Pricing Quotations

Product pricing is aligned to the way customers want to acquire their solutions and are delivered via different delivery models including appliances, the cloud, or as on-premise software solutions.

Investors covet past improvements but also always believe pricing unimaginable future creativity and efficiency gains is Pollyannaish. And they're always wrong. Bet on it.

A comprehensive national energy policy is critical to our nation's economy and our national security. Energy expenditures account for about 7% percent of our total economy and influence pricing in the much of the rest of the economy.

Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.

I'd much rather be worrying about playing that note in tune, and picking out the best way to arrange the song, rather than thinking about pricing for the download. It's not art.

Because Genentech is a leading developer of cancer therapies, some doctors also fear that the company's pricing plans for Avastin - around $8,800 a month - may encourage other companies to charge more for their own oncology drugs.

More globalization means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not to reduce it. No pricing power means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not less, ... There's so much pressure to push it higher, it will be difficult for cyclical factors to push it lower.

Music could certainly be much bigger if pricing was more in line with what you find on the Internet.

One of the primary difficulties in deploying WLAN technology in branch offices and retail stores is the lack of onsite IT expertise to manage the network. In order to be successful, branch and retail WLAN solutions must deliver several capabilities; strong centralized management, wide-ranging integrated functionality for security and voice, a highly reliable implementation, and competitive pricing for cost-effective deployment to a large number of sites. Aruba's new additions to the Mobile Edge portfolio meet all of these needs.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen it priced at the lower end of the range as an olive branch to the individual investors. But I think they did a superb job pricing it, particularly given the pressures they were under with an offering of this size.

On the face of it, it looks like it should be shorted -- not bought. It's the most arbitrary pricing I've ever seen.

On the margins, Adobe might lose some customers depending how Microsoft's pricing strategy. But Adobe and Macromedia benefit from being the industry standards.

On the bright side, we see satisfaction with Transaction Costs increasing slightly, which is a departure from last year. This shows that retailers are exceeding customer expectations with their pricing strategies for both products and shipping. If online retailers can manage expectations and maintain overall satisfaction during this last week, they should continue to gain value from the holiday shopping season.

I would encourage you to look at TIPS or other ways of owning companies that are pricing power beneficiaries, or at least neutral and able to pass on cost increases.

I would point to the core PCE deflator, which gave a modest upside surprise, ... This is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation ... and might have markets pricing in a more aggressive Fed.

I would point to the core PCE deflator, which gave a modest upside surprise. This is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation ... and might have markets pricing in a more aggressive Fed.

One of our roles at the Forestry Commission is to provide Georgia landowners with high-quality, accurate and timely timber price information. Georgia has 24.3 million acres of forestland available for commercial use and timber is the highest valued vegetative crop in the state. Since timber prices vary across the state, Forest2Market had divided Georgia into three primary timber pricing regions. Forest2Market's report will serve as a valuable tool to help Georgia's Forest Products Industry compete in the global market. We are pleased to provide a timber market report specific to Georgia.

No one's figured out what the pricing scheme is going to be.

My contract is tied to the City of Boston's wholesale pricing. So it's whoever has the lowest pricing above Boston costs. That usually ends up being a two-year contract, but because of the dynamic of gasoline costs, you can't lock into a price,

People were concerned that the market will start pricing in the argument that the central bank will raise interest rates to a neutral level since deflation in Japan has ended. Yields will have a bias to rise.

People were pricing in some kind of China revaluation and we had one, but it was very small. So there was disappointment with the degree of the China move.

Natural gas pricing is an immediate telltale sign of the winter situation: it is fairly mild, and this is likely to impact heating oil and crude demand as well.

Retail sales growth is mainly driven by higher volumes, and the pricing power of retailers remains quite limited because of competition.

When we said value pricing, we said we'd still be competitive in terms of pricing and still run tactical programs.

