Sentence examples for making commodities from inspiring English sources

Commodities, priced in American dollars, tend to rise in price as the dollar weakens, making commodities a popular haven for investors fearful of inflation.

Lemebel defined himself against establishments of all kinds: against Pinochet's military dictatorship, but also against the Marxist resistance that condemned homosexuality as a bourgeois vice; against the neoliberal consensus behind Chile's "economic miracle," but also against the L.G.B.T. activists who Lemebel believed were making commodities of queer suffering and queer lives.

Other watchmakers were making commodities and following Breguet's lead.

We first covered them in 2007 when they launched with the somewhat dubious goal of making commodities trading "fun".

(See: "BBVA Loves Latin America, Worries About Spain") The dollar pulled back almost 4 cents since breaching the $1.60 mark for the first time against the euro last week, making commodities priced in greenbacks more expensive for holders of other currencies.

Crude flirted achingly close to the $100 a barrel mark on Tuesday, as the dollar fell to new depths against major currencies like the yen and the euro, making commodities priced in dollars cheaper. New York WTI crude for January delivery was up 47 cents, at $98.50 a barrel, having hit a record high of $99.29, in the earlier hours of Wednesday morning in London.

Eastman, based in Kingsport, Tenn., announced in February that it would split itself into two companies, one making specialty chemicals and another making commodity plastics and fibers.

The total input requirements of commodity i for making commodity j (as a single product) are thus: u i j − ∑ k = 1 k ≠ j n a i j k v j k + ∑ k = 1 k ≠ j n a i k j v k j, where a ijk is the amount of commodity i used by industry j for making a unit of commodity k.

A weak dollar makes commodities more attractive to foreign investors.

That can make commodities especially useful in making a portfolio less volatile.

Not only has this pushed prices up further, but it has made commodities more volatile.