| 单词 | middleman |
| 例句 | Faced with the possibility of disrupting their favored position as middlemen, the Narragansett might think twice before staging an incursion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Because then there wouldn’t be as much room for profit. At least this way I can make a bit for myself as a middleman.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the past, the black gangsters had bought their drugs from a middleman, the Mafia—which, as it happened, was then being pummeled by the federal government’s new anti-racketeering laws. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z On one occasion, Borgenicht realized that his only chance to undercut bigger firms was to convince the wholesalers to sell cloth to him directly, eliminating the middleman. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Sizwe, the other middleman from my CD business, found out I had a date, and he made it his mission to give me a makeover. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In this way the shoreline groups put themselves in the position of classic middlemen, overseeing both European access to Indian products and Indian access to European products. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I worked as a middleman for Bolo and Daniel for a year. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That way, they could have the prized Asian spices they wanted without having to pay high prices to Venetian and Muslim middlemen. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He brought together representatives from multinational drug companies, independent middlemen and distributors, nonprofit organizations—almost anyone who might have an impact on drug pricing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Maybe you could just date Aunt Heidi, then? And cut out the middleman?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Why can’t they hook the two jars up to each other and eliminate the middleman?” the artillery captain with whom Yossarian had stopped playing chess inquired. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He said there’s really no need to use middlemen like Euro Railways. Help! It’s Been More Than 2 Years and I Still Don’t Have the Refund 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z They are the middlemen, only, the vehicle through which pre-set processed information is handed along. My public school beat-down 2012-08-10T23:30:00Z It’s a middleman that allows you to create applets, or commands that link apps or products, including a limited number of smart kitchen devices. Can smart kitchen devices actually make you a better cook? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The men said they were recruited by a middleman/casting agent, who denied any wrongdoing and claimed the men attended these events "with their eyes wide open." Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO accused of exploiting young men for sex. Here’s what we know 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Veteran reporters such as Baker recall a time when the middlemen stayed out of the picture. And minder makes three: For White House interviews, it’s never just one-on-one Then Sullivan played the middleman, sending a text message to Anna and arranging for her to talk to an FBI agent in Los Angeles. Whitey Bulger: Secrets behind the capture of the FBI’s most wanted man 2013-02-24T17:00:00Z That’s when they decided to skip that particular middleman and open their own store. On the Runway: Homegrown, With a World View 2010-11-11T21:01:00Z Not only is this offensive, it scares writers away from getting the best cut of sales, which is to sell directly to their readers with fewer middlemen. Letting go of my Kindle guilt 2012-11-18T14:00:00Z For its part, the Clinton administration wanted to gradually increase the number of student loans that the government made directly to students, without going through banking sector middlemen. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z To historians it’s a centuries-long occupation of East African soil by seafaring merchants and middlemen from foreign lands. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z And they are extremely useful middlemen, making it easier for consumers to compare prices and read reviews and for underdog companies like local inns to reach a worldwide audience. Help! The Hotel I Booked Online Became a Homeless Shelter and No One Told Me. 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The mother believes so, although communication is difficult, and there is no choice but to trust middlemen. ‘Beyond Utopia’ Review: Exit Strategies 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Many have found other middlemen interested in buying their unroasted green beans, which is how most coffee growers sell their product. Colombian coffee at the crossroads 2013-05-13T19:48:00Z “There is a conflux of sex and technology underway that is cutting out the middleman,” he said, noting that “many performers have embraced live webcam shows as a revenue source.” Strippers Go Undercover on Snapchat 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Forty-seventh Street is, in fact, a thick network of middlemen, with diamantaires buying and selling large caches of diamonds much like stock brokers buy and sell at the New York Stock Exchange. "Uncut Gems" celebrates Manhattan’s Diamond District, a neighborhood that’s a window into the past 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z But yours — complete with multiple middlemen, reams of fine print and a natural disaster — has more to unpack than a warehouse of lost luggage. Help! I Canceled My Rental Because of a Wildfire. My Contract Says No Refund. Is That Fair? 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Al-Fayed, initially bankrolled by Khashoggi, began to make his fortune in Europe, mostly as a middleman for the ruling family of Dubai, and in shipping. ‘The Crown’: The Story of Mohamed Al-Fayed and His Valet 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z As a protagonist, Sandy is the blandest of heroes, “a middle person, a middleman,” Lethem writes. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z It is basically what Sam Walton engaged in to build Walmart: demand lower prices from suppliers, cut out middlemen, slash inventories and lower prices to build volume, thereby gaining more economies of scale. 'The Great A&P': Creation and destruction in the battle for America's grocery dollars 2011-08-31T21:26:03Z If by establishing a name for ourselves we can cut out the middleman, we might get people to listen to Andrew Poppy. ZTT: 'Every record company panicked after Two Tribes' – a classic feature from the vaultsZTT: 'Every record company panicked after Two Tribes' 2013-01-01T11:00:00Z Aside from readers and writers, publishing is made of middlemen, with retail mediators on the one hand and arbiters of taste and merit on the other. It's little surprise Amazon and authors are cutting out the middleman 2011-08-21T09:00:02Z Are developers just the soulless middlemen creating supply to meet luxury-living demand? Blight of fancy: D.C. starts to feel like ‘Mad Max’ amid constant construction 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z For the sake of clarity, she said, she wishes that middlemen would stop using the term “C.S.A.” altogether. When Community-Supported Agriculture Is Not What It Seems 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z But Tinder cuts out the middleman – you can vet your blind dates yourself. Swipe Right for Prom: how teens are using Tinder 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In defiance of custom, ’Ntoni tries to eliminate the middlemen, mortgaging his family’s house to buy a bigger boat. How Luchino Visconti Made History Sing 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z StubHub, as the middleman between buyers and sellers of secondhand tickets, says that handling refunds for the huge number of canceled concerts is simply not manageable. Angry Fans Say First the Concerts Were Canceled, Then the Refunds 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z As "21st century vampires" they refuse to feed on living people, instead buying their blood illicitly from hospitals and middlemen, like any other illegal drug. Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive a seven year trek says Jim Jarmusch 2013-05-25T18:16:07Z As a TV executive who selects much of the on-air music and writes the checks to use it, Mr. DeMarco is a rare kind of industry middleman. Adult Swim Tries a New Channel: A Weekend Festival 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He says some money paid to investors was kept by "middlemen." Winans scion fails to get fraud sentence delayed 2013-05-02T22:15:15Z But it kind of puts Expedia in an awkward position as the middleman. Travel Troubleshooter | Waiting for refund from Alitalia is testing his patience 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The middlemen picked it up and then it was shipped off to countries far away.” T Magazine: Bali Wood 2011-11-15T14:00:04Z It could spell the end for a whole tier of middlemen, not to mention that other notorious tool of movie-industry exploitation, the “casting couch”. Video killed the Hollywood star: will vloggers take over the film world? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Most gangster movies focus on the big bosses and godfathers; “Goodfellas” and its descendants are about the grinders, the middlemen, the working-class thugs. How ‘Goodfellas’ and the Gangster Class of 1990 Changed Hollywood 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z His agents captured slaves across the region and passed them to middlemen, who brought them to the ports of Bonny and Calabar and sold them to white merchants. My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Oh, we should free ourselves from the labels and the middleman and this will be better. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z If approved, a middleman tells him, the visa will be granted, and he and Narinder must spend a year together — or pretend to. Review: ‘The Year of the Runaways,’ About Fighting for Scraps in a New Country 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Commissions and finders’ fees were once fairly common business practices on Broadway, with some producers letting middlemen keep 5 percent or more of the investor cash they brought in. Commission Was Involved in $4.5 Million Financing for ‘Rebecca’ 2012-10-05T05:27:20Z Whatever the aesthetic shortcomings of 29Rooms, the middleman goes to the bank. 29Rooms: Bummed that the DTLA event is sold out? Don't be 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s not the kind of line we would expect from one of the crass, venal middlemen Hollywood tends to enjoy portraying. ‘Call My Agent!’ Puts a Human Spin on Show Business 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z All these are acts directed at the person by boycotting their production or their middleman sales. Charlie Rose, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey: Rebuked. Now What Do We Do With Their Work? 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z It’s adding a middleman to a process that should be about getting to know another person, or at least, getting to know how they feel about what’s about to take place. Say no to this YES to SEX app: Avoiding “awkward” consent conversations shouldn’t be a goal 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z A sinister middleman draws the money back up from the basement by the bucket-load, returning it by conveyor belt to the roof – where the cycle begins all over again. 55th Venice Biennale – review 2013-06-01T23:05:00Z Many of the middlemen are young people, including teenagers, who view short handles as status symbols. Instagram Bans Hundreds of Accounts With Stolen User Names 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z What if the players, paralyzed by the intransigence of their employers, could eliminate those middlemen and take control of the fruits of their own talents? ‘High Flying Bird’ Review: A Thrilling Dunk on Capitalism 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Whether cutting out the middleman is consumer-friendly is a matter of debate. The Getaway: 3 Myths About Booking Travel From the Source 2012-09-26T16:02:02Z I said, "I'm nothing. I'm just a middleman. God has already made the pair. God has just sent me as a middleman." "All is destiny": "Indian Matchmaking" star on her oldest match and how Indian clients are different 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Her father hid the painting in a French bank that was looted in 1941 by the Nazis, and the work vanished in the murky universe of art market collaborators and middlemen. Will a Looted Pissarro End Up in Oklahoma, or France? 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z At Epic he supported the use of independent promoters, a system of middlemen between labels and radio stations that was investigated by the federal authorities in the 1980s for payola and links to organized crime. Frank Dileo, Michael Jackson?s Manager, Dies at 63 2011-08-24T23:01:45Z Here, the members of the Lynx, its golf-shirted middlemen and good-natured middle managers, are instead victims of the twenty-first-century global economy, which often resembles an elaborate plan to punk them. “Lodge 49,” Reviewed: Channelling Pynchon to Capture California’s High Hopes and Deep Loss 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “I started work when I was 7, and I learned the value of being an honest middleman in buying and selling property in Bangkok.” The Asia Issue: Cultured Traveler: In Thailand, One Man?s Dream Becomes a Bangkok Sanctuary 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z Given this experience, it may seem odd that Ms. Rosales would have bothered with middlemen like Knoedler, whose commissions sliced into her own. Arts & Leisure: Authenticity of Trove of Pollocks and Rothkos Goes to Court 2012-02-22T13:00:00Z Cut the scheduling middleman with the 17th season, which is now streaming. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Law & Order’ and James Bond 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Near the end, a character decries being the middleman in this “moralizing transfiguring partially visible comic book freak-show nonsense.” Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It was the triumph of live video — and the elimination of the middleman. What was truly historic about the congressional sit-in? The way we watched it. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Here's a rundown of the allegations made against Jeffries, his middleman and Smith: Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO accused of exploiting young men for sex. Here’s what we know 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z At the end of the day, journalists want access to the designer, and you have these middlemen you have to win over. Pierre Rougier, the Man With the Power to Say No 2012-02-08T17:31:42Z Instead, Glacce depended on Chinese middlemen to select crystals, including those from Madagascar. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Many travelers fail to realize these are mammoth middlemen who often have only superficial knowledge of the services they’re selling and inadequate systems to intervene if something goes wrong. Help! The Hotel I Booked Online Became a Homeless Shelter and No One Told Me. 