State colleges and universities even have controlled prices to students somewhat by throwing more tax dollars at institutions and through private fund raising.
But these incentives may not outweigh the drawbacks of state-controlled gas prices.
There have been a few events that drove oil prices higher (from 30% to 130% per event), most of which were during the period in which OPEC controlled oil prices.
The venture's prices are controlled under the pacts with the authorities.
The differences in GDP growth will affect the exchange rate and relative levels of wealth in China and the U.S. The housing bubble in China continues to be controlled, and property prices in most of the larger cities will increase in the next 12 to 24 months.
China has said that shale-gas pricing will be market-based, which is vague but suggests that producers can charge higher prices than the state-controlled system currently allows.
The trend of surging prices this year has been controlled, said Yao Jingyuan, the former chief economist with the National Bureau of Statistics, during the annual session of the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce held on Thursday in Shenzhen.
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And state-controlled Petrobras was told to trim its refinery prices.
The usual summertime correction in oil prices is now setting up risk-controlled buying opportunities for several strong oil-services stocks and a primary sector ETF.
Investors holding out for Brazilian government controlled Petrobras (PBR) to be allowed to hike gas prices will have to wait a little bit longer.
If the merged group controlled 40% of the world market for iron ore, might prices not rise even faster in future?
Bulgaria's prime minister called for a sharp cut in electricity prices and revoking the license of the country's largest foreign-controlled power supplier.
Sinopec, one of China's largest state-controlled firms, is mostly a refiner, but that business is tough in China because the government keeps consumer fuel prices low, pressuring profit margins.
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