The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping rates for bulk goods, has foundered.

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Bulk goods shoppers in need of a cart can pay 20 riyals to one of the elderly men pushing wheelbarrows.

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So we are investing in a variety of things to try to improve oversight of what the federal government buys, including cracking down on no-bid contracts, trying to bulk up on bulk purchases of goods and services, and also expanding the acquisition workforce so that we have better oversight of those contracts.

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All seven receive the overwhelming bulk of their contributions in goods or services from a relatively small number of donors.

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And Altra deals in bulk commodities, not consumer goods.

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The advantage for Chinese buyers is that goods are mailed to a warehouse in Dallas and bulk-shipped to China, saving on postage costs, with 10 to 14 days of delivery time.

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Most goods are aimed at evangelicals, who make up the bulk of the big-spending consumers, according to a recent study by Baylor University in Texas.

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Customers came flocking as LuLu made its name as a provider of value-for-money goods by eliminating middlemen and setting up its own manufacturing and bulk purchasing.

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Petroleum products make up the bulk of African exports to the US, but exports of textiles, minerals and agricultural goods have picked up.

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According to Reuters, Goods takes on inventory risk getting a discount for buying products in bulk and selling them to consumers at a higher price.

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