He gave big industrial customers the freedom to buy electricity under contract from the cheapest provider, or directly from the national grid at a spot price.
This resulted in a decline in the spot price.
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Watson said parks near the state's urban centers are especially popular, because camping can be an inexpensive way for someone to visit a city like San Francisco, where hotels can cost 10 or 20 times the price of a camping spot.
The underlying Solactive Global Oil Equities Index tracks the performance of 25 equal-weighted companies that have shown a high correlation to the spot price of oil.
Power-sector reforms allowed smaller European utilities to compete more vigorously, buying LNG on the spot market at a price sometimes as low as half that of long-term contracts from Russia.
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And a final benchmark price stems from a complex summation of interlinked spot, physical forwards, futures, options, and derivatives markets, which means the paper market is almost as important as the physical one.
The company said the Fine Silicon charge reflects a sharp drop in the spot market price of polysilicon.
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As the price of senior gold mining stocks and gold bullion have diverged, the enterprise value per ounce of gold reserves held by gold miners is at a historically steep discount to the spot price of gold.
For now, though, Nintendo has not only recaptured the respect of its rivals, but is offering innovation at a price that resonates with the sweet spot of where the console market has long been.
Despite calls for a full probe into petrol pricing, amid claims of price fixing by a whistleblower, the regulator had failed to spot any of the allegations now being investigated by the EU, said Mr Halfon.
On a Comex spot continuation chart, this was the lowest price for Comex gold since September 2010.
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It wants them to keep receipts and has set up a hotline for shoppers to call if they spot any price rises.
Another name to consider is Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), which is a name that is generally most associated with the spot price of oil.
The current uptrend on weekly charts dates back to late 2008, and has more than doubled the price of spot gold, during a steady bull run.
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In other news, reports said the price of spot gold in India hit a record high Thursday, basis the Indian rupee currency.
Needless to say, being the biggest bank comes with a price. (JPM took the top spot from BofA in the third quarter of 2011.) Shares of JPM are down over 4% for the last week.
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In a worst-case scenario they take up a roster spot and a miniscule piece of cap space, and at best they emerge as top playmakers at a bargain price.
However, the increased competition in the market has lead to a near term over-supply situation, pushing the spot market price of the flat rolled products down.
Coastal hotspots such as Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu occupied the second spot in The Wealth Report 2012, recording a 20% price growth in luxury residential properties.
The other option is to invest in silver mining companies or Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW), which is a silver royalty company whose stock price is highly correlated to spot silver prices.
The government's resistance to price increases leaves consumer-product companies in a tight spot.
The constant onslaught of cash into these markets causes a frenzy in the price of the futures contracts and drags the spot prices ever upward.
Sam Ricketts, who had replaced David Vaughan, was penalised for a foul on the edge of the Wales penalty box and Selva fired a superb effort into the top corner with Price rooted to his spot.
Casey's buys its gas in the spot market, but sometimes it can't recover a price hike immediately at the pump, since some of the competition is buying on long-term contracts and can afford to respond more gradually.
In principle, futures contracts should also allow farmers to lock in a price for their crops, insulating them from the vagaries of the spot market.
The rising average selling price of Sony Ericsson phones as smartphones occupy more of the sales channel was a bright spot, and the four screens strategy (discussed in more depth here) is clearly a focus.
This grim price schedule, exhibiting what the traders call backwardation (futures prices lower than spot), is a pretty powerful incentive for any private owner not to stockpile heating oil.
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