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)
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)
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)
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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