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The idea of a secret middleman — someone who sets up meetings and trades favors — is especially timely. ‘Norman’ director Joseph Cedar on his ‘fairy tale’ version of the New York fixer 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Homeowners intent on selling a house without cutting in middlemen for a 6% commission were relegated to a fringe market. Advantage Little Guy 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z Did the impresario ever consider cutting out the middleman and turning himself into a superstar? Empire’s Lee Daniels: ‘I always see myself as one step away from a flop’ 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Adoption agencies became the middleman to meet both needs. Adoption Used to Be Hush-Hush. This Book Amplifies the Human Toll. 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z However, from everything I saw, it seems like my boyfriend was not the middleman, but the primary person. Perspective | Ask Amy: Boyfriend has elaborate explanation for suspected cheating 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z “I thought it would be better to cut out the middleman and just tell the Russians myself,” he said in that interview. Stephen Colbert Is Not Asking the Russians to Help Him Become President 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z “I don’t know why the White House tries to be an editor or middleman,” she said. Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports But now they are starting to sidestep the middleman. Watching the Catwalk, and Clicking ?Add to Cart? 2010-09-13T23:42:00Z “Birds of Passage” provides a fascinating look at a culture that employs “word messengers” as middlemen to broker peace and respect traditions that eventually become desecrated. Six new films that could be Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said the looters turned the statue over to a Thai middleman, and it ended up in the hands of a “collector,” but the papers do not name him. Sotheby’s Accused of Deceit in Sale of Khmer Statue 2012-11-14T00:42:13Z Sometimes, food products are processed several times—cleaned, chopped, packaged, cooked, or combined into sauces—and all in different locations and by different middlemen. Super Storm Sandy wiped out some restaurants for months but one midtown pizzeria served days later 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z “Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen and contented movie stars,” Welles said in 1947. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z His company, which is based in London, acts as a marketplace and middleman between brands, independent stores and consumers. Condé Nast Closes Its Fashion Retail Site Months After Its Debut 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z On-premises sales cut out the middleman distributors and increase profits, letting a beer maker control its path in a crowded field. 11-Hour Lines for a New Ale? Fans Wait, Breweries Worry 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “Other than the music, there is another side to Prince, which was his fierce independence and wanting to connect directly with his audience without any middlemen.” Prince Websites Compiled in Online Museum 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z This mundane department store position created a connection — with Munir as the unwitting middleman — that would lead to his brother acquiring a gun. What is it like to be the brother of Robert Kennedy’s assassin? The life of the other Sirhan. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner were expected to be the middlemen in this deal, bringing together her bombastic father and the city's social elite in a gesture of civility. Washington’s establishment hopes a Biden presidency will make schmoozing great again 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Last year, Congress passed a law that lowered the repayment cap and moved all student loans to direct lending by eliminating banks as the middlemen. Obama aims to ease student loan pain 2011-10-26T11:06:00Z If you booked a home rental and made a deposit through a site like Homeaway.com or VRBO.com, they “act as the middleman” and “set up lines to help you get through to the individual owners,” Frommer said. What to do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z I realized that middlemen prevented patients from receiving optimal care, and physicians from providing optimal care. Diary Of A Health Technology Entrepreneur Part II 2012-07-10T12:31:25Z But Valdez set up a new Venmo account where he is no longer the middleman and donations will go directly to Newey, he said. A family raised $20,000 in tips for their 89-year-old pizza deliveryman 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Industry experts say it is an opportunity for dealers to limit incentives for their artists to cut them out as the middlemen and independently sell their work. After Pak and Beeple, What’s Next for NFT Collectors? Art Made With a Paintbrush 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z It remains unknown how many of those tickets were snapped up by middlemen and resold for a profit. ArtsBeat: Bill Introduced to Make Resale of Tickets for Charitable Events Illegal 2012-12-12T19:35:18Z “He could be the middleman, the one to take the fall. But 16-to-1’s actually pretty good odds on him for that reason.” Irish bookie puts odds on Trump’s administration, inauguration and impeachment 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z With these, Edu simply arranges the tour and acts as a middleman. On the Costa Rican Coast, Finding Pura Vida on a Budget 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes, given the economy and the shortage of middlemen, you have to find out about musicians from the musicians themselves, which makes jazz feel kind of 17th century, pre-movable type. 2010-01-11T08:05:00Z I got hired as a middleman for airlines that were selling planes. Owning The Sky: Steven Udvar-Házy's $45 Billion Epiphany 2012-10-19T14:00:24Z Eight men who attended the events said they were recruited by a middleman, who was described as having a missing nose covered with a snakeskin patch. Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO accused of exploiting young men for sex. Here’s what we know 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z After one vacation of gorging on cheap, delicious lobster in Maine, he came up with the idea of hauling the live creatures on ice back to Brooklyn in his pickup, cutting out the middlemen. Mom and Pop Stores, the Brooklyn Generation 2012-09-26T22:48:37Z A middleman who was showing the work to a prospective buyer claimed he got drunk and lost ''Portrait of a Girl'' on July 28. Art in Federal Probe Turns Up at NY Police Station 2010-09-16T16:57:00Z StockX is a middleman website for sneaker resale that provides verification: The seller ships to StockX, the company verifies the shoes’ authenticity, then sends them to the buyer. My 8-Month Search for $900 Sneakers 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z They can also sell their wares directly, unimpeded by physical location, middlemen or prejudicial practices. Made by Hand in America: A New Book Tells the Story of Unsung Artisans 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z My father expects me to say something to my brother about paying him back, but I don't want to be the middleman. Perspective | Ask Amy: Grandparents treated like toddlers, act like teens 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z But in the District, the handful of existing markets served as middlemen between growers and customers, or featured a mix of the two models. FreshFarm Markets founders to retire this year 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z That the Lehmans arrived in the 1840s as observant Jews seems a counterpoint morally to some of the businesses in which they served as brokers and middlemen. Review | With the opening of ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ Broadway just got smarter — and more exciting 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z They perfect, if not invent, the all-American idea of the middleman. The Story of the Lehman Brothers, from Bavaria to Alabama, and From the Heights to the Crash 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Cutting out the middleman, as Lifetime has done, would seem more efficient — Sparks is the executive producer of “Deliverance Creek,” but it’s not based on any existing material. Nicholas Sparks makes his first foray into television 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Owens is a middleman, just like Evil Colin from the Overflow Camp. Torchwood: Miracle Day ? episode six 2011-08-13T05:00:00Z A Public Health Issue In the black market fish world, the poachers usually sell their illegal harvest to a buyer, someone like Sammy, who acts as a middleman. Inside New York City's Fishy Black Market 2010-06-25T19:35:00Z Then there's the web, which many comics feel could make those obstructive middlemen redundant. Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z "We serve a middleman function, but we are bringing consumers to these fishermen that they definitely would not be able to access otherwise," Yi says. Community supported fisheries prove seafood can be local, too 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Internet middlemen help ordinary people share cars and apartments. Grass-Fed Beef, Sold One Cow at a Time 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z First it was a curious tale of a $1.3 million painting a middleman said he drunkenly lost while trying to help a friend sell it. Co-owner of painting missing in NY ID'd as a thief 2010-09-02T01:36:00Z Anu told me that she planned to create a surrogacy practice to serve Indian couples, where she would teach surrogates financial planning and cut out the middlemen. Paying for baby: the trouble with renting a womb | Abby Rabinowitz 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Many exhibitors were Internet middlemen, promising evaluation, exposure and marketing — for a percentage of course. Critic?s Notebook: Bands Dream Globally, Play Locally 2010-10-24T23:00:00Z Which brings us back to a constant theme in this column: the nettlesome issue of middlemen. Help! A British Travel Agency Has Our $3,891 and We Want It Back. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z “This is cutting out the middleman — I’m selling you soap. It’s unlike what I usually do, which is sell soap by acting like I’m the attorney general of the United States.” First, a Word From Our Celebrity 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Wells is remembered as the peacemaker in the Eisner-Katzenberg battles; after he died, there was no middleman. Movie Review | 'Waking Sleeping Beauty': Meeting Animators Behind a Decade of Disney Hits 2010-03-26T00:25:00Z There's a scene where an artist is signed up by a gallery, and is told they won't work through any middlemen. Gallerist Sam Chatterton Dickson on Boogie Woogie 2010-05-02T21:30:00Z And the elimination of middlemen encourages artists to elevate one another rather than schmooze insiders at cocktail parties. Crypto artists have been building a rebellious, underground community of outsiders for years. Now they’re making a living selling NFTs. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Instead, the money tends to be swallowed up by health insurers and middlemen like pharmacy benefit managers. Drug rebates reward industry players — and often hurt patients 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z In a dramatic shift in the way cultural institutions communicate with their audiences, arts groups across the country are increasingly cutting out the middleman and publishing news stories written by in-house journalists. Arts organizations are hiring pros to tell their stories The short version: It was the handiwork of a bumbling confederation of Boston gangsters and out-of-state Mafia middlemen, many now long dead. Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z These middlemen tribes ferried everything from buffalo robes to slaves, to be traded in exchange for muskets and flintlocks. When Native Americans were arms dealers: A history revealed in 'Thundersticks' 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Brands usually have little recourse on which of these middlemen to sell into if they want to be sold by a given retailer. Grocery supply chains: Understanding why eggs cost what they cost 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Even now, government officials tasked with implementing it worry whether the new smart card system is air-tight enough to squeeze out middlemen working the black market. Egypt's Sisi scores early success with smart cards for bread subsidies 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Couldn’t an argument be made that judging the merits of a play is more accurate, not less, when the middlemen and -women are cut out? ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Good Play Can Be Read as Well as Seen 2012-04-18T20:18:41Z Cut out the middleman and get rid of the pan, but keep the stovetop. How to warm up corn tortillas, once and for all 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z He was the perennial consensus choice as moderator, the default middleman between Democrats and Republicans. Perspective | Always low-key, Jim Lehrer anchored TV news for grown-ups 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z These are the natural result of the growth of a market economy that inserted middlemen between producers and consumers of food. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z "I think this is a very good reminder to Chinese companies seeking international cooperation not to be cheated by the middleman," Lu said. Paramount rushes to end 'Transformers' dispute in China 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Travelzoo is a middleman, vetting travel deals and then posting them on its website as well as sending them to their members in promotional emails. Help! A British Travel Agency Has Our $3,891 and We Want It Back. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes, however, he acted as an agent or middleman, as he did when he negotiated New York City Ballet’s tour, underwritten by the State Department, to Asia and Australia in 1958. Paul Szilard, Dance Impresario, Dies at 100 2013-08-05T02:25:52Z Bajoras visited Madagascar often, but rarely made it out to the mines, opting instead to deal with middlemen in the cities. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Effectively, you were cornered between a restrictive travel insurance policy and a tour operator that only viewed itself as a middleman. My things were stolen — why won’t Road Scholar reimburse me? