41.   Investors discounted that rise because higher energy prices are seen as fleeting.

42.   Manville has been hurt by higher energy prices, which drive up its raw materials costs, as well as slower housing starts and the decline in the euro.

43.   Meanwhile, Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, suggested that some of the inflationary pressures on the economy from higher energy prices might be easing.

44.   Nearly all of that surge was due to higher energy costs.

45.   Not because higher energy costs could derail the economic recovery we are supposed to be enjoying, but because consumers might think they will.

46.   Of course, if climate scientists are right, any higher energy costs would be a small price to pay to avert escalating natural disasters and ecological catastrophe.

47.   Pichler said Kroger has made good progress at reducing operating, general and administrative costs, which offset the negative impact of higher energy costs.

48.   Processing plants, which turn fresh potatoes into frozen or dehydrated products, are also suffering because of higher energy costs and weakening demand.

49.   Q. So you are assuming that higher energy prices are here to stay.

50.   Restaurant owner Patricia Casado has braced for layoffs after already struggling with higher energy bills and other economic pressures.