This consolidation (in addition to the shortages due to the Thailand floods) will help to stabilize or even increase individual drive prices in the long run.
Huddersfield builder Trish Nutall, who has run Jo Simon construction for six years, fears the increase in tax will be no help to preserving important buildings.
In addition, lawmakers' recent pressure on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to increase its oversight of energy markets might help curb any speculation contributing to the price run-up.
She posits that employees may believe that a better boss would help them to earn more in the long-run than they might if they saw a pay increase but were stuck in a negative work environment.