That's also bad news for consultant businesses like Electronic Data Systems (nyse: EDS - news - people ) and Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people ), which aren't used to this kind of price pressure.
Then the rate of adoption hit the skids, slowing to 12.4% growth last year as a result of strong price pressure from Bluetooth devices and an overall slowdown of new phone production.
Mr. DIMSDALE: Now, the good news here is that once this change is done, Ethanol is cheaper than NTBE and could take some of the price pressure off gasoline.
Much of the weak price pressure faced by American firms comes from the fact that other large industrial economies have been growing sluggishly in recent years: once they pick up, commodity prices, for instance, may be under more pressure than they are now.
That is, a temporary dip in earnings is unlikely to result in a change in the dividend, or cause management to make the difficult choice to payout earnings that should be allocated to growing the business, both of which would put downward pressure on the price of the stock.
It looks like some strategists are buyiwng call options to get ahead of any potential rebound in the price of the underlying should selling pressure ease up ahead of October expiration.
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The stock closed down fractionally despite the earnings beat most likely because of declines in the price of crude oil, which applied pressure to the entire sector.
As the API explained, the immediate loss of gasoline supplies and the lack of demand for crude from refiners pushes up the price of gasoline while putting downward pressure on crude oil.
It's hard to disentangle the initial shock of price liberalisation from ongoing inflationary pressure.
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"There is a big pressure in terms of price, " noted Mr. Potel.
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The commissions say that the rise of price-comparison websites have put pressure on traders to advertise low headline prices, while playing down other hidden charges.
You could argue that Medicare administrators have fallen down on the job in terms of putting downward pressure on the price charged by service providers, but private insurance have not shown any competence in this matter either.
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But a fall in the price of farm commodities may ease the pressure on the forest.
Investors are likely to be extremely wary of new signs of volume growth slow-down and price pressure in the smartphone market over the coming months.
Brigit Layes of the Association of the German Petroleum Industry blamed intense price pressure on international markets and the strong US dollar for the "price adjustment".
As demand increases due to growth in the economy, we expect refining margins to also increase, putting an upward pressure on the price of gasoline and other refined products.
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The increase in the demand for paper currency and gold not only had a quantity effect on the money supply but it also put upward pressure on the price of gold, which meant that dollar prices of all goods and services had to fall for the relative price of gold to rise.
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And with reduced supplies available, the price of food staples soared, putting more pressure on poor households.
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Shares in Delta Airlines fell after the airline reported earnings that were soft of the analyst expectations, as strong fuel price pressure squeezed profits in the third quarter.
But, though both have dampened today's price pressure, they are hardly signs of structural change in America, nor are they necessarily permanent.
What the price of a permit tells us is not what pressure is there to reduce emissions but how easy is it to reduce emissions?
Just as troubling may have been the extraordinarily rapid recent growth in corporate profits, which can be evidence of inflationary pressure not picked up by the official price data.
"The price surge of daily life items has caused mental pressure on those wage earners who are sensitive to prices, " said Wang Shuixiong, a sociologist with Renmin University in Beijing.
They paid the price for failing to make the most of their pressure when Smith restored New Zealand's lead, going over in the left-hand corner from Ma'a Nonu's despite the suggestion he may have lost control of the ball as he touched down.
The market is seeing a bit of profit-taking pressure and is consolidating after recent price gains.
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Recent inflation figures suggest that there is still little upward price pressure in America, despite the implication of the Fed's rate increase.
The price of housing is another political issue, reflecting the pressure of rising numbers of people in the state capitals, where migrants make up about a third of the population.
We foresee the main drought-related challenges as any consumer pressure that could emerge from yet another round of price increases headed into C2013.
Add this to the fact that there is claimed to be a deficit of new gold mined above consumption, gold should enjoy upward price pressure, with or without runaway inflation.
This is a key difference: caution about a company leading to a lack of demand and a falling share price is one thing, but pressure being placed on a stock by those who think it is set to fall further can represent a real problem for its future.
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