Some firms say they short such stock, particularly new issues, as a way of supporting prices.

Right now there is a lot of demand to support prices."

Further falls will result in capacity being shut down and this could support prices.

Quite the opposite, the companies will typically support price increases by their competitors.

The dispute over support prices has paralyzed the group's operations since March.

Treasury securities fell in price as the market paid no attention to economic data that usually support prices.

There is risk on that side and that's what's supporting prices at the moment."

The Government also calculates support prices for other dairy products.

But in 1977, under pressure from the dairy lobby, Congress changed policy and dramatically increased the support price.

Historically, the support price was kept low to discourage surpluses.

More than $5 billion of that goes to support prices for petroleum products, with agriculture subsidies close behind.

The current support price is 85 cents a gallon.

So we can't count on further buying by the shorts to support prices."

It is after all a deviation of capitalism that has supported prices thus far.

The amendment approved today would raise the support price to 89 cents a gallon.

This will cut issuance of new bonds significantly, which should help support prices.

As of 2005, most e-business negotiation systems can only support price negotiations.

But diversification helps, as does the group's high yields, which tend to support prices.

Until today, it had opted to support prices, reducing production three times this year by a total of 3.5 million barrels a day.

Reaction has been mixed, with some people supporting Price and others ridiculing him.

We cannot support price increases at a time when a reform package has only just been adopted which lowers the prices.

This is called the support price, or intervention price.

And this shortage is expected to support prices.

In recent years its market price has been barely one-third of the subsidy support price.

Happily, the program cost little since the free market price of honey rarely fell below the support price.