1.   Also, they say, it will speed competition in the local phone markets and drive prices down.

2.   Amateur investors find their way to obscure securities and mingle online with both stock promoters trying to drive prices up and short-sellers trying to drive prices down.

3.   Advocates say the arrangement will assure competition for all classes of consumers and drive prices down.

4.   Can the artist withstand this, or will the flood of Picassos drive prices down?

5.   Concern other refiners may follow suit helped drive oil prices lower.

6.   Higher trading levels would drive prices up, said the Centerinvest official.

7.   Its assets are swelling so much that it could, in the short-term, drive stock prices in entire industries, he said.

8.   Some managers are spending time calming clients, who might otherwise pull their money, sparking another round of selling that would drive prices even lower.

9.   Traders also said snowfall in the Midwest helped drive wheat prices down by adding a protective blanket to dormant winter crops.

10.   Traders said snowfall in the Midwest also helped drive wheat prices down by adding a protective cover to dormant winter crops.