Last year, the rental cost of a jack-up drilling rig went up 66%.
Its primary business is the ownership and operation of jack-up rigs, tender rigs, semi-submersible rigs and drill ships for operations in shallow, mid- and deepwater areas.
Utilization of jack-up rigs in the Gulf of Mexico is around 62%, well below the 90% needed to increase prices, says David Herasimchuk, Global Marine's Vice President of Market Development.
Suppose the economy rebounds, prompting the Federal Reserve to jack up short-term rates.
Inverted curves are rare, and when they do occur, it is usually later in an economic cycle, when central banks, wary of inflation, jack up short-term rates.
The price of solar power still has far to fall before it is cheaper than electricity generated from fossil fuels even if governments jack up fossil-fuel prices to reflect the cost of carbon emissions.
He was a favorite guest on "The Tonight Show" -- particularly in the early '60s when Jack Paar hosted it -- and turned up on the game show "The Hollywood Squares, " Dean Martin's celebrity roasts and countless variety shows.
Featuring a heartbreaking performance by Lon Chaney Jr. and groundbreaking make-up by Jack Pierce, The Wolf Man is the saga of Larry Talbot, a cursed man who transforms into a deadly werewolf when the moon is full.
The New York Times said it was "painlessly diverting" for the first 90 minutes, but that "if it drifts with increasing frequency it's because, well, this finally is just a digitally souped-up, one-dimensional take on Jack and the Beanstalk".
American Expedition Vehicles, which outfitted Mr. McConnell's Jeep, is trying to carve out a middle ground between the very expensive, high-concept restorations that ICON offers and the low end of the SUV customizing market represented by dozens of companies that sell kits for do-it-yourselfers to jack up the suspensions of their Jeep Wranglers.
In this wonderful new movie by the team of Alexander Payne (writer-director) and Jim Taylor (co-writer), Giamatti plays Miles, a failed novelist around forty who takes off for a wine-tasting tour with his buddy Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a washed-up TV actor who is about to get married.
What would happen is that an e-mail sent by virtual Jack to virtual Jane would end up in actual Jane's in-box as well.
And 42% of all mobile phone users say they expressly use their phone for entertainment when they're bored. (Presumably, non-entertainment uses like texting and e-mail would jack that number up even higher).
No matter how much money a new start-up spends to get customers, they are just not going to be able to catch up to Jack Ma in the near-term.
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Azhar was dropped by David Wheeldon at gully off left-arm seamer Jack Shantry when he had made only 10, before a mix-up found him at the same end as opening partner Hameed.
There's a 3.5mm headphone jack up top, plus mini-HDMI and microUSB ports on the edge opposite the volume controls.
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Economist Arthur Laffer, then-Congressman Jack Kemp and others took up the Mundellian cudgels of massive tax cuts and stable money during the 1970s.
Whether it's a client video presentation or action-packed movie, simply connect to high definition video with Twist's mini-HDMI or DisplayPort jack and turn up the volume.
Just last month, Anthem Blue Cross in California tried to jack up rates by nearly 40 percent -- 40 percent.
Jack Fate (Dylan) is a washed-up rock star who gets roped into a benefit concert by the unscrupulous promoter Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman).
Hamilton took control of the early exchanges, with the hosts - minus injured Jack Ross - grateful to have defenders Lee Mair and John Potter in the line-up following recovery from their respective knee and groin problems.
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Meanwhile, co-founder Jack Dorsey is still chairman at Twitter, while he is also CEO at payments start-up Square.
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The Ghost Bee also comes with a base station that connects to the headphones via micro-USB and hooks up to any home stereo's 3.5mm audio-in jack.
Tries from Jack Lee and Matt Garside put the Knights 12-0 up.
Shadow communities and local government minister Jack Dromey said the government had ripped up a 60-year-old system that struck a balance between growth and protecting the environment.
There are no big stars (who would potentially jack up the price tag) but the sci-fi flick from producer Michael Bay has plenty of action scenes and special effects.
Ports for micro-USB and a 3.5mm headphone jack sit up top, with the volume rocker and lock key on the right and a covered slot for microSD or, in the case of the (gold) 308, a second full-sized SIM on the opposite edge.
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Better yet, though, was an off-handed comment made later in the discussion when Jack brought up the issue of entrepreneurs often lacking confidence in their ideas, and describing how, at points, he had lacked confidence himself.
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