61.   A number of investment strategists were predicting Friday that share prices will go still higher.

62.   A large part of the pay of top management these days is in stock options, which are valuable only if the share price goes up.

63.   A. The market imperative says prices go up when competition declines.

64.   A slight cooling might not be such a bad thing for places such as California, where real estate prices have gone haywire, Riedy said.

65.   A. The popularity of spas is based on pampering at least as much as sweating, so prices are going to reflect that.

66.   According to the financial records, even as the price went up, distribution costs held relatively constant.

67.   After poor sales in May, sellers who can wait do, until they are confident prices will go up.

68.   After posting, Challenger said, the price does not go down as the date approaches.

69.   But as raw materials prices go up, the oil-price squeeze only tightens for the consumer-goods company.

70.   But by then, demand was mounting and prices were going up regardless of quality.