These higher prices essentially compensate farmers for preserving the quality of their land.
The District's median price essentially stayed the same, going to $525,000 last month from $524,900 in April 2015.
Amazon's ability to dictate prices — essentially sanctioned by the antitrust case — may save readers a buck or two in the short term.
For years he attacked the monoline insurance companies, especially MBIA, and was finally vindicated when their stock prices essentially collapsed in advance of the financial crisis.
Some experts who study the issue blame the government for the quality problems, saying an intensive federal push to lower the price essentially backfired by encouraging manufacturers to use cheap components.
But the goods are well made and the prices essentially fair, with clever designs expressing the brand's signature breezy male athleticism, semi-rebellious attitude, and sense of fun.
1 30 p.m. | Updated A small bit of good news about food prices from the Food and Agriculture Organization, a United Nations agency in Rome: The price spiral seen earlier this summer as markets reacted to droughts and other bad news has leveled off, with the agency's closely watched index of global food prices essentially unchanged in August compared with July.
The report from the Corcoran Group also showed prices essentially flat, leading Pamela Liebman, Corcoran's chief executive, to say, "It's kind of boring, but we're in the type of market that every other place in the country wishes they were in".
In its examination of the deal, TheStreet.com computes what it calls a "blended price" — essentially a weighted average of the partial self-tender and BASF's takeover bid — and suggests a fair value for Engelhard's shares is closer to $40.
Ralph Lauren CEO Stefan Larsson said in June that the company's bloated inventory was driving down prices, essentially hurting revenues.
