Sentences with phrase «fuel rates at»

Our prices are based on the prevailing fuel rates at the time of brochure publication, which is well in advance of departure.

Our prices are based on the prevailing fuel rates at the time of the brochure publication, which is well in advance of departure.

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The recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

Companies with high - energy inputs, like airlines, railways and miners, should also be trying to lock in long - term fuel contracts at current low rates, says Janice Plumstead, senior economist at the Canada West Foundation.

With the goal of increasing female - owned business survival rates and further fueling the growth of female entrepreneurship on the whole, hundreds of women such as Gore are gathering at today's inaugural Circle Board summit.

The explosion of «free money» gooses demand briefly, but then debt, even at low interest rates, never declines; and as another bust inevitably follows this latest debt - fueled boom, then the debt becomes increasingly burdensome as income and wealth both plummet.

Serial entrepreneurs Shindo and Taft branched out to solar and polysilicon materials when their original focus, the fuel cell industry, didn't grow at the projected rate.

Meanwhile, with a series of supportive economic factors at play «we expect the country's real estate market to continue the strong showing it posted in the second half of 2013,» Soper said, noting among other things favourable interest rates and an improving U.S. economy fuelling demand for Canadian exports.

When at full capacity, the theory goes, Canada's economy can't grow much beyond its potential — estimated by the central bank at 1.6 per cent — without fuelling price pressures and prompting rate increases.

Diesel fuel is taxed at a rate of 22 cents per gallon, 10th lowest.

The Fed is in a «liquidity trap» which requires rates to stay at emergency levels and that fuels the bubbles in equities, Commercial and Residential Real Estate and financier assets.

Sales of electricity, natural or artificial gas and home heating fuels for residential use are taxed at a 4 % rate.

Additionally, policymakers had previously acknowledged rate cuts» ineffectiveness at pushing down term premium at the start of Great Recession, but «tantrum fears» had subsequently fueled «policy cognitive dissonance» to argue otherwise during policy normalization.

In a country where the unemployment rate is at a 20 - year low and industrial output is approaching historical highs, fueling inflation concerns, a 10 - year government bond yield of 1.5 % is totally inappropriate and will naturally spur people to buy real estate.

FedEx and UPS rate increases recently took effect while fuel prices, a key cost for shippers, are at record lows.

NEW YORK The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

Japan's economy kicks into gear Fueled by increases in consumption and capital expenditures, Japan's economy expanded at a 4 % annualized rate in the second quarter, far exceeding expectations of a 2.5 % rise.

The rapid rate at which the marketing technology landscape is evolving has introduced two new realities for B2B marketers: (1) Organizations that can not adapt quickly and adopt new technologies will be displaced by those that can, and (2) technology - enabled marketing strategies are only as good as the data that fuels them.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of Rocket Fuel (NASDAQ: FUEL) with a Buy rating and a $ 69 price tarFuel (NASDAQ: FUEL) with a Buy rating and a $ 69 price tarFUEL) with a Buy rating and a $ 69 price target.

With finance ministry refusing to cut excise duty to give relief to the common man from petrol hitting a 55 - month high of Rs 74.63 a litre and diesel at a record high of Rs 65.93, oil PSUs have since April 24 not changed fuel rates.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Potential energy generating projects only become viable at high COD loading rates or in areas where power and fuel is expensive — this is already the case in many Asia - Pacific markets and is increasingly the trend worldwide.

i) Business mileage: many employers reimburse for fuel only at the lower HMRC approved company car fuel rates even where the employee is using his or her own car for work (usually because the employee has had a choice whether or not to receive a company car and chosen not to), rather than at the Authorised Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates of 45p for the first 10,000 business miles and 25p thereafter.

But at the rate Levy is going, every little bit counts, and flipping an outspoken chair like DeProspo would help fuel the momentum - building argument that Levy's campaign has been trying to make.

The sheer numbers of foreign personnel and agencies operating at the subnational level — all responding to a higher - level focus on «burn rates» — further fueled the disparate character of aid distribution.

