11. In a deal that could drive wholesale prices down further, the United Nations reached an agreement Monday under which Iraq would sell oil to buy food and medicine. 12. Low crude prices are driving major oil companies together in attempt to reduce exploration and marketing costs. 13. Lower gold bullion prices might drive shares of producers lower for a second day. 14. Proof that higher stock prices drive merger activity can also be seen in the value of deals done during September, when the stock market was falling. 15. Rising prices have driven some traders from the market. 16. Rising bullion prices drove gold stocks higher. 17. Rising real estate prices have driven up rents. 18. Second, the retail clothing market became increasingly dominated by huge chain stores, whose lower prices drove mom-and-pop stores out of business. 19. Soaring U.S. Treasury bond prices drove up emerging market debt with big gains early in Bulgaria and Russia and later in Latin America. |