The mandate spurred higher corn production.
The growing local market for drugs has spurred higher levels of prostitution, robbery and burglary.
More productive capacity spurred higher output, which led to more intense competition and -- no surprise -- to lower profit margins.
Sales of more than 100 million doses of swine flu vaccine spurred higher fourth-quarter revenue and profit for the French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis, the company said on Wednesday in a report that exceeded some analysts' expectations.
Also spurred higher by a broker recommendations were shares in Diageo, up 13p at 915.5p, after Goldman Sachs put the stock onto its conviction buy list and Aviva, up 11p at 343p, after Deutsche Bank raised its target price to 401p from 385p.
Gold futures were spurred higher by rising safe-haven investor demand for the week, selling for $1,215 an ounce on Friday.
Franchisees will be required to build most of the new restaurants using the new designs that Wendy's first started developing in 2011, which have generally spurred higher sales than their older counterparts.
The castle is perched on a mountain spur high above the non-navigable River Greve.
Its overextended banking system collapsed, spurring high unemployment, severe rioting and, eventually, the fall of the Suharto government.
Many college admissions officers said they were excited about the change, and the likelihood that it will spur high schools to emphasize good writing skills.