According to him, although the drivers are happy with the implementation of pro-poor policies, including the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme, the rate at which fuel prices are increasing is affecting their businesses.

Drivers and Car Owners Association of Ghana say they feel deceived by President Akufo Addo over the rate at which fuel prices...

Ghana's forests, which once covered a third of its 24 - million - hectare landmass, have been degraded at an alarming rate by excessive and often illegal logging, slash - and - burn agriculture, mining and quarrying, and fuel wood collection.

But Alhassan Tampuli speaking on the increase said apart from the effect of the hurricanes, the international price at which fuel currently sells also has had an impact on the price build - up as well as the cedi - dollar rate.

Speaking on the Accounting to the People's Tour and the current state of Ghana's Economy, Dr Omane Boamah said that one will be amazed at the rate at which some problems faced by the people has been solved during President Mahama's Accounting to the People's Tour and gave the premix fuel challenge at Axim as an example.

For the third time in six months, a monthly Siena Research Institute poll showed Cuomo's job approval rating was underwater, at 48 - 51 percent, a drop fueled by the loss of upstate and Republican voters over the course of 2013, crosstabs show.

The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere grew at a record rate in 2016 to a level not seen for millions of years, potentially fueling a 20 - meter (65 - foot) rise in sea levels and adding 3 degrees to temperatures, the United Nations said.

Cuomo, speaking at the downtown Strand Theatre on Wednesday, said the city contains all of the elements required to fuel economic growth, including a strong core of small businesses, a state school that acts as an idea incubator and a low corporate tax rate.

Mr. Rienas said his son did not operate an air charter business, but conceded that his son flew as a hobby and had flown some authority officials, getting reimbursed at a rate of $ 205 an hour, which included the cost of fuel.

He was also accused of using the credit card to buy gasoline for others, some of whom he knew and some he didn't, who would then pay him cash for the fuel at a reduced rate.

From there, the researchers estimated that the carbon stored in Central Congo Basin's peat is equivalent to about 20 years of fossil fuel emissions from the United States, at current rates.

Drought - affected trees were found to grow at a normal rate right up until they died, indicating that they had enough sugars to fuel their metabolism and that starvation was not the trigger for death.

That means the atmosphere in 2100 would hold an extra 4 1/2 years» worth of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning at current rates,...

«We could use it as a mechanism for taxing fuel: at the moment all petrol is taxed at a flat rate, but different petrols release varying amounts of pollutants in to the atmosphere.

And burning fossil fuels at the same increasing rates through 2050 would drive those levels to their highest point in 50 million years, according to an April study in Nature Communications.

The experiment has potential as a source of renewable fuel, but at a solar - to - hydrogen efficiency rate of around 5 percent, the conversion rate is still too low to be commercially viable.

Based on electricity rates in 50 cities across the United States, UCS researchers found that EV owners could save $ 750 to $ 1,200 per year compared with operating the average new gas - powered car with fuel at $ 3.50 per gallon.

Yet I have done some calculations that I think can answer those questions now: If the world keeps burning fossil fuels at the current rate, it will cross a threshold into environmental ruin by 2036.

Many countries have applied carbon pricing at rates of a few percentage points of the consumer cost and the result is very little, if any, reduction in fuel consumption.

«Given that the maxima in the fuel - consumption rates occurred several years prior to the onset of the current economic downturn, these maxima have a good chance of being permanent peaks,» said Michael Sivak, a research professor at UMTRI and author of the report.

That means the atmosphere in 2100 would hold an extra 4 1/2 years» worth of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning at current rates, the researchers report in the Sept. 23 Science.

FIGURE 1: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel and the Kyoto Challenge Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels have risen over time but at rates that vary by region and circumstances.

Fossil fuels, while theoretically renewable on a very long time - scale, are exploited at rates that may deplete these resources in the near future.

That's a huge reservoir, even compared to the rate at which humans are now burning fossil fuels.