Word: pullbacks
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...under Freedom of Information Act requests, a chief tool of watchdogs checking up on government. And federal agencies are pulling down information of all kinds from their websites. Preventing Web-surfing terrorists from learning the location of power plants and gas lines makes sense. But some of this data pullback could make it harder for ordinary folks to get information they need--like whether, say, a cancer-causing factory is located near a home they're thinking of buying...
...September at $37.80 per bbl., oil prices have tumbled to below $25. This breather from high energy costs is going to be short-lived. In the past two years, members of the cartel have stuck close to their output quotas, which they demonstrated in last week's announced production pullback. That will bring crude prices above $25 per bbl. again. Should crude top $30 for a prolonged period, it will further eviscerate U.S. corporate profits and have a deeply corrosive effect on the entire U.S. economy...
...September at $37.80 per bbl., oil prices have tumbled to below $25. This breather from high energy costs is going to be short-lived. In the past two years, members of the cartel have stuck close to their output quotas, which they demonstrated in last week's announced production pullback. That will bring crude prices above $25 per bbl. again. Should crude top $30 for a prolonged period, it will further eviscerate U.S. corporate profits and have a deeply corrosive effect on the entire U.S. economy...
...ensuing busts included a fake-out rally of at least 30% and lasted at least two years before fully washing out, says Barton Biggs, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley. "This kind of bounce is what you expect," he adds. You also expect it won't last. The pullback, when it comes, will be severe if accompanied by news that suggests the economy won't rebound this year...
...speed. There's also a market factor: Because of fierce competition at the street level, the Exxons and Shells of the world tend to raise prices as slowly as they can in times of scarcity - and then make up the lost profits by lagging their decreases behind market pullback...