41. Gas prices also have jumped nationwide. 42. Gasoline prices jumped. 43. Gasoline prices jumped on expectations that New Jersey would not soon switch to another reformulated grade. 44. Government bonds pared early gains to trade little changed after stock prices jumped in late trading, making fixed income investments such as bonds less attractive. 45. Heating oil and natural gas prices jumped on forecasts for colder weather in the Midwest and Northeast, the major U.S. markets for home heating fuels. 46. Heating oil prices jumped to a five-year high amid concern inventories are perilously low for expected winter demand. 47. Housing prices have jumped higher in a year than almost anywhere else in California. 48. In May, cocoa prices jumped to eight-year highs amid concern that demand for cocoa would outpace supply. 49. In the past, when a company announced a share-repurchase program, its stock price typically jumped. 50. It was bad enough that home prices were jumping. |