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The newer problem is unregulated local middlemen who, he argues, “want to accelerate the growing process.” The Lure of Baseball in the Dominican Republic 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z You're cutting the middleman out, and everybody comes straight to you. "Comics are not covered like other artists": How Ali Siddiq changed the system to own his jokes 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z But Theo — a milquetoast, middle-class middleman — isn’t entirely what he seems: His name and history are a lie. Heart-Hammering Science Fiction and Fantasy Thrillers 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z That price appeals to caviar distributors, the middlemen who in turn sell to restaurants. How to make caviar sustainable 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “This album at its inception was a kind of protest against rent-seeking middlemen, people who are taking a cut away from the artist,” Mr. Johnson said in a video interview from his apartment in Brooklyn. Meet the New Owners of the Wu-Tang Clan’s One-of-a-Kind Album 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z "I'm nothing. I'm just a middleman. God has already made the pair. ... That's the beauty of matchmaking." "All is destiny": "Indian Matchmaking" star on her oldest match and how Indian clients are different 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z A November opening was finally scratched after the producers learned that four investors, who were supposed to put up $4.5 million, were phantoms invented by a middleman. For Some Shows, Path to Broadway Is Pockmarked 2013-01-06T22:52:47Z According to proper momo etiquette, you must remove the middleman and dig right in with your hands. In Kathmandu, dumplings are everywhere — and now I know how to make my own 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Pharmacy benefit managers act as middlemen and negotiate rebates and fees with drug manufacturers, create lists of medications that are covered by insurance and reimburse pharmacies for patients' prescriptions. UnitedHealth's unit to add eight insulin products to its reimbursement list 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The scheme relied on middlemen, including Costanzo’s father, himself a retired and decorated DEA agent who prosecutors said lied to the FBI. ‘Greed and corruption’: Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Gibbs, the University of Wisconsin professor, said that because PMI and other middlemen have such strong purchasing power, they “need to come to the table” to help stop deforestation. How an American meat broker is fueling Amazon deforestation 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z PMI’s role as middleman shipping meat across borders shows how the growing international trade in beef can drive deforestation. Takeaways from AP’s reporting on an American beef trader’s links to Amazon deforestation 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z An indictment filed earlier this year alleges that a Chinese middleman helped launder cryptocurrency stolen by the regime’s top hackers into U.S. dollars. China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z They often arrived deep in debt to unscrupulous middlemen who had recruited them. Facing a labor crisis, South Korea turns to migrants. Why are they more likely to die on the job? 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, the BBC published the findings of an investigation into a highly organised network that used a middleman to recruit young adult men for events with Mr Jeffries and Mr Smith. Lawsuit accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of funding sex-trafficking operation 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z As a middleman that has been one of the leading importers of Brazilian beef to China, PMI provides a window into how that growing international trade is driving deforestation. How an American meat broker is fueling Amazon deforestation 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z As a middleman rather than a company that raises animals or processes meat, PMI’s role in deforestation has been little examined. Takeaways from AP’s reporting on an American beef trader’s links to Amazon deforestation 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The hope among many diplomats was that Qatar could play the middleman. How Two American Hostages Were Set Free From Gaza 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Cutting out the middlemen, the government directly recruited workers through formal agreements with 16 developing Asian countries, assigning them to jobs under one-year contracts after a basic Korean language test and medical checkup. Facing a labor crisis, South Korea turns to migrants. Why are they more likely to die on the job? 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z He became a middleman for prisoners, passing notes while sweeping the floors, delivering food or hot water for tea, working somewhat as a prison porter. Imprisoned as teens, they lost hope after 17 years. Then an unlikely duo took up their case 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z These clothes have been discarded by Europeans and Americans, then shipped to African countries by middlemen. Used clothing from the West is a big seller in East Africa. Uganda’s leader wants a ban 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z A BBC investigation found an organised network used a middleman to recruit young adult men for the events with Mr Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith, with some alleging they were abused. Abercrombie & Fitch launches investigation into ex-CEO sexual misconduct claims 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The punishment for those caught includes a decade-long jail term and huge fines in the hope that this will stop sales to overseas clients by exploitative doctors, middlemen, recipients and donors. Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from hundreds 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z A BBC investigation found a highly organised network used a middleman to find young men for the events with Mike Jeffries and Matthew Smith. Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Seven of them, including five soldiers, are thought to have been involved in the sale of the drugs, 12 were users and three acted as middlemen, the New York Times reported. South Korea raids US military bases in drugs probe 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Their families are left in a desperate situation, forced to pay out large sums of money to middlemen, government and security officials for any information about their loved ones - often with no result. Families of Syria's disappeared duped by fraudsters 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z China reported no direct crude imports from Venezuela in official customs data last year or thus far this year, but Venezuelan officials have said they want to cut middlemen to China. Venezuela's Maduro seeks to renew Beijing ties amid China-West tensions 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z "The process here was much more difficult because I suppose they've taken out the middleman of this travel agent and we're going and booking directly with Saudi Arabia." Pilgrims should be compensated after problems at Hajj, says MP 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But the couple's middleman denied any wrongdoing and said men went into these events "with their eyes wide open". Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Reuters calculated that at least 40 middlemen, including companies with no prior record of involvement in the business, handled at least half of Russia's overall crude and refined products exports between March and June. G7 shelves regular Russian oil cap reviews as prices soar - sources 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z In most cases these payments were made to middlemen either working for, or with connection to, members of the Syrian authorities. Families of Syria's disappeared duped by fraudsters 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges that pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs — which act as the middleman between drug manufacturers and insurance companies — bear some of the blame for this rise in addiction. L.A. County sues pharmacy benefit firms, alleging they helped fuel opioid crisis 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z The findings suggest it could act as one of several “middlemen” between whatever sparks the illness and symptoms such as fatigue, she says. A protein that disrupts cells’ energy centers may be a culprit in chronic fatigue syndrome 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z The eight men who attended the events said they were recruited by a middleman, who they described as having a missing nose covered with a snakeskin patch. Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Eventually, he decided to follow them, arranging flights to Egypt and then Libya, and the risky voyage across the Mediterranean, using a network of smugglers and middlemen. With hundreds lost in the migrant shipwreck near Greece, identifying the dead is painfully slow 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z At every meeting, he asked for some money to pay off middlemen or prison officers. Families of Syria's disappeared duped by fraudsters 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Employers and unions that offer health benefits face rising pressure to ensure that they’re not wasting workers’ money on unreasonable fees to middlemen or by overpaying for care. Health insurers don’t want you to know where your money is going 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Instead, a middleman phoned Alim and his mother from two separate mobiles. China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Several told the BBC the middleman or other recruiters raised the possibility of modelling opportunities with A&F. All except one said they felt harmed by the experience. Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The drug companies say that by taking a middleman’s cut, the pharmacy benefit managers are contributing to the high cost of prescription medicines. Drugmakers Are ‘Throwing the Kitchen Sink’ to Halt Medicare Price Negotiations 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Through different middlemen, he reached a family connected to President Assad and a deal was made. Families of Syria's disappeared duped by fraudsters 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Ad networks like AdStyle act as a middleman by connecting advertisers with publishers. Trump lawyer linked to scam websites 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z “A local government like the city of L.A. can then borrow directly from a public bank without the need for expensive, private Wall Street middlemen,” Tran said. After years of ups and downs, Los Angeles moves forward on creation of a public bank 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z That is supported by some survivors who said their fees were held by middlemen, to be paid once they had arrived safely in Italy. Everyone Knew the Migrant Ship Was Doomed. No One Helped. 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z In a functioning market, no one would expect the middleman to make more than the content creator. Gannett CEO: Why we are suing Google | Opinion 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Riyad says that most of the middlemen offering help are working for the security and intelligence services or alongside them. Families of Syria's disappeared duped by fraudsters 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Everyone wants to pay less, and the middlemen who procure and distribute generics keep driving down wholesale prices. Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Trinity Tran, the co-founder of Public Bank LA, a volunteer initiative that advocates for creating a public bank, notes that Los Angeles spends enormous sums of money on debt and middlemen to corporate banks. After years of ups and downs, Los Angeles moves forward on creation of a public bank 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Garcia said that the new approach gives the state more control over gas station cleanups by taking out "the insurance middleman." The hidden cost of gasoline 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z On Thursday, in response to reports, Spotify clarified the song had been removed by the distributor - the middleman company which handled the song's licensing to music platforms. Glory to Hong Kong: Protest anthem removed from iTunes, Spotify 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Corcoran reportedly played the middleman in that false certification, and he is expected to testify that Trump was behind it. Trump's "peril is extreme": Former federal prosecutor on the historic Mar-a-Lago indictment 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Sellers with a lot of equity can cut out the middleman and finance the buyer’s purchase below prevailing rates by acting as a lender — seller financing, it’s called. The Hottest Thing in Real Estate Is a Loan From Two Years Ago 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Using the controller’s 2022 report, Public Bank LA estimated that Los Angeles pays $621 million in debt services and middleman fees. After years of ups and downs, Los Angeles moves forward on creation of a public bank 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “There is a reason why I left Asylum, and that is one of the reasons. That is, I don’t want to work as a middleman for drug cartels and sex traffickers,” the employee said. GOP probes use of air marshals, secret service at the border 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z A key middleman in the supply chain of those medicines is still unknown, Reuters found. Exclusive: Gambia hires US law firm to consider action on toxic Indian cough syrup, minister says 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Two other men were linked to the purchase: an obscure middleman in Shanghai who paid Sotheby’s bill through a Caribbean shell company, and the person he answered to — a reclusive billionaire in Hong Kong. The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z It also said that Rolls-Royce India and its officials entered into a criminal conspiracy with unknown officials of India’s defence ministry and two middlemen between 2003 and 2012 for contracts linked to the trainer jets. India files graft case against BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z One reason is the endless, costly dickering among middlemen like Envision and UnitedHealth to make sure they get their share of the bucks sloshing around in the system. Column: This company made billions by surprise-billing helpless ER patients. Then justice arrived 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z This month, he signed a bill that he says will bring down costs by regulating drug industry middlemen. How DeSantis Is Trying to Lure Older Voters Away From Trump 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Likewise, Europeans had long traded with Muslim merchants in North Africa for gold, ivory, and spices, and they longed to cut out the middlemen and get to the sources farther south. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z PBMs act as middlemen and negotiate rebates and fees with drug manufacturers, create lists of medications that are covered by insurance, and reimburse pharmacies for patients' prescriptions. U.S. FTC expands probe into pharmacy benefit managers 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z As middlemen, health insurance companies effectively control the flow of health care services to patients via prior authorizations. U.S. health care benefits insurance industry, not patients or doctors | Op-Ed 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The effort seeks to crack down on the global networks that are channeling goods and technology through opaque jurisdictions and middlemen to try to circumvent sanctions and technology restrictions imposed by the United States. U.S. Tech Espionage Team Unveils First Cases Involving China and Russia 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Under Florida’s new law, a state advocate will field consumer and pharmacy complaints against the drug middlemen. How DeSantis Is Trying to Lure Older Voters Away From Trump 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z They served both as the middlemen in European commerce, shipping and selling things like timber from Russia, textiles from England, and wine from Germany, and they also increasingly served as Europe’s bankers. