Word: drives
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that drive down tuna prices? With demand for sashimi-grade fish in Japan at about 500,000 tons a year, Stehr insists Clean Seas won't flood the market. In fact, Japan may not be the market Stehr is aiming for, at least initially. Since tuna grow at less than 1 kg a month, stock next year would likely be only around 7 kg, too small for many of Japan's sashimi buyers. Stehr thinks the Japanese may still want the smaller fish, but sees the U.S., China and Europe as alternative markets. Growing global demand will drive up prices...
...Central Park have enticed real estate developers searching for the next up-and-coming neighborhood. The rezoning augurs wholesale changes, including luxury office towers and apartments. Much of Harlem is still comparatively poor--the median household income hovers around $27,000--and Barron suspects that these gleaming additions will drive out locals unable to foot the rising rents. "Housing policies are the new Jim Crow policies for the 21st century," he says...
...State Street for marked down Guess? What happened to me at Harvard?There’s a picture of me that my mother took when we drove from Chicago to Cambridge at the start of my freshman year. Why on Earth we chose to make that 18-hour drive, I’ll never know. Well, that’s not entirely true: I was starting a new adventure.In the picture, I’m standing in front of a “Welcome to Massachusetts” sign at the Connecticut border. My hands are stuffed in my pockets...
...drive down costs even further, he proposes an even more controversial cost-containment idea. His plan would allow the unlimited use of so-called offsets, or pollution credits purchased from carbon-reduction projects outside the cap-and-trade system. In other words, a coal-fired utility in Ohio wouldn't have to reduce its carbon emissions if it bought enough offsets from, say, a forest preserve that promised not to clear-cut its timber. A certain number of offsets make sense - as long as they are real and verified (which is hard to ensure). But many policy analysts fear that...
...India's size and population, it's impossible to guard against all attacks. "They've attacked India's Silicon Valley, India's commercial capital [Mumbai] and now they've attacked a famous tourist city," says Chellaney. "These targets are being chosen across the length and breadth of India to drive home the message that the country is vulnerable...