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price stories: 14 news summaries

Microsoft's Windows 7 Prices Include Early-Bird Discount  

Free upgrades for Vista PC buyers starting Friday

Jun 25, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pre-ordered upgrade to Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system will cost US customers $49 or $99 from tomorrow until July 11, depending on version: Home premium or Professional, CNET reports. Also starting tomorrow, anyone who buys a new Vista PC will get a free upgrade to Windows 7 when... More »

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Microsoft • software • price • operating system • computer • upgrades • Windows 7 • Windows 7 review

(Newser) - Apple unveiled a slew of new goodies at its annual developers conference today, including a price drop on the basic model iPhone from $199 to $99. The New York Times dishes the details:
  • The new iPhone 3G S is faster, has vastly improved battery life and camera specs (it
... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • price • MacBook Pro • Worldwide Developers Conference • WWDC

 Consumer Prices Dip in March 

Prices drop 0.1%, despite tobacco hike

Apr 15, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(AP) - Consumer prices dipped unexpectedly in March, leaving prices over the past year falling at the fastest clip in more than a half-century. The recession is expected to keep a lid on inflation as widespread layoffs dampen wage pressures and weak demand keeps companies from raising prices. Consumer prices edged down... More »

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inflation • tobacco • price • deflation • economy • consumer price index


 At London 
 Restaurant, 
 You Set the Price 

Customers offer diverse amounts at popular place

Feb 20, 09 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A London restaurant is letting customers pay what they think their meal was worth, and diners are packing the place, the Times of London reports. In the face of tough times, Little Bay owner Peter Ilic decided to run an experiment, writes Vincent Graff: “Will British reserve, and the... More »

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food • London • restaurant • recession • price • Britain

Glaxo to Cut Drug Prices
in Developing World

No. 2 pharma firm will open 'patent pool' to outside scientists

Feb 14, 09 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - GlaxoSmithKline’s new boss has proposed a radical rethinking of big pharma in developing countries: He plans to cut prices, offer portions of profits to hospitals, and loosen his firm’s grip on patents that keep prices up, the Guardian reports. “I think it's absolutely the kind of thing... More »

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drug companies • GlaxoSmithKline • price • developing countries • pharmaceutical industry • patent

Herman Miller Says Phooey to Financial Crisis

Still have a job? Thumb your nose at thrift with a $1600 office chair

Nov 6, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - With a "bah!" to the financial crisis, furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has introduced a chair that costs $1,600—making you “all the more comfortable as you sit for eight hours staring in disbelief at your plummeting stock portfolio,” writes Stacey Higginibotham on GigaOm. The Embody,... More »

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price • office • luxury • furniture • financial crisis • Aeron • Herman Miller • office chairs • Embody

 How to Spot Overpriced Wines 

Experts explain pricing and weigh in with ways to save

Aug 16, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why does a bottle of wine cost $100 at one restaurant and three times that at the bistro down the block? The Wall Street Journal asked wine experts to decipher vino pricing and offer tips for finding the best deals. The results: Expensive wines often mean better value, as... More »

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Wall Street Journal • wine • restaurant • deal • price • dining

Without AT&T Contract, iPhone 3G Runs $600

Price doesn't quite add up, analyst says

Jul 2, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T will sell contract-free iPhone 3Gs for $600 (the 8-gig model) and $700 (16 gigs), a $401 mark-up, the New York Times notes. There are no details available on why a consumer would want the phone without the, er, phone, but AT&T says there is a demand—and... More »

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iPhone • Apple • price • contract • AT&T • iPhone 3G

Food Crisis Lurks in Soaring Prices, Says
IMF Chief

Predicts widespread starvation, conflict

Apr 13, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rising food prices may soon have dire global consequences with starving people rioting in the streets, warns the head of the International Monetary Fund. “Hundred of thousands of people will be starving,” he said yesterday at a meeting in Washington. “Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with... More »

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food • ethanol • International Monetary Fund • protests • starvation • crops • price • food prices • malnutrition • trade affairs

1st-Class Stamp Price to Rise 1¢

Postal service hikes cost more easily under new system

Feb 11, 08 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - First-class snail mail will cost a penny more starting May 12, the US Postal Service announced today. Stamps are going up to 42¢, as is the Forever stamp, which was billed as a hedge against future first-class rate increases when it was introduced last year. The 41¢ Forevers will still... More »

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mail • price • cost • price increases • USPS • stamps

$100 Laptop Price Hits $188

3 million orders,
fourth price increase for One Laptop
Per Child

Sep 15, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The famous but increasingly misnamed “$100 laptop” will actually cost $188—the fourth price increase for the innovative device designed for nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child, reports the AP. While still a bargain, the bump could scare off developing governments fixed on the “fanciful $100-per-child figure,”... More »

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Thailand • Brazil • MIT • Libya • Uruguay • price • laptop • One Laptop Per Child

Prices in Toyland Are Going Up

Consumers will pay for testing toys

Sep 14, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toyland is about to become a more expensive place, as price hikes of 10% or more kick in to pay for heightened vigilance by toy makers following the recall of millions of lead-tainted and otherwise unsafe playthings imported from China. The added costs, which  won't kick in until after Christmas,... More »

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China • toys • Disney • recall • Mattel • price • Barbie • lead • Toys 'R' Us • Sarge • Wal-Mart

How Much
Does It Cost to
Tie the Knot?

Stats mislead on average price of
US weddings

Aug 24, 07 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The notion that Americans are blowing vast sums of money on weddings is debunked by the Numbers Guy at the Wall Street Journal. The figure is often touted that the average US wedding costs $30,000; in fact, it's closer to half that price. Carl Bialik says the surveys, distributed... More »

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wedding • price • brides • statistics • cost

Price Jump Could Ice Coffee Sales

With another price hike and competitors on its heels, will Starbucks stumble?

Aug 1, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks recently hiked the cost of its coffee an average of 9¢ a cup—the seventh bump up since 1997. With a faltering stock price and learnings lagging after 15 years of solid growth, BusinessWeek wonders whether the premium coffee purveyor may have finally maxed out the market for the... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • tea • Dunkin' Donuts • price

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