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The F.T.C. said that the merger would enable Amgen to pressure insurers and the industry middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers to pay for two drugs where Horizon has a monopoly. U.S. Sues to Block Amgen’s $27.8 Billion Takeover of Horizon Therapeutics 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Russia is still importing coveted Western goods, enabled by a global network of middlemen. Luxury Imports to Russia Take a Detour Around Sanctions — Through Dubai 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The defence ministry in Kyiv did not respond to a request for comment on RVC salaries, the middleman or the document. How Russians end up in a far-right militia fighting in Ukraine 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and their "middleman" have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos. Ike Ekweremadu: Organ-trafficking plot politician and wife jailed 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Still, that has largely failed to allay investor concerns around 2024, when regulatory pressure on insurers and drug middlemen is seen ramping up in light of the U.S. elections. Cigna lifts profit view after lower medical costs drive Q1 beat 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “There is a reason why I left Asylum, and that is one of the reasons. That is, I don’t want to work as a middleman for drug cartels and sex traffickers.” DHS will slow legal immigration work to handle border surge 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The large Chinese chemical companies manufacturing fentanyl precursors avoid scrutiny by selling to middlemen inside China, according to the indictment. Sweeping indictment shows role of China’s chemical firms in fentanyl crisis 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z They suggested that he open a retail store and, without a middleman, continue to sell his dairy products at the same low prices. Stew Leonard Sr. Dies at 93; Founded ‘Disneyland of Dairy Stores’ 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “This legislation is essential to rein in the abuses of data brokers and give every American the ability to easily delete all of their data collected by these shady middlemen.” Lawmakers eye response to brokers collecting, selling personal data 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr Ngwenya describes himself as an agent for middlemen who have contacts in the US, South Africa or local banks, where they exchange the torn or soiled cash for good notes. Buying banknotes to survive Zimbabwe's sky-high inflation 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Chinese-made trucks loaded with sand lumber up and down hills and dump the sand at designated areas along the highway, which middlemen then distribute to building sites. As sand miners prosper in Uganda, a vital lake basin suffers 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Community has gained its latest funding as questions have increasingly arisen about social media’s reach and how companies can own the digital relationship with their customers without a middleman like Facebook or Twitter. Are Text Messages the New Social Media? One Start-Up Thinks So. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The receivables were tied to dozens of little known middlemen companies that replaced big-name firms barred by U.S. sanctions. Venezuela corruption probe snares another former top PDVSA executive 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Some ambulatory surgery centers, for instance, serve only cash-paying patients, and many physicians offer direct primary care, bypassing health insurance middlemen altogether. Opinion | Health insurance makes many kinds of hospital care more expensive 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Coffee traders, middlemen connecting farms to retailers, are under immense pressure to meet rising demand. The bean that could change the taste of coffee 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Proponents said that cutting out middlemen would free people from financial institutions, government oversight and fees. The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z It requires a middleman who can help to navigate the hurdles, and money to bribe anyone who gets in the way. The daughter who fled North Korea to find her mother 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Last month, Milan prosecutors announced the arrest of 22 people and the seizure of 292 million euros following a probe into tax evasion that allegedly involved some Chinese middlemen in Italy. Italian drugs cartels conceal payments via Chinese shadow banks 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Remove the middlemen for routine services, and prices will fall. Opinion | Health insurance makes many kinds of hospital care more expensive 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Banks act as middlemen in the economy by taking deposits and making loans. U.S. banks are dangling promotions to lock in customer deposits, analysts say 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z So, to keep using the facility, the agency employed a middleman to get around Biden’s prohibition, according to the Justice Department’s internal watchdog. Perspective | Marshals Service uses go-between to dodge Biden’s private prison order 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z They are among the dozens of obscure middlemen and go-betweens at the center of a new crackdown in Venezuela on corruption in the state-run oil industry that has government insiders scurrying for cover. Shadowy brokers walk off with billions in Venezuelan oil 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z To try to lift wages in the sector she is disrupting the traditional trading model for Indian spice, by buying directly from farms instead of going via middlemen. Spice sales boom as home cooks get more adventurous 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z A sprawling network of lawyers, fixers and middlemen has sprung up to provide documents and counsel to migrants who can afford to speed up the system. Deadly fire highlights immigration pressures on Mexico 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Her dad, Ike Ekweremadu, paid fixers and middlemen thousands of pounds to arrange a donor. Nigerian street trader trafficked to UK in kidney donor plot 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical "middleman" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, involving bringing a 21-year-old man to the UK. Organ trafficking plot Nigerian politician and wife guilty 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z While Moscow has had some success in mobilizing an international army of sanctions-dodging middlemen, that effort has come with considerable costs. Opinion | How to make the sanctions on Russia really hurt 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The shipments, a mix of products from DJI, the world’s best-known drone maker, and an array of smaller companies, often came through small-time middlemen and exporters. As War in Ukraine Grinds on, China Helps Refill Russian Drone Supplies 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr Navale says that only middlemen and traders benefit from the supply glut. Maharashtra: The Indian onion crisis making farmers cry 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z He then acted as a middleman between the agents and Mr. Saleh, whom authorities fingered as the weapons supplier. Uzis, illegal immigrants and fentanyl: Feds charge men with selling guns to cartel 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Parents, close relatives, youth coaches or middlemen, like Dawkins, exerted the real influence in the daily lives of many top-level players. How an FBI agent’s wild Vegas weekend stained a probe into NCAA basketball corruption 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Simultaneously, however, there are mounting signs that sanction-busting traders and other middlemen are devising schemes to get around the price cap and other Western restrictions on Russian energy exports. Opinion | How to make the sanctions on Russia really hurt 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Firms that act as middlemen "are the ones who have been writing the rules for many years, and so they want to change that," he said. Main Street investors pressure SEC, confront Wall Street on stock plan 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z For acting as a middleman in the deal, Columbus received goalie Michael Hutchinson and a seventh-round draft pick from Vegas. Former Kings goalie Jonathan Quick traded to rival Golden Knights 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z De Roller spends his days lazily investigating these affairs while overseeing Tahiti’s cultural and economic interests, positioning himself as a proud Frenchman, an adopted Tahitian or a hapless middleman as the occasion demands. Review: The gorgeous new movie 'Pacifiction' will hypnotize you. You should let it 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Design-build companies cut out the middleman and focus on the details that make a living space work for you, functionally and stylistically. The benefits of hiring a design-build contractor for your home remodel 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Schmick, the ranking minority member of the House Health Care and Wellness Committee, co-sponsored a bill that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers, middlemen who negotiate drug prices between insurance companies and pharmacies. Rural WA grapples with Kaiser policy requiring mail-in prescription refills 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z In addition, the scheme reinforces the possibility of bypassing the formal IPO process through a so-called self-placement, which sees a company sell shares directly, saving the money required to line up underwriters as middlemen. Italy working on measures to boost Milan bourse's allure 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The second thing is problems with middlemen, as in, middle companies. Solving Your Travel Nightmare Is His Mission 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z For those without connections, payments to middlemen, known as "yellow cows", can help. In COVID China, a hospital bed can hinge on who you know, red packets 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z All of the defendants, who include Vatican employees and Italian middlemen who the prosecution says extorted the Vatican, have denied wrongdoing. In surprise, Pope Francis receives cardinal on trial for corruption 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z There are typically networks of middlemen, she said, so it’s unclear how many pharmacists even know they are selling laced pills. Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Even then, patient groups, pharmacists, doctors and academics said they will be obscured by the U.S. private insurance system of middlemen negotiation and after-market discounts called rebates. AbbVie's Humira gets a U.S. rival, but costs could stay high 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Such companies essentially act as middlemen for drug companies and major academic medical institutions. Start-Up Raises $200 Million to Speed Up Drug Trials 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Supply chain middlemen such as ADM tend to thrive when crises such as droughts or war trigger shortages in parts of the world. Grain trader ADM hikes dividend as quarterly profit tops estimate 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z A growing body of research also indicates that the pharmaceutical middlemen are a prime driver of high patient drug costs. California attorney general sues drugmakers over inflated insulin prices 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z To find out, you have to understand the differences between a direct and an online agency booking, and how travel companies will try to entice you to skip the middleman. Advice | The great booking debate: Is direct better than a third-party site? “If we’re now in a situation where the experts are not able to determine what’s true or not, we lose the middleman that we desperately need to guide us through complicated topics,” she adds. Research Summaries Written by AI Fool Scientists 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z But at the beginning of 2022, he added a new specialty when his business partnered with a company called QMerit, a middleman between electric vehicle dealerships and electricians. To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Since banks serve as economic middlemen, their profits decline when activity slows. Analysis: With banks' results on tap, options traders prepare for volatility 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z "But over time a larger share of the money is going to the middlemen rather than the manufacturers." California attorney general sues drugmakers over inflated insulin prices 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Rising prices and higher borrowing costs have prompted consumers and businesses to curb their spending, and since banks serve as economic middlemen, their profits decline when activity slows. U.S. banks get ready for shrinking profits and recession 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z There have been scandals involving ruthless middlemen and greedy foreign companies. The Somali gold rush endangering frankincense and myrrh 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Khoury wasn’t accused of working with Singer, but authorities alleged he used a middleman he was friends with in college at Brown University to bribe Ernst. Convictions, prison time: A look at college admissions scam 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z While funeral homes warn against trusting brokerage services, some middlemen are using creative ways to reach anguished families. Bodies pile up in China as COVID surge overwhelms crematoriums 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Many Americans express outrage at drug costs while manufacturers blame pharmacy middlemen and health insurers. California attorney general sues drugmakers over inflated insulin prices 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Ganswein's role as a middleman between Benedict and the cardinal was unclear, with many believing he had misled Benedict, the cardinal, or both. Former Pope Benedict was first pontiff to resign in 600 years 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z His distributors — the legally mandatory middlemen between farmers and retailers — took 17%. California taxes, regulations are killing small legal weed farms the state vowed to help 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z With soaring numbers of people entering Mexico, a sprawling network of lawyers, fixers and middlemen has exploded in the country. Thriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z In the world of credit card processing, Gravity is a middleman, acting as a sales and customer service apparatus in a complicated web of transactions, according to four former employees. Seattle celebrity CEO Dan Price’s rise and fall at Gravity Payments 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z The latest indictment outlines how prosecutors say that over several years Gumrucku and Davis, working through a middleman, were trying to arrange an oil trading deal that began in 2015. 2 suspects in murder for hire case charged with wire fraud 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z There, the migrants typically stay in crowded apartments in Beirut for about a week while awaiting expedited passports from the Syrian Embassy by way of a smuggler’s middleman. Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z For the first time, Byrne and Hobson had unassailable proof that the cartels were making their own fentanyl and cutting out the middlemen. Cause of death: Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America The lawyer said additional costs are added for middlemen — those who set up the accounts where migrants’ family or friends send payments for documents, for example. Thriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The government’s first witness is the man prosecutors say initially served as the middleman of the bribery scheme: Alexandre Ryjik, who founded of the Virginia Academy of Fencing. Ex-Harvard coach, dad face jurors in admissions bribery case 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Bereaved families find themselves at the mercy of middlemen, government clerks and even a harsh mountainous terrain. An Agonizing Wait for a Migrant Worker’s Final Journey Home 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The situation is exacerbated by a fragmented supply chain, where small farmers sell to middlemen who purchase for large wholesale markets in cities. Chinese farmers let cabbages rot as COVID curbs disrupt sales 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The initial agreement followed a four-year probe which originated in Britain and later expanded to France and the United States, shedding light on a network of middlemen and disguised payments. Airbus says reached settlement with French prosecutor on Libya, Kazakhstan bribery probe 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z The Daily Beast, according to Pagliery, "exclusively obtained a confession letter Greenberg wrote explaining how Gaetz used him as a middleman to pay for sex with young women and at least one underage girl." "Cold feet": Court filing slams DOJ for sitting on “a mountain of evidence” in Gaetz sex crime probe 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Or the buyer may have flipped my cat up the chain to a middleman, known variously as a “core buyer” or a “consolidator,” who coordinates purchases and shipping. Dude, where’s my catalytic converter? Probably back in the supply chain 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z These companies, which arrange all kinds of deals with sponsors, act as middlemen. How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z They loved the promise of cutting out the cable middleman and delivering entertainment directly to people’s TVs, laptops and phones. Was This $100 Billion Deal the Worst Merger Ever? 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z The companies act as middlemen between natural gas producers and consumers, who have longstanding contracts for set prices. German Government Nationalizes Gas Unit Seized From Gazprom 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Under the law, cats and dogs can only be sold by their original breeders, not by pet stores and middlemen. Pet stores and breeders still fighting Maryland ‘puppy mill’ ban 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The man trafficked 722 eastern box turtles - the North Carolina state reptile - as well as 122 spotted turtles and three wood turtles through a middleman for markets in Asia. Turtles in demand as pets, leading to a spike in poaching 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The man trafficked 722 eastern box turtles — the North Carolina state reptile — as well as 122 spotted turtles and three wood turtles through a middleman for markets in Asia. Turtles in demand as pets, leading to a spike in poaching 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Kyaw Min Oo has close ties to the Myanmar military and has acted as the middleman to arrange visits to Myanmar by high-ranking foreign military officers, the Treasury statement said. U.S. slaps sanctions on Burmese arms dealer, company 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z He added: “That the middlemen of the student loan system cannot operate effectively goes to show how administratively chaotic a commodified higher education system is.” It may take longer for some public servants to see student loan relief 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Senior police and immigration officials on both sides of the Channel are worried by the growing role of Albanian middlemen in facilitating crossings. Channel crossings: Albanian migrants recruited to the UK by gangs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z All the production is bought by the Association of Rural Producers of Carauari, known as Asproc, the region´s umbrella organization, so the fishers are never at the mercy of middlemen. In the Amazon, a giant fish helps save the rainforest 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Sometimes, in idle moments, he wondered whether maybe all women should get to be comptrollers, just to eliminate the elected middleman. Opinion | Greg the local political leader makes a decision on abortion 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Before they expired, pandemic relief programs like the enhanced monthly Child Tax Credit put a huge dent in poverty by simply giving money directly to families — no paperwork, no middlemen. How ‘welfare reform’ steals from the poor 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z They are then transferred to middlemen and then flown across the globe, ending up in aquariums in homes, malls, restaurants and medical offices. Mysterious breeding habits of aquarium fish vex experts 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z These are some of the places Albanian middlemen wait for clients - acting as a critical link with the small boat crossings dominated by Iraqi-Kurdish networks. Channel crossings: Albanian migrants recruited to the UK by gangs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Rumor had it that first lady Mary Lincoln had passed it to a middleman, but the middleman refused to say. The presidents and ex-presidents subpoenaed before Trump 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In the camps in north-west Syria, the BBC found that the trend was being facilitated by so-called "TikTok middlemen", who provided families with the phones and equipment to go live. TikTok profits from livestreams of refugees begging 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z But the process of establishing middlemen, trade routes and agents with falsified documents could have a lasting impact. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The middleman exchanging messages between Moscow and Kyiv was Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is under sanctions by the European Union for his close ties to Putin. Putin overruled his top security service in prisoner swap with Ukraine 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Most arrive by bus or car, urged on by adverts on social media promising help from middlemen on the ground in Brussels, Paris, Calais or Dunkirk. Channel crossings: Albanian migrants recruited to the UK by gangs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z If your hearing aid doesn’t come with Bluetooth, the manufacturer may sell an adapter that acts like a middleman between your phone and hearing aid. Yes, AirPods can double as hearing aids. Here’s how. 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The middlemen said they worked with agencies affiliated to TikTok in China and the Middle East, who gave the families access to TikTok accounts. TikTok profits from livestreams of refugees begging 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Once the Ukrainian government deposited about $25 million in the company’s Bank of America account, BMI would pay a middleman for 2.2 million rounds of surplus U.S. military ammunition and fly it to Poland. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The money they have paid for the trip is held by middlemen and not released until the families can see they are safe. People smuggler: I get clients to sign a waiver 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He said most Albanian middlemen stayed away from the main migrant camp in Dunkirk, where Kurdish and other networks wield control. Channel crossings: Albanian migrants recruited to the UK by gangs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Others ask if the difference in the costs between the two state funerals is down to companies that act as a middleman when Japan hosts large events. Abe funeral: Japan asks why state event is costing more than the Queen's 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Since the TikTok algorithm suggests content based on the geographic origin of a user's phone number, the middlemen said they prefer to use British SIM cards. TikTok profits from livestreams of refugees begging 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Experts say these increases typically help pay the middlemen — at the expense of a nation in the middle of a war. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z With Feeding Our Future, prosecutors said, the organization served as a middleman. U.S. charges ‘brazen’ theft of $250 million from pandemic food program 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z For decades, Albanian middlemen in France and Belgium hid their compatriots inside lorries bound for the UK. Channel crossings: Albanian migrants recruited to the UK by gangs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Junkets are middlemen who help facilitate gambling for wealthy Chinese in Macau, extending them credit and collecting on their debt on behalf of casino operators. Macau gambling boss denies illegal gambling, criminal syndicate allegations 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Voters love guns so much that they cut out the middleman and chose gun dealer Andrew Clyde as one of north Georgia’s two very Trumpy members of Congress. Georgia’s shifting politics force GOP to look beyond Atlanta 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Rather than selling directly, they involve brokering arms sales from other countries, with numerous middlemen in between. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Visa acts as a middleman between merchants and banks, and it will be up to banks to decide whether they will allow sales at gun stores to happen on their issued cards. Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Junkets act as middlemen who help facilitate gambling for Chinese high-rollers in Macau, extending credit and also collecting on their debt on behalf of casino operators. Ex-Macau junket boss to appear in court on illegal gambling, crime syndicate charges 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z When someone sends money in a traditional transaction, a bank serves as the middleman, verifying that one person has sufficient funds to pay someone else. The Crypto World Can’t Wait for ‘the Merge’ 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z It is a company that essentially acts like a middleman. Direct sales: 'My dream job turned into a nightmare' 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Contract documents and other records obtained by The New York Times show that the deal relied on layers of middlemen and transit across seven countries. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Muslim middlemen collected taxes as the goods changed hands. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Markets for carbon offset markets are “opaque, rife with middlemen and, as a result, suffer from questionable quality and lack transparent price signals,” Toucan said in a post in October when it launched. Crypto can’t fix carbon offsets — but crypto fans are trying anyway 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z That’s because if something goes wrong with your flight or hotel room, a middleman is yet another party to deal with, which could lead to even more hours wasted on hold. Tech Hacks to Make Traveling Right Now Less of a Headache 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z And they shouldn’t have to enter contests, fill spreadsheets, dm strangers or deal w/ middlemen either! Advice | Teachers get a pitiful $50 tax deduction bump for supplies for 2022 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z First, it would allow users to directly access commodity trading venues rather than going through brokerage firms, cutting out a number of middlemen that some in the industry see as vital to its stability. A young crypto billionaire's political agenda goes well beyond pandemic preparedness 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Those who sold the enslaved could realize great profits, as could the slave brokers who served as middlemen between sellers and buyers. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Unlike other parents charged in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal who bribed coaches and others through a middleman — admissions consultant, Rick Singer — Repella arranged the deal directly with Ernst, prosecutors said. Dad gets home detention for bribing Georgetown coach 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Russia's invasion of major corn and wheat exporter Ukraine has driven up demand for crops that supply-chain middlemen like Cargill ship around the world. Cargill fiscal 2022 revenue jumps 23% to $165 billion 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z According to the complaint, the workers paid high recruitment fees to middlemen, worked long hours with few or no rest days, had their passports taken by the company. Ex-workers at Malaysia's Brightway sue Kimberly-Clark, Ansell over alleged labour abuse 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z For shows that aren’t instant sellouts, purchasing tickets at the venue’s box office can eliminate or reduce the middlemen’s cut. How to maximize your entertainment dollars in the Seattle area 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Brigands and greedy middlemen made the trip along this route expensive and dangerous. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Supply-chain middlemen like ADM have seen robust demand for crops they ship around the world since Russia's late February invasion of major corn and wheat exporter Ukraine, where ADM operates an export terminal. Grain merchant ADM expects strong profits as supplies stay tight 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The Dutch government has appointed a veteran political negotiator to act as a middleman, but the gesture was immediately rejected by activist farmers and the nation’s largest farming lobby group. Anger simmers for Dutch farmers who oppose pollution cuts 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z These multiple middlemen play important roles in the supply chain but in some cases can introduce inefficiencies that lead to higher prices for patients. Opinion | Medicare could have saved $3 billion buying drugs the Mark Cuban way 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z A correspondent bank acts as a middleman in the transfer of money from one bank to another. EXCLUSIVE How an Indian cement maker bought Russian coal using yuan 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The lure of profit pushed explorers to seek new trade routes to the Spice Islands and eliminate Muslim middlemen. