11.   Packers should do better this year, as lower corn prices spur livestock production.

12.   Retail demand could pick up if the lower prices spur interest in pork and lure consumers away from other meats, traders said.

13.   So far, weak prices have spurred exports.

14.   The dollar fell against other major currencies amid concern that plunging Japanese stock prices could spur Japanese investors to repatriate capital.

15.   The higher prices spurred more vigorous recycling efforts.

16.   To be sure, recent low prices have spurred demand.

17.   U.S. stocks were mixed, surrendering an early rally, as rising oil prices spurred concern that inflation may not remain dormant for long.

18.   But the fixed prices have spurred exports to neighboring Russia, where food prices are much higher, and caused food shortages in Belarus.

19.   Flat raw materials prices have spurred merger talks in the copper industry as well.

20.   Fixed prices have spurred exports to neighboring Russia, where food now is up to three times more expensive, draining the domestic market.