Sentence examples for imposed on consumers from inspiring English sources

"The vast majority of customers don't understand the relationship between energy companies' costs, the prices imposed on consumers and margins made from them," she said.

The power has shifted to the consumer, and generating revenue won't be something imposed on consumers but rather a menu of choices for consumers.

In recent speeches, Mrs. Kroes has been critical of Europe's mobile operators, saying she saw no justification for the high roaming charges imposed on consumers, which has also deterred cross-border business development.

The jump in interest rates on cards of three or four percentage points in some cases were imposed on consumers despite a cut in base rates during the last six months from 5.5%to0.5%5.5%to0.5%

"If — as is likely — the benefits of state-by-state regulation are outweighed by the loss of opportunity and access imposed on consumers, federal involvement can be justified".

Even more annoying, because of contractual obligations, a 10-minute limit on broadcast-quality streaming video has been imposed on consumers because of fears the MSOs have that too many people watching too many videos for too long would cause their networks to crash.

There has to be a limit to the charges that the low-cost carriers are dreaming up to impose on consumers".

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Thursday that it was seeking public comment on how much regulation to impose on consumer finance companies like debt collectors, check-cashing agencies and consumer credit companies.

The noxious penalty imposed on American Express and Discover consumers who exceeded their spending limit has finally died, quashed by legislation signed in May by President Obama to ease onerous fees for cardholders.

"Unlike fees charged for the use of recreational facilities or special taxes imposed on nonessential consumer products, the mandatory assessments at issue in the present case are directly linked to appellees' source of livelihood, and they have no meaningful opportunity to avoid these assessments," the court said in its ruling from St. Paul.

The costs that tariffs and import quotas impose on domestic consumers almost always exceed the gains they provide to domestic producers.