Lenders are increasingly using risk-based pricing to make loans. If you don't find out your credit score, check your credit report and correct mistakes, you're going to be totally in the dark, and run the risk of paying far higher interest rates on loans.

Meanwhile, that's been in the midst of reasonably stable pricing in the processor business and I think that the stable pricing is about to come to an end. By the end of this year, we're going to see sharply eroding prices as we get into the first half of next year.

Mining and resource stocks will be in the spotlight this week as another round of iron-ore pricing negotiations is due - which would provide short-term volatility and price fluctuations for the market.

Mobile e-mail is on the verge of mass market adoption, and the number of mobilized email accounts will explode over the next three years. As differentiation becomes more difficult, pricing and partnerships will become key factors in achieving growth.

Since the US remains the biggest and most lucrative pharmaceutical market in the world, it is no surprise to find companies eager to develop individual US pricing departments. Having a US pricing department is critical because it allows companies to be more flexible and better positioned to respond to the ever- changing pharmaceutical environment in the US.

Many consumers are calling for live TV and lower pricing before they'll start watching video on the smallest of screens. But considering those that are likely to use it, namely, high-income, young-adult wireless subscribers, it might serve the industry well to lower the cost barrier in order to reach more of this lucrative market.

Since declining over the past week, it is our opinion that the shares of each microprocessor supplier sufficiently discount potentially slower PC sell-through as well as the potential for aggressive pricing this winter. We continue to receive confirmation of strong notebook PC and server demand, even if desktops are less clear.

Short term events like this which are unpredictable can drive a high price floor for crude prices. That is why we are seeing pricing in the high 50s even though the market is well supplied.

Similar to the oil sector in 2003-2004, we believe long-term pricing or sustainability assumptions may be shifting in the metals.

Sentiment seems to be more upbeat at the moment but bear in mind much of the improvement in earnings has come from restructuring, as companies take action to deal with lower sales and weaker pricing power.

Severe operating challenges still confront GM, including mix, pricing and market-share pressures plus a tough macro outlook as consumers face rising interest rates and energy costs.

The pricing is on par with other professional playoff and all-star tickets.

The pricing is something that has been a problem for quite some time, when the front of the plane was basically subsidizing the back of the plane. The very small number of people who were paying for the very high fares were resentful.

The pricing model seems to be somewhat questionable here. People will ask why they need to spend that much money for a box.

The pricing that we got . . . was just so irrational.

The pricing was unbelievable, just when you think there is no such thing as a steal in New York.

The prime motivator for studios to launch a next-generation high-def home-video format is to build pricing levels back up.

I wouldn't be surprised to see it start come down slowly, ... I think market trends are going to start driving prices down. I think when prices got to a $3.29 and $3.39 rate, everybody was calling me, saying, 'Why is everyone pricing like that?' The market has never been through anything like this and I think a lot of people didn't know where to price.

Growing fleet sales, increasing competitive pressure in large pickups and escalating risk of weaker consumer spending is likely to hurt pricing and revenue.

Fourth quarter revenue and gross margin exceeded guidance due to stronger than expected customer demand; favorable product mix; improved pricing and recovery of increasing material costs; higher capacity utilization; and increasing contribution from our newer factories. As a result, gross margin rose to 24.2% from 16.4% in the third quarter.

Fox News looks like it continues to power along. They continue to get great ratings and they increase in value and the pricing is better.

Four of us work year-round sorting books, pricing them and getting them organized. And most of the books are on shelves. It's easy to locate the kinds of things you're looking for.

Free-market pricing has spurred tremendous ATM growth, ... I think you're just showing the free market at work.

For so long, an individual who owned a small business or had influence over pricing somehow, would say, 'Prices aren't rising, so we can't raise prices, either.' Now they can see, with this data and through anecdotal evidence, that others are raising prices, and they may feel they can raise their prices now.

If China slams on the brakes, there's going to be a wave of pricing pressure.

