News tagged with prices
Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble?
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ...
Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending – the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit – as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed ...
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.
Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Driven by fluctuations in oil prices, and seduced by the prospect of easing climate change, experts are ramping up efforts to squeeze fuel out of a promising new organism: pond scum.
Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.
U.S. economy: Light at the end of the tunnel
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sure, the U.S. economy is struggling, but the end to the "growth recession" may be in sight, say University of Michigan economists.
Gasoline stations set prices to match a small number of other stations
Jul 31, 2008 |
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For many years, there have been competition concerns regarding how retail gasoline prices are set in the U.S. and Canada. Consumers have complained about the perceived uniformity of retail gas prices and the perception that ...
Study predicts crop-production costs will jump dramatically in 2009
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Soaring energy prices will yield sharp increases for corn and soybean production next year, cutting into farmers' profits and stretching already high food costs, according to a new University of Illinois study.
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 ...
Fuel economy higher, thanks to Cash for Clunkers
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Cash for Clunkers may have run out of money, but certainly not gas.
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.
Good News About $4 Gas? Fewer Traffic Deaths
Jul 10, 2008 |
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As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side – fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Households significantly reduce electricity use when prices rise
Oct 29, 2008 |
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A new study in the RAND Journal of Economics examined how quickly households change their electricity use when prices rise and fall rapidly. Results show that when electricity prices increase, the average household rapidl ...
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.
Ethanol will curb farm income until economy rebounds, economist says
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half, a University of Illinois economist says.
