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December 8, 2004

All Business -- Is it time for firms to start raising prices?

  • Wal-Mart's disappointing start to holiday sales shows the peril of price hikes.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — Companies like to see their profits go up, up and away. Now they are scared that just the latter will come true.

    Rising costs and slowing productivity growth are starting to eat away at profit margins, which is leaving companies with the tough task of finding ways to bolster their earnings.


     
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