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But "the auto industry concluded it is an effective measure to change holidays from Saturday and Sunday to weekdays as a way of limiting peak-time power consumption without disruption to production," said Toshiyuki Shiga , the association's chairman.
Japanese Car Makers Change Work Schedules Yoshio Takahashi 2011
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If it is approved, some peak-time taxis would likely hit the streets by Aug. 1, when the higher fares begin.
San Francisco Boosts Fares, Aims to Reduce Cab Crunch Vauhini Vara 2011
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However, there are only 1000 people willing to pay $5 a day for the privilege of a peak-time ride, so now neither bridge can recover its costs.
Pricing and Marginal Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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While it is true that the majority of our peak-time trains take just over the hour to complete the journey due to the number of station stops, our off-peak Brighton Express services take between 52 and 56 minutes – much quicker than Mr Gold suggests, and with 27 of these trains leaving Victoria for Brighton every weekday, there is ample opportunity to make the journey in under an hour throughout the day.
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Glass Swords is almost entirely composed of dancefloor highs, a series of those hands-in-the-air peak-time moments that stick in the memory long after the rest of the night has turned hazy.
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You get 10,000 off-peak riders per day and 1000 peak-time riders per day, for $15,000 a day in revenue.
Pricing and Marginal Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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This way they can decrease prices to encourage travel during quieter periods, while applying peak-time price increases to steer some of the excess demand to other services.
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Commissioning bosses are looking for hit shows for the 10pm slot and are emphasising the need to entertain and to upgrade the peak-time viewing experience at weekends.
Channel 4 orders two new comedy drama series Maggie Brown 2010
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Streaming by Netflix subscribers accounted for about one-fifth of that peak-time traffic, more than double the volume flowing from Google Inc. 's YouTube, Sandvine said.
Netflix DOWN: Netflix.com Suffers Major Outage Bianca Bosker 2010
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Eight major schemes to reduce congestion on motorways, often through peak-time use of the hard shoulder, were among 16 transport projects announced by the transport secretary, Philip Hammond, today.
Philip Hammond unveils eight schemes to reduce motorway jams James Meikle 2010
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