Long-term bond prices could then drop even more than equities already have dropped.

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Industry-Ratios-Oil-Gas-Producers-Vs-Gasoline-PricesMargins dropped by nearly half in 2009 after a precipitous drop in oil prices left companies scrambling to slash spending in exploration and production.

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Tim Howard was fortunate to see the ball drop out for a corner when he dropped Stephen McPhail's deep free-kick close to his own goal.

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Though the pace of deals rose, the median home price dropped by 15.3%, a record year-over-year drop.

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The four-week average of applications dropped 6, 750 to 355, 000, the first drop in the less volatile measure of hiring in three weeks.

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AirTran Airways said first-quarter fees dropped 18% compared with a year earlier as a result of the drop in business travel this year.

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The National Federation of Independent Business's small-business optimism index dropped 0.2 point to 91.2 last month following a steep 3-point drop in June.

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The rate drop for consumers currently paying interest was a little larger, but on an inflation-adjusted basis, this rate has dropped just a fraction of 1 percent.

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