61.   The sale prices also were inflated because they included the price of fuel contracts.

62.   The suit charged that Burlington executives knew that stock price was inflated.

63.   The stock prices were inflated to begin with.

64.   The SEC has begun looking into such practices, and Wednesday the FERC began investigating whether wash trades worked to inflate power prices in California.

65.   The stronger dollar is inflating prices of exported and imported commodities because most are priced in the U.S. currency.

66.   The suggestion is that they are high because the Sox have the oldest and smallest park in the league, forcing them to inflate prices to generate income.

67.   The utilities also contend that, knowing this, contractors, on winning city contracts, would then charge the utilities inflated prices.

68.   The trash haulers used intimidation to inflate prices and stifle competition, Morgenthau said.

69.   They believe it is the result of a conspiracy by producers to artificially inflate prices.

70.   They said wholesale prices are inflated and dealers are selling gas at very narrow profit margins.