Slimtrader is a promising start-up that launched a commerce platform a year ago using the tools available in the developing world: feature phones and SMS. A traveler in Lagos, Nigeria can enter the text shortcode for a bus ticket and get a reply with a schedule and prices.
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Meg McCabe of Aetna hopes that consumers will soon be able to use their smartphones to enter symptoms, find doctors, compare prices and schedule an appointment.
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How many of us call three dentists to get prices before we schedule a crown?
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It was slammed in the press last week for failing to schedule a debate on fuel prices, and accused of ignoring the many thousands who signed the supporting petition.
Frequent fliers may grumble about increased ticket prices, extra baggage fees, schedule changes and discontinued routes.
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This grim price schedule, exhibiting what the traders call backwardation (futures prices lower than spot), is a pretty powerful incentive for any private owner not to stockpile heating oil.
But a heavy schedule of January maintenance at West Coast refineries has led to sharply higher prices there.
But other factors, like rising fuel prices and the proposed acquisition of US Airways, along with a trimmed flight schedule and customer desertions, kept the stock grounded.
But other factors, such as rising fuel prices and the proposed acquisition of US Airways, along with a trimmed flight schedule and customer desertions, kept the stock grounded.
High fuel prices have forced airlines to raise fares and fees, and consolidation and flight-schedule reductions have given them pricing power they didn't have before.
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