Robin Bhar, senior metals analyst at Credit Agricole CIB, said extreme price swings and profit-taking contributed to long liquidation.
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Much of the weakness, particularly in Spain, is down to struggling firms in property and finance, which suggests that the credit crunch and the deflating house-price bubble are taking a broader toll.
And if one looks at the real exchange rate--essentially taking into account price differences between the U.S. and China--the yuan has actually depreciated against the dollar.
If you reduce the price of productivity and risk-taking, i.e. taxes, you'll get more of those good things.
Taking the price-to-earnings ratio, Halliburton's share price is 20.5 times earnings, whereas rivals can command 26.5 times, Mr Gaut said.
Japan must cut income tax rates substantially, which would reduce the price and burden of risk-taking and reward success and productivity.
If you lower the price of productive work, risk-taking and success, you'll get more of these good things.
The market is seeing a corrective, profit-taking pullback from recent price gains, which is not surprising.
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In an environment of distorted markets, Garrett replied, risk-taking is dangerous as price discovery is impossible.
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Some profit-taking pressure from recent solid price gains also occurred in the precious metals.
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But Homebase in Battersea gave away a number of brooms, dustbin bags and dustpans and brushes, and also sold some items half price to those taking part in the clean-up.
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The market is seeing a bit of profit-taking pressure and is consolidating after recent price gains.
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Consumer analysts watching the airline distribution tug-of-war worry that taking away options for price comparison makes shopping for low air fares more difficult.
On the issue of price points, White doesn't see stores like Wal-Mart taking too much market share from the traditional office suppliers.
Also pushing down the value of used cars are price cuts on new cars, typically taking the form of so-called "incentives"--that is, rebates or cheap financing.
The engineers emphasised that building more resilient infrastructure need not come with a huge price tag - it was mainly a case of understanding the issues and taking sensible, far-sighted decisions.
While the XPS One is starting out at a premium price, Del Prete predicts Dell will be able to drop the XPS One's price quickly--much more so than Apple could--by taking advantage of the scale of its operations.
That said, their profit-taking could put the brakes on any sharp climbs in price.
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The downside price pressure in the precious metals Thursday was also very likely some profit-taking pressure from recent solid gains that earlier Thursday drove August gold to a fresh all-time record high.
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The market saw some profit-taking pressure and did some consolidating on the chart after recent price gains.
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The recession was caused not, as before, by inflation taking off, but by the bursting of an asset-price bubble.
The lawsuit against Credit Suisse and others sketches a similar conspiracy, in which securities firms--with the help of big institutional customers including Fidelity and Janus Capital--are accused of taking advantage of Internet fever to drive up the price of newly issued shares in the aftermarket.
The lawsuit against Credit Suisse and others sketches a similar conspiracy, in which securities firms--with the help of big institutional customers including Fidelity and Janus Capital (nyse: JNS - news - people )--are accused of taking advantage of Internet fever to drive up the price of newly issued shares in the aftermarket.
Mr. Moonves's reason for taking a low-key approach: Last year, the network's price increase failed to match his forecast.
Their discount is off whatever the current stock price is--meaning they can turn a quick profit by selling the stock immediately, before taking possession of the new shares.
Numerous smartphone apps will allow consumers to do real-time price comparison while they are in stores on Black Friday (often, ironically, taking advantage of free, fast WiFi networks offered by retailers and malls).
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Profit-taking pressure, position evening and lower crude oil prices are putting some initial downside price pressure on the precious metals early Friday.
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First, it considers all child care to be of equal price, but as anyone who has babysat knows, taking care of an infant and a pre-teen are very different tasks and command different rates.
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For example, it is unlikely that a start-up will succeed in taking on Wal-Mart (WMT) directly in the retailing business with an everyday low price strategy nor will a start-up office operating system maker make much headway against Microsoft (MSFT).
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