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Cut out the middlemen, and book directly with the airlines and hotels. Post-Roe, Her Facebook Group Went Viral 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Ghost brokers can be individuals or groups that are unlicensed, who pose as middlemen for insurance companies and claim to be able to find cheap car insurance prices for those struggling to get affordable cover. Ghost broking: Young and vulnerable people targeted by insurance scam 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “Do they come from the initiative of the weavers themselves, or of middlemen on the lookout for new markets?” asked anthropologist Brian Spooner, writing about war rugs for an exhibition in 2011. The legal war over Afghan war rugs 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Yass and his team used their numerical expertise to make rapid-fire computer-driven trades in options and other securities, eventually becoming a giant middleman in the markets for stocks and other securities. Meet the billionaire and rising GOP mega-donor who’s gaming the tax system 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Punjab has always had an unsavoury side, involving gritty gangster lore - of big bosses, godfathers, their middlemen and thugs. Sidhu Moose Wala: What we know about India rapper's murder 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z "Although many people have never heard of pharmacy benefit managers, these powerful middlemen have enormous influence over the U.S. prescription drug system," FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement last week. Dr. Oz invests up to $715,000 in companies he blames for skyrocketing insulin costs 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Among the questions federal agents are asking: whether tech companies sold their products to a specific list of companies, including middlemen, that may have been involved in the supply chain, the lawyer said. U.S. probing how American electronics wound up in Russian military gear 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z "Freshly harvested mushrooms are sold to retailers on the same day, with no middlemen," Jithu says. How India might become a 'mushroom superpower' 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z They painted the government’s star witness — the middleman — as a liar who made up the story to save himself from potential tax crimes. Georgetown dad acquitted in final college bribery scam trial 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Scrap collectors pick it up from restaurants, hospitals and individual homes and then take it to middlemen, who sell it on to stallholders. Scraps of stale bread are keeping Afghans alive 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “The government splurged huge amounts of money, paying obscenely inflated prices and payments to middlemen in a chaotic rush, during which they chucked out even the most cursory due diligence,” she said. UK plans to burn billions in wasted pandemic protective gear 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z They said police had followed 19 consecutive deliveries of drugs from May last year, enabling them to identify "important middlemen" in the global drug trafficking system and a "substantial number" of carriers. Italian police hit Colombian drug gang, seize tonnes of cocaine 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Afterward, authorities say the middleman picked up cash in a brown paper bag from Khoury’s Cape Cod home and drove it to Ernst’s wife, who was also on Cape Cod. Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Instead, authorities say Khoury used a middleman he was friends with in college at Brown University to bribe Ernst. Georgetown dad acquitted in final college bribery scam trial 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Practically overnight, OpenSea went from an obscure start-up to one of the most powerful middlemen in the crypto industry, which soon led to problems. Thefts, Fraud and Lawsuits at the World’s Biggest NFT Marketplace 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Independent research, he said, shows that, “his business interests are very tightly tied to what Wagner does, and he gets a cut by being a middleman in deals between African leaders and the Kremlin.” Putin’s Shadow Soldiers: How the Wagner Group Is Expanding in Africa 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z US Treasury Department officials unveiled a new raft of sanctions on Thursday, with targets including several yachts allegedly linked to Mr Putin and a cellist who allegedly acts as a middleman for the Russian leader. Ukraine war: Zelensky says Russia controls a fifth of Ukrainian territory 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The middleman was given immunity in exchange for his testimony before the grand jury and at trial. Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Khoury, the middleman and Ernst all played tennis at Brown, and the deal came together while the three of them were at a reunion at the Providence, Rhode Island school, prosecutors said. Georgetown dad acquitted in final college bribery scam trial 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z During the years-long Taliban insurgency, the movement reportedly made millions of dollars by taxing farmers and middlemen to move their drugs outside Afghanistan. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z During the years-long Taliban insurgency, the movement reportedly made millions of dollars taxing farmers and middlemen to move their drugs outside Afghanistan. Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z "Unlike big companies, small businesses - who have little bargaining power and depend on middlemen - are unable to pass on rising costs," he said. Firms in India's ancient shoe capital squeezed by costs, fading demand 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z They are at the very bottom of a narcotic trafficking system in which profits increase exponentially from growers to middlemen to processing labs to major cross-border traffickers. Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z In a series of articles for his publication, Forensic News, Stedman claimed, among other things, that Soriano was a middleman between wealthy Russians and surveillance firms. Israeli private detective used Indian hackers in job for Russian oligarchs -court filing 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z He said those products let players reward creators more directly, with middlemen taking a much smaller cut than before, and that people love to back independent projects. Why the company behind Pokémon Go is getting crypto-curious 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Most of these bots are saddled with an upfront payment and a recurring usage fee, which means they’re simply the middlemen for the scalping industry writ large. The unstoppable machines behind the game console shortage 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z His company claimed it was creating a “modern financial system” in which users could conduct complicated transactions without relying on banks or other middlemen. How a Trash-Talking Crypto Founder Caused a $40 Billion Crash 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Same for many beverage distributors, which act as middlemen between alcohol companies and stores and supermarkets. Opinion | The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either. 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z They say it amounts to a public relations stunt that would take money away from major infrastructure projects and could end up in the pockets of middlemen. House Democrats to pass gas price gouging bill, other relief options ‘on the table’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Brazilian importers have also been using Citigroup as a middleman for many transactions, in part because they believe it could help avoid any potential pitfalls with the U.S. Good News for Food, Bad News for War: Brazil Buys Russian Fertilizer 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z In reality, they act as middlemen, offering services and setting prices with customers, then arranging with unaffiliated funeral homes to perform cremations. When Shopping for Funeral Services, Be Wary 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z She likened it to a public relations stunt that would defund infrastructure projects and potentially place the savings in the pockets of middlemen and oil companies. House Dems suffer election anxiety, dissatisfaction with leaders over inaction on gas prices 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z United Radio is its own company — Nintendo merely acts as the middleman, handling customer communications and leaving the repairing to United Radio, which serves Nintendo customers located in the eastern half of the US. Workers at Nintendo’s third-party repair partner were reportedly overwhelmed with Joy-Con repairs 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Aleeta: Just like Dale mentioned, the leading from the front, joining the front lines, just being on hand and on call when necessary, not having so many middlemen. Opinion | ‘I Don’t Think It’s Going to Stop in Ukraine’: 10 Americans on Putin’s War 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Azari's lawyer, Barry Zone, said his client had pleaded guilty and admitted wrongdoing in his role as a middleman in the hacking scheme, but added that his client was not cooperating with the U.S. government. Israeli charged in global hacker-for-hire scheme pleads guilty 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z For their role connecting the two sides, these middlemen collect a fee that might be 15 to 30 percent of each sale. Etsy and the Sameness of Internet Fights 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z It was not, she argues, bin Laden’s bodyguard but rather a Pakistani businessman who had no idea that he was serving as a middleman. Review | An eye-opening portrait of bin Laden, drawn from his personal files 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z They opened warehouses and bought their own merchandise, instead of acting as middlemen who connected retailers and restaurants with customers. Gopuff Does Deliveries in 30 Minutes or Less. It’s Also Buying Time for Itself. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “In every religious tradition … people will always, in whatever time period, whatever culture you’re talking about, find ways to get around those middlemen … to have their own divine encounters,” Cozad said. This pastor wants to promote the spiritual side of marijuana 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin. House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Maybe most profoundly, California agriculture has adopted a new system of labor in which third-party “labor contractors” act as middlemen between growers and farmworkers, making it more difficult to unionize a particular owner. Column: Newsom didn't meet with farmworkers on César Chávez Day. One internet cat is irate 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Passing through the hands of countless middlemen as they passed from Sumatra to India to Arabia to Syria and finally to Italy, these lightweight and compact cargoes were the most profitable commodities of international trade. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It’s possible that Apple is simply looking to cut out the middleman and expand its installment-based payment offerings to other products. Apple will reportedly sell the iPhone as a subscription service 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z A so-called DeFi, or decentralized finance, basket — one of its more speculative — goes a step further and invests in companies that aim to recreate financial services without the middlemen, using blockchain and other technologies. Everyone Has Crypto FOMO, but Does It Belong in Your Portfolio? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Missiles falling in Ukraine had rocked that system, sending middlemen scrambling to shore up positions in the futures market that were costing them millions of dollars per day. Wheat prices soar on Ukraine fears, but U.S. growers can't cash in 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The Americans claimed that they had acted in self-defense during the altercation, believing that they were fighting thugs affiliated with the middleman, not police officers. Sentences Reduced for 2 Americans Convicted of Killing Italian Officer 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The Tea Act of 1773 gave the company a monopoly on the sale of tea in America and, by cutting out middlemen, allowed it to undersell the smugglers. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z One concern that elected leaders, primarily Democrats, have about gas tax holidays is that the relief may not get passed down to the consumer but rather line the pockets of middlemen, such as gas stations. States look to gas tax holidays to ease pain at pump 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z It’s never been easier to create platforms that take away the middleman, he said. Meet 2 Washingtonians stepping up to help people in Ukraine 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The uninsured get stuck with high list prices because they’re excluded from deep discounts available through insurers and middlemen companies that manage prescription benefits. Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z By the time the Civil War broke out, they were well-established middlemen, buying raw cotton and shipping it up north for a profit. Review: A stunningly staged 'Lehman Trilogy’ critiques and romanticizes American capitalism 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Ferolito sued to block the designation, arguing that RM was merely acting as a middleman and had no control over Sputnik’s programs, but a federal judge in Florida ruled against the company in 2019. The tiny radio station broadcasting Russian propaganda in D.C. 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z While he hasn't yet caused any real pain, he has revealed the middlemen in the drug pricing scheme as a point of vulnerability. Mark Cuban’s new pharmacy business and the future of drug pricing 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Once Indians learned of the Silk Roads, they realized that they could make great profits by acting as middlemen. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawmakers from both parties characterize it as shortsighted, say it could largely benefit middlemen and note it would leave a $20 billion deficit in funding for transportation infrastructure projects. Gas tax holiday popular among voters despite bipartisan pushback from lawmakers, poll shows 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Some of the drone components that CAR identified traveled to Russia via obscure middlemen and small trading companies whose businesses could be tough to track. Russian drones shot down over Ukraine were full of Western parts. Can the U.S. cut them off? 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It shows you pictures, describes them in your target language, and then has you practice doing the same, cutting out the translation middleman. How to learn a language online 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Legacy automakers have great incentive to replicate that technique, given the significant profits they could enjoy by cutting out dealers that some see as middlemen. Car dealers are raising prices. Automakers are pushing back. Consumers are stuck in between. 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z To aid their role as middlemen, Indians built trading stations along the Silk Roads. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can be the middleman yourself by taking advantage of the crowdsourcing labor platforms.” Reselling gig work is TikTok’s newest side hustle 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z This time around, Amazon is again holding mandatory classes during work hours for employees to tell them how the union might not result in raises and would add a “middleman” between workers and the company. Amazon workers in Alabama say they’re torn over historic union vote 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Vlasto, according to testimony from the governor’s top aide, strategized the leaking of Ms. Boylan’s personnel files, while Mr. Bamberger was sought out as a middleman to let certain reporters know about the materials. How the Fallout From Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation Spread to Jeff Zucker 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z More than 2,000 trash pickers, as well as scrubbers, choppers, haulers on horse-drawn carts, middlemen and wholesalers make a living by finding, preparing and transporting the waste for recycling. