Some cars are being supplied to dealers at 40% of their list price, so the prospect of the first half-price deal is not far off.
The second-half price change for the S&P 500 was not considered when the game was not played, when the leagues split the two games played in 1959, or when the game ended in a tie in 2002.
Guests pay for two nights and receive a third for half price, or pay for three nights and receive a fourth night free.
Stock markets in China and India, which are vigorously building industrial infrastructure and depend on imports of oil and metals, sold off in the first half as prices of those materials soared.
"We have cut shipments from miners this year and mainly purchased domestic ore in the first half as prices are falling so rapidly," said the industry official, who works at a midsize Chinese steel mill that has supply contracts with Vale and Rio Tinto.
In addition, the company sent messages to its entire e-mail list, telling customers of a promotion in which they could buy one sweater and receive the second at half price.
Ocado's average basket value declined by 2.2% to £110.10 in the first half because of price deflation pressures.
On several occasions most notably, during the oil crises of 1973 74 and 1978 79 and during the first half of 2008 the price of petroleum rose steeply.
Dave Johnson Dave Johnson, the company's chief marketing officer, says Wyndham listened carefully and is now offering such incentives as (you guessed it) a second night at 50% off or a second room at half price, as part of its 50/50 Weekend Escape program.
DRAM contract pricing levels have exhibited even more strength than spot prices during the month of May and for much of the first half, with average pricing up 24.1% year-to-date.
She suggests packages that offer a second room at half price.
