Millions of rural poor growing crops for export earn a pittance and face rising prices of inputs.
The battery switch system could also prove attractive to owners of corporate and government fleets whose vehicles drive predictable routes and face rising gasoline prices.
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Higher gas prices are reducing the frequency of store visits and the lack of salary growth in the face of rising commodity prices are forcing more Americans to live hand to mouth.
But although the company was at its peak in terms of size, it made its first loss in 2001 in the face of rising fuel prices, a shortage of trained drivers and tougher demands from its customers.
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Consumers in these brackets are increasingly using cost-saving measures to save up as they face rising gas and grocery prices, as well as perceptions of increased instability in the job market, according to a recent study by SymphonyIRI Group.
Small and medium-sized businesses face high raw-materials prices and rising labour costs, but miss out on the low electricity prices and tax advantages enjoyed by big firms.
Business users will also face higher prices, starting at about 18 percent for agricultural users and rising up to 50 percent for industrial firms.
Central bankers in the U.S. and Europe have flooded the market with so much money that they will inevitably face a choice between raising rates to dampen inflation, cratering the economy, or watch rising commodity prices do the same thing.
Like many airlines, Lufthansa is looking to cut costs in the face of stiff competition from low-cost carriers and big Gulf airlines, as well as rising fuel prices.
Furthermore, individual investors continue to face the crosswinds of improving corporate earnings, an economy that is improving at an uneven pace, rising fuel and food prices, and concerns about the direction of interest rates.
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