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And the compatibility issues raised by the wide variety of mobile-phone handsets would need to be addressed.
Back in January, the United Nations’ outlook for the global economy raised concerns about the economic pain this might impose on heavily indebted US households.
For example, for every $5 decline in the price per barrel, the carbon tax could be raised by a specified amount; for every $5 increase, the tax could be lowered by, say, two-thirds of that amount.
And now, a month after a senior PiS official advertised the existence of such Poles, the party has raised the profile of the phrase “Polish death camps” in a botched attempt to suppress it.
The gold-buying policy raised the official gold price from $20.67 an ounce in October 1933 to $35.00 an ounce in January 1934, when the experiment was discontinued.
Keynes wrote at the time: “Some people seem to infer…that output and income can be raised by increasing the quantity of money.
The Old World’s New RolesCAMBRIDGE – China’s rise has raised many questions for the West, with some wondering whether it is set to usurp a struggling Europe’s global leadership role.
But standards of living might have been raised even more if all of this innovative talent had been allocated to more fundamental research – or even to more applied research that could have led to new products.
For example, in the 1940s, researchers raised a chimpanzee named Viki in their home.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 – which raised US tariffs on more than 20,000 imported goods by as much as 50% – was supposed to protect American farmers and businesses.
American Express and Daimler are matching their employees’ donations, Western Union is offering ten cents per transaction made by consumers in the European Union, and Norwegian Air has raised money through inflight collections.
German Foreign Policy Comes of AgeBERLIN – Germany’s reunification, nearly 25 years ago, once again placed at the heart of Europe a large power whose location, economic potential, and, yes, history, raised suspicions of revived hegemonic ambitions.
To do so could have created a strategic vacuum in the heart of Europe and raised questions about whether the country was perhaps again pursuing its own route, this time between East and West.
Johnson eventually raised the number of US troops to more than 500,000.
Until recently, the euro also provided booming external demand in southern Europe, while China’s breakneck industrial development raised demand for Germany’s traditional exports.
In the US, the “social cost” of carbon was raised from $24 to $37 per ton emitted.
The consequences of Smoot-Hawley, which raised the average tariff rate to 48%, are well known.
Various developments last year raised expectations that the Fed would begin to taper its $85 billion-per-month open-ended bond-buying program sooner rather than later.
Even before Arab women raised their voices during the 2011 Arab Spring, urban spaces played host to feminist protests and served as a political barometer for the rest of society.
The global financial crisis, which began in 2007 as a crisis of US subprime lending and has broadened into a European sovereign-debt (and banking) crisis, has raised questions that we cannot answer, owing to over-specialization and fragmentation of knowledge.
However, in 1988 the "X" profit deduction was raised from 3 to 4.5 percent, supposedly for four years.
Only three years later, in 1991, "X" was raised again, to 6.25 percent.
Doubts have been raised about whether Megrahi is really near death.
Inconsistent data have lately raised questions about the strength of the United States’ economy.
The second element of the debt-relief package would be more innovative: If Greece’s economy performs well, the generous extension of maturities can be clawed back or the interest rate raised.
(These and related issues were raised at a recent event on Capitol Hill in which I took part.)
Rich-country investors earned a higher rate of return than they would at home, and poor-country recipients raised the development finance they needed.
In January, he raised tariffs on imported washing machines and solar cells.
Reagan raised tariffs and tightened restrictions on a wide range of industries, including textiles, automobiles, motorcycles, steel, lumber, sugar, and electronics.
Even before the onset of the current hostilities, the possibility was raised by certain members of the Bush Administration, such as Richard Perle, and conservative media commentators, all of whom would gladly add Syria to the "Axis of Evil."
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