Sentence examples for murky pricing from inspiring English sources

The question is whether rationing is done openly and as sensibly as possible or done implicitly, through murky pricing, bureaucratic fiat or denial of care.Even Paul Ryan, a leading Republican congressman, has acknowledged this.

Capitalism has been brought to its knees by murky price signals.

Thanks to a virtual monopoly and a murky electricity pricing system, it has become one of the biggest sources of loosely regulated cash for politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, who have repaid Tepco with unquestioning support and with the type of lax oversight that contributed to the nuclear crisis.

Yet, time and again, Mr. Sprecher has sat at polished tables in Washington and listened as his brainchild was described as a murky bazaar where prices have been manipulated, and where speculators have run wild and driven up oil prices to the detriment of consumers and the global economy.

The biggest winner is De Beers itself: the firm has thrived on artificially inflated prices, murky dealings in war zones and strictly oral contracts.

The processes were murky and the prices paid were often suspected of being too low as local officials siphoned off bribes.

The company took off partly on account of the Japanese e-book market lagging far behind that of the English-speaking world — murky copyright laws, higher prices, and the technical trickiness of rendering Japanese characters on e-reader screens have all been contributing factors.

Still, prominent interior designers here in Manhattan were irked that his role in the scandal amplified a persistent belief that many have about their profession: that its business practices and pricing habits are murky and suspect.

The phenomenon offers a window into the murky and often illogical world of drug pricing, where prices are not always driven by the usual rules of supply and demand.

Lately even some doves, such as Janet Yellen of the San Francisco Fed, have sounded concerned.For the moment, America's price picture is murky.

But things get murky when it comes to negotiating a price or discussing a home's flaws.