Word: spiked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Russians living below the poverty line has swelled to more than 50% of the population. The rich, meanwhile, still prefer paying bribes to paying their taxes. The 7% growth Russia saw in 2000 came off a severely contracted economic base and was mostly the result of the world spike in oil prices. And Russia did not use the oil boom as an opportunity to invest in its collapsing infrastructure, and it may well fail to pay its foreign debts if prices drop further. "How long it takes before a crisis breaks out depends on oil prices," said Stiglitz. With Courtis...
...politically, it can be a tough sell. In California's half-assed deregulation plan, tough environmental regulations, a demand spike and a rickety transmission system conspired to leave the utilities subsidizing the ratepayers, and the ratepayers/taxpayers somehow convinced they shouldn't have to pay a penny more...
...Jenkins' course focuses on the artistic and protest underground cinema movements of the '50's and '60's and continues right up to modern Indy film leaders like Spike...
Critics say the Governor's innate sense of caution is to blame. "This problem could have been solved six months ago and at $10 billion less for the utility companies," says Representative Keith Richman, Republican minority whip in the state assembly. Richman points out that following a spike in power rates in San Diego last August, Republicans wrote a letter to Davis calling for a special session of the legislature "to solve California's energy crisis." The Governor did not respond. "The reason we are at this crisis today is because of the Governor's lack of action and lack...
...most other deregulated states have learned that prices can move in the other direction too. In Massachusetts, where consumers were promised 15% cuts, rates have skyrocketed as much as 50%. A recent report from the Union of Concerned Scientists implied that this spike might not be entirely the result of market forces. Since deregulation began, plants have been shut down for maintenance nearly 50% more often than before, which could have the effect of creating artificial shortages. The producers deny any collusion and point to stricter environmental rules as a reason for the increases...