61.  As a category, batteries don't seem to excite much brand loyalty, and when buying batteries, many consumers base their purchase decisions on price alone.

62.  Delaying an oil price increase would be a "step back," he said.

63.  Delays to some Royal Dutch/Shell Group exports from Nigeria tied by civil unrest have helped buoy crude prices, traders said.

64.  Cunningham sponsored a measure that will create a legislative committee to study gas prices.

65.  DEPOT _ ATLANTA _ Home Depot and Lowe's have turned up the heat on each other with new ads comparing prices at the two retailers.

66.  Delgado Pizarro advised the farmers to diversify their plantings to guard against price swings and pleaded with them to stay away from coca.

67.  Delivery is promised in about two to three weeks; prices start at $75.

68.  Dell Computer Corp. said it will cut prices on certain personal computers by as much as 13 percent, marking the third price reduction this year.

69.  Dell cut prices on its OptiPlex line of high-end network computers by as much as 18 percent and launched PCs based on 133-megahertz Pentium microprocessors.

70.  Dell does well in such a market because eliminating the cost of middle-man distributors allows it to sell quality machines at a lower price than many rivals.