41.   Other matters to be discussed at the meeting include a review of the rubber market situation and efforts to stabilize rubber prices.

42.   A State Council circular said food prices must be stabilized by controlling profits and using price ceilings.

43.   A wave of corporate mergers boost efficiency, labor becomes more cooperative and the Federal Reserve stabilizes prices, helping the economy grow.

44.   At the ceremony, Pemex director Adrian Lajous Vargas called for stepping up talks between producers and consumers of petroleum to stabilize prices.

45.   Because of such a practice, the operation to stabilize the prices of staple food in markets throughout the city had been useless, he said.

46.   But he was doubtful that the government could fulfill its pledge to stabilize prices even with large subsidies.

47.   But Labor officials said the oil price cuts would at least stabilize prices of basic goods and eventually benefit workers.

48.   But the move failed to stabilize the prices, while the rupiah continued to sink.

49.   Chavez believes adherence helps stabilize oil prices, but critics complain the policy sacrifices production capacity and market share.

50.   Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriguez urged steps to stabilize oil prices Thursday, saying wide fluctuations serve the interests of neither producers nor consumers.