I don't think it went wrong. None of us anticipated the aggressive pricing in the marketplace.

Global protein sector challenges continued during the past quarter. High poultry inventories depressed retail poultry prices and contributed to declines in pork pricing in the US, although US pork industry volumes increased over last year. At the same time, extraordinarily high US live cattle costs in relation to finished box beef prices, combined with a continued lack of access to major Asian export markets, limited our beef operating results.

(GM and Ford) have now sucked up all of the available customers through year-end with their employee pricing scheme. And with gasoline, even though it has come down from its highs, at current prices people are sufficiently concerned about heating their homes and putting gas in their car that they're going to buy more sensibly, and they're not going to buy big sport utility vehicles.

GM contends they have been paying above-market pricing to Delphi for a number of years to keep Delphi in business.

GM's market share ... should also show some improvement by month end, but it is unclear whether new models and aggressive pricing will be enough to pull their market share up to last year's average.

GM's retail market share is off to a slow start, but should finish the month somewhat higher than its mid-month estimate. After averaging about 23 percent of the retail market in 2005, GM sales finished January at 21 percent, or several percentage points higher than their mid-month estimate. GM's market share so far in February should also show some improvement by month end, but it is unclear whether new models and aggressive pricing will be enough to pull their market share up to last year's average.

GM's sales have declined year-over-year in nine of the last 12 months, saved only by the employee pricing campaign this summer.

For whatever reason, the pricing departments at the headquarters of these oil companies felt like there was a profit-taking situation. More than likely, it's a temporary situation.

I don't think you ought to assume that for the long term you're going to be able to pay the same amount as the ... more casual user and be fair to all our customers. So I think you'll find over time that the amount of usage that you demand from the network each month will in fact have to ... drive the pricing structure.

If it's going to take a long time for the refineries to come online, the pricing is going to be higher because we have to buy more from the Europeans.

Globally, steel shares are up as some people are pricing in potential takeovers. Consolidation will help shift the balance of power against the raw materials suppliers.

Certainly in the day where most products are scanned and pricing therefore is vastly more accurate than when prices were tagged, we don't factor that into our costs to try to inflate prices to cover it. That doesn't hit our radar screen. We try to deal fairly with customers, just as vastly they deal fairly with us.

But what is even more astonishing is that corporations can live in an environment with little pricing power and still earn very handsome profits.

Caution is warranted given uncertainty about the consumer, rising interest rates, raw-material costs and pricing pressure.

Based on the direction of the board, I will examine and adjust the pricing structure of all of our services. Once all those changes are taken in aggregate, the increase in the overall rates charged by the hospital will likely be somewhere between 15 and 16 percent.

Because pricing power has disappeared, profit margins will remain under significant pressure.

Because of the lack of pricing power, earnings expectations might be too optimistic, despite the fact that they are being lowered.

We are extremely aggressive on pricing on the Japanese market. Any competitors should not be even close to what we are offering.

We suspect that Intel will, at some point, respond with aggressive pricing rather than allow AMD to continue to build market presence.

With Microsoft taking the bottom out of the market's pricing structure, we are going to see that business slow down even more precipitously.

We're pleased to implement this new, single pricing policy to better serve all laboratory clients. We are making this important change to our pricing structure so it more accurately reflects our commitment to treat all our customers in a fair and consistent manner.

If we look at pricing holistically, we'll create a more solid business.

If this were a 10 million share deal you'd see it jump all over the place, even in this market. With a deal of this size, pricing is much closer to fair market.

If the exchange rate pushes inflation expectations permanently higher, the Reserve Bank will have a tough job on its hands. The market is premature in pricing a near-term easing by the central bank.

Hollywood Intermediate's depth of talent, workflow efficiencies, exceptional quality and competitive pricing in the area of digital intermediate technology, are unparalleled in the industry. Especially when coupled with the immense growth and popularity of digital intermediate technology, I believe that Hollywood Intermediate is clearly positioned to be a leader in end-to-end digital intermediate solutions. This is an exhilarating time to be part of this industry.

