Those who see weaker prices next week cited a few reasons, some of them based on technical-chart factors, others on fundamentals.

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"If this is a high entry in the Chart Show on Sunday, we would expect to play the song as there are no editorial reasons not to play it, " the BBC said in a statement.

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This trend also is evident in the chart below, which illustrates the spike in those workers who are now working part-time, for economic reasons.

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