Word: demand
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...those statements Ghotbzadeh was promptly summoned to the holy city of Qum for a refresher course on the Ayatullah's policies. Afterward, Khomeini announced that everyone was in accord. Said he of the students' renewed demand that the hostages be tried unless the Shah is sent back to Iran: "The nation agrees with this. The Foreign Minister and the government also agree with this. Why should the nation not support this...
...typical Panavision entrance for the 13 oil ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The price-fixing cartel that had tiptoed onto the stage of international power politics a decade earlier was gathering amidst pomp, pageantry and supertight security to do what it had learned to do best: demand more money...
...want to do. In fact, the divisions were sharp enough to raise questions about the future of OPEC. While its members' separate price rises will cause immediate pain to the rest of the world, they also present an opportunity for oil-importing nations to counter OPEC by cutting demand. Market forces, the law of supply and demand, will have a much bigger influence than before...
...OPEC's failure to agree on a single price presents the oil-importing nations with a rare chance. If they substantially reduce their consumption of crude, prices at long last could be braked. Decreasing demand for petroleum can easily stampede OPEC's members into a back-stabbing rush to hang onto their customers by offering all sorts of discounts and deals. Already there are signs that this year's 100% increase in crude oil costs is beginning to crimp cartel sales. U.S. oil imports dropped by 8.5% during November to 7.9 million bbl. daily, suggesting that...
Iran and Libya urged that OPEC adopt the classic market-tightening tactic of cartels: production cutbacks of 5% to 10% that would keep prices high even if demand sags. But several members, including Venezuela, resisted on grounds that production levels are a matter of national sovereignty. Among those opposing the cutbacks was Iraq, which has invested heavily in oil development and is now pumping some 3.7 million bbl. daily, making it OPEC'S second largest producer after Saudi Arabia (9.5 million...