Petrochemicals prices climb 2% in December on tight supplies LONDON‚ January 9‚ 2013 - Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt
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(a) The price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded / price to a change in the quantity demanded / the quantity supplied / price. [Delete wrong words.] (b) Give the formula for price elasticity of demand. 2. Back in the mid-1990s‚ the government in the UK announced that for every 10 per cent rise in the price of cigarettes‚ the demand was likely to fall by 6 per cent. If this information was correct‚ what was the value of the price elasticity
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Can we use the concept of price elasticity to identify a brand’s competitors? How would that work? Firms today are in their perspective industries to maximize consumer satisfaction‚ increase revenue‚ and shareholders profits. These tasks require attention to detail when pricing their products. There are always competitors lurking and waiting by the wayside to gain market share and a competitive advantage. When identifying brands competitors‚ price elasticity is a major determinant. Demand
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Demand of Fruits and their prices Aim and Objective of this study: As the Indian population is increasing‚ the demand for fresh fruits and vegetables is also increasing. Owing to the perishable nature and very short shelf life‚ these items require storage and transportation facilities in order to reach to the customer in fresh state. This requires a considerable amount of effort from the involved parties. The entire chain is fraught with issues like lack of transparency in pricing (at the farmers’
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What is Price Elasticity of Demand? What is it? Today’s market focuses on a chain of supply and demand. The products which are in demand are the products which are produced and supplied in the market. This process is vice-versa. The demand of also increases with an increase in the production of the goods and the production also increases when there is demand for the product created in the market. This fundamental concept is fairly easy to understand. Now there are several factors which shape
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led to the continuous hikes of gas prices. Since gas plays an important role in our economy‚ people should understand that the high gas price does not only mean people need to pay more for driving their cars‚ but it also leads the pervasive inflation‚ the change of people’s consumption habits‚ and more seriously‚ the recession of the global economy. First of all‚ the rising prices of gas‚ a critical input in almost all production processes‚ will trigger the price hikes of most consumer and industry
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Isabel and Joe were in the restaurant since Isabel wept on that afternoon because Joe desired her but they were poor and could not marry. The reason was that they both had miserable jobs‚ the futile night studies and Joe’s sick parents. Joe worked as a clerk in publishing house and received meager salary‚ which he spent to his sick parents while Isabel was as assistant librarian to Mrs. Suntay‚ in a small children library. They first met when theirs a show in the library where Joe appeared selling
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Supply‚ Demand and Price Elasticity ECO/212 Supply‚ Demand and Price Elasticity A commodity is a basic good that can be bought‚ sold‚ or even used as currency in parts of the world. Items such as coffee‚ sugar‚ soybeans‚ gold‚ silver‚ wheat‚ gasoline‚ corn‚ platinum‚ oranges‚ and crude oil are examples of commodities in the global marketplace. Consumers demand commodities to meet their needs in the consumption of food‚ or the creation of other goods or services. Suppliers‚ often farmers‚
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product. “Price” is one of the “four Ps” in marketing mix but its role is different from the other Ps: “promotion”‚ “product” and “place”. By studying about the comparison between a low cost carrier and a normal one‚ which head to different priorities‚ this assignment will help us to understand how the prices of low cost airlines could be opposed with normal ones‚ so they can orient their goal to achieve in the best way. Besides‚ we can see the actual level of importance of “price” in business
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PRICE WARS: THE COST OF A COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR Introduction Price wars have racked industry after industry in recent years: from personal computers to mobile phones‚ from fast-food restaurants to airlines‚ from grocery retailing to computer software‚ from beers to frozen diet dinners‚ from automobile tires to disposable diapers‚ from detergents to underwear. All too often‚ there are no winners and few healthy survivors. Price wars indeed represent one of the extreme forms of competitive interplay
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