41.   Higher fuel prices also meant Tata Iron and its customers had less money to spend.

42.   Higher fuel prices weighed on shares of air transport companies.

43.   Higher fuel costs also could throw a damper on big fuel users, such as trucking companies and airlines, whose earnings have soared lately amid increased ticket sales.

44.   Higher fuel costs, he said, can be offset by traffic increases and more cost cutting.

45.   Higher fuel prices make the cost-saving efficiency of diesels much more apparent, and the performance penalty much less important.

46.   Higher fuel prices multiply that cost, a factor of particular importance to fleet operators and trucking companies.

47.   Higher fuel taxes were considered, but Congress rejected any increases.

48.   How much utility bills will actually drop remains in doubt, for the utility expects to ask for a rate increase to offset higher fuel costs.

49.   Higher fuel costs were offset by productivity improvements, it said.

50.   Higher fuel duties are often suggested as a way of doing this.