"We figured the boomers were going to start retiring and would drive up prices, " says Ed.
And when uncertainty increases, speculation on Wall Street can drive up prices even more.
Those who do so belatedly without insurance will drive up prices for all of us.
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Throughout the 1990s re-releases of old movies helped drive up prices of vintage goods.
In a normal market an increase in demand would drive up prices, and doctors would benefit financially.
After all, the US will be affected by any disruptions to the global market that drive up prices.
Some in the industry think that a shortage of cars could drive up prices, at least at first.
As Economics 101 would suggest, a shortage of tickets will drive up prices.
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Bigger hospitals may, in turn, use their market power to drive up prices.
McCollum reacted strongly, saying his bill would help consumers by reducing bad debts that drive up prices and interest rates.
This investor activity is contributing to very low inventory levels, which increases demand and helps drive up prices for all homes in these markets.
But I thought that if regulators demanded that traders put more of their own money at risk, they would be less motivated to drive up prices.
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The argument du jour is that speculators are driving up oil futures prices, and these higher futures prices in turn drive up prices of oil for current delivery.
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No technological change would have more effect on the living standards of struggling Americans than improvements in energy and food, which dominate the economy and drive up prices.
Anaheim and Newark are part of the 2 largest metropolitan areas in the country (LA and NYC), and thus, the greater population and affluence associated with those regions should drive up prices.
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While this may sound unfair to the better-heeled, Klingman argues that since prestigious schools are in such demand they could drive up prices even higher, financing those less well off still more.
Customers are better off if just one system is built and maintained, as long as the company that runs the system is prohibited by regulators from using its monopoly power to drive up prices.
If implemented, an automated-buying process for small businesses could lead to new advertising for Twitter and also drive up prices for ads, which are sold on an auction basis a la Google AdWords.
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The Chinese case follows U.S. and European Union investigation into LCD price-fixing by several Asian companies between 2001 and 2006, when executives were accused of setting up an industry cartel to drive up prices.
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Filburn, a hapless Ohio farmer was ordered to destroy his wheat crop, which he grew on his own property to feed his own chickens, because it violated a federal law designed to limit wheat production and drive up prices.
For nearly six months the Public Utilities Commission of Texas and an independent market monitor have been investigating whether the Dallas-based energy giant manipulated the state's wholesale energy market by briefly withholding production in order to drive up prices during the summer of 2005.
Antitrust law is widely accepted to be a tool for protecting consumers against the most damaging practice of monopolists, which is to artificially restrict supply so they can drive up prices and profits, and not a legal weapon for small companies to attack their larger competitors.
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High gasoline prices drive ethanol prices up, and high ethanol prices drive corn prices up.
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There's an additional factor that could drive up crude prices even further: dwindling reserves.
Worldwide droughts are threatening to drive up food prices and possibly lead to food riots.
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Any disruption in the Middle East, where the U.S. is expected to retaliate, would drive up fuel prices.
This aims to drive up bond prices, lowering yields and making debt manageable.
Without sufficient technologies in place to make corn ethanol, increases in corn ethanol will drive up food prices, adding to inflationary pressures.
But the most likely reason why investors accept dilution is that many of them believe options drive up share prices, making them wealthy too.
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