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• a  not elastic
  economists speak of an inelastic price structure

• Rubber is one of the most inelastic of substances.
• The inelastic sac acts as a brake, keeps the heart, the muscular control of which, is not sufficient to prevent undue dilation, from going out of bounds, breaking.
• In time the skin grows scaly, inelastic, wrinkled, becomes predisposed to cancer.

• elastic

News & Articles

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• Blood Testing Market Boosted By Pricing Locks in Molecular Testing: Finds New Kalorama Report
  Driven by the use of molecular tests and inelastic pricing for them, the blood testing market is expected to grow in double-digits according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher said the need to provide the lowest level of blood contaminants is driving sales of newer nucleic acid tests that are replacing immunoassay units. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at ...
  June 11, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Don Garber in Reuters Canada
  Demand for the services provided by essential infrastructure assets is inelastic, which means they deliver predictable performance throughout the economic cycle. This stability is what makes infrastructure so compelling to investors seeking to... Gregory Smith http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Smith&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGX-tcpVUPLi6GcceCfavvKdu4eiw MarketWatch http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/macquarie-power--infrastructure-income/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BAD4C747D-A58B-4EF7-B09F-67B2E4D600ED%257D%26dist%3Dhppr&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFUZ5UB1DA4ocYinb00EKPKH1Cdtg Aug 12, 2008 51324 68885 inelastic The sports economy seems to be inelastic," Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber said at the event in New York.
• Donald Kohn in Wall Street Journal Blogs (blog)
  The upward trend in prices of food and energy over the past several years:importantly reflects the pressures posed by rapidly growing demand in developing economies against relatively inelastic global supplies of commodities,Kohn told a...