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Fundamentally, cryptocurrency is built on an underlying protocol called blockchain, which enables people to transfer digital ownership of anything without the need for a middleman. Is the allure of cryptocurrency fading? 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z It theoretically would cut out traditional middlemen and gatekeepers, letting users transact directly and have a greater stake in the programs they use. Tales From Crypto: A Billionaire Meme Feud Threatens Industry Unity 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z USC researchers found that middlemen are pocketing a growing share of revenue from insulin sales -- another sign of the drug market’s inefficiency. Column: A new law aims to protect you from surprise (read: bonkers) medical bills 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z And I thought, “I’d love to take the middleman out here and be able to express myself freely.” Maggie Gyllenhaal is over the 'spoonful of sugar BS,' and 'The Lost Daughter' is proof 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z But these days, plastic is by far the easiest thing to sell to middlemen and traders. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z "Brady is the general manager. He’s the guy my agent made the contract with, he’s the middleman and politician. I talked to Tom, and he knows I’m not going to play," Brown said. Antonio Brown claims recent remarks 'taken out of substance,' still loves Tom Brady 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z "Brady is the general manager. He’s the guy my agent made the contract with, he’s the middleman and politician. I talked to Tom and he knows I’m not going to play," Brown said. Antonio Brown calls Tom Brady his 'friend,' criticizes Bruce Arians following Bucs release 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z By working directly with a mine, rather than buying nickel from a middleman, the company could “address sustainability issues such as biodiversity impact, energy consumption, human rights and tailings management.” Can a Tiny Territory in the South Pacific Power Tesla’s Ambitions? 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Those are some pretty important middlemen — one of which likes to make its own products and put them at the top of its search results. How Logitech bet big on work from home 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Uber Freight is a platform that acts as a middleman in connecting shippers who need goods hauled with available truck drivers, oftentimes independent contractors in a highly fragmented market. Self-driving truck company Aurora launches pilot with Uber Freight 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z As more retailers have added resale as an option, tech middlemen have jumped in to assist. Resale is making gains in December holiday gift shopping 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The prosecution has accused Becciu, other former Vatican officials or employees and outside middlemen involved in the deal of embezzlement, abuse of office, extortion and fraud, among other charges. Vatican corruption trial mired as judge orders new long adjournment 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “Like the disastrous bill championed by Democratic leaders, this misleading report fails to address abusive practices by insurance companies and middlemen who profit off a broken system while patients can’t afford their medicines,” DeShong said. House Democrats find in three-year investigation that drug prices are ‘unsustainable, unjustifiable and unfair’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Educating and preventing labourers making large payments to recruiters or other middlemen, which up to now has been common, is one of the key issues that needs to be addressed, according to Hall. Analysis-Malaysia's palm oil producers adjust to labour shortages, higher recruitment costs 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Their margins are razor-thin, with around half the global coffee price going to middlemen. Coffee crisis in Central America fuels record exodus north 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z To help Afghan women set up weaving businesses and sell their goods abroad without having to go through expensive middlemen, Najlla Habibyar founded Blue Treasure Inc and Ark Group. BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Brokers are the middlemen between shippers and truckers, assigning loads to independent drivers. Facing record labor shortages, trucking firms battle fiercely for drivers 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The middlemen “use their market leverage to increase their profits, not reduce costs for consumers,” the GOP report contends. House Democrats find in three-year investigation that drug prices are ‘unsustainable, unjustifiable and unfair’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The farm laws promised to allow private traders, retailers and food processors to buy directly from farmers, bypassing more than 7,000 government-regulated wholesale markets where middlemen's commissions and market fees add to consumer costs. Analysis: Modi's farm reform reversal to deter investment in India's agriculture 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The EGC still has to win over miners and middlemen though. Congo state cobalt monopoly aims to start buying in January 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z PBMs and other middlemen, meanwhile, add redundancies to the U.S. healthcare system that drive up overall costs. Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, and greed, of healthcare middlemen 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “We need to create a model that cuts that middleman. But until then, you can go to your carrier. We have power.” Opinion | The Supply-Chain Crisis Is Creating a Rare Opportunity for Truck Drivers 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Instead, the agency relied on student loan servicers — the middlemen who collect payments on the government’s behalf — to guide borrowers. First wave of public servants awarded student loan forgiveness through temporary program 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z "The system might work well for health plans and these middlemen, but it creates difficult access barriers for vulnerable patients," Koziara said. How rural communities are losing their pharmacies 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Takis said there were no restrictions on the middlemen continuing to trade in copper and the EGC aimed to find other ways for them to do business. Congo state cobalt monopoly aims to start buying in January 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Drugmakers, insurers and all those middlemen do all they can to keep secret how much money changes hands. Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, and greed, of healthcare middlemen 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z This term refers to financial transactions that happen without a "middleman," like the government, a bank, or another financial institution. 10 common cryptocurrency terms you need to know 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z He also said he structured his sales to hide the true origins of his cattle by selling to a middleman, creating a paper trail falsely showing his animals as coming from a legal ranch. How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z They find themselves at the mercy of pharmaceutical middlemen, who claw back pharmacy revenue through retroactive fees and aggressive audits, leaving local pharmacists unsure if they’ll end the year in the black. Rural America is losing its pharmacies 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Under this new plan, for certain stores Xiaomi only classifies a device as "sold" when a consumer purchases it rather than when it is shipped to middlemen. Smartphone maker Xiaomi switches China playbook with eye toward EV showrooms 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z That means drugmakers would still keep trying to fleece insurers with ridiculous list prices, insurers in turn would keep raising people’s premiums, and the middlemen would keep serving themselves larger portions of the financial pie. Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, and greed, of healthcare middlemen 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In Orange County, California and Singapore, there’s still a “middleman” step where a percentage of recycled wastewater gets blended in with reservoirs and aquifers. The Dune movie flushed away a chance to talk about wastewater 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z But all three acknowledged that they can’t trace indirect suppliers, such as Mr. Felipe, who sell cattle through middlemen, masking their origins. How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “The system might work well for health plans and these middlemen, but it creates difficult access barriers for vulnerable patients,” Koziara said. Rural America is losing its pharmacies 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z If attention assigns value and memes drive attention, then why not cut out the middleman and buy memes? A one-ton tungsten cube was just bought by a crypto cabal for $250,000 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But, again, they’re only one of multiple layers of middlemen cutting themselves in for a piece of the action. Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, and greed, of healthcare middlemen 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “We are making big bets on founders and ideas with the potential to shape the future in the hope that they’ll topple the gatekeepers and middlemen of the past,” she said. Big Hires, Big Money and a D.C. Blitz: A Bold Plan to Dominate Crypto 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The transactions show at least 5,600 cattle were transferred from farms in the reserve to middlemen who, on the same day, sold cattle to the three major slaughterhouses. How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Nowadays, he’s fielding unsolicited offers from brokers and middlemen who want it — and are willing to pay more than the $1 million that Wolf shelled out five years ago. 'Bring me a boat tomorrow': Inside the pandemic yacht boom 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Dominic Richards, 27, added: “If I get paid, I am going to spend my money on wine and food anyway so this eliminates the middleman.” Volunteers crush the grapes and raise a glass at London winery 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “In the case of insulin, it’s not just them — even though the middlemen are happy to have people think it’s the manufacturers.” Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, and greed, of healthcare middlemen 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z When Moise was assassinated, the gangs decided there was no need to serve as middlemen for politicians anymore. In Haiti, the difficult relationship of gangs and business 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z In June 2020, the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal weighed in on the issue, describing physician dispensing as an "easier and cheaper" option for getting drugs, and calling the pharmacy "a needless middleman." Dispensing doctors: should physicians sell drugs to patients? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z U.S. companies and any company that sells U.S.-made cyber software will need a license when selling hacking tools to certain foreign governments or any buyers, including middlemen, located in Russia or China. U.S. moves to control sales of hacking tools abroad 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z More high-minded fans say digital assets are simply the future of finance, allowing transactions to sidestep middlemen and fees with a currency that’s not beholden to any government. As Bitcoin goes mainstream, Wall Street looks to cash in 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Such fees could be a hard sell for Bitcoin fans, many of whom see cryptocurrencies as a way to erase middlemen from industries. First ETF linked to Bitcoin is set to make its debut 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In Game 1, a collection of mustachioed middlemen followed the opener and throttled Atlanta, which fanned 14 times without a walk. In This Postseason, Pitching Six Innings Feels Like a Lot 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Instead, the price that consumers encounter at the pharmacy has a lot to do with a middleman called a pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM. Dispensing doctors: should physicians sell drugs to patients? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The landmark was legendarily founded in 1907 for local farmers to sell directly to shoppers, after middlemen price-gouged necessities such as onions. How Seattle pulled together 50 years ago to preserve Pike Place Market — and the soul of the city 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z There are original manufacturers of legitimate products, skipping middlemen to sell similar quality offerings for less. A flood of unknown products is making online shopping impossible 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The prosecution has accused Becciu, other former Vatican officials or employees and outside middlemen involved in the deal of embezzlement, abuse of office, and fraud, among other charges. Judge in Vatican corruption trial orders prosecution to share more evidence 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “The firm acted as corporate middleman for more than 160 politicians and public officials.” Law firm at center of Pandora investigation helped global rich hide money 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The prosecution has accused Becciu, other former Vatican officials or employees involved in the deal, and outside middlemen, of embezzlement, abuse of office, and fraud, among other charges. Vatican trial prosecutors concede case defects, willing to investigate more 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z According to U.S. investigators, drug traffickers sold U.S. dollars to middlemen brokers, who swapped the money for pesos with businessmen in Colombia, including Douer. Foreign money secretly floods U.S. tax havens. Some of it is tainted. