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...expect a break in their energy bills. But retail prices take about 45 days to respond to crude-oil declines because the fuel currently on sale was made with more expensive crude. The average U.S. price for regular unleaded gasoline is now $1.15 per gal., already down from a peak of $1.41 in 1981. While most filling stations have made no dramatic cuts yet, some experts think that the price could fall to 90 cents by late spring...
More collapses in the drilling business seem likely to follow, since oil prices have fallen so low that they provide little incentive for exploration. Only 1,671 drilling rigs are currently operating in the U.S., compared with a peak of 4,530 in 1981. Global was particularly vulnerable because it borrowed heavily to buy modern equipment. Said Jerry Martin, Global's senior vice president: "The downturn didn't surprise us, but we didn't think it would last this long...
Camp that night was in a high, alpine meadow at the base of 10,035-ft. Goat Peak. Alas, the hot tub at the hut there was broken. But dinner was an elegant beef bourguignon. Caryl showed the foresight of a veteran trekker, never mind kick turns, by pulling a bottle of Jack Daniel's out of her pack. Simmie Salembier, 42, a caterer from Los Angeles, turned out to have a canteen full of rum. Aching muscles told the day's history, and would retell it more insistently the next morning. Outside, stars snapped in the clear sky, just...
Election officials said peak voting in the eight-hour voting day normally occurs in the early afternoon, but unusually large numbers of voters were standing in line before the schoolhouse polls opened. Millions walked, rode in ox carts or took ferry boats tocast ballots in one of the most importantelections in Philippine history...
...released last week reported that U.S. businesses, after adjusting for price increases, will curtail their spending in plant and equipment by 1% in 1986. This year, in comparison, it is estimated that these expenditures will have risen by more than 5%. In 1984, when the recovery was at its peak, capital investment surged...