News tagged with prices
Lower gas prices beat lower greenhouse gases in online survey
May 27, 2009 |
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Asked to choose between lower gasoline prices and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline, 66 percent of Americans in a new online survey chose lower gas prices and the rest said that reducing the emissions that cause ...
Hynix reports sixth straight quarterly loss
Apr 24, 2009 |
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South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker, Friday reported a sixth straight quarterly loss due to weak chip prices sparked by a global recession.
The price of pain and the value of suffering
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 22, 2009 |
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During these trying financial times, the cost of healthcare and how much we are willing to pay for it is at the top of our economic concerns. The financial value of pain has a wide ranging influence, affecting drug prices ...
Diesel fights for traction with U.S. buyers
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Just like gasoline, diesel fuel has plummeted in price since last summer after reaching almost $5 a gallon. So now that diesel goes for about $2.25, sales of diesel-powered vehicles, which almost always get better mileage ...
AARP: Prescription drug prices on the rise
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Prices of the most popular brand-name prescription drugs are on the rise even as the economy falters, the AARP says.
German regulators fine Microsoft for price-fixing
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Antitrust regulators fined Microsoft Corp.'s German subsidiary 9 million euros ($11.8 million) and said the world's largest software maker illegally influenced retail prices for its Office 2007 programs.
Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use.
Changing the price of foods may significantly affect Americans' weight
Mar 18, 2009 |
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A new article published in The Milbank Quarterly explores how food prices can affect weight outcomes, revealing that pricing interventions can have a significant effect on obesity rates. This article is part of the March ...
Singapore-made biofuel to run cars in Europe, North America
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Diesel made from palm oil, vegetable oil and animal fat in Singapore may soon be powering cars in Europe and North America, Finland's Neste Oil said Friday.
Hybrids gather dust at AutoNation dealerships
Mar 06, 2009 |
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AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson has a problem: There are way too many Toyota Prius hybrids sitting on his car lots across America.
Beware the left-digit effect: Price gimmicks may affect choice
Feb 23, 2009 |
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When shopping, we often find ourselves choosing between lower- and higher-cost items. But most people make a choice based on the first digit they see, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
The pluses and (mostly) minuses of biofuels
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Speakers at last week’s AAAS meeting presented abundant evidence that tropical rainforest destruction has accelerated in recent years, at least in part because of the worldwide push to produce more biofuels.
Ethanol profitability calculator developed by Iowa State University researcher
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has developed a tool to determine what market conditions are needed for ethanol producers to make a profit.
Prices for flat-screen TVs will not go higher
Dec 31, 2008 |
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Don't fret if there wasn't an HDTV under your tree. (Let's pretend it would have fit.) If you were like me this holiday season, it took considerable effort to get beyond the TV department at the nation's retailers. I was ...
World fertilizer prices drop dramatically after soaring to all-time highs
Dec 16, 2008 |
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World fertilizer prices began dropping dramatically in late 2008 after reaching all-time highs around April.
