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Cyprus lawmakers delay emergency vote on bank-deposit tax
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ATHENS -- Lawmakers in Cyprus are scheduled to hold an emergency vote Monday on whether savers on the Mediterranean island will pay a levy of up to nearly 10% on bank deposits as part of a controversial international bailout plan that has enraged...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Vladimir Putin, European Debt Crisis
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Consumer prices jump 0.7% in February, biggest rise since 2009
WASHINGTON -- Fueled by the rising cost of gasoline, consumer prices jumped 0.7% in February for the biggest increase in more than three years, the Labor Department said Friday. The sharp rise in consumer costs last month, which exceeded analyst...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Inflation and Deflation
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Teacher contract approved in Dist. 41
Glen Ellyn School District 41 teachers have a new four-year contract that gives teachers annual pay raises of about 3 percent the first year of the deal. After negotiating with the Glen Ellyn Education Association for nearly a year, teachers voted...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Consumer Confidence, Teachers, Economic Indicator, Prices
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Gasoline prices manipulated by speculators, not supply and demand
A recent article ("Pumping Up the Price" Feb. 26) on gasoline prices should make it clear to readers that the price of gasoline is no longer the result of inefficient fuel use or too much demand. Unfortunately the focus of the article was evidently on the...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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California gas prices peak; pump pain changes U.S. driving habits
California gasoline prices may have already peaked for the first half of the year and should head lower soon, analysts said. Meanwhile, nationwide gasoline price averages over the first two months of the year rose at such a blistering rate that...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Singapore, Economy, Business and Finance, Gasoline Industry, Energy Saving
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Southern California sees record one-month rise in gasoline prices
Southern California has seen its biggest ever one-month rise in gasoline prices, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's weekend gas watch. The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the varying regions of Southern...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Automotive Equipment
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Escalating prices
Consumers are suffering from sticker shock at the rising gasoline prices. Gasoline prices typically climb from February to Memorial Day on expectations of rising consumption and costlier summer-blend gas. But so far this year, prices are surging sooner...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Energy Saving, Commodity Markets
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The deficit control policy Democrats and Republicans can love
When it comes to fixing America's ballooning debt problem, there is one policy option that both Democrats and Republicans should be rushing to embrace. It is the proposal to replace the current Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a more accurate measure of...Tags: Community College of Baltimore County, Brookings Institution, Social Security, Politics, Consumer Confidence
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With inflation benign, workers saw solid real wage gains at year-end
WASHINGTON -- The rate of inflation remained subdued last month, helping boost workers' real wages at year-end and giving the Federal Reserve breathing space as it continues its stimulus programs to support the economy. Consumer prices on the whole were...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Finance, Fiscal Cliff, Consumer Confidence, Inflation and Deflation
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More expertise needed to bridge electric car, hybrid learning curve
Supporters of green-car technology like hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric cars say they were happy to hear that automakers like Ford and Honda are expanding the number of dealerships who can sell those cars. Honda's 2013 Honda Fit EV, launched in...Tags: Petroleum Industry, YouTube, Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars, Services and Shopping
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Rising gasoline prices: That old black magic
Went to a magic show Sunday, called, appropriately enough, “Smoke and Mirrors.” Watched the magician pull a rabbit out of his hat and everything. (OK, it was a bird, but who’s counting?) You know it’s all an illusion -- trickery,...
Tags: Finance, Petroleum Industry, Mutual Funds, Economy, Business and Finance, Gasoline Industry
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Germany will never let ECB shut Deutsche Bank
The first people to tell the public that the world's oldest bank was cooking its books weren't the bank's executives, its outside auditors at KPMG, its regulators at the Bank of Italy, or anyone else who had a duty to keep the place honest. They were...Tags: Finance, Mario Draghi, Italy, Accounting and Auditing, Executive Branch
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