There must be a restriction in the deed to provide that the customer may not be charged more than the current market price for the oil, an obvious precaution, since the account is permanently wedded, just like with gas or electricity.

Since that time, Alberta's economic fortunes have largely tracked the price of oil, and increasingly natural gas prices.

Alberta boomed once again during the 2003-2008 oil price spike.

In July 2008 the price of oil peaked and began to decline and Alberta's economy soon followed suit, with unemployment doubling within a year.

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

The dramatic drop of the price of oil in 1985 and 1986, and consequent lack of foreign exchange reserves in following years to purchase grain profoundly influenced actions of the Soviet leadership.

US President Reagan also actively hindered the Soviet Union's ability to sell natural gas to Europe whilst simultaneously actively working to keep gas prices low, which kept the price of Soviet oil low and further starved the Soviet Union of foreign capital.

They argue that although the price of oil went back down in the 1980s, there was no corresponding deflation.

Overspending on the Trans-Gabon ( Transgabonais ) Railway, the oil price of 1986, and the franc CFA devaluation of 1994 have caused debt problems.

Because the Gabonese economy is dependent upon oil ( crude oil accounts for over 80 % of the country ’ s exports, 43 % of GDP, and 65 % of state revenue ), it is subject to worldwide price fluctuations.

These plans were not realised, however, primarily because of post-1973 oil price increases and a drought in 1975-77 that particularly affected northern Ghana.

More ships followed in the two following winters, after which gray whaling in the bay was nearly abandoned because " of the inferior quality and low price of the dark-colored gray whale oil, the low quality and quantity of whalebone from the gray, and the dangers of lagoon whaling.

The government controls oil and gas prices, to an extent insulating Haitians from international price fluctuations.

The government raised the price of gasoline, which it had been selling at a huge loss to quiet popular discontent, and the hyperinflation came to a halt almost immediately, since it was able to bring in hard currency by selling its oil abroad.

Indonesia was until recently Southeast Asia's only member of OPEC, and the 1970s oil price raises provided an export revenue windfall that contributed to sustained high economic growth rates, averaging over 7 % from 1968 to 1981.

Inflation continued, aggravated by the increases in the price of oil in 1973 and 1979.

* Along with the Yom Kippur War came the Arab oil embargo where the ( Muslim ) Persian Gulf oil-producing states ' dramatic decision to cut back on production and quadruple the price of oil, made the terms oil, Arabs and Islam synonymous – with power – in the world, and especially in the Muslim world's public imagination.

The tens of billions of dollars in " petro-Islam " largess obtained from the recently heightened price of oil funded an estimated " 90 % of the expenses of the entire faith.

The prices of all five metals increased between 1950 and 1975, but Ehrlich believes three of the five went down during the 1980s because of the price of oil doubling in 1979, and because of a world-wide recession in the early 1980s.

The price of raw and other natural commodities such as oil, gold, and uranium have risen substantially in recent years, due to increased demand from China, India, and other industrializing countries.

" and with oil trading in the $ 12 / barrel range, David South offered $ 1000 to any economist who would bet with him that the price of oil would be greater than $ 12 / barrel in 2010.

They had watered their stock at immense profit, then had raised the price of coal fifty cents a ton, netting themselves another $20,000,000 in annual profit.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of lead as long as the market price for common lead at New York, New York, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 75 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of zinc as long as the market price for prime western zinc at East Saint Louis, Illinois, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 55 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Frequently, the message must be changed at intervals to feature new products, price changes, etc..

Similarly, at the opposite end of the market cycle, towards the end of an intermediate or major decline, usually while the bottom is being formed on the price chart, it is characteristic that an increase is noticed in odd-lot selling again alerting the chartist that a bottom is becoming a greater likelihood.

He asked also for more supplies to trade at a low price for the Indians' pelts.

The price tag hung from the belt and he pulled it off as he entered the chartroom and looked at it curiously.

The stock was sold in the underwriting at a price of $12.50 a share.

Both of those have had dynamic run-ups in price on the market in recent months, both were selling at higher price-earnings and yield bases than Morton was coming to market at, and everyone who knew anything about it expected the Morton stock to have a fast run-up.

Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.

Yes, he would bring the Somers safely into New York harbor but at a price.

Dear God, at what a price.

No price is too high when true love is at stake.

The Agriculturalists supported the fixing of prices, in which all similar goods, regardless of differences in quality and demand, are set at exactly the same, unchanging price.

The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of, because Wozniak " liked repeating digits " and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $ 500 plus a one-third markup.

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A software-compatible clone of the Apple I ( Replica 1 ), produced using modern components, was released in 2003 at a price of around $ 200.

Shares are sold at the same price as the current cost of one share of stock in the acquired chain.

* Average selling price, the average price at which a particular product or commodity is sold across channels or markets

The Atlanta Falcons franchise began on June 30, 1965 when NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle granted ownership to 41 year-old Rankin Smith Sr .. Smith an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia at the time, paid $ 8. 5 million the highest price in NFL history at the time 1965 for an NFL franchise.