Posts Tagged ‘hikes’

Citigroup gives pay hikes to top execs in stock (AP)

AP – Citigroup, still partly owned by the government after a rescue during the financial meltdown, is giving raises to top executives that could amount to millions of dollars.

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AP-GfK Poll: Nearly half oppose tax hikes for rich (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama taps his microphone after the speakers failed in a technical glitch, as he speaks about the economy from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington August 30, 2010. Obama said on Monday he and his economic team discussed additional steps to promote economic growth, including looking at tax cuts for businesses.  REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS SOCIETY)AP – Almost half the country opposes tax increases for the richest Americans, according to a poll suggesting that congressional Democrats are taking some risk by backing President Barack Obama’s plan to boost levies on the wealthy.


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MTA fare hikes become almost certain, provoking public outrage

Straphangers are about to pay more, but get less. Three months after imposing service cuts, the MTA moved closer to near-certain fare hikes last night at the first of its two legally mandated public hearings.

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Obama slams GOP plan, GOP warns of tax hikes (AP)

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – President Barack Obama says an economic plan by the House Republican leader just repeats job-killing policies of the past and would take the country “backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward.”


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New Obama health proposal would limit rate hikes (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama speaks in the White House press briefing room in Washington. Obama has summoned both Democrats and Republicans to a White House summit to be cast live on C-SPAN and perhaps cable Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, gambling that he can save his embattled health care overhaul by the power of persuasion.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP – Taking the fight to insurance companies, President Barack Obama is trying to revive his stalled health care overhaul.


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Prez ‘agnostic’ on tax hikes for many

President Obama says he is now “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making under $250,000 a year to help cut budget deficits, signaling a possible retreat from a campaign pledge.

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