Word: demanding
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...Typically, investors buy gold when they are nervous about the state of the economy. But the latest price run started in earnest in April, just as the fears of the financial crisis were easing. Demand for gold has been rising. And inflation, despite the mounting economic recovery, looks to remain in check. That has many thinking the rise in gold is just another sign that the global economy is on the mend...
...what is driving the price of gold? Adam says demand. And that's a good thing. As the credit crisis and global recession eases, more and more consumers, and industrial users like electronics manufacturers, are buying gold again. According to World Gold Council, demand for gold, while down from a year ago, rose 19% in the second quarter vs. the first three months of the year. Indeed, gold prices might be rising in anticipation of the normal holiday buying season...
...most part, Dean hewed to the same argument for efficiency that Obama has been making across the country, rather than presenting the moral case for giving every American decent health care. He pointed out how the current health care system defeats the free market’s supply-and-demand curve. “Our system is broken,” said Dean, who is also a licensed physician. “Our incentives are broken. Our mindset is broken.” —Staff writer Bonnie J. Kavoussi can be reached at kavoussi@fas.harvard.edu
...summer vacation to end either. Doma employee Subash Khadka estimates they order roughly double the amount of alcohol during the school year. Imagine their surprise when a slew of students in search of alcohol turned up before Labor Day. You don't have to graph any supply and demand curves to figure out we were hit by an temporary liquor shortage...
...majority of the E.U.'s member states later this month - and some governments, like France, Germany and Britain, have already expressed their support - Europe's stance will add weight to moves for a worldwide ban when CITES gathers to vote on the measure in March 2010. (Read "Sashimi on Demand...