1. Analysts said the price cuts by Fidelity and other companies will put pressure on ETrade to reduce its fees. 2. And these higher prices could cut into sales in this sector that is so important to the overall economy. 3. -- Bernice Behar, a portfolio manager at John Hancock Funds, after retailers announced post-Christmas price cuts in an attempt to boost lackluster holiday sales. 4. ACPC delegates said the group is concerned that soaring prices could cut demand from both roasters and coffee drinkers. 5. But higher prices can cut into demand, which eventually hits company earnings, analysts said. 6. But the falling prices are cutting profits at local companies, a trend that discourages them from resuming investment. 7. Chilean stocks declined amid concern that falling commodities prices will cut into earnings of companies with strong export revenue from Asia. 8. Countries from Brazil and Venezuela to Canada sell the same products and could be forced to cut their prices as well, hurting their economies. 9. Declining oil prices have already cut into employment and the economy in the oil patch. 10. Dismal potato prices also cut into income-tax receipts for the Idaho state government and hurt the sale of new farm equipment. |