Because fuel prices fluctuate wildly, most carriers lock in prices they pay for fuel with contracts for future delivery.
He explained the income would help "the future delivery of essential surfaces such as children's services and adult social care".
Mr Gibson called for six monthly reports on specific actions working towards the Christie Commission's recommendations on the future delivery of public services.
Simply scheduling an e-mail for future delivery is pretty easy--just a matter of writing it and setting a send date in the future.
Naturally, we wanted the cupcakes sent to our doorstep on our own terms, so we called to ask how to place an order for future delivery.
It would be easy - very easy - to be sceptical, indeed, cynical about the outcome of the Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services, chaired by Campbell Christie.
The scramble to secure oil supplies now and into the future has contributed to the sharp increase in the price of oil on both the spot market and for future delivery.
In an efficient market, such as that for shares or foreign exchange, such price rises would be moderated to some extent by other investors selling short (selling something for future delivery that they do not currently own, in the hope that they will be able to buy it more cheaply later).
He wrote that less than half of the urgently required maintenance will be completed over the next five years, leaving council buildings in a declining condition and jeopardising future service delivery for the public.
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Prices for grains for delivery in the future then rose strongly.
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Investors are no longer smug and have grown increasingly (and arguably fully) aware of the challenges of the delivery of current and future new products.
The stock recovered in time for the market close, but not before some investors questioned the future of video rentals and the delivery format that will reign supreme.
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Traditionally, utilities and nuclear reactors would buy uranium supplies far in advance of the actual delivery to ensure they had sufficient future supplies.
Despite signing a three-year deal with Limelight and Level 3 right around eighteen months ago, Netflix is clearly keeping an eye on the future with the introduction of the Open Connect content delivery network (CDN).
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Building on this, Intel will also accelerate the delivery of new advanced features to be timed with future advanced 4G network deployments.
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He also stressed the need for councils to collaborate far more extensively in the future, in order to protect a level of core service delivery.
The PVF allows the investor to receive an up-front payment (typically, 75-85% market value) in exchange for delivery of a variable amount of shares or cash in the future, at which time the capital gain is realized for tax purposes and the tax on the capital gain is paid.
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The AA says that the industry's "just in time" delivery business model is leaving it exposed to supply shortages in the future.
"Now can we find a way to interact with the University of Georgia system and perhaps exchange course content and delivery mechanisms, " SUNY's Zimpher said, adding that for future students "choosing" one school or another will no longer mean sacrificing opportunities.
"Wireless delivery systems, which we're really just starting to see, that's really where the future is going to be, " said Michael Planey, a product-development consultant for the in-flight entertainment industry.
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