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The recent surge in sugar prices comes after a bad harvest, that of corn after official warnings of a lower-than-expected crop.

He said he worries that a lower-than-expected inflation reading in March will delay a needed increase in interest rates.

The set-up costs would not be huge; the bulk of them would be capital, which could be returned if the uptake was lower than expected.

These companies--though they occasionally post lower-than-expected growth or weak earnings--have delivered over the long haul.

Seeding progress slow means of American cotton eventually planted area may be lower than expected.

The figure was much lower than expected, but was not seen as a sign of a sudden, sharp improvement in the labor market.

Public bodies may be left even more out of pocket if receipts from the sale of land and buildings after the games are lower than expected.

Market concerns, even if it is slightly lower than expected performance and price are likely to bring more substantial price fluctuations.

Long-term users of several other types of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) also had a lower than expected risk of Alzheimer's.

However, analysts say the number of job losses was lower than expected and suggest that labor market conditions might now be stabilizing.

The news is the latest setback for RIM, which recently issued a first-quarter profit warning, citing lower-than-expected BlackBerry sales.

For China's economy, lower-than-expected wage rises are a short-term blessing and a long-term curse.

The auction's lower-than-expected take-up, however, does not signal an end to the eurozone bank funding crisis.

Standard &Poor's still has a negative rating because revenue and cash flow have been lower than expected, and the large debt load looms.

EMI looks vulnerable after issuing a profit warning in February, due to lower than expected recorded-music sales.

Apple Inc. didn't sell as many iPads as analysts had hoped and a measure of profitability was lower than expected.

Pfizer was the weakest Dow component Wednesday, off 2. 3% after announcing a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit.

While completing the project, you discover that the actual cost will be lower than expected, thus decreasing your fee.

This is no flash in the pan ; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America.

Corn and soyabean stocks will also be lower than expected as demand from emerging countries rises in spite of record prices.

Some argue that the tide has changed after two recent auctions fetched lower-than-expected prices.

The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index came in lower than expected.

On December 9th EA said its revenues and profits would be lower than expected in 2009, owing to disappointing holiday sales.

GDP growth on-year is lower than expected but nonetheless still above 9%, and (on-quarter growth) is still very strong at 2. 3%.

We also had a lower-than-expected 3. 8% rise in industrial production in the first two months of the year.

Dean Foods Co. , the country's largest dairy company, announced a lower-than-expected quarterly profit.

There were some positives, like lower-than-expected job loss claims and retail sales that were decent.

Even for those that did not, for example Britain's Barclays, bad-debt charges came in lower than expected.

China's 4. 9 per cent consumer price inflation rate in January was a little lower than expected.

Soybean exports from South America, meanwhile, could be lower than expected because of "reduced supplies" there, USDA said.

Indeed, the number of jury trials has been much lower than expected.

IV, drop in cotton production, demand for cotton or lower than expected.

The out performance relative to our forecast was primarily driven by a lower than expected tax rate, which added ~$0. 17 to EPS.

The WWII shooter was met with lower-than-expected sales.

Retail sales were lower than expected this year.

At the same time, recovery rates on the obligations of some defaulted firms have been lower than expected.

Vestas, the world's biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, announced 3, 000 job losses because of lower-than-expected demand in Europe.

Soyabean stocks fell to 1. 25bn bushels, 2 per cent less than last year and lower than expected.

The level cap in the next expansion will be slightly lower than expected this time around;