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For that legend was growing explosively, Rumor was insisting he received a price of $600 a man.
Whether the only price of our redemption were not the death of Christ on the cross, with the rest of his sufferings and obediences, in the time of his life here, after he was born of the Virgin Mary??
But the price was the silence of the grave for all criticism or opposition.
The funeral for my husband was just what I wanted and I paid a fair price, far less than I had expected to pay.
The stock was sold in the underwriting at a price of $12.50 a share.
Both of those have had dynamic run-ups in price on the market in recent months, both were selling at higher price-earnings and yield bases than Morton was coming to market at, and everyone who knew anything about it expected the Morton stock to have a fast run-up.
It was as though he had made a pact with the devil himself, but it was not yet time to pay the price.
Only one year of deficit was recorded, but the price paid was retrenchments and lean public spending.
As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.
In April 1977 the price was dropped to $ 475.
The high price was likely due to the rare documents and packaging offered in the sale in addition to the computer, including the original packaging ( with the return label showing Steve Jobs ' parents ' address, the original Apple Computer Inc ' headquarters ' being their garage ), a personally typed and signed letter from Jobs ( answering technical questions about the computer ), and the original invoice showing ' Steven ' as the salesman.
< li > On June 15, 2012, a working Apple I was sold at auction by Sotheby's for a record $ 374, 500, more than double the expected price .</ li >
A software-compatible clone of the Apple I ( Replica 1 ), produced using modern components, was released in 2003 at a price of around $ 200.
The health of economy was closely bound up with the price of wheat.
The steel price dropped as a direct result, and Bessemer steel was rapidly adopted for railway lines and girders for buildings and bridges.
It was announced early in 1983 with a fall introduction at the target price of $ 500 for plug-in AppleNet cards for the Lisa and the Apple II.
The comparatively low price for a complete computer system with dedicated monitor, its high resolution monochrome text and graphic capabilities and the possibility to run CP / M software also rendered the system attractive for business users, which was reflected by a wide selection of application software.
The acquiring price was US $ 1. 75 billion or £ 935 million, with US $ 170 million of debt.
It was considered affordable at a price of US $ 140.
In June 1836, French newspaper La Presse was the first to include paid advertising in its pages, allowing it to lower its price, extend its readership and increase its profitability and the formula was soon copied by all titles.
As an example, if one was trying to profit from a price discrepancy between IBM on the NYSE and IBM on the London Stock Exchange, they may purchase a large number of shares on the NYSE and find that they cannot simultaneously sell on the LSE.

price and raised
They had watered their stock at immense profit, then had raised the price of coal fifty cents a ton, netting themselves another $20,000,000 in annual profit.
The entry-limiting price will also be raised for potential domestic competition, but unless general inflation permits profit margins to increase proportionately throughout the economy, we might expect the public-limit price to approach the entry-limit price.
The extent to which the public-limit price is raised by a given increase in the basic wage rate is itself a function of three things: the passage of time, the level of GNP, and the size of the wage increase.
We are abstracting from the fact of strikes here, but it should be obvious that the extent to which the public-limit price is raised by a given increase in the basic wage rate is also a function of the show of resistance put up by the industry.
Thus, the public-limit price is raised further by a given wage increase the longer it has been since the previous price increase.
The government raised the price of gasoline, which it had been selling at a huge loss to quiet popular discontent, and the hyperinflation came to a halt almost immediately, since it was able to bring in hard currency by selling its oil abroad.
However, the price was raised and its American launch debuted at $ 649. 99.
This raised fuel consumption, however ( already a weak point for the Wankel engine ), at the same time that the oil crisis of 1973 raised the price of gasoline.
In 1898, with the Spanish-American War increasing newspaper sales, several publishers raised the cost of a newsboy bundle of 100 newspapers from 50 ¢ to 60 ¢, a price increase that at the time was offset by the increased sales.
Henson attempted to purchase his freedom for $ 450, but after selling his personal assets to raise $ 350 and signing a promissory note for the remainder Henson's owner raised the price to $ 1000 ; Henson was unable to prove that the original agreement had been for a lesser amount.
For agriculture, the tariff raised the purchasing power of the farmers by two to three percent, with other industries raising the price of some farm equipment.
The American Farm Bureau Federation claimed that because of the tariff, the raised price of raw wool cost to farmers $ 27 million.
While new car buyers could buy a Cadillac for that price, the Bonneville raised new interest in what Pontiac now called " America's No. 1 Road Car.
Also this is the headquarters for Martin Engineering, Lindbeck Auto Sales and Mike's Barbershop ( Mike has been cutting hair for over sixty years and has never raised the price of his cuts which is $ 1. 75 ).
During negotiations with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Yang threatened to make the takeover as difficult as possible unless Microsoft raised the price to US $ 37 per share.
Local danegeld may have been raised in the Eastern kingdom as needed, such as by one Evesa to ransom her son, Count Eberhard, at a " very great price " in 880, according to Regino of Prüm.
When B returns, the sign says $ 11, and the owner tells B that he has raised the price.
It set records for the highest price for an Asger Jorn painting ( 6. 4 million DKK for Tristesse Blanche ) and for the highest amount raised in a single auction in Denmark ( 30 million DKK in total ).
Likewise, during the rapid expansion of capitalism over the past several centuries the theory of the just price was used to justify popular action against merchants who raised their prices in years of dearth.
However, as the economy continued to contract, the label was unable to turn a profit ( the price was raised to 20 cents by April ), and the last " Hit of the Week " s were produced in June 1932.
In 2000, the U. S. drug company Mylan agreed to pay $ 147 million to settle accusations by the FTC that they had raised the price of generic lorazepam by 2600 % and generic clorazepate by 3200 % in 1998 after having obtained exclusive licensing agreements for certain ingredients.

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