Word: benefitting
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Japan, which imports 99.8% of the oil it uses, could save as much as $23 billion on crude this year, which will help offset the loss of export business it has suffered because of the rapid appreciation of the yen. Oil-using nations that are less well off will benefit too. In sub-Saharan Africa, lower expenses for transportation and farming could start to raise living standards after many years of decline. Some countries with state-owned oil companies, notably India and Pakistan, have so far refused to pass savings along to consumers, deciding instead to spend the money...
...trucking industry, which hauls about 75% of the nation's goods, projects that lower diesel-fuel costs will save it $7.7 billion this year. Bus lines and local transit systems will benefit as well. Theodore Weigle, executive director of the Chicago Regional Transportation Authority, estimates that the decline in diesel-fuel prices could save his agency as much as $7 million in 1986. But for American railroads, the oil-price drop is a mixed blessing. The good news is that most U.S. freight trains are diesel powered; at Norfolk Southern Corp., in Norfolk, Va., for example, executives expect that saving...
...firm in Manhattan, estimates that many developers are saving up to $1 per sq. ft. in energy costs as a result of the petroglut. That is equal to anywhere from 25% to 50% of the total energy costs for many buildings. Residential home builders, who are enjoying the double benefit of lower interest rates and the oil-price cuts, are also feeling giddy. It did not seem coincidental that of the 20 biggest gainers on the New York Stock Exchange in the first quarter of this year, six were home builders...
Dudley House Committee Co-Chairmen Scott D. Easton '88 and Evan M. Supcoff '88 said that although members of Dudley House at times have conflicting ideas about the role of the house, most agreed that Dudley would benefit from the improved sense of community...
...procession followed a rally at which area feminist leaders, students, and faculty members discussed violence against women. Local recording artist Patti Larkin appeared in a benefit performance along with the Radcliffe Pitches and Toba E. Spitzer...