Sentence examples for halving prices from inspiring English sources

By halving prices and lifting limits on the length of calls, Mr Niel hopes to take a big slice of the market.

After five consecutive years of soaring real estate values, the speculative bubble in Dubai and, to a lesser extent, Abu Dhabi, has burst, halving prices and forcing developers to cancel or delay dozens of projects.

It is halving launch prices on the new Ariane 5, which will start touting for business next January, despite having exploded on its maiden flight (as did Boeing's new Delta III).

New York City Ballet did the same, halving the price of its cheap seats, to $15 from $30.

More commonly known as "gene chips", DNA testing-arrays are driven by the same silicon economics as computer chips, halving in price every few years or so.It seems improbable that such tests will not become more widely used by companies and individuals to manage health care weeding out, for instance, job applicants with potential chronic or debilitating conditions.

Apple has taken things even further, nearly halving the price of that 9.7-inch slate.

This week, the company's offering a welcome price cut, nearly halving the cost of device to $400.

The more than halving of oil prices in the last 18 months has been accompanied by a major change in how the oil market functions.

A halving of oil prices last year has piled hardship on Angolans as its currency, the kwanza, plummeted in value and the government cut public spending in one of the most unequal societies in the world, leading to an increase in anti-government sentiment.

Steel Dynamics : Faced with a drop off in demand for rolled-steel products, which has caused a halving of steel prices in recent months, Steel Dynamics forecast a first-quarter loss.

So was the halving of consumer prices in the U.S. at the end of the 19th century, as railroads, petroleum and McCormick reapers replaced carts, whale oil and scythes.