(Reuters) – CSX Corp (CSX.O) on Tuesday posted quarterly profit that topped Wall Street’s target, as the No. 3 U.S. railroad operator benefited from an ongoing cost-cutting drive and rising prices for carrying freight. CSX shares gained 3.2 percent to $66.50 in extended trading after the company also raised its 2018 revenue forecast, citing strength […]
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After CSX Corp. raised rates for shipping specialty gas by 41% over three years, Diversified CPC International Inc. had to shutter a production line near Chicago. The buyer of a custom-ordered Diversified gas didn’t want the expense from those freight bills, so it decided to bring the manufacturing in-house. “We kept cautioning the railroad and […]
This Week in Pricing > 2/23/19
TWIP is a digest of pricing focused news, thought leadership, events, jobs, training and certification resources for pricing professionals. This Edition is brought to you by: PriceBeam The struggle is real for B2B and B2C Pricing, Marketing, and Finance team leaders to capture fresh, reliable, and actionable Pricing Intelligence data to be able to effectively optimize all prices for all market segments […]
PND is a digest of pricing focused news, thought leadership, events, jobs, training and certification resources for pricing professionals. This Edition is brought to you by: Professional Pricing Society Currently, PPS produces three major annual pricing conferences in Europe and North America. Each conference also houses a technology hall where sponsors display the latest in Pricing […]
Lyft’s ‘Shared Saver’ Feature Has Riders Pay Less But Walk More | Fortune
Lyft launched a new Shared Saver feature Thursday that banks on the assumption that riders are willing to walk a couple blocks to save a couple bucks. Promising to provide the app’s lowest prices, unaffected by surge pricing, Lyft wrote on its blog that Shared Saver gives riders a “pickup spot that’s a quick walk […]
Pricer’s Points: Why Does Bottled Water Cost Significantly More than Tap Water? | Elena Galli
More or less one month ago I was at the airport, heading back to Barcelona after having spent some days in my hometown, Ferrara, a little city in Northern Italy. I was very thirsty so I headed to the first bar I saw and ended up spending an excruciatingly expensive price for my half a […]
Remember MoviePass? It was just delisted | The Chestnut Post
The movie subscription service on Thursday announced a new, complicated pricing structure that is dependent on geography and the kind of movies customers want to watch. Starting in January, MoviePass will offer three plans that members can choose from. The first, called “Select,” starts at $10 a month and will allow subscribers to see three […]
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