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With oil prices so strong, the highest-cost naphtha-based plants produce ethylene for about $1,200 a ton, says Hassan Ahmed of Alembic Global Advisors.

Dow Chemical Bets Big on Natural Gas Liam Denning 2011

What's more, if demand growth slows, the highest-cost plants will switch off first.

Stocks to Pick Up if China Fizzles Liam Denning 2011

Robert Gordon , CEO of Twenty-First Securities, an investment-management firm in New York, was dismayed earlier this year to find that not all brokerages are set up to offer customers highest-cost, first-out, which can minimize taxes on gains.

The Tax Mess Deepens Laura Saunders 2011

Copper, for example, is still 85% above the cost of production for the industry's highest-cost producers, according to Barclays Capital.

New Year Tests for Faith of the Commodities Congregation Andrew Peaple 2011

These changes include a new excise tax on the highest-cost insurance plans ....

Lies, Damn Lies and the ObamaCare Sales Pitch Joseph rago 2010

According to Stevie Conlon , a senior director at WoltersKluwer Financial Services, brokers should offer customers a choice of at least four reporting methods on stock sales: first-in, first-out; last-in, first-out; highest-cost, first-out; and specific identification.

The Tax Mess Deepens Laura Saunders 2011

Removing the lowest-cost national wireless carrier from the market and handing over its customers to the highest-cost, worst-service carrier is clearly not in the public's best interest.

Dave Saldana: Justice Dept. Sees Through AT&T's Jobs "Promise" Dave Saldana 2011

"They would be the highest-cost pharmacy in our network with its current proposed rates."

Walgreen-Express Scripts Talks Remain at 'Impasse' Jon Kamp 2011

Removing the lowest-cost national wireless carrier from the market and handing over its customers to the highest-cost, worst-service carrier is clearly not in the public's best interest.

Dave Saldana: Justice Dept. Sees Through AT&T's Jobs "Promise" Dave Saldana 2011

Finally, and most damning, Mr. Goolsbee has conveniently ignored the decade between 1995 and 2005 when Germany went through an incredibly painful internal restructuring, moving from being one of the highest-cost places to do business in Europe to one of the lowest—all carried out through reduction of wages and increases in productivity in just the sort of process Mr. Goolsbee says can't be done in Southern Europe.

Southern Europe's Problem Is Lack of Responsibility 2011