1.   Optimism that the sale will help Wharf finance that expansion drove its shares higher today.

2.   Also driving electricity prices higher today was the continued shutdown of a nuclear reactor in California, which reduced supply, Crowley said.

3.   Analysts said firm bond prices and resilient markets in Europe also will help push U.S. equity prices higher today.

4.   But the stakes seem higher today.

5.   Concern about the strike sent coffee prices higher today in New York.

6.   Costs are substantially higher today.

7.   If you view it objectively from the level of activity and shared decision-making and all those things three years ago, it is much higher today.

8.   Investors seeking safe haven from the currency turmoil in Asia pushed U.S. bonds higher today.

9.   Investors could push U.S. Treasury bond yields higher today because the report suggests consumer demand continues to climb, keeping alive concerns that inflation could accelerate.

10.   Japanese government bonds were higher today as traders considered a spate of lukewarm economic reports and a sharply stronger yen.