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Ojabo V

With costly bananas, apples and grapes, orange becomes favourite fruit this season - 1 views

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    Bananas have increased in price in India therefore the demand for bananas have decreased while demand for other types of fruits have started to increase. The supply of bananas have decreased due to transportation prices.
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    This article addresses the demand for oranges in India. As the price of these substitutes of oranges goes up, naturally the demand of these goods go down. The result of the lowered demand of these goods is the rise in demand of the oranges.
Nilrangsi V

iPhone 6 demand continues to outstrip supply, may not see balance before 2015 - 2 views

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    The iPhone 6's demand continues to increase everyday, outstripping the supply it can provide to the people. This is a great example on how price mechanism works in our real world, where people are more attracted towards luxury products and would do anything to get it.
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    As I read ,Iphone 6 became a new hit in the World and it will continue to be.Regardless of its price people are tent to buy it all around the world.Demand is higher than as Apple expected .Changes in prices influence the production of goods and services and the demand for them so production will be more but whether they change the price or not there won't be a decreasing change on sales of Iphone6 which is an example of price mechanism
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    Iphone 6 has become the preferred product for mobile consumer users and seen as a sign of prestige as well as satisfaction derived from getting the latest product. Preference is a factor that influences demand of a product. Therefore the demand for Iphone 6 will continue to remain high in the market irrespective of change in price till consumers preference changes.
Semsioglu E

Demand For 3D Printing Skills Is Accelerating Globally - 2 views

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    This is an article about how the demand for engineers with 3D printing skills has increased over the past years and that jobs related to 3D printing has increased with it. Of course, the recruitment of those with 3D printing skills has increased as well. I think that we can see the relation between demand and supply in this area as well.
Al Qassim H

Doctor shortage, increased demand could crash health care system - 0 views

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    Lexington, Kentucky (CNN) -- Obamacare is expected to increase patient demand for medical services. Combine that with a worsening shortage of doctors. So this article explains the shortage supply od doctors and nurses and the increased demand of paitent needs as they now all need to have healthcare insurances and want to take advantage of its use.
Kim D

Tag Heuer cuts jobs as demand slows - 0 views

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    This article is about high-end watch brand Tag Heuer cutting management and production jobs after a slowdown in demand for its luxury timepieces.
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    The luxury watch brand Tag Heuer is cutting down jobs in management and production as the demand for luxury watches are decreasing. The company has laid off 46 positions. And 49 people are temporarily laid off until the end of the year.
Howard E

Coffee Demand Shifts Down-Market - 2 views

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    The robusta bean, commonly used for making coffee, is going up in price as the result of the growing demand for coffee. The demand for the robusta bean has grown greatly over the last years as a cost friendly alternative to the more expensive arrabica bean. The gap in price between the robusta bean and the arrabica bean are closing in on each other, as more businesses are looking to minimist costs.
Talu O

Housing demand 'higher than supply' - 1 views

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    This is an article on how the house prices have and outstripped the number of properties coming onto the market,in Scotland on account of extreme interest rates.
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    This article indicates how demand and supply factors function in a market. The demand for houses are increasing therefore prices of the houses are increasing. However as houses cannot be supplied instantaneously there is a lag in the supply of houses.
Isobel Stephen

Natural-Gas Dips to Biggest Losses in a Month - 2 views

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    "Natural gas briefly sank to its lowest level in a month as forecasts for warmer weather point to lower expectations for heating demand. Natural gas for November delivery is down 12 cents, or 3%, at $3.919 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange." In this article, you can see that because the factor of the environmental conditions (warmer weather) is lowering demand for heating systems, natural gas stock is going down its demand curve - te quantity stays the same while the price lowers.
Cai Z

Choc horror: It might be Easter but world is running out of chocolate - 1 views

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    As the growing demand for chocolate in Asia specially in China, it is predicted that the price of chocolate could soar over the next few years and the exports stated that the demand could become unsustainable by 2020.
Talu O

