Caldor is also testing scanners or hand-held electronic devices to record prices and identification numbers in two of its Connecticut stores, Mr. Balmuth said.

They then recorded prices and sales for more than 18,000 titles at three points in 2001, when Amazon tested various pricing strategies and BN.com responded.

Beef has soared to record prices in American grocery stores, and meatpackers have struggled from the lack of Canadian cattle they normally count on.

Saddled with environmental cleanup liabilities, and struggling with cash flow due to record low prices in the early 2000s, Horsehead Industries filed for bankruptcy in 2002.

Patek Philippe timepieces have recorded high prices in auctions worldwide.

The damage to refinery capacity in the United States caused gasoline to soar to record prices (even adjusted for inflation).

THE shoe industry is providing its own brand of fireworks on Wall Street - everything from takeover rumors to record prices for some stocks.

The Energy Department on Monday announced a campaign to persuade Americans to use less energy, a response to record prices for natural gas and heating oil as cooler weather arrives.

All of the companies in the Division turned in good half yearly figures with a particularly strong performance from thanks to record prices for pigs.

That performance owes much to record prices for mineral exports.