61. Critics say the compromise bill, sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., would push up the retail price of cigarettes enough to entice smugglers. 62. Decision could boost retail prices. 63. Demand is so healthy, the Federal Reserve this week raised interest rates as a preemptive strike against rising retail prices. 64. Despite this volatility at the farm level, retail prices in Massachusetts have remained fairly steady. 65. Dealers are simply transforming a wholesale price of credit into a retail price, and profiting from the markup, he said. 66. During that campaign, the Communists called for state control of retail prices and the return of state control of assets sold or spun off by the Yeltsin government. 67. Dwindling supplies of pork led to a surge in retail prices this month, making pork more expensive than beef. 68. Elsewhere, the American Automobile Association said U.S. retail gasoline prices fell during the past month, the second consecutive monthly decline. 69. Erba and other outfitters sell their rental boats at the end of each season for as much as one-third off the retail price. 70. Economists who heard that suggestion scoffed, saying regulating and coordinating the traders would be as difficult as setting a worldwide retail price for eggs. |