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Taxi Associations Struggle With Dropping Medallion Prices

Associations Now

In New York City, an industry group is raising alarms, accusing the city’s taxi commission of making the problem worse by covering it up. At one point, a New York City taxi medallion cost more than $1 million, and they have regularly sold for six figures elsewhere.

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The Prime Effect: How Amazon Is Helping Retail Membership

Associations Now

According to data that the analysis firm AlixPartners shared with Retail Dive , members of Prime are more willing to test the waters with other membership programs. When Amazon increased the price of Prime last year, 53 percent said it didn’t affect their use of the service, and 24 percent said they weren’t even aware of the change.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.30.20

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Hosts: New York Society of Association Executives and NYPCMA. With our Legislative Group, consisting of former officeholders and regulatory officials, coupled with experienced industry practitioners, Venable is ideally situated to provide unique analysis and perspective on the impact of the election in the days after the polls close.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.5.21

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On the side, not her broccoli purée, but thanks for the idea, Nigella, but the New York Times version , which we really loved. It’s fun to have broccoli in a new format. Meeting planners can now have translations into many languages for less than the price of hiring even a single human interpreter. Tue 2/9 at 12 p.m. –

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.19.18

Reid All About it

But Nicholas Kristof at The New York Times explains why 2017 was the best year in human history. Learn about pricing confusion, what you can expect to pay for an AMS, and how you can keep costs down. Eric McDonald, sales executive and pricing expert. If you wish, you can find a lot to complain about in the world.

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R is for Open Source Statistical Analysis Programming Language

High Context

I read in the New York Times today about an open source programming language and environment for conducting statistical analysis. It is becoming their lingua franca partly because data mining has entered a golden age, whether being used to set ad prices, find new drugs more quickly or fine-tune financial models.

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The State of Basic Economy Fares

Associations Now

This kind of approach, analysts argued, was necessitated by the entry of these low-cost airlines into the market, which had the effect of depressing ticket prices. But is the idea of offering limited amenities for the lowest possible price dead in the water? That has led United to roll back the offering in some markets. Not so much.

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