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The middleman company, which did not produce any components of its own, would then sell those products at a significant markup to Walter Reed. Ex-Walter Reed head of prosthetics gets 8 months in prison for accepting gifts from supplier in exchange for hospital business 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Wise said that joining the NPP will allow it to lower its average price of money transfers in or out of Australia by bypassing middlemen to clear and settle real-time payments instantly. U.K.'s Wise to join the New Payments Platform in Australia 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Junket operators, middlemen who bring in wealthy big whale Chinese gamblers to Macau, were more vocal, asking for clarity on amendments to criminalise accepting cash deposits, currently a common practice. Macau casino and junket operators seek clarity over new gambling laws 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Between December 2019 and February 2020, Abbas and a gang of alleged middlemen in Kenya, Nigeria and the US groomed and conned the victim out of more than a million dollars. Hushpuppi - the Instagram influencer and international fraudster 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z McKnight continues to feel the heat of being a middleman explaining the abrupt change to her patients. Telemedicine — a boon for many in the pandemic — threatened with cutbacks 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Austin Deceder, 25, primarily buys and sells cards on Facebook and Twitter as a middleman between players wanting to get out of their games and new players. Collectible prices skyrocket, to the dismay of hobbyists 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Apple has hurt competitors by restricting developers from informing users of alternative purchasing possibilities, thereby harming "app developers' relationship with their customers by inserting itself as middleman in every in-app transaction," the filing added. EXCLUSIVE Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “It is easy to blame the proverbial ‘middleman’ as an unnecessary bottleneck in the alcohol supply-chain system, but that belief does not accurately reflect business today,” the wholesalers group said. The Biden administration wants to promote competition in the alcohol industry. Some prefer the status quo. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z It is alleged that Mr Kyari then falsely arrested and detained the middleman for a month in a squalid Nigerian cell. Hushpuppi - the Instagram influencer and international fraudster 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Explained Dudley, “When people say I’m a locker room presence, my job was way more than a locker room presence. You’re a guidance counselor, a relationship expert. … I’m the middleman that brings it all together.” Column: The Lakers' failure to retain Jared Dudley is 'crazy' and a massive blow to a title run 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z But ranchers here say they aren’t seeing that money — slaughterhouses and other middlemen are. ‘The Worst Thing I Can Ever Remember’: How Drought Is Crushing Ranchers 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Rather than work through the middlemen of studios and distributors, adult entertainers could use the site to sell their content directly to paying customers, with OnlyFans taking a flat 20% cut. After OnlyFans, will sex workers find a new home on the internet? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z And yet wineries argued that consolidation in the “middleman” wholesale sector has effectively squeezed the funnel through which an increasing number of products are trying to flow to market. The Biden administration wants to promote competition in the alcohol industry. Some prefer the status quo. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z They were selling to middlemen, toke, who operated around the edges of the park, trading with a mix of legal and illegal farmers, which gave their product cover. How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z At the time of his arrest, Buckel used and sold drugs, and prosecutors accused him of being an “abuser” and a “runner/middleman dealer.” Perspective | A myth that lingers on: Casual contact with fentanyl causes overdoses 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z For licensing content to Netflix, for example, independent producers and studios get about 80 percent of the fees with the rest going to the aggregators who serve as middleman brokers. Netflix isn’t the savior Nollywood needs 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The companies act as middleman between retailer and consumer, making most of their profit by charging merchants between 2% and 8% of the purchase price, similar to the retailer fees levied by credit card companies. Sleek, new credit apps target a young generation already drowning in debt 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Cryptocurrency is a medium of exchange that allows people to transfer value to others without needing a government overseeing it or a financial institution acting as a middleman. How cryptocurrency became a powerful force in Washington 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Leggett sent his researchers back out to identify a number of middlemen, who were apparently susceptible to the same routine as the farmers. How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z This data is in the hands of companies that we deal with daily, like Facebook and Google, and also with information-for-hire middlemen that we never directly interact with. The nightmare of our snooping phones | Commentary 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Importers estimate there to be 10 million gallons of excess fuel held in storage either by gas station owners or middlemen hoping to sell it at a higher price in the future. Lebanon's people line up in 'queues of humiliation' as their country unravels 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z He’s one of many calling for businesses to be able to import and exports goods without the government skimming fees as a middleman. Cuba’s communist authorities have long feared change. Street protests show the risk of resisting it. 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Hence the need for middlemen, who offer a form of legal insulation. Pandemic, penalties aside, bribes go on at China hospitals 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The middlemen gave up annual purchasing amounts and exporter names. How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z And it acts as more than a middleman, with a rigorous authentication process before shoes are packaged and finally shipped. How fake Air Jordans turned these L.A. pals' sneakerhead dream into a powerhouse platform 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The big money is serving as a middleman in a maximum number of transactions; Goldman made a couple billion on its underwriting business alone in Q1. Robinhood has figured out how to monetize financial nihilism 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The I.M.F. serves as a middleman to help facilitate the transaction. How the I.M.F. plans to build a $650 billion fund to fight the pandemic. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z And the sale was brokered by a middleman. Brazil Vaccine Scandal Imperils Bolsonaro as Protests Spread 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z A middleman’s warehouse just outside the park with a broken satellite and laundry hanging in the yard. How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The investment cost the church millions of euros — and reportedly helped enrich the middlemen. Vatican indicts 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, over ‘reckless’ London investment scandal 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Rather, they acted as middlemen, charging into a gap between what big banks wouldn’t do and what small banks couldn’t do. How Two Start-Ups Reaped Billions in Fees on Small Business Relief Loans 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Google collects data to be used for targeted advertising while it also sells advertising space and acts as a middleman between online advertisers and publishers, she said. EU investigates Google’s conduct in digital ad tech sector 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z This circle of slander has been lucrative for the websites and associated middlemen — and devastating for victims. Google Seeks to Break Vicious Cycle of Online Slander 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Others were in debt to a toke, a middleman who advanced them the money from a year’s harvest before they delivered. How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “When you’re dealing offshore, you’re dealing with middlemen,” said London, who will soon publish a book, “The Recruiter,” about his CIA experience. CIA Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z The industry says there are other fixes, such as capping out-of-pocket costs in Part D and making sure any savings from negotiations are passed to consumers instead of middlemen. Washington takes on Big Pharma: Lower drug prices vs. fewer new cures 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z States and cities in the U.S. are cracking down on a niche in house-flipping known as wholesaling conducted by a flood of largely unlicensed middlemen lured in by YouTube tutorials and a torrid market. Fast-cash house flippers flood poor neighborhoods in U.S. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z They acted as middlemen between the African traders from the hinterlands and the white merchants on ships mostly from English cities such as Liverpool and Bristol. Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z But many of the small-scale farmers complain they are being impoverished by middlemen merchants who are luring them into a debt trap. Zimbabwe’s tobacco booms, but Black growers complain of debt 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Cryptocurrencies are virtual coins exchanged without middlemen, such as central banks, to purchase goods and services. Oil drillers and Bitcoin miners bond over natural gas 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z They contacted price-gouging middlemen, international health organizations and vaccine alliances for poorer countries. Countries Are Scrambling for Vaccines. Mongolia Has Plenty. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z They promote record-keeping, granting users the ability to instantly record their transactions on a public ledger without a middleman brokering the transaction. As cryptocurrency goes wild, fear grows about who might get hurt 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z According to the police, one of the men begged for plasma donors for his own needs on social media, then sold the plasma through a middleman. A Desperate India Falls Prey to Covid Scammers 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z The bureau denies the allegations, noting that the government requires all adopters to sign affidavits promising not to resell the horses to slaughterhouses or their middlemen. Wild horses adopted under a federal program are going to slaughter 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Its main offering was supply chain finance, in which a middleman advances payments to suppliers and then the money is repaid by the buyer. A Financial Firm’s Collapse Reverberates as Its Founder Answers Questions 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The middleman paid the officers about $7,000 for information on more than 100 people, the court papers said. Feds: Ex-NYC officer charged with bribery sent racist text 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The Americans, as retribution, ran off with the middleman’s backpack, returning to the area of their hotel. Italian jury convicts 2 Americans of murder, with a punishment of life in prison, in 2019 killing of police officer 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The Surin family, from the city of Lucknow, recently paid more than $1,400 to a middleman for six doses of remdesivir. A Desperate India Falls Prey to Covid Scammers 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Manufacturers have raised costs sky high in order to give steep discounts to middlemen acting on behalf of insurance companies, says Mrs Hooley, who now advocates for affordable insulin access with the group T1 International. How 'good news' stories hide healthcare woes 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Authorities say the aide later returned the money to the middleman, saying Correia feared it was “Fed money.” Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Writer and director Neil Burger, who was also behind the “Divergent” films apparently decided to cut out the Intellectual Property middleman and make his own YA statement. Review: YA sci-fi thriller ‘Voyagers’ doesn’t quite take off 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The backpack contained the middleman’s phone, and when he called from another number, the Americans answered. Italian jury convicts 2 Americans of murder, with a punishment of life in prison, in 2019 killing of police officer 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The Efik acted as middlemen in the Transatlantic slave trade and the longstanding interactions between the people of Calabar and British merchants led to a high level of assimilation. Nigeria's Efik queen wants to take royal meetings online 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z The money a buyer owes to the middleman, such as Greensill Capital or a bank, shows up as a “trade payable” or “accounts payable” — that is, money owed to a supplier — rather than as debt. The Swift Collapse of a Company Built on Debt 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z In the UK, the local authority's adoption agency acts as a middleman in the letterbox correspondence. Letterbox contact: ‘Don’t my birth children have a right to know I’m dying?' 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z There is promise in letting creators rely less on middlemen such as social media companies, art dealers and streaming music companies. NFTs are neither miracles nor scams | Commentary 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Torzi, who denies wrongdoing, was one of the middlemen in a complicated deal by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State in the purchase of a building in Chelsea that has since developed into a financial scandal. Vatican 'misrepresentations' condemned in court defeat over London property case 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Several bills passed would regulate pharmacy benefit managers who act as middlemen between drug manufacturers and pharmacies. House OKs bills for transparency in pharmacies, health care 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z They are typically appointed by national Olympic committees and work as middlemen. EXPLAINER: Tokyo Olympics march on without fans from abroad 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Small businesses squeezed by a 15 percent commission on sales to their longtime customers and undercut by a middleman that uses their own data to compete with them. Review | We know about Amazon’s sins. Do we care? 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Less formally, a Facebook group called Hawkers United acts as a hub for people to promote their favorite vendors, sharing addresses and phone numbers to encourage diners to buy directly without a middleman. Column: We should pay more to eat in restaurants 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z More importantly, he cut out the middleman by embracing an overt form of racism that's more appealing than the coded dog whistles of the past. Republicans are in disarray without Donald Trump – but that doesn't mean they aren't still a threat 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z “This bill increases transparency and accountability and restricts the nefarious ways in which these middlemen profit at the expense of the people we serve,” the Portland Republican said. House OKs bills for transparency in pharmacies, health care 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Instead, the company acted as middleman, subleasing from the landlord while renting to its tenants. A Seattle-area sober housing company promised respite from homelessness. Tenants found chaos. 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Others are postponing them because they can’t contact the brokers who act as middlemen or because the brokers are demanding extremely high fees. N Korean defectors struggle to send money home amid pandemic 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z |
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