You could almost say the same for gold and oil, which reflect demand dynamics rather than embedded costs of production.

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They mean cheaper gas fill-ups, the survival of the airline and travel industry, and eventually cheaper materials and transportation costs embedded into every consumer and industrial product in early 2009.

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These expectations have an important bearing on whether transitory influences on prices, such as changes in energy costs, become embedded in wage and price decisions and so leave a lasting imprint on the rate of inflation.

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Net keeps its head afloat since the costs to run the free service are embedded in the retail CD-ROM price (plus selling a million copies of the game doesn't hurt), along with banner advertising and special promotions to make up the difference.

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These failures include outrageous costs which bear no resemblance to value provided, deeply embedded conflicts of interest, sustained underperformance of underlying investment vehicles, inadequate disclosure, inappropriate investment menus, defective plan design, insufficient participant education, and flawed default provisions.

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