Now someone must have upset him: rising maize prices could force the price of tortillas up by 50%, the makers of the corn pancakes warned last month.

现在，肯定有谁触犯了这位神灵了：玉米薄饼市场上月警告说，玉米价格的不断上涨推动了玉米饼价格上涨了50%。

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As more money piles into the business, groups could lose their focus, and competition could push up the prices for deals and force down future returns.

随着行业里堆积的资金越来越多，各组织也可能因此失去重心，并且竞争也会推高交易价格，从而导致未来收益下降。

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The worst of the lot, this one involved an immediate freeze for 18 months on bank deposits making up 80% of the country’s financial assets. The idea was to force prices down by reducing liquidity.

最差的一项, 这项计划引爆了一段为时18个月的银行存款即时冻结, 受影响的数字相当于80%的国家财政资财.其本意是降低流动资金以达到压低价格的目的.

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When Granada and Carlton announced last week that they were in advanced merger talks, advertisers said they were worried that the new company would be able to force up prices for TV airtime.

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Rising demand in China and elsewhere will force oil prices up over the long haul.

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"As a result, there's an imbalance between supply and demand, which tends to force prices up, " she adds.

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