with the morphological complexity among prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes ; however, after mollusks and all the other higher eukaryotes above, this correlation is no longer effective.

As a result of favorable weather and market conditions beginning in 1995, however, the agricultural sector grew at a rate of 2. 6 percent annually, slightly above the average for Latin America during that period.

Sometimes, " international English " and the related terms above refer to a desired standardisation, i. e. Standard English ; however, there is no consensus on the path to this goal.

An obituary notice, however, which appeared in the Daily Courant for 5 October 1727, says: " He was not above twenty-two when he undertook of himself his admirable treatise on the Truth of the Christian Religion ".

The serpent drips venom from above him that Sigyn collects into a bowl ; however, she must empty the bowl when it is full, and the venom that drips in the mean time causes Loki to writhe in pain, thereby causing earthquakes.