Their opportunities for making up for price cuts by winning extra volume are limited.

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They then search the internet to find a seller at that price, with customers often making savings of up 30% or 40%.

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Parkway's share price is up about 86% since then, making it the top-performing U.S.-listed REIT over that period, according to financial research company FactSet.

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More intriguing: instances where insiders are buying company shares--usually a clear indication that the folks making the big decisions think their company's stock price is going up.

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While the analysts all are basically making valuation calls here, with the stock up 72% from the IPO price, it still somewhat unusual to see a company come public and then be recommended by zero of its bankers.

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The Democrat opposes raising farm income through government price supports, which can establish minimum market prices that end up making it harder to sell U.S. food in world markets.

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The winner in all this would seem to be Porsche, which could end up making a tidy packet from the two-day jump in Volkswagen's share price.

FORBES: Market Scan

The price of storage continues to decline significantly, up to 30-40 percent per year, making it more cost effective to add capacity than to spend the valuable time and effort required to find and delete data.

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Though the price of gold has crept up of late, the value of the rand has risen too, making South African exporters less competitive: since the beginning of 2003, the South African currency has risen by about 30% against the American dollar.

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