History suggests that the most powerful factor influencing the profit cycle is pricing power.

The overwhelming success of this year's event shows the continued momentum we are experiencing in this space. It was exciting to see the number of executives interested in improving their pricing processes. Overall, this year's event attracted a diverse group of corporations and organizations representing over 25 industries.

What drives this business now is pricing its products correctly and making the right assumptions on costs. They also are entering into areas that will be more growth driven in the future.

We expect to see overall DRAM pricing soften during the fourth quarter - maybe down 5 percent - but the decline will be within the manufacturers' normal cost reduction level.

The purpose of this investigation is to thoroughly examine pricing practices in the industry and get to the bottom of what appear to be some illegal pricing practices.

There is more interest in these products. Pricing is more reasonable. They're getting smaller, more mobile.

We're pricing in a 90 percent chance that the Fed will cut (by half a percentage point).

Just talking about (the discounts), it was clear that if we were going to come with an employee pricing program, we had to make it better, and/or when we started talking about it we needed to do it in a different way.

Long term, I think the markets are higher. ... I think on a very short basis, we're due for a pullback of sorts. The government is doing all it can to stimulate the economy, but pricing power is a concern longer term.

Local and regional pilots are essential if we are to explore and understand the possibilities of road pricing at national level.

L.A. draws highly skilled Asians and San Francisco draws highly skilled gays, but D.C. draws highly skilled everybody -- gays, Latins, Asians, Africans, scientists and so on, ... The trick will be to avoid pricing ourselves out of that creativity.

Labor costs are moderating, productivity is rising and pricing indicators are all very subdued.

Market expectations have priced a rate cut in. When markets are pricing it in like that, the Fed can't afford to give a downside surprise in this environment.

Market pricing has shifted to a September-December start to the easing cycle. The New Zealand dollar should consolidate further.

Markets are nervous about the outlook for euro entry, ... The market is pricing in the possibility of a remote chance of entry into the euro in the next parliament.

Markets are nervous about the outlook for euro entry. The market is pricing in the possibility of a remote chance of entry into the euro in the next parliament.

Markets are rapidly abandoning the forecast for the Fed to increase rates to 4 percent by year-end, and are instead pricing in 3.75 percent. People are worrying lofty oil prices and Hurricane Katrina might hurt the U.S. economy when weaker data continue to come out.

Markets have been pricing in Koizumi's victory in the elections. That's positive for the yen.

Markets may start pricing in some stronger data as there's a risk industrial production is better than expected. People will start buying the dollar ahead of it.

That brings a measure of simplicity to pricing and reliability assuring shoppers that what they can buy today will never be offered at a lower price.

Stable demand and rising land values have placed upward pressure on pricing resulting in a 14.4 percent increase in average asking rates in only six months. With robust sales activity and mom-and-pop operators seeking expansion opportunities, we believe there is room for additional increases in newly constructed retail centers.

Recent incentive programs have established lower market pricing that makes GM increasingly vulnerable to volume declines which could occur as a result of a decline in economic conditions or simply a sustained falloff following recent industry sales spikes.

Reduced and/or deferred capital spending and increased pricing pressure are resulting in lower overall revenues, particularly in the United States,

Physical pricing knowledge in crude and refined products represents the keys to the castle.

Surely the dollar makes pricing more competitive for U.S. companies. But it's more a noise factor than anything else on a short-term basis.

Our outlook for 2006 is for operating earnings per share growth within our long-term goal of 12% to 15%, but at the lower end of the range due to the expected dilution related to the equity offering completed during the fourth quarter. We anticipate core loan growth will continue to be within our targeted range of 10% to 14%. Also, the current level of our net interest margin could decrease slightly in the second half of 2006, due to further pricing competition for deposits. Our outlook assumes a stable economic environment and continued strong credit quality.