Verizon: Apple has an iPhone supply problem - 4 views

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    This article is about Apple couldn't supply enough iPhones to satisfy the demand of customers, due to supply constraints. The shortage on the supply was not due to a strategical mistake: Releasing it on the west and China simultaneously, resulting 9 million sales on the first week, exceeding the expected number.
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    When Apple released its new phone there was huge surge in demand as the factor influencing demand, consumers preference had inclined towards Iphone's. Thus, the supply of Iphones could not be kept up to the demand.
Ojabo V

Oil Prices Set to Stay Weak as Supply Overwhelms Demand - 0 views

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    This article talks about the sharp decline in oil prices this summer after an abundance of the good was extracted. The article also points out that the demand for oil still remains relatively constant. This increase in just supply - in accordance with the price mechanism - brought down the global price of the commodity in order to once again equilibrate the market.
Zachary C

World on brink of an oil price war - 2 views

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    this article is about whether or not the prices of oil are going to go up or not. Oil is in high demand so the price is changing so oil companies can make more money off of it. chaging the price will make the demand for the product change.
Tekten D

Evercore raises AAPL to $125 on increased iPhone demand - 1 views

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    This article is about increase of demand for iphones after new seizes and innovations on Iphone6
Talu O

Supply of copper set to outstrip demand - FT.com - 2 views

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    This article is about a bizarre incidence (for nowadays) about commodity markets. The leading copper miners and companşes predict that upon discovery of new resources and invention of new techniques, the supply will outsrip demand.
Lozano J

There are 29 comments; join the conversation! With stronger than expected demand for i... - 1 views

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    This article is about the newest products Apple came out with, the iphone 6 and the iphone 6 plus. It shows how the production of mostly of the iphone 6 plus has been sold out since its debut and that they were not expecting this through there expectations. Now they are accomodating the production lines for the iphone 6 plus.
Roberts C

Sharp oil price rise bad for everyone: Total CEO - 0 views

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    This article is speaking of how the not so recent, yet ever existing problem of supply and demand of oil continues to be a problem for everyone. This has been caused by a sudden jump in price, which can most likely be connected to a lack of supply, causing a greater demand.
Kim D

Demand-Side Policy Gave Us the Big Economic Fizzle - 0 views

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    Nearly five years since the recession ended in June 2009, economic policy discussions continue to focus on dubious short-term countercyclical measures to "stimulate demand." The Economic Report of the President for 2014 wastes an entire chapter rehashing the jobs supposedly "saved or created" by the 2009 fiscal stimulus and Federal Reserve easing.
Iqtyider W

Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA - West Bank Aggregate Demand down as Israel withhol... - 1 views

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    RAMALLAH, February 22, 2015 (WAFA) - The West Bank overall economy has witnessed a decline in aggregate demand for the second consecutive month, mainly due to partial payment of public sector salaries, due to Israel's withholding of clearance revenues, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA).
Anthony E

Why is Starbucks cutting coffee prices? - 7 views

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    The ubiquitous coffee chain is slashing prices on its packaged coffee by 10 percent - from $9.99 for 12 ounces to $8.99 a bag. Starbucks raked in $380 million from non-café sales last quarter - with a profit of about $2.55 per bag. The article indicates how in order to increase the quantity demanded for the baged coffee they will have to decrease its price.
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    In my opinion, this article is a great example what companies can do to keep up with the competition in the market and to increase the demand. It also shows how effective competition can be on even major companies such as Starbucks.
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    I think this is a great article to show how Starbucks is using price mechanism as a factor in competing against it's competition. It shows how a major company like Starbucks can become the market leader.
Isobel Stephen

Aboard a Cargo Colossus - 0 views

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    "Few carriers besides Maersk are profitable, too many new ships are being built, and demand for space on container ships is slowing as economies in Europe and Asia face headwinds." This article is about how the supply of space on cargo ships has vastly increased in the last 15 years, but demand slows as economies around the globe face the recession. This example shows how a situation of excess supply can be created due to the external forces of demand decreasing due to lower income.
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