Sentences with phrase «falling fuel markets»

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When fuel costs fell and the economy was strong, margins grew fatter, and airlines flooded the market with new flights («capacity,» in the industry's terminology) and splurged on equipment.

But while Australian demand for the fruit has been fueled by its store of healthy fats, supply has been strangled by heavy rain and bushfires, and because growers in western Australia, anticipating a fall in demand after Christmas, exhausted their stocks to flood the market in the lead - up to the holiday season.

Costco Wholesale's quarterly profit scraped past estimates, helped by a hike in membership fees, but a fall in gross margins fueled concerns of an intensifying grocer price war, sending shares down 3.6 percent in after - market trading.

Nordic forward prices fell on Wednesday after rising for the last three sessions in a row as some market players took an opportunity to cash in the gains, while bearish fuel markets weighted on the longer - term contracts.

And in the stock market itself, price / earnings ratios are falling as the credit that fueled stock - market speculation by hedge funds and other arbitrageurs is cut back.

These two events occurred roughly at the same time, and fueled a three - day fall of more than 10 % in the market.

Higher interest rates, falling stock prices and a weak dollar represent a tightening of financial conditions — which have been very easy for a long time, a key source of fuel for the long bull market.

Oil prices extended losses on Monday, falling to near $ 78 a barrel, as Europe's debt crisis roiled markets and falling personal incomes in the U.S. suggested slack demand for fuel.

Coles Express outlets lost market share in fuel due to uncompetitive prices, with fuel volumes crashing 21 per cent after falling 16.6 per cent in the June quarter and 22 per cent in the March quarter.

Metcash attributed the fall in grocery earnings to price deflation of 1.3 per cent, which exacerbated operating deleverage, a 12.6 per cent increase in advertising and marketing investment, and intense competition in food markets, particularly the impact of excessive fuel discounts by the major chains.

In the second Pricing window for the month of June 2016, (IES) can project fuel prices on the local market to fall.

Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).

A redesigned Corolla sedan hit the market this fall with larger dimensions, edgier styling and higher fuel economy estimates.

Farmington, Pa. - With the hulking SUV falling out of favour faster than Stephane Dion, the market for vehicles that blend the utility of the breed with better fuel economy and...

Critical Knowledge: First redesign since 2002New RamBox storage systemNew in - floor storage systemHemi V - 8 engine upgraded for more power and better fuel economyThree cab stylesThree bed lengthsMulti - link coil spring rear suspension9,100 - pound towing capacitySales to start in fall 2008IntroductionWhen Dodge gave its full - size Ram pickup «big rig» styling in 1994, the bold new look helped triple market share.

When compared to some other nicer wagons on the market, the V60 Cross Country falls short on areas like cargo capacity and fuel economy.

Microsoft Corp.'s tumultuous fall on the stock market during the past 13 years has largely been fueled by missteps in the consumer products market.

Last week, the benchmark S&P 500 Index fell just shy of 5 per cent in five days and now investors are wondering — does the liquidity - fueled rally in the US Stock Market resume?

If you invest in oil futures, you're basically buying oil from a supplier in a pre-determined price and the oil supply shall be delivered to you at the agreed dates regardless of the rise and fall of fuel prices in the market.

For instance, a market - based policy like a price on carbon might encourage consumers to buy more fuel - efficient cars, but it will fall well short of revolutionizing global energy infrastructure and technologies.

Sadly, the burden invariably falls to that small group of maverick believers in free markets and honest science who don't care about all the brickbats they get for being defenders of «dirty fuel» because they'd rather speak the truth than be popular.

Although liquid fuels — mostly petroleum - based — remain the largest source of energy, the liquids share of world marketed energy consumption falls from 34 % in 2010 to 28 % in 2040, as projected high world oil prices lead many energy users to switch away from liquid fuels when feasible.

«These global elitists try to wrap themselves in this «sky - is - falling, fossil fuels are bad, climate change is real mantra,» but the fact of the matter is they are doing that to manipulate markets,» he said.

However, the liquids share of world marketed energy consumption falls from 33 % in 2015 to 31 % in 2040, as oil prices rise steadily, leading many energy users to adopt more energy - efficient technologies and to switch away from liquid fuels when feasible.

In the commodities markets, farmers deal in futures as a hedge against the risk of falling prices in the commodity they produce (say, corn) while, on the other side of the equation, companies like airline operators deal in futures to hedge against the risk of an increase in the price of fuel for their aircraft.

The supply of sublease space is fueled by tech companies, such as Salesforce, that are moving into new headquarters and putting their old offices on the market, as well as by companies such as Twitter Inc. whose real estate needs have fallen short of their planning, according to Gundersheim.

Fueling the uptick: a promising jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a three - year low and first - time claims for jobless benefits falling last week to a four - year low, according to a Labor Department report Thursday.