Word: trended
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...which in late September threatened further devastation to American refineries, failed to drive oil prices close to the post-Katrina high of $70.85--a sign, in his view, that the upward momentum has run out of gas. Miller also points out that oil's rise has been driven by trend-following hedge funds and traders piling into whatever is hot. With the oil price slipping, "that speculative money flow will reverse," as they bet instead that it will keep dropping...
...battle these days focuses on something much more primal: money. Ranchers and farmers like Longcore across the U.S.--and, for that matter, much of Europe--can earn extra income by leasing out their land for turbines. But as pollution-free wind farms proliferate from California to northern Germany, a trend driven by tax breaks and international concern about global warming, homeowners are worried about the effects on real estate values. "Resistance to wind turbines is inversely proportional to the distance between the individual turbine and the nearest McMansion," says Carol Overland, a Northfield, Minn., attorney who works on wind issues...
...industry-wide sales of hard liquor are up about 8%--also bodes well for Pernod. Investors are certainly drinking it in; since the acquisition, the company's stock price has spiked 38%. But before the celebratory champagne is all gone, Pringuet is confident "something will happen soon" in the trend of consolidation. The industry is looking to a Bacardi and Brown-Forman merger as the probable next big deal, but one thing is clear: the Continental gorillas at Pernod Ricard are thirsty...
...consider it important for both doctors and patients to know how to assess spiritual health. Today there is a minor trend in medical education to offer some instruction in this area. More often than not, however, it is offered as an elective, and often it is linked to teaching about death and dying. At its best, it makes medical students aware of this other dimension of human life and gives them tools to help patients know their strengths and weaknesses, whether or not they have life-threatening illnesses...
...completely different. The military coats of today are cut snugly and sexily and the detailing has become more couture than regimental. These coats can flatter most figures and are relatively practical for New England. This is good news for those of us who participated in the cocktail jacket trend of last fall and then permanently lost circulation to their extremities and for those of us marching against New Jersey just...