"Lower tail risks have helped propel markets higher over the past half year, " said William Davies, head of global equities at Threadneedle, a UK asset manager.
Of course, it's no secret that HDTV prices in general have been sinking like a stone over the past half year or so, and while the boutiques are banking on customers finally coughing up the extra dough for "knowledge staff" and better all-around service, we're betting that price still remains king in the land of HDTV.
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The prices of solar panels have fallen by more than half over the past year and a half, and that helps to reduce the price of solar electricity.
The main reason for the increased production is simple: more than 1000 wills drilled over the past year and half have not yet been brought on line.
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As world leaders arrive in Toronto, we must renew the sense of common purpose and collective urgency that has served the world so well over the past year and a half.
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Since March 2009, those factors have both been big tailwinds for below-investment grade paper, helping drive both the JNK and HYG 50% higher in price over the past year and a half.
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The central bank has steadily raised short-term interest rates over the past year and a half to fight off inflation.
Over the past year about half a dozen Intel-based smartphones have hit the market, a drop in the bucket compared with the hundreds of designs using ARM-based technology, but still a half dozen more than Intel could claim last year.
The Virginia Tech students have visited Chardon more than a half dozen times over the past year to promote healing, said Fetchik, wearing a lapel ribbon in the school's red and black colors.
Harvard, Stanford, Cornell and Duke have all lost their bosses over the past year and a half.
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But over the past year and a half, financial turmoil overseas has put that growth at risk.
Over the past year and a half, the limelight has mostly been on the youngest Velasco, Mansueto, 24, better known as Onyok.
Over the past year and a half, Ms. Leese visited and considered buying homes in a number of places, including Fort Myers, Fla.
This is especially true during moments of trial -- and we have had a lot of trials over the past year and a half.
Unfortunately, that kind of bipartisanship has been absent on a lot of efforts that Harry and I have taken up over the past year and a half.
In China, worries are growing about weakening export demand (growth in export volumes has fallen by almost half over the past year to 11%) and falling property prices, which seem to play a role similar to equity prices elsewhere.
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Speculative investment in the metal has been growing steadily over the past year, yet its price has fallen by half.
Lost half her fortune over the past year, amid economic downturn.
Thousands of farmers continue to leave the land every year, responding to technological changes that have doubled agricultural productivity over the past half century.
Second Harvest, the largest food-bank network in the country, says that about half its 183 food-distribution centers have reported increased demand over the past year.
At its previous meeting the Fed's policy-making committee raised short-term rates by half a point, bringing the cumulative rise over the past year to one and three-quarter points.
Although, increasingly, extreme weather is also affecting businesses with almost half of individuals saying that it has caused disruption over the past year, a figure that has risen from one in five in 2002.
Around 60% receive 10 or fewer messages on an average day, with nearly half saying that the volume of mail they receive has stayed the same over the past year.
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